Three-stream detection simulator

After several superheroes discussed with Hercule, they confirmed that he had to stay here.

So the two sides separated temporarily, and Superman left the Sky Eye meeting room and looked around: "Is this the Sky Eye base? It's so deserted."

Both Black Widow and Batman agreed with him. There was no one in the lighted metal corridor. The camera was quietly shining red at the corner. The TV on the wall was playing the New York news after muting. The whole building was as quiet as a tomb.

When entering the door, Natasha saw the Hulk eating snacks and watching TV in a room with the door closed. At that time, they found that the Sky Eye base was very soundproof. Even if they saw Hulk stomping his feet and clapping his hands from the window, they still couldn't hear any noise, and the same was true for Superman.

This is a qualified small military fortress.

So the silence in the corridor should be a normal state.

Despite thinking so, they still couldn't help but lower the volume when talking.

"Why does the detective have to stay here?" Natasha said, "I wanted to ask Savage just now, but he didn't give me the chance. If you want to kill Doomsday, why do you have to go through an extra procedure instead of notifying us directly?"

To be honest, Savage gave her a very bad impression.

His face was primitive and wild, but his eyes flashed with cunning and arrogant light.

"The Eye of Heaven may have its reasons for the Eye of Heaven." Batman said slowly, "Maybe Hercule has some ideas, but didn't tell us. It doesn't matter. Getting rid of Doomsday is indeed the top priority at the moment. We are now..."

Before he finished speaking, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Superman and Black Widow stopped, and they all turned their heads to look at a closed office door next to them.

A few seconds later, Superman asked with a tense face: "Did you hear it?"

"Knock on the door? It seems that it's not my illusion." Natasha put her ear to the door with a solemn expression, and after hesitating for a moment, she carefully turned the door lock twice.

It was locked.

There was a name tag on the door, which read: Amanda Waller.

Several superheroes looked at each other, Batman and Black Widow stepped back to make room, and Superman raised his arm, ready to violently dismantle the entire door. But before he could do anything, someone opened the door and walked out.

The black-haired, dark-skinned woman held a pistol in one hand and twisted the door lock with the other. The muzzle of the pistol was facing Superman's forehead, and she said expressionlessly: "What are you going to do?"

Superman chose to give in after confronting her for a few breaths. He put down his hand, and his suspended feet landed on the ground, saying in a harmless tone: "Sorry, we thought there was someone in the office."

Amanda Waller asked sarcastically: "Are you a fool? This is my office, and there can only be one person in it, and that's me!"

She slammed the door in front of everyone.

Superman looked back at the man and woman behind him innocently: "Did I offend her accidentally?"

"Forget it." Batman turned around, "It's very quiet here, we are too sensitive to the sound."

Seeing the main entrance in front of them, they walked into the sunlight and left the Eye of Heaven with the information about Doomsday.

**

Amanda Waller closed the door.

The next second, her figure disappeared out of thin air, and the office was in chaos, with various documents scattered all over the floor.

And by the door leading to the corridor, there were several bright bloodstains on the floor and walls. The woman with black hair and black skin lay at the end of the bloodstain with her eyes closed, her arms hanging weakly on the side of the door panel, and an antique dagger with delicate patterns pierced her chest, and the handle of the sharp blade was still dripping blood.

This was undoubtedly a murder scene, but there was no murderer around.

Amanda Waller's office was indeed the only one.

**

Hercules finally put down the documents in his hand.

He changed to a more comfortable posture, facing Vandal Savage, and said: "Mr. Savage, there is one thing I find strange. Whether it is Steve Trevor or Amanda Waller, they are well-known among ordinary people. Why have I never heard of your name as the commander of the Sky Eye?

When did you appear in the Sky Eye? Was it after the contact with the Hulk? Otherwise-"

He drew his fingertips back and forth in the air twice, showing a distressed expression: "I just remembered that the reason for his birth was not gamma rays, but life rays. Why didn't you refute my statement just now?"

Savage, who was writing and drawing on paper, paused.

He raised his head and said: "I also have a puzzled place, detective. No matter how I look at it, you are an ordinary human being. Why did everyone in the World Legend Society tell me that you will not die?"

As he said, he put a dagger in front of him: "Maybe I can't wipe it to your throat, but what if you are determined to do so?"

As the voice fell, Savage's dark brown eyes suddenly turned into a deep green.

Hercule felt a flash before his eyes, and the surrounding scene changed immediately.

It was a bit like dreaming, but the perspective became even stranger. In the previous dream about Shania, Hercule could feel that he was both a player and a character. However, this time, there was obviously no "character" at the scene of the story. He was like watching a cutscene that had nothing to do with him.

