Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 115 6. Invitation from the Emperor Organization [38100]

At the bottom of the Mona Island volcano, hot orange-red magma flows and rolls beside the rocks, like a pool of orange-red water.

The temperature here has exceeded 1000 degrees, which has already exceeded the deadliest temperature that the human body can withstand. There is no living life here, and with the explosion of magma bubbles, the toxic gas permeating in the high temperature is even more filling. Every inch of air in this Jedi of life.

"clang"

Dr. Serizawa took out the small hammer in his hand and tapped on the fossil-like object in front of him, resulting in a sound similar to rock and metal.Beside him, Merlin also stretched out his hand, touching the skin of the flame titan named Raton in front of him.

It was like touching a hot boulder.

The flame protection potion condensed a layer of cold air on Merlin's skin, which helped him insulate him from the high temperature that could easily burn his limbs, and also allowed him and Dr. Serizawa to continue to survive in this environment full of high temperature and poisonous gas.

"The body surface temperature is around 1200 degrees."

Dr. Serizawa took out a detector and carefully placed it on Raton's skin. He looked at the readings on it and shouted to Merlin beside him:

"This is just the temperature exposed to the air. The body temperature of Raton buried in magma is definitely higher, which is amazing."

"See this stone?"

Merlin responded:

"It's the volcanic stone that's solidified on its wings, and the creature is so smart that it covers its body with this solid stone, forming a geothermal armor...I dare say its skin under the rock must have been vulcanized Only then can it withstand such high temperatures.”

"It's an evolution born of natural evolution."

Serizawa Shiro raised his head, looked at the ancient giant creature embedded in the rock wall in front of him, and said:

"Roton should be active in the same era as Godzilla. They are both miracles survived from the disasters of ancient centuries. Take a stone, Dr. Merlin, and we will take it back for a carbon-14 test to determine its active period .”

"it is good."

Merlin looked down at the hot watch on his wrist, and he turned around and shouted to Dr. Serizawa:

"The time is almost up! We will stay for another 5 minutes at most! Prepare to return!"

After finishing speaking, he swung the pickaxe in his hand, and struck hard on the rock-covered giant beast in front of him, took out a small piece of hot black stone, and put it in the hand of Dr. Serizawa. in the box.

Then, the two desperate guys returned to the passageway of the observation laboratory just like when they came, one behind the other.

A few minutes later, as the closed door of the observation laboratory opened again, the smiling Dr. Serizawa was embraced by Vivienne who was waiting at the door before he could speak.

The young biologist was indeed terrified by his mentor's reckless behavior.

And Merlin and Hill stood aside, looking at the posture of Vivienne and Dr. Serizawa at this time...Although they concealed it very well, the indistinct relationship between the two surpassed the master-student relationship The feelings that are too much, still can't be hidden from the people around.

Hmm...teacher-student love.

Dr. Serizawa can really play.

"It's okay, Vivian, it's okay."

Dr. Serizawa didn't pay attention to Dr. Merlin's eyes, he patted his disciple on the back to calm Vivian.

At this time, Dr. Serizawa's face was abnormally pale, and he had just returned from a 1000-degree hell, so he could naturally feel cool, but the problem was that the temperature on his body seemed a little too low.

Vivien hugged her mentor like she was hugging a block of ice.

"How is this going?"

Vivienne hurriedly brought a blanket and put it on Dr. Serizawa who was shivering from the cold.While pouring hot tea for her mentor, she looked at Merlin who was also emitting a cold air, and asked:

"Doctor Merlin, is this normal?"

"Ah."

Merlin took the towel handed over by Hill, wiped the drops of water on his neck, and said to Vivienne who was full of worry:

"This is normal. Dr. Serizawa only needs to take a hot bath for a while, and he will fully recover."

"Dr. Merlin."

Serizawa Shiro looked at Merlin while wrapped in a blanket:

"I've always wanted to ask, what exactly is that liquid you took out earlier? Why does it allow ordinary people to resist the deadly high temperature of up to 1000 degrees?"

"The cooling agent achieves the effect of protecting against high temperature by rapidly reducing the body surface temperature and temporarily paralyzing the temperature nerve."

Merlin pulled out his chair and sat opposite Dr. Serizawa. He explained to the person in front of him:

"You can understand that after injecting this medicine, you won't feel the temperature change in the next 15 minutes, and at the same time, the temperature of the body surface will continue to drop and the surrounding hot temperature will form an offset effect to ensure the use of the drug. Those who don't get burned..."

