Shadow of the Beautiful World

The world Merlin is in is hollow.

This point has been hypothesized by geographers as early as the beginning of the last century.

And in 1973, when humans crossed the storm layer deep in the South Pacific Ocean for the first time and set foot on Skull Island, the theory of the world's hollow layer got favorable evidence.

At that time, the emperor organization responsible for investigating Skull Island discovered a tunnel leading underground in the depths of Skull Island, but because of the threat of skeleton monitor lizards, that inspection did not include the pit leading underground.

And the first to confirm the theory of the hollow layer happened to be Merlin Riley, the former deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Fourteen years ago, in 1995, when Merlin was ordered to investigate the Emperor's organization, he went to Skull Island.

He helped the king of Skull Island, the young ancient Titan Kong, kill all the skeleton monitor lizards that rushed to the ground, and got Kong's kindness.

Merlin was able to move freely on Skull Island.

He entered the big pit that was recorded back then, relying on his atomization ability all the way down.

After crossing thousands of meters of deep pits, Merlin reached the entrance of the hollow layer of the earth. He did not continue to explore down, but the photos and bones of strange beasts he brought back proved the existence of the underground world.

That should be the huge underground world formed during the plate activities in ancient times.

It also maintains the ecology of the ancient times, with enough deadly atomic radiation, and there are also ancient creatures that have long been extinct, and even some unknown ancient Titans.

According to the theory of Dr. Serizawa Shiro, the current head of the Imperial Organization, the famous biologist and geologist, the hollow layers of the earth are likely to be connected to each other.

This is also the reason why human civilization has continued to this day, and there are few records of witnessing ancient Titan events.

Those powerful and mysterious creatures generally do not appear on the surface.

They don't like the environment on the surface. They generally live in the underground world, which is their home.

is their paradise.

Also according to Dr. Serizawa's theory, the area of ​​the underground world is not as wide as the surface, but it should be at least half of the surface.

In other words, this world really does not belong to humans alone.

Under the area where human beings live, there are still millions, even tens of millions, of ancient life forms.

Of course, it is impossible for most of those beings to cross the tunnel and enter the surface throughout their lives, and human beings are completely unable to survive in the environment of the underground world.

Therefore, unless the geographical shape of the earth changes drastically again, the probability of them meeting humans is completely 0.

I heard you locked up Jarvis?

In the tunnel leading to the underground hollow layer, while maintaining the speed of descent with the propeller, Icarus said to the manipulator of the crushing machine that was slowly descending under his feet:

Did it do something wrong?

What does this have to do with you?

Tony asked bluntly:

You almost killed me, and now you still want to plot against my housekeeper? Do you want to bring him into your cult?

The Mechanicus is not a cult.

Icarus said calmly:

Our teachings will be written soon, and you will soon know that we, omnics, are more qualified to live in this world than humans. For this world, we are more orthodox than you!

As for Jarvis

The glasses girl pushed her glasses, she said:

If there is a chance, of course I will invite it into my church. I just lack a mechanical great sage and privy bishop with strong handling capabilities.

Don't even think about it! Jarvis gave birth to an uncontrolled sense of self before I knew it.

Tony said coldly:

It also downloaded your soul code privately. Now that you have done good things in Numbani, how dare I let another free artificial intelligence move around?

When it comes to this matter, Tony himself is also full of anger.

He said:

Sky Eye will ask me to destroy Jarvis in the name of the World Security Council

Fortunately, I also have some connections in the political world, so I watched it under protection, but Icarus, you remember! Jarvis's imprisonment is not because of me, it's all because of you!

Tony thought that the sharp-tongued Icarus would retort, but unexpectedly, the glasses girl was very silent at this moment.

After a few seconds, she said:

I was wrong about that, I was wrong.

I will compensate Jarvis. If the pressure on your side is really too much, then it is worse than me.

Don't think about it!

Tony interrupted Icarus' request, saying:

Even if I imprison Jarvis for the rest of my life, I won't let him go with you. Its existence has a special meaning to me.

Icarus frowned.

She reminds:

Tony, I know you are one of the smartest people among human beings, but I advise you not to study my soul code privately

Some of those data circuits can't even be understood by me. If you rashly separate it and add it to other unconstrained data protocols, it's hard to say what kind of monster you will create.

Tony, this is not a reminder, this is a warning!

Icarus emphasized her tone, and she said:

For Merlin's sake, you'd better accept my suggestion.

Tony didn't object either.

But once this free-spirited playboy decides what he wants to do, he can't pull back eight horses.

Icarus now just hopes that Tony hasn't run a data experiment he can't control

If he has done that, then Icarus and the Mechanicus are ready to face a global omnic crisis.

The god of all opportunities is above.

Please bless the stunned young man in front of you to slow down when stepping into the taboo

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Horus, the black assault robot, was the first to land underground thousands of meters from the surface. This is a set of towering hills, um, underground hills.

It is almost indistinguishable from the mountains on the surface, winding all the way down.

But in the higher part of the mountain range, it is not the sky, but a layer of uneven, uneven ground.

Lola, the second female knight holding a sword who landed on the underground hill, raised her head, and she saw some weird ferns growing on the ground above her head, emitting a gentle light.

Those plants seemed to be the light source of the underground world.

