Grand Canyon, Colorado Canyon, Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, USA.

The power of nature tore apart the high protozoans, and the craggy and mountainous rifts were like twisted scars, digging into the leylines of the earth.

In the evening, the fire-like sunset shone on the layered red rock formations, and the fossils of creatures buried deep in the soil occasionally poked out of the rock walls, listening to the sound of the stream that had not changed for thousands of years.

Suddenly, a huge shadow hung over the canyon, casting a shadow that covered the entire rift fault.

It was a helicarrier 350 meters long, 87 meters wide, and a full load displacement of 122,000 tons.

Four huge turbine engines are arranged in the four corners of the ship, and the majestic energy provided by the four A1B nuclear fission reactors provides the turbines with rapid rotation, providing vertical lift to the mother ship.

The Helicarrier is equipped with two jet engines at the tail end, which provide power in the horizontal direction, allowing the carrier to turn its direction as if it were sailing on the surface.

In addition, the double-decked Helicarrier carries more than 70 aircraft, including but not limited to the EA-18G Growler electronic fighter, the F-35C Lightning II fighter, and the E-2D Hawkeye AWACS aircraft.

This Helicarrier, which serves as the headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D., is the most powerful conventional military force of the United States, hovering in the airspace of the United States and the world all year round.

The 5,000 S.H.I.E.L.D. employees above are busy working day and night, doing their best to maintain the name of "Shield".

And Nick Fury is their leader.

The setting sun casts its rays on the bridge's floor-to-ceiling portholes, and Nick Fury's swarthy face doesn't show a hint of expression, listening indifferently to the voice coming from his phone.

He was originally just an ordinary Allied soldier in World War II, until he accepted the Allied internal transformation program, voluntarily injected with anti-aging serums, and became a super soldier.

At the end of the war, he led the Roaring Commandos in a battle of wits against the Nazi-born Baron Straker, doing everything in his power to try to eliminate them.

After World War II, the Allies won, and Nick Fury, who was blinded in his left eye by shrapnel from a grenade, joined the CIA and co-founded S.H.I.E.L.D. in the International Security Council.

At this moment, the burly black man who was blind in one eye took a deep breath and forced himself to continue listening to the noise on the other end of the phone.

“.... Mr. Fury, this is an order from the Pentagon. The Defense Department bureaucrat on the other end of the line said in a scripted tone: "You must find the attackers and stop them before any documents related to the X Weapon program leak out." ”

Nick Fury shook his head and said coldly, "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s purpose is to protect the country's homeland security, as well as to prevent superpower crimes that may cause significant losses.

If it's just a leak of military secrets, you shouldn't come to me, you should find someone else.

Whether it's the CIA, the FBI, the State Secrets Agency, the General Administration of State Security, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Intelligence Research of the State Department, or the Intelligence Bureau of the Army, Navy and Air Force. ”

"Don't talk me this nonsense," the Pentagon bureaucrat muttered, "to be able to quietly hack into a secret military base with all the facilities and personnel — that's not something that some motley mercenary can do."

The entire military base was deserted except for the bodies of a few ordinary soldiers.

General William Stryker, who led the plan, had already activated the final plan when the base was invaded. However, not only did he disappear without a trace, but he also disappeared along with the intelligence files accumulated within the base.

Our intelligence department has assessed that the other party has at least double-digit superpowers, and this alone is beyond the scope of the general intelligence department. ”

"Oh?" Nick Fury frowned slightly and asked, "I remember that the X Weapon Project was secretly researching mutants, right?" Could it be that those Abilities did it? ”

"Before our troops arrived, the Xavier Academy for Gifted Children run by Professor Charles had been shut down, and all the students and faculty inside had been evacuated, and even the internal laboratory facilities had been emptied."

The Pentagon bureaucracy said in a deep voice: "All the X-Men are suspected targets, but that does not rule out the possibility that the Brotherhood of Mutants did not interfere with their access." ”

Nick Fury's brow furrowed deeply, as ravines as the Grand Canyon below the Helicarrier, "I know Professor Charles and some X-Men members, they are all upright and noble patriots, and they wouldn't do such a thing. ”

"Trust is cheap, Director Nick Fury, and you should understand that." The bureaucrat on the other end of the phone said indifferently: "You know your duties, no matter who you are, as long as there is a suspicion of undermining national security and threatening national interests, you need to be reviewed and verified."

In addition to the intelligence agencies within S.H.I.E.L.D., I also communicated with the State Secrets Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office to share relevant information with S.H.I.E.L.D. ”

The other party offered such favorable office conditions, but Nick Fury was not half satisfied, he narrowed his eyes, and asked hoarsely: "What is hidden in the X weapon program with such a big move?" Makes you so panicked. ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he said indifferently: "This is not something you should care about, Director Fury, you just need to be a qualified soldier and perform the task loyally and without discount." ”

"Nope." Nick Fury shook his head and said: "S.H.I.E.L.D. is under the control and management of the International Security Council, and the Pentagon only has the right to suggest to me, but not the command, if you refuse to tell me the truth, I will not be able to obey." ”

“... Are you sure you want to know? The bureaucrat whispered, "This is not a playhouse, Nick Fury, you represent the most powerful supernatural force response agency in the United States.

However, you must know that your so-called dependence itself is still within the federal political system of stacked beds.

Your employees are citizens of the Union, the ships under your feet are federal property, and even yourself is just a model for the Federation to push to the forefront.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is like a knife, if the knife is blunt, or even disobedient, if the blade is aimed at the user itself, we are not afraid to change the blade again. ”

Such a blatant threat literally pressed the muzzle of a gun to Nick Fury's forehead, and the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. clearly recognized that the "we" he was referring to was definitely not some bureaucracy worried about being dragged into the water, but the incredibly large federal government itself.

The water of the X weapon program, too deep.

Nick Fury took a deep breath and was about to say yes when the door to the director's office was violently pushed open.

Phil Coulson, the perpetually smiling senior S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, barged in and held a tablet on the desk in front of Nick Fury.

"Director, I think you should take a look at this."

On the screen of a tablet, a personal live streaming platform.

And the man who broadcasts live on the screen is the leader of the mutant brotherhood named Eric Lanshel, Magneto.