Invincible Chapter 738

In the morning, the task briefing finally came.

The briefing turned out to be an officer, which was somewhat beyond Kane's expectations. On the contrary, the location of the briefing was set in the large cargo hold, which was very crude, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But at least half of the people are just the opposite of him, they are very fancy about the specifications, and think that the mission organizers are trying to build their prestige by doing this.

So someone jumped out to pretend to be compared, and someone who was on the side of the officer jumped out to slap the face. As a result, there were really a few brushes in the face-slapping one, and the face-slapping one couldn't be taken off cleanly. Plus a bunch of people watching the fun didn't think it was a big deal The persuasion eventually turned into tearing.

The joke was too vulgar, and Kane simply gave up his right to be a spectator and tinkered with his own gadgets, which looked like knitting sweaters...

Perhaps it was because of the ironic effect of this picture that in the final grouping, the two tearful players, as well as Kane, were all placed in Group B.

15 operatives, divided into two groups, Group B is 7 people, two of them are familiar with Kane, Oliver, and Moody, a hip-hop chatterbox, plus those two tearful, this is 5 people, and Two are twin sisters.

The twins are not bad, at least occupying a young age, that sentence is good, youth itself is beauty, not to mention that the two facial features are not bad, the problem is that the temperament is really unappetizing, bitter, and occupying This gloomy trait is not due to blood, but to practice some secret method, the skin is bruised, the lips are naturally black and purple, and the eye circles are also black and purple. Dressing up as a classic female ghost in white doesn't require makeup.

Even Kane, who always reminds himself not to judge people by appearances from time to time, felt upset when he saw these two, and said to himself: "If I have a dark force contract, I will accept you two as soul priests properly, now what?" , the attribute is not to mention the natural mutual restraint, it is almost the same, as far as it goes."

Talkative Moody is also a small complaint about this, but this one is outspoken, saying that Kane knits a sweater, but in general it gives people a good impression, and it is not annoying, and he can tolerate his nagging, it seems Personality is not bad, those two are really a bit of a stranger.

Kane said in his heart: "You still know that you have a nagging problem!?"

But how should I put it, sometimes there is no such a person and it is not lively.

How does Oliver say something? It sounds like he was born noble, and he puts it in a bad way. He always puts on aristocratic poses consciously or unconsciously, such as a reserved smile, a gentleman’s etiquette, etc. Not down-to-earth, but actually quite good at life.

And Kane,

I know myself, some stinky farts don't fit in with the group, seem to be careless about everything, and always give people the impression of 'watching your performance', which can be regarded as another kind of self-contained comparison attribute.

Only people like Moody, who can't feel the staring and alienation behind the seemingly peaceful, feel that Kane is very beneficial.

Therefore, there is such a person as a bond, and the three of them have the meaning of a small gang, while the two tearing ones always maintain a cockfighting posture, and even blame others a little bit, and the pair of sisters are like bad stars. The aura of bad people is suspected of destroying the atmosphere wherever it appears, and people hide as much as they can.

In any case, the assignment of team members has been finalized in this way, as for the content of the task briefing. At least in Kane's eyes lackluster.

The gatekeepers suddenly lost contact, and people don't know anything about the situation on Shino Island. What is there to say? For the specific content, you have to go to the island to understand the situation first. And what the action organizers can do is to find some reliable people and provide as much as possible good tools to make the activists more profitable.

The boat is deliberately chosen to leave the area of ​​Shino Island at dawn, because every 12 days, only one day at dawn is suitable for boats to enter and leave, and usually there are deadly vortexes and electromagnetic storms. This is also the reason why the ships were in a hurry, and the members of the operation team were asked to catch up with the ship by plane. If they can't catch up with today, it will take 12 days. God will know if Sino Island will really become Alcatraz Island by then.

Passing through the vortex circle of the storm, Shino Island appeared in people's field of vision. Theoretically, it was dawn, but it was still gloomy here, with no sunlight, and the dark clouds in the sky flowed away. Yes, even the white snow on the top is gray, and the dirty sea water is foaming, and the atmosphere is very ominous.

"It doesn't feel good. I don't like it. Is there a chance it will be sunny?" Moody asked.

Seeing no one answered, Kane said, "It's been said that this place is a bad place, so Myra built the evil prison here. I think this should be considered a good weather, at least there is no rain or snow."

