In the morning, the mission briefing finally arrived.

It turned out to be an officer who was giving the briefing, which was somewhat unexpected by Kane. On the contrary, the briefing location was set in the large cargo hold, which was very simple, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

And at least half of the people are the opposite of him, very optimistic about the specifications, thinking that the task organizer is doing this, and he is in Liwei.

So some people jumped out to pretend to compare, and some people who stood on the side of the officer jumped out and slapped their faces, but there were really a few brushes for pretending to be compared, and the slapping of the face could not be taken down cleanly.

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

Perhaps because the picture is so ironic, that in the final grouping, the two tearing men, as well as Kane, were placed in Group B.

15 operatives, divided into two groups, Group B is 7 people, two of them Kane is more familiar, Oliver, and hip-hop chatter Moody, plus the two tearing ones, this is 5 people, and two are twin sisters.

The twins are okay, at least they are young, that sentence is good, youth itself is beautiful, not to mention that these two facial features and figures are not bad, the problem is that the temperament is really unappetizing, bitter, and occupies a gloomy character, and it is not the reason for the bloodline, or what secret method is practiced, the skin is bruised, the lips are naturally black and purple, and the eye circles are also black and purple, always with a wooden face, expressionless, black hair and shawl, and no makeup is required to dress up as a classic female ghost in white.

Even Kane, who always reminds himself from time to time, is upset when he sees these two, and says: "If I have the Dark Force Contract and properly accept you two as soul priests, now, not to mention the attributes, it's almost the same, how far and as far as it goes." ”

Moody, who is talkative, is also a small complaint, this one is straightforward, and he said that Kane knits sweaters a little girly, but in general, it gives people a good feeling, which makes people annoying, and can tolerate his chatter, and it doesn't seem to have a bad personality, so those two are really a bit of a nobody.

Kane said to himself, "You still know that you have a problem with chatter!?"

But how to put it, sometimes it's not lively when there is no such person.

What do you say about Oliver, at best, it's 'born noble', and if it's hard to say, it's 'with its own pretend attributes', and he always consciously or unconsciously puts an aristocratic Pose, such as a reserved smile, gentleman's etiquette or something, a little ungrounded, but in fact he is still more good at being a person.

And Kane, who knows himself, is a bit of a stinky fart who doesn't fit in, seems to be unconcerned about everything, and always gives people the impression of 'watching you perform', which can be regarded as another attribute that comes with pretending.

It's only Moody's who doesn't feel the kind of contempt and alienation behind the seeming peace, so he thinks Kane is quite good.

Therefore, there is such a person as a bond, the three of them have the meaning of a small gang, and the two tearing ones have always maintained a cockfighting posture, and even a little angry with others, and the pair of sisters are even more mildew-like, with their own halo of decay, and they are suspected of destroying the atmosphere wherever they appear, and people can hide.

In any case, the assignment of the team members was finalized, as for the content of the mission briefing. At least in Kane's opinion, lackluster.

The Gatekeepers suddenly lost contact, and nothing is known about the situation on Sinoe Island. What is there to say about this? The specific content will be discussed after going to the island to understand the situation. What the action organizers can do is to find some reliable people and provide excellent utensils as much as possible to make the actors more successful.

The ships were deliberately chosen to separate their entry into the area of Sinoe Island at dawn, because every 12 days, only one day of dawn, was suitable for ships to enter and exit, and it was usually a deadly whirlpool and electromagnetic storm. This is also the reason why the ships are in a hurry, and the various members of the action team are allowed to chase the ship by plane, if they can't catch up with today, it will take 12 days to know if Sinoe Island has really become Alcatraz Island when the sky knows.

Through the storm whirlpool, Sino Island is presented in people's field of vision, theoretically it is already dawn, but here is still gloomy, no daylight, dark clouds in the sky flow away, occasionally electric snakes across the sky, reflecting the heaven and earth, the island is dark and dreary, even the top of the snow, it also looks gray, the dirty sea water is foaming, the atmosphere is very ominous.

