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"Luckily it's empty."

"Prepare for the next one." Launching three rockets at once would be a waste of money for any normal country, as a single failure would render three expensive rockets unusable. But for Kazdel and the Doctor, that was not an option.

These two rockets replaced the meaningless simulated payloads with something powerful. A column of smoke rose, and soon, the second rocket also collided with the meteorite and exploded. However, this explosion was slightly different.

A large portion of Terra saw the flash of light in the sky. A fission nuclear bomb, made from salvaged discarded missile warheads and a jumble of nuclear fuel, exploded in near-Earth orbit. The electromagnetic pulse swept across most of Terra, and the impacting meteorite was completely shattered.

However, compared to what happened next, this was all minor.

"Get to the shelters!" In the Rembito, alarms blared, and residents quickly and orderly entered the shelters converted from the mines, while the mobile cities frantically folded up and ran out.

As mentioned before, what happens when a nuclear bomb explodes at close range and such massive amounts of light and heat radiation hits a nearby depleted Originium? It will trigger a chain reaction of explosions until the energy from the nuclear explosion and the energy absorbed from the sunlight is exhausted.

The consequence was that... after a sudden flash, the sky turned into a murky blood red, and then a brighter dark golden light shone from behind the thick clouds as a giant burning fireball, trailing a tail of Originium dust, fell.

These meteorites range in size from nearly a kilometer in diameter to seventy or eighty meters in diameter. They are not something that the atmosphere can burn up. Of course, compared to a real asteroid impact, their relative speed is much slower. After all, they are rocks falling freely from orbit, not real meteorites that hit you at relative speeds of more than the fifth cosmic velocity.

Therefore, the energy level is at least seven or eight orders of magnitude lower. However, this slowness also brings more terrifying psychological pressure. At the speed of free fall, these fireballs accelerate slowly at a much slower speed than real meteors, just like a mountain slowly falling on your head.

"Fire! Fire!" The city's defenses, unable to escape, opened fire on the falling rocks. It must be said that, since the initial velocity was not as fast as that of a real meteorite, some of the Originium blocks, which did not have enough shock cone protection, were indeed shattered.

Others disintegrated in the atmosphere. Soon, the first meteorite hit the ground, and every Rembitonian felt the earth tremble, as if a giant was punching the ground again and again. Water cups in the shelter jumped several millimeters high.

Compared to Rembiton, the coastal areas suffered even more severe damage. Some rocks fell into the sea, especially those super-large Originium blocks with a diameter of seven or eight kilometers. Even though they split in the atmosphere, they still created a considerable tsunami.

Coastal residents were left dumbfounded, witnessing firsthand what it meant to be in dire straits, with surging tides below and a rain of fire falling from above.

Chapter Nineteen Trial

Chapter 19

Burning meteorites fell with billowing smoke and dust, turbulent ocean currents flowed wildly across the land, and human towns trembled in the face of this natural disaster. When everything finally subsided, almost half of the eastern province of Rembiton was reduced to ruins.

Roads, metal rails used for transporting ore, town buildings that could not be evacuated in time, and fixed facilities were all completely covered in ash and smoke.

Clusters of Originium crystals and fragmented meteorites can be seen everywhere around the basin. Moreover, ancient astrologers have discovered that the stars in the sky are once again undergoing large-scale, regular changes, as if foreshadowing something.

"Damn it, I never expected all these Originium blocks to fall down as soon as they exploded. Luckily, our detonation point is in the east, near the sea." According to the radio telescope scan on the ground, a small piece is missing from this area in orbit. The good news is that the safety of launching rockets has been improved, but the bad news is that it also means that part of the veil against the sun has been damaged.

"Will another one be launched?"

"Launch, keep launching. This time, there shouldn't be so many meteorites falling." Because the orbit is higher, but the falling meteorites will also be more randomly distributed. "Notify all countries in Terra to be on alert for meteorite disasters."

This warning wouldn't necessarily lead to suspicion of anything related to Kazdel, after all, they could proudly recite a complete set of incantations to every Terran and say, "No one knows the stars better than me!" They were the only ones in all of Terra who repaired the First Men's radio telescope, and they were the only ones seriously throwing trash into the sky. If they said there was a meteorite catastrophe, most of the others would probably believe them.

As for the conspiracy theory that the Kazdel people caused this disaster, that's not true. Most people believe that if they had that ability, given the nature of the Daedric race, they would probably have already launched a war to unify Terra.

