Chapter 281: The Skuru Empire (3)
Runal Star, Golden Crown Plains.
Unlike the rest of the planet, this plain of more than 2,000 square kilometers remains mostly pristine and has lakes of all sizes.
Under the huge artificial light source in the orbit of the planet, whether it is a golf course-like grass or a flower-filled forest, it presents a wonderful idyllic scenery.
A majestic white castle with a distinctly religious style sits in the middle of the plain, and its intricate spired towers show a high level of artistic attainment.
This is the Duke of Brent's castle, which was founded by his ancestors 20,000 years ago and still retains its original appearance today, which is the glory and history of the family.
In the circular hall of the castle, Duke Brent, dressed in a white aristocratic tight-fitting robe and a gorgeous star beast cloak, was sitting upright on the throne, half-squinting his eyes and holding his cheek with one hand, looking at the staff members who were arguing below the hall.
"Although the Lady of Shabak is powerful, she has always followed the ancient feudal system of the empire, leaving a legacy of disaster from the beginning."
A staff member observed the Duke of Brent's reaction while explaining on a three-dimensional image, "The area ruled by her generals has been riddled with contradictions for thousands of years, which has led to the current situation of poor command. So I think we should carry out institutional reform at the right time. ”
"Pure nonsense!" Another staff member angrily accused: "With the empire's huge territory spanning two galaxies, what else can ensure the stability of the situation except the feudal system, do you want to learn from the Kree people to hand over their fate to an artificial intelligence..."
Seeing that the quarrel below was getting louder and louder, Duke Brent yawned and said, "You guys don't seem to have reached the point yet, does the empire need a king, or does it need a pope?" Which is more important, theocracy or kingship? ”
Seeing the nervous expressions of the staff members who were too nervous to speak, Duke Brent laughed, "A bunch of cowards who talk about it, get out of here!" ”
The staff withdrew from the hall one by one in fear, and the Duke of Brent also restrained his smile, his expression was neither sad nor joyful, and he looked at the sky firmly.
The chief dwarf of the Academy of Sciences, Mundir, walked out of the shadows, looked at the place where the staff had retreated, and said disdainfully: "These guys can't understand the meaning of this war after all. ”
Then, he bent down to Duke Brent, "The success of the Super Skrulls proves that our evolution is far from being limited, and I want to apply for a larger range of human experiments." ”
Duke Brent glanced at him, "It doesn't matter, but one thing you need to be clear is that what we're doing now is just a game in the eyes of those two. What they sent to Earth to find was nothing more than something that could break the shackles, and our only hope of survival was to find the World Shaper! ”
"My subordinates understand." There was a rare solemn expression on the dwarf Mundier's face.
"The Skrulls don't need gods!"
And as they spoke, on the towering dome of the hall, five Voidwalkers who had used Pym particles to become the size of ants and whose bodies were still blurring were suspended in the air, staring at Mundil intently.
…
On the outskirts of the Runar system, a spaceship belonging to the army's special forces suddenly jumped out of the void, and then flew towards Runar with blue flames at the end.
After only 45 minutes, the spacecraft came to a starport in orbit and slowly descended.
The Warlord Carter led his Super Skrull troops down from the spaceship, and several scientists immediately tested them under the protection of heavily armed soldiers, and only after seeing that the brain control and destruction system was still in place did they let the Super Skrulls go.
Several of Carter's men made obscene gestures to the scientists, and then hooked up with each other to have fun.
"Captain, thank you for saving me this time, I want to treat you to a drink." A team member with a constant glint in his eyes said respectfully to Carter.
"Go ahead, I have something to do." Carter smiled slightly, and then strode towards the observation deck in Star Harbor.
"What a disappointment!" Another member of the team snorted.
"Don't say that." The Super Skrull, whose eyes sparkled with electricity, said, "I always feel that the captain is preoccupied. ”
"What do you want to do so much, we are just weapons, we don't need to think..."The other team members left in groups after some persuasion.
