Shadow of the Beautiful World

Not all heroes are included in Phoenix Snipe.

That's normal, and superheroes aren't waiting to save the world all the time.

They also have their own things to do.

At the same time as the phoenix sniper battle took place, on the earth, to be precise, in the deep sea, another battle was still going on, or in other words, this protracted war was drawing to a close.

At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in the great trench where the vicious Trench Race lives, an army is advancing rapidly.

The army is not composed of living people, but omnic soldiers with mechanical bodies specially designed to fight under the deep sea.

Their armor bears the insignia of the Cog Skull, representing their alignment and affiliation.

These are the warriors of the Mechanicus.

They retain the unified design of the Mechanicus Chapter, with a humanoid body, a head shaped like a full-face helmet, no eyes, and a V-shaped tactical eyepiece instead.

After entering the combat mode, the tactical eyepiece will light up with scarlet light, which is very cool, and in the dark deep sea, these illuminated shadows are even more chilling and cruel.

Deep-sea combat omnics are equipped with sonic weapons that can be fired underwater, such as assault rifles that shoot out clouds of compressed sonic bullets from their muzzles.

For the Trench Race, which has no thick carapace and has relatively poor defense, it is extremely lethal.

Behind their battle lines, the battle lines under the deep sea are already full of trench clan corpses, and some cleaning omnics are pushing these corpses into the big trench behind them.

Scavengers living in the deep sea will help omnics deal with the remnants of these wars.

Although the omnics are fighting here, the commander of the omnics is not a robot, but Arthur Curry, Merlin's nephew, the prince of the Kingdom of Atlantis.

For a long time recently, this young man with lush hair and beard, who decorated himself like a lion, has been moving under this remote sea area.

It's just ahead.

Arthur took the deep-sea omnics he borrowed from Aunt Icarus and easily repelled a group of Trench tribes. He stood on the rocks in the deep sea and let the sea blow his hair and beard.

Holding the vibrating gold trident and wearing a set of mechanically made light armor, he looked at the cracks in the seabed several kilometers ahead.

That thing is like a super-large sea eye, with a huge amount of seawater pouring into the crack all the time. Because of the huge amount of seawater swallowed, a huge vortex is formed above the crack that reaches the sea surface.

In the deep-sea eddy that covers an area the size of a small town, thousands of Trench Races are moving along with the high-speed rotating ocean current.

These ferocious deep-sea monsters formed a thick blockade around the maelstrom.

It's like a school of fish in the breeding season.

The tops of the Trench tribes will glow, and the fleshy whiskers like anglerfish overlap, converging into the light under the deep sea. When rotating at high speed along the vortex, those faint lights also form a scene like lightning rolling.

If you ignore those hideous and ugly Trench Races, this scene is very similar to the extreme weather that occasionally occurs on the surface of the sea, the huge tornado that rolls up the sea and rushes into the sky, or the scene of a hurricane and lightning.

No fish can live in such an extreme environment, and there is almost no life around this trench except for the trench family with a special structure.

Extremely barren.

Tomorrow we will be able to advance to the vicinity of the sea eye.

Arthur looked back at the omnic warriors who had returned to the advanced base in an orderly manner, and he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

After helping his cousin Namor become the king of Atlantis, Arthur has been looking for his mother.

Queen Atlanna was thrown into the territory of the Trench tribe by the brutal King Ovax and carried out the cruelest death penalty. Everyone thought she was dead.

but no.

According to the information Arthur received from his father and Uncle Merlin, his mother should still be alive. The brave and determined queen escaped in some unknown way in the scene of death.

Arthur used a lot of resources to search, and finally he found that the traces left by his mother reached the mysterious sea eye, that is to say, his mother is probably in the mysterious world on the other side of the underwater vortex.

An underground hollow world, who would have thought of it?

Arthur smiled and shook his head, his face full of hope.

Maybe soon, he will be able to see his mother.

Arthur is an oceanographer. He once cooperated with the Emperor Organization. He heard about the theory of underground hollow world from the researchers of the Emperor Organization.