Argus' voice came from afar: "The Spark Project has already been launched. It's meaningless for you to say this now."

His tone was colder than Hercule remembered.

Someone said something on the other side, and Argos's answer was: "Impossible, I am just an observer. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not interfere with any party."

"The war between ordinary people and superpowers will continue until the victor is satisfied... When will the victor be satisfied? Go read the history books, they will give you the answer. What did humans do to the Neanderthals? ?What did the Americans do to the Native Americans? The lesson of mankind is that they don’t learn anything from history.”

"..."

Footsteps sounded, and Argos's figure finally appeared completely in the camera. He was no different from the image in Hercule's impression. He was wearing a robe and a blue metal ring on his wrist. He walked slowly to the desk and sat down, his scarlet eyes slightly narrowed.

After a while, he looked directly into the void in the direction of the camera and said to himself: "You are wrong. Not only is the real 'Spark Project' not over... it has not even officially begun. But there is no need to say this, after all, Today may be the last time you and I meet. I wish you good luck on your way to the end, Wolverine."

Wolverine was the person he just talked to.

The scene changes.

Hercule sensed the 'character', and he changed from the God's perspective to the 'player character dual perspective'. This is a projection room. The projection of Argos appears opposite 'Hercule Hugo', and the two people sit facing each other.

After a long silence, Argos suddenly spoke: "Don't you feel guilty, detective? The things you have done, the way you have turned this planet into what it is now, will frighten anyone who knows your existence. . But as a member of the human race, don’t you have any feelings?”

‘Hercule’ had his hands clasped in his lap, expressionless and speechless.

Argos: "Face your heart. Fixing the problem will not solve anything, you know it. It was you who opened Pandora's box and caused war and endless death. God is dead, and all the blame will be on you." On your head, if you don’t go to hell, what kind of justice is there in this world?

As a detective, every time you solve a case and save a life, can you write off the lives you indirectly killed? Even I know that there is no such thing as a good thing in the world. "

"I'll give you two choices now."

"One, join Tianqi Company and stop going against the general trend of the universe. You can't win at all, and even if you win, you won't get any benefits."

"Two--" He took out a dagger from nowhere and pushed it in front of Hercule, "Eternal sleep is also a kind of enjoyment. Death is the most sincere atonement. If you are willing to insert it into your chest, Then everything in the past will not happen."

Hercule felt dazed.

In front of him was a virtual projection of Argos, why could he be handed a real dagger?

Hallucination?

As soon as this idea appeared, it disappeared from his mind without a trace.

His fingers stiffened inconspicuously, and he slowly grasped the cold handle of the dagger. It was impossible to join Tianqi Company, even in this life. The thought of working for Argos made him feel sick.

But there are only two paths ahead.

Argos was right, God is dead, who can give judgment but himself?

However, another idea suddenly popped up: Why would I die if I didn't go to work at Tianqi Company? Does anyone really play a cyber game with such a dark background?

Feeling his resistance, Argos' pupils shone brightly.

Many strange thoughts disappeared again. Hercule leaned back on the chair a little tiredly, looked down at the dagger, and felt that death was indeed a good way out. As long as it is inserted into the heart, everything that the living person needs to consider, hope, future, responsibility...all have nothing to do with him.

With this thought in mind, he pressed the sharp end of the dagger to his chest.

Sharp pains came from the beating organs, and blood poured out. Argos showed a satisfied expression: "Well done, continue, detective."

The tip of the dagger was completely immersed in the body. Hercule was drowsy, and the sense of dissonance emerged again: There is no bug in the game, why should I commit suicide and rewind?

Wait, does this game have save files?

If you die in a game without saving, you will be teleported directly back to your hometown! !

He was horrified, his heart suddenly curled up, and he shuddered in the violent pain, but suddenly he woke up.

When his consciousness returned, he sat across from Savage and stabbed himself halfway with Savage's knife.

Hercule:…

What a sin, this body has been really weathered recently!

He was fine and just thinking about how to pull out the dagger without causing heavy bleeding. However, 'Savage' felt as if he had been punched in the face. He covered his hair and groaned, his face turned pale, and he still Uncontrollably vomiting blood, he stood up staggeringly on the chair and asked in confusion:

"How could your magic resistance be so high?!"

Even Odin may not be able to detect his spiritual invasion so quickly!

Hercule saw that he had wounded the enemy eight hundred and lost a thousand, and he was speechless: "Is it possible that if others say I won't die, then I really won't die?"

Don’t believe it!

