【Hammer Base】Until the Abyss

Thor forced a whimper from his throat, the sound was like a beast trapped in the abyss alone, not knowing whose name to call.

The invisible fear gradually spread.

Panting heavily, his fingers almost deformed the casing of the firearm.

It took him a few seconds to react, and he rushed over and pulled the robot's control panel away. The inanimate object was no longer controlled by the Omega in the distance. It just stared at him with those inorganic red eyes. .

Alpha shook his hands, and frantically pressed the reset button.

The robot responded by re-arming the gun—it switched to automatic protection mode.

Thor was awakened by the sound of "Didi, Didi" behind him, and he suddenly turned around to find that the connection transmission stopped at 35%.His face was paled by the fluorescent blue on the screen, and his fingertips dug into the flesh.

Gritting his teeth, he suddenly turned around to continue the work that Loki hadn't finished.

He is like a broken machine: his fingertips tremble, his heartbeat stalls, and the original order tells him that he must complete the task. Even if Loki and Fandral cannot be contacted for a while, he must install the remote-controlled worm into the JNSA system. Once; but his soul, his heart, his beating pulse, screamed, get out, get out now, and find Loki.

The progress bar went from 68%, 95%, 99%, almost at the same second of completion, he tore off the connection device and swept the equipment into the backpack.

The corridor outside the computer room was quiet, but it was this quietness that made Thor's cold sweat pile up.

If everything is safe here, then...

Something must have happened to Loki.

Alpha's lips trembled, God knows how much he wished he was under siege.Facing the guns of the JNSA, I still have a chance to fight. Facing Thanos, Loki and the children... they may be used to hold me hostage, they may be sent to brainwash, what's more, they will be directly killed by Thanos , to serve as an example to others in a more cruel way.

Thor didn't dare to think about it any further.

His nerves were tense, his adrenaline surged, and he was more cautious and cautious than usual, like a cornered beast.He couldn't stop thinking about Loki, and the rational part was processing mission information every second.

According to the 3D map projected on the watch, he found the underground parking lot of JNSA, and got under the car without hesitation.

This is the method Loki came up with. Every night at 17:30, JNSA will have a patrol team to check the surrounding area for suspicious situations, and spot check the working conditions of the monitoring and security facilities. This is the perfect evacuation plan.

Loki...

Thor closes his eyes.

No chaos, absolutely no chaos, he prayed to his heart.

After the patrolmen boarded the two vehicles, the elevator under the vehicles climbed slowly, taking Thor and the robot climbing under the vehicles to the ground. The circular exit on the ground opened like a beast's mouth, and the vehicles quickly drove to JNSA Periphery.

Thor's eyes are fixed on the 3D map for a moment, and the lonely flashing red dot on the map means: he is only one person left.

When the car passed through a short tunnel of only about 10m, he let go, got rid of the patrol car, and climbed into the barley with the robot.He twisted the barbed wire and squeezed his way through the gap between the stone and the barbed wire.

His hands, face and back were covered with scrapes, but that wasn't the reason for his panting.The blond Alpha lay on the ground for three seconds, then slammed the ground hard, forcing himself to get up.

He is like a decadent beast that has lost its partner, rushing in the dense forest in panic.

After running to a safe area and removing the dead branches, broken leaves and camouflage canvas covering the off-road vehicle, Thor took a breath.He braced himself against the car window and slammed his fist on the window frame.

"Boom--!"

He beat it again and again, the muffled sound of the car body and the blood on his fist revealed the despair in his heart at the moment.

However, he didn't last long to vent, he got into the car and set the car on fire with bloody hands.He had to rush back immediately to rescue his lover, child and subordinates.

He had to get them all out!

Thor yanked open the shutter door outside the arsenal, throwing the backpack and droid aside.

This is his supply point in Vanaheim, which is also the closest country to Neschet.He prepared several small arsenals early in case he needed them, but never thought of actually using them.

Same goes for those backup fake identities.

Ignoring the messy wounds and dirty clothes around him, he pulled away the chair and sat down at the table. After verifying the iris and fingerprints of the encrypted computer, he immediately called up the available information, and selected a fake Kavin Hart from among them. identity.

