Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 583 41. Clark Krypton Mission

Clark Kent, a young man who was born on the Kent Farm in the small town of Mossville, Kansas in 1980, his childhood was not happy, because all kinds of strange things always happened around him.

This seems to be doomed that the life of this 23-year-old young man will not be smooth sailing.

In fact, it is true.

This somewhat silent and withdrawn young man has always had a secret in his heart, a secret that only he and his parents know, and a secret that is now also known by Merlin and another mysterious official organization.

He came from among the stars, and the earth was not his home, at least not the place where he was born.

After graduating from high school a few years ago, Clark, who had excellent grades, did not continue his studies, but chose to become a freelancer without a fixed place. During these years, this young man traveled halfway around the world , he is trying to find all the clues related to his life experience.

During this journey of searching, he encountered many things, saved many people, and prevented many disasters, but few people knew his identity... He deliberately kept a low profile, which his friend Merlin appreciated very much .

The old Kent couple educated their adopted son very well, let him love the world under his feet, and regard the earth as his true hometown. Most importantly, he is happy to see the existing order maintained, and he also hates those Disruptors who act out of temper.

Clark doesn't do good things for attention or admiration, he's responsible, he's courageous, he's determined, he's got the right values, and he has potential.

All this made Merlin look forward to Clark.

In Merlin's view, Clark Kent is the hero that Fury's Avengers really needs.

This young man who is 9 years younger than him really has all the potential to become a superhero.

The two fought side by side before, and Merlin also recognized Clark's ability. He has made up his mind to recruit Clark to the Avengers, but before that, he must get rid of Clark's inner knot.

Just today, all the answers to the mysteries that Clark has been pursuing tenaciously in the past 23 years of his life will be revealed before his eyes.

This is a gift from Merlin.

Also... invite!

"boom"

The F-16 fighter jet painted red stopped in the glacier near the A-15 excavation site in the rolled up snow. It is difficult for normal fighter jets to take off and land in the harsh climate of the Arctic, but this aircraft cannot be classified as "normal".

In fact, if Merlin didn't value Clark, Fury would not have agreed to send "Smash" to escort a young man across the Arctic Ocean at the fastest speed.

After all, Smash, the former Decepticon warrior who had his thinking logic database and memory database removed, is now an important combat resource of S.H.I.E.L.D. Using it as an airliner can no longer be described as a waste.

"click"

With the opening of the cabin cover, Clark Kent, who was wearing a brown jacket and a cowboy hat, jumped out of the shattered cabin and landed firmly on the cold ground.

The temperature near this glacier is around minus 30°C. Ordinary people need to wear cold-proof clothing to function normally in such temperatures, but Clark, who only wears unlined clothing, doesn’t care about the invasion of low temperatures. There is a look of expectation and anxiety on his face. It is quite normal for the seeker of secrets to have such emotions when any quest is close to the answer.

Behind Clark, the smash that had completed the escort mission roared into the sky, and quickly turned into black spots and disappeared in the hazy arctic sky.

But before Clark's eyes, amidst the rolled up snowflakes, Sharon, who was also wearing a long black dress that strongly inconsistent with the surrounding environment, was waiting for him.

"Clark Kent?"

Sharon looked at the slightly silent young man in front of her. She compared the photos in her hand, and then said to him in an indifferent tone that an agent should have:

"Come with me, Chief Merlin is waiting for you."

Clark didn't pay attention to the cold tone of the female agent in front of him. In fact, in his contact with the agents of the ghost base, he knew very early on that not all people engaged in secret professions are as easy to deal with as Merlin.

Most agents are the same as Sharon when they perform tasks. They must maintain concentration and keep calm at all times.

A few minutes later, under the leadership of Sharon, Clark entered the spaceship buried in the glacier. He walked in this silver-gray starship that he had never seen before. He thought he would have a special feeling, but he didn't.

This spaceship, which was probably related to his life experience, didn't give him any special feeling.

"Merlin."

When he walked into the main control room of the spaceship, Clark saw Merlin who was studying the control panel of the spaceship with his back turned to him. Aside, Clark could even smell the faint smell of blood attached to the cane, which made the thing look slightly sinister.

"Oh, here you come, Clark."

Merlin turned his head, with a gentle smile on his face, he said to Clark:

"How is your injury recovery?"

"Has recovered."

Clark looked at the unfamiliar instruments around him that were completely covered in dust, and said:

"I actually woke up in the early hours of the morning when you sent me home."

The young man touched his chest with his hand, and said:

"It was really painful for the big robot to hit someone, but I survived, and I don't know if it was an illusion. After waking up, I felt that my strength had increased a little bit."

"So you get stronger every time you get hit?"

Merlin looked at Clark strangely, and said:

"Then maybe I'll have to give you more spanking in the future... well, just kidding."

Leaning on the console behind him with folded arms, he said to Clark:

"This ship comes from Krypton... Don't look at me with that kind of eyes, Clark, I didn't lie to you, my assistant opened the database of this ship, and the information in it shows that this ship is from the same ship as you a place."

Merlin stretched out his hand, and a certain function of the spaceship seemed to be activated. A blue holographic projection appeared between the two of them. It was a three-dimensional star map. A red dotted line crossed the star map, connecting the earth and the other. The planets are connected.

