Shadow of the Beautiful World

Large-scale space disturbances have occurred in Mexico, with a radiation range of 76.87 square kilometers. The out-of-control range is still expanding, and the energy level is rising rapidly.

Beneath the grounds of the 21st Century Bell Telephone Company, S.H.I.E.L.D. Occult Affairs monitors the Defense and Logistics Support Division.

In the department headquarters of sl.d. for short, harsh warning sounds echoed in the monitoring room.

On a magically shaped world map, a red dot flashes continuously across the Gulf of Mexico, representing a large-scale disturbance of unknown energy.

It may be a break in the space level, or it may be a biological invasion from other dimensions.

Or some of the dead tried dangerous experiments with dire consequences.

This kind of thing was quite rare in the previous era, but as a certain date gets closer, this kind of bad thing has become commonplace.

Amidst the harsh sirens, the staff in the entire monitoring room were busy following normal procedures.

Several teams of Witcher agents close to the Gulf of Mexico were mobilized, and a special response force deployed in Florida was also ordered.

The energy has broken through the limit, and the level of the situation has changed. It is currently a level A situation!

An agent with a headset yelled, signifying that things were getting worse.

The atmosphere in the monitoring room also became more tense.

A few minutes later, Agent Coulson, wearing a crisp suit, strode into the monitoring room.

The current person in charge of sl.d. just got the news. He looked at the red area spreading continuously on the magic map in front of him, and then asked in a deep voice:

Has the energy type been confirmed?

It's confirmed, sir.

The agent at his side replied:

It's an m-3 energy response!

Oh, it's related to heterogeneity.

Coulson nodded, and he looked at the monitoring screen on the other side. Three teams of demon hunting agents had already begun to enter the abnormal energy zone with the help of the leprechauns.

In the picture of the recorder they carried with them, Coulson could see many twisted and ferocious magical creatures jumping out of the black halos on the sea surface.

Most of them have the appearance of alien creatures, some resemble werewolves or vampires, and there are creatures like beholders scurrying around in the air.

The scene looked chaotic.

But the demon hunting agents are all experts in dealing with this kind of abnormal affairs. Under the leadership of the three commanders, they quickly set up super-large magic traps on the coast.

With the overlapping of dozens of Arden seals, the monsters who jumped out of the different space were tightly blocked in the abnormal area.

Air support arrives in 4 minutes!

The voice of the communication agent sounded, and on the magic map in front of Coulson, two formations of aircraft icons took off from the base in Florida.

That was the 2 Quinjet combat formations of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Special Response Force.

They will be responsible for completely killing the invading aliens in the blockade area, and use an intensive sea bombardment to see off these alien space creatures.

The abnormal disturbance energy level is still rising.

But Coulson was less sanguine.

He frowned and looked at the black circle of light that was still expanding on the screen. After a while, Coulson turned his head and said to the Lincoln agent beside him:

Send a request for assistance to the Magic Congress. I need the wizards to go to the out-of-control area and seal the cracks before the space is completely out of balance.

Yes, sir.

Agent Lincoln nodded, and he turned to leave.

Ten minutes later, at the same moment when the Quin-style fighter formation completed its bombing mission, in the light of the large-scale teleportation technique, more than a dozen wizards in different costumes appeared in the blocked area.

Facing the black halo that continued to spread on the sea, the wizards quickly took measures.

The light of several large expulsion spells quickly spread over the sea surface, driving those alien species that were still continuously rushing out of the black light back to their original world.

With the help of the demon hunting agents, several magic circles for countering energy and stabilizing space were set up on the coastline.

The abnormal energy level is decreasing!

In the monitoring room, the communication agent responsible for monitoring the scene shouted:

The countermeasure was successful! The A-level situation is over!

The next moment, the atmosphere in the monitoring room became lighter, and sl.d. once again stopped a bad paranormal event, and they saved a city again.

But Coulson also didn't show an overly happy expression.

He said to the agent next to him:

Archive the incident, then submit it to the big database, rule the logistics department, dispatch a cleanup team, and clean up the sea.

After finishing speaking, Coulson took a last look at the monitoring screen at the scene. The black lights representing the broken space were quickly healing, and the sea was covered with the mess left by the bombing.

