25. Glasses lady's date
Regarding the ancient city of Atlantis, Merlin has not been to it much.
Although after the demigod Kassandra handed him the Golden Staff, the city was no longer fortified against him.
But that period was rather special, Merlin used a Horcrux to hide from the world in the final battle, and was out of action for more than 6 months.
After his resurrection, he was trapped in the Hell dimension by the wasteland, and it was very troublesome to enter the present world.
Entering that ancient city in the form of an astral projection was not a good option.
The city was founded by Poseidon, the god of the sea, and although it was sunk into the sea along with the entire continent of Atlantis in the catastrophe of the Great Fall, and some of it was broken, it was still a remnant of divine power.
A projection can't stay long in that intense clash of divine powers.
What's more, it is rumored that the Great Fall of the First Age of the Atlanteans was said to have something to do with the evil spirits of the Aluminous Sea.
After the city sank to the bottom of the sea, the strange power that originated from the Lightless Sea also existed in that city.
According to Merlin's observations several times, it was fine on the outskirts of the city, but the more you entered the inner part of the city, the more terrible the invasion became.
Moreover, the Atlanteans of the First Age were extremely technologically advanced, and Merlin suspected that they had conducted some kind of forbidden experiment before they were attacked by the spirits of the Lightless Sea.
It would have been fine if that experiment had failed, if it had succeeded and created some horrible, unspeakable creature.
Then the results of that experiment are likely to remain in that city.
After the Great Fall, the Sea Emperor Atlanta activated the defense system of the ancient city and sealed the entire city in the deep sea, perhaps out of this dangerous thinking.
Even the Heavenly Father-level god Kraken...
The beast of unknown origin was most likely the result of the experiment.
Although Merlin returned the staff that opened the door to the children of the Sea Emperor of Atlanta, he kept an eye on any movement that entered the ancient city.
Merlin, who was busy collecting ancient artifacts and planning the War of the Ten Realms, didn't have time to lead the exploration of the ancient city, but these seamen might be able to help uncover the secrets of the Great Fall.
They're going to be very useful tool people.
However, once those tool men touch something that should not be touched, the Raven Lord will know about it, and will give them a little "punishment".
In short, this is the end of the matter at the bottom of the sea.
After Merlin got the blue mother box, he didn't pay attention to the juniors' affairs.
Well, but he'd heard that Namor and Emma did have a lavish wedding after their coronation, and that Namor's younger brother, Arthur, Prince of Atlantis. Kuri wasn't alone yet.
It is said that Arthur has a strange girl by his side... He also had a fight with Carla at the wedding, and the two women almost got into a fight.
Alas, young people nowadays...
The Raven Lord in the wasteland let out an old man's sigh again.
Then Icarus continued to choose clothes for him when he went out, and the glasses girl herself changed into a black and white dress, and also made her hair.
The pretty face that conforms to the golden ratio is full of joyful and expectant expressions.
Yes, she's going on a date with Merlin today!
The first date in the glasses lady's life~
"This suit feels a little rustic when you wear it."
Icarus clutched a black suit and a pale gray casual suit in the other, and she compared the two outfits to Merlin like a little daughter-in-law.
Behind her, Miss Hope continued to make her strange aesthetic comments.
Merlin didn't care, and let them do it, and the Maharaja would still be busy sketching out plans in his mind that would never be done.
Little Red Queen Alicia was dismissive of this.
Anyway, it's going to rain, and my mother wants to get married...
She can't be changed by a mechanical child.
She could only change parts and lubricate her pet, the white mechanical lion Nemoa, while looking back at her excited mother from time to time.
"Shh
Xiaohong pursed her lips, and she whispered to the lazy mechanical lion at her feet:
"What's so good about that guy, so many women are circling around him."
"Wang!"
Lying at the feet of Little Red, Frank, a stupid dog in a small black suit, raised his head, and the dog had a humane evil smile on his face, and he said to Little Red Queen:
"You don't understand this, you're still a child, you can understand, but Master Frank can teach you some life lessons."
The stupid dog said triumphantly:
"There is no shortage of women around a man like Merlin, this is a kind of following from human beings, or all biological instincts, the more powerful and reliable they are, the more attractive women will be."
