In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

Just when everyone felt that there was nothing worth discussing further and they could leave the battle of wits, Maritus finally spoke again.

"Heratia's commanding talent and achievements are obvious to all. From my personal perspective, I highly recognize her ability as a commander, but..."

Maritus changed the subject, "But this time, the size of the ruins of the former civilization is unprecedentedly large, and there are more valuable things inside."

"This is far more than a single fleet can handle."

After saying that, Maritus looked around at everyone and gave his final answer.

"I propose that the next mantle exploration mission involve multiple ships, with Helatia taking overall command and selecting several deputy commanders to conduct joint operations and carry out separate exploration missions!"

He did not plan to take command of the next operation. He chose to mobilize multiple fleets in the next operation, and then lead one specifically to study the remains of the previous civilization!

This is what he was thinking of!

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Chapter 399 Are you her mother?

Before Helatia even had time to raise any objections, the trial committee gave its own answer.

"allow……"

Perhaps, they also fail to realize that some people are actually not very willing to take the initiative for promotion.

But they also have their own ideas.

Although the trial was initially aimed at Helatia, after the final discussion, everyone found that not only did Helatia not do anything wrong, she might even have turned the tide for the team.

This means that all their previous unfair treatment of Helatia was wrong. Whether as compensation or simply to commend Helatia for the success of her third mantle exploration, she should be promoted.

It was just that the speed of passing was so fast that even the beneficiary, Helatia, was stunned for a few seconds, but after a moment, she just nodded silently.

She accepted the result.

"..."

Maria didn't say anything, just stood in the distance and watched everything over there.

Next to her, Ulpian was quite curious about Maria.

"If you don't have any plans later, maybe you can come and see my concert..."

As he said this, he also gave Maria an invitation.

"I don't have a deep understanding of music, so perhaps I can't quite understand..."

Maria shook her head slightly, her words expressing her refusal.

She doesn't have much time to care about what's happening here now.

But Ulpian shook his head seriously.

"People who don't understand music won't be able to hear the problem in my music... At least, I didn't notice it myself before you got up early."

Although Maria only briefly expressed her feelings, Ulpian felt that Maria's words were extremely correct.

This made him realize that Maria was a person with great musical attainments... Perhaps she was an excellent composer herself, or perhaps she had listened to a lot of music.

But no matter what, Ulpian hopes Maria can come to the concert later... This may give him some inspiration and progress...

"If there is a chance."

Since the other party had already spoken like this, Maria thought about it for a few seconds and did not refuse. She just nodded slightly and gave a promise that was not really a promise.

But for Ulpian that was enough.

"In that case, I look forward to your coming."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Maria stood there, looking at Helatia in the distance.

She also looked over here.

The two looked at each other and left.

……

"I really didn't expect that they would come up with this idea..."

Shortly after the battle of wits ended, both parties arrived at Helatia's room.

At this time, the personnel who had stayed here to monitor Helatia had already evacuated, and the entire floor seemed somewhat empty.

Sitting on the sofa, Helatia looked at Maria who was silent beside her and shook her head helplessly.

"Perhaps their intention from the very beginning wasn't to push me down..."

"Maritus just wants more freedom to conduct research..."

"Um……"

Maria nodded, her expression not changing much, as if she didn't care about all this.

But Helatia on the side was a little curious.

"You don't mind?"

"What do you care about?"

"Perhaps Maritus' next move will be to explore the ruins of that civilization..."

Helatia blinked and asked Maria as if to remind her.

"Aren't you worried that they might encounter the danger you mentioned?"

"It doesn't matter anymore."

Maria shook her head.

"This is something you will eventually touch. My ultimate goal is not to prevent you from touching it. I just want to ensure that things happen at the right time..."

"Your words are always so mysterious."

Helatia smiled. "I used to think you wanted me to keep my position so you could deal with the ruins of that former civilization more easily... But now it seems that this isn't your ultimate goal. Your goal lies somewhere even further away..."

"So, what do you want me to help you with?"

Helatia asked curiously.

Maria did not explain too much of her thoughts. She was silent for a while and then gave another riddle-like answer.

"You'll find out later."

