92: The fall of America, the rise of Sherlock!

Los Angeles, the center of purgatory.

Morgue, in his Incarnation as the Deep Sea Tyrant, was looking down at the burning streets, collapsed buildings, and humans being slaughtered wantonly like ants beneath his feet.

On his massive face, formed of water currents and scales, appeared a look of near-intoxicating, cruel enjoyment.

The sense of power that came from destroying the core metropolis of a world-class power made him addicted.

Suddenly—his massive body stiffened abruptly!

The water flowing around his body instantly became chaotic and violent, and a tangible, bone-chilling killing intent erupted, freezing the surrounding air into tiny ice crystals!

"Bishop?! What happened?"

Saruman, standing to the side, was startled by this sudden change and asked hurriedly.

"The nest!"

Morgue's voice squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with incredulous shock, anger, and monstrous hatred, "Something happened to our nest! It's that damned Kraken!! It found our nest!"

"What?!?"

Saruman's fish eyes instantly widened to circles, his scale-covered cheeks twitching, "How is this possible?! The location of the nest is extremely hidden, and there is Shadow Energy masking it..."

His words stopped abruptly as a more terrifying thought darted into his mind, causing his voice to tremble with fear, "Bishop, will that Kraken... rush here to help the Americans!"

"It definitely will!"

Morgue let out a low roar, his massive water-current fist clenching tightly, emitting a teeth-grinding friction sound, "Although that Kraken is still a cub, the intelligence it has shown so far far exceeds our imagination. It will never sit by and watch us easily harvest the flesh and blood here! It must be on its way!"

A fierce, resolute light flashed in his eyes, "We must complete the sacrifice and awaken Rlyeh before it arrives! As long as Rlyeh awakens, even if that octopus comes, it will be walking right into a trap and will surely die!"

The next moment, "Roar——!!!"

Morgue suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a sharp, high-pitched screech containing a special frequency!

This screech, like an invisible command, instantly spread across the entire Los Angeles battlefield!

All the Deep One Warriors currently killing, and all the terrifying giant beasts currently destroying, froze in unison!

The next second, their eyes instantly turned a deep crimson!

Their breathing became heavy, and they let out even more manic, more bloodthirsty roars!

The efficiency of the slaughter increased several times over instantly!

Furthermore, they were no longer satisfied with simple killing; instead, they began to organize and drag human corpses, as if moving construction materials, frantically toward the Union Square in the center of Los Angeles!

More Deep Ones used their sharp claws and energy to bombard the ground, quickly digging out crisscrossing trenches!

Dark green energy flowed along the trenches, mixing with the human blood that poured in and trickled like streams, outlining an incomparably huge, complex, and twisted runic pattern that exuded an aura of extreme evil and ominousness!

In the center of the square, corpses were piled into small hills, and the thick scent of blood and death energy had almost solidified!

...

"Your Excellency Wilson! Look!"

"What are they doing?! It seems like they are performing some evil ritual! We cannot hesitate any longer!!"

In the underground command center, General Halsey pointed at the evil magic circle on the main screen that was rapidly taking shape and emitting a scarlet glow, letting out a scream of terror that was distorted.

Wilson looked at the eerie, grand, and Soul-trembling image on the screen, and a cold chill rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his skull!

He clearly felt that an indescribable, ancient, and terrifying will was trying to be dragged out from some unknowable abyss through that magic circle!

There was no more hesitation! All pride, schemes, and unwillingness were completely crushed in the face of impending doom!

"Connect to Divine Summer! Quickly connect the highest communication line to Divine Summer!!"

Wilson practically lunged at the communicator, his voice filled with crying and total collapse, "War God Qin! Lord Kraken! Save us! Please, I beg you, save America! They are performing an evil ritual! They are summoning something extremely terrifying!"

"We were wrong! We admit all our mistakes! We are willing to pay the price! We will unconditionally accept any conditions! As long as you act! We will agree to any conditions!!!"

Divine Summer, Dragon Abyss Pavilion Supreme Command.

On the massive screen were divided scenes of the tragic situation in Los Angeles.

Although America brought this upon itself, seeing fellow human civilians being slaughtered like this, everyone's hearts were still heavy and complex.

Qin Zheng's expression was calm as he looked at Qin Zhenshan, "How is the situation with Kraken and the task force?"

"Reporting to Teacher!"

Qin Zhenshan's voice carried suppressed excitement, "Lord Kraken's prediction was precise! The task force has successfully destroyed the Sea God Cult's nest located in the Mariana Trench and seized a large amount of precious technical resources and samples! Especially the 'Shadow Harmonizing Enzyme', which has been confirmed to greatly enhance and stabilize the genes of the Dragon Blood Warriors, with significant improvements in strength!"

"Currently, Lord Kraken is personally escorting the task force and is rushing at full speed to the American West Coast! Expected to arrive soon!"

Qin Zheng nodded slightly, his gaze profound, "Very good. This crisis is precisely the opportunity for our Divine Summer to integrate the power of Blue Star and unite against external threats."

He turned to the communicator, his voice steady yet containing unquestionable absolute authority, transmitting clearly through the encrypted line to that desperate underground bunker on the other side of the ocean, "America, if you want to seek the protection of Divine Summer, you may."

"You must immediately and unconditionally sign the 'Pacific Security Treaty', acknowledge the absolute dominant position of Divine Summer in the Pacific and global affairs, immediately dissolve all military alliances targeting Divine Summer, open all vibranium mines and other strategic resources within your borders for unified supervision and allocation by Divine Summer, and... merge entirely into Divine Summer, becoming a special administrative region directly under Divine Summer, and accept the comprehensive leadership of the Divine Summer central government."

"Otherwise, you are on your own."

The conditions were so harsh that it was almost like skinning and dismembering America, completely annexing it!

Inside the underground command center, there was dead silence.

The last trace of color on the faces of all the high-ranking American officials faded away.

If this is signed, the United States of America... will completely become history.

Wilson looked at the screen, where the light of the blood-colored magic circle in the city center square was growing brighter and brighter, even beginning to faintly distort space, while in his ears were the desperate wails of his citizens and the excited roars of the monsters...

He trembled and reached out, as if he had exhausted all his vitality, and signed his name on that electronic instrument of surrender.

"We... agree... to all conditions... we agree to everything... quickly... quickly ask Lord Kraken to act!!!"

...

Soon, off the coast of Los Angeles, the sea surface, originally stained by smoke and blood, suddenly began to boil violently!