Lotus goes missing, taking the Mind Stone with him.

On the way back to Apostle Island, Luke listened to Christina describe the whole process. Lotus climbed into the lab, opened his mouth to swallow the Mind Stone being studied on the bench, and burrowed into the vent.

Vents connect to the ground part of the island, and in the surveillance footage, Lotus is last seen on the streets of the empty residential area. The footage shows Lotus climbing onto the beach and disappearing into the waves.

"Did it say anything when it left?" Luke asked, sitting on the soft seat of the plane, frowning.

"No, I don't." Christina replied.

Luke wasn't sure what Lotus was trying to do. He has seen some clues from Lotus's recent somewhat unusual performance. But he didn't think much of it at the time. He believed that Lotus would not do anything that would endanger him.

Because of the existence of the system, as the host and guide of the system, he and Lotus advance and retreat together. Unless the system is gone.

Thinking of this, Luke immediately tried to call the system, and then quickly brought up the system interface.

System storage space, normal. System store, normal. and the latest Geboga mission, which is still there. No abnormalities were found overall, and everything was normal.

Luke's eyes were fixed on the new assignment.

"Lotus suddenly asked me to collect the Reality Stone and reward the Geboga Blueprint, and it seems that the reason must be related to his disappearance. What the hell is this guy up to? What does he want to do with the Soul Stone and the Reality Stone? ”

Luke's concern is that Lotus wants to go crazy again, such as using the Mind Stone to enhance his mind control.

After all, Lotus has a criminal record, and the first few times he woke up, the chaos caused by his mental fluctuations has not been completely smoothed out until now. And the scope of influence is getting bigger and bigger every time.

For the first time, Lotus woke up and put millions of people in Queens, New York, into a coma at the same time, creating a mysterious lethargy in Queens. The boiled egg was present at the time, and it was suspected that Professor Charles had a problem with the X-Men.

After all, this kind of large-scale mental attack is under the impression that only a mutant of Charles's level can do it.

The second time was in the fierce battle of the Zetarian invasion, Rotus, who had been sleeping for many days, suddenly woke up, and his powerful spiritual power swept across the entire east coast of the United States in an instant. On the battlefield, there was no distinction between friend and foe, and everyone was affected and could not move.

Luke takes the opportunity to kill Proxima Centauri in the Night. This mind control also seems to have contributed to the Hydra riot. Luke didn't know what the hydras had seen, because he couldn't see it, and Lotus couldn't affect him alone.

Afterwards he asked Lotus, who simply said that it was spreading the glory of the apostles.

"The first time it affected Queens, New York, and the second time it directly affected the entire East Coast of the United States, according to this growth gradient, if the third time happens, with the blessing of the Soul Stone, I am afraid it will be on a global scale."

Luke couldn't help but think about this possibility, which made him feel a little complicated.

"Is Lotus going to use this to swoon all mankind? It's really like this guy's troublesome style......"

Luke knew that if this did happen, it would obviously be a global catastrophe!

He suddenly found himself in an awkward position.

Did he help Lotus or stop Rotus?

According to his status as a host, he has a common interest, and he should help Lotus to continue to spread the glory of the apostles. In exchange for the resources provided by the system, he can survive in this god-like Marvel world.

But psychologically, Luke can't get over this hurdle.

If that's what he thinks, then Lotus is a bit out of bounds this time. This is already beyond his bottom line.

Luke is not a, and what he has done in the past proves that he is a person who dares to be lawless and go his own way when he has power. But he is still part of humanity.

In doing so, Lotus is bound to cause a large number of human deaths. Far more devastating than the millions of people in Queens who fell asleep at the same time. It's no different from the massacre of human beings.

"You have to find this guy quickly, why didn't you discuss it with me in advance? Or is this guy for some other purpose? Luke thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't guess what Lotus meant, so he could only sigh weakly.

Halfway through, Luke contacts Boiled Egg and offers to borrow all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reconnaissance satellites.

Of course, the boiled egg refused to agree. Then Luke only said: "I have my reasons, it is a matter of life and death for many people, since you trust me, then make a gesture of your trust." ”

After about five minutes, Agent Hill sent several strings of passwords.

These codes are the control codes that S.H.I.E.L.D. has placed on dozens of satellites around the world. These state-of-the-art satellites can clearly photograph an ant crawling on the ground in low-Earth orbit.

Luke hands over all the satellites to Christina to take control. Christina quickly wrote an algorithm to find Lotus in the waters near Apostle Island.

In the end, nothing came of it.

"The host, there is no sign of Lotus near the island or on the sea. It should be below the surface of the sea. ”

"That's the problem." Luke had a headache.

Lotus is the overlord of the sea among the apostles, and of course it is as flat as it is in the sea, and it is possible to go as deep as possible.

Luke couldn't help but think that when he decided to buy a piece of land for development, and Lotus encouraged him to buy an island, could it be that Lotus had planned this step at that time?

As soon as Luke thought of this, he couldn't help but scold: "Mother Xipi, when I get it back, I promise to invite the whole island to eat octopus balls!" ”

Then he ordered: "Assistant, keep looking, expand the search area." In addition, design a miniature submersible that requires deep-sea diving and high-definition shooting capabilities. Interceptor aircraft factories are manufactured at full speed in unlimited quantities. Since you can't find it on the sea, go to the sea and search. ”

"Understood. Prepare now. ”

By the time the plane carrying Luke and Haddeski landed on the island, the submersibles had been released into the sea like a school of tropical fish, and then dispersed to dive to the bottom of the sea in search of Lotus.

Tens of thousands of captured images are simply impossible tasks if they are analyzed only manually. Christina mobilized a supercomputer to analyze the footage sent back from the sea.

However, after several hours had passed, Lotus had still not been found.

"This guy is actually hiding? Is it not wanted for me to find it? Luke said helplessly. That's the only way to think about it.

Luke propped his hands on a tactical display with a dense array of floating cursors, each representing a miniature submersible. At this time, the search range has exceeded 30 nautical miles. With Rotes' small size, it would have been impossible to swim so far in such a short time.

Luke frowned in thought, and Christina informed him that the Hardy father and daughter wanted to see him. Luke sighed and told Christina to keep looking. Now he has no hope of finding Roots.

"Let's hope this guy has a bit of measure." Luke muttered. In this regard, he did not hold out a trace of hope.

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