Chapter 1 Frequent Earthquakes

Frequent earthquakes have begun to cause public panic. In scientific terms, it means that half a fault under the Earth's crust has started to become frequently active, a sign that the entire Pacific plate is beginning to collapse... In San Francisco, the area most prone to activity on the San Andreas Fault, there have been sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or higher, resulting in a total of one hundred and thirty-six deaths.

In the face of such facts, despite the official's vehement denials, the tickets for the base sold even better.

To date, the base has sold even more than fifty thousand tickets. The initial airship formation test flights in the base have also undergone thorough rehearsals and inspections, with the aim of giving ticket buyers a certain amount of confidence. Even thousands of passengers were invited to watch the test flights.

The scene at the time was indeed incredibly shocking. The length of an airship reached an astonishing three hundred and eighteen meters, with a diameter of sixty meters, a weight of three hundred tons, and a volume of 300,000 cubic meters. The airship at the core of the formation was even more gigantic, reaching five hundred meters in length!

However, the ordinary airships could now carry five thousand people, while the core airship was reduced to one thousand people. This was mainly because the members who could ride the core airship were all people of high status, who naturally valued comfort. Moreover, the core airship was also responsible for transporting most of the food, machinery, and so on. Even so, the expected passenger capacity of an airship formation could reach about thirty-five thousand people.

Imagine in your mind, a whole seven of these behemoths docked together, and the distance between the airships had to be one hundred and fifty meters. This covered an area comparable to a medium-sized park!

Because it couldn't be too public, the airship formation's take-off altitude was limited to within fifty meters. Even so, the thirty automatic rolling rope ladders hanging down from each airship like tentacles, densely packed and overwhelming, along with the heart-stirring humming of the motors, deeply shocked the visitors!

Those who were invited to the ceremony today were naturally people of high status. When the enormous lifting force generated by the airships stretched the hanging basket cables taut, they began to enter various areas for tours under the guidance of the guides. Of course, they started with the worst kind of large cabins, then looked at the ordinary cabins, and then toured down the line, finally reaching the so-called VIP boxes.

If these VIPs were taken directly to their customized rooms, then without a doubt, those who had been spoiled by the taste of presidential suites would definitely be critical in their hearts. However, people are animals that can think and compare. After visiting the large rooms with limited water supply, public toilets, and bathrooms,

these VIPs deeply felt that they were getting more than their money's worth. More importantly, they also witnessed the core airship's ability to disconnect from the adjacent sub-airships at any time. This undoubtedly increased their sense of security, and even superiority—a strong feeling of being able to control the life and death of others in their hands.

So needless to say, after this observation meeting, another wave of ticket purchases was set off. A large amount of human and material resources began to frantically concentrate on this abandoned factory in the suburbs of London. The rest need not be said; the rent for nearby rental housing suddenly increased by 1300%, which shows the fervor of these people.

*

The red light flashed with a "beep beep beep" sound. Fang Senyan picked up the phone. This special phone was encrypted by Doctor Octopus, so there was no risk of it being bugged. Professor X's slightly tired but gentle voice came from the other end.

"Two things, Mr. Sailor. We now find that boarding is a big problem. The number of people holding our tickets has soared to two hundred thousand. Because of the sudden increase in wealth and manpower, our productivity has once again been improved. It is estimated that we can form fourteen formations of transport capacity, allowing nearly half a million people to survive, but the premise is-------can you confirm that the specific time and location of that moment is accurate? Otherwise, if it happens in advance, it is likely to cause a large number of innocent people to die."

Fang Senyan said:

"I'm sure, Professor X-------but will expanding production bring additional trouble? Like your enemies? Their power can easily cause terrible destructive strikes. And the bunch of bastards from our world who want to correct history."

Magneto interrupted, saying seriously:

"Sailor. Those guys are just eccentric, they are not executioners or butchers. The aircraft built by the Hulk and Batman can only carry hundreds of people. After they saw our actions, they restrained themselves a lot. It is estimated that they will not come to sabotage, because I think they certainly do not want hundreds of people to live alone on Earth. Perhaps the war between us will continue, but not now."

