Shadow of the Beautiful World

After several hours of long flight, Merlin and Hill's plane landed in a small airport of S.H.I.E.L.D. around New York.

The person who came to greet Merlin was the very busy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Fury also brought several vehicles specifically to transport the energy-radiated remains that Merlin and Hill found in the ruins of the laboratory in Argentina.

It looks like he cares about it.

I heard you brought back a child?

Fury walked into the cabin, his eyes were full of curiosity and doubt, he said to Merlin:

Under such a terrifying energy impact, will any life survive?

You could read her existence as a miracle, although in my opinion, it was an utter tragedy.

Merlin shrugged, and he led Fury into the closed cabin of the cabin, where the twisted honeycomb equipment and the sleeping Ava Starr were stored.

The child's condition is better than a few hours ago. Her body lying in the metal cabin has begun to transform from an illusion to a real tangible entity, but she still has that slightly pale light shining on her body.

I think it was the energy radiated to the surroundings when the particle collider exploded, which permanently changed her body structure.

Merlin explained to Fury:

She is suffering unbearable pain for ordinary people. Only when she enters a deep sleep, the pain will temporarily disappear. I can't wake her up during the flight. She can't control her state yet. Once she wakes up, it's easy. Through the body of the aircraft, falling from the sky.

It's really strange.

Fury looked at the sleeping child, his hands folded behind his back, a gleam in his right eye.

After a while, he shook his head:

It's miserable, she really needs help, but there's bad news, Merlin.

We can't get in touch with Pym Hank.

Fury said to Merlin helplessly:

I sent agents to his lab, and the head of the lab told me that Pym hadn't shown up in a while.

No way?

Merlin looked at Fury, and he whispered:

With the huge resources of S.H.I.E.L.D., can't you find a hidden scientist?

Don't underestimate Pym Hank, Merlin.

Fury waved his hand, and he explained:

He's not just a scientist, he used to be a special agent who specializes in dangerous affairs, or a superhero. If he wants to hide from the world, few people will find him. And I want Dr. Pym to help us Heal the little girl in front of you? I don't think he will help you even if you find him.

Fury seemed to be stuck in some kind of bad memory, and he said to Merlin:

You haven't worked with Dr. Pym. You don't know what kind of person that guy is. I can only tell you that he is a difficult person to approach and deal with. Many times, some of the things he does show him Looks like a complete jerk. It wasn't just our problem when he left the Strategic Science Corps.

He was very unpopular, and he seemed to relish the bad communication, a real genius and a real weirdo, anyway.

Then what about this child?

In Pim Hank's personal information, Merlin also saw the poor evaluation of Pim Hank by the senior management of the Strategic Science Corps, and Fury, who had contacted him, also said the same, which probably proved some problems .

Merlin looked at the sleeping little Ava in the cabin, and he couldn't bear to ask:

We can't just leave her like this. She's in a very unstable state. Without the help of experts in this area, her condition may deteriorate. Look at her. She is only an 11-year-old child, but she is suffering from ordinary people. Unbearable pain.

I didn't say I would leave her alone, Merlin! Do you think I'm such a hard-hearted person?

Fury glared at his subordinates. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and sent a number and address to Merlin. He said:

Although I couldn't find Pim Hank, I found another person, Dr. Bill Foster, Dr. Pym's assistant at the time, who also had a deep research on the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. Maybe he can help this child .”

Also, if you need Dr. Pim's help in this matter, you can seek Ms. Carter's help. After all, they were friends back then. I suspect that Ms. Carter has Dr. Pym's contact information.

Why don't you go?

Merlin looked at Fury:

Why do I always have to go to this kind of troublesome begging for help? Also, what about the wizard war in London? Should I go back and continue to deal with that matter?

You still want to go back to London?

Fury looked at Merlin, he sighed:

I told you before that even with a military authorization, launching a missile on the mainland of a sovereign country is a big deal.

