"Look me in the eye."
In the makeshift tent, Merlin looked at the crazy Hydra, who lifted the guy's face and removed Icarus and cast the Soul Charm.When Merlin enters the spirit of this hydra, he finds that this guy's memories are almost completely shattered.It's like being shattered by some kind of force.And with the passage of time, this guy's memory is quickly being filled with other strange things, that strange power is not malicious, but it is obviously not something that these ordinary people of Hydra can bear.Merlin looked through the fragments of memory that were scattered and no longer arranged in a linear order, and soon he found what he wanted to see.A picture of memory unfolded before Merlin's eyes.The guy was running around a somewhat dilapidated building with a couple of men, as if someone was after them.This should be a memory of the time when the liquidation operation was underway.The men were chased so badly that they had to go down the stairs and finally rushed into the basement of the building, which was supposed to have been built during the Soviet era, with a military installation design concept, and the basement was very wide, like an air-raid shelter.The hydras were running wildly in the darkness, and they came to a locked door in the basement, where several people were discussing something fiercely, and they seemed to hesitate, but in the end, several people agreed.They smashed the door of the locked room with their hammers and rushed inside.The fellow, who was being looked through Merlin's memories, looked up and saw a wall, and on that wall, carved with the words of the ancient Cree, it was a huge system, that huge image, those strange lines and circles of words were written all over the wall.The last scene of this memory image is when this guy looks up at the words left by the ancient Krees, and the next moment, the memory is shattered."
Those words...", even if it was just from memory, Merlin was disturbed by the mental level when he used the memories of this crazy guy to read those words, and that thing was like Agent Mike said, like a source of pollution, it could be transmitted with the help of the human mind, like rubbing.However, this slight disturbance was not a big problem for Merlin, like a faint wave on the surface of the sea, unable to break away a solid reef."
These stupid guys have opened a door that shouldn't be opened."
Merlin ended the Dementor Curse, and he watched as the guy whose memory had been read rolled in pain on the ground with his head clutched, but there was no mercy in his eyes.He said to Mike: "They released what was behind the door, it was very descriptive, and it spread by the mind of any life that saw it, like a plague of the mind, but it was not malicious in itself. ”"There's no doubt it's a dangerous 084 item, containment procedures are to be initiated immediately, Mike."
Merlin said: "Gather those infected agents, according to my current guess, as long as they don't see the words with their own eyes, they won't fall into hopeless madness, but those 'plagues' that remain on their mental level may take a while to calm down, in short, the people who protect us." ”"Also, the building where the Belarusian branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. is located," Merlin looked at Mike, and asked in a low voice, "Is it called the Todorov Building?"
”"Uh, it seems to be.""
It seems like it was the name it had in the former Soviet Union, and now it's got a new name," Mike said.Any questions?
Sir. ”"No, there's no problem."
Merlin said, "You guys prepare the containment procedures first...
I'll go and have a look in that building. ”————————————— Merlin lied just now.The building in which the Belarusian branch is located, the Todorov building, is not a meaningless thing, in fact, this is not the first time Merlin has heard the name of this building.He had crossed paths with this building a long time ago, before Merlin had gone into the real world as much as he did now.But that was a long time ago, so long ago that Merlin himself had forgotten about it.In the distorted light, his figure appeared on the roof of the evacuated Todorov building.The building is really dilapidated, it was built during the Soviet era, but it is still in use, and there are other companies renting other floors in the building in addition to the Belarusian branch of S.H.I.E.L.D.But they don't know that in the basement of this building, to be exact, in a certain house that looks like a utility room in the basement of D5, there are some hidden secrets."
Barbie?
Did you get out of this building?
”Merlin asked over the communicator, and a few seconds later, Agent Barbie's tired voice came, "I was evacuated 15 minutes ago, sir, but I have a headache right now, hell, there's something weird in that building, it's constantly rubbing into my mind some weird images, those lines, circles...
Fragmented, I couldn't understand these things at all. ”"But it's better now, sir."
Barbie said: "It seems that the farther away it is, the weaker the influence of that power becomes, and I am much better now than before, just now I couldn't control my hands and wanted to draw those pictures in my mind...
It's terrible. ”"yes, I see.""
Mike is preparing for containment procedures, it may take a little while, and you guys continue to cordon off this building from a safe distance and don't let anyone approach it," Merlin said.I'll go and see for myself what is hidden. ”“OK。”
Agent Barbie hung up the comms, and in the evening light, Merlin stood on the roof of the building, the corners of his clothes blown by the wind, he stretched out his hand, and a cold object appeared in his palm.It was a broken, notched metal key, and even stained with rust.And on the key, engraved a line of words in Russian."
Todorov Building, Underground D5 Block."
