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"You should go to bed early too, child."

With several hours to go before sunrise, Tom decided to take a nap so he would be more energetic when sunrise arrived.

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Smallville, thousands of miles away, is indeed a peaceful and tranquil place.

Depp was jolted awake by a system notification sound.

A new task has been assigned!

Quest Name: Ocean Lord

Mission objective: Find Poseidon's trident and unite the seven seas.

Task progress: 0%.

Task time limit: 15 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

Mission Rewards: 1 Fragment of Destiny, 1 week of travel time in the Marvel Comics world, and unlock all ocean maps without the 3-day limit.

Note: During the mission, the protagonist will not be restricted from going out of bounds in the ocean. The countdown to going out of bounds will resume immediately after the mission countdown ends, so please complete this mission as soon as possible.

Looking at the mission, Depp glanced at the Siren symbiote not far away and was speechless.

What's wrong with your system?

Are you forcing me to merge with this thing?

It's important to understand that while Depp possesses many extraordinary abilities, the one thing he lacks is the ability to fight in the ocean.

Whether on land or in the air, Depp is able to handle it with ease.

He can even use the Speed ​​Force to run and speed across the sea.

However, all of these take place in the sky, on land, or at sea.

If a battle requires entering the water or going to the seabed, Depp's combat power will be greatly weakened.

Therefore, whether Depp admits it or not, once he merges with the Siren symbiote, it will greatly strengthen his own weaknesses.

However, finding Poseidon's trident and unifying the seven seas is no easy task.

First of all, Poseidon's trident is almost a legend in the maritime kingdom.

Legend has it that this was the weapon of the ancient king of Atlantis, the King of Atlantis.

Only those recognized by the King of Atlantis can wield the trident, and those who possess the trident not only gain immense power but can also command all sea creatures.

However... normally, only Atlanteans can lift this thing.

Even Aquaman Arthur Curry was a chosen one with half Atlantean blood.

Secondly, unifying the seven seas would be even more difficult for Depp!

Even if he obtained the trident, he was still a purely land-dwelling human. He couldn't possibly expect the King of the Seven Seas to submit to him.

Could it be that the system wants me to kill all these guys from the Seven Seas in order to complete the mission?

However, although the task seemed absurd, the reward did indeed satisfy Depp.

Putting everything else aside, just unlocking all the ocean maps is enough to make Depp feel it was well worth the price.

That way, I can take Selena on a yacht and go on vacation at sea.

After much deliberation, Depp decided to try combining with the Siren symbiote.

After all, the mission rewards are really tempting, and after spending this time together, the Siren Symbiote is currently not having any major problems.

Most importantly, the siren symbiote's level of affection for him has remained consistently high.

It remains the highest level of "bound by life and death".

The next morning, after dropping Selena off at work, Depp secretly returned home and approached the Siren symbiote.

"What's wrong, Depp? What kind of snack do you want to give me today?"

The siren symbiote asked, "During this time, Depp has been feeding Selena all sorts of snacks that she buys whenever he has free time."

Furthermore, the siren symbiote also has a great fondness for these sweets.

It is said that the personality and preferences of a symbiote are primarily derived from its first host.

For example, Venom's cruelty and bloodlust stem from his first host... Deadpool.

Based on this, it seems that the first host of the Siren symbiote must have been a woman who had a great fondness for sweets and handsome men.

Depp casually tossed the leftover matcha cake from yesterday into a bottle and said, "I think I can try to merge with you."

"Hmm, this is leftover from yesterday, so the texture isn't very good anymore." The siren symbiote quickly absorbed the matcha cake, then suddenly realized, "What? You...you...you mean you're ready for me to enter your body?"

Depp: ......

Something about this statement feels a little off.

"Yes, I want to see what it would be like to merge with you."

Depp said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the siren symbiote made a gurgling sound, as if swallowing a large mouthful of saliva: "This is fantastic! Right now? Right here? Will Selena be angry if she sees this? Actually, I quite like her."