"This medicine is born out of some ancient and mysterious formulas. It will not cause harm to our body. The premise is that it cannot be injected too many times in a short period of time, otherwise the skin will be severely frostbitten."

"This is so magical!"

Vivian said in surprise:

"Just some potions can keep people's body temperature down, which is completely against the laws of thermodynamics!"

"That's a good question."

Merlin smiled dumbly, looked at Dr. Serizawa, and said:

"If you can truly accept the authenticity of my research, then you won't ask this question. Let me ask you, in the laws of thermodynamics, is there such a creature that can rely on the circulatory system to continuously release How about producing enough cold energy to freeze everything?"

"No."

Dr. Serizawa shook his head and said:

"According to the research of the Emperor Organization, even Godzilla's extremely magical atomic breathing ability appears because the biological body is constantly undergoing a reaction similar to nuclear fission. The kind you mentioned can freeze everything Creatures, I've never heard of them."

"It does exist."

Merlin flicked the icicles on his fingers, looked at Hill beside him, and said:

"Doris, explain to them."

She didn't sleep all night last night, and Agent Hill, who had done her homework, immediately coughed lightly, and she explained with a normal expression:

"Dr. Merlin and I have conducted research in recent years, and we have discovered that several creatures can ignore heat conduction and quickly lower the temperature. Including but not limited to Tibetan Yeti, Siberian Bigfoot, Arctic sea dragons, and Nordic The widespread ice goblins, etc. Some substances extracted from these alien creatures also have the effect of rapidly cooling down."

"The cooling potion is made from the sea dragon's scales."

Merlin nodded to Hill in satisfaction, and he added:

"I used this potion to successfully find the juvenile lava worm that was active in Italy, but unfortunately, this potion can only resist high temperature, and it cannot make you completely immune to flame burns, otherwise you can go deep into the magma , to explore more information about Raton."

"It's okay, this is enough."

Dr. Serizawa shook his head, he said to Merlin seriously:

"Dr. Merlin, I know that you are currently employed by the World Security Council, but I still want to invite you to join the Emperor Organization. The heterogeneous knowledge you possess is very, very important for advancing our research."

"this..."

Hearing Dr. Serizawa's request, Merlin felt relieved.

This means that he has once again won the trust of the Emperor Organization, and he is already very sure that he has access to the real inside story of the Emperor Organization.

Merlin and Hill looked at each other, he thought for a few seconds, and said to Dr. Serizawa:

"Personally, I am very happy to join the Emperor Organization. After seeing Raton with my own eyes, I know that your research can also promote my research. In theory, ancient Titans like Raton can also It can be regarded as the category of alien creatures, and it is a predator occupying the upper level of the food chain among alien creatures."

Merlin showed a bitter expression, he said:

"But even if I wanted to, S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn't let me go so easily, so...I mean, I can join your research as a non-staff member or as a non-executive advisor, which is good for both of us."

Merlin lowered his voice and said:

"The World Security Council is eager to see the assessment report on the Emperor Organization. If I really join you, they will definitely force me to be their 'eyes' in the Emperor Organization. This is what I don't want to see .”

He straightened his collar and said seriously:

"I'm a pure researcher. I'm only interested in academics. I don't want political factors to interfere with my research. Please forgive me for my concerns, Dr. Serizawa."

"This..."

Dr. Serizawa and Vivian exchanged glances, they were willing to refuse the invitation for Dr. Merlin, but they didn't expect him to refuse so decisively.

After the two sides were silent for a few minutes, Dr. Serizawa showed a smile on his face which slowly recovered blood color, and he said to Merlin:

"Then I won't force others, but if Dr. Merlin wants to write a detailed assessment report, then besides Raton, I think you should go with us to another observation laboratory organized by the Empire."

"Oh?"

Merlin was a little surprised and said:

"Besides Rodon, have you tracked down another Titan?"

"Well, yes."

Dr. Serizawa said softly:

"It's called KONG, and it's on a hidden island in the South Pacific. But KONG's situation is much more complicated than Raton's. It doesn't sleep like Raton. On the contrary, KONG has been in a state since we discovered it. Active status...Actually, we also encountered difficulties in the research on the Titan KONG."

"KONG is a juvenile Titan similar to apes. Its sense of smell, vision and hearing are extremely developed, and it has a strong sense of territory. This makes our observation laboratory only built on the edge of Skull Island, and cannot be stationed Too many researchers so as not to anger KONG."