A rich second generation who inherited the family business and did nothing. After receiving invitation from Thanos a few years ago, he often went to Neschet to have fun. He died accidentally on a yacht on the high seas more than a year ago. Fandral intercepted this information and sent "Kavin · Hart" into the backup identity database.

Thor pushes a stud-like device into the working slot.

The machine reads multiple photos of Kavin, quickly constructs a 3D head model of him, and then presents the image in the machine in the form of nanotechnology, and saves it in the earrings.

Once the progress is complete, Alpha takes out the earrings.Without hesitation, he pierced his own ear with a medical needle, and fastened the earring on his right ear.He ignored the blood dripping from his earlobe, just rubbed the studs with his hands, and stood in front of the mirror.

Kavin Hart's face appeared in the mirror.

Alpha is satisfied.

After searching for Kavin Hart's passport, he stuffed all the equipment he could use into the suitcase.

Just then, a call came in from Skurge*, the Chief of Logistics at the Strombreaker Base Camp.On the way back from Jotunheim, Thor informs him of his plans to evacuate Neschet.

"Boss, are you sure you don't need reinforcements?"

"That's too late."

"Okay, then I'll let the helicopter stay there as long as possible."

"Protect Loki and the children first."

"I see."

"If something happens to me, you all obey the command of the Avengers, and you have Tony Stark's contact information."

Skurge on the earphone side was silent for a moment, he seemed to be stunned by the news, and he didn't seem to know what to say.

"Boss..." He hesitated.

"At 3:00 in the middle of the night, the helicopter stays at the designated location for half an hour." Thor said again, "Leave after the time limit, I won't implicate everyone."

"……it is good."

Thor hangs up the phone.

He could clearly feel that Skurge was stunned for a long time before squeezing out the word "good" from his throat. He knew that his hasty decision would shake the morale of the army and even make his subordinates feel dissatisfied.

But he doesn't care, nothing is more important than Loki.

After half an hour.

A brown-haired man in a suit walked into a high-end hotel in Vanaheim carrying a suitcase.

He was wearing thick hairspray, and he looked high above and not to be provoked.

He wandered around in the lobby first, found the entrance, went down from the elevator to the B1 floor, turned a few more turns, walked from the east wing of the building to the west wing, and stopped in front of the elevator on the far right of the west wing elevator room .

The elevator door opened quickly, and the man walked in.

The waiter in the elevator glanced at him, stretched out his hand to press the brim of his hat, and then clenched his hand into a fist against his lips and coughed lightly.

The brown-haired man immediately rolled up his cuffs and showed him the inside of his wrist.

The waiter took out an ultraviolet lamp and shook it on his wrist. After confirming that the exclusive invisible seal was developed, he pressed the elevator alarm button in a "short-long-long-short" manner.

Of course the elevator didn't call the police, it backed away abruptly.

Yes, this special elevator can not only go up and down, but also move back and forth, left and right in a straight line. Compared with ordinary elevators, it is more like an underground "elevator bus".

The brown-haired man is Thor pretending to be Kavin Hart, and the place where he is is an entrance to Neschet.

Neschet is not a closed city. In fact, on the contrary, the entire A District is a large-scale gold-sales den and black market gathering place. Neschet's main economic income mostly depends on the service industry in A District and the service industry in C District. Contraband logistics.

This abyssal capital hidden in the darkness, for many rich people in the upper class, is a paradise that satisfies both the curiosity-seeking psychology and the perverted desire.To welcome them, Neschet has entrances in many places.

And Thanos wouldn't shut down an entire city for an Omega and a few rebels, Thor speculates, he'd choose to enforce martial law instead.

Therefore, it is more likely to launch a rescue if they sneak in through the welcome passage.

With a soft ding, the elevator door opened, and the salty and cold sea breeze interrupted Thor's thoughts.

There is a passage in front of the elevator, and walking more than 20 meters along the passage is a small pier, where someone is holding a light and guarding it.The guard motioned for Thor to board a small boat, and Thor complied, and as soon as he sat still, a black cloth covered his eyes.

Except for a few insiders, no one knows Neschet's true location.

Neschet will provide merchants with all necessary facilities and logistics channels, and also prepare the best enjoyment environment and safety guarantee for all consumers.You don't need to know where the goods and slaves come from, how they are transported home, and you don't need to know the specific location of the city. As long as you get the admission qualification, Duke Thanos will arrange everything.

