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"Humph!"

The siren symbiote was clearly still angry. After all, it was quite disgusting to be caught on dozens of fishhooks while just strolling around and then being pulled back by these people.

Depp continued, "When we get back, I'll buy you candy, a thousand different kinds, you can eat as much as you want."

"That's fine."

The Siren Symbiote said.

After comforting the woman, Depp headed straight to his next destination.

In the Sahara Desert, the scorching and blinding sun mercilessly drenches the land, as if trying to dry everything it encounters.

Several desert lizards hopped across the golden sand to avoid burning their feet.

This was once a country of exile.

It is also the land that forged Neptune's Trident.

Depp recalls that in the movie, Arthur and Mera found the mechanism containing the King of Atlantis's hints in the heart of the Sahara Desert.

But when Depp arrived here, he realized just how absurd the way the authorities were depicted in the movies—finding the location of the agency by sheer luck.

Even with his X-ray vision, Depp couldn't pinpoint the location.

Because beneath the desert, countless caves are intertwined like tree roots, making it impossible to find a way in.

"Does finding our destination mean we have to climb every single cave one by one?"

Depp thought helplessly, after all, crawling was something he really resisted.

Just as Depp compromised, sat on the ground, and prepared to use his super speed to crawl through these intricate caves one by one.

A person leading a camel, completely wrapped in white linen, walked towards Depp from a distance.

"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

The voice was clear and bright, and it seemed to belong to a teenage boy.

Depp put on the Mirror of Introduction and looked at the other person.

【Daye Areyamin】The Heir of the Exiled Kingdom

Main ability: Knows all the history and heritage of the exiled country.

Favorability rating: Quite favorable.

The inheritor of the exiled nation!

Depp was surprised that the exiled country had not been destroyed, but instead had transferred the remaining people to the mainland.

The boy before them was actually the heir of the exiled kingdom.

However, Depp was caught in a dilemma.

Should I tell the boy named Daye directly that I want to find information about Neptune's Trident?

He glanced at the system tasks.

Quest Name: Ocean Lord

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

Task progress: 5%.

Mission time limit: 14 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes and 49 seconds.

Time is passing, and Depp can't guarantee that future tasks will go as smoothly as the present.

Therefore, he decided to go straight for the ball.

"gentlemen?"

Not getting a response, Daye asked again, thinking that Depp had lost consciousness due to dehydration from being in the desert for too long.

After all, Depp was only wearing jeans and a short-sleeved t-shirt.

In the desert, if someone exposes their skin to the sun to cool off, they must be tired of living.

Daye shook his head helplessly; this wasn't the first idiot he'd encountered.

He turned around and took out spare clothes and a water bottle from the camel, preparing to drape them over Depp.

Depp stood up as Daye approached and said, "Hello Daye, the successor of the exiled nation."

Daye was taken aback when he heard this. This was the first person besides his father to call him that.

With his X-ray vision, Depp could clearly see that under the white mask, Daye's face showed a curious expression.

curious...

It wasn't wariness, nor was it being moved; it was curiosity.

Depp immediately guessed that this child was the heir of the exiled country.

But after thousands or tens of thousands of years, what has been passed down to them may just be a tradition or even a legend.

Depp even suspected that Daye and his parents didn't actually believe in the existence of any underwater kingdom or exile in the Sahara Desert.

Memorizing those so-called historical records and materials is nothing more than a family tradition and habit.

"You...know me?"

"Daye asked."

Depp nodded, then took a bag of candy from his system space and tossed it to Daye.

“I am also a survivor of a foreign land, so in a sense we are family.”

Daye took out an orange-flavored candy and put it in his mouth, looking quite pleased.

He put the rest of the candy into the bottom layer of his backpack, and then took out the pre-grilled steak from the backpack.

Chapter 273 Bottles and Maps

Here, candy is as luxurious as vegetables, so Daye wants to take it home and share it with her parents and siblings.

