The beginning of Meiman is a Zanpakuto

This is a cold and deep lake.

Huge ferns sprout from the water, while lush weeds line the lake's edge.

The entire lake is shrouded in a light mist. Even if you use the beam of a tactical bright flashlight to illuminate it, no light will be reflected on the lake. The deep darkness seems to have swallowed up the flashlight light, giving people a sense of

Inexplicable depression and fear.

The area of ​​​​the lake is not as big as they imagined, only about half a football field.

In addition to the flourishing weeds and ferns, there was only the original forest where they came from. On both sides were rock walls that stood almost like a canyon. When you raised your head, you could only see the foggy sky and not even the sun.

They couldn't penetrate the thick fog.

They did not find the ancient tribe, but directly found the 'lake' mentioned in the myth!

"Eric, when you came here last time, didn't you say there was a tribe?" Barton frowned and asked the question in his heart.

"This... this is different from the last time I came here." Eric stammered nervously and said in a panic: "When I came last time, I obviously came in through that trail, and then I saw

A house with black walls."

"It seems that there is a problem with that cobblestone path that we haven't discovered yet."

Natasha recalled what she saw and heard along the way and analyzed: "Perhaps it is similar to the method of entering Soul Society. When we passed the cobblestone path, we came to another 'space', and this is the place mentioned in the myth.

Lake water.”

"If that's the case...not good!"

Barton's expression changed slightly, and he turned around and shouted: "Let's see if we can still contact SHIELD."

"No, there is strong interference here."

The tactical member carrying the communication device whispered: "We can't send signals to the outside world, and we can't call for support."

"You're right...Natasha."

Barton looked at the quiet lake, couldn't help but sigh, pinched his swollen eyebrows, and said: "Now we first find the way back, and secondly we confirm whether there are any creatures at the bottom of the lake, and completely destroy the source of the lizard people's mutations.

"

"What if...the existence is confirmed?"

There was a hint of worry in Natasha's eyes: "With our current firepower configuration, we may not be able to destroy it."

"It's okay, don't worry about that."

Barton said that he had already thought of it, and smiled and took out an object from his backpack: "I asked Tony to send it to me before departure. It was a genuine micro Ark reactor. It was originally intended to be used to replenish energy. Now it seems that it has

Better use.”

"Hiss...Ark Reactor?!"

Natasha took a breath, swallowed her saliva and said, "Are you planning to explode this thing here?"

"The micro Ark reactor can support the power supply of a large city for a month." Barton grinned and said with a smile: "But as long as we speed up the reactor process a little, we can have a safe and radiation-free... small

Nuclear bomb."

"Tsk...Tony is actually willing to give this to you?"

Natasha's eyes widened. This thing is currently the most high-end energy crystal.

And she has no doubt that the huge energy that this palm-sized reactor can release is definitely comparable to a small nuclear bomb. SHIELD has always wanted to get it before, but unfortunately Tony's confidentiality measures were too good, so it never got it.

I just got the actual thing.

"If you want to analyze it, don't think about it. This thing has confidentiality measures."

Barton saw through her thoughts and shook his head directly: "It can only be used to generate energy or accelerate it into a nuclear bomb. Tony will not tell anyone in SHIELD how it works."

"Okay...I guessed it."

Natasha withdrew her gaze regretfully, shrugged and said, "Then we will divide into two groups. You will be responsible for exploring the creatures at the bottom of the lake. We will find a way out to save time and get back quickly."

"No problem, team three, team four, follow Natasha to find the way."

Barton said there was no problem with this plan and divided the team of thirty-two people into two parts. Eight of them, as a group, followed Natasha to find a safe way out, while he led the first team and the second team to explore under the lake.

After the brief division into teams, Natasha took teams three and four, as well as Dr. Eric, and headed back into the thick foggy forest to find a safe way back.

"The first team is responsible for shore security. I and the people from the second team will go down and have a look."

Patton took out the simple diving equipment from his backpack. After putting it on, he waved to the others: "Without my order after we get down, no one can shoot without permission. Follow me and don't fall behind."

A team quickly set up a defensive line on the shore, and the liaison officer continued to try to contact SHIELD.

The eight people in the second team put on their diving equipment and checked the status of their weapons and oxygen. Everything was done in an orderly manner, showing their elite status everywhere, and they did not question Patton's orders at all.

Breathe...breathe...

Barton took a deep breath and walked into the lake cautiously.

Since the diving equipment he brought with him when he set out was relatively simple, he did not have cold-resistant equipment such as a wetsuit. Therefore, as soon as he stepped into this strange lake, he could clearly feel the cold that invaded his bone marrow, and his whole calf seemed to be frozen.

Same.

The water temperature here is at least ten degrees below zero, and diving for a long time is very dangerous to the human body.

But now they had no other way. Barton gritted his teeth and activated the spiritual power in his body, then slowly sank into the lake, turned on the night vision device on his diving mask, and swam deeper to the center.

Cold...dark...

Below the lake surface are rugged rocks covered with water plants and seaweed.

The light was greatly compressed, and the visual range was only about one meter. Otherwise, the surroundings were pitch black, and the only sound in the dead silence was the sound of water flowing when paddling hands and feet.

After the first search, surprisingly there was nothing underwater.

There were no terrifying creatures from the sky, nor imaginary monsters or lizard-men. The bottom of the quiet lake was smooth and flat. Apart from lush aquatic plants and rugged rocks, they did not find anything suspicious.

After rising to the surface and resting for a few seconds, Barton led people to dive underwater again to search.

This time they moved deeper, groping for the rocks and swimming bit by bit, and turned on the strong searchlight above their heads. The farther down they went, the lower the visual range became. Even with the searchlight as an aid, the visual distance was not that far away.

More than three meters, and the lake water has become more turbid. Along the way there are some dead branches that are as rotten as mud, and the shadows of some broken buildings.

After swimming for about a minute, they suddenly saw a group of buildings.

A large group of ancient houses with black walls are located at the bottom of this deep lake, and it seems to be very old. The walls are covered with lush aquatic plants, which are slowly floating with the surging water.

From a distance, the water plants seemed to be waving to them.

He remembered that Eric mentioned not long ago that the ancient tribe was a house with black walls, but he didn't expect to see it here!

But the problem is... this place has been sunk for at least a hundred years!

How could Eric see a building that had sunk for hundreds of years, or even communicate with the people inside?

Barton stared at the black houses, feeling a vague premonition in his heart.

It was as if there were some kind of eyes in the deepest part of the darkness, silently watching their every move, waiting for them to automatically enter their mouths, and then cruelly devour them all.

After a brief pause of more than ten seconds, Barton forced himself to calm down and continue exploring deeper along the house.

But at the bottom of the dark lake, tens of meters deep, and in front of the ancient ruins that had sunk for nearly a hundred years, in the deep, dark lake, a strange purple light suddenly appeared. After flickering on and off for a few times, it disappeared again.

In a dark environment.

For a moment, everyone's brains went blank, their heartbeats accelerated wildly, and adrenaline was secreted.

Purple light...what the hell is that?!

The dual pressure from the environment and his heart made it almost impossible for Barton to breathe, and his pupils subconsciously dilated.

Are there other monsters at the bottom of the lake, or are the ghosts of those houses resurrected a hundred years after the lake sank?

An unfounded panic began to spread in everyone's hearts.

But what they can be sure of is that the purple light is definitely not an illusion, but a strange scene that actually appears.