"It doesn't feel good, I don't like it, is it possible that it will be sunny on this day?" Moody asked.

Seeing that no one answered, Kane said, "They all said that this is a badland, so Myra built a prison here." I think it should have been good weather, at least it didn't rain or snow. ”

Kane's crow's beak had always been more effective, and by the time they landed on the landing boat across the last stretch of water from the big boat, the rain began to fall, and the storm came, and lightning and thunder roared.

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

The group of people who enjoyed this bump was naturally not in a good mood.

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

The answer to this question was not until the car came ashore and climbed a gentle slope, where the original pier was originally a wharf, only a large whirlpool of turbid waves roaring and the water of astonishing potential, as if there was a sea eye that went straight to the center of the earth.

The port has also been obviously affected, probably the rock subsidence has occurred, anyway, the overall feeling is like a dustpan scooping water, the whole is low-lying, most of the houses, roads, are half soaked in the water, and the other three sides, there are obvious cliff sections.

"Let's go check it out. Oliver proposed.

"Do you think that's the case, and there's anyone there?" said Eliot, a blonde curly-haired man with a squeeze of the men.

And the other man who tore the man, the brown-haired freckled face Cicero, was rarely silent this time, obviously agreeing with Elliot's statement and not giving up his IQ for the sake of confrontation.

As for the pair of ghost girls, they are wearing white cotton clothes with fur collars on the inside, covered with transparent resin ponchos on the outside, holding them in their hands, and their feet are suspended without touching the ground, which is very eye-catching, but no one will ask them for advice.

In the end, it was Kane who played the round: "We didn't try to find anything, we went there to take 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 field to put Group A members), and they just can't get in, stop and avoid the rain, it's a bit unreasonable, always have to be interesting, this is the basic knowledge of laziness.

So the landing boat entered the waterlogged port.

In the process, there was a small episode, the port area subsided, three sides became cliffs, and the other side of the sea was a whirlpool that swallowed the wharf, 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, what if you want to come up later?

Moody's volunteered to get out of the car and solve the problem. Kane found that Moody was a road similar to that of the Earth Priests, and it was not a problem to make a small area collapse, and the cliff became a gentle slope, and boats and vehicles could pass smoothly.

"It's okay!" Kane commented secretly. Moody's abilities are more complementary to him, and it would be even better if there was another water-biased ability, to be honest, the environment here is sea and rain, which is a bit bitter for him.

"It's cold, it's cold!" Moody, who was drenched in the rain, returned to the car and began to show the characteristics of chatterbox: "It's all this kind of place, it's winter again, why is it not snowing, but raining? Is it because the salt content in the rain is too high?"

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

When the small fireball touched Moody's, it quickly spread around his body and clothing, causing it to rise.

Kane collected the vapor and wrapped it in a thin layer of flame, forming two health balls to play with in his hands, while Moody was dry and warm.

"Wow, this hand is really convenient, it turns out that you play so well, so why is it so tightly wrapped?"

"Of course, because spell casting costs money, and the main purpose of my spells is not to replace the furnace. ”

The two of them chatted nonsense one by one, and others, including Oliver, were a little sideways, and Moody's ability was just that, Kane's, flowing water, without the slightest smell of fireworks, and he was in control of the details, and this hand control of fire was really powerful.

Since the group was not going to soak in the sea water in the heavy rain to investigate the case, they naturally found a place that seemed most comfortable to stay.

Forget about the landing boat, people are not worth it, and the place is more than one, so I chose the only hotel in the port area.

The downstairs bar + restaurant, the kind of compound old hotel with rooms upstairs, was very popular hundreds of years ago, and in terms of popularity, it is the core place of a town.

Now the first floor is soaked in seawater, and people go directly to the second floor through the window.

When I went in, I found that I couldn't treat people either, the dampness was too heavy, the bedding and blankets were like clothes that had just been fished out of the dry bucket, and the damp hands could be wet, but I couldn't hold a drop of water, and there was a musty smell.

