Midas appeared at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, completely happy with the way things were going in his camp. It had probably been 12 hours since they were back from the Trials.
Gaia should be sending her message telling the Earthlings about her Evolution any time now. It was not like Midas didn't already know what was going to happen.
The main idea though was whether or not the others knew, and how much they knew because that would determine their subsequent actions.
Evolution, as Gaia said before, was not a delicate process. It was incredibly rough, apocalyptically rough, and most people would die without even knowing what was happening.
In a way that was probably the reason it was called Evolution, a process of natural selection whereby not only the Planetary Bodies incarnations would be selectively cut off, but also the Planetary Bodies themselves would be put to the test too from then on.