Shadow of the Beautiful World

ps: (I am dizzy again, I am sorry for the wrong chapter, my memory is not good recently, and I always make these low-level mistakes.)

2 days later, San Francisco, California.

This is a great city, with great sunshine, great scenery, and the famous Jinshan Bridge. This is one of the most prosperous cities in North America. Of course, like other cities, it has its own troubles, and trying to go Enthusiastic people who help solve troubles.

Several street heroes from the 'All-Star Superman' Association successfully prevented a bank robbery yesterday and rescued several hostages. Now everyone wants to see reports about the heroes. It's really 'good to hear'.

Eddie Brock, a famous independent investigative reporter, is leaning on his stylish motorcycle, drinking a milkshake, and talking on the phone with his girlfriend. This reporter who has risen to fame in recent years complained endlessly. He said:

Everyone loves those superheroes. My boss even asked me to follow them. It's crazy. In just a few years, no one wants to pay attention to the real news. Everyone talks about those Bloody superhero you know, Annie, I hate those guys!

Well, Eddie, you and I both know how stubborn you are.

Eddie's girlfriend Gentle comforted on the phone:

You're a reporter, and it's your job to report on what people care about. If people like superheroes, then maybe you should go with the trend.

No, Annie, it's my job to expose the truth. I'm not here to be a reporter just to impress the public.

Eddie threw the finished milkshake bottle into the trash can. While talking about his philosophy to his girlfriend, he stretched his shoulders and said:

Maybe the unemployment that's spreading in this city and across the West Coast is what we should be really concerned about compared to those superheroes in outlandish costumes. Do a report on omnics and their social impact.

Eddie!

His girlfriend said to Eddie helplessly:

The ratings of your show have dropped a lot recently. I know that you stick to your ideals, which is a good thing, but occasionally we have to compromise with our lives. You know, the ones you want to investigate are things that the authorities don't want you to disclose, You know, no one likes to hear bad news all the time.

But you can't cover your eyes and act like nothing happened.

Eddie straddled his motorcycle and said softly:

That's what we journalists are for, isn't it? Well, baby, get on with your work. I won't bother you. I'll pick you up at 6pm. Tonight is date night. Don't forget to bring Your helmet.

The stubborn investigative reporter hung up the phone, then twisted the gas pedal, and the well-maintained, cool black motorcycle let out a hum, and carried Eddie all the way down the coast road. His destination was At the San Francisco docks, there will be a protest march of longshoremen there today.

Omnic robot is no longer a new concept in 2008, but a series of social problems caused by it are still happening. At first, it was the manufacturing industry. Now this wave of unemployment has begun to shift to a wider range of industries. , although the government has many new policies, and the Onika Group is constantly providing new jobs, there are still a large number of unemployed groups.

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Eddie doesn't think the emergence of omnics is a mistake. The birth of new technology and its changing the world are irreversible trends. The emergence of these omnics makes social production more efficient and creates more value. Eddie himself is a big fan of new smart products, and he has a variety of smart devices in his home.

But those unemployed workers are also innocent. Eddie sympathizes with them, and he hopes to use his report to attract more people's attention.

But when Eddie arrived at the pier, he saw a slightly weird scene.

A large container is being transported off a first-hand freighter. This is the scene of loading and unloading cargo. There is nothing strange about it, but the problem is that there are a large number of security personnel with weapons guarding around the truck used to load the container. .

This scene is somewhat unusual.

Out of the reporter's curiosity, Eddie hid aside. He kept adjusting the camera's focusing lens and observing the security personnel.

He found that on the uniforms of those guys, there is a common logo, a ring surrounded by olive branches, with the l.i.f.e. logo in the ring.

The logo of the Life Foundation?

Eddie frowned, he couldn't help but think of:

The pharmaceutical company? What are they shipping, making such a big fuss?

The scene of the security personnel waiting in front of him made Eddie more interested in the things contained in the container, but he was just an ordinary reporter after all, and he didn't have any high-tech equipment such as perspective, so he could only pay attention and watch the The van was escorted from the dock by several vehicles.

He was interested in that stuff, but only interested, he had business to do.

This little matter was quickly forgotten by Eddie. He found the initiator of today's march and protest and started to do his own interview.

On the other side, the tightly guarded truck traveled through the streets of San Francisco, and finally entered the garage of the Life Foundation's scientific research building on the eastern edge of San Francisco.

The actual controller of the Life Foundation, billionaire and biological scientist Carlton Drake is waiting in the garage. He seems to be impatient to see his new toy.

Carlton Drake, he is small and ordinary-looking, but he is well-known in the biological circles on the west coast and even in the whole world.

The reputation of this Indian-born biologist and famous businessman comes not only from his rich and rapidly increasing assets, but also from his philosophy. Unlike ordinary biologists, Carlton is a fanatical explorationist. In the past few years, he and his Life Foundation have launched exploration ships into space several times in order to find evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial life.

But this is not to satisfy the little businessman's curiosity about aliens, but to solve a deeper problem.

Carleton has repeatedly declared that life on earth was born among the stars, and all the problems that human society is currently facing must also be answered from outer space.