The churning waves and the roar of the motor filled Thor's eardrums. The last time he entered Neschet in a similar way was seven years ago.

Back then, he was also for Loki.

But Thor can't help but wish he'd never made that ridiculous decision.

The cold sea breeze gradually diminished, and after about half an hour's journey, the motor turned off, and Thor could even gradually hear the bustling voices of people.

After the black cloth was removed, he found himself in a hidden submarine port.The security guard and waiter in a tuxedo led him ashore, walked through the corridor and two doors, and arrived in the large ship cabin.

The huge cabin is about 20 meters high, half the size of a football field.A lot of people gathered beside the railing in the waiting area, both men and women, without exception, they were all dressed up decently and elegantly. The ladies wore shawls and long skirts, while the gentlemen wore cuff buttons and well-made suits.

Thor knew that he had come to the entrance of "upscale consumers".

He is not in charge of this area, which used to be controlled by EbonyMaw.Thinking of this, he naturally recalled Loki's reminder to him a few days ago.

Loki...

Alpha clenched its fists tightly and squeezed through the crowd.

Fortunately, he didn't wait too long. Seeing that the passengers were about the same, the waiter politely invited everyone to board the ship.

After actually entering the lobby of the ship, Thor could see clearly that it was more like a luxurious first-class cabin than a means of transportation.There are couches, a bar, small pool and gaming tables, and even a few small rooms if you need to rest.

The hatch closed quickly, and the submarine, like a vicious shark in the dark, sailed towards the capital of sin.

It's hard for Thor not to think a lot, every minute of the long trip is a torment for him.

It's all his fault—

If only he had been stronger, more capable, he wouldn't have put Loki and the boys in this situation.

And if he hadn't been in a hurry to make a mark with Loki, Loki wouldn't have gotten sick, and they wouldn't have been cornered so easily by Thanos.Without being cornered, he wouldn't have entered Neschet, and Loki wouldn't have suffered what he had been doing for seven years.

It was the father, and it was himself, who pushed his lover into the abyss step by step.

If anything happened to Loki and the kids, he'd never be able to forgive himself.

Four hours later, the ship finally reached Neschet.

Thor followed the rich people off the boat, and the 3D avatar imager in his right ear perfectly fooled the waiters and cameras.

Area A was still as noisy as it was a few days ago.

Row upon row of high-rise buildings, endless flow of luxury cars, criss-crossing viaducts and flashing neon lights, the whole area is like a product of excessive technology, rich and luxurious, noisy and crowded.

Thor walks through the alleyways of Area A, and the traffic here makes him irritable.

He planned to sneak back to the Venice Casino first, and then intercept Loki and Fandral's messages by hacking into the internal system.

But before he could do that, a huge electronic billboard not far away stopped him.

A news item is being broadcast on the billboard.

It is a common billboard in District A. It usually broadcasts newly opened shops and newly delivered slaves day and night in rotation, and also interrupts important news from time to time, most of which talk about Thanos' ideas and new policies.

But now, on the screen is the tragic scene of an explosion inside a building, with scorched walls, broken furniture and blood stains mixed in the plaster.

The subtitles at the bottom of the screen scrolled:

"At around 15:30 this afternoon, some saboteurs attempted to carry out hacking activities in Neschet. The incident has been calmed down. One terrorist died on the spot, and the rest were taken to the Civic Center Building for trial. Please also invite the general public rest assured."

Thor just felt a buzzing in his head.

His body tilted suddenly, and he reached out to support the wall.

The dull pain from the rubbing against the rough wall let him know that he was not in a dream, and the scrolling subtitles on the big screen were like tank tracks on the tip of his heart.

"No..."

He identified the site of the blast on the news.

Even though the explosion was serious and the tables, chairs, walls, etc. could not be identified, he still recognized the general room type.That's one of their bases in Area D, where Loki, Fandral, and Sif should all be there.

At that time, they were all there.

15:30 is the time when their signal was disconnected.

One person died instantly.

Who is it?

"No!!" Alpha blinked hard, his lips trembling.He doesn't know who died, but he doesn't want to see whoever it is, and if it's Loki...

If that person is Loki...

