Chapter 774
As the sun slowly sets, the moon rises little by little, and the sea breeze from the Atlantic Ocean sweeps across San Juan with its characteristic fishy smell, and most of the attractions fall silent. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test
This castle near the demon outpost was deserted earlier than other attractions, unless it was a 'risking (death) home that had nothing to do, and the locals were reluctant to approach this demon sentry during the day.
Therefore, the frequency of drones coming and going is faster, if not just in case, the energy-intensive optical stealth function can be turned off to save energy and increase the continuous working time of drones.
The excavation lasted four hours before it was completed, with a break of more than an hour in between, because the drone that dropped the metal reinforcement tunnel suddenly lost its signal at a depth of 100 meters.
Stark, who has been experimenting but is also paying attention here, was slightly stunned, Greer's 'prediction' yesterday came true, and the underground city did block the signal, which meant that Jarvis's role was greatly reduced, and he had to find another way.
In the end, a relay station was built in the tunnel with wires, and the drone was barely allowed to continue working, and the tunnel excavation work was finally completed, but this was only the beginning.
The drone returns to the miniature submarine to recharge, while the unmanned submarine turns around and heads in the direction it came, ready to return to the new Avengers base to await a second delivery mission.
Daisy also set up a satellite signal transceiver in the past few hours to enhance the signal from Stark's industrial communications satellite, so as to prevent the submarine from returning and causing communication with Stark to be interrupted.
Greer removed the laser cutter and mounted a traction rack wrapped around a 150-meter-long wire rope above the tunnel, carrying a backpack full of various small instruments, and then connected the wire rope to the WIA shirt and jumped into the brightly lit tunnel.
The fixtures that hold the tunnels in place, each with lights, make the tunnels no longer dark, but bright, until the underground city at the bottom, when it is submerged into darkness again, looking like a wide open mouth, waiting for food to arrive.
"I'm going down." Grell checked the headphones, nodded at Daisy, and then started the traction machine, so that the wire rope fell at a speed of one meter per second, Daisy didn't bother to look at the communicator, lying on the edge of the tunnel, looking at the slowly falling Greel.
Stark, who was far away in Manhattan, also put down the analysis work of alien metal, raised his head, and looked at the holographic projection in front of him, Greer's figure was gradually shrinking, and finally became a point that could hardly be distinguished by the naked eye.
"I've arrived." Greer's voice sounded in the communication channel, which made the two people on the ground breathe a sigh of relief, after all, there were cases of drones suddenly losing contact before, and they were really afraid that people would have an accident if they went down.
Otherwise, a group of parasites will not be able to leave offspring, and will only control or devour the place.
Grell shook his head and shook the thought out of his mind, no matter who he was, it was all a matter of ancient times, and it was the key to focus on the present and the future, and solve the underground city.
"Leave that alone, and see where Mr. Stark's drone is." Grell shifted the conversation to this mission and stopped talking about Inhumans, which was a bad deal and didn't have time to worry about it for the time being.
"Hmm," Daisy pulled out her phone, tapped the screen a few times, and said, "Five minutes to go." ”
"Do you still have time, do you want a glass of San Juan?" Greer pointed to a small roadside shop on the right, selling a local concocted drink, named San Juan, with coconut syrup and guava syrup as the main ingredients.
"Yes, you finally know how to take the initiative to order something." Daisy was very 'pleased' and patted Grell on the shoulder, this boy who used to go out on a date and only say, 'You can do it, you can do it', has finally upgraded to take the initiative to buy some snacks.
"When you have more experience and reach the level, your skills will be activated." As he spoke, Greer walked over with two cups of 'San Juan' and handed Daisy one, and the two sat down in their chairs, savoring slowly, waiting for the arrival of the drone, and occasionally saying a few words about the Inhumans.
There is no way to rest assured, Jia Ying's performance in Attilan is terrifying, and he didn't hesitate to detonate so many bombs in the sealed city, it's crazy, aren't you really afraid of blowing up Attillan?
