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As Depp spoke, he stretched out his hand and drew the basic hand gesture for a portal in front of Mera.

Then, a portal emitting sparks appeared before Mera, and on the other side was the ancient battlefield ruins of Atlantis where the two first met.

"This is amazing!" Mera exclaimed. "Can you teach me?"

“Of course, that is the purpose of my trip.” Depp said, taking out a brass ring, taking Mera’s hand, and placing the ring on her hand.

Mera's magical talent is absolutely top-notch in the ocean kingdom.

So Depp approached her first. The underwater logistics team Depp assembled needed someone to master the technology of using teleportation portals, otherwise efficiency would be greatly reduced.

Not to mention the Lost Kingdom, which is virtually inaccessible without the use of a portal.

"Now, do whatever I do and try to copy it. See if you can get the feel for it."

After Depp finished speaking, he began to teach Mera the techniques of using the portal step by step.

But after Mera followed Depp's lead more than ten times, she still showed no reaction.

Not even a tiny spark was ignited.

In the end, Depp could only say helplessly, "Okay, maybe you're not suited for this magic."

"Am I stupid?" Mera asked.

“Of course not. Your talent for water magic is quite outstanding,” Depp comforted him. “Don’t worry about such a small thing. It doesn’t matter at all.”

After comforting Mera, Depp started thinking again: who should he try asking?

They must be trustworthy and intelligent enough.

Suddenly, the face of a super-strong little girl appeared in Depp's mind.

Chapter 323 Magical Genius

The underground world, a lost land.

Zesruru sat in the mud with a bewildered look on her face, a half-eaten dried fish still dangling from her mouth.

"Am I...home?"

She stared blankly at everything around her, completely baffled.

"I was just eating snacks in Mera's bedroom, how did I suddenly end up home?"

Zesruru stood up, stuffed the remaining handful of dried fish into her clothes, and walked forward.

This is the place where she has lived her whole life, and it is the place she knows best.

So Zessruru easily made her way to the palace of the Lost Kingdom.

Inside the mud-brick palace, his father, William Zeze, sat on the throne, his face filled with anxiety.

My daughter has been away from home for a while now, with that young man named Depp.

Since the Earth's core and the ocean cannot communicate, Ruth Zeze is essentially out of contact, which makes William Zeze very worried about his daughter.

"Father, I'm back!"

Ruszeze's voice interrupted William Zeze's worries.

The kind-hearted king looked up and saw his daughter standing before him, perfectly healthy, which filled him with immense joy.

But soon, William Zeze's face turned angry.

He flashed past, appeared beside Ruszeze, grabbed her by the neck, and lifted her up like a chick.

"You finally decided to come back? You sneaked away from the Earth's core with Depp, do you know how worried everyone was about you?!"

Rusze looked up with a pitiful expression, tears welling up in her eyes.

She pursed her lips and said, "I...I just wanted to go out and see the world, and also be able to help everyone in some way."

As she spoke, she held up the dried fish in her hand and said, "Father, look, this is food that my friends in the sea gave me. It's especially delicious! And they really like the local specialties from the Earth's core that I brought with me."

"Do they really like giant sea lice and quiet caterpillars?"

William Zeze put his daughter down. He wasn't particularly angry; he was more worried.

So when William Zeze saw Ruszeze like this and heard about the results of her trip, he softened.

Ruszeze nodded emphatically and said, "That's right. Although they all looked hesitant when they first tried it, after they tasted it, they all praised the taste of the giant sea lice and the serene caterpillar!"

"In addition, Depp's brother's seven-nation alliance plan has been completely completed. Now we just need to wait for the shipping routes to be cleared before we can conduct trade and technological exchanges with the other six countries!"

Upon hearing this, William Zeze smiled happily. He affectionately stroked his daughter's hair and said, "That's really great! In that case, perhaps we won't have to stay in this dark and gloomy underground forever in the future. Occasionally, we can travel to the sea or even the land, which seems quite possible!"

Zessuru nodded emphatically, then popped a small dried fish into her mouth and said, "That's right! It seems that Brother Depp also has many businesses on land. He's really an amazing person!"

William Zeze looked at the mud wall above his head and said, "Needless to say? After all, he is recognized by Neptune's Trident and is destined to become the Lord of the Seven Seas."

“However…” William Zeze seemed to have thought of something and said, “The sea routes between the other six countries are easy to understand, but how do we establish sea routes with other civilizations? We can’t always rely on Depp to carry our goods, can we?”

"Huh?"

Ruszeze was stumped by the question; she couldn't answer it either.

But it didn't matter if she couldn't explain it clearly, Ruszeze immediately shifted the blame, saying, "Don't worry, Father, Depp will solve these problems! He can solve everything!"

