Infinite Metaverse

Westchester National Forest.

On the other side of the green mountains and forests, there are ugly mine pits exposed one after another. The mining company simply buried them after mining the coal and iron ore. The large and small pits are like scars on the mountains.

There are some small pits where rainwater has gathered, and the rainwater has precipitated some other associated minerals in the crushed ore. The blue and green pools look like a poisonous beauty from a distance.

After the mysterious person bought this abandoned mine, he did not completely repair it and start a new round of excavation. Instead, he only placed some no-entry signs and roadblocks at the entrance of the road, and sent special personnel to guard and seal the place. Most places still maintain their original appearance.

From time to time, large trucks carrying unknown objects enter the mine, but no ore is ever seen being transported out.

At this time, inside the dark and deep mine.

Countless intertwined three-dimensional mine tunnels form a complex network. The perfect human reincarnations wrapped several sections of the mine tunnels with translucent waterproof cloth to prevent water seepage in the mine tunnels that were in disrepair, and then reinforced them with steel frame structures. into the crumbling mine.

It was under such crude conditions that the reincarnators brought in generator sets, lighting fixtures, and various instruments and equipment, and began their secret experiments.

In the dimly lit mine tunnel, a man in a white coat with a curly beard was standing in front of the centrifuge, patiently waiting for the blood sample mixture to be separated. Several assistants in white coats were walking around.

A young man wearing a peaked cap and black gloves on both hands walked up to him and whispered:

"Mandel, our member of the security team in the town has lost contact."

The curly-bearded man raised his head and asked:

"What happened? He was killed by someone from a rival society?"

The young man shook his head and said:

"You'd better come and see for yourself."

Curly Beard put down his work and followed the peaked hat to another mine tunnel. Here, there was a circle of metal chassis and display screens. What was playing on the screen was the surveillance footage from all the surveillance probes in the town. .

The peaked cap pointed at one of the screens and said:

"look."

Curly Beard looked at the screen, which showed a rough black and white silent picture:

Tramp A took out his revolver, shot his companion to death, and then walked out of the surveillance screen in a daze.

On another screen next to it, Tramp A slowly walked into the door of a hotel holding a pistol.

Hotel sign: Dolphin Holiday Hotel.

The curly-bearded man frowned, looked at this scene, and said doubtfully:

"Abel rebelled?"

The man in the peaked cap shook his head and said:

"have no idea."

Curly Beard then asked:

"Where did he go after that?"

The peaked cap shook his head:

"He didn't go anywhere, he walked into this hotel and he never came out."

Could it be that Abel was a traitor planted by other reincarnation societies in Perfect Man? Then why did he enter the hotel but not come out?

This is unreasonable.

Moreover, Abel's rank was very low, otherwise he would not have been assigned to watch out in the town. He had no access to the organization's confidential internal information. If he rebelled at this time, what else could he do besides killing a companion?

Curly Beard frowned and thought.

He raised his head, looked at the peaked cap, and said:

"Go and investigate that hotel and find out what's going on."

The peaked cap nodded and said:

"By the way, hasn't the experimental subject who escaped that day been caught yet?"

Curly Beard shook his head slightly: "No, that guy is still playing hide-and-seek with us in the mine, so you can only go there alone. There are no extra manpower to send to you now. The law enforcement team needs to block all the mine tunnels and gradually narrow down the search. Range, catch him sooner or later!"

The man in the peaked hat snorted coldly, cursed "trash Edgar" in a low voice, but still nodded to express his understanding, and then followed the order and left.

…

The man in the peaked cap was wearing a leather jacket and gloves on his hands. He looked up at the tall signboard and slowly walked into the lobby of the Dolphin Holiday Hotel.

In the bright and tidy lobby, behind the front desk, a handsome waiter bowed slightly, with a slightly stiff smile on his face, and said to the man in the peaked hat:

"Hello, sir, welcome to Dolphin Holiday Hotel. How can I help you?"

The man in the peaked hat walked straight to the front desk and said:

"Show me the recent check-in list."

The waiter smiled and said:

"Sorry, sir, this involves the privacy of our guests, we can't... uh!"

Before he could finish speaking, a big hand wearing black gloves clasped his neck and lifted him up a few inches from the ground.

The man in the peaked hat stared directly into the waiter's eyes with cold eyes and said nothing.

The waiter's face turned red from suppressing it, and he struggled hurriedly and handed a form behind the front desk to the table.

The man in the peaked hat let go of his hand, picked up the form and looked through it.

The waiter suddenly fell back into his seat, holding his neck and gasping for air.

The man in the peaked hat ignored the waiter, and scanned the form one by one, looking at the scattered check-in information, and then he saw:

Jonathan Abel, check-in date: August 27, room: No. 1408, 14th floor, deluxe mountain view suite.