This key was summoned by Merlin when he tried the monkey version of the Wishing Charm for the second time, and that was many years ago, and the monkey version of the Wishing Charm was found by Merlin in the Great Library of the Magical Congress, and it was an extremely unreliable, flying spell variant magic.It claims to grant all of the caster's wishes, but in reality, releasing this monkey version of the wishing spell according to the caster's heart's wishes often brings something very strange and exaggerated.Merlin used it three times.For the first time, the Wishing Charm brings the lonely Merlin the original underwear of the Mercenary Butterfly.The second time, the Wishing Charm brought Merlin the key that made him look confused at the time.The third time, the Wishing Charm simply brought the orange cat Gollum, who had already run to the stars, back to Merlin.This fully illustrates the unreliability of that magic, and as Merlin grows stronger, he rarely needs to use luck to help him anymore, so that magic is forgotten.But now it seems that this seemingly simple and funny magic is not simple...
The key in Merlin's hand is proof of this.The key was undoubtedly used to open the locked basement door of the building, even though the lock had been broken by the madman Hydra."
So, what are those words?"
Merlin looked up at the stars above him, he clenched the key in his hand, and whispered, "Is all this also in your plan?"
”A few minutes later, Merlin was in the basement of the building, D5, which was quiet, quiet and a little panicked, and the darkness around him in the dim, flickering halo of incandescent lamps seemed to have a life of its own, as if they were tumbling and trying to devour everything that entered it.But that's just an illusion.There was nothing here, Merlin could feel it, there was no magic at all, not even a Groundbound Spirit, and it was much cleaner than even the Trident Building.He walked silently through the darkness, shadows gathering around him, like a long shadow, like a cloak.Merlin came to the locked door, the lock that should have been smashed by the hydra, but strangely restored to its original state, the old-fashioned lock was also rusty.Merlin looked at the lock in front of him, he took a deep breath, added several shields to himself, and the magic to stabilize his spirit, then reached out and inserted the nicked key into the lock.The perfect fit.Merlin twisted the key, and the dilapidated door opened inward, and he took a step forward into the room.He looked up at the wall in the room.The huge image of those lines and circles is like a complete system, and there must be some secret in it, but probably because Merlin came in with a key, the strange power attached to these words behaved calmly in front of him, and did not take the initiative to attack it.It's peaceful and incredible.Merlin stepped forward, and he looked at the notches on the wall, as if they had been painted."
Icarus, shoot."
Merlin spoke, then reached out and stroked the scratch, each line carved exactly the same depth on the wall, without any pause, as if it were a stroke.The scratch felt new, like a work of art that had just been completed, but Merlin could feel that it was very old.These scratches have existed for a longer period of time, including the existence of this wall, which is older than this building, and it is not even ruled out that the purpose of the former Soviets to build this building may have been to cover up the existence of this scratched wall.But...
What exactly is it?
Icarus' database contains samples of the Cree script, but the problem is that the script used by the Cree today is very different from the more cuneiform-like language they used in ancient times, and more importantly, the image itself must have been encrypted in some special way, otherwise the words would not have been connected into such a regular picture.Just as Merlin had finished reading the scratches on the walls and the unrecognizable words of the Ancient Kree, the closed loop of magic on his right arm, which had been going on for years, suddenly dissipated at this moment.The sudden, free feeling that no longer hindered the operation of the magic, made Merlin blink in surprise.The closed loop of magic on his arm represents the parchment he made with the parchment, the "debt" that Merlin owes.Over the years, every time Merlin asked for Parchment's help, that weird thing would induce Merlin to do something really damn down, but it would occasionally get Merlin to do something serious.One of them has been delayed for a long, long time."
Continue to explore the secrets of the 'infinite formula'."
Merlin still remembered this request made by the parchment, and now, without preparation, or even cluelessness, this "debt" of his was so inexplicably completed."
So, this...
This is the legendary infinite formula?
”Merlin rubbed his chin as he looked at the ancient Cree writing on the wall in front of him, and he whispered, "This is the full version of those incomplete notches on the surface of the Inhuman Obelisk?"
”"The key to a perfect life—" Merlin muttered, then took out his notebook, and cast a transcription spell on the pen he had with him, which seemed to be held by an invisible hand, and began to copy the drawings on the wall in the notebook, and after a few minutes, Merlin put away the notebook, and took one last look at the notations on the wall, he turned and opened the door, and walked out."
Mike, Barbie, I've done a preliminary job on this containment object, change the containment method, this thing can't be moved."
Merlin said to his subordinates over the communicator: "Inform the agents of the Belarusian branch that they can go to work tomorrow as usual, but you two stay here, temporarily seal off the underground D5 area, re-cordon it with military-standard reinforced concrete, and set up an observation post here." ”"This place is codenamed 05084-1, and the secrecy level is set to level 8...
No, level 9. ”Merlin advised: "05084-1 is almost the most mysterious unknown object we contain, so you must be cautious, I will discuss the specific process with you later, and report this matter to Coulson, and ask him to suspend all the things at hand and take direct responsibility for this matter." ”"Yes, sir."
Agent Barbie responded, and Merlin hung up, turned and drew his wand, casting several sealing spells on the closed door.After doing all this, he found a random door in the basement, then used the key to the secret room to enter the secret room, and walked straight to the parchment placed on the wooden shelf by the fireplace.He spread out the parchment and wrote, "I've found the formula for infinity, but I'm curious, what is it?"
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