Chapter 262 - Back To Where It All Began; Earth!

As soon as Captain Omega entered the teleportation portal, the team of 20 Deep Delvers lost connection with him.

The interference in the spatial tunnel was too much.

Having predicted this though, the cyborgs went into overdrive as they used all their processor power and battery capacity to try restoring a stable connection to the captain at the fastest possible speed.

In just a little more than a minute, the cyborg soldiers were able to create a stable connection again to Captain Omega. 

This was when the wait for the word of reassurance started.

Every soldier of the Black Mamba Division Fleet felt mournful, but none of them doubted the ability of their Captain, they had full confidence in him.

And though the soldiers of the Annihilation Division Fleet were mostly just meeting this Captain for the first time, they already had a strong impression of him, any soldier that could climb the ladder to the captain rank was no slouch.

Putting aside his head-strong personality that made him unsuitable for extremely complicated plans and battle strategies in battle, his personal combat power was enough to account for this shortcoming.

The man was indeed a Samurai!

Despite all these qualifications that were attached and were already stamped to Captain Omega's name, it was already 10 minutes of waiting and not a single word was heard from the captain yet.

The Atlantian soldiers finally started worrying. For the first time, their thoughts started straying towards the worst-case scenario which was Captain Omega being overwhelmed and dying without putting up a struggle.

Though this felt ridiculous, it was not farfetched since the opponent this time was a notorious Sea King whose infamy spread across Oceania as a whole.

Lieutenant Colonel Arachnid sighed after another 5 minutes; he was ready to go with the second plan that he had in mind but a change finally happened.

"In here is safe, but there is another test".

"I became a…"

Bzzz!

This was all that was transmitted, perhaps having detected the communication channel, the Sea King's will took action as the interference was amplified exponentially, ruthlessly cutting off the communication channel.

Though the communication channel was cut off prematurely, Lieutenant Colonel Arachnid and his soldiers were satisfied since they got the keyword that they were anxiously waiting for.

Behind the teleportation portal was not a death zone.

Lieutenant Colonel Arachnid no longer wasted time; he yelled an order at his soldiers before jumping into the teleportation portal.

Everyone else followed their leader and jumped in.

Bzzz!

A few seconds later, this hall was silent again.

…

[Congratulations! Your Rejuvenation skill has leveled up to the limit of level 5, purchase to get access to the advanced version of the skill.]

After another fierce battle that saw Sebastian and his companions decimating the opponents completely, Sebastian finally saw the breakthrough that he had been craving.

His rejuvenation skill finally leveled to the limit!

Of course, Sebastian was ecstatic. After suffering numerous casualties within the first few hours to a day, the shark group was now a force to behold.

The high-tier power lineup of this shark group was so powerful that any opponent that sees them now simply escapes by taking a short course.

Since the Atlantians were strangely not being seen again, there was no one around that could hinder their tyrannical domination.

Old Mak diligently led his clan to conquer, loot, and harvest benefits.

They gained so much that they became bloated, every single shark benefited. Amid this period of unshakable domination, this was when the group of sharks finally hit the barrier that the Atlantians hit about an hour ago.

Old Mak and his Great White Sharks were the second groups to fulfill the requirements for the appearance of the Doppelganger test.

"Congratulations! You have proved the tenacity of your soul; you have passed the 3rd tenacity test of my inheritance".

"…"

The Sea King's will sent the same writings that it wrote to the Atlantians previous to this group of sharks.

"Swim inside the portal when you are ready".

"Bad luck to you all!"

This time, the wishing of bad luck was so loud, deep, and penetrating that some of the Great White Sharks in the scene, including the only Megalodon, Sebastian shuddered on hearing the voice. 

For the sharks, they didn't have too many considerations like the Atlantians. There was no reason for the Sea King's will to discriminate against them which made the decision a lot easier for Old Mak.

After he informed his subordinates, Old Mak moved, plunging his enormous body through the teleportation portal as he was absorbed the next moment.

Warp!

The clan head was gone.

