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After this divine thought was destroyed, it meant that Poseidon's eyes and ears in the human world were destroyed. He would definitely send down his divine thought again to contact Orm, but he didn't know that Dane had already learned the secrets of the gods and didn't even know who the enemy was. This information gap could be exploited.

Just as he was thinking, a deafening sound suddenly came from all around. Dane looked up and found that this dream was on the verge of collapse, which meant that Om might be waking up.

He thought about it and felt that Om could still be an important chess piece in his hand. Through the connection of dreams, he could communicate with Om anytime and anywhere, which was much easier than Poseidon. Whether from a realistic or mysterious perspective, the physical distance between him and Om was much closer than that of Poseidon, so he might be able to replace his identity.

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, his body flashed, and headed to the next level of dream.

After an unknown amount of time, Om in the deep sea suddenly opened his eyes and opened his palms. The trident in the distance was immediately attracted and flew towards him automatically.

As soon as he got the Trident of Poseidon, the familiar power surged through his body again, and Om's strength returned to the demigod level.

At this moment, he felt a little solemn and excited.

He had just had an in-depth conversation with the real "Poseidon", which allowed him to see the truth of this war.

On the surface, this is just a war between different human races, but in fact it is a battlefield for the gods to compete with each other, and they are trying to return to the world.

Now the main war is only between humans and Atlantis, but with the return of the power of the gods, the scale of the war will continue to expand. This process is an inevitable trend and no one can stop it.

But danger also represents opportunity. The return of the gods will inevitably trigger a mysterious revival. The magic that gradually disappeared after the Age of Gods will reappear, all kinds of rare and mythical beasts will be resurrected, there will be more and more spellcasters, and everything that disappeared in the past will eventually make a comeback.

All this is unstoppable, and there is no need to stop it. "Poseidon" has already pointed out a path for Om, a path to becoming a god.

In ancient times, most primitive gods were personifications of natural phenomena, but gods are not limited to incarnations of nature. Theoretically, any conceptualized thing has the potential to condense divinity.

Therefore, mortals can also ignite the divine fire and ascend to the throne of God by creating "great deeds".

There are many examples of humans becoming gods in history. Among them, the powerful ones are not inferior to natural gods in strength and status, just like Hercules. The divinity he holds is not from the natural system, but he can still compete with most natural gods and even defeat them.

The concept of "God" was born from human belief. Even a mortal can transform into a God as long as the conditions are met. Belief is not picky about the carrier, and even non-living things have the possibility of becoming a God.

Dane has already designed a plan for Orm to ascend to the throne of God. Through this war, Orm may be able to obtain the "faith" and "great achievements" necessary to become a god, and gather all the conditions needed to create a god.

He had no doubt about this. "Poseidon" had already explained that in this game between the gods, although he was powerful, he was also surrounded by enemies. He needed a truly trustworthy helper to help him, and Om was the person he chose!

At the same time, "Poseidon" also told Orm that it was not him who chose Arthur Curry, but Neptune and other pagan sea gods who jointly recommended him.

Most of the believers of the pagan sea god were humans, either sailors and pirates or fishermen and boatmen. They certainly didn't mind the other half of human blood in Arthur. It was more to their liking.

Om suddenly realized and thought to himself that it was no wonder that Lord Poseidon, who obviously did not like the people on the surface, would recognize Arthur Curry as the successor to the position of King of the Seven Seas. It seemed that this was not his own wish, but was done privately by Neptune.

Dane understood Om's inner spiritual needs and knew that he was actually very eager to be recognized, especially by the main god of his faith.

To be honest, if it weren't for the deus ex machina of the sea king, Orm would have been the most powerful royal member of the underwater civilization in the past thousand years.

He meets all the requirements of Atlantis for a king: handsome, elegant, powerful, very proficient in aristocratic politics, and always puts the interests of Atlantis first. When necessary, he does not mind using some "dirty" means. It can be said that if it were not for Arthur, he would naturally be the most suitable person to be king.