"As for those guys from the same place as you who want to correct history, they should be going to China now. A reliable message confirms that China has indeed copied thousands of arks! Compared to the tough nuts here, they seem to have chosen distant China. And the US government has also breathed a sigh of relief, so they have begun to try to slowly contact us, considering preliminary ways of cooperation. If a deal is reached, we will even consider helping the government to quickly establish an airship production line."

"I understand," Fang Senyan said. "I can be sure that the time of the disaster has been postponed. December 21, 2012, is not the end of the world, but it will begin three hundred hours later. The area where the disaster first occurs is in the California Bay, and then the San Andreas Fault area."

"New York will have two hours of buffer time... When the half-hour-long

earthquake of more than magnitude ten is over, the survivors will have about three hours to survive, and then the last memory of their lives will be fixed on the terrifying tsunami waves that almost cover the sky..."

"Understood." Although Professor X had heard Fang Senyan's description more than once, his voice was still painful and choked up. "How is it going on your side, do you need help?"

"Everything is going smoothly." Fang Senyan looked at Kulu Teguo next to him when he said this. This guy, who looked like a fat black child, was chewing on a Beijing chicken roll, with red tomato juice smeared all over his mouth, and his other hand was pressed on the hard wall.

It could be seen that under the effect of Kulu Teguo's supernatural power, the mud and sand on the wall rustled down. The fortifications that were said to be able to defend against nuclear weapons attacks seemed vulnerable to the attack of the two-headed cyclops' supernatural power. Kulu Teguo took another bite of the chicken roll, and then impatiently used his hand to pull away the decomposed mud and sand, and then broke the steel bars inside. As his rude behavior deepened, a harsh alarm sounded suddenly.

But Fang Senyan was still very calm, because in this secret place that seemed to be a resort villa, there were a total of eighty-seven guards armed to the teeth. The alarm was for them to hear, but these guards had now lost the freedom to move and speak, and were tied up securely by No. 7 using the Dibaya aborigines' method of tying up prey.

Finally. The safe that was wrapped in six meters of reinforced concrete was dug out. It was said that if it was opened from the front in the wrong way, it would cause the items inside to be forcibly damaged. Therefore, Fang Senyan, who did not get the opening password, took the attitude of rather believing it to be true, and started from the back of the safe, easily blowing its ass.

There were many things in the safe, but Fang Senyan's eyes finally stayed on a seemingly unremarkable gem. He turned on the flashlight and shone it directly on it. Suddenly, he saw that the gem had undergone many refractions, and finally a strange, erect, pointed, and strange pupil was flooded out. Slightly shaking the flashlight, he found that the light reflected by the pupil was like fire!

"It seems we have found the main thing again." Zi couldn't help but sigh when she saw this scene: "Wow, it's really beautiful."

She praised it with a woman's/dragon's unique admiration for shiny things like jewelry:

"The pupil of Quetzalcoatl, even after being forcibly pried off, still does not lose its majestic quality. This is a legendary work of art that cannot be faked. At least modern technology cannot imitate it. The US government hid it in the deepest place and refused to take it out for exhibition. I remember that in the real world, the group made sacrifices with great difficulty in order to exchange the opportunity to see the true face of this treasure, but the government still temporarily changed its mind."

Old Charlie also strode in at this time, followed by Lamtas, carrying an unremarkable box in his hand:

"I have checked it, the golden priest's dagger is also inside. It was indeed shipped with the pupil of Quetzalcoatl. Adding the Indian chief's fang mask found in San Antonio, it has exceeded the collector's requirements. Do we still need to look for the crystal skull?"

Fang Senyan wondered:

"Why not? The space is always very generous to guys who can perfectly complete the task, not to mention this is a job without competitors----------at least in the Americas, right--------where is the address of the crystal skull? Hmm, it's actually in the hands of a private collector. This guy's name is really long: Jakaya Mrisho Hassan Mvini Kikuete. We have to hurry up and get this done as soon as possible before the FBI finds him. It's not a good thing to always be against the government."

