Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.

Naval military base of the Kingdom of Rings.

Spacious military take-off and landing strips.

Three men and two women are converging here.

All five men, dressed in black service suits and looking well-trained, carrying backpacks and equipment, walked all the way to the runway, where a V-22 tiltrotor was parked, also known as the Osprey helicopter.

At the head of the list was none other than Aaron Brooks, a black man.

He beckoned everyone to enter the belly of the osprey in turn.

The aft hatch slowly closes.

The giant propellers on either side of the Osprey helicopter began to spin rapidly in the sky, carrying the behemoth off the ground and out of Pearl Harbor and Oahu.

At the moment, the Kolau Mountains on the southern shore of the island, unlike those calm, deep-water harbors, are constantly being beaten and eroded by the waves of the black reef.

Ospreys fly overhead.

The black-gold power armor that had been lurking in the reef group, the wings on the back of the flight automatically expanded, the turbine roared, and the tail spewed white flames, and it also followed the osprey to take off, flying very low and low, almost flying close to the waves.

……

The osprey flew all the way to the depths of the sea.

Fu Qinghai followed all the way.

Two hours later.

The sky gradually turned from sunny to dark, and a misty drizzle drifted on the sea, ticking on the sea, the osprey helicopter flew high in the air, and Fu Qinghai stuck to the sea.

The waves are raging, and the storm is approaching.

Fu Qinghai is very clear: Skull Island is almost here.

According to the Monster Movie Universe setting, this island is one of the key nodes connecting the inner world, perhaps because of some kind of energy effect or special geographical phenomenon from the inner world, which causes it to be surrounded by strong storms all year round, and the existence of this island has not been discovered until humans launch low-earth orbit satellites.

The huge hurricane on the surface of the sea and the dark clouds in the sky roared endlessly, and as the planes and powerhouses approached the storm area, the misty drizzle gradually turned into a violent storm, crackling and hitting the metal shell, and the light of lightning faintly lit up in the torrential rain and clouds.

The osprey plunged headlong into the gray storm.

Fu Qinghai also rushed into the hurricane after him.

……

Aaron looked at the people in the cabin and said:

"This is a new team, but you are all the elites of the Imperial Organization, monster hunters in the new era, and the destination of this operation - Skull Island, the top secret of the Imperial Organization, is not an outing of the Boy Scouts, we must be careful."

If Fu Qinghai heard his words, he would definitely complain in his heart:

Monster Hunter? Will you stop the dragon car with a big sword, and you will be a monster hunter?

"I know, I know, Brooks, we don't need a mental shout."

A man with a back next to him didn't care about the authentic way.

The man who spoke was Yevgeny Medov, an expert in deciphering the secrets, and proficient in various ancient cipher mechanisms.

"Slowly, Aaron was right, he took a great risk to get us involved in his father's mission. In the face of places like Skull Island, we should be cautious, even though the headquarters has acquiesced in our actions. ”

Evelyn Metmaywell said helpfully.

She holds a Ph.D. in medicine and philosophy.

"I completely agree with you, no matter how dangerous, I don't regret being involved in this operation, but what about you, Aaron? I feel like you're going to have to convince yourself. ”

A man with a beard said.

As he spoke, he put his arm around Aaron's shoulder.

This is the case of Walter M. R. R. Riochi, mythologist, linguist, has a high IQ and is fluent in five foreign languages.

"Hmph."

Aaron Brooks snorted and said:

"My father, and the Imperial Order, want to keep Skull Island a secret forever...... Fuck it, I'm not going to hand over the existential matter of humanity to a mutated big black monkey, humans have the right to know about the existence of Skull Island, and I'm going to see for myself what the giant orangutan that my dad blew into the sky is. ”

Perhaps influenced by his experience in the Imperial Organization, Aaron Brooks' whole body is filled with a sense of justice and mission to be responsible for humanity, and he is somewhat pretentious.

A sturdy woman with short white blonde hair smiled:

"Haha, we're fifteen thousand feet in the air from the Monster Islands, and in a military fighter plane that can travel through hurricanes, what's there to worry about?"

