30. Countdown

"Whoosh"

The hundreds of information-gathering devices deployed on the three shuttle spacecraft swept across South America at breakneck speed, taking pictures of the notable objects below, aggregating them in a database for scientists and experts to study as evidence of some gradual geographical changes on Earth.

Some intrepid young scientists also fly aboard these spacecraft, which could crash at any moment, and see for themselves what happens to everything they are familiar with.

"The Drake Passage freeze is a thing of the past. ”

Bruce Banner picked up a picture and looked at it: "There are large groups of sea monsters there, like plesiosaurs, but more dangerous than those guys, they probably have magical abilities, and after they appear, the temperature in Antarctica will be even lower." ”

The biologist rubbed his forehead and said to Alwyn beside him:

"Didn't you shoot a group of soldiers landing in Antarctica?

Alwyn was sorting through the messy database, and when he heard this, he pushed his glasses and whispered:

"No, the Inhuman Tritan and some mutants who can move underwater went there, and it turned out that there were frost dragons nesting in Antarctica, and there were many of them, more than they could have imagined, and it seemed that they had made it their new home. ”

The young scientist touched his cheek and said, "But I don't know if it's a delusion, they came back and told us that Antarctica is larger than originally measured, and Konstantin told me that it was because some sealed secret realms in the South Continent were opened, and it is said that the same situation is also in Europe and Africa, and I am puzzled... Will the area of the earth be enlarged as a result?"

"Well, interesting idea. ”

Banner shrugged his shoulders, put his glasses on his face, and whispered:

"But don't think too much about it, then the increase in mass will not change the trajectory of the earth, they will only complicate the life of the earth again, by the way, I heard that there are tyrannosaurus rexes in Africa?"

"It's just a rumor that last week, a biologist evacuated from Africa took out a photo, saying that the plants in the Nile River basin were growing abnormally, and there were creatures similar to tyrannosaurus rex, but many people doubted the authenticity of the photo, the world was born to change dramatically, and a lot of weird and strange remarks jumped out, and it was enough to give people a headache to distinguish the authenticity. ”

Alvin threw his extension out of the ship's porthole, and the next moment, his voice rang out:

"Look there! Professor!"

He pointed out the window to the jungle, and Banner walked briskly past, and below them was the Amazon rainforest, known as the "lungs of the earth", and after Alwyn controlled the speed of the ship, Banner quickly saw something that surprised Alwyn.

An unimaginable, huge giant snake is lazily basking in the sun on the hillside in the jungle, the silver and black scales on its body are shining inexplicably in the sun, and if you look closely, the scales on this guy's body even form some kind of strange runes, it hangs on the hillside with its body coiled, its body length is at least 50 meters or more, and it may even reach an astonishing 70 meters! It is almost like the mythical and legendary Atrium Serpent JΓΆrmungad.

"It's unimaginable... Is this a mutant, or did it come out of those sealed secret realms in ancient times?"

Banner's expression became ugly: "Such a big thing, ordinary weapons are useless against it, and even its scales may not be able to penetrate it, once it crawls out of the rainforest, the surrounding countries will definitely face extinction." ”

While the two of them were talking, the huge life seemed to be aware of the uninvited guest overhead, it spit out the letter and raised its head, and looked at the big silver-gray guys flying overhead with a cold gaze, a strange energy shone in its eyes, and when it saw those eyes, Banner felt a trace of dizziness, he hurriedly turned his head, suppressed the restlessness of the Hulk in his heart, and said to Alwyn:

"Don't look at it, this guy must also have strange abilities! No matter how much the earth's natural environment changes, it can't give birth to such a creature, it must have escaped from the ancient ruins, recorded it, and then listed the jungle in the central Amazon as a danger zone!"

The ship quickly rushed out of the area, and Alwyn recorded the thing, then said to Banner:

"Maybe we can find a way to lure it to the big sinkhole, where the demons and demons who escaped before the destruction of hell have built a huge underground city, and if we can lure it there, it will be enough to surprise those villains who are doing evil!"

"It's hard to do, such a guy already has a lot of intelligence, but he is not a simple beast. ”

Banner breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze turned to the red, green, and green world map in front of him, and he sighed inexplicably:

"The nations of Europe have become a mess, and an aura of war permeates the skies of that world, leading people to forget their minds and throw everything into chaos, like a blazing furnace, to which the beasts used from all sides are constantly adding dry wood, and the desperate careerists are leading the war, using the war to extract power and status, the siege of the Caucasus Mountains has just ended, and as a result, the Russians have repelled the group of fanatics who are trying to enter East Asia at a small price..."

"But they won't always be so weak, and one day, the world's only two isolated civilizations will also fall into the quagmire of war, those damn gods!"

Arwyn also fell silent, the battle on Paradise Island left him so impressed that he still couldn't forget how the otherworldly beings were crazy to rush into this world, and they paid unimaginable casualties to repel them, but who can guarantee that there will be no next time?

This time it was Cyber who sacrificed himself to save them, and next time, will there be someone like him who will stand up and bring them victory?

"We're going to get out!"

