Shadow of the Beautiful World

Regarding the ancient city of Atlantis, Merlin has not visited many times.

Although after the demigod Cassandra handed over the golden staff to him, the city was no longer fortified against him.

But that period was quite special. In the final battle, Merlin used a horcrux to hide from the world, and he did not appear in the world for more than 6 months.

After being resurrected, he was trapped in the hell dimension by the wasteland, and it was very troublesome to enter the present world.

Entering that ancient city by astral projection is not a good choice.

That city was established by Poseidon, the god of the sea. Although it was sunk into the sea together with the entire continent of Atlantis in the catastrophe of the Great Fall, and part of it was broken, it was still a place where divine power remained.

A projection cannot stay in that intense conflict of divine power for too long.

And more importantly, it is rumored that the catastrophe of the fall of the Atlanteans in the first era was said to have something to do with the evil spirits of the Lightless Sea.

After that city sank to the bottom of the sea, the strange power originating from the Lightless Sea also existed in that city.

According to Merlin's observations several times, it's okay to be on the outskirts of the city, but the further you enter the city's core, the more terrifying the invasion will be.

Moreover, the technology of the Atlanteans in the first era was extremely advanced, and Merlin suspected that they were attacked by the evil spirit of the Matt Sea because of some kind of forbidden experiment.

It would have been better if that experiment had failed, in case it had succeeded at the time, and produced some horrible, indescribable creatures.

Then the results of that experiment are likely to remain in that city.

After the fall of Ocean Emperor Atlanta, he activated the defense system of the ancient city and sealed the entire city in the deep sea. Perhaps it was because of this dangerous thinking.

Even the Godfather Kraken...

The undersea beast of unknown origin is most likely a thing created by that experiment.

Although Merlin returned the staff that opened the door to the descendants of the King of Atlanta, he kept his eyes open, and any actions that entered the ancient city would be monitored by him.

Merlin, who is busy collecting ancient artifacts and starting to plan the Battle of the Ten Realms, has no time to lead the exploration of the ancient city, but these sea people may be able to help uncover the secrets of the Great Fallen Era.

They will be very useful tool people.

But once those tool people touch something they shouldn't, Lord Raven will know, and will give them a little punishment.

In short, the matter of the seabed has come to an end.

After Merlin got the blue mother box, he stopped paying attention to the affairs of those juniors.

Uh, but he heard that Namor and Emma really held a grand wedding after the coronation ceremony, and Namor's younger brother, Arthur Curry, Prince of Atlantis, did not attend alone.

It is said that Arthur had a strange girl beside him... He even had a fight with Kara at the wedding, and the two women almost started fighting.

Oh, the young people of today...

Lord Raven in the wasteland once again let out an old man's sigh.

Then let Icarus choose the clothes for him when he went out, and the glasses girl herself changed into a black and white long skirt and specially made her hair.

That pretty face that conforms to the golden ratio is full of joyful and expectant expressions.

Yes, she's going on a date with Merlin today!

It's the first date in the glasses girl's life~

This suit feels a little rustic.

Icarus was holding a black suit and a set of light gray casual clothes in the other hand. Like a little wife, she compared the two sets of clothes with Merlin.

Behind her, Miss Hope continued to express her weird aesthetic evaluation.

Merlin didn't care, and let them do what they wanted. The majesty is still busy drawing plans that will never be completed in his mind.

Alicia, the little red queen, dismisses this.

Anyway, it's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married...

She can't be changed by a mechanical child.

She can only replace parts and lubricate her pet, the white mechanical lion Nemoa, while looking back at her excited mother from time to time.

whispering sound

Empress Xiao Hong curled her lips, and she whispered to the lazy mechanical lion at her feet:

What's so good about that guy? There are so many women around him.

Wow!

Crouching at the feet of Little Red Queen, the silly dog ​​Frank in a small black suit raised his head. The dog had a humanized smirk on his face. He said to Little Red Queen:

You don't understand this, you are still a child, you can understand, but Lord Frank can teach you some life experience.