This is Helen Carsten, a wilderness survival specialist, retired Navy non-commissioned officer, and a pilot she also hired.

Her voice just fell.

"Boom!"

Outside the window, lightning and thunder roared, and the plane suddenly tilted.

The bumps in the cabin shook everyone off.

Fortunately, several people were well-trained, and they quickly grasped the various strip handrails in the cabin without falling to the ground.

The Osprey wings tilted and continued to fly forward.

The crowd had just stabilized their figures.

"Boom!"

The plane sank abruptly.

Several people were thrown back and forth again.

Military aircraft are different from civil airliners, the sound insulation effect is very poor, and all kinds of turbulence and noise outside the plane can be heard clearly by the passengers inside the aircraft.

"Crackle!"

Snow-white lightning almost struck the window.

The stabbing made everyone in the cabin can't help but squint.

"Aaron, are you sure it's okay to take this route?"

Evelyn was just a scholar after all, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried when she was experiencing continuous bumps at the moment, and asked.

"This is the route recorded in my father's field records, and there is absolutely no problem, and it was this route that they followed to enter Skull Island."

Aaron said in a deep voice, his tone very firm.

It seems to be encouraging his teammates and cheering himself up.

At this moment, outside the cabin, the wind is howling, the rain is pouring in, and the lightning is thundering. Aaron Brooks: They can follow the path they took during the last expedition. Fu Qinghai did not have these advantages, and after plunging headlong into the storm, the visibility suddenly decreased, and he soon lost his tracking target, and the eyepiece field of vision was all gray.

However, the storm area, through which even large cargo ships and helicopters can pass smoothly, is a piece of cake for Fu Qinghai. Now that they have followed them to Skull Island, there is no need to follow this group of unlucky eggs and broom stars who are all dead in the original plot for subsequent expeditions.

It is perfectly possible to explore the island on your own.

Thinking of this, Fu Qinghai didn't try to retrieve the Osprey helicopter again, the jetpack directly activated the afterburner mode, and a large long blazing wake suddenly burst out from the tail nozzle, and disappeared into the depths of the storm with a "whoosh".

The osprey is still waddling and flying.

Evelyn sat in her seat, her palms tugging at the cloth belt, her eyes looking out of the narrow window, her brow a little sad, no longer the firm look she had at the beginning.

Suddenly, she saw black clouds and hurricanes......

There seemed to be a white light, and it flashed away.

Evelyn blinked.

On second look, there was nothing, as if it were just an illusion.

At this time, Aaron Brooks returned from the cockpit, holding the hatch with one hand and said to the crowd:

"Listen, everybody, check your gear one last time, and once you break through the storm, you'll be looking for a landing spot."

"After landing, we try to collect as much evidence as possible, and we leave as soon as we are done, with a limit of 72 hours."

Aaron looked around and said in a deep voice:

"They tried to hide it, but it was clear that they were doomed. This world has the right to know everything about Skull Island. ”

At this moment, the sky in the distance suddenly began to brighten.

The rain thinned out, and the light shone through the clouds.

"We've made it through the storm zone!"

Pilot Cehudo turned his head and shouted:

"Visibility is good."

Everyone looked out the window.

The coastline is just a short distance away, dotted with towering and lush islands, and the intense erosion of the pure blue saline water creates a magnificent carving effect.

The scenery of mountains and seas, beautiful and charming, very typical limestone karst landform bay, from a distance looks quite like Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, which is nicknamed "Guilin on the Sea", with a hazy and poetic warm yellow light all over the land.

"There are legends of islands that pop up all over the world: Atlantis, the Far North, Lemuria...... And here, Skull Island, is reality! ”

Looking out the window at the beautiful fairyland-like island, the mythologist Richie muttered.

Thankfully, it's finally out!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

…………

However, as soon as they entered the volley range of this "wonderland" island, the osprey was attacked by force.

"It's a frightening vulture!"

Aaron Brooks shouted.

