Chapter 235 Roxon's Stock Price
The location of this World Energy Conference is set in Japan—a country that just suffered from the Fukushima nuclear leakage a few years ago. The purpose of choosing this place is to let people distinguish nuclear fusion from nuclear fission.
On the other hand, the location is quite strategic. Japan has always been a pawn of the USA in the past. Opening meetings here also signifies that this place is transforming into an East-West office.
In the old days, most discussions centered around oil. If there was a war, we would discuss the price of oil, which has caused great harm to developing countries, calling for stabilizing energy prices and ensuring energy supply security.
If there was no war, everyone would discuss environmental protection issues, sustainable energy development, and "energy transformation to create a livable planet."
However, as long as there is no breakthrough technology, such as controllable nuclear fusion, these issues are not truly meaningful. At most, they are merely using carbon emissions to condemn this or that. As for actually spending money on researching nuclear fusion, that depends on the oil oligarchs and their willingness to invest.
In fact, even if nuclear fusion were to materialize, promoting it would be challenging—this factor was also involved in Roxon's participation in the assassination of Norman. They all utilize nuclear fusion to generate electricity. Who would I sell my oil and gas to?
The conference itself is a platform and a top event in the energy field, where energy policymakers, companies, and experts from various countries showcase their technologies, opinions, and results.
The theme of this conference is "Future Energy in an Interdependent World." Without nuclear fusion, this topic would have little to discuss, but now that the situation has changed, it makes sense. After all, the topic could have been "Building a New Energy Order for the Future," without mentioning anything like interdependence.
Moreover, both Norman and Harry expressed a willingness to share—although Harry did not share core technologies, everyone knew that it would be a blessing if the USA did not use these things to engage in economic warfare.
The Osborne Group was undoubtedly the protagonist of this conference. Before landing, Harry asked the Japanese to clear the way for him to land. He did not want to face a large group of reporters, businessmen, and politicians as soon as he arrived.
After stepping out of the plane, Felicia was waiting outside. As the CEO of the Osborne Group, she would also attend this conference.
A hug would be a good way to relieve fatigue. Feeling the warmth of his lover, Harry was in a good mood.
"I was thinking that I would be disappointed if you weren't the first person I saw when I got off the plane."
"That's a crazy idea," Felicia smiled and whispered in Harry's ear.
After hugging, the two left the airport under the protection of bodyguards. After walking a few steps, Harry noticed that another group was in front of them—there seemed to be a celebrity ahead.
"Mr. Stark, please..."
The reporters were eager to put the microphone in Tony's face. Happy's imposing figure blocked the reporters and cleared a path for Tony.
"I'm very sorry, but I'm here to pick up someone—hey, genius kid!" As expected, Tony was there to wait for him.
Just hearing that nickname made him feel helpless.
"Why do you have to call me that? Do you think it's funny?"
Tony wore an unflattering smile: "I just think it's quite suitable for you, genius kid—but you're really not a kid anymore, so I might as well call you a genius teenager."
Harry was 18 years old when he first met Tony. He could still be considered a teenager then. Now, at almost 24, this guy who loves nicknames only remembers to use the term teenager!
Harry crossed his arms and said, "You're quite amusing for a tin can—how's Pepper?"
"She's here too. Why did you choose Tokyo as the venue for the meeting? There seems to be nothing interesting here. I also wanted to find a fun bar to chat with you, but it turns out these are all custom shops," Tony complained.
"Isn't that your favorite?"
"Pepper and I are in a relationship, so," Tony shrugged.
Harry thought for a moment and revealed a slightly mischievous smile: "I know a fun place."
Tony was taken aback for a moment before saying, "Then it's up to you—see you there at eight o'clock tonight."
After that, he climbed back into his flashy sports car. Harry pondered what was off about that: Tony asked him to find a place, yet he set a time?
He had plans tonight—
"Then you go find him. I prepared something special for you," Felicia shrugged and teasingly revealed a corner of her underwear, which looked very intriguing.
Harry embraced Felicia—screw Tony Stark, let him wait.
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The next night.
When it comes to the characteristics of Japan, Tony is right. The customs industry is very developed and friendly to both men and women.
And it's not just the pure adult industry, but rather one that thrives on the sidelines. Even the pure adult shops can survive well.
So, Harry first took Tony to experience something uniquely Japanese—a maid café.
However, this was really not Tony's preference. Upon reaching the door, Tony turned around and left.
So, Harry took him to another unique street in Japan—
"What the hell is this... waifu?" Tony held a comic book with a puzzled expression on his face. The cover featured a loli girl with short ponytails and a red headband with pink hair.
After browsing for a while, Tony looked at Harry: "Your interests seem a bit questionable. You might get picked up by the FBI for this—wait, are we already being monitored?"
Perhaps this is the clash of two cultures. What Japanese youth are crazy about, in Tony's eyes, should raise suspicion from the FBI.
But the character he has is indeed underage.
"I'm just introducing you to this subculture—don't you want to see Japanese culture? This is it," Harry shrugged.
Tony flipped through the comic book again and found that the content seemed quite ordinary, except that the paper figures all over the street didn't appear to be dressed legally.
"All right..."
Putting down the comic books, the two continued walking, and Tony spoke about something else:
"My work here has reached the standard. How's the situation over there?"
Project Zeus aims to complete energy upgrades around the world. Harry ceded some markets to Tony to develop under the Stark name, mainly the South American market.
On one hand, this allocation nominally prevents Osborne from forming a monopoly; on the other, it serves as an investment in Tony's intellect.
"Osborne has already exceeded its quota, and it seems that Project Zeus is nearing completion," Harry stated casually.
Those oil companies are basically running on empty. In the future, oil will be used more as a chemical raw material. Although it cannot be fully replaced, its value has significantly declined. Once considered liquid gold, it is now largely regarded as liquid black iron.
Natural gas is in dire straits. Energy companies merging oil and gas have essentially lost money in this regard. In the spirit of humanitarianism, the two acquired many such companies and restructured them into their power companies, saving many people from unemployment.
The focus of this energy conference is to showcase their results and demonstrate their global power grid layout to the world.
"Roxon's stock price has surged a lot," Tony remarked suddenly.
Why did it go up? Of course, it can only be attributed to the excitement that Roxon CEO Agger instilled in investors, but as a former giant in the energy industry, what can he offer? Another controlled nuclear fusion?
Harry rubbed his chin. If Roxon truly developed this technology, it would indeed have some impact on his two designated industry rules, but it would also be quite limited.
He is launching this technology now, which is somewhat too late and would have no significant impact on the overall situation.
"Then they are welcome another company to acquire this technology," Harry shrugged.
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Chapter 237: Darkforce
Contrary to Harry's expectations, many people paid attention to the Roxxon Company's report.
Of course, it may also have something to do with the arrival of the current chief justice. Logically speaking, the chief justice should have little to do with this meeting, but this judge has done something somewhat controversial in the past few months.
This company is the Standard Oil Company in the Marvel world. The difference from that Standard Oil Company is that in the original world, after the split of Standard Oil, many companies still belonged to the Rockefeller family, but not here.
Here, the results of the actual antitrust investigation that occurred in 1919 were similar, but the reality was very different. The company did break up, but the main director died mysteriously and the investor structure changed.
The changes that have taken place are quite complicated, but now it seems that a large part of these shares are in the hands of Hydra, that is, the "banker" of the Hydra Council that Harry caught - to be honest, this is actually quite magical, because his ancestors were actually the objects of NAZI extermination .
After World War II, Hydra paid more and more attention to oil resources. At one time, a member of the board of directors even served as CEO. It was only in modern times that the company's CEO became Dario Agger.
The company has grown quite smoothly without going through a process of disintegration and reorganization.
So we can see various Roxxon backgrounds on the backgrounds in the movie - such as buses, gas stations, buildings, etc. This is a huge business empire.
