# 1795
Chapter 1788: Figure on the Shore
Yuzuri Takishiro stared in a daze for a long time before coming back to his senses. He looked up at the void, lost in thought.
The game's background was设定的—he had deliberately chosen the concepts of "artificial gods" and "Pure Land." What was he trying to do?
"In any case, from what we can gather now, Aimemei is actually like Takishiro, an experimental subject for artificial gods?" Shen Qingzhu pondered as he spoke.
"That's right." Lin Qiye nodded. "Her abilities should be related to the materialization of emotional energy. But since she's set as the 'Second Pure Land,' it should be more advanced than the 【Pure Land】 we've faced before. I'm not sure how far their improvements to artificial gods have progressed."
"No matter how far they've progressed... from the current situation, it seems they've failed."
Shen Qingzhu spoke slowly. "The laboratory was abandoned underground, and up until now, we haven't seen a single person from the 'Second Pure Land.' Aimemei has even regained her freedom. The ruins outside might very well be caused by her."
"I think it might be quite the opposite." Lin Qiye said seriously. "If Aimemei truly destroyed the 'Second Pure Land' and escaped from it alone, that means her power has exceeded the researchers' imagination... In a sense, her experiment has already succeeded."
Shen Qingzhu thought for a moment and agreed with Lin Qiye's assessment.
"But these are ultimately just background details. What's most important now is figuring out how to defeat her."
Just then, Yuzuri Takishiro, who had been silently standing to the side, suddenly raised his head. A glimmer of light appeared in his eyes. "I have a plan..."
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Great Xia.
Commander-in-Chief's Office.
"Commander!!" Secretary Min Junliang rushed through the office door.
Seeing Master Chen sitting behind the desk, carefully reviewing documents, Min Junliang quickly came to his senses, remembering that Commander Lin was not at headquarters, and all affairs were being handled by Master Chen.
"What is it?" Master Chen asked calmly.
"Gold Coast has been attacked! Over a thousand tourists have all gone missing!"
"Gold Coast?" Master Chen's brow furrowed slightly. "Was it done by a 'Mystery'?"
"No... Divine power fluctuations were detected in the area at the time. It should have been a certain god." Min Junliang hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Among the currently living gods, the only one capable of manipulating seawater on such a large scale... should only be Poseidon.
He moved too quickly. By the time we noticed, he had already swept everyone out of Great Xia's borders. Wu Tongxuan, Master Chen, and Chen Han are now pursuing him to the Mist Wall, ready to追击."
Min Junliang anxiously looked at Master Chen. "Should we order them to pursue immediately?"
"Poseidon..."
Master Chen thought for a moment, then shook his head. "No need. Have Wu Tongxuan and the others all return."
Min Junliang was stunned. "Return? But those over a thousand ordinary people might not have been harmed yet... If we pursue now, with Wu Tongxuan and the two Human Apexes working together, we could most likely kill Poseidon and rescue them."
"I said, have them return." Master Chen's voice carried no emotional波动. "Lin Qiye is not here, so I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch. Execute orders."
Min Junliang opened his mouth, as if wanting to persuade him further, but seeing those calm, unruffled eyes, he could only sigh helplessly and turn to leave.
Just then, a voice came from behind him.
"Was the 【Phoenix】 Squad also caught up in it?" Master Chen asked.
"【Phoenix】 Squad?" Min Junliang paused for a moment. "The incident happened on the coastline, and there are no surveillance cameras set up there, so we can't identify the victims' identities in a short time... But the 【Phoenix】 Squad's activity trajectory before this was indeed near the coastline...
I'll go try to contact them right now."
Min Junliang immediately made several phone calls in the corridor. About three minutes later, he returned to the office with a grim expression.
"The 【Phoenix】 Squad has lost contact. They were most likely affected by Poseidon as well... With Xia Simeng's abilities, even if she couldn't withstand Poseidon, she should have been able to escape..."
Master Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. The causal threads at his fingertips swayed gently, as if he were calculating something.
"Understood." He nodded.
"For the next period of time, no one is permitted to leave Great Xia's borders... Which squads are currently operating missions in the Mist?"
"Only the 【Knights】 and 【Demon】 squads have the capability to explore the Mist, but the 【Demon】 Squad is on vacation right now. Only the 【Knights】 are active in the Mist, though not near Olympus."
"Good."
Master Chen stared at his fingertips alone, saying nothing more.
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The Mist.
Olympus.
Beneath the mountains where clouds churned, a towering giant wave rose from the misty shore and crashed onto the rocks with a thunderous roar.
Countless figures were swept out from the seawater, piling up like corpses on the shore. A tall figure held a golden Trident and slowly walked out of the sea onto the shore.
Poseidon's gaze swept across the people on the shore, and he calmly walked toward the interior of Mount Olympus.
Just then, a figure trailing black曳光 descended from the sky.
Hades, the King of the Underworld, stood firmly before him. Looking at the countless unconscious figures covering the shore, he frowned and spoke:
"What are you doing?"
Poseidon glanced at the massive "六" in the sky above Mount Olympus and said:
"Since Great Xia declared war on us in this manner, we should naturally show some 'sincerity'..."
"Taking these ordinary people as leverage... You want to provoke them?"
Poseidon sneered. "Human emotions are far richer and more fragile than a god's... If they're provoked by this, they'll fall into chaos.
Unfortunately, Dionysus and I ambushed in the Mist for a long time, but we didn't see any powerful warriors from Great Xia come out in pursuit... But it doesn't matter. When they set foot on Mount Olympus six days from now, these will be our 'gifts.'"
Poseidon gazed at the shore full of humans, a cold gleam appearing in his eyes.
"Find someone to lock them up first. Give them a bit of food every day. As long as more than half of them are still alive after six days, that'll be enough."
Hades stared at Poseidon for a long while before couldn't help but let out a light laugh:
"Everyone says I'm evil and vicious, but I never expected your heart to be even dirtier than mine."
Poseidon gave him a sidelong glance, saying nothing, and walked straight toward the central peak of Mount Olympus.
Hades's gaze casually swept over the humans. Suddenly, it paused on one of the unconscious girls in a swimsuit. He frowned slightly and studied her in puzzlement for a moment before speaking in surprise:
"Oh? There's actually an agent of Athena here? What a pleasant surprise..."