Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 486 11. Emperor Organization. Discovery of Antarctica

After the trouble caused by the red tank was resolved, Merlin's busy work in 2002 finally came to an end.

When everything was developing smoothly and slowly, he could finally stop a little and spend a fairly happy New Year with his family.However, beyond Merlin's expectation, when the new year came, he did not encounter the ensuing troubles as expected.

In the first half of 2003, everything seemed calm.

Nothing major happened, which also allowed Merlin to relax, but while Merlin was slowly adapting to a comfortable life, some of his friends encountered some not so joyful things in the edge of the world .

Vivienne Graham, an outstanding biologist of the Imperial Organization, is currently walking on the ice sheet near a research station in Antarctica.

She was wrapped in a thick coat and goggles, and she protected her nose and mouth well in the deadly cold environment around her.Beside her was a sled pulled by several sled dogs, with a lot of research equipment on it, and her pet, the witcher monkey Hanuman was also wrapped in heavy clothes, squatting on the edge of the sled.

Probably because of the cold weather, the monkey, which had finally quit drinking, no longer jumped up and down like before. It curled up and leaned against the box of the sled, not interested in everything around it. Dozed off, complaining about why his master didn't stay in the warm room.

Vivian didn't want to stay in the room.

Not only because the investigation work organized by the emperor in Antarctica is not going well, but also because of the intricate personal relationship between her and her mentor, Dr. Serizawa.

She has hinted or made it clear countless times, but the old-fashioned Serizawa Shiro is still like a piece of wood, and does not intend to push the relationship between the two of them again.

For an equally reserved girl, such a development was very frustrating.

Vivian even felt a little desperate about this relationship.

"Perhaps, I should follow what Merlin said and find a chance to prescribe medicine."

Vivian was thinking wildly while walking on the ice sheet with difficulty.

She was going to collect samples in a snow-covered valley near the research station, and the energetic sled dogs were with her. Because the distance was not far, Vivienne did not take a sled.

She wants to go over.

To calm down my messy mind.

When you are restless, you can't do your job well.

"Where is that Titan?"

A few minutes later, Vivienne, who was a little restless, stood on the undulating ridge of the ice cover. She stretched out her hand and pulled down the scarf covering her nose, taking a breath of cold air that was so refreshing. She looked at the desolate, endless She herself lost confidence in this expedition.

The Emperor Organization has been looking for ancient Titans all over the world, but they have only collected information on a few Titans that can only be observed, and the rest either come from illusory legends, or they only found clues.

However, the Emperor Organization has tracked down the terrifying creature they are most interested in in the past few years, the ancient Titan Godzilla living in the deep sea.

Biologists have discovered that the activities of this Titan, which looks like a dinosaur in ancient times, have certain rules. Almost every year, Godzilla will follow a fixed route and travel around the world in the deep sea for a full circle.

Of course, its travel is not the same as travel in the conventional sense. It travels between continents along the deep sea and the holes in the earth that may exist on the bottom of the sea, just like patrolling.

This mode of action often lasts for a month, and then Godzilla will mysteriously disappear.

Dr. Serizawa suspects that the Titan has its own lair in the hollow hollow layer of the earth, but with the current speed of technological development on the earth, it is almost impossible to find Godzilla's lair in the vast ocean.

Therefore, biologists can only turn their attention to Godzilla's journey around the world again...

Then, they made a big discovery.

Vivian was the first to discover the doubts in the Titan's journey. When Godzilla traveled around the world, he would stop at several places for a very short time, including Mona Island, Skull Island and the Antarctic continent, as well as South America. , North Africa and several places in Northern Europe.

What these places have in common is that there are traces of confirmed or suspected Titan activities.

Godzilla is like a jailer, and like a king patrolling the territory, it seems to be observing the activities of other titans.

This undoubtedly gave the imperial organization a new research direction.

This is also the reason for this expedition to the Antarctic continent, but the problem is that having a direction does not mean that the research will go smoothly.Vivienne and other biologists have been searching on this ice sheet for more than half a year, but they still found nothing.

There may well be a Titan here.

But the problem is, it hides itself too well.

"Where are you?"

Vivienne drove the sled dogs along the ice-covered ridge slowly and carefully to the valley. She swiftly took off the ice sample collection instrument from the sled and looked around in all directions.

The inspection operation will be over in a few days. If they can't find any useful clues, then the Emperor Organization will hand over a very bad answer when facing the questioning of the World Security Council.

Although those politicians have enough patience, they have been unable to produce results, which will undoubtedly reduce the importance of the Emperor Organization in their minds, which will directly lead to a series of bad situations such as a reduction in research funding.

After all, scientists are human beings, and scientists also need to live.

Alas, scientists need love too.

Vivian sighed.

The long-distance love race between myself and my mentor, when will it be the end?

"click"

Just as Dr. Vivienne was thinking wildly, the instrument in operation behind her suddenly made a strange sound, and the drill bit that drilled down seemed to have touched something stronger than ice, which sounded like a stone.

Vivian squatted down suspiciously, and manipulated the instrument to rotate in reverse. When the drill bit was taken out, Vivian found that there was a substance like stone powder on the top of the drill bit.

It made her eyes widen.

"There's something under this ice sheet..."

The young biologist's heart skipped a beat, and he was suddenly filled with ecstasy.