Their country is so poor that they can only afford to eat roasted meat for every meal.

Handing the steak and water to Depp, Daye asked with great interest, "Really? The exiled country actually exists!"

For Daye, the fact that a country in exile actually existed was quite exciting.

Depp took a bite of the rather dry and tough steak and then said, "That's right, the Kingdom of Exile did exist, and it was a genuine underwater kingdom. Back then, this place wasn't a desert, but a vast ocean."

Daye's eyes gleamed with an unusual light as he said, "Wow! I always thought my father was lying to me."

"Did your father tell you a lot about the country in exile?"

"Depp asked."

Daye nodded and said, "Yes, my father told me a lot and told me to memorize it so that I could tell my children later. He said that although these things may sound impractical, they are a tradition that has been passed down in our family for generations."

Upon hearing this, Depp immediately pressed his advantage, saying, "That's what my father told me too. By the way, do you know the legend of Neptune's Trident in Atlantis?"

Daye, sitting next to Depp, immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Of course, this is my favorite story!"

Depp said, "Because the Neptune Trident was forged by blacksmiths from an ancient exiled kingdom, right?"

Upon hearing Depp's words, Daye became completely convinced that the other man was also a remnant of a foreign land.

After all, this was the first time in his life that he had heard so much about the country in exile from other people.

And it's completely correct.

Daye said, "That's certainly part of the reason. In legend, the blacksmiths of the exiled kingdom are the most powerful in Atlantis. But what I find most interesting is the various magical powers of the legendary Trident of Neptune."

“Indeed, the Trident of Neptune is a divine weapon that almost only appears in myths and legends,” Depp said sharply. “By the way, do you remember the legend about the location of the Trident of Neptune in the exiled kingdom?”

Daye thought for a moment and said, "Although the Trident of Neptune was forged by the Exiled Kingdom and presented to the King of Atlantis, even the people of the Exiled Kingdom do not know its exact location."

"Is that so...?"

Depp was immediately disappointed. Did he really have to go and crawl through the hole?

What Keda said next made Depp ecstatic once again.

“However, my father told me that beneath the Sahara Desert, there are mechanisms and omens left by the King of Atlantis. If someone can open the mechanism, they can obtain clues about Neptune’s Trident.”

Depp's eyes lit up, and he asked, "So, do you know the location of that mechanism?"

Upon hearing this, Daye looked at the sky and his surroundings to determine the location, and then immediately pointed to the distance: "Father said that the place where the prophecy mechanism of the King of Atlan is buried is probably in that direction, about two thousand meters away."

Depp stood up and looked around, then said to Daye, "Should we... go check it out? If there really is some kind of mechanism, we should at least see it for ourselves in this lifetime."

Daye looked at Depp, then at her own camel.

He then climbed onto the camel's back and reached out his hand to Depp.

"Come on, let's ride Sanna together."

Half an hour later, the two arrived at their destination.

Daye said to Depp, "My father said the mechanism is down here. But to me, this place doesn't seem any different from anywhere else."

Depp looked down and saw a cave leading directly underground, about two meters below.

The cave was unfathomably deep and pitch black; even Depp couldn't see the bottom.

However, not being able to see the bottom is not a problem; Depp said he would find out for himself by going to explore it.

Depp dismounted from the camel and asked, "Daye, there seems to be a cave leading underground, but I don't know if there are any unknown dangers. Would you like to come with me to take a look?"

Daye asked, "Are you sure there's a cave down there?"

Depp nodded and said, "Of course, don't forget that I, like you, am someone who has a legacy of exile."

Upon hearing this, Daye pondered for a moment before saying, "I'll go with you, but I need to comfort Sanna first."

After saying that, Daye came to the camel Sanna's side, hugged Sanna's head and said, "Good child, wait here for me to come back, don't leave."

Then Daye said to Depp, "How do we get into that cave?"

"That's easy!"

Depp extended his index finger and gently inserted it into the top of the cave.