The team exploring the building starts with Riley and ends with Wanda the Scarlet Witch, and the two strongest men in the team go one after the other to keep the team safe, and the team circles around the building and finally finds a hole that leads to the ground on the side of the cliff.

"It looks like a hole in the loose ground when the minaret falls, and we can't be sure if there's a door inside, and I'm going to throw a light stick inside, but I'm not sure if it's going to cause some ripple effects."

Star-Lord Quill crouched down and looked into the hole, but it was only pitch black, so he sought some light.

Jarvis stepped forward, he gently touched the top of his brow bone, a flash of light flashed in his brown-red pupils, the terrain scanning device turned on, and the terrain status appeared in his eyes in a blue grid.

He also walked over to the hollow, looked at Star-Lord and said, "You're right, it's a hole down there, but there's no way to tell if there's a door inside, we'd better light it up and take a look." ”

"I'll do it." The Scarlet Witch stepped forward, habitually trying to illuminate with magic, her hand stretched out, and the red energy condensed into a point of light.

Star-Lord looked over with some curiosity, stood up and walked a few steps, came to the Scarlet Witch, and asked, "Are you a Protoss?" ”

Apparently most of the races he had seen in the universe that could use magical energy were Protoss, Wanda shook her head and said, "No, I'm a mutant. ”

As she spoke, the point of light in her hand became brighter and brighter, and just as Wanda wanted to send the magically lit point of light into the cave, the point of light went out with a "poof".

"What's wrong?" Jarvis asked, looking at her with some concern.

Wanda frowned and didn't speak, but tried to condense the magic energy again, but this time the light point was not lit, Wanda sighed and said, "I don't know either, but I always feel a little unable to concentrate." ”

"Is there something wrong with Sithorne, the source of chaos magic?" Jarvis asked again.

Wanda shook her head and said, "No, my connection with Sithorne is stable, and even without going through him, I can invoke the forces of chaos to cast magic, but I feel a little confused in my thinking...... When I was in a meditation class at Xavier College, I should have listened well. ”

Wanda's face was not very good, she frowned slightly, and the corners of her mouth were also tilted downward, as if she had dropped the chain at a critical moment to make Miss Witch feel a little frustrated.

Jarvis hurriedly patted her on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, we can use flares, this Mr. Quayle, my terrain scan just told me that there is nothing underneath, you can safely throw the lighting tools down." ”

Quill nodded and said nothing, he took out a small square device from his toolkit, judging from the materials and craftsmanship, it should have come from the Kree Empire or its subordinate civilizations.

Quill threw the small cube, which was no bigger than a palm, down the hole and with a "whoosh", the cave was illuminated by a blue light, a large hollow, and a warm light appeared in the narrow space of stone and earth on the opposite side.

"That could be a window in this building, what is that? Glass shards? It looks like the windows have been broken and I think we can get in from there. Jarvis's tone was always calm, which gave everyone a great sense of security.

No one was going to criticize Wanda for playing erratically, because everyone except Jarvis felt a little uncomfortable, Riley exhaled and said, "My spider sense has been ringing, but it is very weak, I have never experienced such a feeling, I am obviously not harmed, and there is no danger nearby, but it is buzzing in the bottom of my heart." ”

"I've always had a bit of a disorder in the airflow." Xu Shangqi rolled his hands, as if he didn't know how to describe his feelings in English, he reached out and touched his eyes and said, "The mental method I learned in the Divine Spear Bureau can't even run for a full week, it's always intermittent but nothing is blocking my power, I just can't concentrate." ”

His eyes looked to the left and to the right, looking a little distraught, and Riley rubbed his arm, which was covered with goosebumps.

And Spider-Man's way to overcome his panic is to make himself move, he immediately stood up, jumped in place, and said: "Okay, I'll go down first, I have spider sense, once there is danger, I can also dodge in advance." ”

"I'll go down with you." Wanda followed behind Riley and said, "I can use magic to get the two of us to land quietly so as not to alarm anything, I'm sure there's something inside." ”

Riley didn't bother too much, nodded, Wanda stretched out his hands, red light enveloped the two, and the two flew into the hole, all the way without landing, directly to the place where the warm light appeared.

"It's cold down here." The Scarlet Witch shuddered and said, "I feel like it's at least -20 degrees Celsius, and without a magic shield, we're afraid we won't be able to move an inch." ”

Falling to the ground, Riley glanced at the shards of glass on the ground, then took two steps towards where the light was spreading, and then realized that it was a broken window, just as Jarvis had speculated.

But the light coming out of the windows did not come from the lights or candles, but from a bright light in the darkness far away.

Riley swallowed his saliva unconsciously, he instinctively felt that it was not a good idea to go deep into it, and at this moment, Xu Shangqi shouted from behind: "How is it?" Can we go down?! ”

"Yes! There's nothing dangerous here! Riley shouted back, but quickly added in a low voice, "But not necessarily any further." ”

Wanda suddenly became a little irritable, she said, "Whatever it is, we rush in, what can it do with us?" Isn't my magic enough to deal with a few monsters? ”

After saying that, she pulled Riley back, and then used magic to pick up the others, completely ignoring the previous formation, but led the way in front, and said as she walked towards the window: "Don't scare yourself, those ordinary agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. can handle it, can't we?" Let's go. ”

Several other people followed Wanda's pace, but Xu Shangqi looked around him left and right, and he always felt that there were many pairs of eyes hidden in the dark environment of the cave, he took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and pinched the jade pendant hanging around his neck.

It was given to him by Director Zheng Xian after he left S.H.I.E.L.D., and Zheng Xian said that as long as he cooperated with the Pure Heart Technique that Xu Shangqi had learned before, he could help calm his mind and calm his qi and better operate the exercises.