Recently, you have to stay in New York. Officer Pierce took part of the questioning for you, but there may be some follow-up review procedures that require your participation. Generally speaking, it should be no big deal, after all, you did use that tactical missile to kill Most of the Death Eaters, averting a possible disaster.

As for the wizarding war in London, the information I have so far is that the Death Eaters have suffered a fatal blow. Voldemort and the remaining Death Eaters have gone underground.

Gattler and his secret agents are helping the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix find the remaining two Horcruxes, and they have a clue. The status quo of the British wizarding world is moving in a direction that is beneficial to us, and the order there There's a quick recovery, I mean, you don't need to be involved there.

You should trust your comrades-in-arms. They can solve the rest. Also, Ms. Carter, whether there is this matter or not, you need to go there. She has some things recently, please help me.

Oh well.

Merlin nodded, touched the emerald ring on his finger, and said:

Then take it as a break. Fury, what about this girl? Are you taking her, or am I taking her?

You take her to Dr. Foster first.

Fury looked at his watch, and he replied:

We'll arrange the child's whereabouts after we've determined the treatment plan. She's not an ordinary person, Merlin. We can't just put her in foster care with an ordinary family.

Well, I see.

Merlin nodded.

After saying goodbye to Fury and Hill at the airport, Merlin drove a nanny car and took the sleeping little Ava to the geology given by Fury.

It was a place that made Merlin feel a little bit, right here at Columbia University. That Dr. Bill Foster is a professor of physics in this university. He called the professor and made an appointment to meet in his lab.

Merlin directly drove the car into the parking lot closest to Dr. Foster's laboratory. After parking the car, he turned around and woke up the sleeping little girl.

Ava, wake up.

Merlin called out:

Time to wake up.

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In the back seat of his car, the sleeping little girl stretched out, she yawned and opened her eyes. The moment she woke up, her stabilized body showed signs of becoming illusory again.

Calm down! Calm down, boy.

Merlin said gently:

Are you still in pain?

Um.

Little Ava nodded pitifully, and she said to Merlin:

It hurts when I wake up, but it's much better than before. Brother Merlin, where is this place?

We're here to treat you.

Merlin pushed his glasses and said to the poor boy:

The doctor is up ahead, but I need you to calm down, Ava, I need you to take that pain first, I mean, do you have a way to control your body?

Keep yourself from being 'light and fluffy', it will scare other people.

cannot.

Ava stared at Merlin with wide eyes, and said in an uncomfortable tone:

When I'm afraid, my body will 'hide'. When I hide, it will hurt and feel more uncomfortable. Only when I fall asleep will I feel better.

All right.

Merlin looked at the little girl in front of him. She was only 11 years old, and it was really difficult for her to control this sudden terrible ability. After thinking for a while, he stretched out his hand and said to Ava:

Then hold my hand, Ava.

The little girl reached out to take Merlin's hand, but she couldn't.

She is like a non-existent ghost, in a state of being out of control, she can't hold the entity at all.

Ah, forget it.

Merlin said with some headache:

Just follow me, stay close to me, okay?

He opened the car door, and behind him, Ava directly went through the steel of the car and came to Merlin's side. She looked timidly and curiously at the quiet campus around her.

Merlin looked left and right, calling for the shadows to cover his and Ava's bodies. At the moment the shadows covered his body, Ava let out a cry of surprise.

When she was shrouded in shadows, she felt that the field of vision in front of her eyes became darker, as if a curtain was cast over it.

This made her a little curious. The child stretched out his fingers and touched the shadow that Merlin called. The mist-like energy enveloped her, making her feel chilly.

Come on, come with me.

Merlin walked forward, and Ava hurried to follow.

A few minutes later, they came to Bill Foster's laboratory, where the doctor was debugging some kind of equipment.

