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"The technology of Atlantis is truly amazing."

As Depp spoke, he put the bucket and the conch shell into the system space.

Back in Zebel's palace, Mera excitedly opened the conch's location map.

Chapter 272 Desert Kingdom

Mera looked at the map, eager to see if Depp was still at the ancient ruins of Atlantis.

Mera was quite familiar with the location of the ancient Atlantis ruins on the map.

What puzzled her was that the areas on the map that should have been flashing red dots were now completely empty.

"Strange, could it be that he has already left the ancient ruins?"

Mera whispered, then pulled on the edge of the map with both hands, shrinking it countless times.

Now, almost half of the Earth is on the map.

But Mera still couldn't find the red dot on the map that represented the location of her little conch shell.

She looked at her palm and felt no pain, which meant that her little conch shell was not damaged.

"How strange! Could it be... that he has already left Earth?"

Mera immediately shook her head: "How could that be! But where is he?"

After some thought, Mera closed the map with a hint of disappointment, returned to her bed, and rested her chin on her hands, watching the guards patrolling outside.

"Perhaps he has reached a place where the conch's location can be blocked, or... he has some way of blocking the conch's location function."

Thinking of Depp's sticky, Trench-like outfit, Mera thought it wasn't impossible.

"I hope we can meet again!" Mera thought, looking at the luminous pearl on the ceiling that emitted a soft glow. "Anyway, I can wait for that day to come. The lifespan of the sea people is very long!"

Depp continues his search in the ancient ruins of Atlantis.

Relying on his X-ray vision, although he hasn't found the ancient recorder yet, he has discovered many novel things.

For example, fragments of remains that could represent the technology of Atlantis, as well as beautiful gems and shells that were prepared to be brought back to Selena.

However, what annoyed Depp was not his inability to find the ancient recording device, but the siren symbiote that kept chattering around him.

"By the way, why did you make that girl run away? Was she not pretty enough?"

"If you ask me, that girl is just as good-looking as Selena, both in terms of face and figure, and she's definitely got a crush on you."

"And the child seemed to be an Atlantean, which made me feel quite close to him."

"Her ability to control water is also quite special. Although I know those tricks too, I didn't tell you since you didn't ask me. Actually, you can ask me what special abilities I have underwater."

"Why haven't you asked yet? I know a lot more than that!"

"For example, by controlling the direction and density of water, water can be launched like a javelin or a bomb."

"I can also control sea creatures. Unlike some guys' slow and hesitant communication skills, my ability is more inclined to a captivating effect of forced control."

"I can also control the waves and whirlpools, and easily tear ships apart and lift them up."

"Also, I can..."

At first, Depp would chat with the Siren symbiote for a bit, since the other's voice sounded very loud.

However, the Siren symbiote was too dense, so Depp eventually chose to ignore it and focus on finding the ancient recorder.

Finally, when Depp had almost reached the end of the ruins, he finally saw what he had been searching for underground.

After digging out the ancient recorder from a depth of more than ten meters underground, Depp immediately took out the Mirror of Introduction and looked at it.

[The recorder of the first dynasty of Atlantis]

Note: This contains information about the trident wielded by the King of Atlantis. This item is extremely precious and fragile, so please do not break it.

perfect!

Depp first put away the Mirror of Introduction, then carefully took the ancient recorder in his hand and put it into the system space.

There is nowhere safer than the system space.

Just then, several Atlantean soldiers riding sharks spotted Depp.

"Hey, Nasht, I think I'm seeing things. Look what's that?"

One of them pointed at Depp and said.

The soldier called Nasit looked in the direction his teammate was pointing, frowned, rubbed his eyes, and looked again.

The two then looked at each other, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

"That's... the Trench Clan?"

"Damn it, why are the Trench Clan here?!"

"Never mind all that, we need to take care of this guy before he harms the other civilians who are here to enjoy the scenery!"

"That's right, charge!"

"Die! You ugly Trench scum!"

Seeing the two people suddenly rushing towards him, Depp turned his head and grinned slightly.

Then, the two of them turned around at the same time and moved away from the ancient ruins.

"Damn it, Nasit, why did you run away? You must have been scared by that guy's big grin!"

“I didn’t run away. I just thought it would be safer to report the situation to Minister Nudisviko first.”

"I think so too, let's go together then."

"okay!"

Depp looked at the bubbles kicked up by the two shark riders as they fled, feeling somewhat helpless.

"I just tried to make my smile look as friendly as possible."

"Are all Atlanteans this cowardly?"

Depp shook his head and swam quickly towards the surface of the water.

On the sea, a fishing boat is carrying out fishing operations.

This ship is used for catching squid at sea.

On both sides of the boat, two rows of fishing rods are arranged at equal intervals in an orderly manner.

Large-scale squid fishing using nets is prohibited; only angling is permitted.

Fortunately, the squid in this area are quite plentiful, and you have to pull in the rod to catch them almost every few minutes.

However, even these seasoned fishermen would feel tired and irritable after a month of mechanical and repetitive fishing.

Suddenly, all the fishing rods began to shake violently.

This unusual activity immediately excited everyone on the ship.

Upon seeing this, the captain immediately left his cabin and went up to the deck.

"Looks like a super big guy!" the captain said, taking a deep drag on his cigarette. "Give it your all, guys! If we can really get this thing ashore, we can head back to port ahead of schedule!"

"Of course, you'll get every penny!"

The captain's words instantly raised the morale of all the crew members to an unprecedented level.

They gave me a good amount of money for going home early.

Damn it, we have to get this giant squid onto the boat today!

But just as everyone was about to pull the rods, all the fishing rods were suddenly pulled into the water by a tremendous force.

Upon seeing this, the captain, who had been excited, froze in place.

Then, about a hundred meters away on the sea, with a splash, a strange-looking thing broke out of the water and shot straight into the sky.

And behind this thing, there were dozens of fishing rods hanging.

"What...what is that?"

One of the crew members pointed in horror at the monster that had pulled the fishing rod out of the water.

"Water monkey? That's the legendary water monkey!"

"No, I think it's the legendary water ghost!"

"A water ghost? Could it be a vengeful spirit that drowned in these waters?"

"Is that guy trying to drag us down with him?"

"Captain, what do we do?!"

Listening to the crew's chatter, the captain took another deep drag on his cigarette and then threw the cigarette butt forcefully onto the deck.

He stubbed out his cigarette with his fishy-smelling slippers and then said, "Since everyone is so worried, let's return to port ahead of schedule. However, we won't be able to pay wages for the full month."

In fact, even if they encountered something unclean, the captain did not want to turn back.

After all, the round trip to catch squid from China takes nearly thirty days.

Returning now would definitely be a losing proposition, as we wouldn't make much money at all.

The problem is that the monster took all the fishing rods, so without fishing gear, there's no way to avoid returning home.

Just as the fishing boat turned around to return to port, dozens of fishing rods fell from the sky with a crackling sound; they were the ones that had just been taken away.

Upon seeing this, the captain immediately stopped the return trip, stepped out of the cabin, and said, "Keep fishing! Fish hard!"

Above the sky, Depp, now back to his original form, flew at high speed.

Behind him, the siren symbiote tried several times to break out of his body, but he pressed it back down each time.

"Depp, don't stop me! Let me go back and kill these fishermen!"

"Damn it, I swam around in the shallow water and got dozens of fishhooks stuck in my body. How can I stand that?"

"Let me go, let me go back and eat them all!"

Depp said helplessly, "Come on, those guys look like miserable fishermen, not the kind of fishermen who enjoy fishing. Just let them go this time."