The Death Knell

"come in."

A moment later, Deathstroke returned to the cave entrance of the rock wall again, his tone was still so hoarse and low, and the armor on his body was still as smooth as new.

But the previous screams, gunshots, and all kinds of sounds that should not have appeared underground have completely disappeared like the hallucinations they once were, leaving only silence.

The SHIELD duo, hugging each other and shivering, stood up under Xiao Wang's eyes as if they were looking at prisoners, walked through the hole and walked into the vast space next door, but the situation was different from what they expected.

They expected to see a scene of limbs flying around and plasma and internal organs being splashed everywhere, but in fact when they opened their eyes, they found that all the corpses within the visible range were... peaceful.

Yes, Fitz and Simmons could only think of such words. These Leviathan soldiers wore yellow military uniforms and often had fatal wounds from swords on their chests or foreheads, but almost everyone had a sword on their face. With a mysterious smile.

In the darkness, they could only rely on Wang's lighting technique to observe, but it was really weird that these smiles appeared on the faces of every corpse they could see.

Fitz nudged Simmons with his elbow, and she went to check the body with understanding. Su Ming did not stop her, and let her turn the body upside down to look at it. She just held her arms and waited quietly.

A few minutes later, Simmons took off her gloves, with a strange expression on her fair face. She scratched her hair, looking very puzzled.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Su Ming asked calmly.

"I don't know, are they really still human beings?" Simmons returned to Fitz. As a biologist, this was the first time she saw such unhuman beings: "Although from various aspects, They meet the standards of human dead, but they lack a feeling, that is, the feeling of being human."

"Human feeling?" Fitz raised an eyebrow. He didn't quite understand what she meant.

Simmons pinched the bridge of her nose. She lowered her head and organized her words for a moment: "Yes, human feelings. You know, although I often perform autopsies, I always have a special feeling for the remains of the same kind that died after death. It is inevitable to think about who they are? What kind of life did they live during their lifetime? What will happen to their families after their death? Even if they are enemies, they are still the same kind. When you kill and dissect a same kind, as a normal person, you always feel There will be some uncomfortable physiological reactions.”

"I have this too, but we are field agents, and these feelings and thoughts have to be overcome." Fitz nodded. The beard on his chin was hairy, which made him look like someone who was obviously not old enough. , but a big kid who insists on pretending to be mature.

However, in fact, the most mature person on the SHIELD team has no beard, only a smile.

Gemma took out a wet tissue to wipe her hands and disinfect her hands, her big eyes looking a little dazed: "But seeing so many corpses of the same kind, I felt nothing, no fear, no regrets, nothing. It was like seeing leaves all over the ground. Or as natural as a straw stack, I feel like they are not our kind.”

"You're right."

Su Ming interrupted her speculation. He bent down to pick up a smiling corpse from the ground, and picked it up by the neck.

The corpse's eye sockets were surrounded by a circle of darkness, and there were also a large number of fine cracks on the surface of the facial skin, especially at the corners of the eyes and mouth. His face looked like a cracked jambread, its dark fillings exposed in stark contrast to his pale face.

"This is the half-transformed product of human beings invaded by Element Zero. It is not human, but it is also not dark matter. If you insist on what it is, it can be regarded as Dormammu's unformed cells."

Su Ming shook the corpse in his hand like a puppet. A black sticky substance flowed out from the wound on the chest of the corpse, slowly squirming like asphalt.

The SHIELD duo both frowned. They knew what this meant. Fitz raised his hand first and asked: "If Element Zero will invade the human body, then if we enter here without protection, will the same existence be transformed?" danger?"

"Why do you think they are smiling? Dark matter can make people feel full of power and provide all kinds of illusory happiness. If you always feel like laughing for no reason, I suggest you commit suicide immediately to save your friends. Have some strength."

Su Ming threw the body away, and the slightly cold body rolled to the feet of the two of them like a sack, hitting their toes, and then stared at the top of the dark cave with dead eyes.

Fitz took a deep breath. He knew that both of them were right. When the body rolled over, he also noticed something was wrong.

If someone had rolled a body toward them in the past, they would have jumped out of the way and jumped as fast as they could.

But now, even if you watch the corpse being thrown by the death knell and watching it hit your feet, it is like watching the other party roll over a bundle of carpets. The speed and strength are not threatening, so there is no need to hide. The brain itself gives made such a judgment.

Even though this roll of carpet had limbs and features, and died a horrible death.

There was something wrong with my brain. It didn't regard the corpse as a person, but as an object. This conflicted with common sense, and the weird feeling of confusion arose from this.

Fitz was lost in thought.

"We have to notify my teammates to evacuate quickly. Are gas masks useful?" Gemma chose to ask Deathstroke. Since he showed everything to the two of them, it would definitely not be without purpose.

"Don't worry about this. The transformation of human beings by dark matter is a relatively long process. These Leviathan soldiers didn't know how long they stayed near the sinkhole, so they were eroded like this. However, this also explains why they were killed by the Immortals. The reason why they didn't die after being left outside for a month is that they don't need food and are not afraid of the cold, it's because they have more powerful energy in their bodies."

Su Ming kindly took out the God Killer, transformed it into a sword, walked up to the two of them and cut the body open for them to see.

Although the body was still hot and had a human temperature, most of the organs in the chest and abdomen were soaked in black water and looked rotten and pale.