Looking at Zi and Wu Ge's covetous looks at "the pupil of Quetzalcoatl", Fang Senyan decisively cancelled his plan to keep this thing. However, at this time, Doctor Octopus called to ask about one thing:

"Sailor, I remember you once told me that the final geological evolution of this 2012 doomsday was that the Cape of Good Hope in Africa became the highest peak in the world, and the overall change in the United States was not very big, right?"

"Yes," Fang Senyan said. "The US plate is like a biscuit, broken into two pieces with a 'snap', but most of it is still intact."

"Very good," Doctor Octopus said excitedly. "We now have too many amazing resources at hand, and there are too many things we want to keep, so I plan to build several waterproof underground warehouses in the most stable area of the inland plate, and stuff all the necessary things into them. As long as one can be preserved, it is estimated that it can save us at least a few years, decades of struggle."

"Good idea!" Fang Senyan said. "I think you can directly ask the government about this. Those nuclear shelters can be easily modified to achieve extremely good waterproof effect. Human civilization, it is good to preserve a little more, um, I have something to do, I'll be busy first."

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Jakaya Mrisho Hassan Mvini Kikuete----------Mr. Jakaya's home is in the suburbs of Detroit. This is already a very remote place, but the blue-bottomed and white-painted villa is hidden in the greenery, and it still looks quite delicate, and the lawn at the door has also been carefully trimmed. At four o'clock in the afternoon, it has gradually faded away from the scorching sunlight. It has a bit of the style of a 19th-century impressionist painter.

-------If there were no corpses on the lawn and a few police cars rushing up haphazardly.

"Step on the brakes, shift to neutral, turn off the engine, pull the handbrake." Fang Senyan completed these actions in one go, and then

jumped down from above. It seemed that his actions were not much different from usual, but the sense of strict guard that was revealed was already evident.

And Reef was already on standby, blocking in front of Zi. Three Sons. Wu Ge, Fang Senyan was formed into the first echelon by Lamtas and No. 7, two guys who could be resurrected.

Fang Senyan walked to the grass, first observed it roughly and then came to the conclusion:

"It seems that the FBI is a little more efficient than us. But they seem to have encountered a tricky thing this time."

As Fang Senyan said, he walked to the police car and immediately confirmed his conclusion. Because there was also a corpse in the driver's seat, the expression of the corpse was twisted, and it looked like it was scared to death alive. The vehicle was hung in reverse gear, and the steering wheel was also rotated several times, but the police had no strength to pull up the handbrake.

Next, Fang Senyan bent down and checked the corpse. It could be seen that after his fingers touched the exposed skin of the corpse, something like roots had drilled into it:

"The identity of the deceased is... a first-level agent. The gun has traces of being fired, which means that the guys we are going to face next may be immune to bullet damage. Hey, the cause of death of this guy is actually..."

Fang Senyan's face was shocked. He stood up and kicked the corpse's head, and the head immediately shattered. However, the skull inside was actually pale white bones, mucus, bloodshot, and empty. Even the spinal cord in the spine was gone!

This person's brain and spinal cord were strangely emptied, all sucked clean!

"What is this? A variant of a vampire? A brain eater? A mind flayer?" Fang Senyan frowned.

At this time, No. 7 spit out his lizard-like red and long tongue, and shouted "ah ah ah" at Reef a few times. Reef immediately said:

"He said he just felt a very special breath leaving."

Fang Senyan thought for a while and said:

"Zi, you come with me, Reef, you protect Three Sons, Kulu Teguo, go to the high slope next to you. There is a wide field of vision, and you can monitor the movements of the enemy here from a high position at any time. Wu Ge, you prepare some spells that can control the enemy. We are here to find the crystal skull, not to kill people. Remember, always be within the range of Reef's Hand of God."

With Fang Senyan's arrangement, everyone in the team immediately operated as precisely as gears. Fang Senyan was still clearing the way outside. He walked into the front door of the villa, and Zi accompanied him and walked side by side. For some reason, although the atmosphere here was gloomy and strange, Zi's heart suddenly became happy. There was an indescribable hope in her heart, that is, to be able to walk side by side with the man next to her like this.

Fang Senyan pushed open the front door of the villa.

