30. War money

Nevada, desert area.

This barren region in the heart of North America is always home to secret bases of all kinds.

According to folklore, there is the mysterious Area 51 in this desert, which houses the corpses of various aliens and spaceships.

Of course, this is a nonsensical rumor.

The alien-related items collected by the North American government are now stored in isolated island prisons in the Atlantic.

Here in Nevada, there are only a few bases of the Department of Defense and the Tianyan Society.

Most of them were "inherited" from S.H.I.E.L.D., and there are a few smaller ones that were built just over the course of a few months after the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Now, a giant monster nearly 100 meters tall has emerged from the depths of the Nevada desert.

It is labeled Ancient Titan 20.

It's heading along the Desert Road, over the hills, towards the densely populated city of San Francisco on the West Coast.

Of course, this is not Amanda today. Waller received the worst news.

In the secret base of the Celestial Eye Society, in a conference room that had been temporarily relocated, Vivien stood in front of a suspended map of North America.

She hugged her shoulders, showed her bearing as a top biologist, and easily held the audience.

Sitting in the conference room are all "old acquaintances" who used to deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. and now deal with Tianyan.

Except for Amanda. In addition to Waller, there is also Tfrey, the contact of the Sky Eye in the White House, and Thaddeus Anderson, the representative of the Department of Defense. General Ross, as well as five parliamentary representatives of the World Security Council.

Of course, with the exception of Waller, everyone else is present in the conference room in the form of a real-time projection.

"Yes, you heard it right."

Vivien relayed the bad news she had just told Waller to the crowd in front of her, and she said:

"In addition to Titan 20, which is currently heading in the direction of San Francisco, in the northwestern sky of the North American continent, there is a similar Titan 20 that is flying in the direction of the continent."

"It flew very fast, and judging by its flight trajectory, it should have flown across the sea from the direction of Asia."

Vivien spoke in a succinct tone as she took a signal pen and drew two straight lines on the map of North America behind her.

Pointing to the place where the lines met, she said to the people in the room:

"Those two Titans are communicating with electromagnetic waves, and the intersection of the male and female Titans' paths is on the West Coast, off the coast of San Francisco, where there should be radiation..."

"So, Dr. Vivien, do you think they're going for the radiation?"

General Ross of the Ministry of Defense, apparently already aware of the worldwide phenomenon of radiation, made his own guess.

But the next moment, Vivien denied General Ross's speculation, and said in a cold tone:

"No, it's worse than that!"

She looked up, picked up the projection image at hand, and said:

"I just had a remote discussion with my mentor, and according to the preliminary conclusions we have reached, it is a signal from the female and the male to each other, and they have chosen to converge in a place with radiation."

"Their purpose is not just to devour the radiation, but also to mate... Then there is the laying of eggs, and San Francisco will be their temporary nest. ”

Vivien lowered her voice and said to the participants whose faces had changed dramatically:

"If we can't repel two monsters before they mate, then the West Coast will become a lair for a whole bunch of these monsters..."

"At the rate at which the insects hatch, with adequate radiation, after a maximum of a week..."

"The whole of North America is finished!"

Vivien threw the pen in her hand, shook her hair quite casually, and said to the people in front of her:

"Guys, gather those who can fight, and evacuate all the inhabitants of San Francisco and the vicinity immediately, it will become a battlefield."

"I mean, that's the end of the work of the biologists, and now it's time for the fighters to come out."

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"What did you say?"

In the mystery house, Merlin, who was called by Xuanlan with an emergency contact method, looked up in surprise.

He sat on the sofa, looked at Xuanlan with a serious face, and said:

"What Titan 20? And the invasion of cities and the destruction of insect hives, what is going on? ”

Merlin complained:

"Wasn't everything fine the other day? How did you suddenly get into this rhythm that sounds terrible? ”

"I'm going to ask the mechanical Ji next to you."

Xuanlan said with a straight face and expressionlessly:

"I know she went to an underground hollow world under the Arctic Ocean the other day and detonated an alien ark there, actually, I immediately thought of this when Hill shared the news with me."