He firmly believes that whether it is food shortages, chronic diseases that cannot be cured by mankind, or even the competition for the right to survival, the final solutions to a series of political and livelihood issues are among the stars above human beings.

It sounds a little arrogant, but he did it, and now, his series of investments have paid off.

Speaking of which, this small businessman is not short of money. After the collapse of Abstergo Corporation due to the New Fluoride incident, his life foundation and the famous umbrella pharmaceutical company, plus the old bioscience company Osborn Together, the group has carved up most of the pharmaceutical market in North America, and his wealth is rising every day, which is definitely enough to support his plan to explore the stars.

Open it!

Carlton stood in front of the sealed container, and he gestured to the security personnel around him. Soon, the tightly sealed container was opened.

The interior of this ordinary-looking container has been transformed into a mobile biological laboratory. Carlton stepped into it impatiently. Under the not-so-bright light, he watched the laboratory being properly Four small biological cabins arranged.

Black, red, blue, and yellow.

The four colors are different, but they are all like viscous liquids. The alien life tumbling lazily in the biological cabin made Carlton's black eyes burst into a captivating brilliance.

The small Indian-born biologist stretched out his hand and stroked the biological cabin with a gentle movement. He looked at the strangely shaped creatures and said:

This is the key to the future that leads to tomorrow.

Immediately recruit researchers and start the 'Eden' project.

Carleton said to the secretary beside him:

We must figure out the nature of these life forms in the shortest possible time. They don't look like carbon-based life, so we may have to spend some time.

In addition, we may need to recruit more volunteers for biological experiments.

Boss, do we need to report our biological experiments to the authorities?

The secretary next to Carlton asked in a low voice, which attracted the indifferent gaze of the boss. The secretary with a perfect body and a cute face immediately realized that he had asked a stupid question.

After all, it is about some alien life forms of unknown origin. If you choose to report this kind of matter, you can only ask for trouble.

Although the government issued a prohibition order for illegal biological experiments a few years ago, the major forces are only superficially restrained, and the number of biological experiments conducted in private has not decreased at all.

Of course, under the ban, everyone more or less prepared a lot of vests, so that if they were accidentally caught by the hounds of S.H.I.E.L.D., they would not cause a commotion.

This is already the basic operation of this line.

boom

A loud explosion sounded in the empty room on the top floor of New York's Baxter Building, as if something dangerous had exploded.

The jumping flames sprayed in all directions in a raging manner, but were quickly pushed back to the place where the explosion occurred in the surge of magic power. To be precise, they were pushed back to the flaming body of Jonathan Stone. superior.

It's like the movie is being played backwards, but it actually happened.

Merlin looked helplessly at Jonathan who was burning in the biological cabin in front of him. He waved his finger and cast a repair spell on the broken glass. Next to Jonathan's biological cabin, there were three erected biological cabins.

That was Reed with his fiancée Susan and good friend Ben.

The situation of these four guys is very unstable, because the energy endowed by cosmic rays is entrenched in a chaotic posture on them. It was the burning Jonathan, the flame temperature on his body had already exceeded 7000c, theoretically it could burn through any restraints.

But in fact, those energies just entrenched there, but did not cause any substantial damage, except for a small-scale explosion that would occasionally erupt.

After Jonathan's explosion destroyed Moira's laboratory, Merlin couldn't keep the four dangerous guys in the ghost base anymore, so he moved the four of them to Reed's laboratory location.

It is located at 42 Madison Avenue. It is a landmark building. The top five floors are where Dr. Reed's laboratory is located. It seems that after Dr. Reed withdrew from the omnic project, he really got a lot of investment. Spending money is also a bit extravagant.

This laboratory seemed very empty, but fortunately, Reed had already purchased the necessary research equipment before going to space, and it could also allow the biological cabin that protects them to operate normally here.

Well, look at you, Reed.

Merlin walked to the front of Dr. Reed's biological cabin. He looked at Reed Richards in the biological cabin, and he couldn't help sighing.

Dr. Reed's body is now like low-quality plasticine, has completely lost its human form, and is piled up in the experimental cabin like a mass of meat, which makes Reed look quite miserable.

I don't know if you'll hear me, but I hope you keep at it. Banner and Moira are working on your situation, and maybe in a few days, they'll come up with a treatment plan.

Merlin turned to look at Susan next to Reed. The situation of this beautiful, mature and sensual female doctor is also not optimistic. The frequency of her body disappearing and reappearing is accelerating, and the special energy in her body is also becoming More active, more dangerous.

I've advised you not to go to space before.

Merlin seemed to be complaining, and said to Reed in the biological cabin in front of him:

You two are very stubborn. You didn't listen to the wizard's advice, and you caused such trouble. Maybe this is the stubbornness of smart people. I hope you can learn some lessons from it after you wake up.

He shook his head, turned around, looked at the entrance of Reed's laboratory, he looked at the empty direction, and said:

And you, the uninvited guest. How long are you going to hide there and peep?

Merlin spread his hands, and he said:

There are probably only the two of us who are still awake here. Let's meet each other. I don't think you came here with malice, right? Your Excellency Victor von Doom, well, maybe, I should call you For His Majesty Doom?