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Chapter 1083
chapter 0452 part 1
Chapter 444: Prelude to War
"Nick, do you think they can succeed?"
The next day, in an office within the World Security Council Headquarters Building, two people stood by the window watching that streak of Bifröst (Rainbow Bridge) rising up. The blond Elder wearing black-rimmed glasses turned his head to look at Nick Fury beside him.
"I never place my hope on the negotiation table!"
Nick Fury stood with his arms crossed, looking up at the ring-shaped phantom in outer space. Although various countries had tried their best to block the news, the giant phantom of Yggdrasil in the sky and the ring-shaped serpent shadow blocked outside, were starkly visible.
With the modern level of technology, the high-powered binoculars in the homes of numerous astronomy enthusiasts could clearly see the truth of that ring-shaped serpent with just a little modification.
Even though the World Security Council had issued strict orders to S.H.I.E.L.D., all they could do was cooperate with various countries' network monitoring to block online information as much as possible and arrest some terrorist organizations taking advantage of the chaos.
As for the peace talks agenda discussed by the World Security Council over three days, just as he said himself, Nick Fury held no hope. He didn't think Earth was qualified to negotiate with a Cosmic Overlord like Thanos, unless they could make Thanos feel pain.
Nick Fury looked at the ring-shaped phantom in the sky, a hint of anticipation flashing in his single eye. His message had been sent out; she should be rushing back by now! "Those of us who have experienced war understand that the weak have no right to choose!" Alexander Pierce sighed. Even as a high-level staff member of the World Security Council, when the major powers behind them truly made their decisions, he didn't even have the right to vote.
"Nick! Prepare for war!" Alexander Pierce turned his head to look at his old subordinate. "I have a feeling that the Avengers you assembled will be the key to saving the world! After all, they've already saved this world once!"
"Just tell me what you need. Funds, supplies, I will do my best to secure it for you in the Council!" Alexander Pierce looked meaningfully at Nick Fury. "I believe you, Nick. You must have a plan by now!"
"I don't even have clear specific intelligence on the enemy I'm facing. How could I have a plan?" Nick Fury shook his head and sighed. "All I can do now is wait for those negotiation experts to return, hoping they can bring back some useful information!"
Alexander Pierce looked at Nick Fury, a hint of gloom flashing deep in his eyes. As far as he knew, Nick Fury had been exceptionally busy lately, and there had also been large transfers of personnel and supplies within S.H.I.E.L.D. Clearly, Nick Fury was prepared for this crisis long ago.
But why was he hiding it from him? Could he have noticed something? "Secretary, I still have things to handle, so I'll take my leave first!" After exchanging pleasantries with Alexander Pierce for a few minutes, Nick Fury took out an encrypted phone from his pocket and glanced at it, then took his leave of Alexander Pierce.
"Brock, I hope you can bring me good news!"
In front of the office, Alexander Pierce watched the Quinjet carrying Nick Fury fly away and asked without turning his head.
Standing behind Alexander Pierce, the tall man wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. emblem on his chest had his hands clasped in front of him. "It's been investigated clearly. Five days ago, Nick Fury established a Special Action Team on an island in the West Pacific. The number of people is around 150, and some of our people are among them!"
"Five days ago, a Special Action Team of 150 people... It seems Nick Fury knew about the Alien Invasion in advance! But why is he hiding it from me?" Alexander Pierce muttered to himself.
"It should be related to the weapons and equipment they are using!" Crossbones Brock Rumlow, the leader of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Action Team and a Core Member of Hydra, said, relaying the intelligence from the inside source. "According to our people, the weapons and equipment issued to the Special Action Team is very advanced. Most of it is energy weapons. Our informant suspects these weapons are not of Earth origin!"
"Alien weaponry? Could it be that Asgard provided him with support?" Alexander Pierce pondered for a moment, then turned back to look at Crossbones. "How is our Spark Project progressing?"
"It's in progress, but time is too tight, and the Spaceship's capacity is limited. We can only abandon most supplies and personnel!"
"Okay, later I will communicate with Nick Fury in the name of the World Security Council to settle some scientists and clerical staff in underground bunker safe houses in various places like Providence and the Lighthouse. Draft a list and add our people to it. Whether they can survive depends on their luck!"
