Chapter 597: The cult that worships celestial bodies
The authorization for large-scale exploration was quickly approved by the superiors.
SHIELD, with the assistance of MI6, will search for time-distortion sites throughout London.
Of course, the price was that Fury was scolded by the Security Council, but fortunately, after clarifying the stakes, the politicians who were afraid of death immediately expressed their support and gave the green light to the action all the way.
The exploration work is not easy, after all, London is not small.
Although their SHIELD's technical equipment is advanced, it will take at least seven or eight hours to complete the entire investigation.
Natasha ordered the entire factory to be sealed off, and no unrelated people were allowed to enter.
They will not go in to explore again in the future because it is too dangerous here.
According to the detection results of the instrument, the space-time position in the factory is now chaotic and distorted, and the location where the space tunnel appears is unknown. Therefore, if you enter at will, you may be swallowed by the sudden space tunnel and fall to an unknown place.
As for Jane Foster's death, the outcome now seems obvious.
While exploring this abandoned factory, the distorted space-time position suddenly tore apart space, causing Jane Foster to accidentally fall into it, and then reappear over the Thames River more than a hundred kilometers away, which ultimately led to this tragedy happened.
Although all this seems to be a coincidence, it has to be said that this is the truth, a tragedy caused by scientists trying to find out.
On the one hand, Natasha has a headache about the distortion of time and space in various parts of London. On the other hand, she has to think about how to explain Jane's death to Thor. It would be bad if the simple-minded prince of Asgard gets angry. .
It was evening, and darkness enveloped London.
Without even thinking about what to do, Natasha rubbed her swollen temples, picked up the steaming coffee next to her, took a sip on the edge of her red lips, and asked the agent next to her: "How is the progress of the exploration?"
"Two areas have been discovered, and the others are still being investigated." The technician took the time to answer.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Natasha comforted her casually, got up and came outside the temporary stronghold, intending to ask Barton how the progress was going.
After she and Barton arrived in London, they split up. One was responsible for tracking down the disappearance of Jane Foster, and the other went to contact Dr. Eric to see what the guy was doing at Stonehenge.
Du... click!
The contactor only rang once and was immediately disconnected.
It was Barton who actively refused to answer the call, and this obvious abnormality made Natasha frown deeply.
Refusing to accept contact can only mean one thing.
That is, Barton encountered some special circumstances that prevented him from answering current calls.
"problem occurs......"
Natasha's eyes darkened, realizing something was wrong.
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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.
On top of the endless green wilderness, stands a wonder left by prehistoric civilization, a circular formation composed of towering boulders.
There are many modern speculations about the formation and purpose of Stonehenge, but most of them have no actual evidence. The most convincing one in mainstream science today is the ancient observatory that was born in 2100 BC and was used to observe astronomical phenomena. '.
The above is not the point.
In fact, Barton didn't care or even bother to care about who built Stonehenge.
Before he came here, he thought that this mission was just a simple vacation, just to bring back Eric who was running around naked, and then ask him what was going on.
But as expected, the accident happened.
After arriving at the place, he learned that the situation seemed to have shifted slightly. Dr. Eric, who was running naked, was originally going to be taken away by the police, but was kidnapped by a group of people who suddenly appeared on the way. His whereabouts are still unknown. trace.
The body of the two police officers responsible for escorting Dr. Eric was disemboweled and dumped on the grassland.
This cruel method, which was close to murder, directly aroused the anger of the local police station. They believed that Eric and those people were accomplices. They fled the scene after brutally killing two police officers, so they directly issued a wanted order.
But after arriving at the murder scene and after some investigation, Barton believed that this was not the case.
There were obvious signs of dragging and struggling on the edge of the vehicle, as well as bullet holes and landing points after bullets were fired. There were also signs of resistance during the dragging process. Therefore, in summary, Eric was definitely not dragged voluntarily, but was forced to drag. And left here.
When it comes to following trails, Hawkeye's reputation isn't something he just blows off.
Barton immediately followed the dragging traces and the direction in which the weeds were crushed.
This pursuit lasted until night.
Following the trail, we came to a canyon, leading deep into a dense forest.
According to the satellite display, the place where he started is more than 60 kilometers away from here!
Even though Barton had absorbed the soul-hunting physique of dozens of criminal souls and ran more than 60 kilometers in just a few hours, he felt so exhausted that his legs even started to wobble.
Barton was worried about Eric's life safety, so after taking a short rest to adjust, he entered the dense forest in the canyon.
As he gradually moved deeper, he found more and more messy footprints, obvious drag marks, and even a blood stain on the ground, which was probably left when Eric was dragged and rubbed.
"There's a lot of bleeding, Eric's condition is not good."
In his anxiety, Barton quickened his pace and followed the direction of the blood stains. Not long after, he saw a burning flame.
After knowing that he was close, Barton carefully slowed down and approached the location of the flames from a high place in the dense forest. When he came closer, he discovered that Dr. Eric was indeed here, but was tied to a wooden stake. .
Surrounding Dr. Eric were ten mysterious people wearing white robes whose appearance was unclear.
These mysterious people took unknown red powder and metal rods and drew huge concentric circles one after another on the relatively soft soil near the fire, with each circle about one person's distance apart.
After drawing nine circles in a row, these mysterious people formed a straight line and stood on top of each circle line.
Then a man in white robes who seemed to have the highest status came to Eric with a metal rod and said, "Now tell us where the intersection of the tenth line is, Dr. Eric."
"I...I don't know..."
Eric was dragged all the way over, and he was already covered in bruises. He said intermittently: "What is the tenth line... I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Haha...don't you understand yet?"
The man in white robes sneered and said, "I want the exact coordinates of the tenth planet when it passes through the solar system and passes over the earth!"
The... tenth planet? !
Barton's pupils shrank slightly, and when he looked at the concentric circles on the ground, he immediately understood what they were.
The fire in the middle symbolizes the sun, and the circular lines are the orbits of the nine planets in the solar system. The position where those people are standing is equivalent to the nine planetary bodies. The angle θ at which the nine planets meet in ten days is 14.8 degrees!
Are these people...worshipping celestial bodies? !
But at this moment, the contactor suddenly made a sound, and Barton was so frightened that he immediately pressed it.
Although the sound was not very loud, it broke the silence in the dense forest and attracted everyone's attention in an instant.
Under the light of the fire, the faces of those people in white robes were definitely not normal people, but one after another... similar to lizards!
"This time... it's bad."
Cold sweat broke out on Barton's forehead, secretly regretting that he had forgotten to turn off the communicator.