Merlin's housekeeper said to him:

"The outside world doesn't know what the sudden radiation wave around the world is, but I think it has something to do with what Icarus is doing in the underworld."

"The radiation drifting around the sea caused the restlessness of the ancient Titans, and in this restlessness, a new Titan was attracted, Titan 20."

Xuanlan handed Merlin a clear photograph.

The latter took it in his hand and glanced at it, he pursed his lips and said:

"It's ugly! Compared to it, KONG is simply a handsome guy in Titan. ”

"Yes, it's ugly and extremely destructive."

Xuanlan continued:

"Just crossing Las Vegas destroyed one-sixth of the city, and the Department of Defense sent in the full army."

"But 10 minutes ago, an airborne division was routed head-on, and conventional fire could not damage it at all, and even aerial bombs were only broken skins."

"Useless other than to provoke it, this monster can unleash an electromagnetic shock similar to EMP, and everywhere it goes, it's a mess."

Xuanlan glanced at Merlin, who was unmoved, and said:

"To make matters worse, there are other species of this land bug that seem to be planning to build a nest in San Francisco and give birth to a nest of small bugs."

"Wait."

Merlin stretched out his hand to interrupt Xuanlan's description, and he asked:

"Why did Hill tell you this, did she want me to intervene in this?"

Xuanlan nodded.

Merlin shook his head, he glanced at the picture in his hand again, and said:

"Totally unnecessary! The Justice League can handle both bugs. ”

"It's not Titan 20!"

Xuanlan explained in a low voice:

"Hill was worried about something like the last time he was in New York."

"Last time?"

Merlin frowned.

He knew what Hill was talking about.

More than half a year ago, during the chaos in New York, KONG, a gorilla brought into New York City by a hydra, lost control and attracted a siege from Clark, Thor, and Tony, who nearly killed the gorilla.

But just as they were about to kill them, Godzilla, the king of monsters, suddenly intervened in the matter.

Godzilla flew and swam towards the North American continent, and it was clear that it was here to save his subjects.

"So, Hill is trying for me to deter Godzilla that may appear in this situation?"

"Yes."

Xuanlan nodded, and she said:

"Judging by the actions of the two Titans 20 who plan to build a nest, it is impossible to reconcile with humans unless the two Titans give up their plans to mate and lay eggs."

"The heroes of the Justice League have also promised that they will expel or even kill Titan 20, but if they have to face 2 Titans plus Godzilla at the same time, then they can't solve it."

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded, and he said:

"I see, this is looking for me to suppress the field..."

"And what about your answer?"

Xuanlan pushed her monocle, and she said:

"Ciel's side is still waiting."

"Of course it's helping."

Merlin sighed, and he said:

"This must have been begged by Waller to Fury, and Fury himself couldn't save face, so he asked Hill to pass the word... Hill is very knowledgeable, and really rarely asks me for help. ”

"Go tell her, Lan, I'll keep an eye on what's going on here."

"Hmm."

Xuanlan turned to leave, and after she took a step, she looked back at Merlin.

She said:

"You slept with Ciel?"

“......”

Merlin, who had just picked up the teacup, was a little overwhelmed by Xuanlan's straightforward question.

He gave Xuanlan an expressionless look, who covered his mouth and let out a chuckle.

She said:

"Sure enough, it's an amorous hero, Merlin, maybe the next time they ask you for help, they should prepare a few beautiful maidens dedicated to the Raven Lord in advance, which is much more useful than any gold and silver treasure."

"I'll go out."

The Vanity Maharaja, who had been a little hot by Xuanlan's spicy sarcasm, stood up and walked briskly to any door of the mystery house, where he reached out and grabbed the lock, then pulled outward.

"Where are you going?"

