Marvel Magic Event Book

Chapter 1724 Psychic Reaction

Due to the population density and construction technology of this period, after this battle, the only buildings that could be used as shelters by the Inhumans in this large village within the Kree's sphere of influence were a few houses made of reeds and mud bricks. The owners of these houses were responsible for cooperating with the Inhumans and providing slaves for the Kree to serve as experimental materials. As a result, other agricultural villagers in the pre-dynastic period were much richer and could even own a large number of slaves who cultivated the land and iron weapons.

After the war began, the mud brick house where the slave owner and his family lived became the hiding place and shelter of the Inhumans. The slave owner who once enslaved other mortals became the food of Hydra, while the slaves who could only sleep in the reed house chose to escape when they found that something was wrong. When two bombs blew up the body of an Inhuman who looked no different from a human, they also blew up the relatively solid outer wall of the mud brick house. The empty bodies of the slave owner and his family lay in the center of the mud brick house, with blood still on their bones, and their smooth skulls opened mockingly, with their empty eye sockets staring at the two sides that smashed the simple house.

Sparks floating in the air ignited the roof in the blink of an eye, and loose bundles of reeds fell down, burying the dead with flames. But both sides of the war did not care about these bones. Hammurabi did not care about the lives of these slave owners. To the Inhumans, these humans were just food for Hydra and materials to meet the needs of their masters' experiments. The Kree would not care about these "slaves of slaves" either.

There were fewer and fewer mud-brick houses that could be used as shelters. With the support of the fire support team's flares, the outer fire support team could even see the golden armor of the guards flashing in the burning ruins under the dazzling white light. Hammurabi was so fast that the eyes of mortal soldiers could only see a blurry golden afterimage.

The outer firepower group continued to shoot at the Inhumans who tried to break through the encirclement. They fired faster and faster, but they could not stop the Inhumans who were getting closer and closer. The fire support group fired mortars according to the established shooting parameters, and then retreated as quickly as possible. The Inhumans who were not blown to pieces were lucky enough to come to the outer firepower group, and then stepped on the mines brought by the fire support group, and were blown up by the high-speed eruption of shock waves, flames and metal fragments.

Despite having relatively sufficient firepower, the outer firepower group still failed to complete the task of stopping the Inhumans.

An Inhuman with a strange appearance and a long face rushed to the front, staring with huge pure white eyes. She was very fast and did not need weapons. Neither the impact of explosions nor bullets could get close to her. Facing the expeditionary soldiers who drew daggers and long swords and rushed towards her, she just raised her hand, and the trained soldiers flew into the air, and then were squeezed into a ball of steel and flesh. Although they did not dare to face the guards, when they saw that their opponents were only mortals, the Inhumans who had lost their courage once again burst into amazing malice.

Under her cover, another Inhuman who was twice as tall as an ordinary human rushed into the defense line and engaged in close combat with the expeditionary force, and even rushed into the mortar position of the fire support group, causing huge casualties.

Hammurabi had no time to help the outer fire team.

Just as his garrison spear pierced the upper body of the Inhuman in front of him, another Inhuman with exactly the same appearance appeared out of thin air, rushed up and hugged his leg armor tightly. At the same time, a layer of rock-like hardened material suddenly appeared on his armor, as if he was being stared at by the legendary Medusa. Hammurabi immediately turned around and punched, and a narrow skull exploded under his fist. The body with the remaining mandible flew several meters away, with its limbs twisted. This Inhuman died without pain, and he didn't even realize that death was coming. It took the guards nearly a minute to find and kill more than a dozen bodies of this Inhuman who had the ability to copy his own body from behind each bunker. In this battlefield where the survival time of the Inhuman was measured in seconds, this Inhuman also delayed long enough.

"Mr. Tribune!" The guard recognized the young woman's voice. He had once judged her psychic stability. After being certified, the temple priest could share power with the emperor and then leave the temple to join Inanna's army priest team. "I observed a strong psychic reaction at your location."

"Inhuman psyker." Hammurabi dodged a bolt of lightning that pierced the air. The power armor told him that the temperature around him was dropping rapidly, and he could smell the ozone released by the psionic lightning. In response, he fired several shells in the direction of the lightning. But he did not hear the explosion of the mass reaction warhead. As if it was submerged in water, the shells splashed in the air, emitting sickening ripples of colorful light, like oil film on the water.

"This kind of psychic reaction is much stronger and cannot be produced by a psychic." The priest said anxiously, "Mr. Tribune, I suspect Hydra wants to do something."

