Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

Just like Skadi, Gard didn't think that the somewhat silly deep-sea hunter would do anything else; fighting was the simplest thing for her.

If Greta didn't become a deep-sea hunter, she could become an inventor or a civil servant; if Ulpian didn't become a deep-sea hunter, she could become a scientist or find an office job; if Laurentina didn't become a deep-sea hunter, she could become a sculptor or a dancer.

So what can Skadi do?

Become a repairman?

"It's okay, it's quite impressive that one person can repair an entire seabed."

Gard could even imagine other deep-sea hunters comforting her in the same way.

However, whether you're a scientist or a repairman, you're unlikely to starve in a place like Argo.

We've gone off on a tangent.

Now, the first thing Gard needs to solve is the problem of the crack in the dome of Stranlar. The simplest way is to use his ascending power to plug the gap.

However, as the saying goes, blocking is not as good as dredging, and dredging is not as good as guiding. If Gard forcibly uses the power of ascension to fill the gap, the result is likely that other parts of the dome will break before he can completely seal the gap.

Not to mention, if Gard were to use his own Ascension power to plug the breach, who knows how much Ascension power he would have to expend before all the Argols could evacuate.

So Gard didn't choose to plug it; he was just trying to delay the time it would completely shatter. As for the cracks in the gap continuing to widen, leaking a little seawater, it wouldn't drown a group of Argolans.

At the same time, Gard also began to contact Gretia, who was far away.

She was already debating whether or not to contact Gard, but to her surprise, Gard contacted her first.

"Gald, what's the situation with Stranlar?"

Although she had obtained a lot of information through military intelligence, Greta still wanted to get the exact information from Gard himself.

"The situation is very bad."

While using his Ascension Power to analyze the structure of the city dome of Argor, Gard spoke in a heavy tone as he watched the red seawater continuously falling downwards.

"The Deep Sea Cultists have damaged the city's dome. I'm currently trying to slow down the dome's collapse. I will do my best to suppress the Deep Sea Cultists and prevent them from causing trouble at this critical juncture. I hope you can contact the military stationed on the city's outer ring to guide and evacuate the citizens."

Gard's series of words left Gretia stunned. How could this be different from the information she had heard? Could it be that Hai Si attacked Stranlar and conquered the entire Stranlar?

Now, according to Gard, the situation seems to be under control.

No, the two are not contradictory.

Greta realized that perhaps Haisi, under the command of the Deep Sea Church, had captured Stranlar, but the land people, led by Gard, had counterattacked and regained the initiative. Enraged, the Deep Sea Church directly destroyed the city's dome, which led to their current dialogue.

Compared to the Deep Sea Church, Gretia preferred to believe Gald, since no matter how you looked at it, Gald had no means to control the Sea Heirs.

As for Isamaya, who is next to Gard, although it is unknown why she looks exactly like Skadi, she has a similar aura to them, and perhaps she is also a deep-sea hunter.

For the time being, Isamaya and Haisi have not been linked together. Even Gretia's boldest guess was that Isamaya was actually a deep-sea cultist who wanted to infiltrate their deep-sea hunter team.

As for Isamaya being Haisi, Gretia had never even considered that possibility.

How could a sea cucumber possibly turn into a human?

However, the breaking of the Stranlar dome also caught the attention of Gretia. They had barely left Stranlar when this series of major events occurred one after another.

If it weren't for Gard, their base might have been destroyed by the Deep Sea Church.

At this moment, Greta finally began to feel grateful that she had chosen to cooperate with Gard.

Although Gard was just a land dweller, he was still very reliable in such a critical moment.

“I will contact the military immediately and have them communicate with the troops stationed outside Stranlar to evacuate the civilians inside Stranlar.”

In any case, civilians are Agor's base of support. Even before Gard spoke with her, the military had already planned to abandon the attack on Haisi and choose to go back to protect the city.

If all ten million citizens of Argor were to fall, even Argor itself would not be able to withstand such losses. This is not just bleeding them dry; it is cutting off Argor's lifeline!

In fact, the problems arising from the Deep Sea Church have already ignited the entire Argonaut military, and the issue of whether or not to return to provide aid has already divided the military into several factions.

Some suggested returning immediately to provide support, others suggested continuing the attack on Haizi, and still others chose to divide the fleet and send a portion of the warships back to provide support.

Greta's suggestion was to send the Deepsea Hunters team back.