"Later, take some people to The Sandbox. Replace the important materials there with fakes. Also bring out those important targets in The Fridge!"
"Should we wait first? What we're doing is too obvious. I'm afraid it will arouse Nick Fury's suspicion!" Crossbones hesitated and advised.
Alexander Pierce waved his hand. "Who told you to do it secretly? I will submit a proposal to the World Security Council in the name of protecting Earth's property. You handle it openly and legitimately. If Earth can truly be saved, we'll return the things. Besides, after a war, how many things are lost? Who can say clearly?"
"Secretary is wise!" Crossbones sincerely admired.
"Whether it's wise or not is beside the point. I just hope this war doesn't happen. After all, if we really have to leave Earth, we Hydra will become like stray dogs. Damn it, the great situation I've built up for decades is ruined in one go like this! I'm truly unwilling!"
Alexander Pierce fiercely punched the bulletproof glass on the window, cursing fiercely.
"Secretary, since the negotiation experts have already been sent out, sacrificing some interests, I think this war might not happen," Crossbones comforted.
Alexander Pierce scoffed. "Brock, would you negotiate conditions with those jungle natives holding the Stones?"
Crossbones was speechless for a moment. Given his personality, he would want the Stones, and to prevent future trouble, the people would also have to be killed completely.
(The Fridge, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s detention center and prison, 100 stories high, only accessible through the rooftop. Many of the people detained there possess supernatural powers or important intelligence.) (The Sandbox is located in Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, specifically for handling and researching dangerous materials! The Lighthouse is a huge bunker built to deal with world-ending events, located under a lighthouse on Lake Ontario in New York!) Facts were just as Alexander Pierce had expected. The negotiation team sent by Earth returned defeated. They didn't even see Thanos himself. Instead, they were received by Ebony Maw, one of Thanos's Black Order subordinates.
Only one of the fifteen top-tier negotiation experts returned, and the news this person brought back was only one thing.
Thanos does not accept negotiation. If Earthlings lose this war, the entire Earth will be turned into ash in the artillery fire of his fleet.
From this extremely hostile announcement, it can be seen that Thanos's mood at this time was indeed not very good.
Chapter 444: Prelude to War
"Nick, do you think they can succeed?"
The next day, in an office within the World Security Council Headquarters Building, two people stood by the window watching that streak of Bifröst (Rainbow Bridge) rising up. The blond Elder wearing black-rimmed glasses turned his head to look at Nick Fury beside him.
"I never place my hope on the negotiation table!"
Nick Fury stood with his arms crossed, looking up at the ring-shaped phantom in outer space. Although various countries had tried their best to block the news, the giant phantom of Yggdrasil in the sky and the ring-shaped serpent shadow blocked outside, were starkly visible.
With the modern level of technology, the high-powered binoculars in the homes of numerous astronomy enthusiasts could clearly see the truth of that ring-shaped serpent with just a little modification.
Even though the World Security Council had issued strict orders to S.H.I.E.L.D., all they could do was cooperate with various countries' network monitoring to block online information as much as possible and arrest some terrorist organizations taking advantage of the chaos.
As for the peace talks agenda discussed by the World Security Council over three days, just as he said himself, Nick Fury held no hope. He didn't think Earth was qualified to negotiate with a Cosmic Overlord like Thanos, unless they could make Thanos feel pain.
Nick Fury looked at the ring-shaped phantom in the sky, a hint of anticipation flashing in his single eye. His message had been sent out; she should be rushing back by now! "Those of us who have experienced war understand that the weak have no right to choose!" Alexander Pierce sighed. Even as a high-level staff member of the World Security Council, when the major powers behind them truly made their decisions, he didn't even have the right to vote.
"Nick! Prepare for war!" Alexander Pierce turned his head to look at his old subordinate. "I have a feeling that the Avengers you assembled will be the key to saving the world! After all, they've already saved this world once!"
"Just tell me what you need. Funds, supplies, I will do my best to secure it for you in the Council!" Alexander Pierce looked meaningfully at Nick Fury. "I believe you, Nick. You must have a plan by now!"
"I don't even have clear specific intelligence on the enemy I'm facing. How could I have a plan?" Nick Fury shook his head and sighed. "All I can do now is wait for those negotiation experts to return, hoping they can bring back some useful information!"