He had calculated everything, but he never expected that the Nordic god who should have lived for thousands of years in theory could be so rebellious. When his identity was exposed, he did not want to talk to find out but to take action directly... This time, he overestimated the mental age of his opponent. As a result, everyone is not on the same front.

Loki asked: "How do you know that I can cast illusions..." He realized it halfway, "Black Widow told you."

When Natasha heard the detective talk about 'the younger brother of the heir to Asgard', as if she was trying to disgust some absent god, she reacted and wrote several pieces of information about Loki using the early spy codes.

Hercule wrapped his coat tightly and remained silent. Loki must have felt very embarrassed. He looked at the detective who was sitting there with a bad look on his face, but was still alive and well and far away from death. Then he turned his head and glanced out the window. He was already planning to repeat his old trick and turn into a black magpie and fly away.

Hercule refused to let him leave, and asked: "Loki, how many agents of the Sky Eye Society have you killed? Apart from you, me and the Hulk, is there anyone alive in this building?" Human?"

When he stopped using honorifics, even his calm tone seemed aggressive.

Loki's foot that was about to step out immediately retracted. He pretended that he had just thought about it, pressed his forehead and said: "I forgot about this, but you are so smart, can't you guess the specific number?"

He clapped his hands, and the surrounding environment immediately peeled off like paint, revealing the reality hidden behind the mask.

I saw tables and chairs in the conference room overturned, scratches clearly visible, and blood and remains of human organs and tissues everywhere. Several bullets were embedded in the wall, leaving a charred mess. The overhead light flickered continuously as if there was a bad contact. The camera in the corner of the ceiling was broken and stained with blood and brain-like white liquid.

This kind of magic should have been as simple as breathing for Loki, but now, he felt strong nausea as soon as he put down his magic hands. Blood and stomach acid rushed to his throat. He desperately resisted the unprecedented severe dizziness and pain, and swallowed back the planned trash talk.

Hercule glanced at him, shook his head, simply pulled out the dagger on his chest, supported the table and walked out of the door.

There was less chaos in the hallways. There were fallen walls and traces of fighting on both sides. They were going in the other direction, but Hercule went to the exit first and soon arrived at Amanda Waller's office.

The door that was supposed to be locked opened as soon as I pushed it. After entering, I saw the person in charge of the Sky Eye Society lying on the ground. He squatted down and checked Amanda Waller's vital signs, and found that she was still breathing slightly.

No surprises.

When "Savage" didn't know the Hulk but mentioned "The Fisherman" in the conversation, Hercule guessed that the Fisherman's immediate boss, Amanda Waller, was in New York and was in trouble.

She didn't die. I don't know if there was a special way to save her life, or if Loki was being soft and spared her life.

Hercule preferred the former.

Leaving Amanda Waller where she was, he reentered the corridor and followed the trail in the other direction. At the same time, his brain spontaneously fitted out the scene of the incident through clues:

The internal problems in the Sky Eye Society first started in the conference room. A few people defeated their enemies - most likely colleagues with whom they had disagreements - and escaped. At this time, there was no threat, so their emotions were relatively stable until... …

Hercule looked at the metal door in front of him that was so distorted that the original shape could not be seen. He took a slight breath and pressed his chest.

Then he stepped in with his hands in his pockets and saw that it was a magnificent control room. The ceiling was as high as three floors. Countless computer screens covered the surrounding walls. Blood-stained cables ran on the ground and from time to time... Sparks flashed. The palm-sized green screen next to it said: Power overload 17%.

The console contained a human corpse, the first intact body Hercule had seen.

It was a young male agent, with one hand pressed on the console, the fingertips of the other hand drooping, and there was a gun on the ground directly in front of him. He was covered in wounds, the scene was tragic, but there was a bullet hole in the back of his head, and it looked like he had committed suicide.

The computer in front of the console was still open and unlocked. Hercule slid the mouse and saw a familiar document first.

【Krypton】.

The pulley rolled, and countless words flashed before Hercule's eyes. The file was quickly flipped to the end, and the reading instructions in the corner were also there:

[Opening this document implies that you agree with the Kryptonian extermination plan...]

There is no difference before.

But on the second line, the file says:

[Doomsday will be summoned at the beginning of the plan, and it will take 720 hours to reach Earth from its location. 】

The difference is that 'delivery' becomes 'summoning', and '72 hours' becomes '720 hours', which is nearly a month.

After confirming that there was no additional information, Hercule closed the document and worked his hands on the console. Two minutes later, the console permissions were unlocked through the dead man's fingerprints and iris. He found a permission change record from the computer, which was an observation device placed by the Sky Eye on the Sun-Earth Lagrange point.

Records show that within a month, the person in charge of this machine changed a total of 82 times.

