Shadow of the Beautiful World

Intrusion alert! Intrusion alert!

The ear-piercing siren, accompanied by the dazzling light, echoed in the underground fortress of a.i.m. The first and second floors of the underground base fell in less than 10 minutes, causing the entire base to fall into a state of panic inside.

Unidentified militants are clearing the first floor of the base! There are dangerous mutants assisting them!

In the command post on the fourth floor underground, a commander who looked like a researcher in a strange yellow robe stared at the monitoring screen in front of him. He grabbed the communicator and shouted to the panicked subordinates:

Don't panic! This is just a small problem. Team A, release the enhanced defenders. Team B, activate the three-layer defense network, and stick to it! The support from the headquarters is on the way, and the management will not give up on us. !

Keep it up, brothers! We can win!

The commander had a loud voice, and spoke with great air.

His voice spread along the sound transmission equipment of the underground fortress, and spread at the bottom of the fortress. There was news that support was coming, which made the soldiers and researchers who were a little panicked by the attack a little relieved. Under his command, he began to activate various mechanical weapons according to his own duties, preparing to meet the incoming invaders.

Snapped

The commander turned off the communicator. He glanced at the tiger-like X-Men and the well-trained soldiers in black on the monitoring screen. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, then turned his head and lowered his voice, yes A very ordinary-looking researcher beside him was holding an energy gun and said:

George, don't disturb the others, go to the fifth floor underground, and sneak out our latest research results. I'll wait for you at the exit of the underground tunnel.

Um?

The researcher named George looked at the officer blankly, and asked:

Sir, aren't we going to hold on here? Isn't there reinforcements coming? Didn't you say we can win?

Damn it!

The officer covered his head with some headaches, and said:

There are no reinforcements. This is too far from the headquarters. Even if reinforcements arrive, it will be too late, you idiot. Look at those intruders. They are well-trained. They are obviously official forces. We can't win!

However, there is deadly radiation in the test site on the fifth floor underground. In a short time, we can't turn off those energy generators at all.

George felt that his chief was using him as cannon fodder, and he said cowardly:

Maybe, maybe you can find someone else

Hey, George, listen.

The tone of the chief of the a.i.m base became uncomfortable. He patted George on the shoulder and said:

You have served the organization for more than ten years. You are a trustworthy person, George, but you also know that the experimental rocket car in the underground tunnel can only accommodate five people. I and three senior researchers must go. As for you , George, you see, I don't have to take you away.

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George finally understood what the officer meant. This guy was indeed using him as cannon fodder. He knew very well what the research results on the fifth underground floor were. The deadly radiation contained in that thing would cause irreversible mutations to the human body.

But now, he has no other choice.

George felt a little sad in his heart. He clenched the energy gun in his hand, gritted his teeth, and said to the officer:

I'll go get the research results immediately, you must wait for me!

very good.

The chief nodded in satisfaction, and said:

You only have 15 minutes, George, and I will activate the self-destruct procedure. You must know that there is a lot of information in the base that is not visible.

I see.

George turned around and quickly walked down the spiral staircase, while his chief looked at this extremely mediocre researcher with a cold gaze. He had no intention of taking George Tarleton out of here at all.

Pioneer Technology is a world-renowned scientific and technological research organization. After decades of development, they have a huge influence, profound foundation, and countless excellent research. People like George Tarleton have not produced brilliant research results for several years. Guy, he was supposed to be eliminated.

But your little life may be of some use to the organization.

There was a sneering smile on the officer's gloomy face. After George passed through the deadly radiation layer and retrieved important research results, this mediocre guy would be useless.

He looked back at the monitoring screen behind him. On that screen, the steel warrior with strong muscles and strong bones rushed into the third layer of defense like a beast without fear of bullets. Those huge defense machines were no match for this steel man at all.

Not to mention the Lingdie who was following Colossus, that elegant female warrior, every time she swung her knife, the sharp crimson energy could easily smash an expensive defensive device.

Mutant

The commander said softly:

A power so powerful that it doesn't make sense, we will eventually master it! Hehe, it's just a matter of time.

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Damn! Damn! A bunch of bloody bastards! All bastards!

On the unmonitored fifth underground floor, George Tarleton, who was forced to come to obtain the research results, was wearing a heavy protective suit and was struggling to advance in the energy laboratory.

As he walked, he cursed his immediate boss and those damn intruders.

He is not a person with lofty ideals. He joined a.i.m just to make a living. He is not a talented person either. In every performance assessment of the organization, he is at the bottom.

And now, he was forced to fetch dangerous things, which made George's emotions explode.

He raised his head, and in the laboratory in front of him, which was made of heavy special material and resembled a glass container, there was an erected bracket formed by gathering many special modules, on which three very sophisticated ray generators were placed. Around the bracket, and on the bracket, there is a square energy body.

It has a weird, orange-yellow glow, and looks like the most perfect gem.

This is the most advanced energy polymer produced by a.i.m after decades of time and a lot of resources. It is said that its design blueprint comes from the cosmic Rubik's Cube, which caused great turmoil during World War II.

At that time, a.i.m was still a research organization in the Hydra system, but with the disappearance of the Red Skull, the founders of the ambitious pioneering technology broke away from that declining organization and went out on their own.

Damn thing!

George cursed again, then stretched out his hand, and entered the cumbersome password on the button of the glass cabin in front of him.

Snapped

The glass cabin was pushed open, and George walked into it, reaching for the orange cube.

The thing in front of him is a sample that was successfully copied some time ago, and deeper in the laboratory, there is also a prototype with incomplete functions. George must get two things in exchange for a ticket to survive.

cough cough

At this moment, a coughing sound suddenly sounded behind George, startling him, he turned around suddenly, and saw a guy in a windbreaker and a strange blue mask standing behind him .