Depp hugged the bottle containing the siren symbiote to his chest and said, "No, let's do all this in a more interesting place!"

"Alright, alright, whatever you say! Once I'm inside your body, you'll see how powerful I am, and how powerful I can make you too!"

After saying that, Depp used his Speed ​​Force and flight ability to head straight for the nearest coast.

The first time they witnessed Depp's superpowers, the Siren symbiote was terrified.

After all, Depp's current speed, even if it hasn't reached the speed of light, is already far beyond the speed of sound.

Even though the Siren Symbiote has lived for ten thousand years, it has never reached this level of speed.

Even at sea, it won't work.

After witnessing all this, the siren symbiote's previous sense of superiority vanished, and she even began to have second thoughts.

After all, if one is parasitizing an ordinary human, then one is still in control, and at the very least, one can still decide whether to stay or leave.

The initiative is always in your own hands!

But if it were to parasitize someone as powerful as Depp, the Siren symbiote feared that it might not be able to keep or leave the body as it pleased.

She might end up becoming this handsome man's tool or his possession.

Wait... forbidden love?

With that word in mind, the Siren Symbiote looked at Depp's face again.

Suddenly I realized that this isn't so bad after all.

That's fine, we're already here.

Looking at the azure ocean before them, the siren symbiote immediately became active.

"Are you ready?"

"Depp asked."

"Of course, I've been eagerly waiting for this for a long time."

After saying that, there was a popping sound, and the siren symbiote pushed open the bottle stopper and crawled out.

Depp reached into the siren symbiote's blue body and said, "Then let's begin."

The siren symbiote instantly entered Depp's body through his skin, and the next moment Depp felt the abnormality in his body.

It felt as if something was constantly thrashing around inside my body.

At the same time, the Siren Symbiote's voice also rang in Depp's ears.

"My God! How can your body be so strong?"

"I have lived for ten thousand years and have never seen such a powerful physique!"

"Damn it, this means I can't make you ten times stronger! It seems I can only increase your strength by three times at most, and five times at most in the water!"

"Ah! You can even generate electricity! No, this seems to be lightning, and it's not ordinary lightning!"

"Mmm, this tingling and numb feeling is wonderful!"

Depp covered his forehead speechlessly and said, "Beautiful Siren, I think we should get down to business."

"Oh right, let's get down to business. I'm sorry, I was previously... mesmerized by your absolutely perfect body."

The instant he finished speaking, a layer of light blue, viscous substance began to appear on the skin of Depp's feet.

These substances, resembling blue asphalt, quickly stretched from Depp's feet up his entire body, like layers of viscous blue fishing nets.

The siren symbiote quickly covered Depp's entire body.

Two seconds later, Depp's appearance had completely changed.

Depp is now much taller than before, and his body is covered with a layer of shiny, sticky, light blue substance.

Its eyes are similar to Venom's, but longer and narrower, with a greater curve at the corners.

Depp's hands transformed into enormous blue claws, with two sharp blue bone spurs sprouting from the ends of his forearms.

Overall, Depp, after fusing with the Siren symbiote, still maintained his previous slender physique, completely different from Venom, who was as muscular as Bane in the movie.

Furthermore, Depp remained quite conscious and did not exhibit any signs of being invaded or becoming bloodthirsty and violent.

The only change in his mood was that Depp felt like he really wanted to dive right into the sea.

After stretching his new body a little, Depp felt his current strength and stamina.

"Strength and endurance have been significantly increased, and other abilities are still usable."

Using the Speed ​​Force, Depp flew to the center of the deserted ocean, looked at the endless sea, and threw a punch.

A whistling gust of wind from Depp's fist shot forward from his arm, heading straight for the sea.

boom!!!

The force of Depp's punch created a massive crater in the sea, hundreds of meters in diameter and over two thousand meters deep.

Furthermore, due to the residual force and erosion from the punch, the huge crater created by Depp has never been filled back by the sea.