Since the Kazdel people did not launch a war to unify Terra, it means that this matter has nothing to do with them. As for Rembito, it was just pure bad luck. Of course, what the higher-ups know is one thing and what the public says about shifting the blame is another. Therefore, rumors about Kazdel influencing the starry sky and bringing disaster began to spread.

This unexpected situation has made the truth even more difficult to discern amidst a mountain of rumors and slander, leaving one unsure whether to laugh or cry.

The second flash occurred when most of the meteorite fell into the sea, with some also landing on the Iberian coast.

In Iberia, the sea suddenly exploded, scorching rocks plunging into the icy abyss. The heat seemed to shroud the entire sea in a layer of mist. This rain of fire poured down for nearly three minutes before stopping. During those three minutes, everyone in the coastal town remained silent, submitting to the might of nature.

When the fiery rain subsided, the waves did not calm down; instead, they surged even more violently, spreading in all directions and even rising upwards. As the first drop of seawater slid down from the dome, the entire Iberian coast saw a dazzling land rising from the abyss.

That was the city of the Agorians, a monster like an ancient Leviathan drifting silently on the sea, its beetle-like shell opening to reveal the brightly lit city and transparent dome inside.

The Iberians refer to Agor as islanders, and in ancient times, their contact with Agor was established on islands. However, until modern times, the Iberians have never actually set foot on Agor's territory, but only believe, based on fragmentary accounts, that Agor is located on some archipelago in the distant sea.

Now, the secret has been completely revealed: the Agers' "island" has never been far from Iberia; their island has always been cruising in the Iberian Gulf, but not on the water, but underwater.

Compared to the astonished Iberians, the Agorians were not so leisurely. While they were sitting on the seabed, disaster struck from the sky. A tidal wave of soil and rocks almost buried their city, forcing them to surface one by one for repairs and drainage.

"Sector Six, hurry up and get a jellyfish! The water's up to my neck!"

"Where are the firefighters? Where are the firefighters? Get an axe and help! The pipes have collapsed!" The city was in chaos, with many areas completely submerged by seawater, while the drainage outlets were blocked by limestone ash and soil. The construction team was sweating profusely as they cleared the blockage.

The magnificent dome opened, and the artificial sky was replaced by the real sun. This was the first time many Agorians had seen a real sky. Before this, including many deep-sea hunters, they did not know where their city was and thought it was on some island in the sea.

The Iberian rescue team or the tribunal investigators arrived later than anyone else. By the time the rebuilt Iberian ships reached the nearest island of Agor, it was already a magnificent sight with masts like a forest and white sails like clouds.

After confirming the end of the Great Silence and the devastating damage to the Sealings, the Iberians dug up their ancestors' shipbuilding techniques and engineering records from the archives to build new ships. As for the troublesome Deep Sea Church... after hiring Yeti Security professionals to cooperate with the Inquisition, the problem became very simple.

The Yeti Security scouts carried the Hai Si cell detectors produced by Lao Xia, followed by loaded hand cannons, the sacred flame prepared, and even the Yeti Security purifiers carrying Lao Xia's ion flame generators. Upon discovering a Hai Si cell reaction, they fired a hand cannon without hesitation and then began sterilizing at 3500 degrees.

He didn't speak or ask any questions, acting as simply as an old farmer weeding in the fields. In a sense, that wasn't wrong. Old Xia did indeed use this technology to kill insects and weeds. After all, the planetary terraforming bodies they liked were also popular with the Zerg. With the ground covered in fungal carpet and all sorts of messy things, you couldn't survive without excellent herbicides and weed analyzers.

Unless the Deep Sea Church refrains from injecting itself with Sea-Seed blood or consuming Sea-Seeds, or from hoarding Sea-Seeds, then it will be time for the Inquisitors to perform their traditional routine. However, the Xia Group has also provided a very convenient and useful tool—cameras...

Many senior judges lamented how fast times have changed. Just a few years ago, they would walk in the dark with lanterns, swords, and guns, outwitting and outmaneuvering the shadows. Now, if there is any suspicion, they simply check the surveillance footage.

After finding the suspect, the Xia Group and Rhodes Island provided various cheap and effective truth serums and neurotransmitter scanners, which made it almost impossible for the Deep Sea Church to survive in Iberia—their missionary work could not proceed at all unless they tore apart the sky full of surveillance cameras.