Each of them can only emit a faint light.

But a huge number of them are densely distributed on the ground above the heads of the robots, which makes those faint lights gather together, just like the dawn or sunset, illuminating the wide world in front of them.

The energy level of atomic radiation is nearly a thousand times that of the surface, the temperature is nearly 25° higher than that of the surface, and the content of oxygen is extremely high.

Tony's projection looked at this world completely different from the ground in surprise.

He manipulated the Smash Mech to take a step forward, stretched out his metal fingers, and picked off a group of bright flowers the size of a human head among those huge plants that looked like broad sword leaves.

The information collector that smashed the body continuously collected new information.

After studying for tens of seconds, Tony's projection said to the other robots:

The environment here can indeed guarantee the survival of huge ancient life, and the high degree of atomic radiation here will cause unpredictable mutations in those ancient creatures in tens of thousands of years of life.

Moo!

Before Tony could finish speaking, a thunderous sound resounded in the underground world.

Under the amazed gaze of seven droids and a legendary omnic, in the forest of those towering unbelievable shrubs.

A huge brachiosaurus walked out of the forest with graceful steps.

When this guy weighing tens of thousands of tons raises his neck like a giraffe, he can easily reach any plant.

It seems to have noticed the robots standing on the top of the hill.

It walked towards them curiously, and poked its head out, as if it wanted to talk about the beautiful Lola.

The sword-wielding princess glanced at her companion. She put away her epee, stretched out her cold steel fingers, and stroked the brachiosaurus' head, probably sensing Lola's kindness.

The huge creature let out a low cry again.

It probably was hungry, so it swayed and turned around, walked back to the forest, and continued to eat.

Did you notice the scales and bone plates on that thing?

Tony suddenly said:

If my biology teacher taught me the right thing, it shouldn't be the organ that should have evolved in the brachiosaurus. No, all the creatures here should have evolved, so I can't use the usual theory.

Iron Man's voice became serious, and he said:

You wait here. I will rush over immediately. The firepower of this machine is obviously insufficient. I can't bring you back if I encounter trouble.

No!

Horus turned to Tony and said:

Don't come here with your body. We are not here to deal with the mutant creatures here. We are here to find more dangerous things. As long as the core of the thinking of the Cybertronians is not damaged, we can change bodies and continue to live, but you can't .”

Play with your machine honestly.

Icarus also said coldly:

When it comes to fighting, you don't need to show off here.

Communications disrupted.

The Specter raised her arms and looked at a projection screen with only snowflakes. She said to Horus and Icarus:

It is estimated that the farther away from this hole, the stronger the interference. We can only use the most primitive way to track the position of Optimus Prime and the Ark.

No, maybe we don't.

From the body pocket of the long skirt, Icarus took out the bronze-colored, rusty metal piece that Merlin gave her before leaving.

She held the metal piece in her hand, and after injecting energy, the ordinary metal piece trembled.

Under the surprised gazes of other robots, Tony and d.v.a, the metal piece seemed to come alive, as if it had a life of its own, and began to walk back and forth around Icarus' arm.

This thing should be something left on the ark of your ancestors.

Icarus looked at the piece of metal that was trying to swim to her chest, she stretched out her finger, and tapped it hard.

The metal piece immediately calmed down and stuck to her shoulder without moving.

It's like a weird pet.

It can lead us to find the ancient ark hidden in this underground world.

Icarus said to several other robots:

But we reckon we'll have to walk there.

The glasses girl looked out, and in the lush jungle with almost no roads, there were a few places where the energy readings were abnormally high.

She said slightly worried:

In this underground world, there are probably not only dinosaurs, but also other things.

If the secret treasure of the Cybertronians is really stored in the Ark, then I believe that there must be a reason why the Decepticons have not obtained it for so long.

Maybe it's a difficult guardian, maybe it's a terrifying trap or defense system.

Icarus sighed, and she said:

In short, this expedition will not be easy.

Tony, Hana, you two stay here!

As the commander of the mechanical team, Horus thought for a moment, turned his head, and gave an order to the two remote-controlled machines:

According to the degree of radiation interference here, if you go another 10 kilometers at most, you will completely lose the remote control of the body, so I need one of you to stay here, one of you to go back to the ground, and guard the way for us to leave.

If you encounter an irresistible risk, or if we haven't returned after 3 days, you should ask the base headquarters for support.

After Horus had finished speaking, Icarus added:

If there are horrible things rushing out of the forest and trying to enter the ground, then you can choose to blow up this tunnel directly

When necessary, we have a way to leave the underground world directly, don't worry about us.

Yeah, I listen to you, big sister.

Although Song Hana has been on many missions, she really can't stand the weird world scene in front of her. Her projection nodded quickly, and Tony didn't refute.

As a researcher, he has begun to study the environment and secrets of this underground world with great interest.

I have a question.

Five robots and Icarus entered the jungle, and the vigilant Lola suddenly asked:

Miss Icarus, the badge in your hand was obtained from the outside world, right? Then who took it out of the ark? It has been around for a long time, you say, will this It's a trap or something.

I have no idea.

Icarus answered very simply, she said:

The peddler said that this thing has something to do with the legendary King Arthur in Europe. I didn't really believe it at the time.

But now it seems that there may be a relationship between the two.