Not long after Carter left, he put a signal jammer around his neck and turned left and right to the slightly old observation deck.
Under the special light rendering, the stars of the universe here seem to be closer to each other, showing the vast magnificence.
An old Skrull soldier in a tall military uniform was facing away from him, looking out the window.
Carter walked up to look out the window with him, "This is an opportunity to find 'hope.'" ”
"We can't be 100% sure it's in the Golden Crown Plains." The old Skuru soldier said with a sigh.
"We've waited too long!" Carter turned sharply to stare at the old soldier: "Generations have died with dreams, but in exchange for hopeless waiting, in this situation, no matter which side of them wins, the Skrulls will continue to have a serious and tragic fate, I will not allow it!" ”
"What if that interstellar powerhouse named Li Mo doesn't attack the Golden Crown Plains?" The old soldier asked rhetorically.
"He doesn't have a choice." Carthus turned his head to look out the window, a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"We... Again, no..."
After coming down from the observation deck, Carthus did not stay too long and took a small airship directly to the Golden Crown Plain.
Without permission, even as the captain of his Super Skrrull, he was unable to enter the Golden Crown Castle, and could only wait near a small ancient bridge.
Carter stood there in the most standard military posture, but his eyes glanced at the verdant lawn and the blue lake beside him, intentionally or unintentionally.
He knew very well what a terrible murderous motive was hidden under this peaceful idyllic landscape, because too many friends had died here, and he had also gone from a hot-blooded boy to a taciturn soldier.
While Carthus was pondering, a bitheistic priest in a golden-white robe walked from not far away and nodded to him in a friendly manner.
Carter knew that this guy, the Bishop of the Cult of Twin Gods on Runar Star, Credinore, although he seemed to be indifferent, had no less influence than Duke Brent, and was also one of the enemies of their organization.
What is this guy here for?
Although his mind was full of doubts, Carter nodded expressionlessly, avoiding one side.
Not long after, a nearby lawn suddenly opened to the sides, and a hoverrobot flew out, and a strange electronic voice sounded: "Captain Carter, please come with me." ”
Carter didn't speak, and followed the robot through a forest to a yellow pyramid-shaped building. The dwarf scientist Mundil is waiting for him there.
Mundir's shrill voice sounded, "Through intelligent calculation, that guy named Li Mo is likely to have come to Runar Star, we have mobilized enough defense forces, the key problem is not to know where those guys are hiding..."
Although Carter listened to Mundil's nagging on the surface, his heart was full of turbulent waves.
Not because of Li Mo's news, but because of the pyramid-shaped building in front of him.
It was the entrance to the Academy of Sciences, hidden deep underground, and he had only been there once when he was undergoing the transformation. On top of that, after countless people have inferred, what they want most is hidden deep here.
Seeing Carter's appearance, a strange smile appeared on the corner of Mondir's mouth, "Whether they want to save people or take revenge, they will definitely enter the Academy of Sciences in the end, and your task will be to protect this place, come with me." ”
After saying that, he turned his head and walked in through an entrance that suddenly appeared under the pyramid, and Carter quietly licked his lips, which were already a little dry, and strode to follow.
Behind the entrance is a metal corridor that slopes downward, and the various rings and geometric energy pathways emit a pale green glow that seems to never come to an end.
After walking more than ten meters, Carter felt that something was wrong, this was not the entrance he had been to before. Just as he frowned, Mondil suddenly turned his head and laughed wickedly, "You've been tricked! ”
Carter immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and just as he clenched his fists and was about to attack, the passage behind him suddenly emitted a stream of powerful particles, and several screams came from behind.
Not talking about me!
Carter was relieved and quickly turned his head.
In his line of sight, five men in strange armor grew and shrunk in size, their bodies alternating between fantasy and reality as if they were flashing. It seems to want to escape, but it is bound by a powerful stream of particles and cannot move.
It was the Void Walker sent by Li Mo.
Despite their powerful stealth technology, they stumbled upon one of the Skrull's premier Frankenos.