Kane's crow's mouth has always been more effective. When they took the landing boat vehicle from the big ship and crossed the last section of water to land, the rain began to fall, the storm, the kind of lightning and thunder.

The landing boat vehicle is a kind of amphibious armored vehicle. Although it is wider and longer than ordinary armored vehicles, it is a small sampan in front of the sea. The wind is high and the waves are rough, so it is naturally bumpy.

Naturally, the group enjoying the turbulence was not in a good mood.

Moody began to complain again: "Didn't you say that there are people living here? There's not even a pier?"

This question was not answered until the car got on the shore and climbed a gentle slope. Where there was originally a pier, there was only a whirlpool with roaring turbid waves and amazing water force, as if there was a sea eye that went straight to the center of the earth below.

The port was also obviously affected. It may be that the rock plate has subsided. Anyway, the overall feeling is like a dustpan scooping up water. The whole is low-lying. Most of the houses and roads are half-soaked in water. , while the other three sides have obvious cliff sections.

"Let's go and have a look." Oliver suggested.

"You think it's all like this, there are still people there?" Elliott, one of the men with taunting hair and curly hair, curled his lips.

And the other guy, Cicero with brown hair and freckles, rarely said a word this time, apparently agreeing with Elliott's statement, and did not give up his IQ for the sake of confrontation.

As for the pair of ghost girls, they were wearing white cotton coats with fur collars and transparent resin ponchos. They were holding hands and floating with their feet not touching the ground. They were very eye-catching, but no one would ask them for advice.

In the end, it was Kane who smoothed things over: "We're not trying to find anything, but going there to shelter from the rain."

Well, this statement is easier for people to accept. After all, the big ship has not traveled far (go to another landing site to release the members of Group A), and they are so inaccessible. Parking to avoid the rain is a bit unreasonable. Always be careful. This is the basic knowledge of laziness.

So the landing boat entered the water-soaked port.

There was a small episode in this process. The port area was sunken, and three sides became cliffs, while the sea side was a vortex that swallowed the pier, which was very dangerous, so the landing boat had to jump off the cliff if it wanted to go down.

And even if you can jump down, what should you do if you want to come up later?

Moody volunteered to get out and fix the problem. Kane discovered that Moody turned out to be a road similar to that of the priest of the earth. It is not a problem to create a small area of ​​landslides. The cliff has become a gentle slope, and boats and vehicles can pass smoothly.

"Not bad!" Kane commented secretly. Moody's ability can be regarded as complementary to his. It would be even better if there is another supernatural person with water attributes. To be honest, the environment here is both sea and rain, which is a bit difficult for him.

"It's cold! It's cold!" Moody, who was drenched in the rain, began to show his chatterbox characteristics after returning to the car: "This is a place like this, it's winter again, why is it raining instead of snowing? Could it be because of the rain? Is the salt content too high?"

"It's not the salt content, it's the power of water. I suspect that the vortex on the pier is connected to the elemental plane of water." Kane snapped his fingers as he spoke, made a small fireball, and then bounced towards Moody like a marble.

After the small fireball touched Moody, it quickly spread around his body and clothing, causing the water vapor to rise.

Kane absorbed the water vapor and wrapped it with a thin layer of flame, forming two health balls to play with in his hands, while Moody recovered dry and warm all over.

"Wow, this hand is really convenient. So you are so good at playing with fire, so why is it so tightly wrapped?"

"Of course it is because casting spells is costly, and the main purpose of my spells is not to replace the stove."

The two chatted nonsense with questions and answers, and everyone else, including Oliver, looked sideways. Moody's ability is nothing more than Kane's, which is smooth and flowing, without the slightest smell of fireworks, and can be seen in the details. , This manual fire control is really powerful.

Since the group didn't plan to soak in seawater in the heavy rain to investigate the case, they naturally found a place that looked most comfortable to stay.

Landing boats and cars are fine, it’s not worth it for people to stand, and the place is better, so I chose the only hotel in the port area.

The downstairs bar+restaurant, the complex old hotel with guest rooms upstairs, was very popular hundreds of years ago, and in terms of popularity, it can be regarded as the core place of a town.

Now the first floor is soaked by sea water, people go directly to the second floor through the windows.

