Shadow of the Beautiful World

The noon sun shines on the seaside town, and the warm light seems to dispel all shadows, but in fact, no matter how strong and hot the sun is, shadows everywhere will follow.

Merlin's infiltration into the temporary military base went smoothly.

A mere warehouse and those guarded soldiers could not stop his silent infiltration.

After dispersing the smoke to the maximum extent, Merlin's existence was difficult to detect even in sunlight. The warehouse was filled with cameras by those vigilant soldiers, but there were no more advanced laser and sound wave detectors. For Merlin, it was like a public place where he could come and go freely.

Secret, where do you keep the secret?

Merlin was searching in the warehouse. He passed by the patrolling soldiers like an invisible ghost, looking for anything of value in the warehouse.

But a few minutes later, Merlin was disappointed to find that there were no paper materials for him to read. The computers that were running were only performing a search for some special frequency radio waves.

It seems that the action of the Ministry of Defense this time is very secretive.

Merlin looked around, he was unwilling to leave just like that, so he decided to take some risky measures.

Scattered black mist emerged from the corner of the second floor of the warehouse. Merlin squatted in the shadows, and he whistled to the soldier who was holding a carbine and was on guard the nearest to him.

The chubby soldier turned his head immediately, but the moment he turned his head, what caught his eyes was a pair of dark red eyes that were shining brightly.

legilimens! (Instigmatism)

Merlin's lips moved slightly, and as the magic power dissipated, the eyes of the soldier looking at him immediately became dizzy.

At this moment, Merlin's eyes were like a vortex flowing with some kind of light, which attracted all the attention of the soldier.

At the moment when the four eyes met, Merlin's will was like a pair of invisible hands, reaching into the spirit of the soldier in front of him, and the scattered memory fragments from this soldier immediately poured into Merlin's will.

It was like a door of memory opened to him.

The Dementia Curse, this is a relatively unpopular magic that Merlin learned from Bellatrix's memories. It can hardly be called black magic, although its effects are very evil.

The Immortal Curse is an effective means of extracting important information from the target's mind.

It can be used to read the memory and emotions of the subject, which sounds very powerful, but in fact, there is a reason why this magic is classified as unpopular magic.

First of all, the effect of the Dementia Curse has different feedback results on different people.

For a weak-willed person, a spell of insanity is enough to dig out all the secrets in his heart. However, for those strong-willed people, they can even be immune to the effects of the Dementia Curse when they concentrate their attention. Even if the spell is successfully released, the memories that can be seen from the hearts of those strong-willed people are quite limited.

And most importantly, the effect of the Dementia Curse cannot be enhanced by increasing mana. So this thing is like a spell to gamble on luck. When you are lucky, you will get a lot of rewards. If you are not lucky, you may expose yourself.

Secondly, in the wizarding world, there is a lot of magic that can enhance the mind, and there is a special Occlumency to counter Dementia. Of course, that kind of magic is even more unpopular than the Dementia Curse. It is extremely complicated, has a single effect, and is generally useless.

Finally, the use of the Dementia Curse will leave mental damage to the subject, and the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic can reversely hunt down the user through the residual magical breath on the subject.

The superposition of many factors made the Dementia Curse, a seemingly awesome magic, keep going downhill after it was invented.

Today, apart from some dark wizards and knowledgeable great wizards, very few people specialize in the study of the Dementia Curse.

But whether a skill is useful or not depends on the occasion.

At least on this occasion, the newly learned Dementia Curse allowed Merlin to seize the most important breakthrough.

The memory fragments from this unknown soldier unfolded in Merlin's mind, and almost all the scenes from his birth, growth, love, and breakup were known to Merlin.

Well, it seems that this soldier's will is not very firm.

Merlin flicked through the memory fragments quickly, as if he was watching an intermittent movie.

It's not that it's useless. Wow, your private life is such a mess.

Merlin frowned. He glanced at the peachy images in the soldier's mind. In a few seconds, he successfully found what he needed.

It was in a dimly lit base, a tall figure in military uniform was assigning tasks to the soldiers in front of him.

Jess! You lead the 1st team to protect Dr. Powell at the base camp.

Team 2 will follow me. Agent Simmons will be our guide. This mission is very important! Don't let up!

Colonel Burns, we have found that signal in California!

Then what are you waiting for! Let's go!

The brief memory terminated at this moment, and the soldier whose memory was read in front of him was already beginning to crumble. He was under tremendous mental pressure, and if he continued, the Dementor Curse would cause irreversible and permanent mental damage to the soldier in front of him.

obliviate! (forgetting curse)

Merlin immediately withdrew his will, flipped his wrist, and the next moment, an Oblivion Curse was thrown on the soldier, and Merlin's figure also disappeared in place.

This process lasted less than 10 seconds, but Merlin had already found what he needed.

In the soldier's memory, he found three important figures.

Dr. Powell, Agent Simmons and Colonel Burns.

Among them, Dr. Powell stayed in the base camp, and the remaining two were leading the team.

Merlin was sure that from the memories of the two commanders, he would be able to discover the secret he was looking for, the secret about those mechanical life forms.

