Earth, S.H.I.E.L.D., three-curved wing building.

The red-gold Iron Man armor flew down from the sky and landed in the open space at the top of the building.

The security door to the top floor opened automatically as he approached, and the steel armor on his body was automatically dismantled piece by piece, and the mechanical arm was recycled into the building.

S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including Deputy Director Maria Hill, have been waiting here for a long time.

"Tell me what's going on." Stark asked as he walked briskly.

"The signals continue to come." "It's been two hours, and the signal from the depths of the universe hasn't been interrupted. There is no doubt that someone is trying to tell us something, and our experts are still trying to crack it with all their might. ”

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived in the command room.

Seeing the two of them enter the door, an expert in a white coat ran up with a roar.

"Sir!" Sweating profusely, he shouted, "That signal has changed!" ”

"Calm down, what did the other party say?" Stark asked.

"I don't know yet." "But the previous readings have been smooth, and they are a sign that they are approaching a certain stable value." But now the data is starting to fluctuate! ”

"What do you mean?" Stark asked.

Before someone could explain to him, someone shouted, "Someone is hacking into our system!" ”

Everyone in the entire command room was like a great enemy. The technicians began to crack and type on the keyboard at a high frequency, and Stark hurried to a computer. The technician sitting in that position consciously gave way to him.

But no one could stop that invasion. With Earth's programming technology, they can't even figure out the enemy's path, and the other party seems to have released some kind of virus that quickly and efficiently infects all their systems, but this virus is programmed in a completely different way than everything on Earth, and even if you want to, you can't do it.

In just a few seconds, the system of the Sanquyi Mansion was encroached upon.

The large floor-to-ceiling screen in the command room went black, but came back on after a few seconds.

Although it was lit up, there was still nothing on the screen, just fluorescent flickering, accompanied by a noise like electricity.

A man spoke over the speaker: "Hello Earth. ”

"Who's talking? Track his location. Stark said immediately.

"You don't have to work in vain, human, you can't track it...... No, before that, you can't do anything now. The voice smiled, "You can only listen patiently now." But don't worry, I'm here to help...... At least from your point of view. ”

Stark asked, "How can you help?" ”

"Bring information, very important information for you." The voice said, "Have you ever heard of a being called the Celestial Group?" ”

Most people are confused, and this title is too high-end for most human beings. But it wasn't so strange to Stark. He nodded: "I've heard of it." The Protoss who maintain order in the universe? ”

"You know a lot about a human with a frog at the bottom of a well." The voice smiled sarcastically and said, "Yes, yes, that's pretty much it.

I don't want to beat around the bush, and I'm sure you don't want to hear me talk about it here, so I'll keep it as simple as possible.

The Celestials are coming, coming to this earth. But believe me, this time they didn't bring flowers and candy, but a trial. ”

"Trial?" Stark asked, "Judge what?" ”

"Humans, of course." The other party replied as a matter of course, "Human beings are the masters of the earth today, and they are intelligent beings who rule this planet. The Celestial Group considers the value of human beings in terms of human history, culture, and other aspects. ”

"Oh, it's like an exam." Stark understood, "What if we don't pass?" ”

"If you don't make it, Mr. Stark, it's a bit of a misfortune for you." The voice replied, "The Celestials will not allow anything of value to exist in their world. This universe is under their rule, and all species they judge as useless will be completely wiped out, even the traces of civilization's existence will be erased. ”

He said it as if nothing had happened, but everyone in the command room gasped when they heard it.

"That does sound like a jerk." Stark said, "You're saying that this happens on Earth as well? In humans? ”

"You are the leader of the human race, the leader of the human race, why don't you judge for yourself?" The voice said sarcastically.

Stark was silent.

Do humans have confidence in themselves?

Honestly, not much.

More than once in fantasy works, mankind has referred to his race as "the sickness of the earth". Human beings satirize their mistakes in various forms, greed, hope, war, plunder, ......

Counting the faults of this race, it seems that there are too many to count.

The darkness that is born in the hearts of humans is quite terrifying, and Richard, as a man of light, has also mentioned this in front of the Avengers. Therefore, Stark does not have much hope for whether humans can survive the assessment safely.

He looked up and asked, "So what do you say we should do?" ”

"That's up to you, the leader of the Earth." The voice laughed, "The gods are coming, you have to start thinking about it quickly." As for me? I'm just a messenger. You would have been unprepared, and now I've given you twelve hours to breathe. So if I were you...... I'll make good use of this time to prepare, even if it's just a pointless struggle.

That's it. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, now I give you back the time. Hurry up and use your brains and start thinking about what to do. ”

With that, the screen went black again.

Half a second later, all systems were back online, and the lights were back on.

The system of the Triple Wing Mansion was back to normal, there was no record of any invasion, and everything just now was like a dream that never happened.

But the command room was still eerily quiet.

After a while, Hill turned to Stark: "Director......"

All eyes were on Stark.

Stark's face was a little ugly. But when he took over the responsibility of Chief S.H.I.E.L.D., he didn't expect a similar situation.

"Richard Lee, is he back?" Stark asked.

Ciel shook his head, "No, Director. Our people have been paying attention, and he has not heard back since he left Earth. ”

"It's just at this critical time." Stark gritted his teeth, "Then hurry up and prepare for the meeting, we don't have much time, we have to inform the heads of state of other countries of this news." Oh and, summon the Avengers. Whatever the contradictions between us, what follows will require all of us to work together. ”