a Tomahawk cruise missile, priced at about $1.5 million each; The unit price of a "Patriot" missile is about $300, the unit price of an ICBM is about $40 million, and the unit price of a "Trident" submarine-launched missile is about $70 million.

An M1A2 tank costs about $500 a unit, a Black Hawk helicopter costs about $6 million, an F16 fighter with a Sidewinder missile costs more than $30 million, and an F-22 fighter costs about $290 million.

If you can really spend tens of millions of dollars to cultivate a loyal B-level strength powerhouse, it will definitely be a good deal for Nick Fury.

You must know that agents above level 7 like Coulson and Melinda have a salary of more than one million dollars per year, and the resources that S.H.I.E.L.D. invests in them are definitely not less than millions, and each of them is an elite gunman who has been through a lot of battles.

Of course, the return is also very significant, each of these people here has the experience of killing B-level and even B+-level powerhouses, and even once besieged more than one A-level powerhouse, and the same price is also very heavy, I don't know how many weapons and ammunition were consumed, and I don't know how many elite agents died on this.

This is also the reason why Nick Fury wants to form the Avengers, to deal with the super strong, only the super strong are the most suitable.

In order to encircle and suppress the Hulk Bruce Banner, General Ross used several helicopters, more than a dozen tanks, and countless bullets and shells, but in the end, Bruce Banner still escaped without a trace.

And if more super strong people can be cultivated through Ling Xiao, even if it is more than ten years and tens of millions of dollars in income, it is definitely worth it, after all, the last super strong person cultivated belongs to S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, at the very least, the Security Council will be much happier in terms of appropriation.

You must know that when William Stryker researched mutants, he spent at least tens of millions of dollars before and after, but in the end, it was not in vain.

Seeing that Nick Fury was really thinking about the feasibility of this plan, Melinda couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Director, things are not so easy, and there are still many hidden secrets in this. ”

Nick Fury frowned, although he had been in contact with a lot of things in the Eastern Continent, but in terms of understanding, he was still not as good as Mei who was born in Chinese.

I only heard Melinda say with a serious face: "If you want to cultivate, it is best to start from childhood, preferably Chinese, so that it is easier to accept the exercises." Because they are children, the influence of S.H.I.E.L.D. on them is still small, and on the other hand, it is much easier for Ling Xiao to exert influence on them. ”

Seeing that everyone's expressions became solemn, Melinda continued: "You must know that in Eastern culture, if you want to learn other people's kung fu, you must learn from a teacher, and if you don't learn from a teacher, you can only be an outer disciple, and you can't learn serious things." ”

"To learn from others, you should call a teacher." Hill said something rarely.

"It's not that simple." Melinda's face couldn't help but show a wry smile, and explained in a low voice: "In Eastern culture, the status of the teacher is second only to his parents, and even above his parents. Especially in martial arts, this is even more so, as an apprentice, not only to obey the teacher's words, but also to wait for the teacher to be old in the future, but also to send the teacher to the end, and even when someone is looking for trouble with the teacher, he must stand up. If you can't do this, you won't get the true legacy of the teacher at all. ”

"You mean to say that if we send people to learn from Ling Xiao, then it is likely that these people will put his interests above S.H.I.E.L.D." Nick Fury frowned tightly, in this case, things will be in trouble, once Ling Xiao and the people of S.H.I.E.L.D. conflict, then those people are likely to stand on Ling Xiao's side and go against S.H.I.E.L.D.

Taking a deep breath, Melinda said with a worried face: "In the world of Oriental martial arts, as a master, it is customary to keep a hand, and even leave flaws in the exercises that only you can see. Once the apprentice rebels, he will also ensure that he has enough means of restraint in his hands. The evil path is more direct, and when the apprentices are studying, they have left enough means of control, especially those medicine masters, and the various methods are even more sensational. ”

"So, don't you suggest that we send someone to learn from Ling Xiao?" Natasha raised an eyebrow and stared straight at Melinda.

"No, I'm actually in favor of sending someone." Melinda's answer suddenly surprised everyone present, and she said with a serious face: "If Ling Xiao is really a descendant of the Eastern Immortal Clan that Thor said, then we must send someone to learn from him." ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Melinda shook her head and explained: "What I said before is the martial arts that still exist in the Eastern Continent, even if this kind of person spends tens of millions of dollars and cultivates for more than ten years, he has only C-level strength at most, even in the East, martial artists with B-level strength are rare, as for A-level, I have only heard of one or two people in the past hundred years." ”

"C-level, is there only C-level strength?" Nick Fury couldn't help but interrupt Melinda's words, his own perception was obviously very different from Melinda's previous words.

"If Ling Xiao is really willing to cultivate wholeheartedly, maybe there will be a powerhouse who has broken through the C-level and become a B-level.

Although Melinda said this, she was not optimistic about it, sighed, and continued: "Of course, this is also about martial arts. If Ling Xiao is really a descendant of the Immortal Clan, no, in the East, it is more accurate to become an Immortal Cultivator or a Qi Cultivator.

If Ling Xiao is really an immortal cultivator, then his strength is likely to increase greatly in the future, and it is not difficult to break through the B+ level and become an A-level powerhouse, and it may even become an S-level powerhouse like Magneto and Professor Charles. Therefore, it is necessary for us to invest in advance and strive for Lingxiao to stand on our ground in the future. ”

"Oh!" Melinda's words made Nick Fury start to think seriously about it, a strong man who is likely to be S-class in the future will either start wooing him now, or wipe him out in advance.

However, in this situation, it is not the best option to eliminate him, especially given that the gods of Asgard have just visited Earth.

"I think you've overlooked a problem throughout." Barton, who was sitting behind Natasha, finally couldn't help but speak: "Is Ling Xiao willing to help S.H.I.E.L.D. train manpower, a manpower that is likely to deal with him in the future." ”

The entire conference room fell silent as Patton said this, and everyone looked at each other with a little embarrassment.

S.H.I.E.L.D. was accustomed to their own strength, they didn't think about Ling Xiao's refusal to help them train manpower, in their minds, it was nothing more than a question of how much to pay and how much they could gain, but if Ling Xiao really refused directly and didn't give them a chance at all, it would be really embarrassing.

"I don't think he will refuse." Natasha suddenly spoke: "According to Melinda's meaning, if Ling Xiao wants to continue to grow his strength, then he will inevitably need more resources, that is, more money. In addition, I have also been in contact with Ling Xiao, this person has a common weakness of ordinary men, likes beauty, as far as I know, he has a woman in Los Angeles and New York, and he also has an ambiguous relationship with several women, and it is not impossible to make a few targeted plans. ”

"There's no hurry!" Nick Fury waved his hand and stopped letting Natasha talk about it, this kind of thing is just said in private, and it is always a little embarrassing to get it on the table. Nick Fury turned his head to look at Melinda and said in a deep voice: "Mei, I know you don't want to get involved in the front-line cases now, so I'll leave this matter to you, select some suitable people to come out, and at the right time, I will talk to Ling Xiao about this." ”

"It's the Director!" Melinda groaned slightly, but nodded her head in response.

(End of chapter)