You know, if there is no fire here, it is still very cold, and the cold will inhibit the growth of mold, which means that this place is just empty for a day or two.

Elliot said, "Don't worry about anything else, it's imperative to pack up a place to live." He said to Kane, "Handsome guy, shake the fire to get rid of the moisture." ”

Kane ignored the frivolity of Elliot's words and responded, "You can call me Kevin, it's no problem to get wet, but many windows are broken, and according to the current wind and rain irrigation method, it won't dry for a few minutes." ”

One of the ghost girls spoke at this time: "You can leave this to us." ”

As he spoke, the twins made a brief eye contact, and then worked together to open a special curtain.

The curtain is like chewing gum with thick asphalt, blowing out the film, which is pitch black and translucent.

Kane's perception swept over, and he immediately found that his characteristics were quite similar to the substance of the Silt Abyss, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

"There's something like this standing behind the Green Mansion?"

After thinking about it again, I think it is reasonable, after all, it is a force that contains objects like artifact dials, and can drive quasi-demigods like butchers as pawns, even if it is the inheritance of the ancestors, it at least proves that the heritage is profound, and it is not surprising to cultivate such nether twins.

Since someone has taken the initiative to stand up as a pastemaker, there is nothing to say, Kane drives the flame wave to form a hot wind, like a hair dryer to drive away all the dampness and cold.

A pair of ghost girls plugged the gaps with sticky materials and sealed the broken windows with gelatinous film, and the staircase opening leading downstairs did not need to be treated, because the cold and heat rose, and the cold did not come up from the staircase much.

So far, there are already 4 people who have contributed, and the remaining 3 are not good to do nothing.

Elliot can be seen as the Bomb Kid, a manipulative xenomorph energy that can attach to matter and then detonate. In particular, this kind of energy can be projected without having to be contacted, so he is very suitable for demolition.

So Elliot blew a big hole in the door of the first floor of the inn, so that the bar on the first floor could be used as a garage for the landing boat. The main engine on the car can also be turned off, so you don't have to worry about the enhanced tide caused by the whirlpool pushing the car away.

Oliver's usual supernatural power turned out to be light, not sunlight, but the light of thunder, so the illumination he casts has an additional light bonus, and is more freewheeling.

For example, he can create clouds of light, not necessarily balls of light or flames, which can exist for a long time, providing a soft blue-and-white glow that is perfectly fine for lighting.

Of course, Kane believed that Oliver used it to activate lightning magic, and the power was just as strong.

Cicero was left now, and the freckled face said that he had given him the task of initially reconnoitring the port area, and before he could get any work, he had shown his hand and got a lot of bottled wine from the first floor of the soaked water, and even canned fruit, canned luncheon meat, and so on.

It turns out that Cicero's specialty is demon control, which is a dimensional creature similar to a magical servant, which can't hold any heavy objects, and the upper limit will not exceed 5 pounds, but it is a flying unit, and it can even penetrate transparent substances such as glass and crystal.

Cicero can control dozens of magical servants at the same time, and with such a hard-working carrying team, he can present a magical scene as if he is not in the same situation.

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

The collaboration deepened the understanding of each other, and also made the relationship a lot closer, although Cicero and Elliot still turn their eyes away when they look at each other, but they can occasionally talk, and they will no longer just open their mouths, and the other will either not say anything, or they must be targeted.

Kane noticed that the two ghost girls, after roasting in a warm, dry and bright environment, obviously did not have the previous fidgeting. Obviously, although the twins are playing black, they are also very hurt because of it, and need the opposite force or environment to neutralize it, mainly to calm the psychological shadow and panic.

If analyzed from this point of view, it seems very reasonable to divide them into group B, because he + Oliver, which is slightly equal to light and heat, can stabilize the mental state of the sisters, without being too tense or even violent and black.

The people in Group B were paying attention to each other, and everyone finally turned their curiosity to Kofi.

Kane explained, "It's a puppet." ”

But this makes people more and more curious, after all, from the outside, Coffey has reached the point of being fake, which is very rare.

