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"Oh, Dane, all the Amazons on New Paradise Island have been wiped out. What about Aquaman..."

"He can't defend against that bomb." Dane shook his head. "However, as an important pawn in this war, he won't be eliminated so easily."

"Chess piece?" Circe frowned, as if she heard a word that implied conspiracy.

Dane laughed and said, "You don't really think this war is just because of hatred, do you?"

"Is there something wrong?" Circe really didn't understand.

"Let me ask you, what is the trigger for war?"

"The Atlanteans tore up the peace treaty and attacked Paradise Island..." Circe said subconsciously.

Dane asked, "Why would they do that?"

"Because... because..." Huh? Circe was suddenly confused. Why?

"What would destroying Paradise Island bring to the Atlanteans? It's strange, isn't it? They don't seem to want anything from the Amazons. Peace is so close, so close at hand. Why would the underwater people want to destroy Paradise Island?"

Circe suddenly felt a chill.

Chapter 538 The old king is dead and the new king ascends the throne

During the period when Dane and others initially took control of the lesser realm, Atlantis began to fall into chaos.

Just as Dane said, Aquaman's physical strength was not enough to withstand the power of a nuclear explosion, so his body was vaporized by the high temperature like everyone else, leaving only the Trident of Poseidon in place.

After the nuclear explosion, the magical shield covering the New Paradise Island lost its effect and dissipated with the destruction of the altar and the departure of Circe.

After the nuclear explosion, high temperatures lingered on the island for three days, turning the entire New Paradise Island into a barren land.

The Amazons, Atlanteans, and some of the few humans and rebels living here were also wiped out by the high-temperature shock wave of the explosion. Not only were their bodies complete, but not even a single cell tissue was left.

A week later, a group of underwater visitors arrived at the New Paradise Island, which was shrouded in nuclear radiation.

"Find it! We must find it even if we have to turn the whole island upside down!" A majestic voice came from the human figure covered by protective clothing. He is the current master of Atlantis, King Orm.

After the death of the Sea King was confirmed, the Kingdom Council urgently placed Orm on the throne to stabilize the people's hearts.

Fortunately, he had been a king for a period of time, so he adapted to this position very quickly and was not as flustered as Aquaman Arthur was at the beginning.

But even so, the news of Aquaman's death caused great turmoil in the Kingdom of Atlantis. The people, who were already dissatisfied with the attack on the capital, now had a strong distrust of the royal family. Even the rise of King Orm was unable to stop this trend.

This discontent accumulated throughout the kingdom, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

Over the years, Atlantis has been at war constantly, and many soldiers have been sacrificed in the wars with the Amazon and humans (not every body can be recovered in every war, so not everyone can be resurrected). The people have long been tired of war, but under the pressure of Aquaman's kingship, no one dared to object.

The trident of Poseidon contains the power of the great god Poseidon. It connects the entire ocean. The person holding the trident can not only freely control the sea as he wishes, but also control all the sea people through blood connection.

Therefore, it is impossible for all underwater people to resist the will of Aquaman, because he is fully capable of drowning a specific underwater person directly in the water.

Even though the Kingdom Council dared to criticize the Sea King, no senator dared to oppose the war initiated by the king alone.

It’s not that Aquaman doesn’t dare to kill them, but he is fighting on the front line and needs a stable rear base to provide logistical support for the entire army. He cannot do without the help of these politicians to help him manage the entire kingdom.

The result of the highly solidified class structure is the hereditary aristocracy. In Atlantis, most official positions are hereditary, passed down from father to son, from son to grandson, and so on.

Thanks to the extremely high level of medical care brought about by high technology, as long as the nobles do not commit suicide, it is generally difficult for them to die young. This has led to the positions of many officials being basically tied to their families. Unless there are unexpected events, no one has the opportunity to be promoted.

There may be exceptions, but they are rare.

This is also the reason why in the original "Aquaman", Om had to work so hard to connect people in the sea. Even though he was the king, he had to get the support of these noble families first, otherwise he could do nothing. The nobles controlled the operation of the entire kingdom.

In "Aquaman 2", Arthur Curry also encountered a similar situation. Even though he was the king of destiny recognized by the trident of Poseidon, he still had no way to realize his ideal of leading the underwater civilization to the world. The King's Council firmly controlled the power of the kingdom.

During the Black Manta rebellion, Arthur was unable to mobilize his kingdom's army, so that in the end only a small number of soldiers who were impressed by his personal charm followed him. Most of the time, he could only rely on himself and his brother who was still serving a sentence to investigate intelligence.

It's really sad that he is the lord of the seven seas but doesn't even have a single useful person under his command.

The situation King Orm is facing now is similar to that of Arthur in "Aquaman 2". Although he has returned to the throne, he is not loved by the people because he once lost the battle for the throne.