No matter what is below, it means that she has made a discovery, even if it is finally determined that it has nothing to do with Titan, this will bring some fun to this period of boring life.

Vivian looked around and estimated the depth of the drill bit's downward rotation. She found that the thing hidden under the ice sheet was not deep, maybe only 3-4 meters.

She picked up the ice pick on the sled and began to dig down carefully.

But Vivienne obviously overestimated the solidity of this ice sheet, and when she broke through the surface of the ice layer, a dangerous, weak breaking sound sounded under her feet.

Vivienne lowered her head in horror, and saw that the seemingly stable ice layer had already appeared densely packed with cracks like spider webs.

"Damn."

The female biologist picked up Hanuman, the pet monkey who was full of shame, and ran away, but just after she took two steps, the ice behind her broke completely.

Amidst Vivienne's screams, most of her body fell below the ice layer, and amidst the barking of those sled dogs, Vivienne struggled to hold on to the edge of the ice layer.

Her whole body was suspended by the broken ice.

After 1 second, the ice layer that Vivienne was holding onto also shattered.

With her terrified scream, she fell into the dark tunnel below.

At the moment of falling, what appeared in Vivienne's mind was Dr. Serizawa's always depressed face...

"Teacher, we will see you in the next life..."

"boom"

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, Vivian felt her eyes darken, and she passed out.

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On the other side, Merlin who was meditating was suddenly awakened by the vibration around his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a distress signal appearing on Icarus' lens.

That signal is far away, at the southernmost tip of the planet.

"Dr. Vivienne Graham's locator was turned off a few minutes ago."

Icarus' gentle voice sounded in Merlin's ears, it said:

"According to the last vibration frequency sent by the locator, Dr. Vivienne should have encountered an accident suspected of falling from a high altitude."

"Isn't she investigating in Antarctica?"

Merlin stood up without hesitation. He had a good personal relationship with Vivian. The girl who liked his mentor was his good friend and helped Merlin a lot.

She is also a member of the official organization under the World Security Council and has a cooperative relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Whether in public or private, Merlin can't just sit back and watch Vivienne face threats and turn a blind eye.

"Where are the specific coordinates?"

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he asked:

"Can you restart the locator remotely?"

"No."

Icarus replied:

"The frequency of the information sent by the locator is very confusing. There should be a strong magnetic field area, and it cannot be restarted remotely. Moreover, the strong magnetic field will interfere with the positioning of the transfer spell. Icarus does not recommend Mr. Merlin to carry out precise teleportation."

"Okay, then determine a location that is closest to her and can avoid being disturbed."

Merlin gave an order, and a moment later, a new coordinate appeared on Icarus' lens.

"Longitude -71.30, Latitude -81.20."

Merlin went to the alchemy room, took some first-aid items, and then passed through any door of the mysterious house, and appeared on a desolate Antarctic ice sheet.

The moment Merlin stepped into the ice field, the cold breath quickly enveloped him, but this was enough to freeze the temperature of an ordinary person's body, so it wasn't too much trouble for Merlin who was only wearing casual clothes.

Guided by the route planned by Icarus, he hurried to the place where Vivienne fell.

A few minutes later, Merlin stood on the ridge of the collapsed valley ice sheet. He looked down and saw that the entire ice sheet had collapsed, revealing a downward spiral staircase.

The staircase clearly bears traces of artifacts.

A scanned picture of the underground quickly appeared on the lens in front of Merlin's eyes, and a three-dimensional projection of the underground space rotated on Icarus' lens. It was a wide underground space, which looked like a mysterious underground fortress. .

"Dr. Vivian is at the bottom. Her vital signs are weak, but she is not in fatal danger."

Icarus reported:

"Beside Dr. Vivienne, there are two living organisms that are active. According to the comparative analysis of the database, they should be Dr. Vivienne's pet monkey and her mentor Shiro Serizawa."

"Hehe, what a sullen man."

Merlin appeared on the edge of the ice crack in a flash, where he found scattered footprints and a snowmobile thrown there, he whispered:

"On the surface, it seems that they don't care about it. After knowing Vivienne's accident, they rushed over here at the first time... Serizawa, Serizawa, you can take care of yourself."

After speaking, he dissipated into a tumbling black mist, and quickly fell into the dark tunnel below.

"Swish"

A floating ball of dark red light was thrown out by Merlin, like a floating light bulb, illuminating the dark space under the ice cap.

He saw Dr. Serizawa who was struggling to leave the tunnel with the unconscious Vivienne on his back. The man still had embarrassing bruises on his face. It seemed that his journey down was not smooth.

When he saw Merlin who suddenly appeared, Dr. Serizawa showed a trace of joy of being saved from a desperate situation.

Merlin threw the first aid kit to him, and was about to step forward to help, only to see the stone gate leading deeper underground behind Serizawa and Vivian. It was an intact, closed stone gate, like an underground Entrance to the castle.

But when he saw the stone gate, Merlin's eyes tightened immediately.

Before his eyes, on the stone gate standing in the darkness, there was a red, swastika-shaped emblem.

That's the notorious nacui logo, but that's not the point. The point is that under the swastika, there's a logo that Merlin is familiar with, the red skulled octopus...

That is...

Hydra!

"Damn. Really haunted"

Merlin moved his fingers, and he said:

"You can meet them everywhere."

"But this is Antarctica, and what the hell are they hiding here?"

(End of this chapter)