However, as the five major countries seized Hydra's small banks and the Osborn Group vigorously promoted nuclear fusion energy, this business empire was disintegrating. Their so-called capital was like a helpless chicken in a head-on confrontation with state power.
"Mr. Murdoch, we all know that you initiated an antitrust investigation against Roxxon Petroleum Company, and the final judgment was that it involved monopoly. What are the criteria for making this judgment?"
Precisely because of the special relationship between civilians, businessmen, and politicians, any antitrust effort needs to be carefully considered.
If politicians can wield political weapons at will, companies will only be able to develop cautiously; if businessmen develop without restraint, it will worsen the lives of civilians and even threaten social development.
Matt said to the camera: "The basis for my judgment has been written in the judgment, but I still want to say: only unreasonable trade curbs will be prohibited, and monopoly scale should not be used to break up companies. The necessary and sufficient conditions consist of using a monopoly position to control prices."
This verdict was reached after consultation between Matt and Norman. If Roxxon is convicted based on the scale of monopoly, it will put some companies in an embarrassing position: such as the Osborn Group.
Roxxon Petroleum Company belongs to the echelon most affected by the energy revolution. It is not wise to maintain large-scale production when oil prices plummet, so Dario Agger shut down most of the refineries and oil wells on his own, but Matt determined that this move raises prices for malicious production cuts.
In fact, this was a normal market move, but during the development process, Roxxon often used its monopoly advantages to merge with many companies and did many illegal things in New Orleans.
After Matt's investigation, it was discovered that the explosion that occurred in New Orleans a few years ago was indeed caused by Roxxon's illegal operations.
This made his heart of justice burst into overflowing, and he happened to have power in his hands, so he made a choice, using a legal weapon to slash Roxxon with a knife, slap a hat on him, and then kill him.
He can't kill people, but he won't be merciless in killing companies, lest Roxxon harm the world.
After listening, the New York Times reporter wrote in his notebook: Judge Murdoch believes that it is not the sheer size that makes a company or association prohibited by law, nor is it the breadth or scope of their operations or the amount of capital, but depends on whether it does two things: control prices and control output.
Roxxon's report was about to begin, and Matt ended the question and answer session and sat on the seat next to Harry.
"I didn't expect you, a judge, to care about energy technology," Harry said.
"Like you, I'm also curious about what they want to do - to be honest, I don't think people like him will sit still and wait for death." Matt put his blind stick aside. He had already determined that Roxxon was an evil company. Of course, he will keep an eye on them.
The stage was tightly wrapped by Roxxon's people, and they seemed to be moving some equipment inside.
Matt focused all his energy on Agger, who was shaking hands with investors at the side of the stage. In his perception, the Roxxon CEO was in high spirits and full of confidence.
When he saw Harry and Matt sitting in the audience, his confidence had not faded. Instead, there was a sense of superiority in his eyes, as if he felt that he had a chance to win.
"Stark said you are at least 50 years ahead of the world. Do you think Roxxon will have a time machine? I feel like he is 100 years ahead of mankind." Matt said suddenly.
Of course, Harry also saw Agger's eyes, but he didn't have a clue. After all, Roxxon had always lived well in the original work. Even if Tony came up with a new energy source, it would still be a behemoth.
Seeing that the machine behind the curtain seemed to have been assembled, Harry suddenly frowned - he had a very bad feeling.
"We will know what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd." After speaking, Harry said into the headset, "A, I want to take a look at the recent capital flow of the Roxxon Group."
"Sir, this requires some legal procedures. In what name do you plan to transfer it?"
Harry looked at Matt beside him and said: "Antitrust investigation, Supreme Court."
"Recalling."
Dario Agger cleared his throat and began his sharing: "Gentlemen and ladies, thank you very much for coming today.
I loved Mr. Osborn's speech because he made a lot of sense: just as oil replaced coal, nuclear energy has now replaced oil.
So what will replace nuclear energy?"
"Sir, the information shows that the Roxxon Group has been remitting money to a subsidiary called Isodyne Energy for the past year..."
Hearing the name " Isodyne Energy ," Harry's pupils shrank:
The company was founded during World War II, played an important role in the production of atomic bombs, and even had the ability to conduct nuclear tests when nuclear weapons were not clearly regulated.
In fact, they did conduct nuclear tests and discovered a special substance in the nuclear tests...
"Now, let me introduce to you an endless new energy source - no, it should be said to be a new substance that transcends the concept of energy!"
The curtain was pulled open, and a huge restraining instrument was displayed in front of the participants. In the transparent container in the center of the instrument, a black substance was beating continuously...
"I call it -- zero matter."
The blackness that swallowed everything suddenly began to surge violently, and a severe headache struck--
[Detection...]
[Detection--Zero matter detected…The Extra-Dimensional Darkforce..! ]
[Detonate zero matter...]
[Detonate zero matter, reward: journey to the virtual realm]
Different from the previous mechanical sounds, a long echo echoed in Harry's mind.
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Chapter 238 The Boundary Breaker
"....Harry..."
"Harry! What the hell is that? I can't sense anything in that machine! What's wrong with you?"
The sudden change made Harry break into a cold sweat. The last sound of the system still vaguely echoed in his mind. Looking at the information left by the system, it seemed that something had changed.
[Detonate zero matter, reward: dimensional invasion prevention]
[Destroy zero matter, reward: interdimensional theory]
It's just that Harry clearly heard that the previous system was not rewarding like this, and the sound became quite weird.
Harry shook the sweat off his head - this was the first time he had encountered a truly abnormal situation in all the years he had been here.
Zero matter is actually material from the dark dimension. When Isodyne Energy conducted nuclear tests, it somehow opened a rift between the dimension near dark dimension and reality, causing this material to penetrate into the world.
After Isodyne Energy Company discovered this thing, they collected it to study the properties of this substance.
This thing could absorb everything it came into contact with, and considering its origin, Harry had a reasonable suspicion that those things had been absorbed into the dark dimension.
And the dark dimension...this dark dimension is the dimension where Dormammu is--
Dario Agger is playing with fire by studying this thing!
"That thing is dangerous, Matt, you have to get out of here, and those people who are in the government meeting."
"What? What on earth is that?" Matt still didn't understand the situation, but Harry had already stood up and walked towards the center of the stage.
"Tony, there's something wrong with that thing. Stop looking at it and go find your teammates. We need to evacuate this place." As he walked, Harry sent a message to his people through the headset.
"A, notify all combat readiness personnel of H.A.M.M.E.R. to enter alert - including Spartans, and approve the use of experimental equipment."
On the demonstration stage, Agger's expression was very excited. Others couldn't use this thing, but he could!
Because he is not an ordinary person, he is a Minotaur!
His true identity is the descendant of Greek demigod bloodline, In comics he can transform into a Minotaur , the half-god monster in Greek mythology!
The instrument in his hand was buzzing, and Zero Matter was more active than usual in the laboratory! He firmly believed that this energy from another world is inexhaustible--
As for "that little bit" of possible risks, they are not worth mentioning in the face of increasingly dismal company financial reports.
As long as this energy is mastered, any nuclear fusion will be obsolete. Looking at the soaring counter in his hand, Agger seemed to have seen the re-emergence of Roxxon. In that future, he would open the company to places beyond the earth and plunder the resources of the wider world...
"Hey, Dario Agger -- do you know where that thing came from? It looks like nuclear waste fished out of some ocean trench."
Harry's voice interrupted his fantasy, and Agger looked over with a sneer: "Are you scared? Osborn."
"I'm scared. I don't know why you have that thing on your hands, but it is a very dangerous substance. Now, in the name of the H.A.M.M.E.R. consultant, I ask you to stop the dangerous experiments you are doing and accept a safety review.
Everyone, that thing is very dangerous. Please leave the venue in an orderly manner now."
Everyone looked at each other, but Matt stood up first and took the lead to leave the venue.
Some people listened to Harry's opinion, but more people were confused by this. They thought the thing was very strange, but Harry Osborn suddenly changed his identity and used this reason to order the demonstration to stop. Not a bit...