"Beasts are more direct at this point, but humans, after all, are also beasts."
"Just as a male lion can have many females, all females have an innate reproductive instinct to merge their genes with better ones."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Xiaohong crossed her waist, reached out and patted the stupid dog's head, and she said:
"My mom is a robot, so she doesn't have genes or anything like that."
"But she's still a woman."
The stupid dog snorted, picked up his pet leash, and said inarticulately:
"The connection between her and Merlin is the most unique of all the women around Merlin, she was born from Merlin's soul, and has an instinctive desire to follow and dedicate herself to her Creator."
"This is a necessary stage in the evolution of her soul, you, Alicia, you will not always maintain the child's mind, you will grow up one day, and you will meet the man who makes you desperate."
The stupid dog snorted:
"Hey, the little cabbage raised by Merlin and Icarus, and I didn't know it would be taken away by that pig."
Little Red is a little fried.
As a mechanical creature, she instinctively did not want to think about the chaotic question of the future, she gritted her teeth and said to the stupid dog:
"What's the use of saying so much? You're not a dog yet... You know the love of a fart! ”
"Hey, that's a dirty word! What children can't say! ”
The stupid dog shook his head and said:
"Besides, who said that Master Frank doesn't understand love, every beautiful in Queens and Hell's Kitchen is a member of Lord Frank's harem..."
"Wang! I won't tell you, I'm going to be a light bulb. ”
After saying that, the stupid dog grabbed his pet leash and rushed to the feet of Merlin, who had already changed his clothes.
It circled around Merlin a few times, and it said:
"Raven has been very busy lately and has no time to slip me, let me go with you tonight? That high-energy particle accelerator experiment, sounds interesting. ”
"Huh?"
Merlin, who was being tied with a bow tie around the neck of Icarus, lowered his head and looked at Frank in surprise, and said:
"You're a dog, and you're going to find that experiment interesting? Do you have a fever? ”
"Shh
The stupid dog crouched on the ground, and pulled its neck with its hind legs, and it rolled its eyes at Merlin, and said:
"I just look like a dog! I'm an alien, please! I'm from a technologically advanced world, okay? I just want to see how the particle accelerators made by humans are different from those in my hometown. ”
"Of course, it's more important to go out and run a few laps, and I'm getting moldy when I'm at home all day."
The stupid dog snorted and chirped:
"It would be great to meet an elegant and beautiful dog beauty in Central City."
"Then you can't even ask me."
Merlin said to the stupid dog:
"Icarus is the protagonist tonight, she's going to take you there, I'm okay with that."
"It's okay, just go."
The glasses lady is very generous.
She didn't care about Merlin's date with herself, there was a dog involved, besides, this time to disguise herself as a human, as an elegant lady, isn't it normal to lead a dog?
Uh, though, Icarus and Merlin's date occasions are a bit quirky.
They're going to Central City to participate in the high-energy particle accelerator test site that will take place tonight.
It is said that once the experiment is successful, it will permanently solve the new energy problem that plagues human civilization.
Merlin doesn't understand that.
After all, he was just a ruthless spell-casting machine, and he was more interested in a discussion of the mana model compiled by an ancient great wizard than a particle accelerator that spanned the ages.
But Icarus liked it.
She's been searching for a source of energy for the Mechanics lately, in addition to the Ark Reactor.
As Merlin said, the Ark Reactor thing has always been the preserve of the Starks.
As a cult of the Mechanics, this kind of plagiarism is always used, which is too unseemly.
Moreover, the upper limit of the Ark Reactor is so high that it is enough to provide energy for lower-level intelligent machines, but in the face of high-level intelligent machines such as Icarus, Hope and Adam, and Natural Disaster, that output power is far from enough.
Finding new alternative energies is currently a top priority for the Cult of the Mechanics.
Originally, it was necessary to refer to the biological atomic furnace in the body of the ancient titan, but unfortunately, the only female and male worms with flesh and blood bodies left have been eaten cleanly by the "gluttonous" lady of the big stomach king.
This plan can only be scrapped.
