The Inhuman race, this is a very mysterious race.

Indie Gordon once told Merlin in person that their system and civilization, and the mutant that are already well-known to the public, are completely different forms.

After decades of research and inference by biologists, a relatively clear explanation has been made. It is said that there is a strange gene fragment called the "x gene" in the gene of mutants. It is precisely because of the existence of the x gene that mutants can evolve into strange abilities.

The first generation of mutants recorded in history had existed almost before the formation of human history. However, for the same long time as the human subject civilization, the mutants still did not develop their own civilization and political system.

To be honest, mutants are like nomads living in modern society. They have no culture, their own heritage, and their own history. They have nothing except those strange abilities.

But Yi Ren is completely different.

Although the cause of Yiren is because there are more humans in their genes, compared with the unstable and uncontrollable mutations of mutants, the Yiren's transformation process seems much more orderly.

During Merlin's communication with Gordon two years ago, he knew from Gordon that all aliens need the support of a special medium to be transformed. If this medium does not appear, even ordinary people with a huge IV gene in their body can only survive in the form of an ordinary person throughout their lives.

It is precisely because of the existence of this medium that the aliens are hidden deeper and safer than mutants in human civilization.

What makes Yiren more lucky is that they have their own complete inheritance and social form.

Just like a closed kingdom, Yi Ren rarely has a confused outlook on life like mutants. As long as they are transformed, they will have their predecessors to lead them to adapt to their abilities and teach them about Yi Ren's traditions, customs and taboos.

In Merlin's view, the aliens are closer to the main human civilization, and their existence is like an ethnic minority belonging to human civilization.

Compared to mutants with extremely chaotic ideology, aliens are obviously more suitable to integrate into human civilization.

If Merlin was asked to choose one of the mutants and the aliens to form an alliance, then Merlin would definitely choose the aliens. You should know that among the mutants, there are many extremists, who are not even willing to regard themselves as normal people. They feel that they are more noble than ordinary people.

This idea alone determines that it is difficult for mutants as a whole to coexist peacefully with humans.

Although Merlin is not a real normal person, both his responsibilities and his cognition determine that when facing choices, he will stand on the side of ordinary people.

In fact, except for the Spirit Butterfly, Merlin has no favoritism for other mutants.

Not to mention, more than a year ago, there was a mutant who invaded his consciousness while he was in a coma.

Although it was to save him. As an agent, it was much more uncomfortable to expose all the secrets in his mind to a stranger than killing him.

Merlin spread the letter and placed it on the table in front of him.

The handwriting on the letter is quite graceful, and it is obvious that it is not written by a rough man like Gordon. What's more, Gordon is born without eyes, so it would be too difficult for him to write a letter.

This should be written by Jiaying, the leader of the alien who claims to be immortal.

To be honest, compared to Jiaying, who he couldn't see through, Merlin was more willing to deal with the more upright Gordon.

If Gordon is the tiger that protects other aliens in the "After Life" organization, then Jiaying should be the fox standing behind the tiger, giving advice for the tiger, and even directing the tiger to fight.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Mei Lin always feels that Jiaying is a kind of gloom in her body that is inexplicably gloomy, like a soul shrouded in darkness.

Although he was walking in the dark, Merlin didn't like to work with such people.

No one would like it.

“Dear Mr. Merlin:”

"Please forgive us for taking so long to share this information with you."

"It has been delayed for so long, first of all, because this information is recorded in ancient documents, and we need time to read, search, and copy. Secondly, whether to share the secrets of Terrigen's mist with you has also triggered a fierce discussion in the 'afterlife'."

"You have to understand that the 'The Afterlife' is not an organization where Gordon and I can make arbitrary decisions. In our organization, there are elders. They are just as stubborn as the elders in other stories. It took us a lot of energy and time to convince them to share this secret."

"Fortunately, this ended up with a good result."

"What I want to say next is the oldest and most important secret of the inheritance of Yiren. Mr. Meilin, I hope you can help us keep this secret that is related to life and death for Yiren."

