Lady's Melaleuca Vest [Comprehensive British and American]

The meeting room of Fulian Building.

Merlin sat by the window, looking sideways at the night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

The lights of Wanjia and the bright galaxy are reflected in his lavender eyes, condensing into a flowing river of light.

This is a world that can subvert the basic cognition of most Chaldean Casters. Magic is not affected by mystery, and mystery will not fade because it is widely spread. Legendary gods and ordinary humans live together under the same sky.

Yuanchun was born here and grew up here.

This alone is already attractive enough.

"Mr. Merlin..." Doctor Strange on the opposite side spoke cautiously.

"Just call me Merlin." Merlin came back to his senses, showing a kind and polite smile, "Do you need to verify my identity?"

Doctor Strange shook his head, "No need."

The layman watched the fun, the expert watched the doorway, and as soon as Merlin made a move, Doctor Strange realized that the other party was not an ordinary mage. What's more, he couldn't see Merlin's inheritance at all. That exquisite illusion that could directly replace the mirror world did not belong to Any known magic system, if you have to compare it, it means that ether particles distort reality.

At the level of Merlin, the real identity is not important.Moreover, Doctor Strange's purpose is to find the savior prophesied by Vishander. As for the specific situation of Chaldea, the weird code names and identities of the members, and the cooperative relationship with the Red Hood... none of them need to worry about him.

Doctor Strange turned his wrist and used illusion to create a floating projection of the earth.

The projection of the earth keeps shrinking, and at the same time, countless stars around are pulled towards the center and gather. Soon, these stars condense into small dots of various colors that are difficult to see with the naked eye, and finally form a vast and magnificent starry sky.

The edge of the starry sky is covered with a light golden barrier, the surface of the barrier is covered with cracks, and some cracks have expanded into long and narrow gaps.

"This is the universe we live in," said Doctor Strange straight to the point. "Every universe has boundaries. The purpose of setting boundaries is not to delineate the size of the universe, but to ensure that the universes are independent of each other and do not interfere with each other."

The civilizations, climates, geographical conditions, and ecological environments of different universes are very different. The energy that universe A depends on for survival is likely to be a deadly virus in universe B.The existence of world barriers is to avoid the interaction and collision of the universe, resulting in irreversible disasters.

but now……

"The barrier is collapsing." Merlin stretched out a finger, and lightly poked the crack on the surface of the golden barrier, and the soft barrier swayed and rippled under his touch.

"I've been trying to repair the barriers of the world since something went wrong." Doctor Strange sighed, with deep melancholy on his brows, "but soon after I finished repairing, the cracks would appear again, and the speed of appearing was faster than my repairing speed Much faster."

There is only one supreme mage, and he has to mend, and has to investigate the enemies hidden in the dark. He is more busy than a spinning top all day long. Even with the help of other mages from Kama Taj, he will almost be unable to take care of it.

"Any idea?" Merlin asked concerned.

"Yes." Doctor Strange waved his hand, outside the starry sky formed by the illusion, a large piece of dark flocculent matter passed through the cracks in the barrier and penetrated into reality, gradually dyeing the colorful and splendid universe into pitch black. "In the notes of a certain supreme mage, there is a strange energy called 'fog'."

Legend has it that it came from a distant birth and is an unobservable existence.It floats outside the barrier, has no thoughts of its own, and just emits energy unconsciously. Any living body that touches it will be polluted. If it fails to alienate, it will degenerate into a terrifying monster. If it succeeds in alienation, it will gain unparalleled power.It also fulfills the deepest desires of the human heart, albeit in extremely twisted ways.

The alienation success rate of "Fog" is very, very low, but no matter how low it is, it is not zero. The very few lucky ones will naturally worship "Fog" after undergoing torture and successfully reborn, and the organization enshrining "Fog" So it was established.

It's okay if it's just pure faith, there must be a sustenance in life.But it seems that it is some kind of curse, or the feature of "Fog" that can realize the wish induces the greedy side of human nature. "Fog" descends and changes the evil way of the whole world.

For ordinary people, "fog" is no different from poison. Without the protection of the world's barriers, the spread of "fog" will kill countless innocent people.

"That senior spent his whole life chasing down the sect that believes in the 'fog'," Doctor Strange's eyes flickered with a cold light, "in the end he died with the head of the most influential 'Mist Temple', and since then, the 'fog' The worship of him was wiped from the face of the earth."

"It's just an appearance." Merlin held his face sideways with one hand, and his eyes were blank for a moment, as if he saw something through the air.

Doctor Strange's voice became more and more obscure, "Yes... I suspect that there are still people who secretly enshrine the 'fog', and have even tried to summon it to reality."

If it weren't for the continuous destruction by people inside, how could the barriers that have been repaired be cracked again?

There's also a sudden spike in paranormal events from three years ago.

But he couldn't catch evidence of the gang's existence.