Maybe this is actually a good project?
Seeing this scene, Agger smiled. He looked at Harry and said, "You can't stop people from exploring the future. We have a greater future."
Agger felt quite good now - since the Osborn Group was taken over by this Harry Osborn, the two parties have had more and more conflicts in the business field:
The most violent conflict: They are the largest oil and gas company in the world. Harry Osborn came up with controllable nuclear fusion, and his father even became the president.
The impact brought by this is too great: gas stations are closing down, the automobile industry is gradually being replaced by electric vehicles...
Then there are mechanical prosthetics. They have invested in a project called "Deathlok" at Cyber Technology Company since the 60s. Just when it was about to achieve results, the Osborn Group came up with artificial organs, as well as various mature prosthetics, and in the end even a "RoboCop" was created.
In terms of prosthetics, the Osborn Group has far surpassed the research of Cyber Technology Company in both military and civilian fields. After the market was occupied first, it was too difficult for Roxxon to recoup his investment.
Even the basic resource extraction and construction industries are overwhelmed by Harry Osborn's fully mechanized operations.
They thought about inciting the crowd politically, but found that the untouchables who no one paid attention to had already been assigned to their posts, and their lives were better.
Osborn is always one step ahead of him, making him almost feel suffocated. What suffocates him most is that Norman Osborn has given up on hegemonic diplomacy. The changes in society even make him feel strange -
In the past, market competition was mostly about a group of people with the same purpose cutting leeks in the same vegetable field. Now he found that the act of "cutting" seemed to be unworkable. But he was not sure whether it was because the sickle was not sharp enough or because the leeks were hard. The Osborn Group is also getting bigger and bigger.
A feeling told him that if the situation could not be reversed, he would never be able to hold his head up again and the world must "get back on track."
But now, he regarded Harry's nervousness as the fear of being robbed of his monopoly position, which made him feel that he had a chance to win.
"Gentlemen, it only takes such a small amount of zero matter to supply electricity to the entire Japan. This is far from reaching its limit. Now let me show you..."
Agger's hand was about to start twisting the controller, and Harry's sixth sense became more and more restless--
He could feel that the mass of zero matter was stirring!
"I said stop! You're under arrest, Dario Agger!"
Harry strode forward. He wanted to interrupt Agger's actions, but the Minotaur's movements were not slow either. The output power was adjusted to the maximum--
hum--
After a strange buzzer, the huge machine began to recharge. On the top of the venue building, a device released an exaggerated beam of light into the sky, soaring straight into the sky. The brightness was so strong that everyone in Tokyo could see it clearly!
"Did you see it! Osborn, your key is out of date, it's Roxxon's time now!"
The machine didn't look like it was about to collapse, it looked quite stable, and those who stayed applauded this spectacular sight.
It's just that Harry clearly felt that zero matter was echoing all the time, as if stimulated by his presence, these zero matter was tearing apart dimensions...
Strange cracks suddenly appeared in the air, surprising everyone. Even Agger was stunned: This did not happen in the experiment!
Seeing this, Harry didn't care to continue to persuade him. An electric current poured into the machine from the ground, stopping the stimulation of zero matter, but the reaction could no longer stop at this moment--
A large hole was torn into space, which looked like a small black hole. The light was distorted at the edge of the horizon. Harry seemed to see an eye across the dimensional rift...
Then, a colorful arm made entirely of energy stretched out of the black hole.
It's breaking through.
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Chapter 239: Dimensional Invasion
The massive beam of light caught the attention of the entire public in Tokyo. Three enormous aerial strategic platforms broke through the clouds and descended to ground level, with oversized transport aircraft emerging and blocking out the sun.
The riflemen who emerged from the H.A.M.M.E.R. transport ship took control of Tokyo without a word. Huge bunkers and power armor units set up defense lines on the main streets. The US military garrisons across Japan were mobilized, with transport planes and helicopters emerging in droves.
In just a few minutes, the steel defense line was established, and the huge pillar of light remained standing. No one knew what was happening. Some people even believed that these H.A.M.M.E.R. soldiers were performing some kind of alien summoning ritual.
Tony, wearing his Mark armor, flew over Tokyo: "Citizens of Tokyo, this place is under attack. Turn on your mobile phones now and cooperate with the emergency evacuation!"
"What exactly happened? Why do we need to conduct an emergency evacuation of the entire city? There are over 10 million people in Tokyo." After finishing, Tony asked A, who was overseeing the operation.
"I don't know either, but Mr. Osborn told me that the situation is urgent, and the president has declared a war emergency for the garrison."
"War? With whom? Aliens again?"
Before he finished speaking, the light beam suddenly went out, and an invisible wave distorted the air. The picture captured by Mark's armor dimmed, and the light was distorted.
In the center of all this, a creature was working hard to open a crack. Seeing this scene, Agger went crazy:
"What have you done, Osborn!" The enraged Agger had two tall sharp horns protruding from his forehead, approaching Harry step by step. "My business empire, my prospects..."
A golden portal appeared out of thin air, and scarlet magic chains shot out from it, binding Agger tightly.
Settorak's scarlet chain, a spell from Kama Taj, indicated that the Ancient One had arrived at the scene.
Harry was about to say something when he saw the creature in the black hole showing its eyes. He felt a great sense of crisis.
Boom!
At the critical moment, the Ancient One used the portal to take the two entrepreneurs away from the scene and to a tall building several kilometers away. They saw the building collapse instantly, the sky change color, and the boundaries between reality and the dark dimension blur.
A large number of dark dimension demons rushed out of the ruins. These demons were humanoid but had fangs and sharp teeth. They also had more eyes than humans and their color scheme and style resembled Dormammu.
They ran towards the street, but they bumped into a mirror-like border. The Ancient One had blocked this place, but she couldn't keep it blocked forever.
The Ancient One also looked troubled. She had observed the issue of Isodyne energy decades ago. A woman named Whitney had been contaminated with zero matter and turned into a "black hole woman" who could absorb any matter and open the Dimension Rift to get more of this stuff.
Fortunately, with the help of Howard Stark and Peggy Carter, the matter was resolved. The Ancient One dealt with the entrepreneurs involved privately, thinking the issue was resolved, but she didn't expect another entrepreneur to pursue this matter decades later, and this time the situation was even more severe!
Feeling the cold gaze of the Ancient One, even the demigod-blooded minotaur felt a chill running down his spine - this was the Supreme Mage!
"I suggest killing this guy now, Master Mage. You won't object, right?" Harry took out a dart from his pocket. It was made of obelisk metal and could disintegrate a person instantly.
The Ancient One didn't speak or stop Harry, nor did she take back the scarlet chain wrapped around Agger.
Seeing this, Harry stuffed the disintegrating dart into Agger's head. Feeling the huge changes in his body, Agger showed a horrified expression. Then his body began to grow, revealing his true Minotaur form.
"You can't do this, Harry Osborn. You have no power..."
Indeed, even now, Agger could escape the death penalty through legal channels under normal circumstances, but Harry had no intention of taking the legal route.
It's wartime.
"Actually, I do. As the supreme commander of H.A.M.M.E.R., I have the right to kill war criminals - and you are a war criminal. Also, what kind of monster are you?"
Before Agger could continue speaking, Harry threw a few more darts at him. The Minotaur's body was very strong, but he couldn't withstand the attacks. Harry kept shooting deadly weapons at him, and he soon turned into rocks and then disintegrated with the wind.
"You just killed a demigod - the Minotaur from Greek mythology," the Ancient One said, maintaining the mirror world and glancing at the disappearing Agger.
"Then this god was too easy to kill. Besides, the Minotaur is a just a monster from mythology. Okay, Master Mage, let's talk about the situation now."
"That guy's device stimulated zero matter, which attracted the attention of entities from the dark dimension. I have sealed off this area, but it's not a long-term solution."
Dark Dimension... Harry wondered if the Ancient One could let Dormammu in and negotiate with him, but he definitely couldn't say that.
