The Death Knell

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States. It is the piece of land that sticks out in the lower right corner of the United States map.

It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and Alabama and Georgia to the north. Its capital is Tallahassee, but when people mention Florida, the first city that comes to mind is always Miami.

After all, Miami has beautiful beaches, many beauties in swimsuits, blue sea and tropical palm trees. Southern girls are also very enthusiastic. Wade always likes to come here when he is on vacation.

And what does Tallahassee have? There were a large number of cotton plantations during the colonial period, mass graves for black slaves, and more pinewood processing plants after the Civil War. The only place that can be considered an attraction is the Tallahassee Airport.

The difference is visible to the naked eye. If Miami looks similar to Sanya at first glance, then Tallahassee looks almost like an iron mountain...

The word ‘Florida’ comes from Spanish, meaning ‘the place where flowers bloom’. It was a Spanish colony during the colonial period, and there are still many people here who speak with Spanish accents.

As a side note, Italian accents are the most popular on the beaches of Miami. As long as you have muscles and can speak some Italian-style English, beautiful girls will flock to you like crazy.

In the 40K timeline, there used to be a small Hydra base near the coast here, but it was later taken over by the invasion team, namely Steve, Holloway and others.

Later, that base area was converted into the Kennedy Space Center, where the Cape Caravel Launch Center that Su Ming visited last time was located.

In addition to the space base in the southeast corner under the management of NASA, the military also has a secret factory area in the saltwater swamp area of ​​​​the southern coast of Florida, which is used to execute what is known as "Gladiator Project" to the outside world and "Project Brimstone" internally. A project.

This is one of the follow-up projects of the famous "Weapons Project". The main direction of research is to try to combine chlorophyll with human mitochondria to create super soldiers that do not require logistical supplies and can survive as long as there is sunlight and water.

However, something went wrong with that plan in the end. Ted Sallis, the chief scientist in charge of the research, fell into the swamp while avoiding the attack of AIM agents and turned into a plant monster 'humanoid'.... ..

It sounds a bit like the Swamp Thing next door, even its origins are similar, but don’t ask, it’s a tribute.

SO2 serum alone cannot turn Ted into a humanoid. After he fell into the water and died, there was also energy from another dimension that acted on him.

Because somewhere beneath this swamp lies the Nexus of All Realities, a natural pathway, an interdimensional portal that provides access to any and all possible realities. , including 'reality and reality between realities', and this is the concept of dimensions.

Or is it more like a backdoor to Earth’s main dimension?

Its level is not as high as the 'realistic crossroads', and its appearance is just an inconspicuous undercurrent vortex of sewage. But after passing through that vortex, there is a bizarre world, a disorderly space passage area.

As for the big humanoid guy, he should still be in the swamp, occasionally helping the Howling Commandos, but most of the time he can only stay in the water, otherwise he will wither and become weak.

Karma Taj has been monitoring the Everglades since Deathstroke became the Supreme Mage. However, given that the underwater vortex can swim on its own and even jump or change dimensions underwater, it can only monitor the entire swamp as a whole. .

But this time, the dead Supreme Mage probably entered the main dimension through this channel.

Therefore, the purpose of Su Ming and Xu Xian's trip was to go to Citrusville, the big town closest to the Everglades.

As the name suggests, this is a good place for specialty fruits. The citrus here is big and sweet. The Borg family in the town has accumulated a lot of money in the past few decades just by providing oranges as raw materials for soda drinks to Wilson Enterprises. Wealth also built a building more than 100 meters high in the town.

It's nothing like a building in New York, but this is just a town, so it's very conspicuous. In addition to this, they also built an 'Orange Town University' to train agricultural talents.

However, the strongest family in this town is not the Borg family. Being rich does not mean being powerful.

When you come to the town and walk on the streets that are different from the big cities, you can see lively scenes everywhere. Unlike many southern towns where there are only old people leaning in front of the door to bask in the sun, there are many young people here, and Basically they are all handsome guys and beauties.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg of what's special about this town.

The town has a population of 200,000 to 300,000, and the roads are well-maintained. Pickup trucks, which are the favorites of village residents, come and go, so it seems a bit strange for someone like Su Ming to walk on the roadside wearing a suit.

"There are oranges everywhere." Professor Xu didn't care about other people's strange looks. She just looked at every street shop curiously.

Just like what she said, no matter what store here is, they will sell some orange-related products. Even those selling handicrafts will sell orange-shaped lampshades.

"Actually, the temperature and humidity in Florida are not particularly suitable for the growth of citrus, but this town is an exception. It has something to do with magic." Su Ming answered her in a low voice while walking towards a street store.

There are many plastic net bags in front of the door. You can buy a big bag of beautiful oranges for a few dollars, which is obviously very cheap. You can eat them while walking.

Taking the fruit handed over by the Supreme Mage, Professor Xu asked while eating: "Speaking of magic, I did feel that the earth veins here are different, but this kind of thing should be something foreigners don't know, right? Changing Feng Shui, etc. Very few people in China understand this."

"The matter is related to the ancient Atlantis. Wait a moment and we will find a place to stay and discuss it in detail."

As if she was very familiar with this place, Su Ming led her through several streets and came to an unremarkable community. Here were common southern town buildings, the kind of small white second-story buildings. , with a lawned courtyard.

After looking at the house number, Su Ming pushed the door straight into the courtyard. After knocking on the door, footsteps and questioning voices soon came from the room:

"Who?"

The owner of the house opened the door with a smile while talking. This is a small town with simple folk customs, and it is a traditional white community. It is very safe during the day.

It was a middle-aged man with black hair who looked like Hollywood star Orlando Bloom. He seemed to have been sleeping not long ago and was wearing comfortable cotton pajamas.

When he saw the people outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, but then he introduced Su Ming and the strange woman into the room, and looked outside furtively before closing the door.

"Master, why are you here?"