Shadow of the Beautiful World

Well, although it's good to work hard, you should also pay attention to your health, Ms. Sharon.

On the tarmac of the isolated island prison, Professor Charles, who manipulated his psychic power, picked up his wheelchair, and walked onto the gangway of the plane, gently exhorted Agent Sharon behind him:

Your mental state is not stable, probably because of being too tired.

I know, I will pay attention.

Agent Sharon maintained a smiling expression, but her cheeks were flushed. It was really embarrassing just now. She fell asleep in the office while waiting for the professor to finish the emotional counseling for the prisoners.

Although this is harmless, once it gets out, it will also damage Sharon's good image in S.H.I.E.L.D. Fortunately, Professor Charles is a honest elder, and he will not spread such silly gossip around.

Watching the plane carrying the professor disappear at the end of the sea, Agent Sharon rubbed her eyes, and she couldn't help yawning again.

What happened today?

She shook her head and asked softly:

Is it true that I didn't sleep last night? No, Crystal has already traveled around the world, and no one disturbed my rest.

Forget it, go to the lounge and sleep for a while.

Agent Sharon returned to the Island Prison, but before taking a break, she dutifully went to the monitoring room and looked at the monitoring records just now.

Ruiwen is normal, Yong Roger is normal, and the vampire Quicksilver is normal.

Magneto, well, it's normal. Hey, is he still studying that chess set? It seems that even a big villain has his own hobbies.

A few days later, on a plane flying to an island in the Pacific Ocean, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury and Deputy Director Merlin were sitting opposite each other, talking.

What happened to the intrusion incident a few days ago?

While flipping through the documents at hand, Fury asked casually:

I've had several reports of base invasions, but it seems, no casualties?

Well, it's not just that there were no casualties.

Merlin also held a document, and said slowly:

None of the bases that were attacked were breached. The ghost base with the most serious losses only lost a set of defense modules. As I said a long time ago, the things Tony invented are unreliable.

He complained:

There is no need to activate it to deal with weak intruders. For powerful intruders, the layer of high-voltage power grid will be finished if it is torn lightly. I really can't figure out why the Ministry of Science and Technology copied it in the first place.

That's just a work of a student of SHIELD Academy.

Fury said:

It's not an official invention of the Ministry of Science and Technology. As you know, our scientists have been busy with the manufacture of the 'big guy' recently. They don't have time to deal with these gadgets.

The director picked up the pen and signed the document in his hand. Merlin also picked up the pen and signed his own document. Then the two exchanged documents. Merlin said:

Let's not talk about the defense module. I think there are some unusual things behind this intrusion.

Um?

Fury raised his head, looked at Merlin, and said:

Do you have a clue?

No, not yet.

Merlin says:

But Kuang Gong divided three power projections to attack our three bases, which is not normal in itself. He launched the invasion at the same time, it should be to mobilize our high-end power to cover up some other actions, but I looked at everything that happened on the continent during that time period and found nothing of value.

He said to Fury:

This is not normal in itself. It means that either Kuang Gong is trying to get him, or he is just trying to make a fuss, and when we didn't realize it, he has quietly completed his purpose.

But in the report you gave me, the threat of attacking this particular mutant doesn't seem to be particularly great?

Fury said:

Do you think his existence will not have an impact on social order?

Not yet.

Merlin raised his legs and picked up the coffee on the table. While stirring the melted sugar with a spoon, he said:

From his appearance to now, he has never shown hostility to anyone other than radicals and neutral mutants who are biased towards radicals, or to any force. His whereabouts are weird and difficult to detect, but I can feel that, He seems to be trying his best to avoid conflict with us, but I don’t think it’s because of our deterrence, I prefer to believe that any action this guy has has a clear goal.”

Everything he does is for the same purpose.

Merlin looked out of the porthole, at the bottom of the plane, there was a rippling blue sea, he took a sip of coffee, and said softly:

When I met him for the first time, he said 'all radical thinking must be eliminated', so at least in terms of values, he is more inclined to the moderates of Professor Charles, but his acting style is a little bit Nor gentle.

Well, sounds like a tough guy.

Fury rubbed his chin, he said:

But I'm sure you'll handle it, right?

Um.

Merlin nodded and said:

If he shows up again, I will. And if we're lucky, maybe we'll meet him at the upcoming opening ceremony.

Merlin glanced at the invitation letter on the table, he said:

If that mad attack really cares so much about the development of mutant civilization, then I don't think he will miss the opening ceremony of Utopia. By the way, I heard that Pierce is coming too?

Yes, he intends to come in person.

Fury said:

After all, promoting the integration of moderate mutants into human society is a major event that the World Security Council has been promoting for the past few years. Now all the efforts have finally achieved a phased breakthrough. As the chairman of the board of directors, Pierce is reasonable Should have come over in person. But the poor old man fell and broke his left leg the day before yesterday morning jogging, so I'll have to do it for him.

Tsk, this is really miserable.

Merlin says:

After all, he is old, so we still need to pay attention to this aspect.

Yeah, almost 70 years old.

Fury also nodded and said:

I went to see him and said the same thing as you, but he was kicked out of the ward. He didn't want to hear this. He thought he was still full of energy, but in fact, he had already started to take care of the elderly. Hua Jing, who goes to bed after 9 o'clock every night, can no longer remember how crazy he worked when he was young.

Old age, no matter what time it is, it's a sad topic.