Zi also looked very casual at this time, but on the tips of her ten slender fingers, there were arc lights shining that could sting people's eyes. Despite being mentally prepared, she still frowned slightly because of the tragic scene she saw.

Because there were too many people dead in the living room, and all of them had twisted faces. Among these dead people, although there were mostly police and FBI agents in black suits, there were also servants, old people, and even a little girl! !

Without a doubt, their causes of death were all the same, the brain and spine were gone. Judging from the scene, the bullet marks on the wall also indicated that there had been a fierce gun battle here, but it seemed that the bullets were indeed ineffective, either they couldn't hit, or they were useless even if they hit.

The two of them walked to the second floor with a relaxed exterior but a tense interior, and found that there was still no one here except for the corpses. Fang Senyan's eyes slid over a family portrait next to him, and then he said very certainly:

"This family seems to have all died in the villa, except for the Mr. Jakaya we are looking for."

Zi knew that Fang Senyan always had the ability to never forget what he had seen, so she believed Fang Senyan's judgment very much. She searched the inside and outside of the villa again. After confirming that the murderer had left, she sent a safe signal to let everyone in. At the same time, No. 7 and Lamtas went out to guard.

At this time, although the whole team seemed to have returned to normal, that kind of caution was something that Mo Gansha never had before his death. Everyone was careful and walked on thin ice, just to avoid suffering another violent pain like a broken limb.

Next, of course, was a careful search. The purpose of the crowd coming here was not to solve the case or seek justice, but to get the crystal skull and leave immediately. During the search. Three Sons suddenly found a hospital paper bag in a drawer. He pulled it out and looked at a few of them, and was immediately stunned. He quickly called everyone to come and see.

It turned out that in that paper bag were films taken by doctors using CT technology. The name of the patient on it was Jakaya.

These CT films looked okay at first, and were similar to normal people, but later on, the patient's skull on the CT film gradually became strange, and slowly showed unexpected morphological characteristics. In a CT film taken two days ago, the skull shadow shown was exactly the same as the crystal skull they were looking for!

"What's going on?" Everyone was even more surprised. The crystal skull carved by the Maya actually replaced the human skull and grew into Jakaya's head! Such a mysterious thing would really be incredible if it wasn't seen with one's own eyes.

And the crystal skull is a sacred object carved by the Mayans themselves. From a mystical point of view, it is equivalent to a magic weapon, so its special

features are also very obvious compared to modern people. In addition, there are Jakaya's previous films as a reference, so it is very easy to make a judgment.

Fang Senyan pondered for a while and said:

"Legend has it that there is a mysterious power in the crystal skull. There are also rumors that the crystal skull is connected to the 2012 doomsday. There is a legend that there are a total of thirteen crystal skulls, which contain information about the origin and death of mankind, and can help mankind solve the mysteries of the universe. People must find all the skulls before December 21, 2012. That day is the end of the Mayan calendar, which has been circulating for 5126 years. Unless the 13 skulls are gathered together and placed in the correct position, the earth will fly off its axis. Only by doing that, the supernatural power of the skull can save the earth. Jakaya's change may be related to this legend."

Reef said incredulously:

"Then what about these dead people? Could it be that Jakaya is the murderer? Damn, his son and granddaughter are lying downstairs!"

Fang Senyan said lightly:

"I noticed when I checked that the people living in the villa died at least five hours earlier than the FBI people. If I guessed correctly, Jakaya should no longer be classified as human, so of course he will not be emotionally bound by humans. What I am curious about now is, after this guy ate all the people in the villa, what is he doing here? He didn't leave quickly until before we came."

Three Sons immediately said:

"I'll ask Kulu Teguo to come and find it."

Under the effect of the little two-headed cyclops' supernatural power, almost no secret room can escape its supernatural power's survey--------unless there is nothing related to soil around the secret room. So soon, a dark grid the size of a wardrobe was discovered. There was a mirror in here, which was extremely tragic and almost covered with blood. There was also an extremely scribbled diary next to it.

"The crystal skull has become different, I can clearly feel it."

"Is the end of the world really coming?"