He knew that the deepest part of the earth's deep sea was only 10,000 meters, although this depth was astonishing.

But compared with the entire earth's crust, the average thickness of the mantle layer reaches 2,800 kilometers, which is not worth mentioning.

It is not surprising that there are some hollow worlds that have been closed from ancient times to the present under the earth's crust. What's more, Arthur himself had accidentally entered an underground world when he faced the deep sea monster Leviathan.

If this theory is used to deduce it, then it is not surprising that Queen Atlanna survived after being missing for so many years.

The underground world does not lack the necessary resources for the survival of life.

Mom, wait for me

Arthur was leaning on a trident, looking at the huge underwater vortex in the distance, he said softly:

I'll pick you up soon, if you don't go back soon, Dad will be really old

Arthur, it's urgent, come here quickly.

A few minutes later, a communication from his girlfriend Mela interrupted Arthur's thinking. He rubbed the communicator in his ear and said:

What's up?

Your brother, King Namor, he has returned to Atlantis, but his condition is very bad, you need to go and see!

Um?

Arthur's expression changed slightly.

He knew that Namor had participated in the action to stop the Phoenix Force, and he wanted to go too, but was stopped by Namor.

The relationship between the cousins ​​is still very sincere.

Namor persuades Arthur to stay in the deep sea and continue to search for his mother. Atlantis has a responsibility to the world, but it is enough for the king to go to war.

Arthur was also worried, even though he didn't know the concept of the Phoenix Force. Now, Namor's return from a serious injury seemed to mean that Arthur's ominous premonition had come true.

One hour later, Arthur and Mela returned to Atlantis in the fish-shaped aircraft of the Undersea Kingdom. The entire palace has been blocked by guards loyal to King Namor and a group of mutants who migrated to the bottom of the sea. .

It seems that the situation is not good.

Vico!

Arthur and Mela walked into the palace. Outside King Namor's bedroom, they saw Vico, the royal minister who was guarding there. Arthur regarded Vico as a mentor. He walked forward quickly and asked in a low voice. arrive:

My cousin him

King Namor's injury is not serious.

Vico's expression was a little weird, he looked at Arthur, and he said:

I called you for another reason. This is what King Namo meant. In short, you come with me, and Mela will stay in the reception room next to it. The two brothers want to talk about some secret things.

Um.

Mela glanced at her boyfriend worriedly, Arthur gave her a reassuring look, then followed Vico into Namor's bedroom.

Arthur is here?

King Namo, who was sitting in front of the desk, sensed movement behind him, he didn't look back, but asked a question.

Arthur looked at his cousin's back, and he frowned.

This breath, it was Namor, but it always felt mixed with some other things.

It was a strange feeling, as if Namor had been kneaded with another man.

Cousin, what are you?

Arthur took a step forward, Namor shook his head, he turned around and looked at Arthur.

On King Namor's face, there is a special tactical eyepiece. The eyepiece made of red quartz makes Arthur feel very familiar. He seems to have seen this pair of glasses somewhere.

There were some problems in the sniper battle against Phoenix. We repelled Phoenix, but the result was unexpected.

Namor touched his glasses, he was not used to it, he explained to Arthur:

I was folded with Cyclops, we became a common being, I have all the memories of Summers, and I share all the emotions, I am no longer just Namor, Arthur .”

That's why I called you to come to Wangcheng.

Namor sat on the chair, and he said to the stunned Arthur:

My wife, Emma the White Queen, also suffered from the same fold, but her condition was more serious. We were blocked by heroes who were still normal. When we fell into the earth, Emma and I were separated.

But that might be a good thing.

Namor sighed and said:

That folding triggered Emma's inner ambition and dark side. She manipulated many people with psychic power, trying to conquer the world, including me.

Having said that, the King of Atlantis rubbed his forehead and said:

She should have been arrested by now, and I can feel my sanity coming back.

But, Arthur, I'm not fit to be a king at this moment, Cyclops' will is affecting me, he urges me to protect his wife and son

So I ask you to temporarily take charge of state affairs in my place until I return to normal.

this

Facing his cousin's request, Arthur was at a loss for a while.

