1225 The Brain Eater And The Crystal Skull (1/2)
Frequent earthquakes had begun to cause panic a the masses In scientific terms, this phenomenon was explained as: half the block faults beneath the earth's crust weresigns of collapse In San Francisco, the area where San Andreas Fault activities were most likely to occur, there had been 16 earthquakes over 50 inthese facts, even if the authorities were still trying their hardest to suppress the news, the airshi+p tickets sold by the base were getting more in demand every day
The base had already sold ht of a cohly scrutinised, with the intention of giving the ticket purchasers some assurances They had invited thousands of future passengers to observe the test flight
It truly was an iht After all, each airshi+p was 318 ht, and 300,000 cubic meters in volume Each airshi+p also carried 30 rope ladders that could roll up autoth of the central airshi+p at the core of the formation had even reached 500capacity of each ordinary airshi+p to 5,000, while reducing the carrying capacity of the core airshi+ps to 1,000 This was ers of the core airshi+ps were all people of high status, so they had a higher requirement for comfort Further most of the food, machinery and other supplies Even with these restrictions, the expected carrying capacity of each airshi+p forine seven of these behe between each of them The whole formation could cover a mid-sized park!
Because they had to keep a low profile, the airshi+p forht was controlled at 50 iant airshi+ps with large a off the roar of the engines, the whole exhibition had given the observers quite a bit of shock!
Those ere invited to watch the cereh status After the enor force produced by the balloons stretched the steel cables of the hanging carriage taut, the observers were guided into an airshi+p for an inspection They were first brought to inspect the worst kind of cabins, the ones with e area Next, they were brought to visit the ordinary cabins, and finally the so-called VIP compartments
If they had taken these VIPs directly to their custo, these VIPs ere used to staying in presidential suites would surely find fault with the rooms However, hu visited the large rooms that had shared toilets and bathrooms as well as limited water supply, they were deeply satisfied when they saw the rooms prepared for them They felt that their money had been very well spent
Most importantly, they had also witnessed the ability of the core airshi+p to disconnect froiven time, which undoubtedly enhanced their sense of security, and also their sense of superiority -- it was a powerful feeling, having control over the lives of others
The cerereat deal of huate in this abandoned factory area in the suburb of New York Even the rent of accommodation in the vicinity of the factory area had spiked by 1300, a clear evidence of the base's popularity
The red light on the phone in front of Sheyan lit up, acco sound This special telephone was personally encrypted by Dr Octopus to guard against wiretapping Professor X's gentle but slightly tired voice cas with you, Mr Sea the boarding process The nued to 200,000 Thanks to the sudden increase in wealth and reatly improved We estimate that we can build 14 airshi+p for nearly half a million lives But this is all predicated on one pre of the apocalypse that you provided is correct Are you absolutely sure of it? If it happens earlier than expected, a large number of innocent people will die”
”I' additional troubles? Like your enemies, for exa blows to us And there are also those bastards fro to correct the course of history,” asked Sheyan
Magneto interjected in their conversation and said in a soleuys are just loners, Sea vehicle built by the Hulk and Batman can only carry a few hundred people They've been a lotI don't think they'll come and cause trouble for us anymore Surely they don't want to the post-apocalyptic Earth to contain just hundreds of people The war between us may still continue in the future, but not now”
”As for the people who ca to correct history - they should be heading to China right about now We've already heard reliable nehich confirm that China has indeed made thousands of ark replicas! Those people knoe're no easy targets, so co to deal with China despite the distance The US governet in touch with us to see if there's any possibility of cooperation If we can reach an agreeovern up a production line for airshi+ps”
”I see,” said Sheyan ”I can confirer start on December 21, 2012, but three hundred hours later The first area of disaster will be in the Gulf of California, followed by the areas along the San Andreas Fault”
”New York will have two more hours of buffer tinitude 10 or higher After that, the survivors will have about three hours to catch their breaths After that, the lasttsunah it'll almost cover the entire sky”
”Got it,” Professor X had heard Sheyan describe the apocalypse , filled with pain ”How are you guys doing over there? Do you need help?”
”Everything's going fine,” answered Sheyan as he looked at Kulutego next to hiuised as a fat kid and was chewing on Old Beijing Chicken Rolls, red ketchup smeared all over his mouth His free hand was pressed to a hard wall
Under the action of Kulutego's power, the wall slowly ca down The wall, which could withstand even nuclear attacks, appeared so vulnerable in front of the two-headed cyclops' power Kulutego took another bite of the chicken roll while he ih the decomposed sand to find the steel bars inside, which he broke When his hand got deeper in, a sharp alarm sounded
But Sheyan still appeared very caluards, armed to the teeth, stood on duty They were the ones the alaruards had currently all lost their ability to move and speak They had all been firmly tied up by No 7 with the method that the Ndipaya natives use to bind their prey
Finally, a safe that was surrounded by sixout The information they had said that if the safe door was not opened in the correct way, its content would be forcefully destroyed Sheyan, who did not have the safe's password, did not want to risk it, so he broke a hole through the back of the safe instead
There were a lot of things in the safe, but Sheyan's eyes settled on a plain-looking geht went through ee of a vertical pupil When Sheyan lightly shook the flashlight, the light which formed the pupil moved like fire!!