In order to change this situation, he urgently needs to do something to prove his ability and the legitimacy of the throne. Normally, a king would choose to start a war to prove his bravery at this time, but the Amazons, who were hostile to the Atlanteans, have disappeared, so this path is temporarily blocked.

As for the human world, they had just wiped out the Amazons and killed Aquaman Arthur. Now the underwater people, who had suffered heavy losses, had no confidence that they could defeat them.

If the people have no confidence, the army will have no courage. King Orm is eager to prove that he is not entirely for his own selfish reasons. Only by reawakening the people's self-confidence can they fight against humans.

King Orm doesn't believe that humans' goal is only the New Paradise Island. The suspicion of a new war is looming over the underwater people, and they need to prepare themselves again.

Even if humans do not declare war on them, Arthur still needs to be accounted for by humans for his death.

The only solution King Orm could think of at this time was to retrieve the Trident of Poseidon that was lost on the island. Arthur was dead, and he was the most likely royal descendant to obtain the Trident.

The resurrection ceremony of Atlantis requires a complete corpse, but after the nuclear explosion, there is not even a trace of the people left, so they naturally cannot be resurrected. The same is true for Aquaman.

This was somewhat different from what Dane had imagined. Poseidon did not use his power to resurrect Aquaman, but instead set his sights on King Orm.

The Amazons only have one crown prince, so if Diana dies in battle, Zeus will definitely resurrect her.

But Arthur Curry isn't the only option for Poseidon.

What's more, in terms of blood purity, King Orm's sea blood is much nobler than Arthur's.

If Arthur's genes had not reverted to their ancestral state and awakened the ability to control marine creatures, Poseidon might not have chosen him.

This time, Aquaman's defeat made him abandon this half-blood directly. To him, the dead Arthur was undoubtedly a loser. Coupled with the unpleasant human blood of the other half, Aquaman was not resurrected by Poseidon as Dane had imagined.

The sea people searched the island filled with nuclear radiation for a full half month before they finally found the golden trident.

At that time, an excited seaman couldn't wait to pick up the artifact, but he was unexpectedly burned to ashes by the magic lightning on the trident.

The other sea people's faces changed drastically when they saw this, and they quickly retreated as if they were avoiding the plague god.

Only then did they remember that those who were not of royal blood were not qualified to touch this artifact.

The class stubbornness of the underwater people is reflected here. The class in the human world still has the possibility of being broken. After all, we are all human beings and there is no essential difference in genes. However, the class of the sea people is engraved in the genetic information.

Soon someone informed King Orm of this matter, and he rushed there as soon as possible. The Trident of Poseidon was related to the legitimacy of his throne, so he had no choice but to take active measures.

When King Orm arrived, the trident was lying quietly on the ground, surrounded by a circle of sea people, but no one dared to step forward.

At this point, even he himself couldn't help feeling uneasy. He was defeated by this trident in the first place. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the Trident of Poseidon, Arthur Curry might not be his opponent if he fought with an ordinary trident.

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Many midnights, Orm often wondered, if he had been the first to find the Trident of Poseidon, would it be Arthur who was recognized?

The status of the Trident of Poseidon is so lofty in the history of the sea people that the person who possesses it is almost equivalent to the spokesperson of Poseidon. At this time, Om suddenly felt a little worried. What if Poseidon does not recognize him?

"No! It won't be like that!" He was furious. "I am the real king, of true royal blood. Even that half-blooded bastard can succeed, so why can't I?"

Power changes a person's mentality, and this process changes very quickly.

When Aquaman was alive, King Orm would never dare to have such an idea, but would try his best to assist him.

However, once he sat on the throne again, he began to despise Arthur's bloodline, which shows the corruption of power on people.

After thinking quickly for a while, he decided that he had to do it eventually. Besides, Om didn't believe that with his bloodline, he would be inferior to a half-blood child whose genes were only half of those of the sea people.

He took a deep breath, walked forward, and grabbed the trident under the gaze of all the Atlantis soldiers. Magic lightning appeared again, spreading from the trident to King Orm's entire body.

Om's eyes widened angrily, and the genes in his body seemed to be connected with the sea and the countless marine creatures in the sea. The authority of the seven seas was suddenly bestowed upon him.

He closed his eyes and felt with his heart, feeling that at this moment he could even feel the citizens of every underwater kingdom, even the Trench Tribe.

His spirit attached itself to the speechless sea monsters of the Trench Clan, and he found that he could understand their inner thoughts.

For the Trench Tribe, life had only two meanings: reproduction and eating. He felt a mysterious force connecting the Trench Tribe and his bloodline.

For some reason, when he began to think about what it was, the answer came naturally to him.

The power that connects him and the Trench Clan is the agreement made between the first king and the Trench Clan.

After Atlantis sank to the bottom of the sea, the first king exiled himself and ordered the people of the Trench Tribe not to leave their land. They must guard a passage to another world for generations. That world is the Hidden Sea at the Center of the Earth.