In "Aquaman 2", even though he was imprisoned in the forbidden prison of the Desert Kingdom and tortured by the jailers, when Aquaman went to rescue him, his first thought was still that the Fisherman's Kingdom would become enemies with Atlantis.

Humans are very complex creatures. Orm has committed serious crimes, but he is not a pure villain. He is very responsible to his people, and his biggest goal is to make Atlantis great again. Of course, it is undeniable that he also has the ambition to become the ruler of the seven seas.

Dane believes that Orm possesses the basic qualities of a hero. If such a person were not bound by fate, he should have achieved greater things.

And Dane is willing to provide him with such an opportunity.

Dane once held multiple divine powers in his hands during the early days of 813, and was very familiar with the process of transforming humans into gods. Although his method might be different from the orthodox one, it was equally effective.

Om can obtain everything he needs to become a god from this war, but the gods will never allow a new god to be born. As mentioned earlier, a "power" may be held by multiple gods together, and godhood is very rare. To this day, there is no wild godhood in the world. After a godhood is born, a god that matches the godhood will often be born at the same time.

But the godhead can be plundered, as Dane has verified with his own hands.

Therefore, if Om wants to become a god, he can only seize the divinity of other gods, which means he is destined to be an enemy of other gods.

When Om became interested in this plan, it meant that his personal stance had changed. From the moment he decided to embark on the path of becoming a god, he had essentially broken with the gods.

The gods wanted to use humans as chess pieces, but Dane did the opposite and provoked confrontation between humans and gods. Since the trend of the gods' return is irreversible, why can't they reshuffle the gods' team as well?

Those god seats have been occupied for too long, why can't someone else sit there?

Om was his first attempt, but he would definitely not be the only one. In the human world, there were many people who had the qualifications to become gods. If they were allowed to become new gods, what would the world become like?

Dane is looking forward to it.

Chapter 556 Poseidon’s Choice

New divine realm, sea realm.

Poseidon, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly frowned. He opened his eyes, and a flash of azure divine light appeared in them.

He felt a little confused and bewildered because his connection with Om was suddenly severed, which made it impossible for him to know the situation in the human world.

The interruption of divine consciousness could not be an accident; it could only have been cut off intentionally by someone, who did not give the divine consciousness a chance to escape again.

Poseidon's first reaction was to think about which god was against him, leaving his divine consciousness no chance to escape. The other party was likely a god who knew him very well, or even his brother.

Poseidon's eyes hardened: "Is it you, Zeus?"

He naturally placed his suspicion on Zeus, his enemy. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed a little strange. Hadn't Zeus's Amazon girl been wiped out by human weapons? Where would he find any chess pieces to use?

Unless... unless he resurrected the Amazons, or, like Ares, he found a way to control humans.

But no matter which one it was, it seemed unlikely to be completely hidden from his sight.

Although Poseidon only sent down a divine thought, because it had no material form, it could not be harmed by any divine weapon. Whether it was the trident, the sword of Vulcan, or any human weapon, it was impossible to destroy this divine thought.

The only thing that can destroy it is the divine consciousness of another god, but Poseidon himself is a great god at the level of the main god, and the location where the divine consciousness is released is within the territory of the Seven Seas Kingdom. It is hard to imagine which god's power can kill him who has the home advantage.

Even Zeus would find it difficult to do so, right?

"No! I have to find out what's going on!"

However, if he sent down his divine power again, he would likely encounter the same danger, so Poseidon considered it carefully and finally decided to choose a new warrior as his messenger to carry his will and power.

He had chosen Om before, but his divine consciousness was destroyed by Om, so to be cautious, it would be better to choose another one.

Thinking of this, Poseidon took a piece of parchment and wrote something on it. When he stopped writing, the parchment suddenly caught fire, and in the blink of an eye, not even a trace of ash was left.

A moment later, a new piece of parchment appeared with the light of fire, with only a very short sentence on it: No problem.