Thor's mind goes blank.

Next, he acted entirely on instinct.

He grabbed a gangster who was sitting on the side of the street and asked if there were any related reports from 15:30 to now.After obtaining the temporary impassability between the four areas and increasing the martial law, he abandoned the frightened youth.

If it was said that when the Jotunheim signal was disconnected, Alpha was still lucky enough to go to Neschet's ship and he could still maintain the most basic calmness, then the news just now would completely send him to hell.

A clear and reckless plan is generated in the brain.

"Civil Center Building, Civic Center Building..." he murmured and repeated.

At 22:50, Thor went to the central building connecting the four areas.

The central building is the one Loki broke into earlier, where Thor still has an office.

He contacted two subordinates who were installed in the building, both were members of Stormbreaker, and he managed to let them in with great difficulty, originally aiming to deliver information from different posts.

But he couldn't care less, he was almost desperate.

Thor climbed in through the garbage transportation port and arrived at the "Dismantling Department" on the bottom floor - the end of the inspection instrument. As the name suggests, the Dismantling Department is used to "decompose" unnecessary people, kill them, and then remove Useful organ.

Insider Aaron from the dismantling department opened the pipe entrance for him, and Douglas from the security department brought him the guard's clothing.

Following Douglas, Thor entered the interior of the building, and they followed the patrol route a little bit upstairs.

The time is 23:40, and there are still more than three hours.

But Douglas also didn't know where Loki was, the prisoners this afternoon were escorted completely secretly, if Thor hadn't been in a hurry to find him, he wouldn't even know the news.

Thor decided to go to EbonyMaw's former office first, which has been kept all the time, and all kinds of equipment have the highest authority, just like a kind of memory of Thanos, he can use the computer there to find out where Loki is locked up.

With Douglas' cover, everything went well.

Thor's pores are tight, and he can hear himself panting heavily in the blast helmet.

It's almost there, he gritted his teeth and waited for me.

Wait for me again, Loki.

When he arrived at the designated floor, cold sweat drenched his back.He asked Douglas to guard the fork in the road, and he touched Ebony Maw's former office.

Now, just go in, turn on the computer, and he can find out exactly where Loki is.

Thor opens the door with the passkey.

It was dark in the office.

He stepped in, and the door slowly closed behind him.

Suddenly, some kind of beastly sixth sense made Alpha's hairs stand on end.

And the next moment, a heavy punch hit his abdomen hard!

"Hmm—!"

His whole body was hit hard against the wall, and before he could react, more attacks came one after another.

The attackers in the dark seized the opportunity, and every punch hit the vitals, the head, the throat, the lower abdomen, and the weak knees.The fist was solid and ruthless, and the opponent's huge body was like a hill. He seemed to be able to see Thor's movements clearly, and he disarmed neatly, grabbed Thor and threw it hard to the ground.

"Cough... ah..."

Blood froth chokes from Thor's mouth.

He was beaten severely on the temples, his throat was grabbed, and he was dragged to stand up.The helmet had been thrown aside long ago, the stud on the right ear was torn off, and the entire earlobe was dripping with blood.

There was the sound of a series of footsteps of military boots in the corridor.

The lights in the office were then turned on, and only a few incandescent lights were heard "crack--" and the dazzling gaze made Thor dizzy for a while.

And in the next second, the sharp point of the knife hit his tailbone straight. As long as he continued to poke down, he would suffer more than death.

The office that once belonged to EbonyMaw was reopened, and several people were pushed into the room with their hands cut behind their backs.

Thor struggled suddenly, but was punched hard on the lower abdomen.

It was Black Dwarf, one of the five generals of Obsidian, who caught him, and Proxima Centauri was standing behind him with a knife. Aaron, Douglas, and all his internal staff who stayed in the Venus Club were all crushed to the ground without missing a beat.

No.

Thor only felt that his heart was torn into several strands that were about to break...

The chair behind the desk slowly turned around.

Thanos sat upright on the chair, he folded his hands and looked at Alpha, the ring on his hand reflected a chilling light.

"You've let me down, Thor Odinson."