After entering, I found that it was also impossible to treat people, the humidity was too heavy, and the bedding and blankets were like clothes just taken out of the drying bucket. They were so damp that they could wet their hands, but they couldn't hold a drop of water. Got musty.

You know, if there is no fire here, it will still be very cold, and the cold will inhibit the growth of mold, which means that it is not a day or two that this place is left to dry.

Elliott said: "Don't worry about other things, the most urgent thing is to clean up a shelter." He said to Kane: "Handsome guy, throw the fire to get rid of the moisture."

Kane ignored the frivolity in Elliott's words, and responded: "You can call me Kevin, it's no problem to dehumidify, but many windows are damaged, and according to the current wind and rain irrigation method, it can't be dried for a few minutes. "

One of the ghost girls said at this moment: "You can leave this to us."

After speaking, the twins made eye contact, and then worked together to open a special curtain.

This curtain is like taking thick asphalt as chewing gum and blowing out the film, which is pitch black and has a translucent quality.

Kane's perception swept over, and immediately found that its characteristics were quite similar to the substance of the mud abyss, and his pupils shrank involuntarily.

"There is still something like this standing behind the Green mansion?"

Thinking about it again, I think it is reasonable. After all, it is a power that contains objects like the dial of the divine weapon and can drive quasi-demigods like the butcher as pawns. Even if it is the inheritance of the ancestors, it at least proves that it has a deep foundation and cultivated such ghost twins. No surprise there either.

Since someone took the initiative to stand up as a paper maker, there was nothing to say. Kane drove the flame wave to form hot air, which drove away the damp and cold like a hair dryer.

A pair of ghost girls plugged the gaps with viscous and sealed the broken windows with colloidal film. The stairway leading to the downstairs does not need to be dealt with, because the cold will not come from the stairway. How much came up.

Up to the current position, 4 people have contributed, and the remaining 3 are not doing anything.

Elliott can be regarded as Bomb Boy, the alien energy he is good at manipulating can attach to matter and then detonate. In particular, this kind of energy can be projected without having to be touched, so he is very suitable for demolition.

So Elliott blew a big gap in the door on the first floor of the hotel, so that the bar on the first floor could be used as a garage for landing boats. The main engine on the car can also be turned off, so there is no need to worry that the enhanced tide caused by the vortex will push the boat away.

And Oliver's customary extraordinary power turned out to be light, not sunlight, but the light of thunder. Therefore, the lighting technique he cast had an additional light bonus, and it was more arbitrary.

For example, he can create a cloud of light, not necessarily a ball of light or an inextinguishable flame. This kind of halo can exist for a long time, providing a soft blue-white light, which is no problem for lighting.

Of course, Kane believes that the power of Oliver's lightning magic is just as powerful.

Now only Cicero is left. The freckle-faced man said that he will be entrusted with the initial scouting of the port area. Wine, even canned fruit, canned luncheon meat and so on.

It turns out that Cicero's specialty is familiar control, which is a dimensional creature similar to a magic servant. It can't hold heavy objects, and the upper limit will not exceed 5 pounds. However, it is a flying unit and can even penetrate glass and crystal. This kind of transparent material can see the other side.

Cicero can control dozens of magic servants at the same time. With such a hard-working transport team, he can present a magical scene where things seem to be wrong.

So, in the small public hall on the second floor of the hotel, we set up a brazier, lit charcoal, sat around in armchairs, drank and ate canned food, chatted and farted, and waited for the rain to stop.

The cooperation has deepened mutual understanding and made the relationship a lot closer. Although Cicero and Eliot still turn away when they look at each other, they can talk occasionally, instead of just one If you open your mouth, the other will either not say anything, or you must target it if you say it.

What Kane noticed was that after the two ghost girls warmed up by the fire in a warm, dry and bright environment, they obviously didn't feel restless before. Obviously, although the twins are playing black, they are also very hurt because of it. They need the opposite force or environment to neutralize, mainly to appease the psychological shadow and panic.

If analyzed from this perspective, it seems reasonable to divide them into Group B, because he + Oliver is slightly equal to light and heat, which can stabilize the mental state of the two sisters without being too tense or even violently blackened.

People in Group B paid attention to each other, and everyone finally turned their curiosity to Kofi at this time.

