American comics: From the old Uncle Wolf, he becomes omniscient and omnipotent

Chapter 159 0156: A floating island given life

In the middle of the vast sea, Midway Island stands alone. On the distant sea, a huge floating island floats quietly. Its huge shadow is like a patch of black clouds, making people feel depressed and uneasy, as if Even the sea water surged anxiously, and the huge waves hit the rocks with a deafening sound.

In the center of Midway Island and its beach, a group of uniformed people busily shuttled through various areas, setting up tents, laying communication lines, unloading boxes of supplies from transport ships and neatly stacking them in designated locations. A high barbed wire fence was set up around it, and soldiers guarded the entrances and exits. Fighter planes flew over the sea and sky around the island from time to time.

"Colonel Rhodes, what's going on now?"

The curtain of a tent was opened, and Nick Fury walked in. Three people were already sitting inside, one of whom was War Machine James Rhodes, who was the person in charge of this mission.

"Nothing unusual has been found yet. This floating island has not moved since it arrived a few hours ago, and it has not crossed our territorial waters."

Rhodes released a holographic projection with a model of the floating island on it. He said: "No dangerous weapons have been found on the island so far. We speculate that it may be just a coincidence that it flew here."

A few hours ago, when the mysterious floating island slowly arrived outside the territorial waters, officials immediately realized its potential significance. After all, the location of this island is extremely sensitive. It is suspended outside the territorial waters, but if you take another step forward, you will step into the sacred and inviolable national territory. Therefore, the government responded quickly and immediately mobilized troops and sent them to Midway for garrisoning and deployment.

The army moved quickly and orderly, and a temporary garrison was quickly established on this island full of historical deposits. This island has been deserted since the tragic war of the last century, with almost no human changes or damage to vegetation. The only change may be those seagulls that are full from eating plastic. However, despite this, the island still maintains its unique strategic position and has become a strategic location suitable for strategic deployment.

The army quickly deployed new lines of defense around the garrison, paying close attention to the dynamics of the floating island, and was ready to respond to any situation that might arise.

"Mr. Colonel, there are not so many accidental coincidences in this world." Nick Fury's eyes revealed a hint of sharpness that was imperceptible. He said slowly while carefully examining the floating island model in his hand.

His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was a little confused by the information in front of him: "Is this all the information you have currently? Didn't your fighter planes try to fly over the island for more detailed reconnaissance?"

Colonel Rhodes looked a little solemn. He brought up a new interface and explained: "Sir, the situation is much more complicated than we imagined. The interior of the island was shrouded in thick clouds and fog, and our detection equipment was also Impenetrable. Moreover, when fighter planes approach the island, the radar system will be interfered with and gradually lose its effectiveness. Therefore, I don’t think we should act rashly before we understand the specific situation inside the island.”

After hearing this, Nick Fury touched his chin and pondered for a moment, his eyes shining with thought. He raised his head and stared at the model of the floating island, as if he was seeing through the model the essence of the mysterious island. After a while, he asked: "What is the height of the floating island from the sea?"

"1024 meters." Colonel Rhodes immediately replied, while showing Nick Fury the data detected by the previous survey team. "According to our rough calculation, the area of ​​this island is about six to seven square kilometers. , larger than the Midway Island at our feet."

Nick Fury nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "1024... This number seems a bit interesting." He paused, then raised his head and looked at Colonel Rhodes, his eyes showing determination and courage: "I You want your people to use helicopter gunships to send special response forces to the floating island. Do you think this plan is feasible?"

Colonel Rhodes was stunned for a moment, then his expression became solemn. He understands the risks and importance of this plan, and he also knows that Nick Fury proposed this plan because they currently have no other better options. He took a deep breath, nodded and said: "This is the only feasible way at the moment. I will make arrangements immediately to ensure that everything is ready."

After in-depth discussions with his adjutant, General Rhodes finally decided to adopt Nick Fury's strategy. The dilemma they face is that the topography of the floating island is still an unknown territory for them. The clouds and fog on the island make it difficult to see its true appearance from a high altitude. In this context, sending fighter planes for aerial reconnaissance does not seem to be a wise choice. On the contrary, ground troops can explore every corner of the floating island more directly and deeply due to their unique advantages. Therefore, General Rhodes and his adjutant agreed that sending ground troops to the floating island for on-the-spot investigation is undoubtedly the most appropriate course of action at the moment.

The operators of the plan were selected by S.H.I.E.L.D. from the Special Response Force. After Rumlow was arrested, the response force now temporarily has Coulson, who has recovered from injury, as the person in charge.

The experienced Coulson immediately selected good people and divided them into three teams, preparing to land on the island from three different directions.

The original plan was for Steve Rogers to participate in the mission as the team leader, but unfortunately he was responsible for the mutant mission and could not escape for the time being.

"Guys, I wish you good luck."

To the north, an armed helicopter accurately flew to the edge of the floating island. As the hatch slid open smoothly, the uniformed special forces jumped out after waving their hands. The ropes tightened into straight lines in the air, and they landed steadily as light as a swallow. As soon as they landed, the team members immediately spread out in battle formation, with sharp eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly, not missing any signs of trouble. At the same time, the armed helicopter circled in the air several times before returning to Midway Island.

At the same time, the special teams from the south and west also successfully landed.

For the team to the north, there was a forest in front of the landing site. The towering trees obscured the view, and the clouds and fog made it impossible to see clearly what was going on inside.

The captain waved for everyone to move forward and ran into the woods. At the same time, he reported the situation, "There is nothing unusual at the moment."

"According to the plan, head towards the central area as much as possible. If you are lucky, you will meet there."