The silly dog ​​said triumphantly:

An excellent man like Merlin will never lack women around him. This is derived from human beings, or in other words, a kind of instinct among all creatures. The stronger and more reliable, the more women will be attracted.

Beasts are more straightforward in this regard, but humans, after all, are also a kind of beast.

Just like male lions can sit on many female lions, all females have a natural reproductive instinct, hoping to integrate their genes with better genes.

You are talking nonsense!

With her hips on her hips, Xiaohong reached out and patted Shagou's head. She said:

My mom is a robot, so she doesn't have genes or anything like that.

But she's still a woman.

The silly dog ​​snorted, picked up his pet rope, and said inarticulately:

The connection between her and Merlin is the most unique among all the women around Merlin. She was born based on Merlin's soul, and has an instinctive desire to follow and dedicate to her Creator.

This is a necessary stage for the evolution of her soul. You, Alicia, you will not always maintain the thinking of a child. You will grow up one day, and you will meet the man who made you desperate.

The silly dog ​​snorted:

Hey, the little cabbage raised by Merlin and Icarus didn't know that it would be taken away by that pig.

Empress Xiaohong is a little fuzzy.

As a mechanical creature, she was instinctively unwilling to think about such chaotic problems in the future. She gritted her teeth and said to Shagou:

What's the use of talking so much? You're not a dog...you know shitty love!

Hey, that's dirty words! Children can't say it!

The silly dog ​​shook his head and said:

Besides, who said Lord Frank doesn't understand love? Every beautiful bitch in Queens and Hell's Kitchen is a member of Lord Frank's harem...

Woof! I won't tell you anymore, I'm going to be a light bulb.

After finishing speaking, the silly dog ​​rushed to the feet of Merlin who had already changed his clothes with his pet rope in his mouth.

It went around Merlin a few times and it said:

Ruiwen is very busy recently, so I don't have time to sneak around with me. Let me go with you tonight? That high-energy particle accelerator experiment sounds interesting.

Um?

Merlin, who was being tied around his neck by Icarus, lowered his head and looked at Frank in surprise. He said:

You dog will also find that experiment interesting? Do you have a fever?

whispering sound!

The silly dog ​​squatted on the ground, poking its neck with its hind legs, it rolled its eyes at Merlin, and said:

I just look like a dog! I'm an alien, please! I'm from a technologically advanced world, okay? I just want to see how the particle accelerators made by humans are different from the ones in my hometown.

Of course, it's more important to go out and run a few laps. I'm going to be moldy if I stay at home all day.

The silly dog ​​whimpered and said:

If you can meet an elegant and beautiful dog beauty in Central City, it would be great.

Then you can't even ask me.

Merlin said to Shagou:

Icarus is the protagonist tonight, she will take you there, I have no objection.

It's okay, let's go.

The lady with glasses is very generous.

She didn't care about Merlin's date with her, a dog was involved, besides, this time she was going to disguise herself as a human being, as an elegant lady, isn't it normal to lead a dog?

Ugh, though, Icarus and Merlin's dating situation was a bit odd.

They are going to Central City to participate in the test site of the high-energy particle accelerator that will be held tonight.

That is a key project to be launched by the well-known interstellar laboratory in the scientific community. It is said that once the experiment is successful, it will permanently solve the new energy problem that plagues human civilization.

Merlin doesn't understand this.

After all, he is just a ruthless spell-casting machine, and he is more interested in a discussion of the mana model compiled by the ancient wizard than any cross-age particle accelerator.

But Icarus liked it a lot.

She has recently been looking for other sources of energy for the Mechanicus besides the Ark Reactor.

As Merlin said, the Ark reactor has always been the Stark family's patent.

As the Mechanicus, it is too shameful to always use this kind of plagiarism.

Moreover, the upper limit of the Ark reactor is so high, it is enough to provide energy for low-level omnics, but in the face of Icarus, Hope, Adam, and high-level omnics like Scourge, that output power is far from enough up.

Finding new alternative energy is currently the top priority of Mechanicus.

Originally, it was necessary to refer to the biological atomic furnace in the ancient Titan, but unfortunately, the only Muto female and male with flesh and blood bodies have been eaten up by the big stomach king Glutton.