Since every change goes through formal review and approval, this strange phenomenon was not reported.

Other than that there is no useful information. Hercule tapped his fingers, thinking that according to the conventions of puzzle games, shouldn't there be something like a diary of the person involved at this time?

——The reality is that serious people never keep diaries.

Just as Hercule was trying to open another computer that was closed next to him, there were footsteps behind him. Loki, who was wearing a suit and returned to his original appearance, walked into the control room with a leisurely look, marveling at the blood stains flowing out of Hercule's body that he saw along the way:

"What's going on with you? How can causal immortality appear in humans? Even if you come from another world, this kind of thing doesn't happen often. Unless...your existence is related to the life and death of the universe."

Hercule listened to the information but ignored him. Anyway, Loki would not use even the simplest magic for his own good at this time.

After some mechanical repair work that was complicated but simple in principle, Hercule threw away the screwdriver and was pleased to see that the second computer finally came to life.

Its function is to send remote commands to the observation device of the Sky Eye Society. There were 82 permission changes in one month, 82 conflicting commands were sent in one month, and the last decision entered by a human was:

Declare to the universe, ‘He is on Earth’.

"..."

Loki observed Hercule's solemn expression and asked: "Do you understand? You are indeed smarter than most people in Asgard. Unfortunately, Odin will never let humans rule Asgard. Otherwise, I think you are much more qualified as a god king than my idiot brother."

Hercule: "Are you so keen on talking because the only thing in your body that feels relaxed now is your tongue?"

Loki, whose tongue also hurts:...

He licked his teeth, smiled without answering, and persistently changed the subject: "Give me an exact number, detective, how many people have I killed?"

Hercule showed some pity: "The only one who really took action was Amanda Waller, but she still survived. I can't help but wonder, does the God of Mischief have a compassionate heart?"

"You definitely didn't want to kill me but failed, right?"

Why is this person so annoying!

Anger arose in Loki's heart, but it died down due to the mental backlash and the inability to use magic. He said with a fake smile: "After all, the Sky Eye Society and I have no grievances. Seeing human beings destroy themselves is much more interesting than me doing it myself."

Hearing what he said, Hercule rarely said anything and just sighed:

"They have gone crazy. What I should have thought of earlier, conflicting histories, cognitive conflicts, unconfined fears... Some people fell deeper and deeper into this spiritual hell, and finally decided to prove themselves and the existence of the 'doomsday' And at all costs.”

"There must have been a dispute within the Tianyanhui base, but it's a pity that the news was not conveyed."

The controversial point is, does the crimson sky in the prophecy refer to the Day of Destruction?

If so, should we take the initiative to lead the Doomsday to Earth?

——Do you know what you are doing?

--certainly. ‘In the near future, the crimson sky will cover the entire land, and human civilization will soon perish. ’ It is not until the moment described in the prophecy that the fantasies we hold on to in the eyes of others will become reality.

In despair and madness, doomsday has become a belief.

However, there are still people who persist in desperate situations, as evidenced by a total of 82 permission change records.

People regain their senses, persuade their companions, and encourage each other time and time again, but they continue to deteriorate in the quagmire-like status quo that has not changed. Finally, the conflict was completely ignited in an ordinary meeting. Some people were killed and lost their lives in vain. After all, they failed to see the reality and witness the doomsday. The remaining people collected the bodies, covered up traces, organized documents, and raised their hands. vote.

The voting process itself has no meaning, so the reading instructions are placed in an inconspicuous corner, as if mocking the survivors' stubborn persistence: A group of cannibalistic murderers are still abiding by the rules and pretending to be correct and normal?

It was actually hard for Hercule to believe that something like this could happen quietly within a large organization in modern society, but no matter what, the clues spelled out this conclusion. In the eyes of others, this base was still operating.

And even among those who have reached a consensus, not all can make up their minds to bring the terrifying monsters to their homes right away. So this leads to an ending - fewer and fewer people survive.

From the day the conference room was cordoned off, there was no going back. Suspicion, worry, hatred, fear... Even though all modern communication facilities are still there, the base has become an isolated island on the sea. All kinds of negative emotions are getting bigger and bigger like a snowball. No one can stop it, no one can give up, no one can Look back.

Until the last person took away the life of his companion, collected his companion's body, and struggled to the console with his broken spirit and body to output the command:

Declare to the universe, ‘He is on Earth’.

Superman is on Earth.

Come, Doomsday, come and bring us destruction and truth...it's all over.

After that, Amanda Waller noticed something unusual and came to investigate. At the same time, one of the two Lokis used magic to occupy the base and started his plan.