Fury sighed with emotion, while Merlin was silent for a moment, and he asked:

I know that Agent Duggan has actually been injecting a serum that keeps him young and energetic

SSS serum, an incomplete injection similar to super soldier serum.

Fury said:

In my memory, Ms. Carter also injected this thing for a while, but its sequelae are as obvious as its effects. Merlin, if you stop the injection, the human body will age at a faster rate, and even affect thinking. Greatly increases the likelihood of dementia.

Pierce also knew about this potion, but he didn't choose to inject it. He is a stubborn guy, Merlin, and no one can stop him from what he wants to do.

Well, we're almost there.

Fury looked at his watch, and he said to Merlin:

Where are the first batch of mutants who applied to enter Utopia?

Probably in the sea below us.

Merlin pushed his glasses, and Icarus quickly tracked down a passenger ship full of mutants, which was heading towards the islands in the deep Pacific Ocean on the nearby sea.

According to their speed, they should be able to land on Utopia Island at the end of the opening ceremony.

Merlin says:

But I'm even more skeptical. Their arrival is also part of the opening ceremony. These mutants are quite good at playing.

Let them go.

Fury leaned back in his chair, with his hands folded on his stomach, and he said:

Today is a big day for mutants. Today they are the real protagonists.

This is a live report from the Global Daily on the Utopia Islands. I am investigative reporter Eddie Brock. Dear viewers, today I will take you on a tour of Utopia, a mysterious city of mutants located in the center of the Pacific Ocean, and moderates. The mutants will hold a grand opening ceremony in a few hours.

At the entrance of the city of Utopia Island, young investigative reporter Eddie Brock held a microphone, and with Utopia City as the background, he was facing the camera in front of him, with a lively expression, and he described the mutant establishment city ​​of.

Beside him, there are media colleagues from all over the world, all of them are chattering in various languages, like a group of noisy ducks.

The ratings are going up fast, be more active, Eddie, and be more funny.

The editor's voice rang in Eddie's ears through the communicator, and Eddie could even hear the joy and excitement in the editor's tone. Although today's opening ceremony was only held by mutants to celebrate the establishment of their first city, but It has really attracted the attention of many ordinary people.

This is due to Professor Charles’ unremitting speeches in various cities around the world over the past year. With the official support behind closed doors, the professor’s moderate thinking is regarded as a way for mutants and ordinary people to coexist peacefully and integrate into each other. Evidence, under the crazy publicity, almost all ordinary people in the world know the name of Professor Charles, a good man.

And all the things he's done in the past to save the world.

For the official, it is not difficult to create a hero, especially when the hero is genuine.

Therefore, in just over a year, the professor's reputation has skyrocketed. Not only ordinary people praised the elder's excellent character, but also the vacillating mutants began to really unite around the professor.

On the other hand, there has always been friction between humans and mutants. Some people can accept mutants, while others will hate them. With the establishment of the mutant city utopia, the protests of radicals among ordinary people have also reached a peak , but this kind of fierce protest made this matter more heated and more eye-catching.

As a result, today's hot scene has been created. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole world is almost paying attention to this originally unknown archipelago.

Come with me, Bob.

After receiving the order, Eddie immediately waved his hand to summon his cameraman. He walked towards the mutant city built in a valley behind him, and said:

Let's go and see what kind of city the mutants spent more than a year building. I heard that they used their strange abilities to build this city. It's really curious.

Under the attention of the camera, Eddie strode into the urban area of ​​Utopia. As a result, he saw a huge tree and the stairs winding around the tree. Some mutant children were on the vines of the tree like a slide. playing.

This is a wooden house, mixed in with the concrete buildings on both sides.

Wow.

Eddie pointed to the huge tree house and let out a slightly exaggerated exclamation. He turned his head and said to the camera:

I knew the mutants wouldn't let us down. Look, they've added the art of nature to their cities. Look at that, what's that? A signal tower?

The investigative reporter looked at the street on the other side of the tree house. Beside the wide and tidy street, a metal tower with a height of tens of meters was standing there, and there was a blue arc of light dancing on the top of the tower.

And such towers are all over the city.

wow

An electric arc jumped quickly, issued from the top of the tower like lightning, and then rushed to the top of another tower.

Oh, it looks like a device for power transmission.

Eddie turned to the camera and said:

This kind of technology has only just entered the application stage in the human world, but there are already complete transmission towers in the cities of mutants. It seems that you and I have to revise our stereotyped perceptions of mutants in our minds. Wait, did I just see a boy with wings flying over my head?

With the sound of Eddie's voice, the camera suddenly raised to the sky, where a young man soaring in the air with wings covered with white feathers jumped into the camera, probably feeling the shooting on the ground, this handsome boy He turned his head, waved to the camera, and showed a gentle smile.

My God, he's so handsome.

Eddie said in a strange tone:

If I were a woman, I would have already fallen. A handsome boyfriend who can fly is really irresistible.

Under Eddie's hard-working explanation, the popularity of the Global Daily webcast room is rapidly increasing, and the editor-in-chief's praise rang in Eddie's ears. While continuing to introduce, he suddenly saw a very familiar person.

The guy in the windbreaker was walking on the streets of Utopia with a white-haired lady in a long skirt.

Eddie rolled his eyes and said to the camera:

Let's interview a random tourist and see what people who are lucky enough to be invited to this opening ceremony have to say about the city.

After finishing speaking, Eddie walked towards Merlin who was walking with Ororo on the side of the street. The investigative reporter felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Well, he must have seen this man somewhere.