Looking at the demons attacking the mirror space and the sweat on the Ancient One's forehead, Harry knew the situation was critical.
"How do we close that portal - do you have any spells or something?"
"Yes - but you don't have that ability."
If the Ancient One could focus on dealing with the crack, closing the space crack wouldn't be a problem. But the problem was that she couldn't concentrate.
As for Harry Osborn, he was at most a person with some supernatural powers, and he was not a Supreme Mage like her. In fact, except for her, no one could close the cracks.
"Maybe I do?" Harry said. "I have an alien weapon that can enhance my psychic powers."
The Ancient One was stunned; she had almost forgotten about the Infinity Stones on Earth - one of which could be used to enhance people's superpowers!
"You can give it a try. The portal must be closed immediately. The number of demons coming to this world will only increase and become stronger!"
Halfway through the words, the demons suddenly looked at the Ancient One. It seemed they had finally found the core of the barrier.
"I think you may need help - let go of the barrier and let my people in. They are not swaddled babies; they know how to protect themselves."
The Ancient One did not respond, but as the Supreme Mage, she had been silently guarding humanity for thousands of years and never thought of letting these things be exposed.
As for Harry, he didn't think so much. His idea was simple: Humans need to know what kind of world they live in, then pick up weapons and move forward bravely.
This is why he has always advocated the use of super technology to militarily arm the people on Earth - unlike other superheroes, he had his own opinions.
The Ancient One was silent for a moment and said, "They are just ordinary people."
"They have weapons."
Those who have no weapons are civilians, and those who take up weapons to fight against monsters are warriors.
The Ancient One hesitated for a moment, then opened the mirror space behind her - maybe what he said made sense.
"Mr. Osborn, the troops are on standby. Please give the order," A's voice sounded in the communication channel.
The soldiers who had been preparing for battle saw the truth in the center of the city in an instant. Fierce demons were coming toward them like a tide.
The armor on their bodies, the weapons in their hands, and all their comrades with the same goals around them gave them courage, and they would not retreat.
People holding weapons are called an army.
"Free to fire!"
Plasma jets of up to 1200 million degrees Celsius allowed these demons to feel the warmth from the people on Earth. Heat was not the only way technology could harm them. Spike armor-piercing projectiles that could penetrate 1300 mm of homogeneous steel plates easily tore apart their "demon bodies." These 8mm Gauss rifle bullets might not be fatal to them, but the giant Gatling guns that gradually began to spin in the hands of the Legion Titan instilled fear.
The screams of the demons turned this place into a real hell!
"We have technology and courage, Sorcerer . Don't underestimate humans."
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Chapter 240: Equipping Spartan
There may not be much that can be done against Dormammu, but against low-level vanguard demons, Harry's technological methods are still useful.
After a while, the H.A.M.M.E.R. soldiers built a defense line in the front. The engineer company set up trenches, and the support troops transported various supplies through the bunkers and trenches.
Razak is one of the first graduates of the H.A.M.M.E.R. Mechanized Infantry. He has put in a lot of effort to put on the CMC armor he is wearing. In his opinion, joining H.A.M.M.E.R. and dying for the country is what a man should do - the equipment is so cool!
But when he actually participated in the battle, he was frightened by the demons running out of the weird cracks - what on earth were they?
The demons rushed towards the battle line, and he could even see the faces of these dark dimension demons clearly. Their human-like and inhuman appearance just triggered the uncanny valley effect, making people shudder.
But the demon corpses at his feet and the comrades beside him gave him more courage, roaring and pulling the trigger on the demons...
Boom!
A huge demon fell into the battlefield, and the teammates beside Razak instantly turned into meatloaf. A demon took advantage of the chaos and climbed onto his body. It was obviously about the same size as a human, but it could explode with huge power. It tore off his entire left arm!
The power armor cut off his pain nerves, and Razak stuffed the barrel of the gun into the demon's mouth with his backhand, beating it into a pulp!
"Damn it - the A-16 team needs support, where's the cover?" The Gauss rifle in his hand is useless against the large demons; they need support!
"The B-16 is on its way."
"The C-16 is loading, retreat! There are too many enemies!"
The battlefield of H.A.M.M.E.R. adopts a three-three system. Under normal circumstances, a rifleman team serves as the offensive force, a medical team provides medical and logistical support, and a Titan serves as fire cover. The support Titan of Team 16 is the Polar Star Titan, which provides over-the-horizon plasma strikes as support. It is deadly but takes time to reload.
The appearance of large demons instantly plunged the battle line into chaos. At the critical moment, the reformed Abomination fell from the sky, pressing the demons into the ground and smashing these demons into pulp with one punch!
The monster from H.A.M.M.E.R. has arrived!
Now, Abomination can consciously remain rational. His body has become stronger, and the bones clearly visible under the skin form a natural armor. Now he is a genuine biological weapon!
Banner is monitoring the situation of Abomination from a distance. At present, it seems that Blonsky can completely replace Hulk's position, but just when he came up with this idea, the Hulk in his body stirred...
"Roar!" Another monster joined the battlefield. The rough fighting methods of Hulk and Abomination made people glad that they were on their side. These two were much more terrifying than the demons.
Soon, demons who could use long-range attacks appeared in the cracks, using the classic "fireball technique." This kind of fireball may appear to have a temperature of only a few thousand degrees Celsius at most, but in fact made of dark energy, it can easily melt armor. It is a genuine superweapon of high-temperature plasma.
The fireballs smashed charred holes in the ground outside the trench. The medical soldiers blocked Razak's severed limbs with nano-sealing tapes, patted his helmet, and shouted loudly:
"Soldier, can you still fight?"
"Of course!"
After receiving the reply, the medical soldier injected a new stimulant into his injection port. Razak suddenly became more awake and stood up again, holding the rifle--
"Alien bastard, come again!"
Boom!
A fireball exploded at his feet, and the huge impact knocked him aside. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
This is the most powerful army division in humanity at present, but the casualties are increasing every minute. These demons do not care about the casualties at all and charge outwards desperately.
On such a battlefield, Iron Man or Captain America could only be regarded as super soldiers at best, let alone the likes of Black Widow.
"All teams, stop advancing, stabilize the defense line, and fire in the direction of the eyepiece mark." A's voice sounded in the communication channel.
It is no longer realistic to continue to advance. The demons' long-range firepower is not weak. A forced attack will only speed up the attrition. The purpose of this battle is not to annihilate all the demons. The task of the regular soldiers is to prevent the demons from rushing out of the center circle. The attack is still ongoing. Evacuated people.
The winning point in this battle lies in the dimensional rift in the center - they need real elites to fight their way out and bring them a decisive victory.
Osborne Orbital Space Station.
33 Spartans were lying in the equipment warehouse - the previous exoskeletons could no longer keep up with their physical fitness, and now they needed better equipment.
The nanocomposite material slowly crawls up their skin. The fluid gel is covered between two thin layers of nanocomposite material, which can adjust the environment inside the armor and effectively disperse the pressure. This will be the last barrier between them and the armor layer.
The liquid metal mixed with vibranium slowly seeped into their nerves through Lenin's delicate operation. The armor's system would be directly linked to the Spartan's brain, and the data information would be directly fed back into their nerves.
Through electromagnetic stimulation, this layer of metal is slowly formed. This is the most delicate nanoscale process in the world. Lenin's precise control of electromagnetic force allows the manufacturing system to forge directly at the atomic level.
Such sophisticated craftsmanship coupled with a fist-sized biocomputer allows this armor to carry an entire intelligent AI, which is integrated with the Spartan warrior.
This is the most top-notch craftsmanship, but the regret is that this suit of armor can only be used in one battle. The metal used by Harry is not a real liquid metal but is liquefied with Antarctic vibranium. Over time, these metals will gradually return to a solid state, and excess energy can only be absorbed by mixing vibranium to ease the recovery of metal bond energy.