Kane explained: "It's a puppet."

But this makes people more and more curious. After all, only from the outside, it is very rare that Kofi has reached the point of confusing the real.

But Kane refused to explain too much, but sat there and continued knitting, sometimes interjecting to chat with people.

Finally Moody couldn't help it, and asked, "What are you knitting? A scarf? Gloves?"

"No, the house."

"..." The explanation is unsuccessful, and the mystery +1.

Cicero did not prevaricate everyone, drank a few sips of moonshine wine (in the United States, moonshine wine refers to private wine, which began after the implementation of the Prohibition in 1920), and then directed the familiar to investigate.

As one might expect, the port area was empty, with no people at all.

To be honest, the entire port area is no longer suitable for people to live in. It has experienced ground subsidence, and it has also been continuously washed by strengthened tides. All of them are dilapidated buildings, that is, Kane and the others rely on their own abilities and can use them with peace of mind. , but also enjoy themselves.

There were no people, no corpses, no traces of fighting, such as shredded clothes, blood sacrifices splashed on walls or objects, traces of knives and axes, etc., nothing.

However, there is no trace of packing bags or packing biological materials.

According to common sense, even if you are fleeing for refuge, you still have to bring some change of clothes, at least some food, utensils for living and cooking, and tableware for serving meals, right?

Cicero searched around, but found no similar traces, as if following the subsidence surge, people left directly and never came back.

"It's weird!" Cicero told everyone about the situation, and finally they all agreed to report the truth.

So Cicero ordered the familiar to convey the news to the two soldiers in the boat, the driver and messenger, and brought some canned food and wine to the two.

Due to the stormy weather, lightning and thunder from time to time, the communication quality was poor, but relying on tireless repetition, the news was still transmitted to the big ship. The ship's reply was: Stand by on the spot.

Well, anyway, we are not cold, not hungry, and we don’t need to soak in the rain and sea water, so we can afford to wait and sit down.

As a result, Moody and the others were bored, so they studied the decorations here.

In Kane's eyes, the decoration here is very Cthulhu, gloomy, and reveals the characteristics of the ocean. The overall style makes people feel watery, even if it is dry and roasted.

Kane is not going to compare this place with the town of Innsmouth, but he knows that this place is indeed related to the Old Ones, and Cthulhu is the most likely.

Whether it is specific remains to be further observed. From dusk to before dawn, it is time to obtain evidence. If some typical features appear at that time, such as the mottled and swaying effect of the seabed caused by the refraction of sunlight by the sea, and the stretching of vines The shadow of a swaying tentacle.

Near noon, the rain stopped, but the dark clouds did not disperse, they just rose after releasing a lot of rain.

The wind also stopped quickly, but ice fog appeared on the water surface and the surrounding fields, somewhat like morning fog, neither high nor low, obstructing the vision.

Moody babbled again: "This place is really ominous."

Kane didn't speak, and looked at it for a while, then returned to the attic through the attic window, and then went down to the second floor to continue knitting his sweater.

Elliot and the others didn't come down in a hurry because they were bored. Hearing that the big boat would be brought over for adoption, he simply stood on the roof and waited.

And a pair of ghost girls never went up at all. They obviously like to stay in the light and heat environment. Kane even thinks that they are obsessed with it, although they still look dull and gloomy.

Thinking and suspicious people like Kane are inevitably interested in this phenomenon.

"Could it be that for the sake of cultivation, you are forced to stay in a dark and gloomy environment all the time, and taking into account the characteristics of letting go when you come out to do tasks?"

Kane's thinking is relatively open, and he won't be like some people, seeing the other party's superiority, and really feel that the other party's life is comfortable and enviable.

He felt that even if the pair of ghost girls had special blood, they would not be born so mournful. There must be a reason behind this. It may be that they voluntarily sacrificed something in exchange for strength, or they may be forced to form inertia. The performance in front of them, It is simply an instinctive display of a deep-seated desire.

If you think about it this way, this pair of ghost girls is not so disgusting, but rather pitiful.

Of course, it is difficult for a person like him to arouse deep emotions, and he will not run to offer courtship and draw closer just because of cheap sympathy. What's more, this compassion is still based on his own speculation, which has not been falsified.

