Mi Dou's rescue arrived just in time.

"Thank you..." The weakened guards expressed their gratitude one after another.

"Thank you for saving our lives, Your Excellency!"

Albert stepped forward quickly and grabbed Mi Dou's paw, his voice trembling with excitement.

Then he turned around and shouted with all his might to the shaken islanders and Adventurers:

"Everyone, did you see that? This powerful Azure Ice Rat and that Finless Porpoise on the shore both come from the Sacred Lake!

"They are powerful experts sent by the Lord of Spirits to assist us!"

"General Burt and the Deep Sea God have long been in collusion; he betrayed the Hawaiian Islands, and today he even sent top-tier assassins to kill me!"

Albert continued:

"Shadow Assassin is the killer loyal to Burt and the Deep Sea God!"

"What they want is to sacrifice all of our freedom and lives to an evil god!"

The Lord of Spirits? The Sacred Lake?

Wasn't that the evil god cooperating with Xia Country?

As soon as Albert said this, the Adventurers who had just calmed down fell into a commotion again.

A highly respected high-level Adventurer stood up and questioned:

"President Albert, I respect you very much, but what you are saying is truly hard to believe."

The Adventurer continued, his voice carrying a firm sense of trust: "General Burt is from the Eagle Country and once participated in the fight against Deep Sea Monsters, achieving great military merits."

Shadow Assassin was indeed in collusion with the Deep Sea God's forces, but that didn't prove the relationship between Shadow Assassin and Burt.

As for the reason Albert was being assassinated, they didn't know the details, so naturally, they couldn't fully believe Albert's explanation.

"Our Hawaiian Islands are protected by General Burt's Pacific Fleet."

"Although we have an agreement with the Deep Sea God, that's for survival, so that more of our coastline isn't swallowed by Deep Sea Monsters!

"I believe that the President and the Alliance leadership would never allow the Deep Sea God to directly interfere in our internal affairs!"

The crowd nodded secretly, thinking President Albert might be suffering from stress after the sudden attack by Shadow Assassin, to the point where he saw everyone as an enemy.

An Adventurer companion who had experienced the Firefly Coast Instance with Albert stood up and said in frustration, "Damn it, don't you know the President has already sold us out to the Deep Sea God!"

"General Burt is nothing but a lackey of the Deep Sea God!"

The other party shook his head, scanned the crowd, and spoke with absolute pride and loyalty toward the Eagle Country:

"Since the Otherworld invasion, our Hawaiian Islands have always been under the protection of the Eagle Country. Those seven giant ships of the Pacific Fleet carrying god-slaying turrets are the symbol of the Eagle Country's national power and glory. For years, they have protected this sea and repelled countless Deep Sea Monsters!"

Among the crowd, some who didn't know the truth echoed: "That's right! The fleet is our guarantee of safety!"

The man pointed at the faint silhouette of the fleet on the distant horizon and said decisively:

"If you don't believe me, look! The Pacific Fleet is right there! It has been protecting us all along!"

"You say Shadow Assassin was sent by General Burt? Where's the evidence? I think this might be a conspiracy directed and acted out by other evil god forces, or even that Lord of Spirits!"

The high-level Adventurer's questioning perfectly represented the mindset of many Hawaiian Islands residents and Adventurers at the time who still harbored illusions about the Eagle Country and the Pacific Fleet.

They believed wholeheartedly in the Pacific Fleet's role as their protector.

Albert's companion sneered:

"Since you say that, then when President Albert was just attacked, why didn't the fleet help? They must have seen what was happening here."

The high-level Adventurer was speechless for a moment, then continued stubbornly:

"That's obviously because those fleet turrets are too powerful; it would be very easy to accidentally injure others."

Everyone fell into thought, looking toward the direction of Qingzhu Port.

Just then, they suddenly held their breath.

Wait, something was wrong.

That was where Qingzhu Port was located, and on the flagship of the Pacific Fleet docked at the port,

The turrets that should have been lying flat on the deck, with their barrels parallel to the deck,

Had at some point turned their muzzles and aimed directly at the coast where they were standing.

A dazzling white light began to flicker from the muzzles.

"What is... this—"

This isn't right...

Cold sweat broke out on some people's foreheads, and they couldn't help but swallow hard.

In a critical moment of life and death, no one stopped to think deeply about why the Pacific Fleet would point the muzzles of the god-slaying turrets at their own people.

The attack was already over, so why was the fleet opening fire now?

These people suddenly realized and shouted: "Oh no! Run!"

"Fire!"

It seemed that after witnessing Shadow Assassin's death and seeing the two animals sent by the Lord of Spirits,

A certain Admiral and Commander of the Pacific Fleet felt he couldn't let this opportunity slip by and was attempting to silence everyone on the beach.

On the flagship, as a voice filled with shamed rage rang out, the god-slaying turret finished charging and rapidly fired a terrifying laser beam.

Boom—!!!

The laser, like a spear of a Heavenly God piercing the sky, slammed violently into a barrier protecting the Xiawei Main Island.

An earth-shattering explosion rang out!

At the top of the Association Headquarters building, a magical defense barrier instantly lit up, covering the beach.

This was the automatic defense mechanism of the Association Headquarters, a defense Formation built to withstand top-tier Deep Sea Monster Lords.

It had been maintained by generations of Formation Masters and had performed great service in resisting wave after wave of deep-sea beast tide attacks.

However, under the full-power strike of the god-slaying turret, those layered magical barriers shattered and crumbled one after another like fragile glass!

The violent impact directly whipped up a towering wave on the sea surface around the main island.

The buildings on the main island shook violently, as if experiencing a magnitude eight earthquake.

By the time the magical barrier had absorbed the full power of the flagship's god-slaying turret, it had become fragmented and lost most of its protective capability.

This single strike from the Pacific Fleet had nearly shattered all the defenses of the Association Headquarters.

It had also completely shattered the illusions in the hearts of the Hawaiian Islands Adventurers regarding the Pacific Fleet.

"They... they are attacking us!"

"The Pacific Fleet is actually attacking its own citizens!"

"That's the God-Slaying Cannon! They really want to destroy this place!"

"The island's defense Formation has been broken!"

On the beach and all over the island, people who saw this scene let out cries of disbelief and shouts of despair.

The high-level Adventurer who had just been arguing for the Pacific Fleet broke out in a cold sweat, still trying to convince himself:

"It's a mistake, it must be a mistake! They haven't discovered that we're here yet..."

However, the attack did not stop.

"The fleet is still attacking!"

An exhausted, terrified scream suddenly rang out.

Almost at the same time the flagship fired, the god-slaying turrets of the other six giant ships also locked onto the East Coast beach—exactly the area where Albert, Mi Dou, and a large crowd were located!

Seeing the six white lights flashing in the distance, even that high-level Adventurer was finally rendered speechless.

The Pacific Fleet was hell-bent on killing every person and creature on the entire beach.