This trip to Attilan was a real eye-opener, as Daisy saw a different side of her mother and Grell gained insight.
The so-called rule is stable, but it has not yet been tested by the crisis, the Black Bolt King has ruled Attilan for so long, and he has been overturned when he said that he was overturned, except for a few of Attillan's inhumans, most of the others just sighed a few times, and went to receive the food distributed by Jia Ying.
For the people at the bottom, they don't care who the person in that position is, they only care if the person who goes up can bring them benefits, and this applies to any situation.
Pushing himself and others, Grell realized that after becoming a supreme mage, he didn't do anything for Kama Taj, teaching mages is the responsibility of Kama Taj's mages, maintaining the temple and protective net are the three guardians, and he stays in Kama Taj for very little time, which is why the dragon in Teresa Castle can bring a sense of existence.
It can be said that his position as a supreme mage is almost like mud, all supported by the eye of Agamotto and the residual power of the ancient one, and can be pushed down with a little force, not to mention that there is a poisonous snake hidden inside Kama Taj: Casillas.
This guy is Kama Taj's version of Maximus, and if he has the chance, he will definitely do something, and if he does it, it will be a big deal, the kind that can pull the boss down, Maximus got the Black Bolt King, and Casillas also killed the ancient mage.
Whether the Black Bolt King is too stupid not to know about Maximus' problem is still up for consideration, but the Ancient One mage with the Eye of Agamotto should know about Casillas' problem, so why not deal with it?
No matter how you think about it, I think it was the ancient one mage who left it to Strange and the two, so that he could use it, after all, a newcomer who had only been in Kama Taj for a short time, suddenly became the CEO of the company, and he didn't have the best results, how to convince the public.
As a result, Strange held the eye of Agamotto and used his superb negotiation skills to persuade Dormammu to retreat, thus securing the position of the Supreme Mage in one fell swoop. If the Ancient One Mage, who had guarded the earth for a long time, hadn't arranged all this, would he have left with peace of mind?
Following Daisy to the beach, Greer was thinking about Kama Taj, although he had already decided to wait for Strange to grow up and give him the position of Supreme Mage, but now there was no Eye of Agamotto to negotiate with him, so Casillas must not be allowed to destroy the temple so that Dormammu had a chance to invade.
"Look for an opportunity to deal with Casillas." Greer has a decision in his heart, and at present, there are two ways, either to find an opportunity to solve him outside, but the sequelae are very big, if it is found out, there will be a big problem, and he can't say 'I see the future, he is a traitor to Kama Taj'.
Hey, it seems like a solution.
Thinking wildly, Stark's drone delivery, which had crossed a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers, reached the sea off Puerto Rico and was flying towards the location of the two of them.
Wearing sunglasses, short sleeves, and backpacks, Greer and Daisy slowly walked along the narrow brick road to the north of the castle of Cape Saint-Philip, and along the narrow walls that neither of them could turn around, into a watchtower jutting out into the sea.
As old as the castle, but more famous than the castle, Daisy has seen a lot of stories about this watchtower in San Juan's online community, and is known locally as the Dark Patronus of La Garita, which means the watchpost of demons.
From the natives, to the Spaniards, to the British, to the Americans, the castle has changed owners several times, but the legend of the demon's sentry has not changed, and the guards who stand guard inside have either disappeared for no reason, killed each other, or died extremely miserable.
After a few accidents, no one dared to enter, and then the change of technology and warfare methods made the castle and sentry ineffective, and the place was abandoned, and there were no soldiers stationed for a long time, so it became a ghost and strange among the local people.
After listening to the relevant information that Daisy searched for, Grell only had this evaluation: "It sounds weird." ”
If you don't know that there is an alien city below, then this is an ordinary local legend, where there are not a few haunted houses, the existence of haunted houses just proves that this place has a long history and the existence of old houses.