And Vico behind him also said:

King Namor's suggestion is correct, Arthur. Before King Namor was separated from the folded state, he was indeed not suitable to continue to be the king. He was suppressing his emotions, and he also realized that his emotions were unstable.

You must fulfill your duties to the Kingdom of Atlantis as a temporary regent, in order to do so

boom

Before Vico could finish his sentence, the door behind him was pushed open.

A soldier in red armor walked quickly into the dormitory, and he said to Vico and King Namor anxiously:

Your Majesty, we observed that an unknown object fell into the Aegean Sea a few minutes ago, causing a special energy resonance. Just 5 minutes ago, the guards sent back a message that the ancient city of Atlantis

The seal of the ancient city is loose!

Um?

Namor stood up immediately in shock.

After the gatekeeper Merlin returned the Hermes scepter that was used to open the ancient city of Atlantis in the first era, the exploration of that ancient city has been maintained, but all of them are small-scale explorations.

The four deep sea kingdoms all stationed soldiers outside the ancient city to protect the seal.

Although the kings are also eager to retrieve the sacred Neptune Trident representing the kingship of the Seven Seas in the city, they still retain basic reason. Merlin also warned them that the door can only be opened at a perfect moment.

But now, that door actually showed signs of actively opening?

What kind of falling object?

Namor asked loudly, the soldier raised his arm and projected an unclear projection in front of everyone.

In the projection, a radiant object fell into the ocean, and a halo shone in the deep sea. The special halo spread and soon filled the passages of the ancient city of Atlantis.

The equipment that blocked the ancient city was impacted by this energy, and several equipments were damaged in the earthquake-like vibration.

Phoenix Fragment!

Namor clenched his fists when he saw the shining thing.

No one is more familiar with that thing than him, and now there is a phoenix fragment in his body.

Nerou Country, Fisherman Country, and Salt Water Country have all sent more soldiers to the ancient city of Atlantis.

The soldier in charge of communication looked at his king strangely. He seemed curious about the strange goggles on King Namor's cheek.

He said:

The three kings are also said to have set off for the scene of the incident.

Then get ready, I'll go too.

Namor glanced at Arthur and Vico, and he gave orders to the soldiers in front of him. After the soldiers left the dormitory, Namor said to his younger brother:

Except for King Curry, who is gentle by nature, the other two kings have a very strong desire for Neptune's Trident. I am worried that they will take this opportunity to lead their troops into the ancient city of Atlantis.

But Uncle Merlin gave us a warning!

Arthur said with a serious face:

They shouldn't be in there!

Um.

Namor nodded, he reached out and patted Arthur on the shoulder, he said:

So I'll try to stop them as much as I can, but until I get back, Arthur, the affairs of state are up to you.

A few minutes later, the well-dressed King Namor sat behind his pet great white shark, Gross, and commanded an elite army, heading towards the Aegean Sea.

He wears Cyclops goggles, so others can't see his expression.

In his mind, he thought about the legends he had heard since he was a child, about the sea emperor Atlanta, and the sacred Neptune's trident forged by Poseidon that had been circulated in this sea.

The legendary weapon that can command the power of the seven seas, the proof of the king

All ambitious people in the deep sea are eager to get it, especially after the key of the ancient city of Atlantis was returned to the deep sea kingdom, the open and secret struggle among the four kings has never stopped.

King Namor caressed the silver trident he was holding by his hand.

This weapon was given to him by Merlin.

It is said that it is also the weapon used by Poseidon, the king of the sea. It does have all kinds of extraordinary powers.

“Too long to use”

Namor stroked the trident, he said softly:

Perhaps, it's time to change weapons, the title of King of the Seven Seas is very prestigious.

I want it!

The Legion of Atlantis roared across the deep sea, leaving only a swaying stream, and Namor told Arthur and Vico the truth.

But he withheld some key information.

Folded by the power of the phoenix, it stimulates ambition and the dark side

And not just his wife, Emma the White Queen.

And himself!