He was a stocky-looking black man in his 40s, wearing the researchers' white coat and black-rimmed glasses. When he was working, he had a serious expression, which was very in line with the image of a researcher with a traditional temperament.

cough cough

Merlin removed the shadow and coughed. The doctor turned around immediately, and he looked at the young man behind him vigilantly, but soon, his attention was on the weird little girl hiding behind Merlin.

You must be Mr. Merlin.

Professor Bill pushed his glasses, looked at Ava, and said:

This one should be the daughter of my old friend Elias Starr, Ava, right?

Yes, Professor.

Merlin said to the professor in front of him:

I brought Ava here to seek your help. You have also seen that this child has undergone some bad changes due to her father's experimental accident.

I heard what Chief Fury said about it.

Bill Foster solemnly pointed to the machine that had been debugged beside him, which looked like the MRI equipment in the hospital.

He said to Merlin and Ava:

I have already prepared the detection equipment. I need to check Ava's physical condition first. Quantum entanglement is a very abstract concept, and the problem cannot be seen with the naked eye.

After finishing speaking, the serious professor walked up to Ava. He squatted down, took off his glasses, and showed a gentle smile. He said to the little girl who was a little scared in front of him:

Don't be afraid, Ava. I'm your father's friend, tell me, does Starr still like pickles?

Uh-huh.

Ava nodded sharply and said:

Dad likes pickled cucumbers best, and eats them with every meal. Mom always says that's unhealthy, but Dad doesn't care.

Haha, I told him that was unhealthy too.

Professor Bill laughed, and said to Ava:

You can call me Uncle Bill, come on, Ava, check your body first. Lie in that white machine, I will help you, don't be afraid.

Encouraged by Professor Bill and Merlin, the poor child lay on the instrument, and as the instrument was turned on, she was slowly sent into the closed metal cabin.

Dr. Bill put on his glasses again, and he walked to the computer on the other side. On that screen, the green data kept beating, making Merlin dizzy.

Well, it is indeed a typical phenomenon of quantum entanglement.

Ten minutes later, Professor Bill seemed to have come to a conclusion. He pointed to the ever-changing curve on the screen, and said to Merlin behind him:

Every cell in Ava's body is repeatedly going through the process of being torn and healed. This process must be painful. What's worse, her physical stability is just an illusion. If the child's condition continues to deteriorate, she will Its existence could fall apart at any moment.

What caused this to happen?

Merlin frowned and asked:

Just because of the Starr lab explosion?

No, not just an explosion.

Professor Bill said:

If she was directly exposed to the energy of the explosion, she would be destroyed in an instant. It should be that when the explosion happened, the child was in a protected environment. The special environment protected her from being erased, but it did not A mass of entangled particles that would protect her from radiation.

I can use professional terms to describe Ava's state, but I believe you are definitely not interested in hearing it, so I will simply summarize it.

Professor Bill looked at the experimental cabin behind him, and said softly:

In an isolated system, such as a human body, or any other existing entity, all the particles that make up the entity coexist in a stable phase relationship. This is the basis of our existence, but if disturbed, Stable phase relationships become disorganized, unpredictable, and unable to form stable entities.

That's where Ava is right now.

The particles that make up her body have been completely disrupted. They are instinctively pursuing stability, but this is not so easy. She is between existence and non-existence, a typical quantum state phenomenon. She can freely travel through any entity, as long as she If she wants, she can even freely change the particle state of her body.

Sounds great.

Merlin says:

But there are gains and losses, doctor, tell me, what is the biggest disaster Ava has encountered now?

As time goes on.

Dr. Bill's expression was a little gloomy, and he said:

If she maintains a quantum state for a long time, the particles in her body will become more and more unstable until she finally enters the quantum world completely and disappears in the real world.

Is there a cure?

Merlin frowned and asked:

Can her body particles be stabilized by other means?

I can try.

Professor Bill said:

But I can't guarantee that it will work, but if you can find Dr. Pym, he should have a way. In the field of quantum entanglement, he is the real expert.

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