Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 190 37. Dispute

"It's amazing."

After a few minutes, the experiment ended, and the metal rails that had begun to heat stopped working.Around Merlin, the distorted gravity quickly recovered, and Merlin felt the sense of being down-to-earth again.

He stood up from the chair and walked to Dr. Hall, looking at the silver-white steel eggshell in front of him, he said to Dr. Hall:

"You never told me you were working on something so amazing."

"Not only didn't tell you, I didn't even tell anyone."

Dr. Hall took off his glasses. He stroked the console in front of him with an emotional look. He said to Merlin:

"When I was a student, my best friend and I created the concept art of 'Gaia'. We tried to manipulate this mythical power, but we didn't succeed until we graduated with a PhD. Then he gave up. , but I did not give up, and finally, after 22 years, I realized my original design, and I proved that my design was correct."

"Merlin."

Dr. Hall turned his head, looked at the young man behind him, and said:

"Today, humans have mastered gravity!"

"It's all because of your persistence, Doctor."

Merlin looked at the instrument and said:

"Even if I don't know anything about engineering, I can see the excellent value of this thing. Maybe you should report it to S.H.I.E.L.D. to actually start the project. I believe that Fury will definitely support you."

"Well, that's what I planned too."

A serious light flashed in Dr. Hall's eyes, and he said to Merlin:

"Such technology can lead to the progress of civilization, but if it falls into the hands of people with ulterior motives, it will also cause disasters. I don't intend to disclose its principles to the entire society. It is correct to hand it over to S.H.I.E.L.D. for safekeeping. And' Gaia's just a prototype right now, its technology is still immature, and I need some good, trustworthy scientists to work with me."

"I know one."

Merlin said to Hall:

"SHIELD has a collaborator at Columbia University called Bill Foster. He is a quantum physicist. I believe he can help you. He is also 'one of his own'."

"Oh, Dr. Foster, I know him."

Dr. Hall put his glasses back on and said to Merlin:

"We had several collaborations in 1987, and his research on quantum states can really help me."

"I can apply to Fury for you."

Merlin smiled and said:

"It's my job."

"Then trouble you."

Dr. Hall heaved a long sigh, as if he had completed some kind of mission, he looked relaxed.

And Merlin turned around "Gaia" a few times curiously, and he said to Dr. Hall:

"I just felt that there are some things in this machine, some tiny things exude weird energy after being electrified. That should be the source of 'Gaia' manipulating gravity, doctor, can you tell me what those substances are? "

"It's gravitonium."

Dr. Hall didn't hesitate too much. The Merlin in front of him was a level 5 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his friend, a trustworthy person.

He pressed a button on the console, and with the sound of mechanical opening and closing, the silver-white metal eggshell opened before Merlin's eyes, revealing the complex and cumbersome internal design of "Gaia".

Merlin noticed that at the center of the hundreds of reflecting coils, there was a small ball that looked like glass, which was being fixed in the center of the instrument by four metal tubes.And in that small ball, there is a group of black matter the size of a baby's fist that is constantly twisting and changing.

It's like a mass of pure black non-Newtonian fluid.

Just by looking at it, it looks like oil.

"Gravium?"

Merlin looked at the twisted liquid, and said softly:

"I guess, this thing must not be on the periodic table."

"It really doesn't."

Dr. Hall explained to Merlin:

"It is an extremely rare rare metal element in nature. It was discovered by German scientists during World War II. Its atomic number is 123 and its atomic mass is 308. In fact, many scientists suspect that this substance is Doesn't really exist. Because it's a strange physical substance."

"How to say?"

Merlin asked curiously, and Dr. Hall said softly:

"Because a gravitonium can disrupt the gravitational field within itself, where it is, gravity creates an extremely chaotic disorder."

"However, in my research, I found that by applying currents of different frequency bands, the internal gravity field can be stabilized or broken, and the gravity around it can be transferred in a strange way by means of the external energy field. Go out and apply it to other objects."

"This is also the design idea of ​​'Gaia'. By controlling the current in a special frequency band, this machine can easily change the internal or external gravity of several tons of objects. But the effect of gravitational onium on gravity is messy and disorderly. It was difficult to devise a program to release its chaotic gravitational field firmly, and this work took me almost 20 years."

"You say it's rare?"

Merlin asked again, Hall nodded:

"The surface of nature hardly exists. This small group of gravitonium was discovered in an abandoned mine in the Philippines five years ago. The mine was drilled too deep. Because of the existence of gravitonium, the local people thought that the gravitational disorder The mine is haunted. Later, when I went to the Philippines for vacation, I heard this rumor by accident, and after going deep into the mine, I found this rare sample of gravitonium."

"My guess is that gravitonium should be widespread in the depths of the earth, I mean, the mantle layer, or even lower."

Having said that, Dr. Hall hesitated a bit, and he said to Merlin:

"Have you ever heard the rumor that the earth is actually hollow?"

"Oh, hollow earth theory."

Merlin nodded:

"I know, and I think this theory is correct, there should be a hollow world in the mantle layer, which maintains the Permian style of billions of years ago, and may be full of atomic radiation, and lives in it that is completely different from us. A very different life."

"Well...you know a lot, Merlin, it seems that I really underestimated you."