"Can you stop it?" Hammurabi turned to avoid the arm of a deformed Inhuman with obvious physical mutations, and thrust the Garrison Spear upward, easily cutting through the muscles and bones that had been genetically modified by the Kree. He could smell the inhuman smell of burning flesh and blood, and the fear that emanated from the pores of the Inhuman before he died. He had reason to believe that the Kree had prepared combat hormones for the Inhumans, just like the decisive battle wine that some Kree military nobles admired, but it was just a degraded version - the Kree's biotechnology was very advanced, but their wisdom could never be compared with the emperor, and the precious combat potions could not increase the strength of slave soldiers to the level of the Guards - in Hammurabi's eyes, the Inhuman's punching speed was as slow as an insect in tree sap. The Guards punched the Inhuman's throat, and the modified muscles and high-density bones broke like dried cookies.

"I can't, my Lord, I'm so sorry..."

The priest's voice became increasingly blurred. She coughed a few times with difficulty, as if she was under great pressure at the bottom of the sea, and there were also a few vague sobs. The guards could hear the sound of blood foam rolling in her throat. The pain from the flesh was almost unbearable for this woman - she was injured, and seriously, probably bleeding caused by trauma - Hammurabi thought that emergency assistance measures should be taken and 2 ml of combat cardiotonic should be injected, which was the maximum dose that a mortal body could withstand. At least before she underwent pneumothorax surgery, it could keep her heart beating.

"The psychic reaction here is getting stronger and stronger. The veil between reality and illusion is becoming weaker because of the blood sacrifice. The position of the fire support group I am in is under attack. I am doing my best to stop the Inhumans' attack."

"Thank you for the reminder, Priest."

The sound of gunfire and explosions occupied the communication channel again. Hammurabi crushed the deformed bodies of the Inhumans under his armored boots. The severely mutated Inhumans were the best slave soldiers in the eyes of the Kree. The Kree's experiments were full of randomness. They could not understand the impact of the Celestials on the Earth's ecosystem, and could only induce several Inhumans with specific characteristics. These Inhumans would become the ruling class of the Attila Star Fortress on the Moon in the future.

"Sir?" The voice of the expeditionary force captain came from the communication channel.

"Where is the military priest? I want her to monitor the psychic response here."

Hammurabi pulled the trigger, blasting the Inhumans hiding behind the bunkers along with the mud brick wall. The Inhumans no longer dared to attack the expeditionary soldiers blatantly. What he had to do now was to kill all the Inhumans and find the body that Hydra was parasitizing. According to the Emperor's theory, no matter what choice he made now, Hydra would survive until he was killed by the Emperor himself thousands of years later. This was a predetermined fate.

"She's dead, sir." At the same time, the squad leader wiped the dagger clean and put it back into the scabbard. In front of him lay a huge skeleton with burnt flesh and fabric debris. The skeleton's strange shape was exactly the same as the Inhuman who broke into the fire support position. Next to this skeleton, there was an Inhuman female with her throat cut open. Her head and chest and abdomen were smashed into pieces by dozens of bullets. Even the broken spine fragments fell to the ground with blood. The four inhuman eyes on her forehead were blinded one by one by the expeditionary force with a dagger. The powerful temple priest took away the soul of this Inhuman, giving the expeditionary force time to kill another Inhuman.

"Five minutes ago, she helped us kill the Inhumans who attacked us, but she was still attacked." The captain said in a heavy tone. The messenger who was responsible for carrying the radio had been killed, and the casualties of the fire support team were extremely heavy. Every soldier was trained by the Imperial Guard Order under the order of the Emperor. The skills mastered by each soldier seemed so precious in this era. The sacrifice of any soldier meant that the huge resources invested by the Emperor were washed into the sea by the river. "It's a pity that we didn't have time to provide her with more help."

Hammurabi looked up and watched the supernatural mist caused by the remaining power of the Inhumans above the village. Invisible ghosts wandered in the dark night sky. Every time a mortal or Inhuman died, they would cheer behind the thin curtain. In this era when mystery gradually faded, it was still easier to penetrate the curtain between reality and illusion than after the year 0 AD. Hammurabi speculated that the Inhuman psyker might have been attacked by the outer dimension.

This is not uncommon. In the Attila Fortress in the Blue Zone of the Moon in the future, the Inhumans still cannot overcome this problem after years of division. Hammurabi knows very well that if the main parasite of Hydra is not found, the killing will continue, and the ghosts behind the curtain will enjoy the blood sacrifice and then come to this world. He can't stop it, he can only fight.

"I see." The guard said, "Thank you for your reminder."

—————————— The emperor rode on a horse, standing on a barren gentle slope, watching the sunset gradually sinking into the sparkling Nile River in the distance. At this time of flood season, the overflowing floods of the Nile Delta carried fertile silt and flowed all over the vast plains. Behind the emperor, a cavalry unit, the most powerful in the world, remained silent. This cavalry unit rode the original Arabian horses that were selected and bred through artificial breeding. This brave and elegant horse has great endurance and unparalleled loyalty.

The emperor equipped the cavalry with weapons suitable for two different combat modes. The lever-action rifle was used for high-speed movement, similar to the mounted archery that the nomadic peoples were good at, using continuous firepower to smash the enemy's vanguard; the spear and long sword were similar to the armored cavalry in medieval Europe, crushing the enemy's defense line like a hammer on an anvil.

