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Shen Fei knew he couldn't back down now.

He made a promise to an ancient abyssal civilization that had just awakened.

He recalled the past, when he used to shout "I'm going to be rich!" when he found treasure on a shipwreck in the fishing grounds, but he wasn't excited at all now.

Because he gambled the fate of the entire planet.

If he wins, he will become the god of the new world.

If he loses, then the end of the world will come because of him.

Hannah was the only one left in the command room.

She stood behind Shen Fei, watching his back.

On the main screen, the data is constantly refreshing, and it's refreshing very quickly.

Global weather satellites, ocean exploration vessels, and even some countries' military deep-sea submersibles are all transmitting encrypted data to Poseidon Industries' servers.

The entire company's computing power was utilized and concentrated on that one point in the North Atlantic.

"Boss!"

Hannah's voice rang out; she seemed very excited.

"We've found it! Look, the preliminary magnetic anomaly scan results are in!"

The image on the screen changed, becoming a map of the deep sea topography, with many colored blocks and contour lines.

In the very center of the image is a deep blue seabed with a large, regularly shaped red area on it, exhibiting a particularly strong magnetic field.

"Gravity gradient measurements also prove this!"

Hannah's fingers tapped on the keyboard. "The density of matter in that place is extremely high, far exceeding the average density of the surrounding crust! This is definitely not a naturally formed geological structure!"

He found it.

Shen Fei clenched his fists tightly.

The coordinates that the old madman who was ousted from academia actually came true.

The Viking legend that has been passed down for a thousand years is actually true.

The first spike of Poseidon's Trident!

Damn it, he's really going to dig this thing out!

"Perform another precise scan!"

Shen Fei's voice trembled slightly, "I need its 3D model; I need to see every single detail clearly!"

"In progress!"

More probe and sonar data came in, and the image on the screen began to change from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.

The outline of that red area gradually became clearer under the computer's calculations.

That thing was very large and very old, with a thick layer of seabed sediment on its surface.

However, it is still clear that it was not formed naturally and there are traces of artificial creation.

Shen Fei stared at the screen, even stopping his breathing.

Is it gold?

No.

Is it a diamond?

Nor is it.

This thing is far more valuable than any known treasure on Earth.

This is a bargaining chip that can be used to make a deal with the Abyss King!

"Modeling is 90%...95%...100% complete!"

Hannah shouted.

On the screen, the final 3D model was rendered.

Then, the command room suddenly fell silent.

Shen Fei's expression froze upon seeing the result.

Hannah was stunned; she hadn't expected this.

What appeared on the screen was actually an underwater volcano.

It's just an ordinary extinct volcano, which is very common at the boundaries of Earth's oceanic plates.

The strong magnetic field reaction detected earlier was actually just formed by the cooling of magma inside the volcano, which contains iron, so this is a normal phenomenon.

The so-called high density is simply a standard physical characteristic of volcanic rock.

What previously appeared to be man-made outlines turned out to be just some oddly shaped volcanic rocks when viewed under a high-precision model.

These are all coincidences.

It was all just a coincidence.

"How is this possible..." Hannah muttered, "All the data points to..."

"The data is correct."

Shen Fei's voice was cold. "We were wrong."

He closed his eyes, feeling a throbbing sensation in his temples.

Fuck!

Shen Fei was very angry.

He thought to himself, "I've been fooled by a crazy old man!"

That damn history professor and that damn Viking nautical diary were a complete hoax from beginning to end!

He didn't even ask for money. Did he just want to see a rich man being played by him?

"Boss..." Hannah wanted to say something to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say.

She knew that Shen Fei had just made a promise to the Abyss.

But now, that promise has become a joke.

"Go and double-check all the data again, over and over again."

Shen Fei opened his eyes, his voice devoid of any emotion. "Minimize the error rate and take all possibilities into account."

He didn't want to believe the result.

However, the sea god consciousness within him told him a cruel truth.

He tried to use his mental power to follow the ocean currents, traversing thousands of kilometers, and finally sinking to the cold seabed of the North Atlantic.

His consciousness swept over the extinct volcano.

He found nothing there.

Apart from the cold seawater and a few deep-sea fish that occasionally swim by, there was nothing else in that place.

No energy.

There is no seal.

There are no sharp spikes.

There was nothing there.

Shen Fei snapped out of his daze, his body swayed, and his face turned a little pale.

Long-distance, high-precision mental detection is very taxing, but the mental strain on him is even greater.

His plan failed at the very first step.