In short, when the judges arrived, the area around Agor was already a strangely bustling scene. Fishermen, laden with local specialties and seafood, were hawking their wares to the mobile city of Agor using battery-powered loudspeakers. Some of the bolder ones even tried to approach their port to see if they could do some business.

To make matters worse, the judges discovered that these people were foreigners doing business and fishing in Iberia. They didn't have much respect for the Agorians; their first thought was to go up and see if they could make a deal or something.

After a period of chaotic explanations, requests for instructions, and debates, the Agorians finally agreed to open an outer area for the judges and other ships to dock, as they did indeed need resources and spare parts for repairs.

Three Agor underwater city ships were damaged. The most serious one had its dome cracked, and the seawater had already submerged half of the city. Even if the Agor people could breathe underwater, they would not let the city be submerged.

The corrosive effect of salt water on various technical equipment and devices is astonishing. During the process of floating and dewatering, the city lost almost one-third of its various electronic devices. The maintenance of power lines due to short circuits, electrical conduction damage caused by salt water, and other reasons was an even more terrifying undertaking.

In addition, there was a small amount of chlorine gas released from the electrolysis of saline solution, and the medical center was filled with unfortunate people suffering from eye and respiratory burns and inflammation.

The lightest vessel, after repairing its drainage system and some mechanical malfunctions, descended according to procedure back into the abyss, where underwater mines, cultivation centers, and external facilities built outside the city that could not be moved or dismantled in a short time still needed repair and inspection.

"Is this the city of the Agors?" The little girl looked up at the city dome that shimmered in the sunlight. The transparent crystalline structure refracted a rainbow-colored halo. Her gaze followed the dome down to the port area on the city's outskirts and the modern metropolis inside the dome.

Compared to the Iberian cities that still retain a considerable amount of humanistic atmosphere, the Agorian cities are more like Lungmen – simple, exquisite, and advanced. Unfortunately, they do not allow outsiders to enter their cities.

It wasn't just because of rejection, but also because the city was in chaos and there was no time to entertain these outsiders. Moreover, Agor didn't usually like to receive outsiders into their territory. This blockade wasn't just out of arrogance, but because there was a real need behind it.

The underwater dome cities have very limited output and cannot support frequent population exchange and growth. The exile of many Agor people is actually a way to reduce the pressure on the dome cities.

Building domed cities was also extremely difficult for the Agorians, because with the siege of Haisi and the rebellion of the cultists, the number of cities in Agor was decreasing day by day, making it even more difficult to support the population.

"Is there a Deep Sea Church here too?" Compared to the young apprentices' bewilderment, the Grand Inquisitors were much more curious about this question.

"Yes, in fact, the Deep Sea Cultists on land..." were all developed by Agor, and they only had one way of dealing with suspects of the Deep Sea Church—exile.

"However, this situation should change." Others may not know, but how could they not know what this meteor shower was all about? This means that the civilization on Terra that they could barely negotiate with has begun to clear the airspace.

The Agorians were already discussing whether to make a full appearance on Terra and not join in clearing the shipping lanes, as that would make it much harder to get a ticket to leave.

In addition to the previous simple technical exchanges, we can start to try some more responsible and in-depth cooperation, such as cooperation with Haisi.

"We built these Sea-Spirit things?" Skadi stared in disbelief. Gloria scratched her face awkwardly. "To be precise, we modified them. We thought we could control them, but..."

"In fact, many cities fell because of the Deep Sea Cultists lurking in them. And the original Hai Si may have had nothing to do with us, but the current Hai Si is definitely inseparable from Agor."

"This reminds me of a hellish joke," Old Xia said thoughtfully, "a real hellish joke."

“Once upon a time, we had an industrial planet. Because the population was small and the production tasks were too heavy, garbage and pollutants were discharged everywhere. To address this, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences tried to modify a type of slime mold to remove the pollution.” Old Xia paused for a few seconds. “Where is the humor in this hellish joke? It’s that this slime mold became the biggest type of pollution, the kind that can’t be eradicated. And where is the hellish part? It’s that this invention still successfully achieved its design purpose—the Navy used its maximum yield bombs to burn the planet clean.”

"Whether it's cities, factories, or even the Earth's lithosphere, everything has been burned clean, so there's naturally no pollution. I'm sure it's the same for you, right?"

