I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Fear, despair, darkness, exhaustion, and…

Dryness.

"Are you awake?" A young male voice sounded in Ellie's ear.

Ellie instinctively tried to lift her heavy eyelids, and immediately felt a faint stinging pain in her head, followed by dizziness and stiffness. Then, she felt soreness and excruciating pain all over her body, as if she had just been hit by a shark.

Opening her eyes a crack, Ellie adjusted to the soft light, staring dazedly at the young man standing beside her, her expression completely blank, not understanding what was happening.

After about ten seconds, she suddenly struggled a few times, trying to sit up in bed, but to no avail. However, her expression became increasingly clear, revealing terror and despair.

"Father, Atlantis…" she murmured softly.

It was all over.

Endless sea creatures poured out from the depths of the earth, instantly engulfing every inch of seawater. They pounced on the Atlanteans they could see and harm like bloodthirsty piranhas, unleashing a bloody and terrifying massacre, with countless soldiers and civilians dying tragically.

Cities collapsed, temples shattered, the Wise King fought bitterly, and her father, trapped in prison, could not have survived.

In the face of true disaster, all her efforts and ideas became a joke.

The "young man" standing by the bed, Ma En, said softly:

"I saw that scene too. If you want, I can let you rest alone for a while."

Ellie looked up at Ma En with a sorrowful expression, asking with a last glimmer of hope:

"My father, did you see…"

Ma En shook his head slightly:

"You almost died there. If it weren't for the protective magic Milord cast on you, you wouldn't have been able to hold on until the teleportation took effect in that situation. You should have retreated as soon as possible."

Ellie said dejectedly:

"I wanted to save him…"

But in that situation, she couldn't have possibly come into contact with any Tier V items alive. Even if she had, she might not have had the chance to return to the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs alive. And even if she had done all of that…

Her father would probably be dead already.

Ma En believed that she knew this in her heart, but at the time, she didn't seem to think of this at all, and still rushed towards the Atlantean treasury regardless, as if there was hope there. However, he could understand why Ellie would do this.

Because if she gave up, she would no longer have any chance to salvage the situation.

"Can I go back?" Ellie asked, gazing at him with a sorrowful expression.

Ma En replied:

"If you don't leave here, then you can return to the location where the teleportation took place, which is Atlantis. But if you don't want to go there to end your life, I don't recommend you go back in the short term."

Ellie lowered her eyes and muttered to herself:

"Why did this happen…"

Looking at her dazed eyes, Ma En said:

"I might know what's going on."

She suddenly raised her head, looking at Ma En with a blank expression and asked:

"You know?"

Ma En nodded:

"I suspect that the one who caused this scene is the Sun God who provided you with help some time ago. His alliance with you wasn't initially because he was worried that the sea creatures would bring disaster to the world. As far as I know, what they want to do is likely to drag the world into disaster."

"Where are they?" Ellie asked immediately.

She didn't even have the strength to consider whether what Ma En said might not be the truth.

Ma En said:

"No matter where they are, you can't do anything. Gods are dangerous creatures that cannot be killed. In this world, perhaps only one person can deal with them, but she is currently imprisoned by the Federation.

"And don't you have the protection of the ocean itself?"

Hearing this question, Ellie also realized this:

"I don't know, but I didn't see her power, and the temple didn't activate. Maybe it was destroyed, but…"

But how did they sneak in here? In the past, when the sea creatures launched large-scale attacks, the Sea God would give them warnings. The entire seabed was her body, and she also possessed perception abilities far beyond ordinary people. Logically speaking, she should have been able to detect this in time.

Moreover, her body was everywhere around the temple. Normally, the Sea God should have given a warning in time before it was destroyed, and the Sea God clearly had many ways to help them during the battle, but Ellie didn't see anything.

Also, the artifacts and towers, they should have displayed the terrifying power of the ocean itself, but during the time she was pushed away by Milord and drifted, she didn't see any changes at all, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep, or…

Ma En said:

"Why did your Wise King trust the Sun God?"

Ellie said with resistance:

"Because…

"He is a friend of our god."

Ma En nodded slightly and said:

"That's right, and if I'm not mistaken, it shouldn't be easy to hide from your god and influence the sea creatures in the trench, allowing them to suddenly attack at this time and successfully destroy Atlantis.