Because the Deepsea Hunters are small targets and highly mobile, as long as the four Deepsea Hunter teams return and silently infiltrate Stranlar, they will be able to rescue the citizens of Stranlar from the clutches of the Sea King before the impact expands further.

However, Gladys did not expect that her suggestion would be opposed by several high-ranking military officials, who pointed out that the Deep Sea Hunters were the key to this God Hunting Plan and could not be lost, forcibly suppressing Gladys's suggestion.

These high-ranking military officials were key figures in the Hunt for Poseidon program and could be considered proponents of war, so Gretia was not surprised by their reaction.

However, the existence of the Deep Sea Church made Gretia a little suspicious.

Because the list of Deep Sea Cultists that the King of the Transformers gave her included several high-ranking military officials who were driving the war.

Why would the Deepsea Cultists instigate this war? Is their true aim Stranlar? Or do they have ulterior motives?

With the enemy in the dark and her in the light, even knowing of the existence of some Deep Sea Cult members, Gretia still couldn't guess what the Deep Sea Church's purpose was.

Just like the events that happened in Stranlar, which seemed to be in the interests of some Abyssal cultists, even if Agor's main fleet were to capture Stranlar, it would be a question whether they could hold it, given that Agor's main fleet was still intact.

Even if Stranlar were truly destroyed, resulting in the deaths of tens of millions of Argolls, the final outcome would be that the Argolls would be determined to eradicate the Deep Sea Church.

After all, although the number of people from the Deep Sea Church lurking in Argoll was small, they still made up the majority.

The information asymmetry prevented Gretia from immediately guessing the Deep Sea Church's true intentions.

When soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it.

Gladys believed that this was the only thing she could do.

After learning that the dome of Stranlar had shattered, the rescue faction that returned to Stranlar finally gained the upper hand, because even many Argoll soldiers knew that their families were facing annihilation.

In this situation, few people would give up saving their families in order to fight against Haisi. Some of the Argoll leaders who chose to abandon the rescue were simply talking without understanding the situation.

Who knows where they sent their families before the war?

However, when Agor's fleet tried to return to their aid, the Sea King, whom they considered their hypothetical enemy, appeared directly in front of them, preventing them from doing so.

"Warning! A large number of marine life have been discovered in the sea 300 kilometers ahead!"

"The number is in the tens of millions..."

"Warning: A large number of marine creatures have also been discovered in the sea 500 kilometers behind us."

"The quantity is also in the tens of millions!"

"We also discovered Hai Si on the side!"

"..."

The piercing alarms blared continuously inside the Argore warships. Although the Argore military's initial plan was to have the fleet draw the attention of the main force of the Sea Sith, and then have the Deep Sea Hunters behead the Sea Sith's "god".

But right now, they've only made it halfway, and there are still thousands of kilometers to go before they reach the place where the Sea God dwells!

Although the number of sea creatures surrounding them has decreased, after the eight teams of sea creatures were transferred out, there are no other sea creatures around the God of Sea Creatures.

Are we supposed to make the deep-sea hunters travel thousands of kilometers to behead the Sea God, who is surrounded by countless Sea Heirs?

Just by thinking about it, you'll know that this is a task that is simply impossible to complete.

However, before the Argonaut military leadership could recover from the news that their fleet had been besieged by the Sea Siege, another bombshell dropped in their ears.

"Haisi's 'god' has appeared in Stranlar?"

......

In the waters near Stranlar, a colossal sea dragon, carried by the ocean currents, reached its destination. Beside it gathered countless...

Before Him was another sea dragon.

That was Isamaya's true form, a nascent being that had lost its connection to the multitude under the influence of Gard's ascending power.

Newborn and newborn.

With different motives, the two Seagulls initially confronted each other.

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Chapter Eighty-One: Intimidation

Of all the Sealings, only the first Sealing to be born has the responsibility to guide the Sealings forward.

Whether it's the lifeblood that transformed into the origin of the sea, the ever-growing and devouring deep-sea tree, the corrupted heart that now leads the Sealings to the Strandal territory, or Isamaya who chose to help Gard.

Everything they did was for the sake of their people.

However, when the paths chosen by the two newcomers collide, conflict is inevitable if they cannot compromise and back down.

This is a problem that is bound to be encountered on the path of evolution. Neither the Corrupted Heart nor Isamaya's true form, nor the Chitinous God, would be surprised by it.

