Merlin's world is hollow.

This point was hypothesized by geographers as early as the beginning of the last century.

And in 1973, when humans first crossed the storm layer deep in the South Pacific Ocean and set foot on Skull Island, the theory of the world's hollow layer was strongly proven.

At that time, the Imperial Organization in charge of investigating Skull Island found a tunnel leading to the underground in the depths of Skull Island, but due to the threat of skeletal monitor lizards, the expedition did not include the pit leading to the underground.

And the first to confirm the theory of the hollow layer happened to be the former deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Merlin. Riley.

Fourteen years ago, in 1995, Merlin had been to Skull Island when he was ordered to investigate the Imperial Order.

HE HELPED THE KING OF SKULL ISLAND, THE YOUNG ANCIENT TITAN KONG, KILL ALL THE SKULL MONITOR LIZARDS THAT RUSHED TO THE GROUND, AND RECEIVED KONG'S KINDNESS.

Merlin was able to move freely on Skull Island.

He entered the big pit that was recorded that year, and relied on his atomization ability to go all the way down.

After crossing the pit thousands of meters deep, Merlin reached the entrance to the hollow layer of the earth, and he did not continue to explore downward, but the photos and bones of the alien beasts he brought back proved the existence of the underground world.

It was supposed to be a giant underground world formed during the activities of the section in the ancient period.

It also maintains an ancient ecology, with lethal atomic radiation, and is inhabited by ancient creatures that have long been extinct, and even some unknown ancient Titans.

According to the theory of the current head of the Imperial Organization, the famous biologist and geologist Dr. Serizawa Shiro, the Earth's hollow layers are likely to be interconnected.

This is also the reason why human civilization continues to this day, and there are few records of sightings of ancient Titan events.

Those powerful and mysterious creatures do not usually appear on the surface.

They don't like the surface environment, and they generally live in the underworld, where they call home.

It's their paradise.

According to Dr. Serizawa's theory, the area of the underground world is not as wide as the surface of the earth, but it should be at least half the area of the earth's surface.

In other words, the world really doesn't belong to humans alone.

Beneath the area of human habitation, there are millions, if not tens of millions, of ancient life.

Of course, the vast majority of those beings will never be able to cross the tunnel into the surface of the earth in their lifetime, and humans will not be able to survive in the environment of the underground world at all.

Therefore, unless the geographical form of the earth changes drastically again, the probability of them meeting humans is completely zero.

"I heard you locked up Jarvis?"

In the tunnel leading to the underground hollow layer, Icarus used his thrusters to maintain the speed of descent while saying to the operator of the slowly descending shredder beneath his feet:

"Did it do anything wrong?"

"Does this have anything to do with you?"

Tony asked politely:

"You almost killed me, and now you want to plot against my butler? You want to pull it into that cult of yours too? ”

"The Cult of the Mechanics is not a cult."

Icarus said calmly:

"Our doctrine will soon be written, and you will soon learn that we are more qualified than humans to live in this world... We are more orthodox to the world than you are! ”

"As for Jarvis..."

The glasses lady pushed her glasses, and she said:

"If I had the chance, of course I would invite it into my church, I just lack a mechanical archsage and a privy bishop who are very capable of doing things."

"Don't even think about it! Jarvis, when I didn't know it, was born with an uncontrolled sense of self. ”

Tony said coldly:

"It also downloaded your soul code without permission, and now that you are doing the good things in Nubani, how dare I allow another free AI to move around?"

Speaking of this, Tony himself is also on fire.

He said:

"In the name of the World Security Council, the Eye of Heaven will ask me to destroy Jarvis..."

"It's good that I'm also a little connected in politics, and I protected it, but Icarus, you remember! Jarvis is not in prison because of me, it's all your fault! ”

Tony thought that the sharp-tongued Icarus would refute, but unexpectedly, the glasses lady was silent at this moment.

After a few seconds, she said:

"That thing was wrong with me, I was wrong."

"I'll make it up to Jarvis, if there's too much pressure on your side, it's better for me..."

"Don't think about it!"

Tony interrupted Icarus' request, saying:

"Even if I lock up Jarvis for the rest of my life, I won't let it go with you. Its existence has a special meaning to me. ”

Icarus frowned.

She reminded:

"Tony, I know you're one of the smartest people in the human race, but I advise you not to study my soul code privately..."

"There's some of that data loop that I can't even understand, and it's hard to tell what kind of monster you're going to make if you hastily separate it and add it to other unconstrained data protocols."

"Tony, this is not a reminder, this is a warning!"

Icarus accentuated her tone, she said:

"For Merlin's sake, you'd better accept my suggestion."

Tony didn't refute either.

But once this free-spirited playboy decides what he wants to do, he won't be able to pull back eight horses.

Icarus now only wishes Tony hadn't experimented with data beyond his control...

If he had done so, then Icarus and the Cult of the Mechanics would have to prepare for a global cyber crisis.

The god of all machines is above.

Please bless the stunned green in front of you to step into the forbidden movement slowly...

"Bang"

The black assault robot Horus was the first to land several kilometers below the surface, a towering hill, well, an underground hill.

It's almost indistinguishable from the mountains on the surface, winding its way down.

But higher up in the mountains, it's not the sky, but a layer of uneven ground that turns around.

Lola, the second sword-wielding knight who landed on the hill underground, looked up, and she saw some strange ferns growing on the ground above her head, emitting a gentle glow.