"snort."

The man in the peaked hat snorted coldly, put down the form, and walked towards the elevator.

But he didn't notice that the frightened waiter behind him faded away from his face, slowly stood up straight, and regained his stiff smile.

…

"Ding dong!"

The elevator door opened, and the man in the peaked hat walked into the carpeted corridor and came to the door with the house number "1408".

"boom!"

He punched through the door lock and pushed the door open to enter.

The living room of the suite was empty, with a few newspapers on the sofa and some ashes in the ashtray on the coffee table.

The man in the peaked hat walked into the living room, looked at several rooms, and said slowly:

"Jonathan Abel, I'm Iron Hand, I know you're in there, come out, let's talk."

The suite was quiet, the bedroom and bathroom doors were open, and no one responded to him.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound behind him, and the man in the peaked hat looked back, and the door closed automatically.

"drop!"

An old-fashioned timer on the bedside table in the master bedroom suddenly made a sound. The man in the peaked hat named Iron Hand turned his head and looked. The red numbers on the timer changed rapidly, and finally settled on the number "60:00".

"59:59"

"59:58"

The bedside timer started counting down one hour.

Tie Shou frowned in confusion.

What's the meaning?

"Shen Shen Na Nao."

Iron Hand snorted disdainfully, ignoring the closed door behind him. Instead, he walked into the master bedroom and searched carefully in the closet, under the bed, and under the carpet. Except for a few pools of dried blood, there was nothing. No.

But there were so many bloodstains in a hotel room, which seemed very strange.

At this time, in the real room 1408.

The plastic doll turned around and asked:

"Are you going to walk him through the process of "1408 Phantom Room" and then break through his psychological defenses?"

Zhang Yuning shook her head and said:

"No, on the contrary, we can't let him realize that this is a supernatural event. The world of reincarnation has always had a horror movie universe, and we can't let him think in this direction."

In the room, Tie Shou searched all the rooms, but found nothing. Looking at the timer that kept counting down, he felt irritated and couldn't help but punch the timer.

"boom--"

There was an explosion, and the timer erupted into a large ball of fire. The orange flames instantly engulfed the man in the peaked hat. He watched helplessly as his clothes and gloves were burned, and his skin and flesh were scorched and rolled, causing bone-piercing pain. came, only two silver-white steel arms were left intact.

…

Tie Shou slowly woke up from his coma.

Opening his eyes, he found himself lying in the mine tunnel.

Iron Hand groaned in pain, raised his neck from the pulley stretcher, and found that his whole body was wrapped in bandages. A voice next to him asked with concern:

"Tie Shou, are you awake?"

Tie Shou turned around and said in surprise:

"Mandel, what happened? Why am I here?"

Curly Beard Mandel said: "Have you forgotten? You were hit by an explosion at the Dolphin Holiday Hotel. The entire hotel was blown into ruins. We rescued you from the ruins."

Tie Shou was stunned for a moment, then immediately recalled that he had punched the weird and annoying timer, and it turned out that it was a bomb. He seemed to have lost consciousness due to the explosion at the last moment.

Thinking of this, Tieshou quickly asked:

"What about Jonathan Abel?"

Mandel looked solemn and said:

"This is the tricky situation I want to tell you now. The guy was captured by the law enforcement team when he left the town. The law enforcement team tortured him to extract a confession. In his confession, he said..."

Having said this, Mandel gave Iron Hand a strange look and said:

"He said you ordered him to do it."

When Tie Shou heard this, his eyes widened and he cursed:

"He farted!"

Mandel sighed and said:

"I don't believe it was you who did it. You have no reason to do this. But Edgar and the others insist on going through the process. They want to interrogate you. Now you have extensive burns all over your body. I'm worried that under their methods, you will be very vulnerable." It’s hard to hold on.”

Tie Shou showed a ferocious expression and roared:

"Of course, I know that that piece of shit just wants to avenge himself, and I won't give in!"

Mandel said:

"What can you do if you don't give in? Except for your two arms, your whole body is burned. What are you going to fight with Edgar for? He has legitimate reasons for interrogating you. At least Abel's confession involves you."

When Tie Shou heard this, his expression changed for a moment. He gasped angrily, not knowing what he was thinking in his mind.

He slowly raised his head, looked at Mandel, gritted his teeth and said:

"I can't sit still and wait for death. I want to go out to find Lord Jerome. I want to report to him alone. I can't let that idiot Edgar succeed. He has been coveting my hands for a long time. Damn it."

Mandel looked puzzled and said:

"Can you contact Lord Jerome alone?"

Iron Hand nodded.

