The ocean accounts for more than 70% of the Earth's surface area, and its resources are far more abundant than those on land.
However, humans lack the means of exploitation and have only been able to skim the surface of the ocean's potential.
But in the DC oceans, there are several marine kingdoms; if one could control them, they would control the oceans!
"Atlantis can only be ruled by Aquaman," Bruce's eyes quickly dimmed. "Arthur is still too young to obtain the golden trident that symbolizes the throne."
"Ahem," Fang Yuan suddenly pointed to himself.
The Arthur Curry of their World was still the version from the "Aquaman" movie. According to the plot, Arthur would have to wait until his thirties to find the golden trident and defeat his younger brother, Orm, to become Aquaman.
Legend has it that the golden trident of Atlantis possesses the ability to command the ocean, but it differs from the trident Fang Yuan is familiar with; in fact, it cannot manipulate seawater.
Aside from being sturdy, the special function of this golden trident is akin to a signal amplifier, capable of magnifying the user's ability to communicate with marine life, allowing the user to control them.
The ability to communicate with marine life is extremely rare even among the undersea people of Atlantis, but it seems to be a prerequisite for using the golden trident.
Therefore, since the first generation of Atlantis went into self-exile with the golden trident, many people have found that place, but no one has been able to truly take it away.
As for the plot saying Arthur obtained the trident because of his heroic spirit, Fang Yuan felt that was nonsense.
After all, the previous owner of the golden trident was Atlan, the first king of Atlantis, not Poseidon. No matter how strong Atlan was, he was just a mortal. How could he possibly set a test for the trident like Mjolnir without divine power?
Originally, no one on Earth besides Arthur had the ability to communicate with marine life, but now Fang Yuan had arrived.
"I can communicate with marine life," Fang Yuan said to Bruce, while adding in his heart—
The Deep earns big points!
It is well known that The Seven of the superhero team in The Boys World are knockoffs of the Justice League: Homelander corresponds to Superman, Queen Maeve corresponds to Wonder Woman, A-Train corresponds to Flash, and The Deep happens to correspond to Aquaman!
Like Arthur Curry, The Deep can also communicate with marine life. Although there are some differences, he should meet the prerequisite for the golden trident.
Bruce Wayne immediately fell into deep thought upon hearing this.
If Fang Yuan could truly obtain the golden trident, it would cause a massive change.
The first to be affected would be Atlantis.
The once-unified Kingdom of Atlantis, though now split into several realms, still remains the most powerful.
Moreover, the technological level of these undersea kingdoms can be said to crush that of surface dwellers.
It was only because Batman was not skilled in underwater activities; otherwise, he would have definitely started intervening in the undersea kingdoms.
And now, Fang Yuan had brought an excellent opportunity.
"Even if you get the golden trident, how will you make Atlantis listen to you?" Bruce asked.
Both of them were old foxes; some things didn't need to be said to be understood.
Did anyone really think that after Arthur Curry got the golden trident, he would truly become the King of The Seven Seas?
This is national politics. The golden trident can control the minds of marine life, but it cannot control the undersea people.
In fact, the real reason Arthur became Aquaman was that he also brought back the former Queen of Atlantis, Atlanna.
"I can also persuade Atlanna to support me," Fang Yuan said confidently.
He had quite a way with women.
What?
Atlanna is deeply in love with Arthur Curry's father, Tom?
That's even better.
"You aren't planning to use the lives of Arthur and his father as leverage, are you?" Bruce asked a soul-searching question.
"How could that be?" Fang Yuan waved his hand, meeting Batman's scrutinizing gaze, but he didn't rule it out completely. "At least not at first."
"Don't worry, at most I'll just give them a little scare."
Bruce withdrew his gaze. He believed Fang Yuan wouldn't let anything happen to Arthur; after all, Aquaman was surely one of Fang Yuan's intended employees.
As for letting Atlantis be controlled by an ill-intentioned person like Fang Yuan?
Batman wasn't worried either, because he was even more ill-intentioned.
After Arthur Curry became Aquaman, he quickly suppressed the conflict between the ocean and the land, which was very good.
But it ended there, because after that, Atlantis and the land still fought their own battles. Even when facing Darkseid and Superman, the ocean and the land failed to truly join forces and were instead picked off one by one.
To Batman, this was naturally a waste of resources.
If they could absorb Atlantean technology and complement it with surface technology, it would significantly enhance the overall strength of Earth.
Although the interests of Atlantis would be harmed, Batman didn't care.
As for Arthur Curry potentially not becoming Aquaman because of this, it didn't really affect Arthur himself. Right now, Arthur was only twelve or thirteen years old and couldn't handle it anyway. Besides, he never wanted to be king and didn't manage things even after he became one.
Of course, this meant Mera might say goodbye to Arthur, but that was fine; Fang Yuan would take good care of her... "Good!" Bruce decisively agreed to Fang Yuan's proposal.
Fang Yuan controlling Atlantis only harmed the interests of Atlantis; Batman naturally supported it with both hands.
And... Fang Yuan wouldn't stay in this World forever. If Fang Yuan left, he would still need someone to help him look after things.
And for this role, no one was more suitable than Batman.
Bane was just the white glove in Fang Yuan's heart, but Batman was Fang Yuan's partner.
Bruce only needed to maintain a good relationship with Fang Yuan to use Fang Yuan's hand to integrate Earth's resources. Fang Yuan only needed to cooperate with Batman to have one more Batman as his proxy.
If the relationship between Batman and Superman was unbreakable because of friendship, then Bruce and Fang Yuan had reached this level because of a combination of interests.
In fact, the stability of their relationship even surpassed that of Batman and Superman.
Because while black and white are complementary, black and black are one of their own.
In this way, the two of them easily and pleasantly decided the fate of Atlantis.
As for whether this would violate justice?
Neither Fang Yuan nor Bruce cared.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Justice League of this World would be founded by them, so they were justice.
"Where do you plan to start?" Bruce asked.
"Naturally, by visiting little Arthur and his father," Fang Yuan said with his hands on his hips. "And while I'm at it, I'll take some family photos for Atlanna, who hasn't seen them in a long time."
Bruce's gaze immediately became helpless, and he sighed: "So you still plan to threaten Atlanna, don't you?"
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