Arwyn suddenly spoke, "We can't be trapped on the land of North America. ”

"What?"

Banner turned his head to look at him, who clenched his fists:

"We have to take the initiative to fight out and recover those occupied areas, if we occupy one more city, those fanatics will lose a city, and we have a whole world behind us, they don't have it! Their gods can't conjure up resources out of thin air, the two isolated islands of civilization occupy the majority of the world's productive forces, and they can't afford to fight a war of attrition at all!"

"But how many people will die? You're a mutant, and you can care less about that, but others can't. ”

Banner took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and said:

"A war with tens of millions of dead and wounded is enough to call it a catastrophe, and now how many of our opponents are there? 4.5 billion! Are you going to kill them all? It's very simple to kill them all, now all the nuclear weapons of the whole world are concentrated in two isolated civilizations, and we can accomplish this goal with just one tenth of them at the sound of an order... But!"

He looked at Alvin:

"Who would dare to give such an order? Who would give such an order? I dare say, even if Cyber were here, he would not do it! You should know better than I do that, under his violent exterior, he would never do such a detrimental thing to others. ”

"The tragic death of our compatriots in exchange for our survival... So what's the difference between us and the evil gods? If we do, we're even worse than they! You see, killing will never solve the problem... They are blinded, and although it is not clear how to remove this mental blindness, we will always find a way, and after that..."

A cold glint flashed in Banner's eyes:

"After that, it's time to really settle accounts with those behind the scenes! Cyber can kill them, we can do the same, they are not invincible, they are not invincible, and the responsibility of us researchers is to use the shortest speed to find their weaknesses and find the way to truly win. ”

Behind him, Alwyn's clenched fists slowly relaxed, as he had to admit that Banner had a point.

He raised his head, in front of the three spaceships, a layer of invisible dark red light shrouded the sky, its scope is so wide, enveloping the entire North American continent, this is the defense curtain converted by the Reality Stone, under the shroud of this veil, the strange ability of the gods, can not act on the creatures inside, S.H.I.E.L.D. relies on this way, reorganizing the first layer of defense of the isolated island of civilization.

It is said that in East Asia, the Heavenly Sword Bureau also adopted the same defense model, it is impossible for humans to become bloodthirsty and warlike without warning, which must be derived from problems that mortals cannot know, the existence of this defensive curtain solves this problem just right, of course, the reason why it is not used for a more threatening attack is because the Reality Stone is too greedy... The energy conversion rate at low latitudes is quite poor, and in order to maintain this curtain, Stark even had to build a super-large Ark reactor to meet the needs of the Reality Stone.

This is already the best defense that S.H.I.E.L.D. can do.

And at the same time that Banner and Alwyn's spacecraft had finished their round-the-world voyage and landed at a Mexican airport, a very important order had just been issued in the residence.

"We all know that the gods will not simply stop tempting for fear of casualties, the war is only a temporary delay, it will come sooner or later, in the face of this threat, we need more deterrent weapons!"

Professor Hawkins sat in a large conference room, surrounded by the most prominent experts in various fields of the entire human civilization, who were all the members of the first batch of the newly established Human Potential Development Agency of S.H.I.E.L.D., and in front of them, a young fellow was speaking, this was Dr. Fitz, the leader of this institution, an outstanding genius.

"We believe that the power of science and technology is enough to change the world, and that the magic of the gods is only a science that we have not yet understood, and I have reason to believe that on the day when we thoroughly study this strange science, our world will finally return to order! We're a weapons design department, but we're not designing weapons to kill. ”

Fitz's voice deepened:

"We are here to save, to save the world, to save civilization!"

"From today onwards, I ask you to forget the previous covenants and agreements that have tied us down, we need to gather the wisdom of all people at the time of the survival of humanity, the special abilities of mutants and Inhumans will be the focus of our research, and there is enough information for us to read, and there is even a precious sample of the Terrigen Crystal Mist! This is the treasure of the Inhuman royal family, who also made their own sacrifices to save civilization!"

Finally, Fitz concluded his remarks with a short sentence:

"I hope that before the final time comes, we will live up to the sacrifices of our heroes!"

The audience applauded thunderously.

At the other end, in the sky above the hinterland of the United States, the transport plane group of the US Department of Defense was speeding forward, and in the cabin, Captain America tightened the parachute behind his back, and in front of him, soldiers from various countries were waiting for him.

"Soldiers, we are about to carry out the last capture of the local people, and a band of recalcitrant zealots have taken a small town hostage below, forcing the government to open the defensive veil of the sky and make them rediscover the majesty of their so-called gods... This is a bunch of bastards who put their feelings ahead of the safety of others, and if necessary, they can take action to get rid of these scum!"

"Maybe you have doubts in your hearts, whether what we are doing is righteous!"

The captain took a deep breath and clenched the shield in his hand:

"Today, under this sunshine, I will firmly tell you that in my heart, there is only one God, and He will never encourage believers to do such a thing, so we are on the side of justice! We will recover our world from those evil gods who deceive the world and steal our name, and we will save our civilization, I am extremely convinced of this!"

"Now... The action begins!"

"Send them to their gods!"