Shadow of the Beautiful World

Another omnic homicide...that sucks.

In the office in the basement of the 21st Century Bell Telephone Company in New York, Coulson looked sadly at any report in his hand, and he subconsciously rubbed his hair, probably because there have been a lot of things recently. The lush hair that grew back actually showed signs of hair loss again.

Coulson looked sadly at the few hairs that fell from his fingertips, and a gloomy anger rose from his heart.

Snapped

Coulson patted the table, he wanted to vent his anger, but he is a gentle person after all, so soon, the nameless fire caused by the hairline crisis and the bad things in front of him quickly subsided down.

But today is probably Coulson's disaster day. Less than five minutes after Coulson adjusted his mood, his assistant, Agent Ward, opened the door and walked in. This handsome young man looked at him with a depressed expression on his face. Sir, he said cautiously:

Sir Coulson, Agent Melinda is waiting for you in the conference room. She has some... well, not good news.

About the omnic robot?

Coulson looked up at Ward, who nodded silently.

Ah, damn it!

The director of s..l.d. heaved a long sigh. He stood up, straightened his collar, and hurried to the meeting room.

Agent Melinda is currently the commander of the branches of s.l.d. stationed in various cities. She is the second in command of the mysterious affairs department left by Merlin. She is responsible for monitoring supernatural affairs and collecting information. She is better than sitting in the rear Well, Coulson, who had an overview of the situation, was much busier, flying around the entire continent all day long.

It must not be a trivial matter that made her come here in person.

Coulson pushed open the door of the conference room, and saw Melinda who was sitting on a chair and sorting out documents. The latter also sensed someone coming behind her. She looked back, and her eyes fell on Coulson A few seconds later, the shrewd and powerful Agent Melinda said with a strange expression:

I haven't seen you for half a month, Coulson, why is your hairline...

Hair loss.

Coulson threw out a sentence coldly. He sat beside Melinda and said in a deep voice:

Let's not talk about this first, let's talk about the business, I heard you brought news about the omnic?

Yes, a very troublesome situation.

Melinda inserted a USB flash drive into the projector in the meeting room, and an illusory stereoscopic projection quickly unfolded in front of the two of them. It was a moving image of the earth, but above the image, there were many red signs, like It's sticking on the surface of the rotating earth like a dog's skin plaster.

Just last night, the energy of the fire source pollution area on the earth became active again. According to the reports sent back by the monitoring teams in North America and Europe, the energy concentration in those areas has increased by at least 30%, and only the state of Colorado In the fire-polluted area, in the 8 hours last night, more than 200 omnics were spawned, and this is only what we found.

Melinda clicked on the projector, and a few dim photos appeared in front of Coulson's eyes. They must have been taken at night, and the shadows could not be seen clearly, but one could vaguely see the lights in the dark. , pupils shining like beasts.

The energy activity in the polluted area has not yet ended, but when I left, the energy fluctuations have already begun to weaken.

Melinda says:

Scientists believe that the fluctuation of those energies has a cycle, that is to say, in the days to come, the disturbance of this spark energy will become a normalized phenomenon.

Coulson nodded, staring at the photo in front of him, he asked:

I am more concerned about another point. You just said that just last night, more than 200 omnics appeared in the contaminated area in Colorado? I remember that during the first energy disturbance, we only found More than a dozen... how could this number expand so much?

If calculated according to this law, then the next time... the next energy disturbance, will nearly a thousand omnics appear at once?

I can't answer you, Coulson.

Melinda said helplessly:

Because I don't know either.

Scientists are researching, but it will definitely take time before the answers we want come out. But as you can see in the current situation, we don't have time to wait for the conclusions of the scientists. Chief Merlin asked us to contain these intelligent robots as much as possible , but the problem is, if they continue to grow at this rate, our containment work will become very difficult.

I need you to give me a plan, Coulson.

Melinda said seriously:

There is little else the agents of several external departments can do now, we hunt down omnics running around every day, and the wizards of the Magic Congress have protested... In the past week alone, they have Amnesiacs have been performed on over a thousand humans who have seen omnic activity, and the workload continues to grow.

I have commissioned Agent Duggan to set up a containment zone on the island where we raised our dragons before the Atlantic Ocean.

Coulson said:

Those contained omnics can be put there first. As for the next step, I need to discuss it with Chief Merlin, but he is on vacation now, and I can't contact him at all. He may come back in a few days.

The current situation is not optimistic, Coulson.

Melinda breathed a sigh of relief, and she said worriedly:

The number of robots is increasing. Although there are less than 5,000 of them now, the fire energy in the polluted area is constantly creating new robots. Sir, let us isolate people from the awareness of these intelligent robots, so as not to impact them. Some social environments, I can understand, but it is difficult to rely on us alone, and maybe the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.

And the worst thing is the future... If the number of robots reaches a certain limit, it will undoubtedly turn into a crisis. It's like the one in those science fiction movies, and the robots unite against humans Tyranny, the two sides started a war, and finally led to the destruction of civilization.

