Shadow of the Beautiful World

look into my eyes.

In the makeshift tent, Merlin watched the crazy hydra, he lifted the guy's face, then removed Icarus, and cast the instigating spell.

When Merlin entered the spirit of this hydra, he found that this guy's memory was almost completely shattered.

It was as if the will was shattered by some force.

And with the passage of time, this guy's memory is being quickly filled with other weird things, that weird power is not malicious, but it is obviously not something that ordinary people of these hydra can bear.

Merlin looked through the scattered memory fragments that were no longer arranged in a linear manner, and soon he found what he wanted to see.

A picture of memory unfolded in front of Merlin's eyes.

This guy led a few people running wildly in a somewhat dilapidated building, and it seemed that someone was chasing them.

This should be the memory while the reckoning is underway.

The few of them were chased miserably, so they could only go down the stairs, and finally rushed into the basement of the building. The building should have been built in the Soviet era, with a design concept of military facilities, and the basement was very spacious. , like an air-raid shelter.

These Hydras were running wildly in the dark. They came to a locked door in the basement. Several people were discussing something fiercely. They seemed to hesitate, but in the end, several people reached an agreement.

They smashed the door of the locked room with their hammers and rushed into it.

The guy who was being flipped through the memory by Merlin looked up, and saw a wall, on which the ancient Cree characters were engraved, it was a huge system, that huge image, those weird lines The text composed of words and circles is written all over the wall.

In the last scene of this memory image, this guy looked up at the text left by the ancient Cree, and the next moment, the memory shattered.

those words

Even if he was just watching from the memory, when Merlin used the memory of this crazy guy to read those words, he was also disturbed at the spiritual level. That thing, as Agent Mike said, was like a source of pollution. It could Spreading with the help of human thinking is like rubbing.

However, this kind of weak interference is not a big problem for Merlin, just like weak waves on the sea surface, unable to wash away solid reefs.

These stupid guys have opened a door that shouldn't have been opened.

Merlin ended the instigating spell. He watched the guy whose memory was read rolled on the ground holding his head in pain, but there was no mercy in his eyes.

He said to Mike:

They released the thing behind the door, that's a very descriptive thing, spreading with the thought of any life that sees it, like a plague of the mind, but it's not malicious in itself.

There is no doubt that it is a dangerous 084 item. Start the containment procedure immediately, Mike.

Merlin says:

Gather those infected agents, according to my current guess, as long as they don't see those words with their own eyes, they won't fall into hopeless madness, but the 'plague' that remains on their spiritual level, It may take a while to calm down, but in short, protect our people.

Also, the building where the S.H.I.E.L.D. Belarus branch is located

Merlin looked at Mike, and he asked in a low voice:

Is it called the Todorov Building?

Uh, it seems to be.

Mike said:

That seems to be its name in the former Soviet Union, and now it has a new name. Any questions, sir.

No, there's nothing wrong with that.

Merlin says:

You guys prepare the containment procedures first, I'll go to that building to have a look.

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Merlin just lied.

The building where the Belarus branch is located, the Todorov building is not a meaningless thing. In fact, this is not the first time Merlin has heard the name of this building.

A long time ago, when Merlin hadn't penetrated into the real world as much as he does now, he had intersected with this building.

But that was a long time ago, so long that Merlin himself had forgotten about it.

swish

In the distorted light, his figure appeared on the roof of the Todorov building that had been evacuated.

The building is really dilapidated, it was built in the former Soviet Union after all, but it is still being used, and besides the S.H.I.E.L.D. Belarus branch, there are other companies in this building who are renting other floors.

But they didn't know that in the basement of this building, to be precise, in a room like a utility room in the basement of District D5, there were still some unknown secrets hidden.

Barbie? Have you evacuated the building yet?

Merlin asked in the communicator, and a few seconds later, Agent Babette's tired voice came:

Evacuated 15 minutes ago, sir, but I'm having a headache right now, hell, there's something weird in that building, it keeps rubbing weird images in my head, the lines, the circles are broken Yeah, I can't understand this stuff at all.

But it's better now, sir.

barbie says:

It seems that the farther away from it, the weaker the influence of that power. I am much better now than before. I couldn't control my hand just now. It is really terrible to want to draw those pictures in my mind.

Well, I see.

Merlin says:

Mike is preparing containment procedures. It may take a while. You continue to block the building at a safe distance and don't let anyone approach it. I will go and see what is hidden.

ok.

Agent Babbit hung up the communication, and in the evening light, Merlin stood on the roof of the building, the corner of his clothes was blown by the wind, he stretched out his hand, and a cold object appeared in his palm.

It was a broken metal key with nicks and even spots of rust on it.

And on the key, a line of words in Russian was engraved.

Todorov Building, underground area d5.

This key is what Merlin summoned when he tried the monkey version of the wishing spell for the second time. It was many years ago. The monkey version of the wishing spell was found by Merlin in the Great Library of the Magic Congress. It is an extremely unreliable variant magic of the Flying Curse.

It claims to be able to fulfill all the wishes of the caster, but in fact, releasing this monkey version of the wishing spell according to the caster's inner desire often brings some very weird and exaggerated things.

Merlin has used it three times.