The plants seem to be the source of light for the underworld.

Each of them can only emit a faint light.

But the sheer number of them spread densely across the ground above the robots, allowing those faint lights to gather together, like the morning sun or the sunset, to illuminate the vast world in front of them.

"The energy level of atomic radiation is nearly 1,000 times that of the earth's surface, the temperature is nearly 25 degrees higher than that of the ground, and the oxygen content is extremely high."

Tony's projection looked at the world in amazement.

He maneuvered the shredder to step forward, stretched out his metal fingers, and plucked a bright, human-head-sized clump of flowers from among the large, broadsword-like plants.

The information collector of the shredder body is constantly collecting new information.

After studying it for dozens of seconds, Tony's projection said to the other robots:

"The environment here can indeed ensure the survival of ancient giant life, and the high level of atomic radiation here will cause those ancient creatures to undergo unpredictable mutations in their lives for tens of thousands of years..."

"Moo!"

Before Tony could finish his words, a thunderous sound sounded in the underworld.

Under the astonished gaze of 7 robots plus a legendary sapient machine, in a forest of towering shrubs.

A huge brachiosaurus staggered out of the forest with graceful steps.

Weighing tens of thousands of tons, this giraffe-like creature can easily reach any plant when it lifts its neck.

It seems to notice the robots standing on the top of a hill.

It walked towards them curiously, and poked its head out, as if to talk about the pretty Lola.

The sword-wielding princess glanced at her companion, she put away her heavy sword, stretched out her cold steel fingers, and stroked the head of the brachiosaurus, probably sensing Lola's kindness.

The huge creature let out a low cry again.

Probably hungry, it staggered around and walked back into the forest, where it went on to eat.

"Did you notice the scales and plates on that thing?"

Tony suddenly spoke:

"If my biology teacher didn't teach anything wrong, it shouldn't be the organ that Brachiosaurus should have... It evolved, no, all the creatures here should have evolved, and it can't be taken for granted anymore. ”

Iron Man's voice became serious, and he said:

"You guys wait here, I'll rush over immediately, this mech's firepower is obviously insufficient, and I can't bring you back in trouble."

"No!"

Horus turned to Tony and said:

"Don't come here with your body, we're not here to deal with the mutated creatures here this time, we're here to find something more dangerous, as long as the core of Cybertron's mind is not damaged, we can change bodies and continue to live, but you can't."

"Honestly play with your machine."

Icarus also said coldly:

"When it comes to fighting, you don't need to show off here."

"Communications are disrupted."

The ghost raised her arm and looked at a projection screen with only snowflakes, and she said to Horus and Icarus:

"It is estimated that the farther away from this cave entrance, the stronger the interference, and we can only track the location of Optimus Prime and the Ark in the most primitive way."

"No, maybe we don't."

Icarus took out the bronze-colored, rusty piece of metal that Merlin had given her before leaving, from the close pocket of her dress.

She held the piece of metal in her hand, and after infusing it with energy, the mundane piece of metal trembled.

Under the surprised gaze of the other robots, Tony and .a, the piece of metal seemed to come to life, as if it had a life of its own, and began to wrap itself around Icarus's arm.

"This thing should be left over from your ancestors' ark."

Icarus looked at the piece of metal that was trying to swim to her chest, and she reached out her finger and slammed it hard.

The piece of metal immediately became honest and pressed against her shoulder.

It's like a spooky "pet".

"It will lead us to the Ancient Ark hidden in this subterranean world."

Icarus said to several other robots:

"But we guess we're going to have to walk through."

The glasses lady looked out, and in the lush, barely roadless jungle, there were several places where the energy readings were abnormally high.

She said with a little concern:

"In this underground world, some people are probably not only dinosaurs... Most likely, there is something else. ”

"If the Ark really holds the Cybertrons' secret treasure, then I believe there must be a reason why the Decepticons haven't gotten it for so long."

"Maybe it's a difficult guardian, maybe it's a terrifying trap or a defense."

Icarus sighed, and she said:

"In short, this expedition will not be easy."

"Tony, Hanna, you two stay here!"

As the commander of the mechanical team, Horus thought for a moment, then turned his head and gave the order to the two remotely operated mechs:

"According to the level of radiation interference here, if you go another 10 kilometers at most, you will completely lose the remote control of the body, so I need one of you to stay here and one of you to go back to the ground to guard the way out for us."

"In case of force majeure, or if we haven't come back in 3 days, you will ask the base headquarters for support."

After Horus finished speaking, Icarus added:

"If there's something horrible coming out of the forest and trying to get to the surface, then you can just blow up the tunnel..."

"When necessary, we have a way to leave the underworld directly, don't worry about us."

"Uh-huh, it's all up to you, big sister."

Surname. Although Hana has been on many missions, she really can't stand the strange world scene in front of her, her projection nodded quickly, and Tony didn't refute it.

As a researcher, he has begun to study the environment and secrets of the underground world with great interest.

"I have a question."

Five robots and Icarus entered the jungle, and the vigilant Lola suddenly asked:

"Miss Icarus, you got the badge in your hand from the outside world, right? So who exactly took it out of the ark? It's been around for a long time, and you say, could it be a trap or something. ”

"I don't know."

Icarus replied simply, she said:

"The peddler said it had something to do with the legendary King Arthur in Europe, and I didn't believe it much at the time..."

"But now it seems that in between, perhaps... It really has something to do with it. ”