"It's resonating, yes, it's resonating! Could it be that the legend of the thirteen skulls is true?"

"I can't stare at its eyes anymore, legend has it that the skull was used by the Maya to hypnotize patients when they performed surgery, it seems that something is calling it."

"My head hurts so much!! I must look at it, I'm fed up with this damn pain, ah ah ah ah!"

"Why do I feel that this damn crystal skull looks delicious??"

"I didn't see it wrong, just now in the illusion, after burning the crystal skull red and throwing it into the water, it can be crushed into powder, and then... that priest will gain eternal life!"

"Okay, I have to gamble... Anyway, I also have terminal lymphoma and only have three months to live."

"Black crystal skull, I saw it. Is that the motivation that has been calling me? Is that the voice that has been echoing in my heart?"

"Great God, I want to leave your portrait to worship day and night, I want to open my body and mind to you at the same time!

"Master... summon... provide nutrition...."

*

Looking at this series of scribbled notes, Fang Senyan and the others fully realized that a person who is crazy for life can do anything. Crushing the crystal skull into powder and eating it into his belly in order to seek longevity is a ridiculous thing to hear, but this Jakaya did it meticulously.

At the same time, the crowd also determined that the skull was definitely not made of crystal, but of some other unknown substance. This thing was crushed into powder and eaten, and then slowly turned Jakaya's skull into "crystal". It sounded like a special parasite was doing it.

"It seems. This guy is also induced by a black crystal skull." Fang Senyan judged:

"It is very likely that everything this guy did was done under psychological suggestion and psychological inducement, and then he completely became a puppet and was controlled. There is no way. Now we can only chase after him and chop off his head to be able to hand it in. Wu Ge, can you track his actions?"

Wu Ge said in a clear voice:

"It should be possible, this guy is full of rotten, dirty, bloody and dark smells. Only one Madoka tree spirit is needed to clearly find this person."

In Wu Ge's chant, a small tree began to pull out its roots, and then the branches began to grow rapidly, and then bent into the shape of a centaur. The difference is that the skin is tender green, and the upper half of the human body is like a little girl, walking happily in front and playing the role of a hunting dog.

The Madoka tree spirit didn't take much effort to find the road that Jakaya took when he escaped. Perhaps the trampled grass and trees were not obvious, but the corpses of animals and humans that were left along the way were clearly placed in front of everyone.

The common point of these corpses is that the heads are like hollow boxes after being stepped on, leaving only empty shells.

Under the leadership of the tree spirit. A group of people also chose a straight line to track, and fortunately, they are not ordinary people, otherwise, the difficulty along the way would have been directly exhausted.

After crossing the not high or steep mountains, what appeared in front of them was the vast wilderness.

Western Wilderness.

A railway divides the earth into two halves like a zipper. Since there is a railway, it must be maintained. Therefore, there are also many maintenance sections in the wilderness. These residences

are strong in consumption and have stable jobs, so they slowly formed administrative units similar to towns.

When Fang Senyan and the others were brought by the tree spirit into this maintenance section, they found that the situation here was extremely tragic. To be precise, humans were being slaughtered crazily like food!

At least more than half of the people died tragically in the streets! ! The previous corpses could not be seen clearly because the time of death was too long. Now that there were fresh corpses as a reference, it could be clearly seen that they were killed after being pierced into their bodies by sharp objects the thickness of electric wires.

An indescribable fishy smell was echoing in the entire air! It smelled like brains being boiled, which was more disgusting than the smell of blood.

Fang Senyan was still walking at the front of the team. Suddenly, the windows on the building in front shattered, and a black shadow flew out with a crash. This black shadow was hit by Zi's Force Barrier and flew away, but on closer inspection, it was a dying human being.

Of course, he took a hit from Zi, and died on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, several corpses were thrown out of the window. For a while, it was difficult to distinguish between real and fake. Everyone could only retreat, but one of them bounced up as soon as it landed!

From the surface of his body, a large number of radioactive blood vessels were sprayed out with a "chi la" sound. Each blood vessel was blue and the thickness of an electric wire, at least two or three meters long, and it was undulating and wriggling in the air as if it were in a stream, unspeakably disgusting and unspeakably strange.