For an agent with strong execution ability, having a goal means that he can act. Merlin's incarnation of black mist quickly searched the temporary base. After a few minutes, he found an agent writing something in the tent in the corner.

The guy is wearing a black suit, has curly hair, looks like he is in his 30s, and has a serious look all over his body. He is frowning tightly, muttering something in his mouth, and writing a note in a notebook with a pen in his hand. non-stop.

And his appearance matched the information Merlin searched, this guy should be an agent of the Simmons Ministry of Defense.

Merlin thought this guy was writing a confidential document, and he hovered in the air curiously to have a look. But the content in the notebook disappointed Merlin greatly.

This guy is not writing a classified document at all, he is writing a memoir-like story based on his own past experience as the main character

A secret agent's hobby?

Merlin shook his head, and he appeared behind Agent Simmons. While waving his wrist, a green light representing the sleeping spell shot out from the top of the wand, hitting Agent Simmons' body precisely.

The will of an agent must be much stronger than that of the soldier whose private life was chaotic just now.

So before casting the Demention Curse, Merlin had to weaken the will of this guy who liked to write. As we all know, in the sleep state, the human will is the most fragile.

Detective Simmons, who was hit by the sleeping spell, almost immediately collapsed on the table. A few seconds later, a low snore sounded in the tent.

Merlin stepped forward, raised the guy's head, opened his eyelids, and looked at each other.

legilimens! (Instigmatism)

swish

The same memory fragments poured into Merlin's mind again, but this time he saw much fewer memories. This proves that the agent in front of him is really a determined person.

However, as a secret agent, this guy knew too many secrets, even if it was just a little bit, it was enough to surprise Merlin.

Judy, no! Don't leave me

The first picture to be seen was the experience of breaking up with his girlfriend when Simmons was young.

It seems that this guy is still an infatuated person.

But unfortunately, this kind of soap opera is not what Merlin wants. He quickly opened another memory fragment.

The activity of Tinder has weakened by one-third compared with the last observation, and it should have fallen into some kind of deep sleep.

Accompanied by the conversation, an unclear picture unfolded in front of Merlin's eyes.

It looked like a secret base. In front of Agent Simon, it was a silver-gray metal pyramid surrounded by strange characters. It was fixed above the base in an inverted posture.

Agent Simon looked at the huge metal obelisk from an upward perspective, and he said to another person who seemed to be a researcher beside him:

What were the results of the awakening test?

It can still wake up normally.

The researcher replied:

Although the fire has weakened, its function has not diminished, and it can still endow any machine with unimaginable vitality. But this awakening is uncontrollable and irreversible.

The secrets it contains will usher in a new era for us.

Agent Simon said in a voice mixed with awe and vigilance:

But if it falls into the wrong hands, it will easily destroy our world. What I want to know most now is, where did these mechanical life nbe-1 come from?

Speaking, Agent Simon turned around.

Merlin's breathing also became a little heavier at this moment.

At the end of Agent Simmons' memory fragments, what came into view was a huge, terrifying steel giant that was fixed to the base wall with icy frost.

It resembles Fei Guoshan's robot form very much, but no matter its size or appearance, it is several times more ferocious than Fei Guoshan.

The mechanical giant frozen in the secret base is silver-white, and its whole body is full of a sharp domineering aura. Even though it has been frozen, the contemptuous expression on the anthropomorphic face can still It makes people feel a kind of awe from the bottom of their hearts.

It's like how the ancestors of ancient times felt when they faced those mysterious mythical creatures

People can't help but want to worship.

What exactly is this?

Great shock and doubt arose in Merlin's heart:

Is nbe-1 also a Cybertronian? Why is it frozen in the base of the Ministry of Defense! The most important thing is will it wake up?

Also, that mysterious fire, which can endow machines with vitality, what does this thing have to do with those Cybertronians?

Merlin found the answer he wanted in this base, but with the answer came even greater unknown doubts. He can be sure that Fei Guoshan has concealed something from him, but the question now is, does Fei Guoshan know about Tinder and the frozen Titan mechanical giant?

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and he continued to search in Agent Simmons' memory.

But the memories that followed were Simmons' memories of his past career, and there was nothing Merlin needed. He wanted to find out the location of the secret base, but he found nothing.

Seeing the sleeping Agent Simmons start to tremble all over due to mental pressure, Merlin regained consciousness with a little regret.

He is not a cruel butcher, and he will not destroy an honest life just because of his own curiosity.

Although Agent Simmons is not in the same department as himself, it can be seen from his memory that he has also made his own efforts to protect order.

It doesn't hurt that he has some less serious hobbies.

swish

The Oblivion Curse was cast on Agent Simmons' body, and seeing the agent fall into a peaceful sleep again, Merlin turned and left the tent.

He planned to find that Colonel Burns, and he had a feeling that the final answer to the mystery about Tinder and the mechanical giant was in the mind of Colonel Burns.

However, just when Merlin was about to go deeper into the base and look for the colonel, his communicator was suddenly activated.

Flying over the mountain's husky voice, lacking in emotional fluctuations, rang in Merlin's ears.

Beach at the end of 3rd Street, northeast of you, 1454 yards below the reef I found b-127, but it's with a human girl, and it's not in the right shape Come on, Merlin!

I need your help!