Melinda spread her hands and looked at Coulson:

Maybe what I said is a bit exaggerated, but I think this future is not impossible. After all, as you have seen, those robots have brains, they can think, they can escape, and they can fight back.

I can understand.

Coulson scratched his hair and said:

I will come up with a plan as soon as possible. Before that, you must take measures to isolate the heavily polluted areas and allocate more authority to monitor those areas. Don't let robots escape and hurt people anymore.

Mr. Bureau Chief rubbed his forehead and said:

This may be the biggest test for s..l.d. since its establishment. I know everyone is under a lot of pressure, but we must do it well!

On the other hand, while the subordinates are busy with the serious and dangerous situation, their chief Merlin is in another world, in the cold and silent Snow Country, lingering with his lover.

Merlin, naked to the waist, stood by the window of the warm tower. Through the polished crystal, he looked at the snow-covered world outside the window, a lifeless world.

Frankly speaking, such a quiet, pure white world has a special beauty, which is hard to describe in words, like a deadly iceberg beauty, facing the whole world with an indifferent attitude, anyone who dares to approach her People will be mercilessly frozen.

Deadly, yet beautiful.

It's a nice place to be alone.

Behind Merlin, Elsa was lazily lying on the recliner, holding a book brought by Merlin in her hand, without the barrier of clothes, in front of her lover, she enjoyed this kind of calm confrontation.

That amazing body curve is like the most beautiful treasure made by the creator.

No one will disturb you here, so that you can really calm down and think about many things, about life and the future.

Are you persuading me to stay?

Merlin turned to look at Elsa, who looked up, with a gleam of smile in her beautiful, green eyes, and she said to Merlin:

No, I didn't intend to do it, I know, and you won't do it either. You still have a world in your heart, and you can't let go of it, just like you can't let go of me or Ms. Carroll.

I don't think you should be talking about Carol at this point.

Merlin walked to the recliner and played with Elsa's long orange-yellow hair. He said:

Are you trying to make me feel guilty?

I am telling the truth.

Elsa looked at the book in her hand, probably because she had been with Ms. Yennefer for a long time. When Elsa spoke, her posture was a little closer to that iceberg-like female sorceress.

She waved her hand calmly and said softly:

No matter when and where you are, there is a place in your heart that belongs to Carol, just like there is always a place in your heart that belongs to me... Sometimes I can't help but think, why are you so hardworking? ? Merlin.

I'm not, I'm not.

Merlin took a step forward. He squatted beside Elsa, stretched out his hand, and lifted Elsa's cheek in the cold air surrounding the lady, and kissed him lightly on the lips. He said:

You girl, don't talk nonsense.

swish

Elsa's fingers clasped one of Merlin's organs, and the lady stared at Merlin with her beautiful green cat eyes, and she said softly:

No, there is a third one!

Not anymore.

Merlin shrugged, and said calmly:

Can you let go? It hurts...

Do you want me to help you comfort it? Soothe its pain...

Elsa blinked, she stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, a cold breath visible to the naked eye escaped from the beauty's mouth.

Merlin glanced regretfully at the dried frost protection potion on the table, picked up his clothes from the bed, and said to Elsa:

For the sake of my life, forget it, next time.

Ha ha.

Miss Xueshi covered her mouth, she smiled very happily, she leaned back and forth, she said:

It's getting more and more interesting. I like to play with you like this, Merlin. Every time I see you shy, it makes me very happy... Ms. Yennefer is right, lovers need some flair occasionally.

Hey!

Merlin stretched out his hand, pinched Elsa's ear, and said:

Stop playing with Ms. Nayefa, don't imitate her, I don't want to become the second Geralt...

No.

Elsa grabbed Merlin's finger, she looked at Merlin seriously, she said:

I'm serious, go find Carol.

?

Merlin looked at Elsa suspiciously. The latter breathed a sigh of relief, and she said:

I don't want you to work so hard, Merlin, I don't want you to risk your life every time to comfort me. Unfortunately, Baishuang's power is uncontrollable. In the foreseeable future, I have to stay here. And you... you need a woman by your side who can take care of you.

I forgive your playfulness, go find Carol.

No.

After Merlin got dressed, he bent down and whispered in Elsa's ear:

I may not have made a decision yet, but I can't hurt you any more, and I don't want to make things worse. Wait for Carol to come back. These feelings will eventually have a result.

I'm leaving. There are still many things waiting for me in that world. Although the world will work without me, I...I don't want to miss those.

Merlin kissed Elsa's cold forehead and said:

Some things have to be faced after all, just like every destiny will eventually come to an end.

I hope that when I face those final landscapes, I can have you by my side. I won't let me be alone until the end.

For that, I would like to thank this fate...

No, my Merlin.

Elsa opened her arms and wrapped them around Merlin's neck. She left a cold kiss on Merlin's cheek, and she said softly:

I'll be with you till the end, you'll never be alone.