The entire surface of the sea is covered with those strange limbs and arms, and the strange blood they flow out dyes the surface of the sea colorfully.

A situation like today is the daily routine of sl.d. in the past few years.

Since S.H.I.E.L.D.'s law enforcement powers expanded from North America to most of the world, S.L.D., as a department within S.H.I.E.L.D. that specializes in dealing with supernatural affairs, has also expanded several times.

It has grown from a medium-sized department in the Merlin era to one of the largest S.H.I.E.L.D. agencies.

However, in the face of increasingly frequent supernatural events throughout the world, the resources in the hands of Minister Coulson are still very stretched.

Minister Coulson, who has a unique hairline, returned to his office. He sat in a chair and thought about it, then looked up some data on the computer, and finally dialed a phone number with a frown.

After a while, the phone connected.

Colson, I noticed the A-level incident report you just submitted to the big database.

The voice of Merlin, deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D., sounded in Coulson's ear, and he said:

well done.

Just follow the normal course, sir, it's not to be appreciated.

Coulson said something very modestly, he paused, and said again:

But sir, the application I submitted a week ago to expand the number of Aegis demon hunters has not been passed and it has been stuck in the review process for more than 4 days!

Coulson said:

I know that the internal resources of S.H.I.E.L.D. are also very tight, but due to the impact of the 'celestial sphere convergence', the frequency of supernatural events worldwide has almost doubled in the recent period.

The 2,000 demon hunting agents are completely exhausted!

More than two-thirds of the agents have been working continuously for 3 months, and the number of casualties is also rising. Sl.d. is in urgent need of fresh forces!

Huh? Unapproved?

A suspicious nasal voice came from Merlin's side, and he said:

I was the first to approve the application you submitted. How could it be stuck in the review process?

Um?

Coulson was also taken aback.

Merlin is the direct manager of sl.d. In theory, all applications from this department have to be reviewed by Merlin. He thought it was Merlin who blocked the application.

But now it seems that things are not so simple.

Let me handle it, Coulson, you stabilize the situation first.

Merlin said softly:

It will take at least half a year for the new batch of Aegis demon hunters to be selected and formed, and it will not be able to quench their thirst. If you really need help, I suggest you contact the European Ministry of Magic.

As far as I know, frequent supernatural phenomena have also made several European Ministry of Magic feel very troublesome. If you send an invitation at this time, I think those old-fashioned European wizards should not be too likely to refuse.

Merlin says:

Reaching a cooperative relationship with them will greatly reduce sl.d.'s work pressure in the European region.

In addition, there are registered heroes of the Heroes' Association, which can also be used as a help in dealing with supernatural situations, as well as X-Men, Inhumans, the afterlife, etc. These are the powers you can call upon.

Merlin said to Coulson:

I will extend an invitation to them in the name of S.H.I.E.L.D., but how to cooperate with them is the problem you have to think about and solve.

Oh, by the way, Hill's Aegis command ship has completed its first voyage and returned to the port.

That ship is currently assigned to my command, and I will notify Hill to let the combat force of the Aegis command ship also join sl.d.

That's the best way to go.

Coulson's frown was relaxed at this moment, and he said to Merlin:

With the support of an Helicarrier, at least in North America, our pressure will be reduced a lot. Thank you, sir.

Thanks for what I did.

Merlin smiled and said:

It's my job to help you who are fighting on the front line to solve your worries. Now, go get busy. I will take over the job of selecting and training the second batch of demon hunters.

Okay, sir, goodbye.

Coulson hung up the communication, and in the lens in front of Merlin's eyes, Coulson's kind face also disappeared at this moment.

The moment the phone was hung up, Merlin's expression became serious.

Icarus, inquire about the review process of the Aegis Demon Hunter expansion plan.

Merlin leaned back on the office chair and said:

I have already approved it. According to the normal work flow, this plan should have entered the implementation process.

Hold on.

Icarus executed the search query procedure, and in the pulsation of the data stream, the official tracking of the expansion plan for the witcher organization submitted by sl.d. was quickly completed.