He looked at the screen, where hundreds of red dots were still hovering eight thousand meters deep, forming a perfect circular array.

They are still waiting.

We're waiting for him to bring the keys over.

What if they never get the key?

What will the king, who has just woken up, think about this?

It would feel cheated and provoked by a tiny human being.

Then it will bring its army to the surface and tear everything to shreds.

Shen Fei broke out in a cold sweat at the thought of the consequences.

He was terrified.

"Ring ring—"

Just then, the internal phone in the command center rang.

It was David calling.

Shen Fei took a deep breath and then answered the phone.

"Boss!"

David sounded excited. "He's here! The Gulfstream G650 just landed on our estate's private runway! I went to pick him up myself, and Kyle's men have him under control!"

That professor.

That old swindler who completely fooled him.

Shen Fei narrowed his eyes.

"I see."

He hung up the phone and said to Hannah:

"I'll leave this to you. Continue the analysis, and notify me immediately if there are any unusual developments."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the command room.

When he returned to the living room of the main building of the manor, he saw an old man looking curiously at the oil painting on the wall.

He was wearing a sloppy tweed suit, his hair was messy, and he was wearing thick glasses.

Kyle stood right behind him, motionless and silent, yet he already made the old man feel the pressure.

In the living room, two Doberman Pinschers named "Wukong" and "Bajie" squatted not far away, making low whimpering sounds, as if they were uneasy about the new guest.

Only the fat seal named "Miracle" rolled over on its sofa, glanced curiously at the old man, and then continued eating its chilled herring, as if the matter had nothing to do with it.

"Are you Professor Archibald Fernand?"

Shen Fei walked to the middle of the living room, his voice calm.

The old man turned around, adjusted his glasses, and squinted at Shen Fei.

"Are you the young man who bought the mythological stories?"

His English has a heavy Scottish accent.

"So, what you sold me was just a story?"

Shen Fei countered with a question.

"No, no, no."

Professor Archibald shook his finger. "What I'm selling you is part of the truth. Whether you can piece it together is up to you."

He walked over to the sofa, plopped down, and patted Kyle's arm.

"Hey, big guy, could I have a cup of tea? Ceylon tea, with milk and two sugar cubes. The coffee on the plane is too weak."

Kyle didn't move, he just looked at Shen Fei and waited for his command.

Shen Fei waved his hand, signaling him to do as he was told.

He wanted to see what this old man, who dared to make demands even on his deathbed, was up to.

"The coordinates you provided are fake."

Shen Fei stated directly, "There is only one extinct volcano in that place."

"Oh?"

Professor Archibald wasn't surprised at all; he even laughed. "You figured it out so quickly? It seems your equipment is better than I thought. Congratulations, young man, you've successfully found that area of ​​sea where there's nothing."

Shen Fei's eyes turned cold.

"I don't like being made a fool of, Professor. Especially when my time is precious."

I wasn't playing a trick on you.

Professor Archibald's expression turned serious. "What I'm giving you is a nautical chart. But in Ragnar Lodbrock's nautical log, the chart isn't the most important part."

He looked at Shen Fei and slowly uttered a word.

"It's a star map."

"What does this mean?"

"It means that the 'sleeping island' is not on the nautical chart."

The professor picked up the black tea Kyle had brought him, took a satisfied sip, and said, "It's on the star map."

Shen Fei immediately thought of a possibility.

"It...can move?"

"no."

Professor Archibald shook his head, put down his teacup, and looked a little impatient.

"What I mean is, the nautical chart I gave you was incomplete."

"It's only a part of it."

"Ragnar's log states that the three spikes of the 'Poseidon's Trident' suppress three moving temples. To find these temples, all three logs must be collected: one records star charts, one records nautical charts, and the other records ocean current charts."

"You have to overlay the three images together to find the island's true coordinates at the location of a certain star and where the ocean currents meet. And these coordinates are constantly changing."

The professor leaned back on the sofa and spread his hands.

"So, the sea chart I gave you is real; it depicts the terrain of the 'Sleeping Island' itself. But you only have this part, so of course you won't find anything."

Where are the other two logs?

Shen Fei's voice was a little hoarse.

"Well, that's why I came to find you."

Professor Archibald smiled, his eyes gleaming with shrewdness.

"That logbook containing the star map appeared in Egypt a hundred years ago, was bought by a British nobleman, and eventually sank with him in the North Atlantic, on the ship called the Titanic."

"And there's that logbook with ocean current maps. According to the last clue, it's in Japan. It's been treasured as a family heirloom by a family named 'Nakagawa' for hundreds of years."