"Before I share the secret about Terrigan Crystal, I need to re-examine the origins of the Inhuman race for you from the stories I know. I know that Gordon has talked to you about this topic, but Gordon knows not all."

"First of all, the birth time of the alien race was in the Mayan civilization period. The awakening of the first alien is still a mystery, but it is certain that our birth was interfered by external forces, and the first alien is the beginning of the alien dynasty, but unfortunately, it is an absolute monster and tyrant."

"That was a story from a very ancient time. There were very few words passed down. I also knew some details from my ancestors."

"It is said that the Inhuman Dynasty called that period of time the 'First Era'."

"The ultimate of the First Age was in ancient Egypt, with the help of some powerful human heroes, the alien nobles overthrew the tyrant's rule and exiled it to another world, and since then, the aliens have gained true freedom."

The first page of the letter ended here. Meilin opened the second page of the letter. He continued to browse the brief historical story about Yi Ren that Jiaying said.

"After the disappearance of the tyrant, the Second Age of the Yiren officially arrived. Our ancestors surrendered to the royal family of the Yiren Dynasty. We have our own social system. Although I have never lived under the rule of the Yiren Dynasty, my ancestors were once one of them. In the letters he left behind, I can see the history of the Yiren Dynasty's changes."

"The transformation of the Inhuman requires the participation of the Terrigen Crystal, and this crystal appears together with the Inhuman Origin. It is a strange, naturally born crystal, but it will only appear in the crystal mines under the Atiran's special city, Atiran. After a long time, our ancestors summarized the mysterious connection between the Inhuman and the Terrigen Crystal."

"Put the solid crystal into water with appropriate temperature, the crystal will produce Terregan fog. When humans with the Terregan fog are infected with contact with Terregan fog, they will awaken their special power after a period of time. But if they do not have the Inhuman gene and rashly contact Terregan fog, they will be absorbed by the terrifying virus that comes with the fog, and the infected human body will be converted into inorganic substances in a very short time."

"The Inhuman Dynasty made a decision thousands of years ago, and the royal family, with their loyal subjects, manipulated the city of Atiran, a city with advanced technology, to live alone. As far as I know, they should be no longer on Earth now. But for thousands of years, the number of Terrigan crystals remaining on Earth is equally staggering."

"My ancestors tried their best to collect some of the lost Terrigan crystals. The rest were stored by other alien families. The obelisk was a container used to store Terrigan crystals."

"It is a seal made by the advanced technology of the Inhuman Dynasty. It is made of special alloys and has no cracks on the surface. The obelisk contains the power of Terrigen crystal. Once it is turned on, it will stimulate the destructive power of Terrigen crystal and convert any living body that comes into contact with it into inorganic substances."

“So, when you find the obelisk, be sure to remember the correct way to hold it.”

“The correct way to hold it is as follows:”

"First of all, we must ensure that the first place where the fingers come into contact is the rune circle at the center of the three planes of the obelisk. Secondly, the remaining few fingers must be pinned on the corresponding rune circles on different planes. Only in this way can the destructive power of the obelisk be not activated."

Jiaying is a very careful person. In order to prevent Meilin from remembering mistakes, she even used simple drawings to draw a three-dimensional view of an obelisk and the steps to get in touch correctly.

On the last page of the letter paper, Jiaying used a few hundred words to illustrate the connection between the obelisk and S.H.E.L.D.

"This lost obelisk fell into the hands of the Germans at the end of World War II. Before they could study the secrets, the obelisk was taken away by the agents of the Allied Powers."

"This is the truth I saw with my own eyes, that is, Ms. Carter took the obelisk away. All I said are facts, because that was with me. At that time, I was locked up in a concentration camp in the Germans in Austria. If the agents of the Allied forces entered the camp one day later, I would probably have suffered misfortune at that time."

"But it's a pity that I thought I had escaped the disaster, but the disaster was actually always behind me. In 1991, I fell into the hands of those ***ers again. This time, I couldn't escape the fate of being dissected. If it weren't for my special ability, I would have really died at the end of the experiment."