But when Icarus projected the current status of the file to Merlin's eyes, Merlin frowned deeply.

Fry?

The current processing status of the proposal that should have been implemented is on hold, and the processor

It's Nick Fury.

The reason for shelving is that the mismatch between investment and return will cause a huge waste of resources

After Merlin read that sentence, the doubts in his eyes became more serious, and he said:

This is really a ghost.

He personally promoted the 'dress change' plan of the first batch of Aegis demon hunters! Why has it become a 'waste of resources' now?

Is Fury's last eye also blind? Can't he see the achievements of the 2,000 Aegis demon hunters over the years?

Maybe it's because Nick Fury has other plans.

Icarus projected several documents onto Merlin's glasses, and she said:

While searching for the documents just now, I found several very interesting documents sent from the director's office.

The day after Nick Fury completed his spine surgery, he began to withdraw a large amount of funds from the Onik Group. The Numbani Industrial Park also suspended the production of smart products and switched to a project with a confidentiality level of 10.

And this, a proposed approval order for the Emperor's organization.

Icarus says:

The Aegis command ship commanded by Agent Hill seemed to have a special mission when it sailed for the first time.

Most importantly, Merlin, these orders are all confidential.

Miss AI said to Merlin:

Theoretically speaking, all actions related to omnics and the emperor's organization must be approved by you. This is your scope of work.

However, many of them bypassed the normal work process and were not submitted to you but went directly to the implementation process after the director's approval.

so

Merlin squinted his eyes and looked at the files on the lens that were encrypted with level 10 permissions. He said:

Fry started doing things to unblock them again without telling us, Icarus! I have level 10 clearance too.

Unblocking failed.

Icarus says:

I tried it just now, but they are locked by Fury's director's personal authority, and only Fury can open them. Obviously, he doesn't want others to see these things.

Um

Merlin pondered for a moment, then he stood up and stretched out his hand to the black windbreaker hanging on the hanger.

Beowulf made a gurgling sound, quickly jumped to Merlin's palm, and then quickly stretched into the style of a windbreaker.

Merlin pushed his glasses, picked up the blood jade cane, and said:

Then let's go and see what the hell Fury is up to.

swish

Between the light distortions, Merlin's figure disappeared into the office, and when he reappeared, he was standing on the deck of the S.H.I.E.L.D. command ship that was resting in the secret shipyard of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The space carrier is docked in the underground dock in a hovering posture, and the ground crew is cleaning it up.

Merlin didn't alarm the others. He hid in the shadows in the corner and quickly spread his perception. Soon, in the storage vault of the Helicarrier, Merlin found some residual breath.

Belongs to the beast, and quite familiar breath.

He came to the storage warehouse with a transfiguration spell, and threw a magic spell, which swept across the entire storage warehouse like a blue light curtain scanning.

Moments later, a lock of brown hair was gathered and Merlin pinched it in his hands.

kong

Merlin looked at the hair in his hands.

He quickly confirmed the source of these hairs, which reminded Merlin of the conversation between him and Vivian a few months ago.

At the time, he rejected the Emperor's organization's bold proposal to interfere with the reproduction of ancient titans, but now it seems that Fury passed the proposal.

And without Merlin's knowledge, the space carrier has already completed the capture of Kong.

It's crazy!

Merlin clenched his fingers, and a coldness flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, his figure disappeared again, and through an ultra-long-distance teleportation, he came to the Numbani Industrial Zone on the edge of the Nigerian prairie.

The moment Merlin appeared in the Smart Tower, harsh warning sounds sounded in the Smart Tower.

A moment later, a group of fully armed combat omnic soldiers, led by Agent Hitwell, rushed into the construction workshop below the smart tower and surrounded the intruders.

Merlin was standing there leaning on a cane. He looked at the intense construction project in front of him, but he didn't say a word.

And behind him, the new assistant to the director, the bald-headed Agent Japas Sitwell, couldn't help trembling the moment he saw Merlin's back.

Tell Fury!

Merlin ignored the omnic soldiers aiming at him with weapons around him, and he said to the Hitwell agent behind him in a cold voice:

I'll wait for him here

I need an explanation for what is in front of me!