"Mr. Strick, what's the background of that [Hyperspace Group]? How dare they be so frivolous about something that concerns the survival of all mankind?"
Dr. Spar Sheffiel immediately looked as if he were facing a formidable enemy and said:
"Although I have to admit that King Kong has indeed achieved remarkable results in past battles against Titan monsters."
"But one tree cannot support a forest… If multiple monsters invade different locations at the same time, King Kong alone will inevitably be overwhelmed."
"Moreover, our [PPDC] was specifically established to protect all mankind from Kaiju invasions. If we allow the [Hyperspace Group] to run amok, then…"
He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant.
If the [PPDC Organization] doesn't come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, it will inevitably be severely impacted by the [Hyperspace Group]'s [Didi Piloting Project].
This will weaken the [PPDC Organization]'s important position in the [Security Council].
It's even very likely that it will eventually be devoured and annexed by other organizations.
"That's right, it's precisely because I considered this situation that I decided to convene this emergency meeting…"
Strick Pentecost took over the conversation and continued:
"The current situation is extremely unfavorable to us, so we can only try our best to build a [Jaeger] before the next Kaiju appears, in order to reverse the disadvantage and turn defeat into victory!"
Speaking of this.
He paused slightly, then turned to look at Tony Stark's holographic image and continued with a hint of apology:
"Mr. Stark, I'm really sorry, although your plan is very creative, it's clear that starting from scratch to build a [Jaeger] is impossible to complete in a short period of time…"
"So, I can only give priority to Dr. Reed's plan and try to build the first prototype as quickly as possible,
and use this to persuade more countries to join the [PPDC Organization]. In this way, we will have more financial support to build new [Jaegers]."
"However, the research and development of the Jaeger's weapon system, energy power system, and the pilot's co-sensing control system, etc., will require your strong cooperation to complete more quickly."
"No problem." Tony Stark glared at James Rhodes, who was trying not to laugh, and shrugged indifferently.
"But Mr. Strick Pentecost, I still have to remind you that we have not yet verified whether directly using the skeletons of those Titan monsters to establish the main support system will cause unknown risks when the pilot establishes a [Floating Source Neural Link] with the Jaeger…"
"Oh, Tony, you can rest assured about that. According to my calculations, the probability of such an accident is less than 1‰!"
At this time, Dr. Reed Richards, who was also attending the meeting, confidently interrupted:
"Moreover, I have also sampled and analyzed the skeletons of those Titan monsters. Their hardness and density are far superior to most metals and can be used as the main support system inside the Jaeger."
"This will not only save a lot of money in the early stage, but also greatly reduce the overall time to build the Jaeger."
"In addition, considering that the actual size of the Jaeger is between 200 and 300 feet (60~90 meters), if you use a single pilot to fully control it, as you suggested in the relevant plan,
it will inevitably cause irreversible and huge damage to the neurons in their brain,
so I suggest it is best to use a dual-pilot system, and then have two pilots synchronize their brains to command the left and right halves of the Jaeger respectively."
Reed Richards then explained his specific ideas in more detail.
The reason why he was so active.
It wasn't really to deliberately sabotage Tony Stark in front of everyone and make him look bad.
The two are both leaders in multiple fields, and are recognized by the outside world as geniuses among geniuses. Even if they don't cherish each other, they won't be at odds over such things.
However, Reed Richards urgently needs to save his precarious career by having the [PPDC Organization] adopt his plan.
Because with the strong endorsement of the [PPDC Organization], the [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] will not easily withdraw the huge investment in the subsequent stages of his other project "on the possible benign effects of high-energy solar wind radiation on human DNA".
As for whether he would offend Tony Stark, a billionaire, by doing so.
Reed Richards simply felt that these were just academic disputes, and the other party shouldn't be so petty, right?
Subsequently, Strick Pentecost issued a series of tasks to other [PPDC Organization] members attending the meeting regarding the analysis of Kaiju body characteristics and the search for Kaiju landing points.
In fact, regarding the issue of Kaiju landing locations, Strick Pentecost really wanted to ask Karl directly.
But given Nick Fury's previous negative evaluation of Karl's insatiable greed.
And the [Didi Piloting Service] launched by the [Hyperspace Group] at this hearing, which was enough to shake the foundation of the [PPDC Organization].
He had no choice but to give up this idea and regard Karl as his biggest threat at this stage.
…………
……
Night fell.
In the [Marcy Mountain] in [Essex County], northeastern [New York State].
A car was driving along an unknown flat path, heading deep into the mountains.
A dozen minutes later, the car slowly stopped in front of a monastery built into the mountainside.
"Leader, we're here."
The female vampire who was driving gently reminded Selena, who was closing her eyes and resting in the back seat.
"Hmm?"
Selena looked at the closed iron gate outside the monastery and the signs on it indicating "Private property, no unauthorized entry", and a hint of suspicion appeared on her face.
Because she clearly remembered that when she followed Victor's orders to lock Andreas Tanis here, there was no such gate.
It seems that in the past three hundred years, not only has someone been here, but they have also helped Andreas Tanis改造 (gǎi zào - transform, remodel) the prison where he was held.
"Stay here and be vigilant."
Selena waved her hand to stop the female vampire who wanted to follow her in, and pushed open the iron gate and walked in as if no one else was around.
Roar roar——
Along with a series of roars, several werewolves as strong as small hills swarmed out from a certain underground mechanism and pounced on Selena.