Poseidon picked up the trident beside him and scratched his hand, leaving behind golden liquid, which was the blood of God.

It was still the same parchment. Poseidon dipped his finger in some of his own blood and wrote a name on the parchment: Arthur Curry.

The flames ignited on the parchment again. This time, the flames burned very fiercely, almost as high as a person. The flames changed color, showing a deep blue color that only appeared in the underworld. Gradually, it changed into a human shape.

A naked man appeared in front of Poseidon. It was the Aquaman Arthur Curry who had died not long ago.

"Arthur Curry, son of Atlanna."

Arthur was confused for a moment before he came to his senses. He looked up and saw a huge figure wearing a crown and holding a trident. He had seen this image countless times in Atlantis.

"Poseidon?" Arthur frowned. He was different from the sea people like Orm who grew up in the underwater kingdom. Arthur had no faith in his heart and no reverence for the gods.

"People on the surface are as rude as Zeus." Poseidon said with some dissatisfaction, but there was nothing he could do. Among his descendants, except Om, only Arthur was somewhat decent.

"Think carefully, Arthur Curry, you should be able to understand the current situation."

Arthur reviewed his memories as he was told, and suddenly realized, "I seem to be dead..."

At that time, he only felt a ray of light sweeping across him, and then he completely lost consciousness. Could it be that someone activated his weapon?

So is Wonder Woman dead too?

Poseidon seemed to read his thoughts and said with a half-smile, "Did you think Zeus's daughter was dead? Unfortunately, she wasn't. Hades didn't receive her soul."

Arthur's face turned grim. Even that kind of weapon couldn't kill her? What kind of monster was she?

"Don't guess. The weapon that killed you wasn't the one you created. It was the weapon of humanity. You were killed by the extreme light and heat."

Nuclear bomb! Arthur immediately realized the true nature of the weapon Poseidon was talking about. So, could humans still not help but use this weapon?

Arthur Curry is a seaman who grew up in human society. Although he is uneducated, he still has some understanding of the power of human nuclear bombs.

He once thought that if humans were willing to use nuclear bombs without scruples, they might have been able to destroy the Amazon and Atlantis long ago, but the price would be to poison the entire Earth and turn it into a world completely uninhabitable for humans.

Because he coveted the power of nuclear bombs, he once thought of stealing human nuclear bombs and wanted to use them against Amazon.

However, stealing nuclear bombs is easy, but the environmental pollution caused after use may not be something the sea people can afford.

Humans have always liked to dump garbage into the sea. Therefore, if nuclear bombs are used, all the environmental pollution caused afterwards may eventually be borne by the ocean, which is unacceptable to Parliament.

That's why they later changed the idea to use Captain Atom to create pollution-free weapons. In fact, the inspiration for using Captain Atom's abilities to create such destructive weapons came from human nuclear bombs.

Although humans have very strict management over nuclear weapons, the knowledge to manufacture nuclear weapons is relatively easy to obtain. Its principles are not difficult to understand, and the manufacturing process can even be described as simple.

At least for the Atlanteans' technology, nuclear bombs are a very easy weapon to manufacture, but their pollution is difficult to solve. Even the hydrogen bomb, which is said to be pollution-free, is not truly pollution-free. It just has less pollution and a shorter duration of effect.

However, no matter how small the pollution is, it is extremely serious in the eyes of the sea people. That is why Aquaman asked his scientists to research truly pollution-free atomic weapons. The weapon made with Captain Atom as the main material is the result.

Humanity has once again used nuclear weapons, which is bad news. Arthur frowned, thinking that once Pandora's box is opened, it will be difficult to close it again.

"Arthur Curry, I need you to return to the human world and be my eyes. Watch this war and find the discord. I have a feeling the troublemaker is someone unexpected."

"Oh?" Arthur was surprised. "Just taking a look? Not helping you win?"

Poseidon scoffed, "You? You're already a loser, Arthur Curry. Ommarius is now the King of the Seven Seas. He is my newly chosen agent."

