In the middle of the vast sea, Midway Island stands alone, and in the distance, a huge floating island is quietly suspended on the sea, and the huge shadows are like patches of black clouds, making people feel a kind of depression and unease, as if the sea is scorching and surging, and the huge waves crash against the reef, making a deafening sound.

In the heart of Midway and on its beaches, uniformed men busily weave their way through the area, setting up tents, laying communication lines, unloading boxes of supplies from transport ships and stacking them neatly in their designated locations. And around the fence of high-speed iron wire, the entrance and exit soldiers are on guard, and the sea and sky around the island are frozen, and from time to time there are warplanes passing by.

"Colonel Rhodes, what's the situation now?"

The curtain of a tent was lifted, and Nick Fury entered, already filled with three people, one of whom was the war machine James Rhodes, who was in charge of the mission.

"No anomalies have been observed for the time being, and the floating island has not moved since it arrived a few hours ago, and it has not crossed our territorial waters."

Rhodes released a holographic projection with a model of the floating island, saying: "At present, no dangerous weapons have been found on the island, and we suspect that it flew here, probably just a coincidence." ”

A few hours ago, when the mysterious floating island slowly reached the outside of its territorial waters, officials immediately realized its potential significance. After all, the island is extremely sensitive, it is suspended outside its territorial waters, but one step further would be a sacred and inviolable state. As a result, the government responded quickly by mobilizing the military and sending them to Midway for stationing and deployment.

The army's movements were swift and orderly, and a temporary garrison was soon established on the island, which is full of history. The island has been abandoned since the end of the terrible war of the last century, with little alteration or destruction of vegetation. The only change may be the seagulls that are full from eating plastic by mistake. However, despite this, the island retains its unique strategic position as a strategic location.

The army quickly deployed a new defensive line around the station, closely monitoring the movements of the floating islands, ready to respond to any eventuality that might arise.

"Mr. Colonel, there are not so many accidental coincidences in this world." Nick Fury's eyes revealed a subtle sharpness, and he said slowly as he carefully examined the floating island model in his hand.

His brow furrowed slightly, as if he was a little puzzled by the information in front of him: "These are all the information you have so far?" Didn't your warplanes try to fly over the islands for more detailed reconnaissance? ”

Colonel Rod's expression was a little solemn, and he brought up a new interface and explained, "Sir, the situation is much more complicated than we thought. The interior of the island was shrouded in a thick cloud that our detection equipment could not penetrate. Moreover, when the fighter is close to the island, the radar system is jammed and gradually loses its effectiveness. So, until we have a clear picture of what is going on inside the island, I don't think we should act rashly. ”

After hearing this, Nick Fury touched his chin and pondered for a moment, his eyes flashing with thought. He raised his head and stared at the model of the floating island, as if he was looking through the model to see through the essence of the mysterious island. After a long while, he asked, "What is the height of the floating island from the sea?" ”

"1024 meters." Colonel Rhodes replied immediately, showing Nick Fury the data that had been detected by the previous expedition, "According to our rough calculations, this island is about six to seven square kilometers in size, which is a little larger than the Midway Island under our feet. ”

Nick Fury nodded slightly and said thoughtfully, "1024...... This number seems a bit interesting. He paused, then looked up at Colonel Rhodes, his eyes revealing firmness and boldness: "I want your men to send the special response forces to the floating island in a helicopter gunship. Do you think this plan is feasible? ”

Colonel Rhodes was slightly stunned, and then his expression became solemn. He understands the risks and importance of this plan, and he also knows that Nick Fury came up with this plan because they don't have a better option at this time. He took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "This is the only way to do it at the moment." I'll make sure everything is ready right away. ”

After thorough discussions with his lieutenants, General Rhodes finally decided to adopt Nick Fury's strategy. The dilemma they face is that the topography of the floating island is still uncharted territory for them, and the island's clouds and mist make it difficult to see its true face from above. Against this background, sending warplanes for aerial reconnaissance does not seem to be a wise option. On the contrary, the ground forces, due to their unique advantages, are able to explore every nook and cranny of the floating island more directly and deeply. Therefore, General Rhodes and the adjutant agreed that sending ground troops to the floating island to conduct on-the-spot reconnaissance was undoubtedly the most appropriate course of action at present.

The planned operatives, selected by S.H.I.E.L.D. from the Special Response Forces, are now temporarily headed by Coulson, who has returned from injury, following Rumlow's arrest.

The experienced Coulson immediately selected the good men, divided into three teams, and prepared to land on the island from three different directions.

was going to let Steve Rogers participate in the mission as the team leader, but unfortunately he was in charge of the mission of the mutants and couldn't get out for the time being.

"Good luck guys."

To the north, a helicopter gunship flew precisely to the edge of the floating island. As the hatch slid open smoothly, the uniformed special forces jumped out after waving their hands. The ropes tightened in the air in straight lines, and they landed as light as swallows. As soon as they landed, the team members immediately dispersed in battle formation, their eyes sharp, and they scanned the surroundings vigilantly, not letting go of any wind and grass. At the same time, the helicopter gunship circled in the air a few times before returning to Midway.

At the same time, special squads to the south and west also successfully landed.

To the north, in front of the landing site, there was a forest of trees, towering trees obscured the view, and there were clouds and fog, so it was impossible to see inside.

The captain waved his hand to signal everyone to move forward, rushing into the woods, and reported the situation at the same time, "There is no abnormality at this time. ”

"Follow the plan and head as far as you can towards the central area, and if you're lucky, you'll meet there."