Mandel thought for a moment and did not ask any more questions, but reminded him:

"But you can't get out now, the law enforcement team has sealed off the entire mine."

Iron Hand said without hesitation:

"I can pass through the crack in the northwest corner, the crack that leads to the underground river."

After finishing speaking, Tie Shou was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have thought of something. He looked at Mandel doubtfully and said:

"That's not right. We discovered that crack together. You should also know about the existence of that crack."

Mandel's expression froze, and a strange and captivating smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth:

“I didn’t know it before, but I know it now.”

…

Mandel came to the control room and asked a reincarnator on duty:

"Isn't Iron Hand back yet?"

The reincarnator shook his head and said:

"Master Tie Shou has not come out since he entered the hotel. I am watching all the surveillance cameras around the hotel."

The curly-bearded man walked back into the laboratory, pacing back and forth uneasily. He thought about it again and again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He raised his head and said to the assistants around him:

"Accelerate the progress of the original plan and double the testing intensity of several receptors currently undergoing experiments."

Hearing this, one of the assistants in white coats reminded:

"Sir, if the testing intensity is doubled, these people will not be able to bear it anymore, and the mortality rate will increase greatly."

Mandel waved his hand and said:

"I have a bad feeling. We may not have much time. We need to complete this batch of experiments as soon as possible and catch all the people when they are dead."

Speaking of this, Mandel looked quite ugly and said:

"You guys don't understand the current situation. Eighty percent of the mutant members in our X reincarnation are from the main Marvel universe. This time we failed to prevent M-Day from happening. The mutant branch was almost wiped out. , as soon as X Samsara, which accounted for one-third of the club's combat strength, disappeared, the Samsara societies that had long had grievances with them all came to cause trouble. The Fifth Dimension, Zero Realm Guild, Songcewo Brotherhood, Awakening Lion... were all there. Send people to attack our perfect human bases and strongholds in the main Marvel universe."

As he spoke, Curly Beard could not help but curse to himself:

"This time, taking advantage of the opening of a new Marvel comic universe in the world of reincarnation, I specially brought people and equipment into this main world just to avoid the war in the 616 universe. We have been very covert and have not participated in the main plot. , Damn it, how could something like this happen again?”

When several assistants around him saw that he was angry, they did not dare to respond, and they lowered their heads and silently conducted their own experiments.

…

Tie Shou opened his eyes and found that he was still lying on the big bed in the hotel suite. Before he could react, Coconut Coconut turned into twisted black mist and enveloped him. The reincarnation's eyes suddenly bulged and he spat out a mouthful. Blood, dead.

Two chairs were placed quietly next to the bed. A woman with an indifferent expression and a plastic doll sat on the chairs.

Upton Dupont turned around and asked:

"If you can see his memory, why don't you dig clues directly from his memory? Why do you have to listen to him talking to himself for half a day?"

Zhang Yuning shook her head and said:

"I can't directly read his memory. These scenes are not entirely illusions created by Valak, but are imagined by this man himself based on his own subconscious. In other words, he is dreaming, not me. A fantasy."

Upton understood and said:

"The curly-bearded man I described to you before should be more trustworthy in this person's heart, and the man named Edgar should be the person he usually has enemies with, so he will subconsciously imagine these contents. .”

Zhang Yuning said:

"That's right, and the man named Jerome may be the most powerful reincarnation sent by perfect humans into the main world this time. Have you heard of this person?"

Upton Dupont thought about it carefully and said:

"I've never heard of it at all. Hmm... It shouldn't be. Quanren used to act in a very high-profile manner. If it's their high-level combat power, it shouldn't be unknown... Jerome may be his name within Quanren. It has another name to the outside world.”

Zhang Yuning nodded and said, "The good news now is that we know that this person named Jerome is not in the mine laboratory for the time being, and we also know a way to avoid the law enforcement team and leave the mine."

"What's the next step?" Upton Dupont then asked.

He knew that the abilities of Zhang Yuning's two evil spirits were best exerted when they were attached to a building. Although he had obtained a lot of key information now, forcing his way into a mine occupied by perfect humans was not what Zhang Yuning was good at, so he had this question. .

Zhang Yuning chuckled lightly and said:

"Have you not been online recently? During the two days we stayed in the town, a lot of things happened outside in New York."

Upton Dupont looked confused and said:

"whats the matter?"

Zhang Yuning threw a tablet over, stood up and left the room, saying:

"Open any video website, search for 'Battle of Manhattan' and watch it yourself."

After that, he left the suite.

…………

Thank you. All the names that came to mind have been taken. I just posted the scenery. Thanks to two book friends for their reward, I found that the leave request note I posted in the work related section seems to be invisible to everyone. But it’s okay. I will resume updating today.