Chapter 97: The Expected Answer
On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi stared at the question in the video, feeling her tension gradually ease.
[Question: How did the man in the video ultimately stop the disaster and save billions of sea creatures?]
[You have 10 seconds to answer!]
Regardless of what the correct answer was, just by looking at the question itself, it was already clear
The man in the video succeeded.
He stopped the underwater volcanic eruptions, saving billions of lives and preventing the destruction of the ocean.
"This kind of catastrophe cannot be stopped unless a god intervenes…" Bo Saixi murmured.
"Could it be… that he became a god in the future?"
"Did he inherit the Sea God's position here on Sea God Island?"
Bo Saixi frowned in deep thought.
Becoming a god was not easy.
According to records, their Sea God had spent a thousand years conquering the seas, gathering faith, and only then did he ascend to godhood.
But judging from the underwater volcanic eruption in the video…
If a thousand years had passed, then the entire ocean would have long been destroyed.
So there was only one possibility
The man in the video must have become a god in a very short time.
And then, using his divine power, he successfully saved the ocean!
There was only one way to ascend to godhood in such a short time
Inheriting a God's Position!
That meant it was highly likely that this mysterious man had come to Sea God Island to inherit the Sea God's divine seat.
But… there was also the possibility that he had inherited another god's position elsewhere.
Bo Saixi hesitated.
Should she take the risk and answer?
If the answer wasn't 100% correct, and she guessed wrong, then the punishment could be something she couldn't afford to bear.
This was a gamble.
If she hadn't known that the ocean would ultimately be saved, Bo Saixi would have risked it all for the sake of saving the sea.
But now that she knew the outcome, she had no reason to take such a reckless risk.
After all, as one of the last surviving Limit Douluo and the High Priest of Sea God Island, she was already standing at the peak of the mortal world.
Unlike those who had nothing and had suffered countless hardships, she had no reason to gamble everything for a reward.
In the end, as the 10 second countdown approached its end
Considering the risk of answering incorrectly, along with the uncertainty of the reward, Bo Saixi chose not to answer.
In a public Q&A, anyone could answer
But only one person would be chosen to receive the reward.
If multiple people answered correctly, the system would randomly pick one winner.
The other correct answerers would get nothing but they also wouldn't be punished.
This was a game of luck.
Very quickly
The 10 second countdown ended.
During this time, thousands of people had rushed to answer.
With only 10 seconds to respond, if no one had gotten the correct answer in time, the system would have automatically revealed it.
[He became a god!]
[Because he ascended to godhood!]
[He achieved divinity!]
[He received help from the Sea God!]
[He inherited the Sea God's position!]
[He became the new Sea God!]
Tens of thousands of people participated in the Q&A
And almost all answers revolved around "becoming a god."
But
Only one lucky person would win.
[Correct Answer: He inherited the Sea God's position!]
The system announced the correct answer, but did not reveal who had won or what the reward was.
In reality, Bo Saixi sighed softly upon seeing the correct answer.
She wasn't surprised
Because in her understanding, there was only one god related to the sea.
If someone wanted to become a god quickly, the most likely method was inheriting the Sea God's divine seat.
She had already expected this outcome.
But at the same time
If someone were to inherit the Sea God's divine position…
Then that meant she, as the High Priest, would have to sacrifice her life to complete the inheritance ritual.
So if this future truly happened, then her fate was already sealed.
She would have died
Through sacrifice.
Bo Saixi remained silent, her mind drifting back to a distant memory
A memory of that man who once swore:
"If I do not become a god… I will never return."
In the end
She would never see him again.
[The Answer is Now Revealed!]
The video resumed.
The deep blue haired man sighed, then turned and left.
The screen shifted scenes.
The volcanic eruptions continued to expand, wreaking more devastation.
The man traveled along the affected areas, observing the destruction.
On many small islands, countless people were trapped, unable to escape.
As the high temperature steam engulfed their homes, despair filled their eyes.
Every time he saw such scenes
The man would intervene.
He would freeze the ocean's surface into massive floating ice platforms, carrying the survivors away.
Then, controlling the ocean currents, he would push the ice raft forward.
Through these scenes, the audience gradually understood
The man's martial soul was pure water.
With mastery over water and ice, he could easily manipulate the ocean.
Over time
He saved more and more people.
The floating ice platform grew larger and larger.
Eventually, survivors began setting up makeshift tents atop the expanding ice.
Days turned into weeks.
Weeks turned into months.
Three months passed.
The volcanic eruptions still had not stopped.
But
The number of people he saved had grown from hundreds to tens of thousands!
What had once been a floating ice raft had expanded into an island sized ice fortress.
A moving, drifting sanctuary on the sea.
The survivors relied on fishing for food.
As for freshwater?
With a Titled Douluo whose martial soul was water, there was no shortage.
For these refugees, this man was their savior.
A god in human form.
And then
A name was revealed.
The man's name
Neptune.
A name that, in this world, meant nothing.
But in another world
This name carried a legendary weight.
Because
It meant "Sea God."
(End of Chapter)
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