But Kane didn't want to explain too much, instead sat there and continued to knit sweaters, sometimes interjecting to talk to people.

Moody finally couldn't help it and asked, "What are you knitting?"

"No, the house. ”

Unsuccessful explanation of "......", +1 Mystery.

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

As one might expect, the port area was empty, and there was no one at all.

To tell the truth, the entire port area is no longer suitable for human habitation, it has experienced subsidence, and it has been constantly washed by the strengthened tides, and all of them are dilapidated houses, that is, Kane, who relies on their skills, can use them with peace of mind, and enjoy themselves.

There were no people, no corpses, no signs of fighting, such as broken clothes, blood sacrifices splashed on walls or objects, traces of knives and axes, etc.

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

According to common sense, even if you go out to escape, you have to get a change of clothes, at least some food, as well as utensils for daily cooking, and tableware for rice, right?

Cicero searched around, but found no similar traces, as if the earth had fallen and the tide had left and never returned.

"It's weird!" Cicero told everyone about the situation, and finally unanimously agreed, and reported it truthfully.

Cicero then ordered the messenger to deliver the news to the two soldiers in the car, the driver and communicator, and to bring them some canned food and wine.

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

Well, anyway, we are not cold, we are not hungry, we don't need to soak in the rain, we can afford to wait, and we can sit.

As a result, Moody's they got bored, so they studied the décor here.

In Kane's eyes, the décor is very Cthulhu, gloomy, and has a maritime character, and the overall style makes people feel greasy, even if it is very dry and roasted.

Kane wasn't going to compare this to Innsmouth, but he knew it did have ties to the Old Dominators, and Cthulhu was the most likely.

Whether it is or not, it remains to be seen further, the beginning of dusk and the end of dawn is the time for the collection of evidence, and if there are some typical features at that time, such as the dappled swaying effect caused by the refraction of sunlight by the seawater, and the tentacle shadows of vines stretching and rolling.

Towards noon, the rain stopped, but the dark clouds did not disperse, but only after releasing a large amount of rain, it rose.

The wind also stopped quickly, but the water surface and the four fields were covered with ice and mist, some like morning mist, neither high nor low, obstructing the view.

Moody's chattered again: "This place is really ominous. ”

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

Elliot: They didn't rush down because they were bored. When I heard that the big ship would send me supplies, I simply stood on the roof and waited.

The ghost girls, on the other hand, had never been up at all, and they clearly enjoyed being in the heat and light, and Kane even felt that they were obsessed with it, even though they still looked blank and gloomy.

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

"Is it for the sake of cultivation, forced to be in a dark and gloomy environment all the time, and to come out to do tasks takes into account the characteristics of letting go of the wind?"

Kane's thinking is still relatively broad-minded, and he will not look at the other party's superiority like some people, and really feel that the other party's life is comfortable and enviable.

He felt that even if this pair of ghost girls had a special bloodline, they would not be born so lost, there must be a reason behind this, it may be that they voluntarily sacrificed something in exchange for strength, or they may have been forced to form inertia, and the performance in front of them is completely an instinctive display of the deep desire in their hearts.

If you think about it this way, this pair of ghost sisters is not so disgusting, but a little pitiful.

Of course, it is already difficult for a person like him to arouse deep emotions, and he will not run to take the initiative to offer hospitality and close the distance because of cheap sympathy. What's more, this mercy is still based on his own speculation, and it has not been falsified.

At noon, another landing boat brought supplies to Group B, including a steaming lunch, tents, moisture pads, camping lights, and other equipment.

This satisfied everyone and realized that it was inevitable to explore further.

However, the new order was not issued, and according to the person who sent it, it seemed that because Group A was still in a mission state, the command thought that it would be better to wait for the specific results to be issued before issuing the next action order. The specific person who gave it to him is not clear, after all, it is not a high-level person.

As for the division of Group AB, Kane also specially asked the relatively well-informed Oliver, after all, the area where Group B landed is the only port on Sinoe Island, and it is not A, which is a bit strange.