In the camp at Midway, Coulson also came here, using communication equipment to remotely direct the three squads, and according to the plan, enter the floating island from three different directions.

Each team of fifteen people carried enough supplies to allow them to travel through the entire floating island while still having enough food to replenish in case of an emergency.

"Roger."

Three teams in different directions, almost at the same time, headed towards the central area, they all faced the challenge of dense woods when they landed, apparently this floating island was mainly woods, and after walking a distance, they didn't see the end of the woods.

The woods were quiet, an eerie silence.

There are no animals, there seems to be no gust of wind, and the sea breeze raging outside has not affected the environment on the island at all, as if everything is isolated, which is extremely weird.

The creepy atmosphere made them speed up their pace and shuttle between the trees quickly and agilely, and the camouflage uniforms they wore made them seem to be able to blend in with the surrounding nature and become a part of the woods, while their faces were smeared with tactical oil paint, blurring their facial features. It may be that the atmosphere of the island is too eerie, and when they move, they try to avoid making too many movements, like ghosts, silently walking through the trees, light and fast, leaving almost no traces, only the occasional gently swaying leaves tell their pass.

"I hope nothing happens."

Coulson looked solemnly at the big screen, which was the real-time perspective of the three squads.

Rhodes on the side wasn't so worried, "Coulson, now S.H.I.E.L.D. has been able to bring people back from the dead?" ”

"I'm not in the mood to talk about that right now."

Coulson refused to answer the question, watching the live feed intently.

"Don't worry too much, our fighters have been hovering around the floating island for so long, and there has been no movement, I think maybe this floating island is not aggressive, otherwise those fighters before would not have come back intact."

Rhodes thinks that if the floating island is man-made, then it will definitely not be able to stand it, and fighter planes patrol around, after all, noise alone can make a person collapse, not to mention, this time because the official attaches great importance to it, the fighter patrol has hardly stopped.

"If it's disguised, we're in big trouble."

Coulson ignored Rod's words.

However, at this moment, the camera of the team to the north showed that they had entered the denser part of the woods, and after several twists and turns, they finally passed through the dense and chaotic woods.

As they continued to walk, they suddenly found that the situation ahead was very familiar, and the captain stepped forward to check the footprints in the woods, and many broken branches, and his brow furrowed, "Report sir, we seem to have circled back again." ”

"Mark first."

Coulson's brow furrowed, his eyelids jumping, and he always felt that something bad was about to happen.

Sure enough, after the team had made their way through the woods, they circled back because there was a tree with a red cloth tied to it, which was the mark they had made earlier.

Not only the northern squad, but also the other two squads have appeared in this situation one after another.

They tried to turn back to the landing site, but no matter which direction they went, they eventually returned to the same place, as if they were stuck in a deep labyrinth from which they could not get out.

"Sir, can you see where we are?"

The captain of the north asked.

Before leaving, everyone had a locator on them to prevent anyone from getting lost, but when Coulson checked the coordinates of the locator, he found that the coordinates showed that the three teams had been moving back and forth at the landing site.

"Damn. The locator is failing. ”

Coulson realized that it was a magnetic field problem, he grabbed the communicator, and was about to warn him, when the screen suddenly shook violently and flashed a few times.

In the camera, it is the northern team, they are in the depths of the dense forest, surrounded by trees, the woods that were originally windless, suddenly the wind rose, the whole forest swayed violently, and there were a few black shadows faintly passing by.

"There's something new!"

Coulson frowned, staring at the screen.

But in the next second, the picture was directly cut off and entered a state of no signal.

He shook the screen vigorously, but it still didn't show what he wanted, "Colonel Rhodes, what's going on?" ”

"It may be that the magnetic field on the island interferes with the signal, and the fighter plane has had a radar failure when it was close to the floating island."

Rhodes also turned on his face and turned over the data he had detected earlier.

Hearing this, Coulson was very anxious, there was obviously a new situation on the north side of the team just now, and those black shadows may be the aborigines of the island

But just when they were still worried about the communication of the northern team, the other two teams also appeared in a similar situation one after another, and there was a black shadow flashing in the same special place.

"Damn it!"

"Isn't there any other way to contact them?!"

Coulson was very angry, if it wasn't for the fact that he had just been discharged from the hospital and was weak, he almost overturned the table in front of him, you must know that information and intelligence are the most critical in war, and how to miss a piece of information and intelligence may kill countless people.

"If we had, we wouldn't have sent people to carry out this mission."

Rod shook his head, itself is that the drone equipment cannot be used normally on the island, otherwise Nick Fury's plan would not be implemented.

Airplanes.

"There's a picture!"

At this time, the real-time battle situation of the northern team was restored.

Coulson didn't have time to be happy, only to see that in the dim dense forest, dense vines appeared around the picture, as if there was a frantic wriggling of life, and the vines wrapped around the bodies of the team members, followed by another, and then another. No matter how frightened they struggled, trying to free themselves from the vines, it was all in vain. The vines grew more and tighter, and they relentlessly wrapped around their bodies, binding them tightly.

One of them tried to cut the vine with his dagger, but the vine quickly avoided the blade as if it had a spirit, and instead wound it harder. They felt more and more difficult to breathe, their chests seemed to be pressed by a boulder, and their consciousness began to blur. Finally, suffocated by despair, they were powerless to resist and allowed the vines to entangle and drag them away.

"Are these vines alive?"

Rod noticed this and immediately shook his head: "It's possible that this entire floating island is a living thing, and it has its own mind, not human control. ”

"Wait. Those vines didn't kill them directly, where are they going? ”

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