At noon, another landing boat brought supplies to Group B, including a steaming lunch, as well as tents, moisture-proof pads, and camping lights.

This satisfied everyone, and realized that in-depth exploration was inevitable.

However, the new order has not been issued. According to the person who gave it to the caregiver, it seems that because Group A is still in the task state, the headquarters thinks that it is better to issue the next action order after there are specific results there. The specific person who gave it to the adopter is not clear, after all, it is not a high-level person.

Regarding the division of Group A and B, Kane also specifically asked Oliver, who was relatively well-informed. After all, the area where Group B landed was the only port on Sino Island, and it was not A, which was a bit strange.

Oliver said that another landing point is the starting point of the route used by the Atonement Sect to raid Shino Island and snatch the "Book of Sin". The organizer of this operation thinks that there is a greater possibility of a situation, so it is designated as A.

That is to say, the organizer suspects that the disappearance of the gatekeeper on Sino Island was caused by the atonement faction.

Kane deduced according to his ideas, and came to the conclusion that the organizer probably believed that the person who obtained the "Book of Sin" was trying to release the evil from the underground palace of Myra, so he came back here again.

If this is the case, it makes sense for the disappearance of the prisoners in Heishan Prison. The soul and flesh of the wicked are used for sacrifices to win the favor of evil people. It is probably because the wicked think that the zero and meat of the wicked can gather more negative energy, so it is more delicious.

But Kane himself had other ideas. There are three main doubts.

First of all, he personally entered the Black Mountain Prison and saw the scene of kidnapping prisoners, those ghost-like floating monsters, and even the way of entering and exiting the scene. possible.

To put it bluntly, he felt that the Redemption faction had a bigger plan than a monster from another dimension. Unless the so-called God is as mysterious as it is boasted, all the detainees in the Myradi Palace are god-level evils.

Secondly, this line of thinking cannot explain the purpose of ebony wood.

Since it is pursued and intercepted by multiple forces dominated by the benevolence faction, it is conceivable that economic blows must be included. After all, the most ruthless thing is to cut off food. If the economic chain is broken, the logistics will not be guaranteed, and the ending is self-evident.

According to the madness shown by the Atonement School, the Love School has probably succeeded in this aspect. Although the Atonement faction still has some strength in their hands, they are already pessimistic about the future, so they took the risk.

Given such a background, for the Atonement faction, every cent of the current money has to be spent wisely, and it is obviously unreliable to use smuggled ebony wood as a money-making project, because the cycle is long and the return of funds is slow.

On the other hand, even if it is to release the god of death, it does not need ebony wood. The application scope of that thing in the supernatural field is really very narrow. Kane does not believe that the redemption faction can use it to create a monument to the soul of the dead. With that skill, he would have swept the Transcendent circle a long time ago, and the benevolence faction he was fighting was called Dad. Besides, even if he had that skill, he probably wouldn’t be able to do it. Don’t forget that this is the home field of the old branch, and the rules are seriously skewed. To put it bluntly, those are all difficulties, and the chains that bind the immortals are not so easy to break.

In the end, when he came to Shino Island, he vaguely smelled the information of the old rulers. From the perspective of normal people, the main feature of this faction falling from top to bottom is four words: unreasonable. Don't expect them to hang shoulder to shoulder with the existence of other transcendental systems, and to be in harmony with each other. Torn force is their only eternal theme. Basically, they are torn with all other forces. If they don't have to be torn, then they will do it internally, such as Haas The brothers Ta and Cthulhu, even if they tear up with the ancient gods, they never forget to tear each other up. They are sealed, and they still want to tear up if they have the opportunity.

Combining the three doubts, Kane's approval of the inference that "the gatekeeper lost contact was done by the atonement faction" does not exceed 20%.

In other words, this game basically has nothing to do with the Atonement faction, even if it is involved, the Atonement faction is just a role like an introduction. Of course, this does not affect his enthusiasm for in-depth investigation of the incident. After all, the underground palace of Myra and the faint figure of the old branch are all factors that can tickle his itches.

This afternoon, the No. 3 landing boat brought another batch of supplies, this time mainly slave soldiers and coolies code-named 'Retinue'.

To put it simply, they are a simplified version of the Winter Soldier, not as strong as the Winter Soldier, mainly because they do not have the freedom of thinking that the Winter Soldier can independently plan and complete tasks. Their level is at most the level of a qualified soldier who obeys orders.