Serizawa Shiro looked at Merlin calmly, and said:

"KONG is the most valuable Titan sample we can find, so I would like to invite you to join me tomorrow at the Skull Island Observatory..."

"can."

Merlin didn't hesitate for too long, he nodded:

"I'm going to pack up now."

After speaking, Merlin took Hill and Dr. Serizawa to say goodbye, and then left the laboratory.

After watching them leave, Dr. Serizawa's assistant, student, and companion, Vivienne Graham, whispered:

"Doctor, are you really going to take Mr. Merlin and Ms. Doris to Skull Island? Their true identities have not been confirmed yet."

"No, Vivian."

Dr. Serizawa shook his head. He looked at the black volcanic rock collected from Raton before him, and said:

"Compared to the help Dr. Merlin can bring us, their identities are no longer important."

"The study of the Emperor's organization has been stagnant for too long. Perhaps the arrival of Dr. Merlin is an opportunity to help us better understand these ancient titans. Only in this way..."

"We can find a way to coexist between humans and Titans faster."

"Godzilla, the king of monsters, has appeared again, and the sleep of the Titans will not last long..."

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It was midnight again, and Merlin was walking in the laboratory, and the flowing shadows covered his body, allowing him to escape the monitoring of the 24-hour monitor.

His dark perception told him that Dr. Serizawa, Vivienne, and Hill had all fallen asleep, and those on duty were also dozing off outside the laboratory.

This moment is the best moment to explore.

Merlin stood in front of the gate leading to the observation laboratory. He looked left and right, his body turned into a plume of black smoke, passed through the gap of the closed gate, and entered the scorching crater with some difficulty.

The crater was covered with poisonous black smoke, which was suitable for Merlin to hide in black smoke.

He stretched out his hand and touched Carol's pendant. The blue mask that can supply oxygen in various environments covered the lower half of his face.Merlin stood on the edge of the scorching cliff, jumped, and then turned into billowing darkness in the air, perfectly hidden in the scorching hot air of the volcano.

After taking Morris' power fragments, Merlin's black smoke also became hot. Although the temperature was not as exaggerated as the black smoke on the volcanic magma, at least he would not be hurt by the scorching heat.

He floated in the air, and quickly approached Radon's upper body above the magma.

He followed the rolled-up wings of the sleeping titan and penetrated into Radon's closed body. Since the wide wings covered the surface of the body layer by layer like a cocoon, there was actually not much magma under the body of the Radon bird. of filling.

This allowed Merlin to accurately measure the body shape of this bird titan.He silently recited the numbers and information he recorded in his heart.

"Code Name: Radon"

"The height is about 150 feet, which is about 46 meters."

A few minutes later, Merlin measured a new number.

"Wingspan 871 feet... 265.5 meters, hell, this guy can park two B-52s with one wing."

He was suspended in mid-air, stretched out his finger, and touched Raton's petrified skin. The dark perception followed his finger, like a radar, and penetrated into this solid and hot boulder.

Little by little, Raton's true form was exposed in Merlin's mind.

"Sure enough, the vulcanized scales covering the whole body are the same as the three-headed dog, the periosteum wings are similar to bats and Yeqi, and most of the hollow bones are similar to the Thunderbird."

"It looks like an enlarged version of a pterosaur when fully unfolded, with a sharp beak, a horny crest, no feathers, two strong hind claws... well, a triangular tail."

Merlin's perception of darkness continued to sweep the surface of the sleeping Radon's body along with his fingers touching the rock, but he didn't find any magical fluctuations on the surface of the super-giant monster's body.

This means that Raton cannot use magic...

It was a real beast, not the magical creature that wizards thought it was.

"it's a pity."

Merlin shook his head, and he withdrew his finger. The information collected so far is enough.

At least in his perception, the titan cast in the fire was sleeping soundly, and there was no sign of waking up in the short term.

But that's a good thing.

Merlin hovered in mid-air, looking at Radon who was integrated with the rocks in front of him, he knew that with Radon's terrifying body shape and wingspan, it didn't need to know how to use magic at all.As long as it takes off, it can bring about a sonic wave that destroys the city, which is much stronger than all the magic that Merlin knows.

"Go back to sleep, sweet baby Raton."

Merlin patted the huge head of Raton's avatar, and he said:

"Better never wake up..."

(End of this chapter)