Xuanlan asked, and Merlin said without replying:

"I'm going to take a look at where Titan 20 came from. The fact that the two bugs were not born in the same place proves that they were in different underground worlds when they grew up. ”

The Raven Maharaja said in an indifferent tone:

"The other Titans don't take the initiative to hurt people, I can pretend that they don't exist, but these two guys are so fierce, if there is a third or a fourth one, it will be very troublesome..."

"I still have my own things to do, and I don't have time to help Tianyan wipe my ass every time."

"There are 2 on the ground, maybe there will be more left in the underground world, I will find their nests, slaughter them, and avoid future troubles."

Speaking of this, Merlin suddenly turned his head and glanced at Xuanlan, and he said with a hint of resentment:

"Of course, the most important reason is that it's better to go anywhere than to stay here and listen to you nag me... Lan, if you sarcastically mock me with sharp teeth, you'll lose mine. ”

"Hush."

Xuanlan crossed her waist and said disdainfully:

"I watch human TV dramas, old husbands and wives get along like this... Forget it, you go out to play, and remember to come back on time for dinner. ”

"I'm not a kid, oh my God."

Merlin shook his head and stepped through any of the doors in front of him.

It's a projection of his astral plane, and his true nature is still busy in the Wasteland Prison.

Merlin first appeared in Nevada and made his way down the large crater that Titan 20 had created in the desert, but to his surprise, the pit did not lead to any of the underworlds.

"It wasn't born in the underworld? Was it born on the ground? ”

Merlin frowned, looking at the place nearly a thousand meters underground, he sniffed it, and found that there was some residual smell of nuclear radiation here.

This is supposed to be the place where the North American government used to bury and dispose of nuclear waste, and Titan 20 probably grew rapidly by swallowing nuclear waste.

"Huh"

Merlin's figure vanished, and when he reappeared, he crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, appearing in a mountainous area in the east of Toying, where the males of Titan 20 took off.

It followed the crater all the way down and found that the crater stretched from the bottom of the Dongying Sea to a mountain in Southeast Asia.

At the end of the sinkhole beneath the mountain, Merlin's figure emerged from the darkness.

As he expected, the male worm did not emerge from the underground world.

20 Titan males, also born in the terrestrial world.

This meant that things didn't go the worst as Merlin expected.

The 2 Titans 20 are supposed to be the last of their race, just like KONG.

Merlin didn't need to find a way to catch their kind and kill them all.

But this trip wasn't a waste of time, because Merlin had found something better in the mountains of Southeast Asia than killing to release his agitation...

Something more precious.

In a cave nearly 2,000 meters underground, in the dead darkness, Merlin saw the secret hidden here, which no one knew.

A skeleton!

A massive, dinosaur-like skeleton.

Its skull is connected to the coccyx and is at least 200 meters long.

Judging from the scattered bones scattered around it, which have been turned into fossils and preserved in the ancient rocks, this huge and terrifying ancient creature should have died here tens of thousands of years ago.

And when it was alive, it was definitely an ancient Titan-level life.

Most importantly, Merlin was able to tell the skeleton from its appearance.

Godzilla...

No, Godzilla's kindred, the kindred who died tens of thousands of years ago!

It is even possible that it is the mother or father of the current monster king.

"It's a pity, dead..."

Merlin landed on the ground of this dead underground cavern, and he reached out and stroked the remains of this ancient beast that remained in the world.

It was only from the remnants of the vast expanse of bones that Merlin could sense how majestic and terrifying the creature must have been when it was still alive.

A giant beast full of power trampled on the world, and its every roar made the world tremble.

It's a pity it's dead...

Everything is over.

However, for an evil lord of hell, death is only the beginning of another story.

"Smack"

Merlin's hand patted lightly against the bone, making a low sound like the resonance of iron and stone.

In the dark, he showed a warm smile, matching the environment in front of him, how to look at it and how terrifying.

"When I saw you again, I knew it was time for me to hurry up and learn necromancy."

Merlin stroked the bones of the ancient Godzilla, and said:

"It's... Is this the reward for doing good this time? ”

"Hill, good wife, I accepted the war money you gave me!"