Dr. Hall laughed, and said to Merlin:

"In my opinion, if the hollow world below the earth really exists, then it can maintain a stable structure through countless geological changes, and it must also be due to the influence of gravitational onium in the mantle layer..."

"Countless tons of gravitational onium have formed a strong supporting force deep in the earth, not only maintaining the gravity of the earth, keeping it from falling apart, but also supporting the continued existence of the hollow earth."

"This explanation...is unexpectedly reasonable."

Merlin nodded. He felt that maybe he should share Dr. Hall's conjecture with the Emperor Organization, and Dr. Serizawa would definitely find a way to find the hole in the earth from it.

"Okay, I won't waste your time."

Dr. Hall looked at his watch, and he said to Merlin:

"Before submitting the materials, I still have a lot of things to prepare. Go and do your work first. I will contact you when everything is ready."

"Wow, you are really ruthless, Hall."

Merlin joked:

"I just risked my life to help you a lot, but you just drove me away so heartlessly. You know, if you want someone to help you, you should find a better restaurant and some high-end red wine, and you need to prepare a A wonderful gift...”

"Shall we hold hands and go to a movie again?"

Dr. Hall made a complaint, which caused both of them to laugh.

After laughing, the doctor said to Merlin:

"Leave your watch, Merlin, you're right, you've done me a favor, I shouldn't have said nothing... I'll modify your watch, and in a few days, I'll give it back to you of."

"What are you going to do with it?"

Merlin took off his watch. At the beginning, it was Fury's locator to monitor Merlin. But now, after 6 years, Merlin no longer needs to be monitored, but he still kept it. this watch.

In fact, Merlin is also a nostalgic person.

"I'll put a microscopic 'Gaia' in your watch."

Dr. Hall blinked at Merlin. He stretched out his finger and gestured:

"Don't think too much about it, just a little gravitonium, about the size of a grain of rice, will give you a weak force to manipulate gravity. Let me think about it, maybe you can use it to move a car."

"A car?"

Merlin said suspiciously:

"Is it so powerful?"

"Don't underestimate it."

Hall pointed to the "Gaia" prototype behind him, and he said to Merlin:

"It's just a lump of gravitational onium the size of a fist. Do you know how big the gravitational effect will be when it is applied with a current of [-] volts?"

"How big?"

Merlin asked.

Dr. Hall pursed his lips and thought for a while, then he said to Merlin:

"Have you seen the Titanic movie from a few years ago?"

"Ah."

"On that steel cruise ship, the deck is filled with containers, and the containers are filled with metal ingots, which is almost the limit of gravity that the ball of gravitational onium can affect."

Looking at Merlin's shocked gaze, Dr. Hall shrugged, and said softly;

"I've already said, Merlin...'Gaia' represents a field that only gods can set foot in."

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While Merlin and Dr. Hall were discussing the legend of the Earth Goddess, another place in New York, to be precise, in Pierce's office in Manhattan, a dispute was also going on.

This dispute actually has something to do with Merlin.

"Thaddeus! God, you can't just break into my office like this!"

With an angry expression on his face, Pierce complained to the old soldier sitting on the sofa in his office wearing a military uniform and wearing a two-star general badge on his chest:

"I still have to deal with work! It's very important work, what's the matter, let's talk about it later, okay?"

"Hey, the great Lord Pierce has become a big shot, so there is no time to receive old comrades in arms?"

The old soldier said in a sneering voice with a sneer on his face:

"Look, the desire for power has changed you from an excellent soldier to a cunning politician! I thought you were always the unyielding veteran of the Vietnam battlefield."

"I haven't changed, Thaddeus."

Pierce shook his head, he waved his finger at his secretary, and a moment later, the office door was closed.

"Okay, you have brought out the old things to press me, so tell me, Thaddeus, what are you doing here today, a busy man?"

Pierce took out two cigars from the drawer and distributed one to the old soldier in front of him, who was also his comrade in arms on the Vietnam battlefield.Back then, they were just two insignificant grassroots commanders, but now, one of them has become the chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and the other has become a director of the World Security Council, which is only one step away from the chairman.

It can be said that both of them are perfect examples of struggling from the grassroots all the way to success in the end.

The two were smoking cigars. In the thick smoke, no one spoke. It was not until several minutes later that the old soldier coughed lightly. He raised his head, looked at Pierce, and said:

"I'm here for the Department of Defense."

Hearing this sentence, Pierce frowned. He probably guessed what this old friend was doing.

Sure enough, General Thaddeus' next words made Pierce frown even tighter.

"Several generals asked S.H.I.E.L.D. to return the mechanical life captured by them. S.H.I.E.L.D. codenamed it 98084-3."

"This is impossible!"

Pierce vetoed:

"Mysterious affairs are originally the authorized jurisdiction of SHIELD. It is reasonable for them to contain dangerous supernatural life. Besides, it is a matter between the Ministry of Defense and SHIELD. Why don't you go to Nick Fury instead? Want to come find me?"

"Because as long as our eyes are not blind, we can see that you are giving Nick Fury a platform in this matter!"

The old soldier said in a strong tone:

"It's because of your support that they can unscrupulously launch nuclear bombs outside of Los Angeles, California! Damn! Pierce...that's a nuclear bomb! It's not a casual thing!"

"I think you must be crazy to authorize the lunatic agents under Nick Fury to use nuclear weapons on our land!"

(End of this chapter)