You can contact the underground alien city, and this sentry is located just above a vent, then there is a theory, it is likely to be related to the underground alien city, which is also the purpose of Greer's here, for large-scale search and exploration, to collect enough information.
After reading these forum stories, Daisy's little face was full of worry, and she turned her head to look at Greel, who was still observing the watchtower, and asked, "Nothing will happen, right?" ”
She was a little scared, she was like this last time in London, the two had a good date, but they went to an old house, and they were directly transported to the dark Heim Underworld, where they almost died; Pushing it further, it was to follow Thor to see a hammer, and then he was inexplicably teleported to Asgard, and...
There are too many precedents, which makes Daisy quite worried about whether there will be something wrong with this.
"Don't worry, it's okay," Grell comforted his frightened girlfriend before explaining, "Actually, I can roughly guess that the reason why these guards are missing or going crazy may be that they have come into contact with the runes of the Kree." ”
"Runes?"
"Hmm," Grell nodded, and introduced, "Asgard's weapon has also added similar runes, which greatly enhance the wielder's strength by stimulating negative emotions in the warrior's heart, but if the will is not firm, it will go crazy or lose control, so Asgard destroyed such a weapon that hurt others and himself after the end of the conquest of the Nine Realms." ”
Daisy nodded knowingly and said, "So you guess this underground city has something similar?" ”
"Actually, this is normal, humans will also give stimulants to soldiers to refresh their minds, so..."
Grell didn't say anything more about 404, because Daisy had already understood that it was just a refreshing thing for a strong alien, and that a weak human might lead to insanity, rushing into the close sea, or going berserk and fighting her teammates as enemies.
However, in the Age of Discovery, where science and technology were not developed, human beings could not detect and did not understand, so they let the ghosts and demons take the blame.
As dusk approached, and there were few tourists, Grell and Daisy easily crept into their long-abandoned sentry post, and Daisy raised her hand to shatter the rusty locks, her proficiency in abilities to the point of being handy.
Ignoring the warning signs, I pushed open the iron door and went down the spiral staircase into the spacious cave below, where no one visited for an unknown amount of time, leaving the ground dusty, but not full of cobwebs, insects and ants.
Dozens of drones flew in in line, put the materials on the ground, and then took off again, went to the surface, and moved the equipment in the miniature submarine one by one, without two people at all, not even the box had to be opened, it was automatically turned on, networked, and then Jarvis controlled everything.
The first to run was three palm-sized holographic projectors, emitting soft light and condensing into a bust of Stark, who was still busy in the laboratory, and said without raising his head: "Aren't you going to go shopping again?" I heard that the scenery there is good, which is very suitable for tourism and leisure. ”
"Complete the task first, then continue dating." Grell quickly took out the laser cutting device, and under the guidance of Jarvis, placed it directly above the tallest building in the underground city, activated the instrument, and began to cut the thick stone slab and the dirt and rock layers below.
They had to dig a tunnel more than 100 meters deep before they could touch the tallest building in the underground city, and then use this building as the starting point, through the tunnels that extend in all directions, explore the surrounding buildings, and gradually expand to the entire underground city.
Two large boxes of Ark reactors power the laser cutters, whether rock or dirt, to be lost in an instant, and the depth of the tunnel increases over time.
Drones are working hard, going back and forth between miniature submarines and sentry posts, transporting one after another devices to strengthen the tunnel, and then the drones are put down layer by layer, stretched out, and supported the rock wall to prevent the tunnel from collapsing.
After all, the Atlantic Ocean is just a few meters away, and once it penetrates the water, not only will the tunnel collapse, but even the underground city will be submerged.
In order to prevent this from happening, Stark spent more than ten hours and hundreds of tons of alloy to create a set of tunnel reinforcement devices to replace the rock walls, support the tunnels, and can be nested within each other to prevent water permeability, so to speak, the preparation work is done to the extreme.