Marvel: Saint Seiya Starting with the Reality Stone.

"The Mojave Desert!"

"Wow."

The taxi driver, a dark-skinned African American, glanced at Mike through the rearview mirror after hearing his address and asked, "Sir, are you also planning to visit the nuclear bomb town?"

Upon hearing this, Mike was taken aback at first, then smiled slightly: "Yes."

He almost forgot that the nuclear bomb town was also in the Mojave Desert.

The so-called "Nuclear Bomb Town" is an abandoned ghost town located in the Mojave Desert. It has no official name. It is called "Nuclear Bomb Town" because it is a simulated city built by the government in the 1940s to test the effects of atomic bomb explosions on towns.

After the Cold War ended, this nuclear-bomb town was abandoned because it was not used for nuclear bomb testing.

It was abandoned, not demolished. To this day, the nuclear bomb town is still filled with lifelike mannequins dressed in 1950s clothing.

Today, the nuclear bomb town has become a popular tourist destination, though not a mainstream one, among adventure enthusiasts.

Mike wasn't, so he only thought of this when he heard the taxi driver talking about it.

The African-American driver then chuckled.

"Then you're probably going to be disappointed, sir."

"What's wrong."

"The nuclear-bomb town has recently been placed under martial law."

"Yeah."

Upon hearing this, Mike displayed just the right amount of surprise: "Why?"

The African-American driver shrugged: "Who knows? Maybe the military is planning to reopen that town. I heard from other drivers that the last time he drove there, he was stopped by soldiers three kilometers outside the town."

Mike nodded with a look of realization, then smiled slightly: "It's okay. If I can't go to the nuclear bomb town, I can still climb the Kelso Dunes. They wouldn't have blocked off the Mojave Desert too, would they?"

His original destination was not the nuclear bomb town.

If he can't go, he can't go; it won't change his plans in any way.

soon.

As we chatted with the talkative African-American driver, time passed, and we arrived at the entrance to the Mojave Desert National Reserve.

Mike paid the bill and got out of the car.

The African American driver rolled down his window and called out to Mike's retreating figure, "Sir, do you need me to wait here and take you back to the city?"

Upon hearing this, Mike raised his travel bag without even turning his head.

The meaning is obvious.

He planned to spend the night in the Mojave Desert.

As for the coyotes that live in the Mojave Desert...

Ha ha.

If they dare to show up, Mike wouldn't mind treating himself to a late-night snack or something.

As Mike ventured deeper into the Mojave Desert from its edge, he encountered many other travelers who were also passing through the area.

He wasn't surprised, after all, the edge of the Mojave Desert is a magnificent landscape in itself.

The Valley of Flames is filled with red sandstone that looks like it's on fire.

The Red Rock Canyon, with its magnificent rock walls reaching three thousand feet high, and the colorful megalithic towers known as the Seven Magic Mountains, which can be seen from the edge of the desert and stand thirty feet tall in the desert.

But Mike's destination was deep in the Mojave Desert, at the Kelso Dunes, where one could stand and overlook the endless sand dunes.

By the time he arrived at his destination, it wasn't too difficult; he climbed Kelso Hill and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

The sunset was falling.

Mike stood on Kelso Hill, gazing into the distance.

He saw the rolling sand dunes with magnificent lines in the sunset, and also a man-made town deep in the desert.

That is the legendary nuclear bomb town.

Just as the African-American driver had said, military personnel had now moved into the nuclear town, and Mike could see that fully armed soldiers were on guard all around the town.

but……

Mike only glanced briefly at the nuclear town before looking away and then looked up at the faintly visible starry sky above.

He had absolutely no interest in what the military personnel were doing or planning to do in the nuclear-bombed town.

In a word.

The people in the nuclear town don't bother him, and he won't go there to see what the military is doing.

At this moment, nothing is more important to Mike than merging with the Phoenix constellation in the real universe.

Mike sat down on the ground on Kelso Hill and looked into the inner universe within himself.

into the eye.

The last star capable of forming the phantom of the phoenix is ​​being enveloped by ether particles and will be successfully materialized in a few hours.

Mike also began to slowly gather his five senses, clear his mind of distractions, conserve his energy, and prepare to be in the best possible condition to welcome the upcoming Phoenix.

This is different from the battle with Malekith and Thor on the Arctic ice cap.

Whether his inner universe can merge with the constellations is crucial to his future, and he must ensure that nothing goes wrong.

soon.

As time passed, the Mojave Desert gradually darkened, the sunset faded, and a dazzling starry sky took its place.

The starry sky is vast and sparkling.

Mike didn't choose a serious sitting posture, but rather maintained the most comfortable posture, with one leg crossed, one hand on his knee, and his eyes half-closed as he looked ahead.

Just then.

In the sky, a star seemed to be getting brighter and brighter, and just as the star's brightness reached its peak.

In Mike's little universe.

The last star was also materialized by the ether particles.

next second.

"boom!"

"Chirp—!!"

"..."

32. Phil Coulson was kidnapped!

Nuclear Bomb Town.

An abandoned town that was forgotten deep in the Mojave Desert after the end of the Cold War, but now seems to have been repopulated.

The town is filled with buildings that have gradually decayed over time, and plastic mannequins dressed in 1950s clothes are scattered in every corner of the streets.

The town's four exits are now guarded by fully armed soldiers.

but--

They weren't soldiers, at least not military personnel.

Of course, they weren't SHIELD soldiers either.

earlier.

Just as Mike climbed the Kelso dunes, a security camera in a room in the town sounded an urgent alarm.

A soldier walked out of the room and looked at the bald man standing outside, who was well-built and wearing a dark tactical jacket.

"Sir, we have neighbors now."

"Neighbor?"

Upon hearing the sound, the bald man looked towards the soldier who had come out, then followed the soldier into the room, immediately looking at the computer screen on the table.

into the eye.

It was a live satellite image of Mike sitting cross-legged on one leg in the Kelso dunes.

The bald man frowned slightly.

"Identification?"

"Mike Ametra, male, 21 years old, New Yorker, graduated from New Jersey City University, holds a New York State CPA license, and is currently unemployed."

On the other side, the soldier had already obtained some basic information about Mike through facial recognition, and immediately stood up and revealed it when the bald man asked.

The bald man listened to the soldier's report while watching the satellite live feed, which showed Mike sitting motionless on Kelso Hill with one leg crossed.

"Tourists?"

"Highly likely."

The soldier who first discovered Mike didn't rule out any possibility: "According to the tests, no weapons were found on this person or in the surrounding area. Furthermore, there are no travel records showing that he visited London and Norway in the first half of the year, and there is no evidence that he has any connection with us or our guests."

Just as the soldier was reporting, the door was pushed open from the outside.

next second.

A woman with deep-set features, black curly hair, and wearing a floral dress walked in.

"What happened?"

"A neighbor has come."

The bald man turned and glanced at the woman who had entered: "Have you convinced our guest?"

The woman smiled and said, "He's Phil Coulson, he's not so easy to persuade."

Yes.

Their guest here is Phil Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D.

To be precise, they kidnapped us and brought us here.