Chapter 492: Hela's Goal
The search was fruitless, and Lu Xiao entertained Thor and Loki to return to the London Temple temporarily.
In front of the two of them and Daniel, Lu Xiao played the video sent by Alethea through Focus's hologram function.
"Wow~"
Loki exclaimed in surprise, "Has Midgard's technology advanced to this point?" β
Thor was looking intently at the projected image, and yelled impatiently to his side, "Loki, shut up!" β
The entire video is less than a minute long, and the whole process of Hela's contact with the two villains is recorded.
The outcome of the battle was completely one-sided, and Hela killed most of the mercenaries who raised their spears at her with throwing knives, leaving only the two most threatening enemies.
One of them was a young black man of strong build, who was supposed to be the leader of this group of mercenaries.
Another bearded Caucasian man has a prosthetic leg in his left hand, which emits some kind of energy attack that looks like sound waves.
Sonic attacks are effective against normal people, but they're just toys to the Hela.
She pinched the sonic prosthetic leg and scrapped the weapon with a twist of her hand.
The scattered sound waves affected the stability of nearby surveillance cameras, and by the time the video was reframed, the scene was empty.
Alethea used the big data of criminals hacked from the Egg Man to compare the faces of the two people on the screen.
Lu Xiao paused the replay of the video footage, walked to the hologram and pointed to the white bearded man and said, "This person is Ulysses Crowe, an arms smuggler who has been going to and from West Africa for many years. β
"Not long ago, my fiancΓ©e had a conflict with his subordinates in Africa, and I didn't expect to get news of him so quickly."
"And this man."
Lu Xiao pointed to the young black man with pigtails: "His name is Eric, a former American Navy SEAL, who was fired from the army because he was too brutal in the line of duty, and then became a free mercenary, and was called the 'killer king' by his peers in the mercenary world." β
Thor asked puzzled, "Why did these two people get involved with Hella?" β
Loki rolled his eyes at his brother, who couldn't turn his head, "Please, Thor, use your brain." β
"It's not that they're related to Hela and they're being forced to use it by Hela."
Lu Xiao nodded in agreement with Loki's explanation: "It should just be a coincidence, the British Museum issued a notice not long ago that someone broke into the West Africa exhibition hall and took away two precious ancient artifacts, which were made by Crowe and Eric's team." β
"Crowe and Eric were about to escape and were on their way to the airport when they were bumped into by Hela, perhaps it was the energy fluctuations emitted by the sonic weapon on Crowe's body that aroused Hela's interest, and she intervened to restrain the two and follow them into the car and leave together."
Lu Xiao nodded at the black Audi sedan on the screen: "Crowe once infiltrated Wakanda and stole a large amount of vibranium, his prosthetic limbs and sedan should have been modified by vibranium and could not be captured by surveillance cameras." β
"Thor, you should know that this metal, Rogers' shield is mixed with a part of vibranium, it is also known as sound-absorbing steel, and it has a very good kinetic energy absorption function."
Thor, who was confused all the time, finally found a chance to speak: "I know! Rogers' shield is so impact-resistant that it can even stop my MjΓΆlnir hammer. β
Loki frowned and thought: "Hela has been sealed for thousands of years, and she definitely doesn't have a weapon in her hand, so she can only consume her death divine power to manifest her attack." β
"If she gets enough vibranium from Crow to build a new weapon...... I had a bad premonition. β
"It's not that easy."
Lu Xiao used Focus to project a holographic image of Vision: "The vibranium stored in Crowe's hand was taken away by Ultron, and after a series of changes, these vibranium were finally combined with the Mind Gem to become Vision. β
"If Hela wants to build a new weapon, she should temporarily work with Crowe, who is familiar with the West African environment, to try to invade Wakanda and get more vibranium."
"Wait a minute."
Thor patted his forehead a little confused: "Wakanda? African countries? β
"I don't know much about the distribution of countries in Midgard, but as far as I know, Africa is a barren continent far from the civilized world, right? Why didn't Wakanda's possession of such a precious material as vibranium arouse the covetousness of other countries? β
"Heh~"
Lu Xiao smiled sarcastically: "Good question, with the predatory nature of Western countries, if they know that Wakanda has an unimaginable stock of vibranium, they will definitely do whatever it takes to launch a war of aggression." β
"However, Wakanda is not as poor and backward as he appears to be in front of the world."
Lu Xiao pulled up the map of Wakanda from the map and put a big question mark on it: "Vibranium is not the original ore of the earth, it is a meteorite that fell to the earth from outer space millions of years ago. β
"And the place where this meteorite landed is in West Africa, which is the area where the Kingdom of Wakanda is located today."
"For thousands of years, Wakanda has used vibranium to develop amazing technology, but they have never really shown themselves to the world."
"Uh~"
Thor rubbed his temples and asked, "In other words, Wakanda actually has a technological strength far beyond the countries of Midgard?" β
Lu Xiao spread his hands: "That's right, it's not so much that they are hiding from the plunder, but that they disdain to clash with the technologically backward Western countries." β
It can be seen from the plot of Avengers 4 that Wakanda has long developed high-tech technologies such as energy shields and optical camouflage, and if it really fights with Western countries, I am afraid that it will be difficult for nuclear bombs to break through Wakanda's native defenses.
Loki muttered and analyzed: "If I were Hela, before I regained my strength and returned to Asgard, I would definitely find a way to increase my combat power, and weapons are an important booster item." β
"Hela is the eldest princess of Asgard, ordinary metal will never get into her eyes, only vibranium, an extraterrestrial and sturdy material, can arouse her interest."
"Well, our destination is very clear."
"Yes."
Lu Xiao raised his hand and clicked on the question mark on the holographic map: "Wakanda, we have to try to stop Hela before she gets enough vibranium to build weapons." β
"I'm also not sure how far Wakanda's technology has got, and maybe they'll be able to send Hela back to Asgard."
The strength of Wakanda, which uses vibranium to develop technology, should not be underestimated, but in terms of individual combat effectiveness alone, the Black Panthers of a company combined are not Hela's opponents.
If Hela chooses to hide her whereabouts and raid Wakanda's high-level core, once the king is in control, Wakanda may be coerced to send her to Asgard at Hela's request.
"Time waits for no one, Altheia, help me contact Fury, tell him the situation, let him arrange a Kun fighter to come over, and we will rush to Africa as fast as possible."