Outside the cabin, a large group of flying creatures that resembled giant bats surrounded the entire osprey, fluttering its translucent wing membranes, and screaming from its bloody mouth, constantly besieging the huge metal creation, and it was shocking that they seemed to have no fear of death at all, and actually rushed to crash into the propeller blades of the osprey.

Even flesh and blood are fearless.

"Why do you know their names?"

Carsten asked rhetorically.

"Nonsense, this is the creature my mother named, and oh my God, don't tell me you didn't even look at the Cryptology I gave you before you boarded the plane!"

Aaron roared angrily.

Evelyn hurriedly took out an illustrated book from her backpack, the cover of which read "Imperial Organization Level 4 Secrets", and the author's column said "Lin Shan", thinking that this was Aaron's mother, the member of the scientific expedition team who followed Professor Bill Landa to explore Skull Island.

When I opened the book, it read:

The Imperial Organization is named: Frightening Vulture

Cryptological classification: Insnian falcon

Wingspan: 2.74 m

Boundary: Comb-jaw pterosaur superfamily

Phylum: Crawling vertebral mixed subphylum

Predatory habits: omnivorous

According to biologist Lin Shan:

"The frightened vulture, the absolute master of the sky, has a maximum wingspan of up to three meters, its hard bony structure extends a soft tissue wing membrane, open like a solid metal blade wing, easily cope with the strong winds raging on Skull Island, the creature's optic nerve is its soft underbelly, preliminary research found that they have no visual imaging, but later research found that they have evolved a unique thermal sensitive, allowing them to detect the temperature of prey's blood in the night sky. Its slender bones initiate echolocation by emitting a series of taps or low whines, causing the creature to become a threat to fellow creatures. ”

The frightened vultures are still dying one after another.

"Boom-"

Black smoke and fire erupted from the osprey's propeller.

"Crash landing, we have to crash land!"

Pilot Cehudo said loudly.

In the case of a forced landing, the integrity of the cabin cannot be guaranteed.

"Let's skydive now!"

Aaron made a decision and spoke to everyone.

They had already packed all their gear before they boarded the island, and at the moment they just put on their bubble helmets and waited for the osprey tail hatch to slowly open.

Raging winds poured into the cabin.

"Jump!"

Aaron shouted.

The five men then jumped out of the cabin.

The sky unfolded "clusters of white clouds", the terrain of this area is very complex, alpine forests, cliff rifts, fortunately they use airfoil paragliders instead of circular parachutes, they can tighten the parachute line to adjust the direction, several people follow Aaron, who was the first to parachute, quickly flew to the top of a cliff.

The Frighted Vulture seems to have some kind of ferocious habit of challenging large creatures, and has been circling around the smoky osprey, ignoring the five small creatures around it.

Several people landed successfully at the top of the cliff.

Thick grass provides cushioning.

The men quickly gathered their parachutes and cut the ropes with their daggers, then gathered together and looked out of the cliff together. The view is vast, with magnificent mountains and winding rivers, and in the distant sky, a strange group of emerald green bat wings is also soaring.

"Is that the creature that attacked us?"

Leoch asked, shocked.

"Nope."

Evelyn shook her head and said:

"Look at their emerald green translucent wing membranes, it's clearly not a subspecies...... Let me see, they're called 'Wings of Icarus', or 'Leaf Pterodactyl', and Dr. Lin Shan's book records the habits of this creature. ”

Evelyn then opened the book and read:

"The most striking feature of the Wings of Icarus is its long snout, which not only sticks like a spike on the top of its head, but is also covered with fibrospines with a powerful paralyzing toxin at the tip. It is also because of the paralyzing toxin that the natives of Skull Island like to capture the wings of Icarus to make hallucinogenic powder, which they believe can cure mental illness. ”

After reading, Evelyn closed the book:

"Leaving here, they're also very aggressive."

Aaron's side has been trying to contact Osprey:

"Cejudo, Cejudo, can you hear me?"

After many unsuccessful calls, Aaron couldn't help but scold:

"Damn, the helicopter may have crashed."

"Oh, that's great news."

Medoff rolled his eyes.

Aaron looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice:

"How's the collective report?"

"It couldn't be better."