But this is still Harry's pinnacle work. It is enough to enhance Sparta's normal strength to the 30-ton level. The armor is almost indestructible with the blessing of vibranium. The built-in physiological detection module and various medical modules make them permanently indestructible. They will get tired, and the link with artificial intelligence and the reaction enhancement system allows them to have a reaction speed that is comparable to Spider-Man.
Inside the armor, it is equipped with the same reactor as Iron Man, which has almost inexhaustible energy.
The armor is equipped with a highly integrated shoulder cannon, which can shoot plasma jets that are hot enough to rival Titan weapons. The standard weapon prepared for them is a plasma rifle that is also forged by Antarctic vibranium technology.
Although kinetic energy weapons are good, once a long-term battle is involved, kinetic energy weapons require a large amount of ammunition reserves. Sparta, which is deep behind enemy lines, simply does not have the supply conditions, and the energy density of the new element reactor is high enough to support the consumption of plasma weapons.
Because the enhancement is too powerful, ordinary people cannot bear this enhancement, and only an enhanced Spartan can control it.
This thing is made to imitate Thor's hammer power armor, but there is already a Thor in this world, and Harry doesn't want to advertise Thor anymore.
Therefore, the name of this set of armor is "EXC-Excalibur Powered Assault Armor." Like Thor's Hammer, the Sword in the Stone also requires qualified people to use it.
The armor is assembled, the Spartan is fully armed, and the drop pod is ready.
"You are already Spartans. I won't say too many words to encourage you, but remember:
What you do defines what Spartan is, just like Tony Stark defined Iron Man, Steve Rogers defined Captain America, and now--"
The space station hatch opens and the airdrop is about to begin.
"It's your turn to write the legend."
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Chapter 241: Just Evenly Matched
The mirror space is a strange place where the laws of physics have been drastically altered. Quinjets and helicopters that rely on electromagnetic force fields and air lift to fly cannot enter; otherwise, they will lose control instantly upon entry, with a high probability of crashing.
Twenty minutes into the battle, the H.A.M.M.E.R. soldiers, who lost air support, gradually seemed a little powerless. These so-called demons moved fast and fiercely. The key was that they seemed never-ending.
The last missile on Mark's armor exploded among the demons. Tony had lost all his heavy firepower ammunition, and the repulsor cannon was ineffective against the demons.
His Iron Man suit was already covered with scratches and dents, and he looked very miserable.
"Tell me you're standing here to solve the problem—" Tony flew over Harry, but before he could finish his words, a giant demon punched him in the leg, causing the engine to malfunction instantly.
After falling from the sky, Tony shook his head and saw the surrounding situation clearly:
The twisted CMC armor was flowing with red and white liquid; broken human limbs were scattered on the ground, and soldiers who had only one hand left to hold their position were seen everywhere.
After the front line had finished loading ammunition, the volunteers delivered ammunition and supplies; if someone fell to the ground, the medics would push him into the trench under fire for treatment, while the Titans in the rear used heavy firepower to fill the gap until the soldier could stand up or retreat.
People rushed towards death one after another just to stand firm on this land.
The real battle line was such a flesh and blood mill, reminding Tony of his experience of being kidnapped in Afghanistan. But that time, he saw the death of only one person and did not see the real battlefield.
This time, he saw a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
He was in a daze for a moment and was surrounded. A shield with a five-pointed star on it just in time knocked away the demon that rushed toward him—
Captain America stood next to him, Hulk rushed in, and then Black Widow. They were back to back, posing in a classic stance—"Avengers Assemble."
It's just that H.A.M.M.E.R. is currently conducting position defense. The position of each team is arranged according to the defensive strength on the front. Tony Stark is not ignored for the time being. He is a flying unit, but the chaos of Hulk and Steve will affect the battle.
"Tony Stark fell to the ground, the Avengers collectively left the battle line, T3 and T23 filled Hulk's position, T8, T11, T15, Captain America left the battle line, pay attention to avoid local long-range attacks." A discovered the situation through the eyepiece and promptly redeployed.
"We need support!" Captain America looked at the endless demons and asked A for help through the headset.
A was silent for a moment. The position where Stark fell was too deep. The soldiers must stick to their posts to ensure that the defense line is stable, and a stable defense line can ensure that the current casualty rate is not too exaggerated.
But sending a small team deep behind enemy lines would lead to a high casualty rate.
"Reinforcements will be here soon."
"Where are they?" Captain America didn't see any reinforcements.
"Sky."
...
After breaking through the atmosphere, Frank's airdrop pod sounded an alarm. The height of the orbital airdrop this time was more than 200 kilometers higher than before. These old-fashioned airdrop pods could no longer guarantee the safety of the soldiers in the airdrop pod—
Of course, this was only for ordinary people.
The airdrop pod exploded thousands of meters above the ground. The terrifying falling speed and the reaction force generated by the airdrop pod could instantly tear an adult into pieces, but for them, it was just a deceleration.
The EXC armor's jetpack was launched at full power, and 33 Spartans successfully landed, creating small craters in the ground.
The demons paused for a moment while looking at the smoke and dust in the field. The 10-meter-tall demon roared at the creatures in the smoke. Frank jumped high from the smoke and dust, rode on the demon's face under the influence of the jetpack, and then shot thunder into its mouth.
Boom!
The explosion was the signal for Sparta to open fire in full force, and the plasma jets bloomed like flowers!
Standing on the charred body of the giant demon, Frank calmly shot the demon again: "Spartans has arrived on the battlefield..."
Behind him, a bat-like flying demon was flying towards Frank at high speed...
"Be careful!" Steve's heart dropped to the bottom—it was too late!
Frank didn't even look back, turned slightly to avoid the demon's attack, then grabbed its wings and pulled hard!
Rip!
The demon was torn in half alive, with half of its body twitching on the ground.
"The target is the crack at 1300 meters, let's start taking action." As he said that, Frank stepped on the head of the demon on the ground.
Steve stood up, feeling a little frightened by the brutal methods of these soldiers—even though they were clearly killing demons.
"We need a plan, there are too many enemies!"
"He's right, these monsters are at least ten times bigger than you." Tony also stood up. The damage to Mark's suit had exceeded 40%. The key was that he had run out of ammunition. If possible, he needed supplies.
Frank glanced at the Avengers, then walked in the direction of his goal.
"It's just about evenly matched."
...
Not far away, Harry received the psychic scepter that a prosthetic body had brought from the space station.
"Sir, why doesn't Captain America's tactical literacy seem too high?" A asked doubtfully.
Harry said: "Don't be embarrassed and be respectful to the elderly."
To be honest, Captain America has never fought any normal wars. During World War II, all he did was lead the Howling Commandos to wreak havoc behind enemy lines. His tactical literacy was actually not low, and he was more of a leader of a special forces team that engaged in focused sabotage.
But it is true that he has never directed a war from the perspective of a commander, and it is only natural to ask for support behind enemy lines. After all, he himself has been a rescuer, so it is not considered a double standard.
Although from A's perspective, it is indeed very unprofessional—for ordinary soldiers, this is a death mission.
The Mind Scepter shone with blue light. Ancient One looked at the real and fake Harry and felt a little surprised: If the he had just appeared alone, she might not have been able to tell the real and fake Harry apart.
"Remember the method I taught you; this battle is up to you—you must use the Mind Scepter yourself to repel the guy in the crack."
"Of course, I will do this myself." Harry put on the armor recently brought. This thing looked similar to the EXC armor, but had a higher vibranium content, more functions, and was more expensive.
The Green Goblin aircraft fit behind the armor and formed the armor's flight module.
The sharp-eyed Ancient One saw the runes engraved on the armor. These runes could help Harry avoid mental shocks and came from the books she gave Harry.
"You are very talented."
"You said so last time, sorcerer ."
With a few words, Harry flew toward the direction where Sparta fell.
It's just that Ancient One repeated this sentence because she was thinking: Should Harry Osborn go to Kamar-Taj to further his studies?
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Chapter 242 The Sixth Crack
The Spartans' fighting style was bloody and brutal, but considering they were facing demons from another dimension, Harry called it efficient.