Merlin pointed to the planet at the other end of the dotted line, and he said to Clark:

"Here, a world outside the solar system that I have never been to... This is Krypton, your birthplace."

"This..."

Although he was mentally prepared, Clark still seemed a little excited when he saw the complex star map and the alien spaceship he was in.

He looked at the stereoscopic projection in front of him, and after a few seconds, he said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"What else did you find in the database?"

"Well, I now know that this ship is an exploration ship. It sailed among the stars in order to find certain planets. It fell on our world because of a sudden solar storm 8000 years ago. , there are 4 corpses in the dormant compartment on the spaceship, they should be your ancestors, but unfortunately, they have all withered in time."

Merlin explained:

"This ship has nothing to do with your birth, but I think you might be able to learn more about Krypton from it... But now there is a problem."

Merlin passed through the three-dimensional star map in front of him, he walked to Clark, stretched out his hand and shook it on the smooth bulkhead, the next moment, the same console as before appeared in front of Merlin and Clark.

He pointed to the triangular hole on the console covered by the blue halo, and said to Clark:

"Look, there's a hole here. My assistant told me that it's an advanced information access identification system that only real Kryptonians can use. And it physically locks the core database of the spacecraft. If we find Without the key to unlock it, we will not want to know more and more useful information."

Merlin looked at Clark, he said:

"And my guess is that this key should be with you now. Clark, I guess, you and your father didn't tell me everything."

Facing Merlin's gaze, Clark's expression was a little unnatural. After a while, he took out a close-fitting pendant from the inner collar.

The thing is like a long, triangular black stone, and it looks like a weird seal with an "S" on the top of the seal.

"My parents found this in the space capsule that carried me, and it has been hanging around my neck all these years."

Clark said softly:

"This is the only item in my hand that is related to Krypton. My father and I didn't deliberately hide it from you, but we didn't know that this thing was a key. My father always thought it was an alien. prove..."

"Uh, old Kent is actually right. This thing does represent your identity and your authority, but we don't know how high this authority is."

Merlin took the black stone in Clark's hand, and he found that it was not the stone he imagined, but more like a special metal.He put the metal in front of his eyes and found that it was almost exactly the same as the triangular slot on the console.

"So, we have to try...Sharon, let all the nearby agents leave the excavation site!"

Merlin said to his assistant on the communicator:

"You get out yourself."

"Stand back a little!"

Five minutes later, after all the agents and researchers had evacuated, Merlin said softly to Clark, and then inserted the black metal strip into the groove of the console. The whole thing was pressed down.

"bang"

"@￥%!@!#@!"

With a soft sound, in the main control room behind the two of them, amidst the dust accumulated over 1 years, some shutdown devices were restarted, one with a mechanical sound quality, but it was playing that Merlin and Clark could completely hear A woman's voice in an unknown language also sounded in the main control room.

"Horus, do you have a translation program for Kryptonian in your database?"

Merlin asked, and a second later, Horus's voice without emotion rang out in the main control room, like a simultaneous translation, transforming the surrounding voices into something that Merlin and Clark could understand. language.

"Permission confirmation... Welcome back, Mr. Karl Eyre. The master key has detected the pre-stored data, and the file is being imported... The video playback authorization has passed, please wait a moment."

"Swish"

In the beating of light and shadow, a man who was 7% similar in size and face to Clark appeared in front of the two of them. Merlin raised his eyebrows. It was almost impossible to guess the identity of this man.

"Welcome back, Carl."

The figure spread his hands towards Clark in a gentle tone. He spoke the Kryptonian language, but with Horus' simultaneous interpreter, both Merlin and Clark could understand him.

"I'm your father, you can call me Joe."

Clark's biological father, or rather, a highly anthropomorphic intelligent program left behind by his biological father, said to the bewildered Clark:

"I have been watching your life on earth, your growth, what you do, you are surviving and growing up safely in this new world, which makes me and your mother feel very relieved, unfortunately, we It's a shame that you can no longer be a part of your life."

After all, Clark was young, and he didn't know how to respond to the "stranger" in front of him. He had a lot of questions to ask, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his lips. Moreover, he didn't understand Kryptonian, let alone respond to the "stranger". With Horus' control authority, he could only look at Merlin as if asking for help, and the latter shook his head at him, signaling him to be calm.

Merlin looked at the holographic projection, and he said:

"You are not Clark's father, you are just an artificial intelligence!"

"Yes, earthlings, you are right."

Under the translation of Horus, Merlin's voice was also converted into the language of Kryptonians. Facing Merlin's scrutinizing answer, the holographic projection was not angry. On the contrary, he replied calmly:

"I am indeed just an artificial intelligence designed by Jo-El himself, but before the destruction of Krypton, Joe uploaded all his memories and personality patterns to my database. I am false, but I am also real, I am Joe's duplicated soul, and his shadow..."

He glanced at Clark and said:

"I'm Carl's father and his guide. I'm happy to see you find the exploration ship that crashed on Earth, and I'm even more happy to see Carl standing here, which means he's ready to take responsibility Prepare."

"Guide? Responsibility."

Merlin savored the word, he glanced at Clark, and then asked the artificial intelligence in front of him:

"What are you going to tell Clark to do?"

"Karl must do what he was born to do!"

Artificial intelligence Joe said with a serious face:

"He has to use his hands..."

"Resurrect Krypton!"

(End of this chapter)