"But if the immortals went down to the cave a month before us, would they...?" Gemma opened her eyes wide. She didn't pay attention to the dismembered corpse in front of her. Her brain made her ignore that kind of thing. thing.

"I can't tell you this." Su Ming held his chin and thought for a while, then turned to Xiao Wang and ordered: "Remind me to catch a living immortal to see the impact of dark matter on robots. This is a new subject.”

"Then what do you mean by showing us these corpses? If you want us to pay attention to them, we would have paid enough attention to them." Zhenma stepped over the corpses on the ground and followed the death knell to the other end of the underground space.

"What I mean is that, except for Daisy and I, none of you have effective means to deal with these infected bodies. Bullets are ineffective. I have tried them, and grenades are useless. Some special means must be used."

Su Ming waved to the other two people to follow him. No one noticed that a knuckle was exposed on his gauntlet, and a black ring gave off a faint light.

"By the way, why is there no information recording that you are the host of the symbiote?" Zhenma just remembered what happened before. As a SHIELD agent, she is no stranger to alien creatures such as symbiotes.

Deathstroke suddenly burst out with a cluster of tentacles from his body. These tentacles can also use various weapons flexibly, and they also have small crescent-shaped eyes and a small mouth full of fangs...

She immediately recognized that it was a unique symbiote, completely different from those controlled by SHIELD.

But later, because of the confusion caused by the corpse, she suspected that there was something wrong with her brain, and she almost forgot about this question.

Su Ming continued to move forward indifferently, while Xiao Wang still held his own lighting ball over his head like a seal holding a ball. This performance of silently acting as a humanoid lamppost was very consistent with the position of a butler.

"So what if I know that I am the host of the symbiote? Do you expect Daisy's shockwave to restrain me? To be honest, even if I don't use the symbiote, I can win with her hands and feet."

"You're bragging, how can you fight if you give up your hands and feet?" Gemma retorted subconsciously, but Fitz quickly pulled her hand, and Gemma realized that the two of them were actually hostages.

She looked as scared as a little rabbit.

Su Ming was not angry, but the young man still lacked some knowledge:

"It's very simple. I can transform into anyone in your team and drink and chat with her to get rid of her. Her heart has been filled with all kinds of pain, and this is her weakness."

Gemma curled her lips, she did know how painful Daisy was inside.

The death of Daisy's mother is inseparable from her; her father's lifelong imprisonment is also due to her; whoever gets close to her will die, just like the evil star in the East.

Gemma asked herself, if Daisy's experiences had happened to her, she would have collapsed a long time ago.

But even so, Gemma still whispered: "You can still transform into my appearance? But this is not fair at all. Aren't you a powerful warrior? Why don't you have any sense of honor, like Thor, the prince of Asgard?" That's so manly..."

Looking at Gemma next to him with a yearning look on her face, her eyes seemed to have little stars popping out, the corner of Fitz's mouth twitched.

What's good about Thor? Just because of his muscles?

So Fitz decided that if he could escape safely this time, he would start working out like crazy when he returned to his own time. He would eat protein powder as a meal every day and build muscles.

He already has a beard, he just needs to grow it longer, add a shawl and long hair, and borrow a big hammer from the workshop. Then Gemma will surround him every day and never look at other men again.

Thinking of this, perhaps dreaming of the future prospects, Fitz giggled a little, which made Gemma look at his eyes with some worry.

Su Ming still had such a hoarse and low tone, but his tone was full of playfulness: "So what if you are a warrior? Martial arts can kill people, so can guns, magic, and strategies. Believe me, if one day you meet me and there is no one else, If the enemy can only be held back by hand-to-hand combat, it means that the earth is not far from destruction."

The scientific duo, each with their own thoughts, returned to reality, and then fell silent. This was because they looked at the problem from different angles, and their own vision limited their understanding.

Before they were thrown into the 'frame', they could not even understand the electronic dimension; before they were thrown into the future, they did not believe in reversing the future.

However, it was different after the experience. The first two times they excitedly returned to their own time to report to Fury, Fury behaved very blandly.

For Black Braised Dan, what they experienced is not unusual. The second world within the 'Frame' is simply not comparable to Dr. Zola's 'Z World', which is an Avengers-level event.

Changing the direction of history by traveling through time and creating a parallel world is something that the X-Men have already played. Professor

So Fury gave each of the team a few thousand dollars in bonuses and let it go. He was still busy building safe houses on alien planets.

Except for Coulson, everyone else on the S.H.I.E.L.D. team suddenly languished because they had obtained temporary permission and learned from the director what the Avengers and the X-Men had done in the past.

I thought I had made great achievements, but compared with superheroes, they were nothing. This is the huge reality gap caused by strength.

"Is there really such an enemy?" Gemma asked somewhat blankly. She knew that Deathstroke was very strong and no one in the Avengers could hold on for too long in his hands.

If there really is something that can force Deathstroke to fight in close quarters to hold him back, then what level of monster is it?

Su Ming sighed. There were obvious traces of manual excavation at the other exit of the underground space in front of him: "Yes, but strong combat power does not mean they are strong. You will understand one day."

Just when Su Ming was about to take a closer look at the tunnel leading to the lower level, there was suddenly a violent shaking, and a lot of gravel and dust began to fall above the heads of several people, which was even more obvious in the area illuminated by the light. Wisps of dust.

He could only pat the ashes on his shoulders helplessly: "Well, it seems that Daisy plans to bury all of us alive. We have to go and persuade her."