Eastern Europe, Latvia.

This small and closed country is now welcoming guests from the United States with great fanfare. For the first time in the history of Latvia.

Needless to say, in Soviet times, capitalist and socialist countries were inseparable from each other. And after the partition of the Soviet Union, Latvia fell into a national crisis.

Various livelihood problems began to appear, and prices began to soar in Latvia, where light industry was weak. Especially those products related to people's livelihood, the price is ridiculously expensive for a period of time.

Vodka, which is a livelihood product, has risen to 10,000 rubles a bottle for a period of time.

At that time, the ruble was as worthless as straw paper. At the same time, because of the soaring prices of these people's livelihood items, the domestic situation has become more and more severe.

Eventually, a civil war broke out, which lasted almost a decade, and Latvia, which had a population of 10 million, was reduced to only about 5 million after the reunification of the country by the time Dom reunited the country.

Five million people have died in a decade of war, and many of them have fled.

God knows how much effort it took Doom to end the war in this country. After reunification, Latvia was still cut off from the Western world, and it can even be said that with the exception of a few Eastern European countries, Latvia was cut off from almost all other countries in the world.

This closed country is like a mystery, and for the rest of the world, almost all that is known about Latvia comes from various media reports.

Latvia is described by most media as a poorer, more closed country, with more brutal leaders.

But when Jay Lee and Dr. Banner in the costumes of the Nightkin flew over the country on a Randall Group plane, those rumors were instantly shattered.

The place where the plane landed was the capital of Latvia - the city of Doom (believe me, the name is not misspelled).

Through the window on the side of the plane, the two of them could see the city of Doom and its surroundings from the plane flying lower and lower.

Outside the city, chic country houses are dotted across the green ground. The red brick walls and black tiled roofs are occasionally decorated with white stripes. It's like a house in a Nordic fairy tale.

If you open the crimson door, you will expect that it will be a natural spirit or a hospitable dwarf who will open the door for you. Maybe it's a bit rude, but a kind-hearted wood elf?

As the plane flew lower and lower, it crossed the fields and turned its perspective to the interior of the city.

The most striking thing is the huge castle in the center of the city, which has been greatly portrayed by many media as the residence of the Demon King, which is the residence of Doom, the Castle of Destruction.

The gray castle body does have a daunting feeling, especially when its name is still called destruction.

When the plane had landed, the welcome convoy dispatched by Doom had reached the runway of the airport.

As soon as they got off the plane, Nightkin Lee Jay and Dr. Banner were taken to the convoy.

Dr. Banner said jokingly, "Can't we go to the duty-free section of the airport to buy some merchandise and then meet Doom?"

The butler in charge of receiving Li Jie and Dr. Banner is the butler of Doom's Castle of Destruction, a middle-aged man named Punov in his fifties.

Punov said politely and seriously: "Even if the two of you go to the goods section of the airport, in fact, we don't sell duty-free goods here. Because of the rationing system in China, the airport does not sell any duty-free products. ”

"Ha?!" Li Jie was taken aback by these words: "So, Doom is still ready to do the old Soviet thing? That's not good!"

Punov said in the same polite manner, "Whether it is appropriate or not to do this, that is what my master Doom considers." The two of you please get in the car, and the host arranged a meeting trip for the two of them, so that they could talk to him after getting a general idea of Latvia. ”

Li Jay and Banner didn't come to Latvia for tourism. Just like when Doom gave Li Jie a message and expressed his willingness to use Eastern Europe as a breakthrough to drive the super high-speed rail plan. It's been discussed within the Illuminati.

The promotion of the super high-speed rail plan is to be promoted, but at the same time, the idea of Doom also needs to be examined. It is impossible to easily believe the words of a dictator, especially if the dictator has a bad record.

So Li Jie decided to take a trip to Latvia, and he also piggybacked on Dr. Banner.

The first is that Dr. Banner is the executor of the entire super-high-speed rail project, which Latville is willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to start.

Then Dr. Banner needed to do a complete survey in the field and have a rough plan for the entire route within the New Eastern European Consortium.

And the second is because Dr. Banner is currently the strongest single human that Li Jie can find. If something really happened in Latvia, Dr. Banner could suppress Dumkenne's plot by force.

Dr. Banner, who was in the car, glanced at Li Jie, who was dressed as a night walker, and whispered, "How much sincerity do you think Doom has? Is he really willing to use Latvia as a breakthrough so that we can promote the super high-speed rail program to the world?"

Li Jie shrugged: "At least for now, we don't have a better choice, do we?" But I lobbied China's Shang Qi and Zheng Xian through Iron Fist before, and the super high-speed rail plan coincides with China's strategic plan. ”

"But the Chinese don't like to be a bird. If Latvia does start building a super high-speed railway, China will probably be the first country to join. In this regard, Daniel is lobbying, he still has some connections in China, and he has a lot of senior brothers and sisters in the Divine Spear Bureau. ”

Dr. Banner touched his chin and said, "This is called nepotism, right?"

Li Jie continued to shrug his shoulders.

Although the two did not come to Latvia for tourism, since Doom had already arranged the trip, he was too embarrassed to refuse.

Accompanied by Punov, the two visited the Latvian University of Science and Technology, which has amazing hardware and software facilities and high faculty, and is no different from the world's first-class universities.

After visiting the University of Latvia, Punov took the two on a tour of another landmark in the city.

The largest and at the same time the most beautiful railway station in the country was built after the unification of the country.

Climb aboard a special tourist train and travel along the Klein River, with stops at Fort Doom, Doom Valley, Doom Gorge, Doom Hoard, Doom Village, and Doumlin along the way.

Then arrive at your destination at around 4 PM to admire the spectacular and beautiful Dum Falls. Then start the return trip.

On the way back, Li Jie whispered to Dr. Banner, "Doom is a narcissistic pervert, right?"

Dr. Banner pondered for a moment before he replied, "If that's how it is named, he is." ”

The two talked in a whisper, trying not to let Punov hear.

It wasn't until around seven o'clock in the evening that Nightkin and One-Punch Banner finally arrived at the Castle of Doom.

And this world-famous villain, Dr. Doom has prepared a sumptuous dinner to host the two.

P S: About the Dom Castle, the Doum Gorge, the Doum Falls and so on. These names are not my own inventions. Instead, it is from Marvel's official canon set "Marvel Universe Travel Guide". At present, the book has recently been published in Chinese Simplified, and interested friends can buy the original version. There should not be an electronic version available online at the moment.