The moment the Golden Trident reappeared in the world, not only Ye Long, but also Chino deep under the sea, sensed it.
An inexplicable unease filled Chino’s heart. He suddenly opened his eyes, his voice instantly piercing through the ocean, covering half the Earth!
“Vespa, find that thing and bring it back.”
That thing?
Vespa, who was about to infiltrate Kitsune headquarters to gather intelligence, was stunned.
“What is that thing?”
Chino’s voice echoed again. “It should be, a fork.”
Huh?
A fork?
...
Kitsune Headquarters.
Zero and the others frowned. “A fork… can you ask him to be more specific? What kind of fork?”
On the other side, Naira Sorkin said helplessly, “Communicating with this dragon is really… difficult. The only thing we can confirm is that it’s an Ancient Artifact.”
“Its specific ability is unclear, but it’s directly related to countering the things in the sea. Also, it’s probably gold.”
A golden fork.
012, Master of Flesh, grabbed a pen and quickly sketched the shape of a fork on paper.
“Like this?”
Everyone looked at his drawing and exchanged glances. “I don’t think it’s this kind of fork.”
“At least it can’t be a fork.”
“I really can’t imagine what a golden fork would look like.”
“Well, is it possible that the fork description is from the dragon’s perspective?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, a fork is actually very big to us.”
“Like a trident, or a pitchfork?”
“That’s indeed a possibility.”
“Didn’t you say the dragon pointed in a general direction? Can you ask him for more specific coordinates?”
Naira Sorkin shook his head helplessly. “That’s very difficult. We can send people to search in the direction he pointed.”
“As for relying on the dragon to give us specific coordinates, I suggest we don’t count on it.”
Zero pondered for a moment. “Then, first, search in the direction he pointed.”
...
In a rental house in Asia.
Reinhard placed the Trident on the table, then pulled out a world map. “Based on my meticulous calculations, this location forms a perfect triangle with my former home and the place where the clouds gathered. It has the highest stability.”
Stolen novel; please report.
Okay, just kidding. Reinhard simply rented a place far away.
Reinhard looked at the Trident. There were characters on one of its prongs.
These characters were winding, like crawling snakes.
Reinhard couldn’t understand them, but he had a translation app!
He took a picture of the Trident with his phone, extracted the characters, and translated them.
But strangely, the translation software couldn’t translate these characters.
Reinhard tried several different translation software, but the results were the same. This script wasn’t in their database.
Seeing that he couldn’t directly translate it, Reinhard changed his approach and started searching for similar characters on the internet.
This process wasn’t smooth.
After searching for several hours with no results, Reinhard went to the dark web.
And you wouldn’t believe it, on the dark web, he found characters similar to the ones on the Trident.
It was a photo. In the photo was a stone tablet, with many characters similar to those on the Trident.
This photo was posted by a blogger on the dark web, with a caption underneath.
Reinhard used his phone to translate the caption. “My friend and I found this stone tablet in… Africa.”
“We found a guide in Mauritania and asked him to translate the characters on this stone tablet.”
“He said this is ‘Ancient Emperor’s Script,’ a script that can be traced back ten thousand years. I’ve compared a few words and characters with that local guide. See the picture below.”
“Next, I’ll talk about what everyone cares about most, the content recorded on this stone tablet.”
“According to the guide, this stone tablet is ancient. It can be traced back to over ten thousand years ago. Because of this, many of the characters are hard to distinguish.”
“The sentences that can currently be translated are listed below.”
“At that time, ships could sail the ocean. A powerful army headed east, arrogantly attacking all of Europe, and even Asia.”
“Beyond the Pillars of Hercules, there was a land called Nessus. The army came from there.”
“On this land of Nessus, there was a kingdom with great magical powers, called Atlantis.”
Reading this, Reinhard’s finger suddenly trembled. “Atlantis?”
He looked at the Golden Trident before him. An inexplicable terror filled his heart.
“Could this be the weapon of Poseidon, the god of the sea?”
Probably not, right?
Reinhard suppressed the tremor in his heart and continued reading the translated text and comparing it with the image.
The translation included all the discernible characters on the stone tablet. Just as Reinhard scrolled to the bottom of the screen, he suddenly saw a name!
“Atlas…”
“Atlas?”
Reinhard compared it with the characters on the Trident and found that the two sets of characters were almost identical.
This confirmed that the characters on the Trident meant Atlas.
And regarding Atlas…
Reinhard opened his search engine.
“Atlas is the eldest son of Poseidon. So, it’s possible that this Trident is the weapon of Atlas, the son of the sea god.”
“So the question is, what does this have to do with me?”
Furthermore, putting the connection aside, Reinhard didn’t even know what this Trident was for.
The only information that could be gleaned from the Trident was the name Atlas. Nothing else.
“Honestly, I don’t understand.”
...
Persuaded by Naira Sorkin, Ye Long and Naira Sorkin went to a mountaintop. It was too conspicuous in the city.
“You mentioned the Old One’s Temple before. You said that fork came from there. It’s the key to the disaster. Someone pulled out the key. Are you referring to Francis?”
Ye Long tried to sort through his jumbled memories, then let out a sigh.
“Probably.”
Probably?
“Okay, so Francis took the key and released the things in the sea. So, theoretically, if we put the thing back, can we seal the things in the sea again?”
Hearing Naira Sorkin’s words, Ye Long’s interrupted memories suddenly connected.
But it was only about the Old One’s Temple.
And this thought suddenly made Ye Long feel a sense of unease.
If Francis removed the key to the disaster, why was the Trident still in the Old One’s Temple?
Did the things in the sea put the Trident back?
Wouldn’t that be like locking yourself in a cage?
If I were the sea monsters, and the seal’s key had been removed, I would definitely throw the key far away, to a place where no one could find it, not keep it at the sealed location.
What if someone came again and put the Trident back…