"..." Judging from the swordfish's expression, it was most likely that it had guessed correctly.

"Let me guess. You're on the seabed, with maintenance machinery from the spacecraft that crashed with our ancestors, and samples of biological cellular machinery that originate from the same source as the evil spirits. And as the doctor mentioned before, many reactors operate without supervision, including those on the space station..."

"So, you didn't actually turn these space station cleaners into ocean cleaners, and they actually cleaned up the ocean, removing the radioactive materials but also the fish and marine ecosystem, right?"

"..." Silence. Silence was the only sound on Rhodes Island at this moment.

"In short, Hai Si's mind has been destroyed, but it is not permanently safe, after all, they didn't have a sea god before."

"I have another question. Is it possible that the Sea God was transformed from an Agorian who merged with the Sea King?"

"..."

"..."

"So as long as there are deep-sea cultists, new sea gods will emerge sooner or later. The sea descendants will merge with enough or powerful Agorians, and you will become their brains, thereby commanding more sea descendants, giving a collective will independent personality, and endowing the sea descendants with basic thinking abilities. Don't misunderstand, I'm just guessing."

“You certainly have an imagination,” Goredia chuckled dryly. Judging from her expression, this was quite a possibility—so, the Iberians weren’t wrong about you after all.

"However, none of that matters anymore. Since we're already prepared to abandon this planet, we don't need to pay much attention to Haisi's future."

"So, what did you feed Haisi, Agor?" the doctor asked in a hellish tone.

"To be honest, we had considered adding a human brain structure to the demons to solve the control problem before. However, after the successful development of neural networks, we switched to this method of reading memories and emotions for control. If you don't have any special research and control capabilities, it is obviously reasonable to have one or a few Agor merge with the original Haisi to control the entire Haisi cluster."

"Moreover, the divisions within your Agor people are quite severe. In such a confined environment as the seabed, it would be strange if you didn't develop some mental problems, right? No, it seems you actually did achieve fusion. The Deep Sea Hunter is the most successful product. Since you succeeded, unless you really have divine protection, can you tell me how you disposed of your previous failed products?"

"Um, I'm just the science administrator. I'm only in charge of research projects. I don't know about these issues."

"Oh, Captain, so we were the ones who created Hai Si!"

"Insolence, shark! What do you mean we caused this?"

"Oh, it was an accident!" Ghost Shark changed its tune, but it didn't seem to make any difference.

"What about the Great Silence?"

“That was an accident,” Old Xia said, spreading his hands. “Strictly speaking, it was Hai Si’s own doing. Wait, according to the laws of scientific research, Hai Si’s main brain being blown up was indeed their own doing.”

For the Sea Creatures, objects falling from the stars are of great curiosity. When their "sea gods" attempted to dismantle the Windrunner's fuel cargo hold, they turned themselves into light.

"Therefore, while we are clearing out the Arctic, we also need to set aside an elite team to deal with the cult problem within Agor and the problem of the Seaborne infiltrators, as well as clear out the Seaborne nests in the sea, and do our best to prevent the emergence of a second Sea God?"

That's roughly the idea.

"And what's the price?" Kal'tsit asked, arms crossed. "Agor never lets us interfere in your affairs, but since you've asked for help this time, what price are you prepared to pay?"

"Joining your war is the only promise we can make."

"But the war is over."

“No, that’s not what I meant.” Swordfish and Kal’tsit looked at each other.

“Alright, I understand. I will take Rhodes Island to Iberia next. I hope you can keep your promise and not try to get away with some exiled Agor technicians and technical data.” Kal'tsit nodded slightly; this deal seemed a bit more worthwhile.

"First, we need to build the ship..."

“I can do that!” Old Xia raised his hand. “I don’t know how to make strange things like land-based ships, but I do know how to make sea vessels. However, is fishing boats the only option?”

He can design not only ships, but also underwater cultivation tanks, large-scale offshore planting platforms, and seaweed harvesting platforms. These are all agricultural machinery. He can't be said to be an expert, but he can be said to have a basic understanding of them.

"It's not just a design problem; hopefully, the shipyards in Iberia will still be usable."

"Yes, they have kept those ports and shipyards, including the ones used to build the Golden Fleet."

"That's good. So, we'll split up, one going north and one going south? Heading north to storm the demon's lair, and heading south to delve into the Sea King's lair?"