Swish swish swish——
Selena took out a delicate cross longsword from behind, and her figure was like a phantom, passing through the werewolves at great speed.
A sharp cold light flashed by.
Selena stood still, raised her hand to shake off the blood on the blade, and put it back behind her.
Only then did the burly bodies of the werewolves behind, who seemed to have been cast with a petrification spell, fall apart and scatter all over the ground.
"Andreas Tanis, I know you can see me…"
Selena came to the heavy stone door at the entrance of the monastery and said to the monitor installed in a hidden corner:
"If you don't want to die, open the door obediently. I'll leave after I ask my questions."
Sure enough.
The next second, the heavy stone door slowly cracked open a gap that only allowed one person to pass through.
Selena wasn't afraid of the other party's trickery and followed the deep passage artificially carved inside, all the way to the luxurious hall inside.
"Selena, you haven't changed at all, you still have that ruthless style. I knew you would come back to me sooner or later…"
Andreas Tanis, known as the "Historian", looked at the approaching Moon Goddess with a face full of fear.
Suddenly.
He exclaimed as if he had discovered something incredible:
"What's going on? I can't smell any of Victor's scent in your blood at all?"
"Could it be that you have broken Victor's bloodline suppression?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible… It has never happened in nearly a thousand years!"
Andreas Tanis, who had been imprisoned here, obviously didn't know that Victor had been killed by Selena more than a week ago.
But the latter was too lazy to explain and said directly: "Victor has been killed by me, and now the [Coven] is led by me."
Then Selena glanced at the two scantily clad young women on the opposite bed. It was not difficult to tell from the smell on their bodies that they were two werewolves.
"It seems that your exile life has been greatly improved?"
"Not only are there a large number of werewolves acting as guards, but there are also two female werewolves to warm your bed."
"These are all what I deserve."
After witnessing Selena's amazing scene of killing a dozen werewolves in seconds, Andreas Tanis had no doubt that the other party had the ability to kill Victor.
So he evasively explained: "One of my clients is very generous…"
"If I'm not mistaken, the client you're talking about should be Lucian, the leader of the werewolves, right?"
Selena then came to a workbench, pointed to the special weapons on it that had not yet been assembled, and said expressionlessly:
"It seems that the guy who has been secretly providing ultraviolet bullets and grenades to the werewolves is you!"
Andreas Tanis suddenly became nervous.
But before he could open his mouth to defend himself, he heard Selena on the opposite side continue indifferently:
"As long as you guarantee that you will not continue to provide weapons to the werewolves in the future, then I can no longer pursue what happened during Victor's reign."
"But whether you can survive today depends on whether you have value… I want to know about William, the progenitor of the werewolves, and Alexander Corvinus."
Andreas Tanis swallowed hard.
Under the influence of a strong desire to survive, he truthfully told the secret past that happened thousands of years ago.
It turned out that Marcus, the progenitor of the vampires, was afraid of the violent power of his younger brother William, the progenitor of the werewolves, so he was forced to ask Victor, the lord at the time, for help, and promised that after reaching an agreement to suppress his younger brother, he would actively help Victor obtain eternal life (become a vampire).
Then, with Victor's help, William was successfully imprisoned in a secret prison.
But whether it was Marcus or William, the blood flowing in their bodies all came from Alexander Corvinus.
So in a sense, this human is the common ancestor of all vampires and werewolves!
At the end, Andreas Tanis carefully looked at Selena, "Since you have killed Victor, you must have also recalled that your father was ordered to build that secret prison?"
In fact, he also wanted to add that this was the real reason why Victor later killed your whole family.
But he was afraid that he would anger the woman in front of him because of his sharp tongue.
It would be too uneconomical to lose his life because of his嘴贱 (zuǐ jiàn - sharp tongue; sarcastic).
Selena frowned slightly, seeming to be recalling her childhood memories, and only reopened after a moment, "I remember that opening that prison requires two special keys?"
"That's right."
Andreas Tanis nodded, then took a book compiled by him from the bookshelf, turned to one of the pages, and pointed to the two ring-shaped objects on it and said:
"One of them is on Lucian, the werewolf king, and the other one…"
A sly look flashed in Andreas Tanis's eyes, deliberately leaving a loophole, "Only Alexander Corvinus, who you just mentioned, knows where it is."
"If you are willing to let me leave and promise not to send anyone to hunt me down in the future, I can arrange for the two of you to meet tonight."
"You are not qualified to negotiate with me."
An impatient look appeared on Selena's face.
Then a captivating purple light suddenly flashed in her ice-blue eyes.
Andreas Tanis on the opposite side was immediately like a marionette at the mercy of others, directly revealing all the information he knew.
"The second 'key' is in Victor's body, hidden under the skin of his chest…"
"And Alexander Corvinus's ship [Lorenz Mark] will briefly dock at [Pier 17, New York Harbor] every month in the middle of the month for one night, and then leave before dawn the next day."
Seeing this, Selena became more and more satisfied with her awakened hypnotic ability.
Since "awakening" that special psychic power in the battle with Victor, Selena has been trying to dig deeper into this power recently.
However, in addition to the re-strengthening and enhancement of the hypnotic ability, it seems that she is still unable to truly exert the full power of this psychic energy.
It seems that it will probably take a continued improvement in her own strength to "unlock" more psychic power.
But Selena was full of confidence in this, and even regarded this powerful blessing as a manifestation of Karl's preference for her…
So, she naturally works extra hard!