Those who control these followers are collars similar to dog chains. Take off the collars, it's time to let the wind go. Put them on, and you will be a soldier who obeys orders. The one who wears the collar is the master, which is convenient.

Kane speculated from everyone's reaction that this kind of fighter should be a valuable asset. Sure enough, Oliver told Kane that the price of this thing at the auction is generally more than 30 million green notes, and sometimes even 40 million, which is catching up with a newest heavy fighter.

Kane also understood one of the reasons why Oliver moved closer to him. As a puppet, Kofi is obviously a strong contender for the retinue. Behind the series of technologies is an astonishing wealth, and few people can calm down.

Overnight, all the extraordinary people in Group B became heavy fighter pilots, and Kane didn't shirk his share. He wanted to study in detail to see what level the relevant technology was. At present, it seems that these subordinates have all used drugs, and they are definitely not as powerful as his Extremis virus, but the selection of Extremis virus is somewhat cruel, and it is a waste of time in many cases, especially when dealing with ordinary targets, such as those pretending to be policemen the night before yesterday , or it is likely to be the police chaser, the kind that is similar to summoning the undead in the cemetery. Once awakened, there will be a large area, which is more cost-effective.

So in Kane's hand, there are low-end alchemy potions and even technology. A horizontal comparison can confirm the mainstream quality of extraordinary people in this world in this field.

In addition, it might be useful this time. If this is the old branch of ghosts, and it is Cthulhu, then most of them will encounter their family members deep divers. To put it bluntly, they are murlocs who are more human-like in shape.

Although they are called mythical creatures, it can be seriously assessed that the body composite index of most deep divers has not exceeded the limit of human beings. For this level of stuff, if it is just positive, the light infantry regular army of mortals can surpass It is absolutely wasteful to fight the desperate virus, and it is cost-effective to fight the undead army.

But he is not a dark contractor now, just think about immortality, but the stickman might as well think about it seriously. Although the lifespan of a stickman that resembles a human body spontaneously combusts is short, the explosive effect is very sturdy. Deep divers with obvious biological characteristics (emotions such as fear) do not have much advantage.

There is also a retinue, and there is no shortage of supplies, but the new action order has not been issued for a long time, which made some people in Group B have a bad association.

Oliver approached Kane, saying that the disaster might start, and he should make some preparations.

Kane naturally understood that Oliver was trying to attract supporters, and he would announce his plan in public only after he had some success.

Naturally, he has nothing to do with this. His 'sweater' is almost finished, and it can bring him more 'living' security than others can imagine. In terms of food and drink, he has long been prepared to live on this island for a few years. Not to starve to death.

In terms of combat power, I am also very confident. If I can’t fight, it’s okay to deal with it. The area of ​​Sino Island has caught up with Oahu Island in Hawaii, and the terrain is also changeable. There is no shortage of snow peaks, forests, plains, and swamps. Cats used it.

So his dependence on companions is very low. Of course, if the opponent is really the old branch, then these people still have considerable existence value, each of them is a barrier. After all, the attitude of the old branch to human beings is basically cruelty, and the specific priority is determined by curiosity.

Kane expressed his support for Oliver's plan for a rainy day. Moody has already been persuaded by Oliver. In addition, Oliver also won the consent of the ghost girl. I don't know what benefits he promised. Maybe he often throws a few lighting balls for him to play with?

Oliver was smart enough not to win over either Elliott or Cicero. The two are not in the bud. If you win over one side first, you will offend the other side. Like now, 5 votes to 2 votes, the two agree and oppose, It doesn't make much sense anymore.

But before Oliver had time to announce the plan in public, one of the soldiers in the landing boat came to report with a heavy and panicked face. The big ship was attacked by sea monsters and was sinking. The crew members were landing nearby to take refuge. They are also in trouble, and the headquarters hopes that Group B will go to the rescue.

Elliott had an annoyed constipated expression on his face, Cicero remained silent with a sullen face, Ghost Girl still looked mournful, Moody sighed, Oliver frowned, Kane looked at the vortex in the dock area, his heart ached. Said: "Tonight we will determine whether it is the old branch that caused the trouble, it seems that it is going to be ruined."...