Fang Senyan was not afraid at all, shouted loudly and kicked the chest of this rushing monster. His leg speed was so fast that so many blood vessels were dancing wildly, and before he could get close, he was kicked out with the monster.

The monster suffered a loss, and a large piece of its chest was sunken, making a shrill scream, but it did not repent and continued to pounce, but a sly light flashed in its eyes. Fang Senyan was already pressing on him step by step. Unexpectedly, the two "corpses" next to him suddenly bounced up and held Fang Senyan's legs tightly.

At this time, it could be seen that the "blood vessels" of the monster were connected and pierced into the backs of these two corpses. In a disguised form, they became puppets.

Fang Senyan was expressionless, and with a force of his feet, the arm bones of the two corpses immediately made a crisp breaking sound of "pa pa". However, his movements were obviously slowed down because of this, and the monster screamed and had a thick blue blood vessel pierced into Fang Senyan's calf!

The end of that blood vessel looked very soft, but like a mosquito's mouthpiece, it could pierce into the skin and muscles effortlessly! A wriggling was about to drill inside, while greedily absorbing blood.

It was just at this time that it could be clearly seen that the Sun Ladder, feeling that its "territory" had been invaded, immediately went berserk, and the roots violently entangled the blue blood vessel that had pierced into the body! After the two intersected, the blood vessel only lasted for two or three seconds. , unable to withstand the entanglement of the roots, and retreated sharply!

Then it could be clearly seen that the blood vessel that had sucked Fang Senyan's blood quickly turned red. The blood vessel was originally dark green, but it changed rapidly like a red-hot steel bar, and then began to split differently, and the network extended. Opened up. With the heartbeat, it made a slight twitch, and then it quickly expanded! After expanding to the limit, it naturally burned, exploded, and self-destructed!

There is no doubt that Fang Senyan greatly damaged this guy's vitality!

It let out a shrill scream. After falling to the ground, it rolled over and used its hands to touch the ground, and ran away quickly with its hands on the ground like a gorilla monkey. It could be clearly seen that when this guy was severely injured, a light was emitted from his head, and the crystal skull inside was clearly illuminated.

This guy escaped extremely quickly, and disappeared into the distance in an instant. Fang Senyan had no intention of chasing, but looked to the side and said:

"Did you find anything?"

Old Charlie walked out of the shelter next to him and said seriously:

"Yes, Freddy is best at illusions and mental systems. He can feel it. He feels that something has been affecting that guy's way of thinking and brain waves, causing him to deviate from the normal trajectory of life. Strange events such as drinking crystal skull powder are not like something a normal person would do."

Three Sons also held a few photos that had just been taken and said:

"Come and see what's different!"

The photo was of the monster that had just been taken. Basically, it could be confirmed from the clothes that it was Mr. Jakaya. It vividly captured the cruelty and cold poison he showed in the battle. However, when he was running away at the end, it could be seen that his back had changed. His hands and feet continued to grow longer to facilitate running, and his belly bulged out strangely like a starving ghost. He also deliberately protected it, as if it contained something amazing. "

Looking at this photo, Fang Senyan said thoughtfully:

"Interesting, this is the first time I have seen a puppet like Jakaya controlled by a crystal skull, but looking at his performance, could it be said that after Jakaya absorbed so much brain and spinal cord, only one-tenth is for his own use, and more than half of the remainder is stored in his belly for the black crystal skull holder?"

Speaking of this, Fang Senyan paused, frowned and said:

"I don't know why, I always have a feeling that the more I investigate, the deeper I will dig. Once the true face of the black crystal skull holder is exposed, it is very likely to give me an unexpected surprise."

Zi frowned and said:

"You mean it will lead to a side mission? But we are now

don't need this."

"No." Fang Senyan said very seriously: "Just now, the Sun Ladder and that guy's blood vessel stab had frontal contact. At that moment, I don't know why, I vaguely had a familiar feeling, and felt that I should have seen it before. The owner of the black crystal skull, but the contact should be very shallow, otherwise, I should definitely not be able to recall it."