Arthur's face turned pale and blue, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He is my defeated opponent!"

"But he's still alive." Poseidon said lazily, "If it weren't for me, you'd be stuck in the underworld now, how could you still be speaking nonsense here?

I only have one order for you: be my eyes and help me see what is happening in the world. You don't need to do anything else, understand? Loser."

Chapter 557 WTF

Poseidon's words made Arthur very angry, but he still surrendered, not succumbing to Poseidon's power.

But it was because Poseidon tempted him with an offer he couldn't refuse - the resurrection of Mera.

For this reason, Arthur chose to jump into the trap without hesitation.

The place where Arthur was resurrected was at the altar in Atlantis. Poseidon didn't seem to have considered what would happen if he was seen by others if he was resurrected in this place.

Didn’t you tell him to act as covertly as possible?

This was the first thing Arthur thought of after returning to the human world. Fortunately, there were not many people at the altar at this time, except for Black Manta.

"You! How could you..." Although he couldn't see Black Manta's appearance, Arthur could imagine how shocked the other party was, so much so that he was stunned there for a moment.

Arthur did not froze. Although he did not know why the other party appeared here, he quickly realized that this was a good opportunity. He immediately grabbed Black Manta's helmet, lifted it up with both hands, and pulled Black Manta's helmet off directly!

Black Manta is a black man, a pure human. He was once a pirate who plundered the world, but was later conquered by Orm and became his minion.

At that time, the condition that Orm offered was to promise Black Manta that he would seek God's will and ask God to resurrect Black Manta's father.

Who would have thought he was such a filial son? That was why he would occasionally come to the altar. This was the place where he hoped to resurrect his father, and he would only feel at peace if he came here often.

After losing his helmet, Black Manta's seven orifices exploded into a ball of blood, and the water pressure at the bottom of the sea killed him instantly.

Seeing this, Arthur quickly removed all the power armor from Black Manta and put it on himself.

The power armor is of no use to him who has been blessed by Poseidon, but he has to wear it, otherwise Om will definitely be suspicious.

After donning the suit, Arthur used the ion beam from Black Manta's helmet to incinerate the body.

Not long after, several soldiers wearing Atlantis armor swam over from a distance and saw the red ion rays of Black Manta.

"What happened?"

Arthur hid his face under his helmet and pointed at the scattered ashes: "There was an intruder just now, and I killed him."

His voice had been completely distorted after being transformed by the helmet, and was exactly the same as Black Manta's usual voice, so it did not arouse the suspicion of the sea soldiers.

The soldiers were startled when they heard this, but then they said with some doubt, "But we haven't found any signs of invasion. Human technology can never break through our blockade."

"Then it's likely they weren't using technology. Has King Orm returned? Take me to him!"

The soldiers looked at each other in confusion before finally answering, "King Oum has gone to the Saltwater Kingdom."

"Does he want to convince those crab heads?" Arthur wondered.

In fact, Arthur's words sounded a bit disrespectful, but his words resonated with the Atlantis soldiers.

To the Atlanteans who still maintained their human form, the people of the Saltwater Kingdom were already considered sea monsters. In their eyes, these crustaceans were only slightly better than the Trench People, but most people still thought they were similar to monsters like the Trench People and did not recognize them as intelligent life.

"Who says they aren't? Those crabs are as stubborn as rocks. I think King Orm is completely wasting his time. They won't listen to anyone's orders."

Arthur rolled his eyes. Om was not in Atlantis now, which meant that he could do anything here.

"You guys, keep a close eye on this place and don't let any more enemies get close. We'd better thoroughly check our surveillance system to find out where the problem is. I have something else to do and must leave first."

The soldiers had no doubts and saluted him in unison, then did as he asked.

Arthur went directly to the intelligence agency of Atlantis. Although Black Manta was just a human, no one knew this except Orm. He hid himself under his helmet all day long, and everyone thought he was also a member of the sea tribe.