”Looks like we found another authentic one,” Zi could not help sighing as she remarked, ”Wow, it's so beautiful!”
Shejewelry unique to woons, ”The 'Eye of Quetzalcoatl' Even after it was forcibly pried off, it still retains its dignified characteristic A legendary work of art that cannot possibly be counterfeited, at least not by present day's level of craftsovernment hides it really well and simply refuses to display it I relolily went back on their words”
Old Charlie walked in at thatbox in his hands
”The 'Dagger of the Golden Priest' is also shi+pped here together with the 'Eye of Quetzalcoatl', just like we expected Together with the 'Indian Chief's Fanged Mask' we found in San Antonio, we've met the requirements for 'The Great Collector' title Do we still need to look for the 'Crystal Skull'?”
”Why not?” replied Sheyan ”The Realenerous to those who can complete a mission perfectly Besides, this is a job without competitors, at least not in America Where's the location of the 'Crystal Skull'? Oh , it's actually in the hands of a private collector, a private collector with a really long name - Jakaya Mrisho Hassan Mwini Kikwete We have to hurry up We should try and settle the ood idea to keep going against the authorities”
Seeing the desire in the eyes of Zi and Melody when they stare at the 'Eye of Quetzalcoatl', Sheyan resolutely decided against safeguarding the object himself
Dr Octopus suddenly called the
”Seaman, I remember you told me before that after the apocalypse, Africa's Cape of Good Hope will becohest peak, and there won't be any ht?”
”Correct,” answered Sheyan, ”The North American plate will be like a biscuit snapped in two; most of it will still be intact”
”Excellent,” said Dr Octopus excitedly, ”We have an astonishi+ng as that I wish to keep I plan to find a featerproof underground warehouses in the s in theh safely, we'll be able to save years, maybe even decades, of future hardshi+p e rebuild human civilization”
”Great idea!” reovernment about it The readily-available fallout shelters only need soood waterproof effect We should indeed preserve asI need to do right now I'll talk to you later”
The home of Mr Jakaya Mrisho Hassan Mwini Kikwete - or just Jakaya for short - was in a suburb of Detroit, a pretty remote place The villa that was painted blue and white stood exquisitely in the shade of greeneries The lawn near the entrance had been carefully mown Under the intense 4:00 pm sun, it presented a scenery res -
- if there weren't a few corpses lying on the lawn and a few police cars parked there disorderly, that is
Step on the brake, shi+ft to neutral gear, turn off the engine, and pull the hand brake -- Sheyan completed this series of actions in one smooth motion and jumped down from the car His actions were not h alert
Reef was also on guard He stood protectively in front of Zi, Sanzi and Melody while Sheyan foruard with Ramtas and No 7, both of whom could be resurrected
Sheyan moved cautiously to the lawn After some quick inspection, he concluded, ”It appears that the FBI were a little faster than us, but they've met with some trouble”
While he spoke, he moved to the police car and immediately affirmed his conjecture There was a corpse in the driver's seat The facial expression on the corpse was distorted, like the person had been frightened to death The car was in reverse gear and the steering wheel had been turned several tith to release the hand brake
Sheyan bent down to examine the corpse and touched the exposed skin of the corpse with his fingers So that seemed like tendrils instantly penetrated into the corpse
”The identity of the deceased isa first-class detective His gun shows signs of having been fired, whichshortly is likely iuy's cause of death is actually”
Sheyan had a shocked expression He gave the corpse's head a kick, and the head immediately shattered Inside the skull were bones, body fluid and blood, but nothing else Even the spinal cord in the spine could not be seen
The man's brain and spinal cord had bizarrely disappeared like they had been sucked clean!
”What the hell caused this? A variant of the Vampire? A Brain Eater? A Mind Flayer?” speculated Sheyan with a scowl
At that , red tongue as he made some noises which sounded like ”ah ah ah” at Reef Reef told Sheyan, ”He said he just sensed a very unique aura leaving”
Sheyan thought for a while before he said, ”Zi will coo to the top of that tall slope over there, where you'll have a wider view and can ic to control the enee of Reef's 'Holy Grasp' Remember, we're here for the 'Crystal Skull', not to kill anyone”
All meears following Sheyan's arrange into the villa He walked to the front door with Zi by his side Despite the eerie, gloo a little happy She hoped she could keep walking side by side with this man until the end of eternity
Sheyan pushed open the front door of the villa
Zisparks were dancing on top of her fingertips She had mentally prepared herself for whatever was behind the door, but the tragic sight she saw still made her frown
That's because there were si rooh most of them were policemen and FBIs in black suits, there were also servants, elderly, and even little girls!
All of them had the sa The bullet holes left on the walls showed that there had been a fierce gun fight here, but it seeainst the culprit They had either all missed, or could not harm the culprit
They hurried to the second floor but found no one there besides limpse of the family portrait, he declared with confidence, ”Everyone in this large family had died in this villa except for the Mr Jakaya that we're looking for”
Zi knew Sheyan had always had an exceptional ment
They searched the inside and outside of the villa once one away, they signalled to the rest of the party that it was safe to couard
Although the party seemed to have returned to their usual demeanour, their every action carried a cautiousness which was not there before Mogensha's death Theyon thin ice, for fear of suffering the pain of losing a coain