Oliver said that the other landing point was the starting point of the route used by the Atonement Faction to raid Sinoe Island and loot the Book of Sin. The organizers of this operation thought that there was a greater possibility of a situation there, so they set it as A.

In other words, the organizers suspect that the loss of contact with the gatekeeper on Sinoe Island is a ghost by the Atonements.

Kane followed his line of thought and came to the conclusion that the organizers probably thought that the man who had obtained the Book of Evil was trying to free the evil from the palace of Myladi, and returned here.

If this is the case, the disappearance of the prisoners in the Black Mountain Prison can also make sense, the spirit and flesh of the wicked are used to sacrifice and win the favor of evil things. It is likely that the evil creatures feel that the Zero and Flesh of the wicked can gather more negative energy, so it is more delicious.

But Kane had other ideas of his own. There are three main suspicions.

First of all, he personally entered the Black Mountain Prison and saw the scene of kidnapping prisoners, those ghostly floating monsters, and even the way they appeared and exited, the force was not low, it was not like it needed the support of evil creatures, and it was more likely to hunt and use it.

To put it bluntly, he felt that the Atonement Faction was planning something bigger, not as simple as a monster from another dimension. Unless the so-called God is really as mysterious as he boasts, the people imprisoned in the Myradi Palace are all god-level evil creatures.

Secondly, this idea does not explain the use of ebony wood.

Since it is surrounded and intercepted by many forces dominated by the benevolent faction, it is conceivable that it will inevitably include economic blows. After all, the most ruthless thing is to cut off grain, and if the economic chain is broken, logistics will not be guaranteed, and the outcome is self-evident.

And according to the madness of the Atonementists, the Charity have mostly succeeded in this regard. Although the Atonement Sect still has some power in its hands, it is no longer optimistic about the future, so it is reckless.

Since this is the background, then for the Atonement Faction, every cent of the current money has to be spent on the blade, and it is obviously unreliable to take the 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 you release the Grim Reaper, you can't use ebony wood, the application scope of that thing in the transcendent realm is really very narrow, Kane doesn't believe that the Atonement Sect has a way to use it to build the Necromantic Soul Monument, if you really have that technology, you will have swept the transcendent circle a long time ago, and the benevolent faction that fights is called Dad, and even if there is that technology, most of them will not work, don't forget that this is the home of the old branch, and the law is seriously tilted, for other transcendent factions, it is all a series of difficulties, and the bundle of immortal locks is not so easy to break.

Finally, after arriving on Sino Island, he vaguely smelled a message from the old Dominators. From the perspective of a normal person, the main characteristic of this faction falling from above is four words: unreasonable. Don't expect them to hook up with the existence of other transcendent systems, and tear them up, tearing is their only eternal theme, basically tearing with all other forces, if they don't tear up, they will tear themselves internally, such as the brothers Hasta and Cthulhu, even if they tear with the ancient gods, they don't forget to tear each other, they are sealed, and they still have to tear if they have the opportunity.

The three major suspicions are combined, and Kane's approval of the inference that 'the gatekeeper's loss of contact was done by the Atonementists' is no more than 20%.

In other words, this bureau basically has nothing to do with the Atonements, even if it is implicated, and the Atonementers are just characters like introductions. Of course, this did not affect his enthusiasm for in-depth investigation of the incident, after all, the Mailadi Palace and the vague figure of the old branch were all elements that could tickle him.

In the afternoon of that day, the No. 3 vehicle of the landing boat brought another batch of provisions, this time mainly slave soldiers and coolies codenamed 'Hu Cong'.

To put it simply, they are the simplified version of the Winter Soldiers, not as strong as the Winter Soldiers, mainly because they do not have the freedom of thought of the Winter Soldiers to independently plan and complete the task, and their degree is at most the level of qualified soldiers who obey orders.

Controlling these subordinates is a collar similar to a dog chain, taking off the collar, it is the time to let the wind go, and wearing it is a soldier who obeys orders, and the one who wears the collar is the master, which is convenient.