Although this cavalry unit only has 2 to 3,000 people, the generation gap in tactics and equipment is enough for them to deal with all enemies of this era. Except for the Kree, the two combat modes of the cavalry cannot easily conquer the base built by the Kree, even if they bring fire support troops.

The Kree research center was not just a scientific research building. The Kree who occupied Lower Egypt had encountered many psychic beasts that roamed the wilderness of North Africa and had survived from the Age of Gods, so they built a number of defense facilities here. The alloy walls and the electromagnetic barrier covering the entire facility completely blocked the cavalry's steps. Under the dazzling light of the flares, everyone could see that the shells fired by the fire support team were powerlessly exploded into a ball of black smoke and sparks on the curved barrier.

At the top of the sentry tower, a blue-skinned Kree looked coldly at the thousand-man cavalry on the hillside in the distance. Obviously, the Kree did not think that this force could break through this line of defense, even though this force displayed weapons that far exceeded the technological level of this era.

"Hammurabi has found Hydra's parasite, my lord." The guard standing next to Pegasus reminded softly, "There is also a psychic reaction there, just like in Attilan."

The emperor nodded and drew the holy sword from its scabbard.

The night covered the hillside, and a soft light slowly lit up, which was completely different from the dazzling magnesium light that was slowly descending. The Kree people on the sentry tower looked in this direction in horror. They didn't understand why humans who were supposed to use primitive live ammunition weapons suddenly had such a high energy reading. The electromagnetic deflection shield can resist physical momentum and block objects, but it can never withstand this kind of stellar energy.

"Soldiers, don't let these aliens leave this planet alive." The emperor pulled the reins, raised the holy sword, and shouted to the soldiers. He was the first to rush down the hillside. The cavalrymen raised their spears equipped with explosives one after another and followed the emperor to the distant Kree buildings. The long-standing trust made them choose to follow without hesitation. They saw the burning holy sword in the hands of the emperor releasing golden flames, and a flaming storm rolled up in the night sky. As the cavalry continued to move forward, the pure light released by the holy sword was like a hot wind sweeping across the wilderness.

The cavalry, with the emperor as their spearhead, shot at the Kree research base like an arrow flying through the sky. The tip of the arrow released heat that burned rocks and carbonized plants, but the cavalry, who were close to the fire storm, did not suffer any damage. They saw with their own eyes that the electromagnetic shield that had endured hundreds of mortar bombardments broke like foam on the beach, and the high concentration of oxygen that the Kree were accustomed to immediately leaked out. The burning meadow under the iron hooves of the war horses burned violently, and the huge warships that were several kilometers long and stagnant on the plains lay in front of them.

They seemed to be charging through hell.

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"You think you can win, slave?"

“I don’t need to win.”

Hydra's parasite, or more precisely, half of it. It pointed at the fog in the sky that emitted a disgusting oily glow. In the hazy fog, there was a pure white human body that radiated many white filaments. This strange sight frightened the surviving mortal soldiers, but Hammurabi had seen many visions from other dimensions, and he knew that this was a sign that the devil had come to the material plane.

Hydra moved his body with half of his internal organs exposed on the ground and grinned at the guards. "I am buying time for my masters. I did it."

"The price is violating a psychic taboo. You and your master have no idea what power you are using."

This group of Inhuman psychics had difficulty controlling their powers. Even in the future of Attilan, many unstable Inhuman psychics were used as living bombs to attack genetically modified warriors. Hammurabi suspected that those mortals had psychic talents before they were modified. The Kree's wanton Terrigen genetic modification increased the instability of Inhuman psychics. Until now, the only Inhuman psychic he had seen who could exert his power stably was the princess of the Attila royal family, the girl named Crystal.

"You cannot understand the power of the higher races that master the mysteries of the universe. Being their slave is more glorious than being a primitive intelligent creature on this backward and ignorant stone."

Hammurabi didn't intend to waste any more time on Hydra at this moment.

Hydra is a complete slave, a slave without free thought. Even if the Kree leave the Earth, it will still rule the "lower creatures" in its eyes according to the attitude of the Kree towards mortals and even other Inhumans. Even if it is overthrown by other Inhumans and exiled to another planet, Hydra will only treat other intelligent creatures as food. He simply shot Hydra twice, and then ordered the surviving mortal soldiers to ignite the remains with Molotov cocktails.

"Tell the fire support team to evacuate as soon as possible." Hammurabi lowered his head and said to the mortal soldiers in front of him, "You don't have to participate in the next war. That is not an enemy you can fight. Everyone, take the wounded and evacuate in the direction of the main force. There will be logistics and medical troops there to provide you with assistance."

"But, sir." The soldier named Casper grinned, "We survived the last war."

Sometimes Hammurabi was surprised by the courage or ignorance of mortals.

(End of this chapter)