Cough cough.

Merlin coughed, and he felt that some strange energies around him were trying to infiltrate his body. Those highly radioactive energies were blocked from his body by magic power, but they still made Merlin feel very uncomfortable.

He raised his head, looked at George Tarleton who was holding the cube in front of him, and said softly:

legilimens! (Instigmatism)

swish

A tyrannical will pierced George's mind like a sharp knife, and he felt that his memory was being retrieved quickly.

It's a pity that he is not a strong-willed person, he is mediocre, mediocre in every way.

A few seconds later, Merlin found the information he needed. He stretched out his hand and took the orange cube from George's hand. In the memory of George's mind, the a.i.m was charged through this cube, and then used a special The equipment caught those mutants without making any noise.

A replica of the cosmic cube, an energy block that can easily break through space.

Merlin looked at the orange energy block in his hand, and he said to George Tarleton who was curled up on the ground:

What you have studied is really amazing.

give it to me!

George's mind was blank, and the pain left by the soul search made him a little anxious. He looked at the energy block that fell into Merlin's hands. All the thoughts in this guy's mind were that he was about to die in this ghost place. He didn't know Where did he get the courage to grab Merlin's wrist.

Um?

Merlin looked down at him, and that indifferent look made George stunned in place.

He stammered:

They they will start the self-destruct program, without this thing I will, I will die please, please give it to me.

Self-destruct program?

Merlin blinked, grabbed George's collar, and disappeared into this energy-dense underground laboratory in a flash. When he reappeared, the two of them were already standing at the end of the snow-capped canyon.

puff

George with weak legs sat down on the ground. He lifted the heavy hood of the protective suit and retched while looking at the surrounding situation.

Okay, you're safe, man.

Merlin knelt down and said to George:

I don't see in your memory that you did anything to hurt other people, so you can live, but don't think you deserve it, next time I see you wandering around these bastards' bases

No, no, I will quit them immediately!

George, who escaped from death, waved his hands and said to Merlin:

I'm leaving now, thank you, thank you, man.

While talking, he got up staggeringly, and rushed out of the snow, but Merlin stretched out his hand and put it on the guy's shoulder. He asked:

Logan, where is that powerful mutant kept by you?

Logan?

George looked at Merlin suspiciously, and said:

I don't remember this person. But in the advanced biological cabin on the fourth floor underground, there is an unidentified mutant. He was accidentally captured more than 20 days ago. You can go there and have a look.

While talking, George also intimately handed his employee card to Merlin, and he said:

Using this thing, it can help you open the circular passage on the fourth floor underground, but the self-destruct program is estimated to have already been activated, and there will be an explosion there in at most 20 minutes.

Thanks.

Merlin reached out to take George's employee card, and disappeared into the snow in a flash.

George looked around as if he had seen a ghost. After a while, he shivered and began to flee quickly in the snow.

After running a few steps, the mediocre George suddenly turned his head and looked at the base in the distance. He forgot a very important thing.

In the laboratory on the fifth floor underground, there is also a prototype Rubik's Cube.

Damn it! Once that thing blows up, I'll have to run as far away as possible!

The self-destruct procedure in the underground fortress has been activated, take the people you rescued and get out of here!

Merlin said to the mutants and agents who were trying to continue to break through in the communicator:

It's time to retreat!

On the other end of the communicator, Elsa and the agents, who were checking the injuries of the trapped mutants on the second basement floor, heard the order and immediately evacuated the mutants who were still able to move towards the ground. The first floor of the bunker had been cleared. With no one blocking the situation, 20 minutes is completely enough to evacuate the base.

Another S.D.O.L.D. medical officer has set up a temporary medical station at the other end of the snow mountain canyon, Ororo Use your ability to maintain the temperature in that area, so that these mid-to-high guys will not freeze to death.

As for Merlin himself, he came to the circular passage on the fourth underground floor through the ventilation ducts connected up and down in the base.

There are still many a.i.m researchers and soldiers who are stubbornly resisting. They don't know the news that the self-destruction program has been activated.

These guys, were abandoned by their commanders.

It's really sad.

swish

Merlin's figure appeared in the hall of the fourth-floor passage, and he shouted to the men in yellow clothes who were stubbornly resisting in front of him:

Your commander has already run away. He has activated the self-destruct procedure of the base. Stay here and do whatever you want. If you want to escape, go to the outskirts of the base and surrender to the agents of s.d.o.l.d.! I only warn you once.

After finishing speaking, his figure disappeared again and rushed towards the deepest cell. Behind him, those men in yellow looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, a girl was the first to be unable to withstand the pressure and threw away The energy gun rushed out towards the upper floor.

It was like a sign, and like a bell ringing in the minds of these dazed guys, one after another followed her and left here, and finally even those diehards set foot on the road to escape.

Merlin sensed movement over there, but he ignored them.

Holding George's employee card, Merlin passed through several closed automatic doors all the way, and what finally appeared in front of his eyes was a biological cabin cage the size of a small house.

Standing in front of the cage, he drew out his wand and cast an Unlocking Charm on the heavily encrypted locks.

Snapped

The heavy, steel door was pushed open from the inside at this moment, and with a roar like a beast, a pair of wolf-like eyes appeared in front of Merlin.

puff

Six silver recurve blades pierced Merlin's chest at this moment, but no blood flowed out, not even a wound was left.

Merlin didn't care about the sharp knife that pierced his chest. He carefully looked at the furious man in front of him, with all kinds of restraining shackles on his body, and a wild man with messy black hair like a wild beast.

After a moment, he said softly:

Hello

Logan.