Carsten pulled out a Nepalese saber from his backpack.

"My foot is twisted, but it's out of the way."

Evelyn pressed her ankle and said.

"I'd love to get out of here right away, but where do I go from here?"

Medoff looked at Evelyn and asked, but without waiting for the woman to answer, he looked at the crowd and said what he thought:

"There is no doubt that we should go and find Cejudo and the helicopter first, our supplies, our mapping equipment, all on that plane, without the helicopter, we can't even leave here and return to the human world."

He flew southwest.

Carsten added.

It seems that she also agreed to look for a helicopter first.

"No, we should go find the indigenous tribes first."

Ryochi objected, turned to lead Aaron Brooks, waved his hand and said:

"It's full of carnivores, we're lunching now, Aaron, we have to get in touch with the natives, we need guides, or we won't be able to get there!"

When Aaron heard this, he prudently said:

"My father's notes do mention indigenous people, but only if they actually exist......"

"Look, Leoch, I know you're a mythologist, you want to study the local natives, you want to learn their history, I respect you, I'm serious."

Medoff tried to reason with Riochi:

"But everything we need is on that osprey, and if we don't get out of here, all research is meaningless, and all five of us are doomed."

"I'm not giving an opinion out of personal interest, Medoff."

Ryochi looked very unhappy.

"He's right, Leoch, our pilot may have been wounded, and we can't leave him alone."

Evelyn chimed in.

Seeing the arguments in the crowd, Aaron suddenly felt his head grow.

"Hey, look, what's that!"

Carsten's cry caught everyone's attention.

They all turned their heads to look.

"Giggles......

A low hissing from deep in the throat.

A group of strange creatures that resemble spotted hyenas and velociraptors are slowly approaching the cliff.

"Knife-spine jackal!"

Aaron's eyes widened and he exclaimed.

According to the Zoological Chronicles, the creature's vertebrae grew outward, covered with fibrous spines, sharp as iron wire, and its atypical milky white blood was rich in calcium. They attack their own kind and even eat themselves when there is no prey, and they are very ferocious in nature.

The crowd raised their guns.

Survival expert, retired Navy Carsten, holding a pistol in one hand and a dog-legged scimitar in the other, stared at the group of sword-spine jackals in front of him, did not dare to look away for a moment, and at the same time stepped back step by step, and whispered in his mouth:

"We ...... to the cave in the direction of seven o'clock"

The words are not finished yet.

"Roar!"

A sword-ridged jackal pounced.

"Dada-da-da!"

The crowd pulled the trigger and opened fire.

However, just like when facing the frightened vultures before, these fierce creatures on Skull Island are completely different from ordinary animals in the outside world, and they are not afraid of gunfire, fire, or pain...... Not even afraid of death!

It was difficult for small-caliber weapons to kill them completely, and after the Blade Ridge Jackal was shot and fell to the ground, it was still limping forward, opening its long serrated mouth and biting into the air.

"Ahh

Carsten, who was standing at the front of the line, was hugged by three or five sword-ridged jackals, biting all parts of his body fiercely, and was torn apart in an instant, and only had time to let out a short scream, and then he was silent.

Each sword-spine jackal had a woman's body parts in its mouth, arms, thighs, heads, and a mass of wet and bloody gut viscera, which it swallowed in large gulps.

The rest of the people screamed in fright.

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

This alpine lawn and cliff clearing, empty on three sides, facing the siege of a large group of sword-ridged jackals, without any defense and shelter to rely on, Aaron hurriedly ordered a retreat, while several knife-ridged jackals were busy fighting to tear Carsten's broken corpse, everyone turned around in a panic and ran towards the back.

The Blade Ridge Jackal was chasing after him.

The four of them fled in embarrassment.

Chasing all the way, fleeing all the way, Medoff, who ran at the end, was suddenly chased by a knife-spine jackal in two steps, the crocodile-like serrated long mouth bit into the chest, and the sharp teeth stuck into the flesh, so painful that the man screamed and shot indiscriminately.

"No!"

Aaron roared angrily and was about to turn around to save his companion.