For the first time, the wishing spell brought the original underwear of the mercenary spirit butterfly to the lonely Merlin.

The second time, the wishing spell brought Merlin the key that made him look confused at the time.

For the third time, the wishing spell simply brought the orange cat Googoo, who had been having fun among the stars, back to Merlin.

This fully demonstrated that the magic was unreliable, and as Merlin became stronger and stronger, he rarely needed luck to help him, so the magic was forgotten.

But now it seems that this seemingly simple and funny magic is not so simple

The key in Merlin's hand proved this point.

This key was undoubtedly used to open the locked basement door of the building, even though the lock of that door had been broken by those crazy hydra.

So, what are those words?

Merlin raised his head and looked at the unclear stars above his head. He tightly held the key in his hand and said in a low voice:

Is all of this in your plan?

A few minutes later, Merlin came to the basement area d5 of this building. It was very quiet here, and the quietness made one feel a little flustered. The surrounding darkness seemed to have a life of its own in the dim halo of the constantly flickering incandescent lamps. Same, they seem to be tumbling and trying to devour all life that enters them.

But that's just an illusion.

There is nothing here, Merlin can feel it, there is no aura of magic power, not even a ground binding spirit, it is even much 'cleaner' than the Trident Building.

He walked through the darkness silently, and shadows gathered and scattered around him, like long shadows and a cloak.

Merlin came to the locked door. The lock that was supposed to have been smashed by the hydra had returned to its original state strangely, and the old-fashioned lock was also stained with rust.

Merlin looked at the lock in front of him. He took a deep breath, added several shields and magic to stabilize his spirit, then reached out and inserted the notched key into the lock.

perfect fit.

click

Merlin turned the key, and the dilapidated door opened inward. He took a step forward and entered the room.

He raised his head and looked at the wall in the room.

The huge image composed of those lines and circles is like a complete system, which must contain some secrets, but it is probably because Merlin entered with a key, so the strange power attached to these words is very calm in front of him , and did not actively attack it.

It's unbelievably peaceful.

Merlin stepped forward, he looked at the scratches on the wall, it was as if they were painted.

Icarus, shoot.

Merlin said something, then stretched out his hand, stroking the scratches, each line was engraved on the wall at exactly the same depth, without any trace of pause, just like a single stroke.

The scratch feels brand new, like a non-mainstream work of art that was completed not long ago, but Merlin can feel that it is already very old.

The time of these scratches, including the existence of this wall, is longer than this building. It is not even ruled out that the purpose of the Soviets building this building may be to cover up the scratches. the presence of walls.

But what exactly is it?

The Icarus database has samples of Cree script, but the problem is that the script the Cree use today is vastly different from the more cuneiform-like language they used in ancient times, and more importantly What's more, the image itself should have used some special encryption method, otherwise the text would not be able to be connected into such a regular picture.

swish

Just when Merlin finished reading the scratches on the wall and those unrecognizable ancient Cree writings, the magic closed loop on his right arm that had lasted for several years suddenly dissipated at this moment.

The sudden sense of freedom that no longer obstructed the operation of magic power made Merlin blink his eyes in surprise.

The magical closed loop on his arm represents the contract he made with the parchment, which is the debt owed by Merlin.

Every time Merlin had sought the help of the parchment over the past few years, the odd thing had induced Merlin to do some pretty darn good things, but every now and then, it had gotten Merlin to do something serious.

One of them is something that has been delayed for a long, long time.

Continue to explore the secret of the 'Infinity Formula'.

Merlin still remembered the request made by the parchment, and now, without any preparation or even a clue, his debt was inexplicably fulfilled.

So, this is the legendary infinite formula?

Merlin looked at the ancient Cree characters on the wall in front of him, rubbed his chin, and said softly:

Is this the complete version of the incomplete notches on the surface of the Obelisk of Inhumans?

The Key to a Perfect Life

Merlin muttered these words, then took out his notebook, cast a copying spell on the signature pen he carried with him, and the signature pen seemed to be held by an invisible hand, and he began to copy the pictures on the wall in the notebook, a few minutes later , Merlin put away the notebook, took a last look at the notches on the wall, turned around and opened the door, and walked out.

Mike, Barbie, I have already carried out preliminary treatment on this containment object. Change the containment method. This thing cannot be moved.

Merlin said to his subordinates in the communicator:

Inform the agents of the Belarus branch that they can go to work as usual tomorrow, but you two stay here, temporarily block the underground area d5, re-block this underground area with military-standard reinforced concrete, and set up an observation post here.

The code name of this place is 05084-1, and the confidentiality level is set to level 8, no, level 9.

Merlin warned:

05084-1 is almost the most mysterious unknown strange object we have contained, so you must be cautious. I will discuss the specific handling process with you later. Report this matter to Coulson and ask him to suspend everything at hand. , directly responsible for this matter.”

Yes, sir.

Agent Babbit responded, Merlin hung up the communication, turned around and drew out his wand, and released several sealing spells on the closed door.

After doing all this, he randomly found a door in the basement, then entered the mystery room with the key of the mystery room, and went straight to the parchment placed on the wooden shelf by the fireplace.

He spread out the parchment and wrote on it:

I found the infinite formula, but I'm curious, what is that thing?