Next, to celebrate his daughter's return, William Zeze decided to throw a seven-day banquet to entertain the people of the Lost Kingdom.

In fact, the Lost Kingdom is the smallest in terms of power and manpower among the seven kingdoms in the sea.

In the Earth's core, the living space and resources are very limited, which has resulted in the Lost Kingdom having a small population, less than half that of Gotham.

However, in contrast to the low birth rate, the people of the Lost Kingdom generally have long lifespans, not only compared to humans, but also compared to the other six kingdoms of the Atlantis civilization branch, making it a veritable village of longevity stars.

In those seven days, Ruszeze quickly reintegrated into her family atmosphere.

Although I still have a slight fondness for life at sea, my own home is definitely not bad either!

Whether it's giant sea lice, delicate caterpillars, or other delicacies like earthworms, my hometown has many of them, even more abundant than those in the ocean.

The only thing I regret is not being able to see Depp before I came back.

Or rather... I didn't get a good look at it.

The moment Ruszeze returned to the Lost Kingdom, she immediately guessed that Depp had sent her back, which is why she had this thought.

By the seventh day, the last day of the banquet in the Lost Kingdom, everyone was already drunk.

Apart from the guards on duty today, everyone who attended the banquet was completely drunk and unconscious.

In the lost kingdom, the Zeze family, as royalty, lived a life no different from anyone else.

The food and drinks were all local specialties, and the houses were all mud houses, maybe a little bigger.

As for clothing... the Lost Kingdom has no tradition of wearing clothes.

Therefore, under this way of life, there has been almost no crime here for thousands of years.

Therefore, even at royal banquets, everyone drinks without restraint until they are completely drunk.

William Zeze was the same; he had been thoroughly drunk by the guys who came to toast him.

He crawled completely under the table, vomiting and mumbling something incoherently.

Clearly, he has lost consciousness.

Surprisingly, the person with the best alcohol tolerance at the entire banquet was Ruszeze.

Ruszeze was wearing a little white dress she had brought back from Zebel, carrying a small clay wine jug in her right hand and a small clay wine cup in her left, and continued to drink by herself.

And with each sip of the Earth Core Brew, she couldn't help but squint her eyes and slightly grin.

This is the bare minimum of respect for baijiu!

Even though he was the last person sitting down to drink, Ruszeze was feeling a little dizzy.

Her face flushed slightly, and her eyes darted around.

Suddenly, something like a firework appeared before Ruszeze's eyes. It had to be said that this was the first time she had ever seen something so beautiful.

Ruszeze instinctively grabbed the wine cup with his mouth, then reached out and stuck his finger directly into Depp's navel as he emerged from the portal.

He even scratched at it with a confused look on his face.

Depp looked at the tiny fingers that were pressing his black shirt into his belly button and fiddling with it, and said, "Little brat, I advise you to show some respect."

Upon entering the banquet hall of the Lost Kingdom, Depp canceled the portal and asked Zeslur, "You've been drinking?"

As soon as Depp uttered his second sentence, Ruszeze immediately recognized him as Depp.

She quickly hid the hand holding the wine jug behind her back, protesting like a student caught red-handed by a teacher: "I didn't, I didn't, I never drink!"

Then, the wine cup she was holding in her mouth fell onto the table and started spinning.

“Yes, I believe you.” Depp came to Ruszeze’s side and said, “I had something I wanted to talk to you about, but given the current situation, I may have to wait a while until you’re sober before we can talk.”

Upon hearing this, Ruszeze immediately waved her hand and said, "There's no need for that. Just say what you need to say now. I'm perfectly sober!"

"Are you sure?" Depp asked.

Ruszeze puffed out her small chest and said confidently, "I'm absolutely, positively, and without a doubt!"

Upon hearing this, Depp took out the sling ring that he had recently taken from Mera and said, "I want to test whether you have any magical talent. This is related to whether the supplies of the Lost Kingdom can be transported out in the simplest way."

"Magic!!" Ruszeze, still a little dazed, suddenly became interested. She said, "Teach me, teach me! Is it the kind of magic that can turn mud into dried fish?"

Depp: ......

What are you thinking about using those dried fish for?

"No, it's magic that can open a portal, just like I did just now!"

Ruszeze asked in confusion, "What happened just now? What did you do just now?"

Depp: ......

"Maybe I should leave now and come back in a couple of days."

Seeing Depp get up to leave, Ruth Zeze immediately jumped up and hugged Depp's leg, crying out, "No! You can't leave! I won't let you go until you teach me magic!"

Faced with Zeszuru's drunken outburst, Depp's heart had already turned cold.

He had already given up hope that the girl could master the teleportation magic of Kamar-Taj.