Alexander Pierce looked at Nick Fury, a hint of gloom flashing deep in his eyes. As far as he knew, Nick Fury had been exceptionally busy lately, and there had also been large transfers of personnel and supplies within S.H.I.E.L.D. Clearly, Nick Fury was prepared for this crisis long ago.
But why was he hiding it from him? Could he have noticed something? "Secretary, I still have things to handle, so I'll take my leave first!" After exchanging pleasantries with Alexander Pierce for a few minutes, Nick Fury took out an encrypted phone from his pocket and glanced at it, then took his leave of Alexander Pierce.
"Brock, I hope you can bring me good news!"
In front of the office, Alexander Pierce watched the Quinjet carrying Nick Fury fly away and asked without turning his head.
Standing behind Alexander Pierce, the tall man wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. emblem on his chest had his hands clasped in front of him. "It's been investigated clearly. Five days ago, Nick Fury established a Special Action Team on an island in the West Pacific. The number of people is around 150, and some of our people are among them!"
"Five days ago, a Special Action Team of 150 people... It seems Nick Fury knew about the Alien Invasion in advance! But why is he hiding it from me?" Alexander Pierce muttered to himself.
"It should be related to the weapons and equipment they are using!" Crossbones Brock Rumlow, the leader of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Action Team and a Core Member of Hydra, said, relaying the intelligence from the inside source. "According to our people, the weapons and equipment issued to the Special Action Team is very advanced. Most of it is energy weapons. Our informant suspects these weapons are not of Earth origin!"
"Alien weaponry? Could it be that Asgard provided him with support?" Alexander Pierce pondered for a moment, then turned back to look at Crossbones. "How is our Spark Project progressing?"
"It's in progress, but time is too tight, and the Spaceship's capacity is limited. We can only abandon most supplies and personnel!"
"Okay, later I will communicate with Nick Fury in the name of the World Security Council to settle some scientists and clerical staff in underground bunker safe houses in various places like Providence and the Lighthouse. Draft a list and add our people to it. Whether they can survive depends on their luck!"
"Later, take some people to The Sandbox. Replace the important materials there with fakes. Also bring out those important targets in The Fridge!"
"Should we wait first? What we're doing is too obvious. I'm afraid it will arouse Nick Fury's suspicion!" Crossbones hesitated and advised.
Alexander Pierce waved his hand. "Who told you to do it secretly? I will submit a proposal to the World Security Council in the name of protecting Earth's property. You handle it openly and legitimately. If Earth can truly be saved, we'll return the things. Besides, after a war, how many things are lost? Who can say clearly?"
"Secretary is wise!" Crossbones sincerely admired.
"Whether it's wise or not is beside the point. I just hope this war doesn't happen. After all, if we really have to leave Earth, we Hydra will become like stray dogs. Damn it, the great situation I've built up for decades is ruined in one go like this! I'm truly unwilling!"
Alexander Pierce fiercely punched the bulletproof glass on the window, cursing fiercely.
"Secretary, since the negotiation experts have already been sent out, sacrificing some interests, I think this war might not happen," Crossbones comforted.
Alexander Pierce scoffed. "Brock, would you negotiate conditions with those jungle natives holding the Stones?"
Crossbones was speechless for a moment. Given his personality, he would want the Stones, and to prevent future trouble, the people would also have to be killed completely.
(The Fridge, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s detention center and prison, 100 stories high, only accessible through the rooftop. Many of the people detained there possess supernatural powers or important intelligence.) (The Sandbox is located in Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, specifically for handling and researching dangerous materials! The Lighthouse is a huge bunker built to deal with world-ending events, located under a lighthouse on Lake Ontario in New York!) Facts were just as Alexander Pierce had expected. The negotiation team sent by Earth returned defeated. They didn't even see Thanos himself. Instead, they were received by Ebony Maw, one of Thanos's Black Order subordinates.
Only one of the fifteen top-tier negotiation experts returned, and the news this person brought back was only one thing.
Thanos does not accept negotiation. If Earthlings lose this war, the entire Earth will be turned into ash in the artillery fire of his fleet.
From this extremely hostile announcement, it can be seen that Thanos's mood at this time was indeed not very good.