Queen Heareth followed next, then followed 2 of the shark elders, then the young shark prodigies, then the regular Great White Sharks of the clan, before Elder Marble finally moved his enormous body inside.

Warp!

The contingent of sharks was gone too.

…

Blink!

Sebastian simulated the blinking of his eyes in his head as his still groggy eyes from the space interference of the space jump subsided, allowing his eyes to regain focus again as they shone.

After Sebastian regained focus, the first thing that greeted him was his system notification to indicate that he was inside another virtual-reality domain.

Sebastian was about to commend how realistic this domain was compared to the first one that he appeared on before he froze the next moment.

He frowned, then he crazily activated all his senses.

[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors!]

"…"

Sebastian's round eyes widened so much that they glowed like old lanterns.

If he had hands, he would have started crazily rubbing his eyes without a care for the effects that followed just to confirm that he was not dreaming.

He even felt tempted to pummel his head with his war hammer magic manifestation at this moment, perhaps that could wake him up.

Despite everything that he did, this sight remained the same. Left with no choice, Sebastian finally acknowledged the astonishing sight that was before him.

"Is this…, earth?"

The lush trees with fresh leaves that danced to the rhythm of the wind, the sound of the chipping birds, the long bamboo shoots that poked high into the golden sky, and the even more impactful solid ground that he stood on.

Also, the fact that he was seeing a real sun for the first time in months made Sebastian feel nostalgic. This was all that he needed to confirm.

"Holy Shit man! This is earth?! How on earth?!"

Sebastian finally exploded; his emotions came pouring out like a flood as he could no longer control himself after being brought back to his previous world even though this was just a product of advanced light magic.

The world background and the forest layout felt too realistic, Sebastian found no holes that could reveal that it was the fake thing.

"Hmm, I never remembered getting a skill to breathe in dry air".

This was when Sebastian's memory finally recalled this, his already lantern-sized eyes literally expanded again to the size of led lights.

"Holyyyyy F*ck!"

Sebastian was spooked, amid shaking, he bent his head down to look. He was already shocked by this; he could actually bend his head down!

As soon as Sebastian looked down, what he saw made his heart leave on a trip for a few seconds. 

"Holy Mackerel! Is this a high-level scam?!"

Sebastian was so astonished that he screamed.

The sight before his eyes was too unbelievable to be true. When he already started abandoning that identity, when he already grew extremely familiar with the shark physique, he regressed to become a human.

"…"

"Umm, system, is this real?"

[…]

That was the answer that Sebastian sought, this was f*cking real!

What is happening? Where am I? How is this happening? And how in the name of all anatomists did the Doppelganger and Invisibility Sea King succeed in creating such a perfect replica of earth?

As the questions came like shooting bombs, the Sea King's will, having probably watched to its satisfaction finally materialized its writing.

"Welcome to my world, Earth Utopia!"

"The last Doppelganger inheritance will be conducted here".

"Like you may have already deduced, my ultimate inheritor must be intelligent. If you don't know information about the old world where variant humans originated from, you are bound to fail".

"My title is the Doppelganger and Invisibility King".

"I could have opted for other tyrannical titles to fit my identity as a Sea King, but I decided on a title that resonates with me and my unique skill".

"I create doppelgangers, I breath doppelgangers, I live doppelgangers!"

"As my prospective inheritor, I expect you to replicate the same thing".

"To be the inheritor of my ultimate inheritance, prove that you can do wonders and survive perils beyond the confines of your original body".

"For over a century, I created doppelgangers of numerous races just to understand how to be them. By being them to the extent where they can't even distinguish themselves from me, it is the reason for my astonishing success".

"My inheritor must be the same!"

"The rules of this last test are extremely simple".

"This forest is an island; its other identity is the vacation home of the President of the rumored United States that I created a replica of".

"To become my inheritor, you have to overcome all the challenges of the test in the form of the U.S President's tight defense forces. Those are minor contributions though; your ultimate goal is to assassinate the U.S President".

"Hehe". 

"The Doppelganger test starts now!"