The seven-meter-tall demon slammed hard at Frank, who was shooting. This attack seemed to him like slow motion. He easily dodged it and jumped up along the demon's thick arm, kicking the demon's chin in reverse. It was dislocated by the kick.
Before the demon could react, Frank had already rushed in front of it, pulled out its terrifying teeth, and then stabbed them into the evil big eye, causing green blood to overflow.
They had already established a position on a high-rise building, and 200 meters further ahead was the dimensional crack that was less than 20 meters away. Strangely colored hands were on both ends of the crack, which seemed to be widening the crack.
Harry flew above the position, stopped suddenly to shake off the demon following him, then accelerated again, trampling the demon into a pulp.
The new version of the aircraft added a gravitonium on the basis of the electric propulsion system, which could instantly provide an acceleration of more than 30 G in the extreme state. It was completely equipped for monsters, and only vibranium could resist this change in power.
"Boss, what should we do next?" Frank said while throwing the arc star downstairs.
"It's wizard time next. Hold here, I'm going to use some magic."
The psychic scepter in his hand buzzed, and Harry felt his perception magnify countless times, and he could even see the chaotic dark dimension through the cracks.
It wasn't Dormammu who was holding up the crack. Although he was very interested in Earth, he didn't keep an eye on it.
It was a demon with six faint blue eyes, and its body might be hundreds of meters tall - but Harry wasn't sure whether it would still be this size in the real world.
"Mortal, give up resistance and kill the Ancient One, and you can get the reward!"
It was said to be a demon, but this big guy was more like a devil. He immediately bewitched Harry, and the runes on the armor glowed faintly.
"Do you think I will believe you?" Harry's consciousness bombarded the demon, but this was completely like a mantis, and the demon's hair didn't even tremble. These demons are very powerful in their own dimensions.
"This is in vain, mortal, you are too weak. This is my last proposal: kill the Ancient One, or become another speck of dust in the expansion war of the great master."
"What reward will I get?" Harry said cautiously as he withdrew his consciousness.
While talking to the demon, he looked around the dark dimension.
There is no light in the dark dimension, but different colors can still be perceived through psychic energy. This color is more like the projection of different "energy levels" of dark magic on psychic perception.
Perhaps in the eyes of these demons, this messy place is paradise.
The devil chuckled and then spit out the chips it had prepared:
"Endless life." This is the favorite thing of mortals, and this is also the purpose of the Ancient One always absorbing the energy of the dark dimension.
When her biological life span reaches the limit, there is still no qualified person to take over the position of the Sorcerer Supreme. She can only extend her life by absorbing the power of the dark dimension.
In the eyes of the devil, Harry is at most a powerful mortal. Even if he is still in his prime, he only has more than 100 years to live, which is too short.
As for Harry, after more than 100 years, he believes he might even be able to burn gods into glass...
If the demon were in sales at Osborne Group, Harry would give it a big "fail" on its performance review.
It's just that the play still needs to be performed, and the devil's arrogance makes the work much easier.
"Can you give me endless life? How is this possible? Even the universe has its lifespan!"
The devil smiled lowly: "Nothing is impossible, just time, as long as you are willing to throw yourself into the darkness..."
Harry pretended to hesitate: "But the Ancient One is too powerful, there is no way I can beat her!"
"I forgot that you are so weak." The devil snorted fiercely: "Although you are just an insignificant mortal, you can help me open the cracks on the other side..."
A ball of dark dimensional energy floated towards Harry's conscious body.
This is good stuff. Harry took this ball of energy and used the power of the Mind Scepter to separate it in his consciousness.
Seeing Harry accept the power of the dark dimension, the demon nodded with satisfaction.
"Now, it is time to fulfill your duty, mortal."
Harry nodded, and his consciousness returned to reality. Frank only felt that his boss seemed to have undergone some changes in temperament.
The flight module was activated, and Harry slowly flew towards the crack. The demons consciously avoided him.
Harry nodded towards the Ancient One, signaling that he was ready.
Then the whole space shook, and those big hands gradually seeped into reality, and the six-eyed demon finally squeezed his head through the crack--
"You did a great job, Morta..."
Before he finished speaking, the six-eyed demon saw the mortal holding a strange-shaped scepter and thrusting it into its head--
The demon who has not yet adapted to the changes in the real dimension only feels that his mind is being impacted by a terrifying spiritual force, and he opens the crack with his hands...
The Ancient One moved her hands, and the cracks that had lost support quickly healed. The power of space bridging stuck the devil's head between the two dimensions, unable to move!
"Ahhhh! Mortal! You lied to me!"
"You can't blame me for that. You're so deceitful. I've never seen a salesperson get deceived by a customer."
Harry's plan is to put this demon into reality, and then use the mind scepter to launch a spiritual attack on it while it is familiar with the earth's dimension.
Without support, the Ancient One can easily bridge the cracks.
This demon would be very powerful if it were in the dark dimension, but the power of other dimensions will be weakened in the Earth's dimension, and even their dimension lords cannot escape this suppression.
The Infinity Stone represents the upper limit of power in the real dimension. Harry may not be able to mobilize max power of the Mind Stone, but it is still not a problem to deal with an "acclimated" high-level demon.
"Cunning mortal - do you think you have won? Ancient One..."
Boom!
The space rift was forcibly closed by the Ancient One, the demon's huge head was crushed, and a portal appeared on the ground, sending the demon's head back to Kamar-Taj.
The demons in the mirror space were stunned and lost the supply of dark energy from the cracks. They began to panic and tremble as if they had lost air. In a few minutes, they would die here due to exhaustion of power.
But before that happens, they have to bear the wrath of the soldiers.
"It seems the problem has been solved." Harry clapped his hands and returned to the Ancient One.
However, the Ancient One's expression was still solemn. Harry followed her gaze and found that there was a small crack behind the crack...
"The situation is different from what I thought. What did you do?"
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Chapter 243: Super Conventional Weapons
Marvel's real dimension is a universe wrapped in a thin protective film. Although this protective film is thin, it is quite strong against monsters from other dimensions.
However, if broken from the inside, this protective film becomes quite fragile.
Decades ago, Isodyne Energy found zero matter during a nuclear test. A woman was contaminated with this substance and gained the ability to absorb matter. Zero matter changed her consciousness, leading her to try every means to open dimensional cracks to obtain more zero matter.
After much struggle and research, Howard Stark successfully invented a device that could use zero matter to open a rift in the dark dimension. However, when the dimensional rift opened, the dark energy did not flow out as the woman had imagined.
On the contrary, the zero matter in her body reversed, and the crack opened by Howard was not enough for a devil to put his hands through and open it further like it is now.
The reason is that, during that incident, the Ancient One had been secretly controlling the situation.
Thinking about it, it makes sense: when he saw that plot before, Harry always wondered why the Sorcerer Supreme, who claimed to be constantly observing dimensional invasions, didn't notice the incident. It turned out that she was already secretly helping.
"And this time, the 'traitor' who opened the crack in the dark dimension was the minotaur. So, who was the instigator who opened this crack?"
The way the Ancient One looked at Harry was obviously suspicious. The pressure brought by the Sorcerer Supreme was quite terrifying.
The Spartans rushed over, feeling the tense atmosphere. Frank was the first to raise his gun.
"Wait a minute, this is a misunderstanding." Harry raised his hand, signaling the Spartan to put the gun down.
"Sorcerer , I did hear something before Agger started the machine, but I can guarantee that this time it has nothing to do with me. And shouldn't we deal with the crack first?"
This new crack is much smaller, and there aren't any strange monsters coming out of it; instead, it's quiet.
But there's something peculiar.
"I can't close this crack. The one who created the crack is not a force I am familiar with." The Ancient One looked at the crack, her magic seals constantly changing.
What was behind the crack was not the power of any dimension she knew, but more like something new and of unknown origin.