Kane speculated from the reaction of the crowd that this kind of warrior should be a valuable asset. Sure enough, Oliver told Kane that the price of this thing at auction is generally more than 30 million green bills, and sometimes even 40 million, which is just up to the latest heavy fighter.

Kane also understood one of the reasons why Oliver moved closer to him. As a puppet, Coffey is obviously a strong contender for Hu Zun, and behind the series of technologies represents an astonishing amount of wealth, and few people can be calm.

Overnight, all the Extraordinaries in Group B became heavy fighter pilots, and Kane didn't shirk his share, he wanted to study it carefully to see what level of relevant skills was. At present, it seems that these servants have all been medicated, and they are definitely not as powerful as his desperate virus, but the selection of the desperate virus is somewhat cruel, and it is a bit wasteful in many cases, especially against ordinary targets, such as those who pretended to be police the night before, or are likely to be police chasers, similar to summoning the undead in a cemetery, and it is a large piece as soon as it wakes up, which is more cost-effective.

Therefore, in Kane's hands, there are low-end alchemy potions, and even technology, and horizontal comparison can confirm the mainstream success of the world's transcendents in this field.

Also, I can't use it this time. If this is the old branch ghost and it is Cthulhu, then it is likely to encounter its family deep divers, to put it bluntly, fishmen who are more human-oriented.

Although it is called a mythical creature, it can be seriously evaluated, most deep divers, their body comprehensive index, does not exceed the limit of human beings by much, this level of goods, just head-on, mortal light infantry regular army, can beat it all over the ground to find teeth, on the desperate virus is definitely a waste, the undead army is cost-effective.

But he's not a dark contractor now, just think about it if he doesn't die or something, the stickman might as well seriously consider it, although the lifespan of the stickman like the spontaneous combustion of the human body is short, but the explosive effect is very strong, in comparison, the deep diver who has obvious biological characteristics (fear and other emotions) in the mental aspect does not have much advantage.

There is also a servant, and there is no shortage of provisions, but the new action order has not been issued for a long time, which makes some people in Group B have bad associations.

Oliver approached Kane and said that the calamity might start and that he should be prepared.

Kane naturally understands that Oliver is pulling supporters, and after he has some success, he will announce his intention in public.

He is naturally indispensable to this, his 'sweater' is almost finished, which can bring him the guarantee of 'housing' beyond the imagination of others, and he has been prepared for food and drink, and he will not starve to death if he lives on this island for a few years.

I am also very confident in terms of combat power, I can't beat it, it's no problem to maneuver, the area of Sino Island has caught up with Oahu Island in Hawaii, the terrain is also changeable, and there is no shortage of snow peaks, forests, plains, and swamps, which are enough to hide and seek.

So his dependence on his peers is low. Of course, if the opponent is really an old branch and a lineage, then these people still have considerable existential value, and each of them is a barrier, after all, the attitude of the old branch and a line towards humans is basically torture and killing, and the specific priority is determined by more curiosity.

Kane expressed his support for Oliver's precautions, Moody had already been moved by Oliver's words, and Oliver also sought the consent of the ghost girl, and he didn't know what benefits he promised, probably throwing a few lighting balls for him to play with?

Oliver was very clever not to win over either Elliot and Cicero, these two are still different, first to win over either side, will offend the other side, and like now, 5 votes to 2 votes, both agree and oppose, it doesn't mean much.

However, before Oliver could announce the plan in public, one of the soldiers in the landing boat and vehicle ran to report with a heavy face and no lack of panic that the big ship had been attacked by a sea monster and was sinking, and the crew was landing nearby for refuge, and Group A was also in trouble, and the command wanted Group B to go to the rescue.

Elliot had an annoyed constipated expression, Cicero had a gloomy face and didn't speak, the ghost girl still looked sad, Moody sighed, Oliver frowned, and Kane looked at the whirlpool in the docks, and said in his heart: "Tonight, I will determine whether it is the old branch or the family, it seems that it is going to be ruined." ”......