"At least they shouldn't be able to cause such a big disturbance so quickly after the duel with the Federation, and maybe you don't know…

"The Sun God can only maintain a very weak power after leaving the Southern Federation."

Hearing this, Ellie fell silent, but Ma En believed that she would accept his idea.

In any case, the ocean is a stronger anomalous entity than the current Sun God, not to mention that he definitely can't fully exert his power at the bottom of the sea. Ma En doesn't think he can simply hide from the ocean and destroy the city she built.

Moreover, since the ocean has always existed, she definitely doesn't have a complete understanding of the Sun God. However, she told the Three Wise Kings that the Sun God was a trustworthy friend, which seems very suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Of course, he speculates this way more because of the Divine Firmament's "Two Gods Conspiracy" prophecy.

Since it's said that way, then the one leading the conspiracy is definitely not two southern gods. The other god either refers to the Holy Church or the Sea God worshiped by Atlantis.

Moreover, Ma En initially thought that the two gods referred to the destined returner and the Sun God, because they both stood on the Atlantean side and fought against the Federation. Ivanney, who represented the Holy Church, was also defeated by him personally.

At that time, Ma En was just wondering why the Divine Firmament's blood hadn't changed, but now, after combining these things, a rather terrifying and bad possibility slowly emerged in his mind.

Perhaps this was the meaning of that duel. His judgment was also the result of the Sun God's deliberate misleading. The Sun God's purpose was to make him mistakenly regard the "Two Gods Conspiracy" as that duel, so that he would have enough time to achieve his true goal.

And if that's the case, it also means that the Sun God may have been able to infer the Divine Firmament's prophecy to some extent, or even have some methods to counteract her prophecy, or the power of the Divine Firmament's blood was not strong enough.

But in any case, he used some method to make the Divine Firmament's blood ignore something, which led to the "Two Gods Conspiracy" prophecy.

The remaining power of the Divine Firmament's blood prophesied the destruction of Atlantis, but did not see this duel that gathered the two gods, and may not have accurately prophesied who the two gods were, which led to the Sun God being able to confuse his judgment with that duel.

Compared to the Divine Firmament's blood being insufficient in power, Ma En is more inclined to believe that the Sun God really has mastered some way to fight against the Divine Firmament. After all, Zhao Guanwu has already mastered the same thing, and since the Divine Firmament made a wrong judgment at the time of her imprisonment, then it may be difficult to prevent future changes.

The emergence of the second "anti-prophet" will definitely be much simpler than the first, which means that it is not surprising that the Sun God can do this. After all, he was once a powerful being beyond Tier V, and as an ancient powerhouse and the Divine Firmament's opponent, he definitely has a high degree of research on the Divine Firmament's power—and after she was imprisoned, the Sun God can study her power even more unscrupulously.

This defeat may have an incalculable negative impact on the Divine Firmament.

And since the Sun God already has a way to contend with the Divine Firmament's predictive ability, then it also means that the Divine Firmament's prophecy may no longer come true as smoothly as before. After all, the Sun God has taken countermeasures against this prophecy.

Then it is reasonable that he should be able to successfully defeat this prophecy.

And even if he really sees through the Sun God's conspiracy, but with him already being prepared for the Divine Firmament, it may be difficult for him to do anything in front of such a top Tier V ability user.

For example, even if he knew about the destruction of Atlantis in advance, it may be difficult to really do anything, unless he exposes his secret connection with the Divine Firmament with the determination to die, but that outcome may not be good for the Divine Firmament.

However, it is not easy to say whether it is really what he thinks. Unless he can see the Divine Firmament, there may be no chance to truly determine who has gained the upper hand in this level of confrontation.

And this is what Ma En is going to do—he plans to see the Divine Firmament.

This is a disaster that may endanger the entire world, but there are still opportunities for him. He just joined the Federation and will be assigned to a department specifically responsible for the Divine Firmament, and if the Sun God's purpose is really the Divine Firmament as he speculated…

Then he is very likely to see the Divine Firmament. Even if the Federation doesn't arrange it that way, he has a high probability of fighting for the opportunity.

By then, his questions will be answered, and there may be some other small "surprises".