As we all know, the Marvel world is a multiverse structure, and this universe is only a small branch of it. But the Ancient One often thinks: What if the multiverse she knows is only part of a larger multiverse?
Thinking like this is like falling into a Russian matryoshka doll, so the Ancient One hardly delves into this. When she is relieved of her duties as the Sorcerer Supreme, she will be able to explore the answer to this question herself.
However, the current situation reminded her of this matter.
"You don't know either?" Harry was stunned for a moment.
"But you should know that there is no magical aura near the crack. This should be related to 'technology' or a unique ability."
Something related to technology and super powers?
Before Harry could think further, a sea of sand suddenly appeared in his mind, surging towards him--
Then they whispered to him with their non-existent mouths. Although it was a whisper, it sounded like thunder, and the powerful pressure made him want to respond...
Hum!
With a flash of the Mind Scepter, his consciousness was pulled back to reality. The violent tearing feeling seemed to rip his consciousness into pieces!
Everyone noticed something strange about Harry, and the Ancient One immediately pulled out Harry's spirit body!
The human spirit body should be indistinguishable from its own image in its own perception, but at this moment, Harry's body seemed to be a mosaic, and the colors were very strange.
Seeing this, Harry felt a chill in his heart and hurriedly used the power of the Mind Scepter to steady his mind. Some strange thoughts poured into his mind.
"I know what happened. The zero matter was not completely detonated. When those demons invaded, they caused a gravitational anomaly and tore a rift in space in a scientific way.
Then some covetous beings used their powers to infiltrate the world."
Those existences are entities in different dimensions that have the same psychic abilities as him.
Or something in a purely psychic form.
"I don't know what happened to you just now, but the cracks have begun to expand. Do you have any solution?" the Ancient One asked.
In the spirit state, everything around him was very slow, but Harry's thinking speed did not slow down. He could see that the Spartan warrior had turned off the safety and was about to fire. There was a crack of more than half a meter not far away that was expanding.
After nearly an hour of penetration, the entity on the other side had managed to stabilize the crack and expand it.
"We need to blow up that crack," Harry said solemnly.
The entity on the other side of the crack uses psychic energy to control gravity, so here we use gravity bombs to interfere with their control.
The essence of gravity is the curvature of space and time. The entity's penetration process is like observing the universe, then modeling the curvature, using psychic energy to fit the function curve, and expanding the cracks in a way that conforms to the rules of the universe.
As long as gravitational chaos is caused and the space-time function here becomes a disordered curve, the entity's control rhythm will be disrupted. Once it loses control of space-time, the crack will close on its own.
Harry didn't know why he knew so much, but he believed it had something to do with the hallucination he had just experienced.
The Ancient One waved her hand, and Harry returned to his body, stopping the Spartan's movements in time.
"Boss, who is this guy?" Frank was already feeling pressured and didn't know what the situation was.
"We'll talk about it later. Evacuate..."
Harry suddenly noticed a Spartan walking towards the crack!
"Stop, Private!" Harry's words did not make him stop. The Spartan's steps faltered, and he fell from the building more than 40 meters away--
Even so, it was impossible for the fall to be fatal from this height, but everyone could see the strangeness—the Spartan did not take any protective actions!
Harry could even see that the Spartan's consciousness was already dead...
These Spartans may have psychic potential, but they have not received relevant training and do not have supporting protective measures. What just happened to Harry might also happen to them.
The difference is that the Spartans do not have a Mind Scepter.
They are not afraid of dying in a hail of bullets, but this weird way of death—
"Retreat, Frank. Everyone, retreat, and if any Spartans are in that situation, leave them alone." Harry interrupted their association just in time.
Frank winced: "Copy that."
As the Spartans left the battlefield, the Ancient One asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Like I said: blow it up. That crack is dangerous and can't be allowed to expand—not even for a moment.
Order all combatants to retreat and send a request to the United Nations—I apply for the use of super conventional weapons in Tokyo."
"Sir, the nuclear bomb approval has been granted."
"I'm not talking about nuclear bombs—tell them this portion of Tokyo could sink ."
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Chapter 244: Abandoning Vote
Hammer air and space strategic platform, combat observation room.
The heads of state and important representatives attending the meeting gathered here. After Harry realized the danger of that thing, H.A.M.M.E.R. immediately connected these big shots to the strategic platform.
At first, they didn't know what was going on, but the demons emerging from the cracks and twisting Tokyo streets let them know that something unusual was happening again, and this time it was more serious.
The area 30 kilometers away from the center of the battlefield had been evacuated. In theory, there was no one inside.
This approach naturally made the Japanese government quite resistant, but the executor was H.A.M.M.E.R., which represented the United Nations Security Council - to be more precise, it had the tacit approval of the five permanent members. In this case, they could only obey.
But when the situation at the scene was reported, they just felt lucky - after all, the ground was gone and it was okay, and they were lucky to be alive.
The screen displayed the situation on the battlefield. When Spartan descended from the sky and rushed into the hinterland of the place without hesitation, everyone was sweating.
Immediately afterward, their method of killing demons made everyone feel excited. Until Harry released the six-eyed demon and then trapped the demon in the space crack, their moods rose and fell like a roller coaster. The doctors beside them were sweating, fearing that someone would have a heart attack, especially the Emperor and Prime Minister of Japan.
Then the crack closed, and another crack made everyone's spirits tense again - and then they all saw that scene, a Spartan jumping off the building without hesitation...
--
Communication was closed.
"Everyone, there is a special situation at the scene. These intruders used a consciousness attack weapon. For the sake of your safety, we have closed the screen."
A's voice sounded, and everyone here looked at each other, but the scene that just happened was really chilling.
And after going through so much, even if they still had doubts about Harry Osborn, they couldn't raise them on this occasion.
"Request from Mr. Osborn: H.A.M.M.E.R. applied for the use of unconventional weapons to eliminate the invaders - the situation has deteriorated, and the Security Council has approved the application."
This briefing was extraordinary - the last time the Security Council approved the use of nuclear bombs was during the war in New York, and no one on the Security Council at that time briefed them about it.
Judging from the perception, the current Security Council and Harry Osborn have given heads of state a much more assured feeling. This move has given them a greater sense of participation.
You must know that the previous Security Council members decided to bomb New York with nuclear weapons, but they did not inform any of the permanent members.
The notification means they can use their veto power on the spot, but will they use it?
Even New York approved being bombed. What can't Tokyo be bombed?
Norman exchanged glances with several heads of state, and no one objected.
The Japanese Prime Minister on the side felt uncomfortable and put on a mask of pain on his face: After nearly a hundred years, are they about to be bombed again?
But what could he say? This matter didn't even cause much discussion, and it was no use even if he shouted at the top of his lungs.
But the next moment, the news from A directly detonated the atmosphere in the conference room:
"Sorry, everyone - the latest news from Mr. Osborn: Unconventional weapons are not nuclear bombs. Bombing may cause most of that portion of Tokyo to sink. The Security Council is voting."
The scene suddenly fell into riots - sinking Tokyo? The nature is different!
Even if Tokyo is just a city on the island of Japan, even if all of mankind's nuclear weapons were dropped on Tokyo, without considering the possible volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, it is completely nonsense to sink Tokyo!
Unless they can find enough nuclear weapons, then transport these nuclear weapons to key nodes on the continental shelf, and rely on chain reactions to sink the Japanese island...
Not to mention how they are going to find that key point, they also need to have enough equipment and time to dig deep into the ground--
And the most important thing is that if H.A.M.M.E.R. can really do it and it needs to sink Tokyo, the impact on the Eurasian plate may be immeasurable!
"We have a few questions --" All the leaders except Norman raised their hands.
"I know you will have many questions - but Mr. Osborn said the matter was urgent and a decision must be made as soon as possible. Please refer directly to this action note."
A projected the action plan on the screen, as well as some possible problems.
The first and most critical question: How will H.A.M.M.E.R. sink Tokyo?