This plan can only be scrapped.

You can actually study this wonderful mother box.

In the halo of the portal leading to the present world, Merlin straightened his clothes and raised his hand naturally, letting Icarus, who was leading the dog, rest his gloved fingers on his elbow.

He said to the well-dressed glasses girl:

The technology inside those two mother boxes may allow the engineers of Mechanicus to gain more understanding.

That's a backup plan, too.

The glasses girl raised her head and smiled gently at Merlin. She held Merlin's arm tightly and said:

Let's see the results of tonight's experiment first. If the particle accelerator is really as powerful as they claim, we won't need the mother box.

It's better to use less of things of unknown origin.

Um.

Merlin nodded and said:

Your idea is very good. It seems that you have grown a lot.

This is all you taught well.

Icarus rested his head on Merlin's shoulder, and she whispered delicately:

Isn't it? Teacher...

Who did you learn from?

Merlin shook his head, he reprimanded:

Be serious, maybe the observers are watching.

Um?

Icarus said in surprise:

Didn't you enjoy last night?

Ahem!

Lord Raven coughed a few times, his fingers twitched, allowing the portal in front of him to close quickly, so as to prevent this heartless glasses girl from saying more things she shouldn't have said.

Although the occasional intimacy between the two makes Merlin feel like a blow-up doll, but...

In this case, I can only say, really fragrant!

swish

Amidst Icarus' ambiguous chuckle, the two of them and a dog appeared in the real city. This trip also came from an astral projection, but with Merlin's spellcasting level, this projection is not much different from a real person.

The place where they appear is inside the interstellar laboratory, avoiding encounters with other visitors.

But the experiment at Interstellar Lab tonight is indeed grand.

Because it is claimed to be an experiment that opens the door to future energy sources, both the scientific community and science fans are very generous tonight.

Merlin and Icarus walked to the railing on the second floor of the test bed and looked down. There was still some time before the test started, but this huge and empty laboratory was already full of invitees.

Most of them are members of the Future Technology Foundation. Outside the spectator seats, there are also many technology fans who come here admiringly.

Huh?

Merlin looked at the walking crowd in surprise, and he said to Icarus beside him:

It's also in the minibus.

Yeah?

Icarus, who was concentrating on constantly taking pictures of herself and Merlin's private date, lowered her finger and looked down. Her blue eyes kept changing the focus. Soon, she saw Merlin's nephew Barry Allen in the crowd.

Beside the tall, thin, mild-faced young man, there was a well-dressed girl.

The girl was tall, a typical mix of black and white.

Concentrating the advantages of the two races, the skin is delicate and the figure is perfect.

Blue eyes, long reddish-brown hair, carrying a handbag, holding Barry's hand, with a gentle smile on his face, listening to Barry chattering about this upcoming experimental project for her.

Ha, your nephew is a straight man.

Icarus held Merlin's waist, and she said to Merlin:

Look, his girlfriend is obviously very impatient, and he is still talking...I really don't understand women's hearts.

Well, there are some things in the minibus...

Merlin also shook his head.

He explained:

But that's not his girlfriend. If I'm not mistaken, it should be his sister, the daughter of Police Officer Joe West, the girl who grew up with him, a reporter from the Central City Daily.

I saw her when she was a child.

Merlin recalled the past, put his hands on the railing, and said to the glasses girl beside him:

She and Barry were very young at the time, but she was brave and would protect Barry...but, you may be right, they were a little too close.

Merlin frowned and said:

Even if they are siblings, they are also lovers?

Wow, you nephew.

The glasses girl pushed the black-rimmed glasses on her face, and she said:

Very powerful ah.

Come on, go down and meet him.

Merlin took Icarus' arm, he looked around and said:

Where's Frank?

Shagou took a look at the prototype and said it was very backward, and then he lost interest.

The glasses girl walked down the stairs with great demeanor, and said to Merlin:

I just saw him run away after a bitch... Well, he is the heartthrob of dogs.

The dogs you raise are just like you, Merlin, they are all so unruly.