Suddenly, the prey had already reached the knife-ridged jackal in its mouth, but suddenly let go of the man in his mouth, his cloudy yellow triangular eyes stared closely behind Aaron, shrunk and trembled and crawled to the ground, and then retreated step by step.

The other Sword-Spine Jackals also stopped.

As if feeling something, the sword-spine jackals who had been chasing after them either lingered in place or hesitated, the black mane on the back of their necks stood up, the dinosaur-like sharp front paws hung low, and their mouths let out a low roar of fear.

Aaron's neck stiffened, and he turned his head to look inch by inch.

There's nothing scary or weird behind him.

There is only a quiet cave in the dark.

It was the cave that Carsten was referring to in the first place.

It was also their original retreat target.

"Uh......"

Medov fell to the ground, his chest was covered with blood, and a painful moan came out of his mouth.

His teammates were dying and had no time to think, so Aaron hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, then put him on his shoulder, and led everyone to retreat towards the cave with a greeting.

The sword-ridged jackal, who was not afraid of death in the face of gunfire, did not chase them anymore, but stopped in place and watched them retreat into the cave.

The entrance to the cave is huge and empty, and the interior is deep and tortuous.

Aaron, the four of you, you hold me and I shoulder you, and you are about to enter the cave, a cold wind blew from the cave, and several people who were originally sweating profusely were blown by this wind, and they shivered together, and stood in place gasping for breath.

"They're clearly afraid of something......"

Leoch gasped and whispered:

"What kind of creature can you say, even the sword-spine jackal can be scared?"

Aaron and Evelyn looked at each other.

"Is it ......?"

Could it be that the legendary "Giant Land Unidentified Creatures", which were named ".O." in the early days of the Imperial Organization, and later renamed "Titan Behemoths"?

"According to Dr. Lin Shan's Cryptological Chronicles, there are two kinds of Titan Behemoths on Skull Island."

Evelyn whispered.

"King Kong, or the skeleton crawler."

Aaron took over and said in a dumb voice.

Except for Medoff, who had lost too much blood and was dying, the three people who were still sane looked up at the deep cave together.

I can't stop imagining ......

What kind of horror is inside?

Here, his teammates' lives are on the line, and over there, there are giant unidentified creatures that may exist, and Aaron Brooks is in a dilemma for a while, not knowing what to do.

"Wait......"

Evelyn suddenly narrowed her eyes and said:

"I seem to see the fire...... As far as I know, neither King Kong nor the Skeleton Reptile use fire. ”

The two men hurriedly raised their eyes.

The cave is deep and dark, and there is no fire.

"I can't care so much!"

Aaron gritted his teeth and said:

"Medoff must be treated immediately."

After saying that, he picked up his injured teammate and walked towards the depths of the cave with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Evelyn and Leoff had to keep up.

As they descended deeper into the cavern, the light of fire in Evelyn's mouth became more and more apparent—someone was indeed lighting a fire, reflecting it on the stone wall, until the four of them finally found the source of the light......

It was a surprise to them.

No King Kong, no skeleton crawlers.

Only a man in a heavy black and gold power armor, with his back to them, sat quietly by the campfire, silver greatsword, black spear, and helmet aside, and the swaying and jumping fire reflected his tall and majestic back.

The black-haired giant, who was unusually tall, was feasting on the hind legs of a knife-spine jackal in one hand and a pair of frightened vultures in the other.

Both the wings and hind legs were burnt and sprinkled with spices, and on the wooden shelf in front of the campfire stood a spider's leg thicker than the trunk of a tree.

All three froze.

"You're here."

Fu Qinghai turned his head and glanced at a few people and said.

"Yes, it's you......"

Evelyn recognized the man.

His eyes widened in surprise.

At this moment, she suddenly realized:

The records in Dr. Lin Shan's "Chronicles of Mysterious Zoology" may not all be correct.

Knife-spine jackal and frightened vultures, they are not brainless creatures, they know to be afraid, and they know how to be afraid...... It's just that human firearms aren't enough to make them feel intimidated.

…………

(End of chapter)