In the Midway camp, Coulson also came here and used communication equipment to remotely command three teams. According to the plan, they entered the floating island from three different directions.

Each team of fifteen people carried enough supplies with them to allow them to travel throughout the floating island and at the same time, have enough food to supplement them in case of emergency.

"receive."

Three teams from different directions headed towards the central area at almost the same time. They all faced the challenge of dense woods when they landed. Obviously, this floating island is mainly dominated by woods. After walking for a certain distance, they did not look at it. Go to the end of the woods.

It was quiet in the woods, an eerie silence.

There were no animals around, and there seemed to be not even a gust of wind. The raging sea breeze outside had no impact on the environment of the island. It seemed that everything was isolated and strange.

The creepy atmosphere made them speed up their pace and shuttle quickly and nimbly through the woods. The camouflage uniforms they wore made them seem to blend into the surrounding natural environment and become part of the woods. Their faces were painted with tactical paint, Facial features blurred. Maybe it's because the atmosphere on the island is too weird. When they move, they try to avoid making too big movements. They are like ghosts, walking silently through the woods. Their movements are light and fast, leaving almost no traces, except for the occasional slight movement. The gently swaying leaves tell the story of their passage.

"I hope nothing happens."

Coulson looked solemnly at the big screen, which showed the real-time perspectives of the three teams.

Rhodes on the side was not that worried, "Colson, can SHIELD now bring people back to life?"

"I'm not in the mood to talk about this right now."

Coulson refused to answer the question, concentrating on watching the live video.

"Don't worry too much. Our fighter planes have been hovering near the floating island for such a long time without any movement. I think maybe this floating island is not aggressive, otherwise those previous fighter planes would not be able to come back intact."

Rhodes believed that if the floating island was man-made, then it would definitely be unbearable. Fighter planes were patrolling all around. After all, the noise alone could make a person collapse. Not to mention, this time due to the high official attention, fighter plane patrols almost never stopped. . "If it's a disguise then we're in big trouble."

Coulson ignored Rhodes' words.

However, at this moment, the footage of the team from the north showed that they had entered a denser part of the woods. After several twists and turns, they finally passed through the dense and messy woods.

As they continued to move forward, they suddenly found that the situation ahead looked familiar. The captain stepped forward and checked the footprints and many broken branches in the woods. He frowned and said, "Sir, we seem to have taken a detour again." came back."

"Make a mark first."

Colson frowned and his eyelids twitched, always feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Sure enough, after the team passed through the woods, they circled back again, because there was a tree tied with red cloth, which was the mark made before.

Not only the northern team, but also the other two teams have experienced this situation one after another.

They tried to turn back to the landing point, but no matter which direction they went, they ended up back where they were, as if they were trapped in a deep maze with no way out.

"Sir, can you see our position?"

the captain from the north asked.

Before departure, everyone was equipped with a locator to prevent anyone from getting lost. However, when Coulson checked the coordinates of the locator, he found that the coordinates showed that the three teams had been moving back and forth at the landing site.

"Damn. The locator failed."

Coulson realized that it was a magnetic field problem. He grabbed the communicator, and when he was about to give a reminder, the screen suddenly shook violently and flashed several times.

In the camera, there is a team from the north. They are deep in a dense forest, surrounded by trees. The originally windless forest suddenly picked up the wind. The entire forest was swaying violently, and there were a few faint black shadows passing by.

"There's something new!"

Coulson frowned and stared at the screen.

But the next second, the screen was cut off and entered a no-signal state.

He shook the screen vigorously, but the desired content was still not displayed, "Colonel Rhodes, what is going on?"

"It may be that the magnetic field on the island interferes with the signal. The radar has malfunctioned before when fighter planes approached the floating island."

Rhodes also straightened up and pulled out the previously detected data.

Hearing this, Coulson was extremely anxious. There was obviously a new situation with the northern team just now. Those black figures might be the aboriginal people on the island.

But while they were still worrying about the communication of the northern team, similar situations occurred to the other two teams one after another, with the same special feature, and a black shadow flashed across them.

"Damn it!"

"Isn't there any other way to contact them?!"

Colson was very angry. If it hadn't been for his frail health not long after he was discharged from the hospital, he almost overturned the table in front of him. You must know that information and intelligence are the most critical in war. A piece of information or intelligence that is missed may ruin countless people. Lost his life because of it.

"If we had, we wouldn't be sending people on this mission."

Rhodes shook his head. It was because the drone equipment could not be used normally on the island, otherwise Nick Fury's plan would not have been implemented.

Buzz.

"There's a picture!"

At this time, the real-time battle screen of the northern team was restored.

Coulson didn't have time to be happy. In the picture, in the dim forest, dense vines appeared all around, as if there was life crawling crazily. The vines wrapped around the bodies of the team members, followed by another one, and another one. root. No matter how much he struggled in terror, trying to escape from the shackles of these vines, it was all in vain. There were more and more vines, getting tighter and tighter. They entangled their bodies mercilessly, binding them tightly.

One of them tried to cut off the vines with a dagger, but the vines seemed to have spiritual power and quickly avoided the blade, instead wrapping themselves around harder. They felt it was getting harder and harder to breathe, their chests seemed to be pressed by boulders, and their consciousness gradually became blurred. Finally, suffocated by despair, they were unable to resist and allowed the vines to wrap around and drag them away.

"Are these vines alive?"

Rhodes noticed this and immediately shook his head: "It is possible that this entire floating island is a living creature. It has its own thinking and does not require human control."

"Wait a minute. Those vines didn't kill them directly. Where are they being taken?"

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