"Phase technology, mass-volume conversion technology," Mundil laughed happily, "It's very advanced equipment, but you shouldn't do spectral testing on me." Come, let me see where you are spies..."
The five Voidwalkers had all been Hydra's spies, and although Li Mo didn't know, they had all mentioned what to do in such a situation when they were trained.
They looked at each other and unanimously initiated a self-disclosure procedure to prevent technology and intelligence leakage.
"Stop them!"
Mondil's eyes widened, and he screamed loudly.
Carter ignored it, and directly protected himself and Mondil with an energy force field.
Boom boom...
A series of explosions completely destroyed this section of the metal channel, and the smoke cleared, but Karter and Mundil under the energy force field were unharmed.
Facing Mondil's fierce eyes, Carter said expressionlessly: "Time is too late, it is important to save your life." ”
Mundil stared at him for a while, then began to look around at the blew up passage, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he ran over on his little short legs and picked up a piece of brain tissue, "Haha, it can still be used!" ”
Carter frowned as he watched the dwarf scientist run into the back passage with his brain tissue in his arms.
After passing through an elevator-like portal, they came to a large laboratory, where a team of Skrull guards was already waiting.
Looking at these guys who were either full of fire or had abnormal bodies, Carter's heart sank, and a new team of Super Skrulls had been created.
Ignoring Carter's surprise, Mundil placed the dead Voidwalker on a metal platform, and muttered to himself while carrying out a busy operation: "Quantum energy channel construction, neuronal signal simulation... All right! ”
In Carter's gaze, under the illumination of several particle beams, the brain tissue that was still fresh slowly floated, and the beams repaired and virtually constructed the rest of the parts, and soon a brain composed of lasers appeared.
Later, during Mondil's operation, an image of the Voidwalker appeared on a 3D screen, from entering the passage to self-detonating to following the clues to the Golden Crown Plains, constantly playing against time.
In just a few minutes, it seemed that due to the gradual deactivation of brain tissue, the image began to become unstable, and Mondil sped up in a hurry, and finally saw Li Mo's hiding place before the image collapsed.
"Xinggang warehousing and logistics area in District 13!"
Mondil chuckled, "Inform the guards there... No, they just scare the snake. Mobilize the ships of the military department, and you all follow! ”
The Super Skrulls turned and quickly left, and Carter hesitated to follow, but suddenly Mondil's voice sounded behind him.
"Carter, don't let those guys run away..."
"Don't worry." Carthus turned around and said with a blank face, "They can't run..."
…
Inside the Starport warehouse No. 13.
The Void Walker had closed the remote quantum communication channel for safety reasons, so Li Mo didn't know that his subordinates had hung up, and he was still waiting patiently in the warehouse.
All of them did not speak, their eyes closed to recuperate and prepare for the next move.
At this moment, a slight noise suddenly came from the ground of the warehouse in the distance.
"Someone's coming!"
Li Mo, who felt the most sensitive, immediately reminded him, and everyone stood up and prepared for battle.
As they watched, an iron plate on the ground was suddenly pushed open, and a Skrull, wearing a cloak and something like a night vision device, crawled out of it.
Steve took off his big shield and was about to throw it over, when the guy shouted: "Is it Mr. Li Mo, you are exposed, come with me!" ”
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Li Mo, but Li Mo frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”
"There's no time, the spy you sent is dead, they're already around here." The guy said anxiously, "When you get to a safe place, I'll give you an explanation!" ”
Li Mo didn't answer immediately, his eyes suddenly turned into a black starry sky, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth after looking at this guy's past, "Interesting, let's go." ”
After speaking, he took the lead in entering the tunnel, and the others who were confused followed helplessly...
Three minutes later, with a bang, the top of the warehouse was shattered by a thick laser, and several ships floating in the sky pointed their guns here, and a pair of Super Skrulls fell from the sky.
"There's nothing here." Carter reported to Mondil on the communicator with a blank face.
"Rubbish!" The dwarf scientist scolded fiercely, but after hanging up the communication, a strange smile appeared on his face...