Perhaps this outcome was foreseen.

The only difference is that the Corrupted Heart still possesses full authority, while the Chitinous God's ability to communicate with the masses has been sealed by Gard, and this has not been lifted to this day.

However, a newborn is a newborn.

Even though her powers are sealed, Isamaya's true form still enjoys the same status as the Corrupted Heart, and the Sealings who are being guided by the Corrupted Heart will not attack Isamaya.

Only a newborn can argue with a newborn.

"Yeah ah!"

On Isamaya's body, a tiny figure bared its fangs at the distant Heart of Corruption. The Chitinous God separated Isamaya from His body, and the fragments that fell off Isamaya eventually became this tiny form.

Little Isa.

She is a researcher at Rhine Life, who cultivated life by stealing fragments from Isamaya, but in essence, she is no different from the real Hyster.

Gard sealed the connection between Isamaya and the Chitinous God and the masses, but he overlooked her, clearly forgetting that although she seemed insignificant, little Isamaya was ultimately a part of the Chitinous God.

Now, the Chitinous God, who has lost the ability to communicate with the masses, is communicating with His fellow beings through Little Isa.

Whether it is the Corrupted Heart or the Chitinous God, they are still in their original form, unlike the Primordial Lifeline and the Deep Blue Tree, which have already changed their forms for the sake of the multitude.

Perhaps one day, they too will change themselves for the sake of the multitude, just like the Primal, the Lifeline, and the Blue Tree, but for now, they remain the same.

The corrupt heart that represents "migration".

The chitinous god representing "reproduction".

Their different responsibilities are precisely the reason for their current clash.

Isamaya's true form is the Chitinous God, whose role is more supportive. Under normal circumstances, He will not contend with the Corrupted Heart, which represents "migration".

In fact, if it weren't for the existence of Gard, the Chitinous God wouldn't even be awakened now, and the Sealings wouldn't have encountered difficulties in reproducing. Just as if it weren't for Agor, the Corrupted Heart wouldn't have chosen to lead its people in rebellion against Agor.

However, Gard's appearance caused the Chitinous God to awaken prematurely.

There was little infighting among the Hai Si.

However, struggle is inevitable on the road to survival. Even those who are willing to dedicate themselves to their compatriots, even if they are newborns, cannot be sure that the path they have chosen is the right one.

In times like these, only battle remains.

The victor remains the newborn of Haisi, the spokesperson for the will of the masses.

The loser loses everything and degenerates into an ordinary sea creature, no longer having a voice in the sea creature community.

At this moment, Gard, who was under the city dome of Stranlar, also noticed Hai Si's unusual behavior. Normally, Hai Si would not appear within the territorial waters of Stranlar.

Under one condition, the Sealings will choose to cross the isolation zone set up by the Argollers and appear in the territorial waters of the Argoller city.

That is, under the influence of the will of the masses.

Gard seemed to hear a sobbing sound coming from the seawater flowing down from the crack in the dome, as if some will was grieving.

"The lifeblood of origin!"

Gard muttered to himself that neither Isamaya's original form nor Haisi's other newborn form had changed much with the passage of time.

However, the origin of the lineage is different.

He has become one with the entire ocean; He is the embodiment of this ocean.

Red microorganisms are clinging to the outer walls of the Stranlar Dome, almost visible to the naked eye, and the dome is being eroded.

Before this, Argor could only repair the damaged outer wall of the ocean by constantly repairing it with drones. As long as it was not completely eroded, Argor's technology could maintain a balance between erosion and repair by consuming a certain amount of resources.

However, the drones were deliberately damaged by the Deep Sea Cultists, which disrupted the balance between repair and erosion, and this is the real reason why the Strandlar Dome cracked.

Large numbers of Argoll citizens began to evacuate under the covert guidance of the King of the Shapeshifters, while several Lords of the Royal Court secretly observed the Deep Sea Cultists among the crowd.

The time given to Gard and his men was too short, so they did not have time to separate the Deepsea Cultists from the people. This resulted in the ordinary Argolls suffering a devastating blow if the Deepsea Cultists were to rise up.

At this point, the warships stationed by Argonauts finally sailed into the harbor.

A fleet of over a dozen Argoll main warships, with tens of thousands of Argoll soldiers, was enough to deter ordinary Abyssal cultists lurking among the population.