"You can actually study this wonderful mother box."
In the halo of the portal to the present world, Merlin straightened his clothes and naturally raised his hand, allowing Icarus, who was leading the dog, to put his gloved fingers on his elbow.
He said to the well-dressed glasses lady:
"The technology inside those two mother boxes may give the engineers of the Cult of the Mechanicus more understanding."
"That's a backup plan, too."
The glasses lady raised her head and smiled softly at Merlin, she squeezed Merlin's arm, and said:
"Let's see how tonight's experiment goes, if that particle accelerator is really as powerful as they claim, we don't need a mother box."
"It's better to use less of that kind of thing from an unknown source."
"Hmm."
Merlin nodded, and he said:
"Your idea, it's good, it seems that you have grown a lot."
"It's all because you taught it well."
Icarus rested her head on Merlin's shoulder, and she whispered delicately:
"Isn't it? Teacher..."
"Who did you learn from?"
Merlin shook his head, and he reprimanded:
"Seriously, maybe the observers are watching."
"Huh?"
Icarus was amazed and said:
"Didn't you like it last night?"
"Ahem!"
Raven Maharaja coughed a few times, his fingers darting, and the portal in front of him closed quickly, so that the scheming glasses lady would not say more things that should not be said.
Although the occasional intimacy between the two makes Merlin feel similar to an inflatable doll, but...
In this case, it can only be said that it is really fragrant!
"Huh"
In the ambiguous chuckle of Icarus, the two of them and a dog appeared in the present city, and this trip was also a projection of the astral plane, but with Merlin's spell casting level, this projection is not much different from a real person.
They appear inside the Starlab, avoiding encounters with other visitors.
But tonight's experiment at Starlab is really grand.
Because it is claimed to be an experiment to open the door to future energy, both the scientific community and science fans are very face-saving tonight.
Merlin and Icarus walked to the railing on the second floor of the test bench and looked down to see that it was still some time before the test began, but the large, empty laboratory was already full of invitees.
Most of them are members of the Future Technology Foundation, and there are many technology fans who come to the audience outside of this spectator.
"Huh?"
Merlin looked at the walking crowd in amazement, and said to Icarus beside him:
"Little Barry is too."
"Really?"
Icarus, who was constantly taking pictures of herself and Merlin's private date, lowered her finger and looked down, her blue eyes constantly changing focus, and soon, she saw Merlin's nephew Barry in the crowd. Allan.
Beside the tall, thin, gentle-looking young man, there was a well-dressed girl.
The girl was tall, a typical mix of black and white.
It concentrates the advantages of both races, with delicate skin and a perfect body.
Blue eyes, long reddish-brown hair, carrying a handbag, holding Barry's hand, and a gentle smile on his face, listened to Barry's chatter as he introduced her to the upcoming pilot project.
"Ha, your nephew is a straight man."
Icarus took Merlin by the waist, and she said to Merlin:
"Look, his girlfriend is obviously impatient, and he's still talking... I really don't understand a woman's heart. ”
"Well, little Barry does have a little bit of that..."
Merlin shook his head as well.
He explains:
"But it wasn't his girlfriend, and if I guessed correctly, it was his sister, Joe. Officer West's daughter, the girl with whom she grew up, is a reporter for the Central City Daily. ”
"I saw her when she was a kid."
Merlin recalled the past, propped his hands on the railing, and said to the glasses lady beside him:
"She and Barry were both small at the time, but she was brave and would protect Barry... However, you may be right, the two of them are a little too close. ”
Merlin frowned and said:
"Are they sisters and brothers, but also lovers?"
"Wow, you nephew."
The glasses lady pushed the black-rimmed glasses on her face, and she said:
"It's amazing."
"Let's go, go down and meet him."
Merlin took Icarus's arm, he looked left and right, and said:
"Where's Frank?"
"The stupid dog took one look at the prototype and said that this thing was very backward, and then he was not interested."
The glasses lady walked down the stairs with great grace, and said to Merlin:
"I just saw her run away after a... Well, it's a heartthrob among dogs. ”
"Your dog is the same as you, Merlin, it's all so unserious."