At this time, Ellie gradually accepted the facts he mentioned:

"You think this matter is related to our god."

Ma En replied:

"I'm not saying that she is the culprit for the destruction of Atlantis, but that she may have known about it and didn't inform you. The information you submitted also mentioned that she can directly communicate with the Three Wise Kings in the temple and can notify the priests at any time.

"But I know this view may be difficult for you to accept, you can…"

"No need." Ellie shook her head gently, "For me, there is only one thing I cannot accept."

She was about to betray Atlantis for her father. Knowing this news under this premise did not particularly stimulate her. If she really had any faith in the ocean itself, she would not have had those thoughts.

When she was very young, her father taught her a way of thinking that was completely different from other Atlanteans.

Thinking of this, Ellie suddenly thought of something again:

"I didn't see the power of the artifacts in Atlantis, and there are several artifacts that can show the visions of their arrival to the entire Atlantis as long as they are used, and when I was pushed away, Milord had clearly arrived at the treasury.

"And when I teleported, he and the other Wise Kings should have obtained the artifacts. Logically speaking, with these powerful weapons, they should also be able to successfully stop the sea creatures' offensive, but if she abandoned us…"

Ma En said:

"These are just our speculations, maybe there is still a turnaround, but I think you definitely can't go back to the bottom of the sea directly. If you want to stay here, we can arrange a job for you.

"And if you want to abandon these, we can also let you go to the land. You can continue to live in some remote areas. After all, in the face of this kind of war close to natural disasters, we can often only choose to accept it.

"When you leave, I will erase your memory of us. If you want, I can also blur your other memories.

"Do you have any ideas, or do you want to think about it again?"

Although Ma En said so much, he actually knew how Ellie would answer.

"No." Ellie said firmly.

She wouldn't choose any of them.

Ma En showed a puzzled expression:

"No?"

Ellie shook her head with a determined expression:

"I want to return to Atlantis and see my father's body with my own eyes before I can make other decisions. Of course, I'm not crazy and I know that returning there now can only lead to death, but I know the location of a Tier V item.

"A Tier V weapon that will not be reduced to scrap iron because of the Sea God's abandonment."

Ma En showed a curious expression:

"So you want to use this as a bargaining chip to exchange for the opportunity to see your father's body."

She said somewhat worriedly:

"Yes, but this weapon called the Blood Sea Scepter is actually very weak among Tier V weapons, and can only fully exert its power in the ocean and is not considered very strong, because its main function and power are not used for combat, but for shielding the ocean itself from peeping.

"If you don't plan to be enemies with the ocean, then this weapon may not be of much value to you, but in fact this thing may also be of some significance to you, after all, the ocean itself is a Tier VII creature according to your words.

"Of course, I understand if you are not willing to take the risk for this. If that's the case, you can teleport me back to Atlantis again after a while. I still don't want to give up on my father."

Her expression was as if she was very afraid that Ma En, who represented the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs, would look down on this ordinary Tier V item.

Ma En showed a thoughtful expression:

"I will convey your meaning back. If you are willing to wait, I can give you an answer after a while."

The main reason Ma En said this was that he couldn't return there now to retrieve that Tier V weapon—it would be too dangerous, even for the entire Bureau for Abnormal Control.

Then, he showed a curious expression:

"You said the ocean itself is a Tier VII anomalous entity, but I heard it was Tier VI."

Ellie wasn't surprised by this:

"We used to think so too, but later we realized that it was only because she is very gentle. The ocean itself can easily destroy the current land civilization, but that doesn't mean that's all her power is.

"Doing so would be equivalent to a Tier V ability user turning over—without using any abilities.

"She created the life on this planet."

"So I also believe you when you say she's just an observer because she has no reason to destroy us. To her, she doesn't need the Sea Clan to do so; doing that is like a Tier V ability user wiggling their fingers."

Ma En nodded:

"Very well, I will bring you back news as soon as possible. Rest here during this time."

Even though Atlantis was currently a chaotic and dangerous place that couldn't be visited, Ma En couldn't possibly pass up this opportunity. The conspiracy of the two gods was able to take effect by bypassing the Divine Firmament, but it also happened to create a shortcut for him.

He already had a plan.