However, just as Om was indulging in the unique dark perspective of the Trench Tribe, he suddenly discovered that the number of Trench Tribe was decreasing. Although it was not worth mentioning compared to the huge number of this race, it was not worthy of attention. But now...

King Oum suddenly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a flash of divine light in them.

He raised the trident of Poseidon high in the air. Suddenly the sky changed color and a beam of lightning came down and struck the trident, but it did not hurt King Orm. Instead, it increased his strength and made his momentum even stronger.

At the same time, King Orm's body shape seemed to have changed. His already tall stature grew again, and he soon became a strong man who was no less than Arthur Curry.

When the lightning struck, the surrounding Atlantean soldiers half-knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to the new king.

King Orm raised his halberd and roared, "I am the true king!"

At this moment, he vented all the grievances and resentment he had accumulated over the years. The Trident of Poseidon acknowledged him as the true king of Atlantis!

"King Om! King Om!" The surrounding sea creatures began to sing his name.

King Orm laughed wildly amidst the shouts.

Chapter 539 An unexpected surprise

Surface world.

Due to the enormous power of this dirty bomb, the impact it caused was extremely far-reaching.

However, even if humans want to find out the situation on New Paradise Island as quickly as possible, the dangers of nuclear radiation make them hesitate.

After all, human technology is still a little behind that of underwater civilization. The human investigation team arrived only after the Atlanteans had dug the entire island three feet underground.

They came here not only to see the situation, but also to look for any artifacts that Diana might have left behind.

If Diana died, the artifacts would have been lost on the island.

But when their team arrived, they found that the entire island had been searched over and over again, which made the members of the investigation team look ugly.

Judging from the situation, how could they not know that someone had visited this island a long time ago?

Who is it?

"Who else could it be but the underwater people of Atlantis?"

More than one footprint was found at the scene, which was highly consistent with the armored footprints of the Atlanteans they had previously seized.

"We're a step late."

There is no way around this. They have to wait until the nuclear radiation drops to a safe level before they can come in. They cannot be as confident and willful as the people in the sea.

"What should we do? It says we must find the artifact."

The leader scoffed at this: "You don't even know whether the queen is dead or not, and you're already trying to find the artifact. What kind of wishful thinking is this?"

"Very good, just tell the people above me that I support you."

The leader choked, and when he thought of the disgusting face of the black woman, he suddenly lost interest.

"However, I think these footprints should be enough to explain the situation. The other party was able to get ahead of us because we are not as technologically advanced as them. This is a gap that is difficult to bridge. Even if that woman knew about it, she would not be able to blame us."

"It can only be the."

However, humans still isolated this place, which was later called "Death Island". The Geiger index here is very high, and even the investigation team dare not stay here for long.

However, when they placed the isolation belt in the water, they unexpectedly found a strange-looking underwater warship in an extremely remote underwater cave. It was still intact after the nuclear explosion.

This is an Atlantean warship.

The investigation team quickly went underwater and pried open the door of the battleship. Behind the central control room, they found the ultimate weapon of the underwater people and Captain Atom trapped in the weapon.

“I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected gain!”

"This discovery alone should be enough to shut up that woman Waller."

"This design is really ingenious. You can actually use Captain Atom's energy in this way."

Most of the members of the investigation team were scientists, some of whom had made great achievements in high-energy physics, but even they were amazed at the Atlanteans' ingenious ideas.

"This item cannot be destroyed and must be preserved intact. Hurry and notify the higher-ups to have it shipped back to the country!"

The radioactive elements produced by the nuclear explosion not only spread over the entire British Isles, but also flowed into the sea along with some substances, followed the ocean currents into the Atlantic Ocean, and penetrated into the underwater kingdom.

Soon, some people in the ocean kingdom discovered that the quality of sea water had become worse, just like the smog produced in the air humans breathe, and the feeling was very obvious.

The Saltwater Nation is not so bad. They live in a very deep molten salt lake under the sea, and each member of the tribe is covered with a thick shell and salt crystal layer, so they are not greatly affected by radioactive elements.

However, those kingdoms living not far from the sea were not doing so well. The Fisherman Kingdom and the Zebel Kingdom both noticed the deterioration of the marine environment. A large number of marine organisms died, triggering a large-scale red tide phenomenon.

The oxygen content in some local areas of the sea water began to drop sharply, and many sea people began to have difficulty breathing and suffocate, so much so that they had to find ways to create oxygen machines in the sea to maintain the oxygen concentration required for survival.

King Reku of the Fisherman Kingdom and King Nereus of the Zebel Kingdom joined together. They originally wanted to find King Azathoth of the Salt Water Kingdom and question the King of Atlantis together, but they were rejected by the Salt Water King.

"We in the Saltwater Kingdom don't welcome you slugs, get out of here!" Azathoth was still as bad-tempered and stubborn as ever.