"Half a month ago, I received a prophecy from Emperor Weissan." Doctor Strange said solemnly, "Emperor Weissan is—"

"The trinity of ancient gods, the source of your power, one of the guardians of this world." Merlin raised his hand and waved, as if he was greeting someone.

"Yes," Doctor Strange was slightly taken aback, paused for a moment, and continued, "He told me that someone who can affect the survival of the universe has appeared, and he is in great danger, and he must be found as soon as possible."

Doctor Strange watched Merlin's face.

Merlin maintained a smiling expression from the beginning to the end, even the arc of the corner of his mouth remained unchanged.At first glance, it gives people a sense of intimacy, but after a long time, it will feel a little awkward.

"How are you sure that my master is the one you're looking for?" He asked curiously.

"There is a connection between TA's power and the gem." Doctor Strange showed Merlin the gem of time, and briefly explained the cause and effect. "This is my purpose. I hope she can help me expel the 'fog' and save this precarious world."

"I see." Merlin pondered for a moment, then asked a seemingly irrelevant question, "What is the relationship between the Avengers and the Justice League? There are also X-Men, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Eye of Heaven..."

Doctor Strange: "I'm basically not responsible for dealing with other alliance affairs, it should be a normal cooperative relationship, what's wrong?"

Merlin turned his eyes and looked at the miniature camera hidden behind the green plants. He smiled meaningfully, "Well, how should I put it, you can try to exchange information, maybe you will find unexpected discoveries."

in the monitoring room.

Tony and Merlin on the screen looked at each other for a moment, took a sip of coffee, and frowned, "I don't like him."

The Scarlet Witch who came back from the mission nodded in agreement, "I don't really want to get close to him, it's dangerous."

"What kind of danger?" Natasha asked.

Wanda thought for a moment, then looked hesitant, "It's hard to say, it's not the danger of dying, but another kind of indescribable..."

"He suggested that we exchange information with other organizations," Steve pondered, "meaning that other organizations have more detailed records about the 'fog'?"

"Maybe it's sowing discord," Tony said while still sending an email to S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury.

The conversation in the conference room was still going on, Doctor Strange confessed his purpose, and then it was Merlin's turn, he had clearly said before that "Master has something to ask for advice".

"My question has been answered, thank you." Merlin said with a smile, and took out a little bird from his pocket.As soon as he raised his hand, the bird flew to Doctor Strange, landed on his finger, bounced and chirped. "About the situation of the world barrier, I will tell the Master truthfully, no matter what the result is, she will contact you through this."

"... Is that so?" Doctor Strange was briefly taken aback, and quickly sorted out the content of the conversation just now, trying to find out the abnormalities.

barrier?crack?fog?

Emperor Weishan?Infinity gems?

It shouldn't be the former. Judging from Merlin's performance, Chaldea obviously knows more about the barrier and the fog than they do.

But Emperor Weishan and the Infinity Gems are not secrets, but the information disclosed by the magic side. If you ask carefully, you can understand it. It is not necessary to ask the Supreme Mage specifically.

Or was that just an excuse for Chaldean talk?

Merlin seemed to have completed the task and stopped talking to Doctor Strange who was in confusion, but he didn't mean to say goodbye, but looked out the window again, his eyes became extremely focused, "Can I stay here for a while?"

"...Please go ahead." Doctor Strange decided to discuss with his teammates, he nodded politely, "I'll deal with something first."

Doctor Strange slipped to the surveillance room.

Wanda was looking at Merlin's profile on the screen, Tony was arguing with Fury on the communication software, Steve, Natasha and Clint were chatting quietly.

"Ahem." Doctor Strange cleared his throat.

"Have you asked how to repair the barrier?" Tony asked without looking up.

Doctor Strange: "Give me an answer after you tell me."

"When the HR department rejects a job application, it will also say 'Please go home and wait for the notice'." Tony glanced at Doctor Strange, his face full of hatred.

Doctor Strange: "..."

"I said we want to be together, but you won't let me follow." Tony spread his hands.

Doctor Strange opened his chair and sat down, thanked Wanda for the cup, and poured most of the glass of water. "I always feel that he's not here to talk," he said slowly, "he seems to be...waiting for something."

# # #

The motorcycle speeds along the mountain road at high speed.

Yuanchun sat behind Jason, holding his thin waist with both hands, and leaning against his strong back.She wasn't wearing a helmet, her eyes were tightly closed, her long hair was flying everywhere, and her voice was broken by the wind: "At the intersection ahead...turn right..."

Jason turned the handlebar and steered the motorcycle into the old gate as nimbly as a swimming fish. When he looked back from the rearview mirror, he glanced at Yuanchun's slightly pale face very naturally.

"Put on a helmet." Jason said, "Although I am very confident in my driving skills..."

Yuanchun shook his head, "Affects my perception... Go out from the second exit later, turn around, and go around again."

The map shows that it is almost at the junction of Gotham and New York. The surrounding area is deserted. Both sides of the road are full of lush street trees, and there seem to be countless twisted monsters hidden in the shadows of the trees.