Jiaying's words were underestimated, but when Meilin recalled the terrifying and sewn wound on Jiaying's face, he could basically think of what kind of terrible treatment Jiaying suffered in 1991.

She was peeled and cramped by a scalpel, and she had experienced all this while being awake. To be honest, Meilin couldn't imagine whether she would be as open-minded as Jiaying after experiencing that situation.

But, what do you say?

After all, Meilin still doesn't believe that there are such a broad mind in this world. Perhaps Jiaying's vague gloomy temperament is derived from this incident.

She said she did not hate humans, but Merlin learned something long ago to blindly believe in strangers, which is a stupid act, especially for his profession.

People will instinctively disguise themselves, so Jiaying, this woman needs to continue to observe.

Merlin looked at the last passage of the letter again.

In the previous chapter, Jiaying announced the secrets to Meilin as the leader of the "After Life" organization, and in the last paragraph, she made a request to Meilin as her mother.

"I am a person who has died once, Mr. Merlin. People who have experienced death are always more open-minded. I don't care about the pain that humans have on me. I now only care about the children in the 'afterlife' that can have a bright future and no longer need to hide. And, I hope to see my daughter, my Daisy, with my own eyes before my mission is completed."

"Please help me!"

It can be seen that the last sentence was written very hard, resulting in some distortions in the graceful handwriting.

Meilin stroked the letter paper, and he seemed to feel the helplessness and desire of Jiaying when she wrote this sentence.

He felt that he should help her.

If the news Jiaying gave him before was true, it means that Meilin can indeed help.

But the problem is that Merlin still can't understand why Ms. Peggy Carter, who was in her 60s, traveled to a remote mountain village in the ancient Eastern country just to take away a baby who was still in her infancy.

Is there anything extraordinary about this baby? It is even worthwhile to expose his identity for decades to hide. Or are they there for other reasons, and meeting the little baby Daisy is just an accident?

"Bang"

Just as Merlin was thinking, the door of his office was pushed open again. Merlin subconsciously grabbed the three pieces of letter paper, and as the fog was dissipated, the high temperature burned the letter paper into ashes, and was then spilled into the trash can by Merlin.

The one who walked into his office was Fury's assistant, Maria Hill.

"Hill, did you enter the office without knocking on the door?"

Merlin complained:

"If so, why haven't you fired?"

"Uh, I've neglected."

Hill said to Merlin with some silence:

"Just because there is something good, I hope to tell you the first time."

"Good thing?"

Merlin looked at Hill and said:

"Did Fury raise your salary?"

"It did rise a little, but what I'm going to say is about you, Chief Merlin."

Hill took out a black ID card from her handbag and handed it to Merlin. She said seriously:

"This is what I just got from Hitville, and I'm the second one to know the news."

"oh?"

Merlin took the ID folder, opened it and found that it was his new ID, and the other information was the same as before, but at the agent level, the Roman numeral 7 was replaced with 8.

In other words, from now on, Merlin has been promoted to a level 8 agent of SHIELD.

Well, this is indeed an unexpected surprise.

But Merlin didn't look too happy. He frowned and looked at the ID in his hand. After a moment, he said to Hill:

"Who issued this document? Didn't Fury go to Europe this morning?"

"It was instructed by His Excellency Alexander Pierce."

Hill replied:

"The outcome of the East Coast vampire incident made the directors of the World Security Council feel satisfied. Therefore, His Excellency Pierce issued an order for your promotion to demonstrate the reward for those who have been commended."

“This is not in line with the organizational process, Hill.”

Merlin glanced at the ID, shook his head and said to Hill:

"Although S.H.E.L.D. is a direct department of the World Security Council and although Chief Pierce is already the chairman of the World Security Council, he does not have the right to directly interfere in S.H.E.L.D.'s personnel appointments and removals."

"So don't make this public for the time being, wait until Fury comes back."
Chapter completed!