Xu Shangqi began to silently recite the content of the Pure Heart Recipe in his heart, and then transferred his qi to his eyes, improving his eyesight in the dark, and stabilizing his mind, those eyes that seemed to be everywhere gradually disappeared, and the cave returned to its original appearance.

Xu Shangqi breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly someone slapped him, Xu Shangqi was so frightened that he almost jumped up from the ground, and when he turned around, he saw Starlord Quell's face.

Xu Shangqi breathed a sigh of relief, he still remembered the teasing in the Guardians of the Galaxy, but before he had an upset stomach and didn't bother to greet Star-Lord, now he felt better, so he smiled and said, "Hello, your name is Peter Quayle, right?" ”

Quill nodded and said, "There are not many Asians in S.H.I.E.L.D., you should be quite powerful, right?" ”

"I'm just an apprentice." Xu Shangqi shook his head and said: "Riley said that he wanted to do tasks to earn points, so I came with him, I don't have any skills, and even the exercises are temporarily learned." ”

"Boy, don't be so modest, haven't you noticed that your pace is much lighter than everyone else's?" Rocket Raccoon jumped onto Xu Shangqi's shoulder along Quill's arm and waved his paw at him.

Xu Shangqi tilted his head to look at the raccoon on his shoulder, feeling that it was funny, so he reached out and wanted to touch his head, but took his hand back as if he thought of something.

He remembered that the Rocket Raccoon in the Guardians of the Galaxy was very short-tempered, he didn't like people to treat him as a small animal, and he was a sapient creature, and it was a bit rude to touch someone's head without their permission.

So, Xu Shangqi just scratched his head, showed an embarrassed smile and said: "This is the footwork taught to me by the teacher of the Divine Spear Bureau, as long as I carry the qi to my legs, I can walk more easily, after all, I am relatively lazy, and I am used to taking the cable car even for mountain climbing." ”

Unexpectedly, the raccoon actually stretched out his paws and touched Xu Shangqi's head, and then said, "It looks like a very polite silly boy, I'll invite you to dinner when I go back." ”

After saying that, the rocket raccoon jumped back on Quill's hiking bag again, and when Quill walked past him and walked forward, Xu Shangqi touched his stomach and frowned.

He thought that maybe he had really eaten too much at noon, and when he heard the word "eat", he actually began to feel a little sick again, or maybe he was a little far away from the Scarlet Witch, and he felt that it was getting colder and colder here.

Xu Shangqi couldn't help but shudder, looked around left and right, and felt that there was some sound in the darkness, he stretched out his hand again and pinched the jade pendant, and sighed in his heart, he really should have watched less horror movies when he was in college.

When Quill walked to the middle of the line with Rocket Raccoon, Rocket Raccoon jumped on top of Jarvis again, but the moment Rocket Raccoon's foot touched Jarvis's shoulder, he paused, then shrugged his shoulders unintentionally and said, "Man, is that red-haired girl in front of you your girlfriend?" ”

"We haven't formalized the relationship yet." Jarvis replied with a blank look, but Rocket Raccoon immediately waved his paws and said, "Hey! It's not going to please the girl, you should say, 'That's what I think, I just don't know what she thinks.'" ”

"A funny and polite answer." Jarvis commented, but he quickly added, "But I prefer to state the facts." ”

"You're a raccoon who actually taught humans how to pick up girls? Come back quickly, don't jump up and down. Quill reached out and patted Jarvis on the shoulder, giving him an apologetic smile.

But who knows, Rocket Raccoon used Quill's shoulder as a jumping platform again, grabbed Wanda's cloak and jumped onto her shoulder, put one hand to his mouth, and said to Wanda as if he were whispering: "I bet it's not the first time he's been so confused, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to state such a fact, but your ear pricking up is a bit too obvious, it's not too reserved, miss." ”

In the next second, the Rocket Raccoon moved quickly to dodge Wanda's grabbed hand, Wanda looked back at the raccoon who jumped on Riley's shoulder with some shame, but after feeling Jarvis's gaze, he pursed his mouth again, rolled his eyes slightly, and turned his head back.

"How long have they been like this?" Rocket Raccoon asked, putting his elbow on Riley's head, Riley shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's been a long time, and it could be even longer." ”

"Ben Riley!" Wanda raised her voice and shouted discontentedly.

I have to admit that this raccoon man's crazy behavior seems to be a little too noisy, but the behavior of a fluffy little animal jumping up and down and gagging can be regarded as diluting the oppressive atmosphere in the dark environment.

But the side effect is that after the Rocket Raccoon also quiets down, the darkness and silence merge and become more unbearable.

In the dark space, even the heartbeat became clearer, and after hearing the somewhat rapid heartbeat of their companion, it became more difficult for everyone to ignore the panic in their hearts.

The short journey from the entrance of the cave to the window became extraordinarily long, and the unspeakable fear that was suppressed in my heart seemed to be condensed from liquid into solid fuel, and a violent explosion would occur at any time.

"As we stand in front of the window, gazing at the distant point of light in the depths of darkness, silence is like a silent wave, allowing fear after fear to wash over the walls of everyone's heart.

Each and every one of us understands the source of this hesitation, and the only thing that can overcome humanity's yearning for light is the fear of darkness, perhaps not darkness, but the unknown.

I could clearly hear their hearts beating faster and their breathing faster.

Perhaps it is the instinct of a beast in the human body that teaches us how to fight out of the primitive and savage, when fear wants to break into and domesticate our body, the beating heart and the blood that flows faster, will get us out of depression, and the physiological response will make us excited, to fight and struggle to survive.

Curiosity, snooping, fear, struggle.

In this moment, I understood how we, the weak creatures, were swallowed up by the whirlpool of the ocean like dregs, and fell into the dark hole of boundless despair. ”

(End of chapter)