Chapter XXXVIII
Jarvis projected the video from the S.H.I.E.L.D. database in front of Tony, and also projected the original video and related materials he found next to the video, and Tony only needed to switch between them with a single stroke.
"Thank you, Jarvis." Tony looked at the strange behavior of the characters in the video, combined with the information in the notes next to him, and slowly frowned, he was not surprised that there would be a religion related to mysterious forces on the earth, after all, if you really want to count, Thor is also a religious figure on the earth.
After waiting for the video to play, Tony put down the cup in his hand with a solemn expression, checked the relevant information prepared for him by Jarvis, and was even more dissatisfied after seeing the S.H.I.E.L.D. information that touched the statue might be controlled by it.
The last time Agent Barton was controlled by Luji, he was very afraid of this kind of mind control ability, after all, the current science has not proven the existence of the soul, and it is impossible to understand the existence of mind control, but S.H.I.E.L.D. actually began to study mind control again, which made Tony shake his head again and again.
"What does that super-controllable boiled egg want to do, to be Yuri of the new era?" Tony turned off the projection and leaned back on the sofa, he needed to think carefully about his next move, after all, Fury was the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he would definitely not be able to organize his research, even if it was clear now, the king of agents would have a big deal to transfer the research underground, and even Jarvis would have no way to monitor the progress of the research at that time.
After thinking for a long time, Tony was going to investigate the strange church first, although the people of S.H.I.E.L.D. had turned it upside down, but Tony felt that he still needed to investigate on the spot, maybe he would be able to get information that S.H.I.E.L.D. had not discovered.
The next morning, Tony prepares to head to the town known as Innsmouth, where it all started and where he will surely find the answer.
On this trip, he did not fly directly to his destination in a steel suit, but first flew to Boston by private jet, and then flew to Innsmouth in his sports car.
Innsmouth, a coastal town that was a shipbuilding port for its main export before it was abandoned, also had a fishing industry, and after the Anglo-American war in 1812, it gradually declined, and the townspeople began to believe in the strange evil god, and the church was built during that period.
Driving to Innsmouth, Tony was greeted by a pile of dilapidated houses, since a fire broke out in the town in twenty-seven years, all the townspeople were burned to death in the fire, the town has been completely silent, due to the remoteness of the town, no one came to claim relatives, and the local government has no intention of investing heavily in rebuilding, the town remained this way until Tony's arrival.
"Well, it looks like our marmots have been here before, so hopefully leave me some clues." Tony was not surprised to see the brand-new car tire marks on the dilapidated road, after all, he could think of this, and the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could not and could not have imagined it, but Tony had a lot of high-tech, and he believed that he could get some clues that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not find.
"Jarvis, what are the scans?" As Tony walked towards the interior of the town, he asked Jarvis, and for this exploration, he called the Stark Group's special satellite to scan Innsmouth, believing that the results would be available soon.
"Sir, a cavity has been detected in the middle of the town, with traces of man-made structures." Listening to Jarvis's report, Tony showed an interested look: "Very good, it seems that our expedition will be rewarded soon." ”
All the way into the town, Tony is constantly observing the wreckage of the town, "Jarvis, can you simulate the fire situation at that time?" ”
"Sir, simulations are underway, and twenty-seven years of time and human activity are being ruled out." Jarvis projected a simulated situation on Tony's lenses and reminded him loudly: "Sir, the simulation found that the fire was anomalous, and it is very likely that the flames were ignited from every building. ”
"Oh? In other words, it is very likely that this was a collective sacrifice of a cult? Tony came to this conclusion with a little thought, after all, the situation of flames rising from each house at the same time, excluding the natural conditions of accidents, only man-made remains, and if there is a criminal gang to commit the crime together, it also requires an extremely large criminal gang, not to mention that I have never heard of a criminal gang related to it for so many years, let's just say that this dilapidated town will cause it to be burned to death by a group of criminal gangs, and there is no one alive?
As a cultist who believes in that strange evil god, a more reasonable explanation can be drawn, that is, this group of cultists committed suicide collectively for unknown reasons.
However, these inferences are just Tony's speculations, and with the current intelligence support, Tony can only make the two most likely speculations, but Tony believes that the mysterious underground space must be hiding some secrets.
Walking to the center of the town, Tony looked at the ruins of the massive building directly across from him, and even with the naked eye, Tony could tell that the scale of this ruin was far larger than the other ruins along the way, and that was where the mayor lived.
"Sir, the underground space is just below the ruins of the building ahead, and the detector has scanned a hidden entrance." Jarvis presented a 3D projection of his scan in front of Tony's eyes, and marked the possible underground entrances detected by the system.
"Well, looks like I'm going to be a groundhog here." Tony shrugged and made his way to the spot Jarvis had marked, and with his steel arm in hand, Tony began to move the wreckage.
Since he didn't know if this exploration was safe, Tony had already arranged for Jarvis to manipulate the armor to follow him, so that it was convenient to integrate man and machine in a pinch, and when he needed help, it was also convenient to use some parts to help him move.
With the help of the Iron Suit, Tony quickly cleared out a clearing, using the thruster to clear the pitch-black ground slightly, and Tony raised his eyebrows slightly at the floor with an unknown pattern.
"Wow, looks like I'm lucky." Tony raised an eyebrow at the location, although the statue in the video was blurry, but the floor with a mysterious pattern must also be closely related to this expedition.
Sure enough, under Jarvis's further scanning, Tony used his steel arm to pry open the floor directly, since there has been a fire here, then the original mechanism is very likely to have been destroyed, Tony did not directly penetrate the floor, it is already for the sake of the mysterious power that it may exist.