"what."

Helatia smiled and leaned back on the sofa beside her.

"In that case, let me tell you something that might interest you..."

Helatia said, twirling her fingers slightly, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

"In a week, the fourth mantle exploration should begin..."

"Ok?"

Maria blinked and looked at Helatia strangely.

"A week later."

Didn’t they say before that they had been preparing for three months before launching this third mantle exploration?

How come only a few days have passed and we’re already preparing for the fourth time?

"It took a total of three months... We didn't start preparing from scratch after we returned."

Helatia said, closing her eyes.

Just as preparations for the third mantle exploration began, preparations for the fourth also began almost at the same time.

But at that time, it was preparing to build a new underwater city, and that was its original purpose.

But because of this trial, everyone realized that the scale of the pre-civilization ruins discovered this time might be unprecedented, and its importance naturally jumped several levels, becoming the most important task of the entire Jakonanle.

So they urgently changed their action strategy, and as a result, the entire fourth mantle exploration was completed much faster.

"The scale of this expedition is unprecedented. It's said that all of Jakonnen's engineers have been mobilized here to rebuild the fleet that was already preparing to depart... If nothing unexpected happens, there will be at least three ships and a total of 300 people setting off together this time!"

Helatia said, blinking.

"I'll go too."

If ordinary people talked about these things, they would probably just mention them.

But Maria knew Helatia well. At this moment, Helatia brought up this matter more to ask for her thoughts.

"My advice is... don't get involved in anything with this."

Maria's answer was a little cold, but it was indeed the best choice.

Judging from the last action, their intrusion has already stimulated the giant tree in the deep sea... Perhaps the other party has not had much intention of actively attacking, but some of its sea characteristics have been revealed.

This time, if they barge in again, what awaits them may be a massacre orgy by the sea.

So Maria's advice is to stay away from this matter.

But Helatia shook her head.

"You may have heard from others... The foundation of the prosperous civilization of Agor is the remains of previous civilizations."

"For us... for the entire Agor, the existence of pre-civilization is like a mother. It feeds us and drives us forward. Its value is indisputable."

"Besides..."

Having said that, Helatia showed the same solemn expression as when she was on the submarine.

"As its successors, I believe we need to understand why the previous civilization perished... What caused all this..."

"Even if excessive understanding will shorten the life of your already short civilization?"

Maria gave her answer, but her cold words showed no emotion.

But Helatia heard another meaning.

Maria...seems to understand why the previous civilization was destroyed?!

This made Helatia's curiosity about Maria reach its peak in an instant!

Her heart began to pound, and even her usual smiling face seemed to be unable to maintain it.

"...I have to admit, I used to think the saying 'secrets make people more attractive' was just a ridiculous statement made by ignorant people after seeing the world through their own eyes. But, your appearance has made me realize that this world is indeed full of mysteries that are nagging and unbearable."

Helatia said, her eyes narrowing slightly before she smiled.

"Regarding what you said...if we understand what happened to previous civilizations, we will also face destruction...doesn't that mean we should understand it?"

“The significance of understanding previous civilizations is not to make us become pre-civilized, but to help us avoid the mistakes made by previous civilizations.”

"If we continue at our current pace, perhaps we won't even have time to replicate the glory of our previous civilization, and will simply be heading towards ruin."

"……maybe."

Maria was still as vague as ever, as if she didn't care at all about what Helatia said.

This made Helatia quite helpless.

But soon, she remembered another thing.

"What are you going to do?"

Helatia supported her head with one hand and looked at Maria curiously.

"I've done as you said and saved... I even upgraded my permissions. The fourth mantle exploration will begin soon. What do you plan to do in the meantime?"

"……No."

Although Helatia's words were boring, they did remind Maria.

Her ultimate goal is to advance the Deep Sea Hunter Program after the Agors are powerless against the Sea Si, and at the same time promote the Future Hunter Program to arrange a crusade against Godan.

But the starting point of all this is based on Hai Si's large-scale action, and before that... it seems that he really doesn't have much to do?

"In that case, why don't you join us in exploring the deep sea?"

Helatia smiled and extended an invitation to Maria.