Seven minutes ago, several messy pictures flashed before Yuanchun's eyes without warning, and she knew that it was not an illusion, but something that would happen in the future.

This is Yuanchun's second prophecy, the first time she could only describe it on paper in a trance state, and she didn't remember it at all afterwards.This time, she recovered part of her memory, improved her abilities, and changed her way of prophecy from painting to direct observation, and she could vaguely perceive the approximate time and place.

The picture disappeared quickly, but the lingering palpitations were hard to ignore, and the churning sense of crisis almost occupied Yuanchun's entire thoughts. She immediately decided to go to the location where the incident was about to happen to see what was going on.

Jason was worried that Yuanchun, who was not in the right state, would go out by himself, so he came with him.

Along the road, the two circled back and forth a few times within the circle circled by Yuanchun, but found nothing.

As time went by, Yuanchun suddenly thought of something, motioned Jason to pull over, she left the road, got into the bushes with weeds on the side of the road, chose a location with relatively strong magic power, and pressed her hand on the soft soil superior.

Gotham City has a spiritual vein, and the spiritual vein records everything that happened here. As long as you take the time to analyze it, you can fully understand the entire history of Gotham.

Yuanchun doesn't need to know that much, she only needs to investigate the abnormal situation in the vicinity within a few days.

Thinking of this, she sank her magic power into the ground and touched the flowing light.

A river of countless memories rushes forward, and the huge force slams into Yuanchun's soul, then wraps it up and rolls it into the bottom of the river!

Yuanchun had the illusion of falling into the abyss. After an unknown period of time, her consciousness gradually returned. She looked around and saw countless rotating light spots in the darkness.

Each point of light is a piece of memory, sinking the soul into it, you can float above the sky, and watch what happened from the perspective of the whole city.

She saw the insolent robber shooting in front of the young child｜killing his parents, scattered pearls scattered all over the ground, the child knelt down in front of the corpse and cried, with hatred shining in his red and swollen eyes Light;

She saw an accident in the circus performance. The couple struggled to fall from a height and fell to their death in front of their children. The limbs of the corpse were extremely twisted;

She saw that on a rainy night, a group of thugs who were sucking high and losing their minds surrounded the thin child and kicked desperately, hitting the weak body with their fists, making dull and chilling noises...

"...Wake up! Emiya!" Jason's anxious cry brought Yuanchun back to his senses. She blinked her eyes in a trance, and the scene in front of her eyes gradually changed from blurred to clear.

"Why...?" Yuanchun pressed his temple hard, speaking incoherently, "I seem...I saw..."

She suddenly noticed that the sky was no longer purely dim, but a rust-like dark red was faintly revealing under the clouds.

The wandering thoughts were anchored, Yuanchun woke up instantly, grabbed Jason's arm, and pointed in the direction by feeling, "There!"

Jason carried Yuanchun onto the motorcycle, put on the helmet for her, motioned her to hold on tight, and then rushed towards the location directed by Yuanchun.

"Not long after you put your hand on the ground, something happened over there." Jason communicated with Yuanchun through the communicator built into the helmet, "Something exploded|exploded, and the power was not small, and the ground trembled, and The sound should come from underground, no wonder we couldn't find it."

The map shows that the surrounding area is an unowned wasteland, which seems to be just a deception.

"Where to go next—I see the grass." When Jason came to a fork in the road, he was about to ask how to go, when he saw a hill-like shadow emerge from the ground on the barren field at the lower left, covering the surrounding area. A large area of ​​land was turned upside down.

The rattling sound of bullets|bombs|pouring, the roar of cannon|bombs|explosion|explosions, and the shrill and helpless screams mixed together, as if in the abyss of hell.

"There was nothing when I passed by just now." Jason slammed on the brakes and murmured softly.

"There was an energy barrier before, but now the protective shield is broken by that thing." Yuanchun's expression became extremely serious, she grabbed the rune stone and stuffed it into Jason's pocket, and then patted him a bunch Protection spell, "Is that land really unowned?"

"There is no owner on the surface, and the ghost knows who bought it. It doesn't belong to Gotham, it is already the boundary of New York, and the old man can't reach it." Jason smiled mockingly, "It's tricky?"

"It's quite tricky." Yuanchun was already picking cards, "Can't you smell it? It's the breath of FOG."

# # #

Merlin standing in front of the window suddenly stood up.

Natasha pushed open the door just at this time, and the red-haired female agent leaned against the door frame coquettishly, her voice was hoarse and ambiguous, "Mr. Merlin wants to stay overnight?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep tonight." Merlin looked back at Natasha.

Natasha's eyes flashed, and she was about to ask, when she suddenly received a double alert from Fulian Smart Butler J and S.H.I.E.L.D.

[Unidentified dangerous creatures appear at the junction of New York and Gotham, please help! 】

Natasha's pupils shrank slightly.

There were chaotic footsteps in the corridor, and Doctor Strange appeared at the door the next second.

"The master should already be on the way," Merlin's voice seemed to be always so calm, "Can you give me a ride?"