**

EbonyMaw's former office was brightly illuminated by lights. There were many people in the room: Thanos, the generals of Obsidian and the guards, Thor, and members of Stormbreaker who were kneeling on the ground, but the whole room was surprisingly quiet. I could hear the sizzle of incandescent lamps and the friction of swivel chair pulleys rolling on the ground.

That voice was like Ling Chi, the god of death, sharpening his heart little by little.

Invisible terror, accompanied by the menace unleashed by Thanos, climbed up the captives' ankles, as if to devour their souls.

The Grand Viceroy of Neschet finally stood up and walked around behind the chair tied to Thor.

He tugged at Alpha's blond hair, forcing him to look up.

"You don't naively think that you can bring me down just by destroying my three databases?"

"Well--"

Alpha frowned in pain, his brows and cheekbones were covered with knuckle scars, and dried blood was still hanging around his sealed lips. The swivel chair that EbonyMaw used to sit on.

"The world situation is not as simple as you imagine. The three data disks, the lifeblood of the world, as long as they are simply destroyed, the big powers and politicians will have no constraints, and my painstaking efforts for more than 20 years will disappear." Thanos said , "If it's that simple, then I'm really incompetent."

Thor's heart sank, and he suddenly realized that his plan with Loki had been seen through from beginning to end.

Maybe it started with EbonyMaw's death, and Thanos kept this office, and the interrupted communication, and the news that brought him here, or earlier, maybe Thanos was not after him, but Neschet's inner ghost.

"You betrayed my trust, Thor. I kindly kept Loki by your side, but what did I get?"

Thanos waved his hand casually after saying this.

Dark Night Proxima immediately took out his gun, opened the safety, and put it on the back of the head of Aarton who was kneeling in the front.

"No." Thor's eyes widened.

"boom--"

Aaron's body slumped limply.

"I know what it's like to fail, Thor, I've experienced it." Thanos patted him on the shoulder, "It's such a disappointment in your heart, even if you didn't do anything wrong."

Dark Night Proxima Centauri pointed at Douglas again.

"Don't..." the words escaped Thor's sealed lips.

"boom--!"

"Who's next, Odinson?" Thanos asked.

Alpha's body trembled uncontrollably.

"In seven years, you could have done more." The purple-skinned man stated, with regret in his voice, "It's not that I didn't teach you what kind of vision the new world has. Efficient, progressive, and successful, all human beings Blessings. But obviously, you don't understand the greatness of it."

He pauses, looking sullenly at Thor's remaining subordinates.

"Neither can they."

"boom--"

"boom--!"

"boom--!!"

"boom--!!!"

With every gunshot, a person fell, and the soldiers of Strombbreaker fell in front of Thor one by one. Blood flowed from where they fell, spreading into beaches, and each beach connected to each other, forming a river of blood.

Thor screamed in pain, like a wounded beast, and those gunshots seemed to snatch the blood vessels in his heart one by one.

Thanos suddenly tore off the tape from his mouth.

"You'll pay for it! You're going to die for that!"

"Is it?"

Thanos ignored Thor's roar, tilting his head to signal Proxima Centauri.

Proxima Centauri tapped his earphones with his fingers: "Bring him up."

After speaking, a screen in the room that had been dark suddenly lit up, or it had been on all the time, but the black cloth in front of the lens on the other side of the screen was pulled away.

Thor's eyes widened sharply.

He clearly saw on the other side of the camera, two guards pushing a man up.The man was thin, about six feet tall, staggered from being pushed, and had a black hood over his head.

Even with the hood on, Thor recognizes who it is.

"Loki..."

Alpha struggled violently.

The black dwarf's fist slams into his cheek, knocking Thor's head to one side.

"Fear, shuddering, and being overwhelmed." Thanos looked at him with pity, and also at the person on the other side of the screen, "But neither being afraid nor running away will solve the problem. In the end, you still have to accept the coming of death."

"No." Thor pleads.

"Please don't..."

"he still……"

"He's still pregnant," Thanos said. "I know, but Neschet doesn't lack that population. This is the punishment you deserve."

The black muzzle of the gun pressed against the skull of the person on the other side of the screen.

Thor just felt his heart break.

TBC

*Note:

Skurge: Skurge, temporarily acting as Heimdall's Rainbow Bridge gatekeeper in "Thor 3", and later serving as Hela's executioner, with a bald head and two guns in hand.