The key substance that sank Tokyo was naturally gravitonium . The description stated: This is a gravitational weapon and is not about transporting a huge amount of nuclear weapons to the continental shelf.
This answer at least shows that H.A.M.M.E.R. did not deliberately dig and prepare for natural disaster-level war. As for the gravity weapon, A only explained the impact such a weapon would have.
Gravitational weapons would create gravitational turbulence around the rift, which would interfere with the rift's expansion and stabilization, and then closure.
The explosive chaotic gravitational field will cause the that land of Tokyo to tear apart, destroy the stable structure, and macroscopically the land will disintegrate, just like a landslide. First, the internal structure loses stability, and then the overall structure slides.
A land sinking of this magnitude would set off a tsunami in Tokyo Bay, flooding Chiba Prefecture south of Tokyo.
This is not the end yet. The violent land movement may cause Mount Fuji, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Tokyo, to wake up from dormancy and enter an active state. In most severe cases, it may cause an explosion...
The possibility of an eruption is unlikely, but the impact will be very severe because this eruption may also cause other volcanic eruptions on the same volcanic belt, which will also have a huge impact on the Japanese archipelago.
The Prime Minister of Japan recovered from his confusion - this is a natural and man-made disaster that will destroy the country!
He no longer cared about his face and knelt down on the spot in front of the representatives of the five countries, crying on the spot.
Seeing this scene, everyone fell silent.
The silence speaks.
This is a man-made disaster - without Roxon's greed and Agger's death struggle, it is only a matter of time before the world moves towards the goal of prosperity and unity, and the distance between Harry and the future he envisioned is also progressing step by step.
But now, the whole world has to pay for the problems he caused. If they veto Harry's proposal, Norman will also support Harry's use of gravity weapons, but different opinions on this resolution will return the world to its previous status.
Even if the situation will be worse due to the economic recession and humanitarian crisis, he believes that Harry cannot ignore this problem, so he will support Harry to do this--even he believes that Harry is already doing this.
After internal discussions in several countries, it was now time for a vote.
"America abandoned its vote." Norman photographed the voting button.
The impact of the crisis on the United States is basically only economic, so it is useless for him to say anything, and the time for decision-making is left to his new allies.
A big boss looked over: "The consultant has made his decision, right?"
Norman said nothing and looked at the buttons on the table in silence.
But at this time, silence is the default.
"I hope we made the right choice - for world peace."
The results came quickly as a second key figure cast his vote.
All votes abandoned.
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Osborn's Fortress, in the Gravity Laboratory, Dr. Franklin Hall is making final modifications to the device.
Beside him, Dr. Otto Octavius and Dr. Erik Selvig had completed their work, but their faces all showed regret and unwillingness.
"There is only one final step left in the research... Our work has been in vain." Dr. Otto muttered to himself.
"This was supposed to be mankind's first hyperlight engine..." Selvig pressed his whole body against the glass, looking as disappointed as possible.
Dr. Hall said nothing. In the final analysis, he was the hardest to accept:
It's clear that Gravitonium has been discovered and a suitable research team has been found. They are not using this thing to harm the world, and the research is about to bear fruit--
It should have been three times as happy, why did things turn out like this...?
But he could also completely understand Harry's choice. Moreover, this person had a tendency to sacrifice, and now asking him to sacrifice his dream gave him the joy of a martyr.
Of course, he himself couldn't notice it.
"This is what I was most worried about - people would use it to make weapons, but I didn't expect that now I am doing it myself." Hall said to himself.
The device has been modified, and the FTL engine has been transformed into a gravity bomb. This will be the most powerful bomb in human history. Given its effects and the choices people make, this thing will usher in a completely different era.
The canopy of the giant fortress opened, and the hovering Quinjet picked up the package.
"The package has been loaded and is expected to arrive over Edo in six hours."
.....
After 6 hours.
"The Security Council has passed the resolution and they have chosen to abstain from voting."
Abstaining all votes means not supporting it, but not opposing it either.
Harry was a little surprised when he heard this result - this was actually the best result, both personally and from the world's perspective.
On the surface, this can be interpreted as that they have handed over the decision-making power of this key node to the United Nations Security Council, or even to themselves - this has greatly increased the credibility and weight of the United Nations, and the actual decision-makers themselves have even more in this way.
Of course, the depression caused by the bombing of Edo will also be blamed on him, but as long as the world is not divided, it is not difficult to reverse this public opinion.
To be honest, he was even mentally prepared for all his efforts to be in vain and to develop alone.
But considering that this is a superhero world, it doesn't seem surprising that this result would occur.
The evacuation was almost complete. Unidentifiable limbs and pieces of flesh were everywhere in the mirror space.
Now only Ancient One and Harry are left here.
"You have made this world a little different - it seems that your greatest talent is not your superpower." Ancient One suddenly said.
Harry smiled: "Thank you for the compliment. If you are willing to give me some more magical information as a reward, I will be very happy."
"If you weren't so thirsty for knowledge, I might teach you myself."
Harry shrugged. Ancient One's words sounded very meaningful. They were nothing more than warning himself not to cross the line, just like Agger this time.
The crack was more than one meter long, and the surrounding space was distorted.
The crack opened by the dark dimension is like an abrupt "crack", and this crack obviously has a great impact on the surrounding space and time, and it seems more "scientific".
The psychic scepter in Harry's hand and the runes on the armor were getting brighter and brighter. It seemed that the other party was eager to establish contact with the world here.
But Harry had a feeling that the being who forced him to answer might not be the same group as those who were invading now.
It seems that the species richness "other dimensions" is also very high.
"The package has arrived in Edo."
Harry nodded towards Ancient One, a portal passed through, and the two of them disappeared.
.....
2014, April 8.
At the 23rd World Energy Conference, due to illegal experiments conducted by the CEO of Roxxon Energy Company, powerful extraterrestrial invaders occupied the central area of Edo.
The H.A.M.M.E.R. promptly dispatched soldiers to block the attack route of the extraterrestrial invaders. After several hours of bloody battle, H.A.M.M.E.R.'s supreme commander Harry Osborn confirmed that there was a huge disparity between the two sides.
To completely end the invasion, unconventional weapons - gravity bombs - must be used.
A Quinjet set off from New York. Due to the emergency, the aircraft was specially modified and all weapons were removed. It was piloted by the special manager of H.A.M.M.E.R., artificial life form A.
At 19:20 local time in Edo, a Quinjet flew over Edo and dropped a 1.4-ton gravity bomb.
The power of this bomb cannot be calculated using TNT energy. The bomb triggered a gravitational distortion area in the center of the battlefield that is difficult to calculate the range of influence. It is reported that many people near Edo at that time suffered from temporary space perception impairment. Fortunately, these effects did not last long.
Thirty minutes after the explosion, the Edo land began to shake violently and disintegrate. At first, the earthquake was very weak. As time went by, the intensity of the earthquake gradually exceeded magnitude 30. The highest magnitude reached 8. However, due to the special cause of the earthquake, this earthquake's scope of influence was not large.
Tsunamis erupted .
Four hours later, tectonic shifts , triggered the activity of Mount Fuji. Volcanic ash from Fuji covered sky , making it look grey hopeless scene.
Air quality rapidly decreased . Its fortunate large number of Japanese wear masks
Disasters were ongoing.
In the end, portions of Edo started sank and the Honshu territory shrunk a lot. The severe blow made the Honshu officials unable to continue to operate and disrupted regional governance. the current emperor of Japan announced that the Honshu would accept the United Nations trusteeship. The United Nations Trusteeship organisation for Japan recovery was established .
But it is clear that this will have a massive impact on our globe. The Chitahuri invasion and ww2 nuclear explosion look small matters compared to disintegration of landmass of one of world greatest cities.
...
"The rift is closed and your method is working."
The dimensional invasion was over, and Ancient One breathed a sigh of relief.
She could sense that a huge geological disaster was brewing beneath Edo, but that was beyond her jurisdiction.
As for the completely invisible invader, generally speaking, these strange faces will not stare at the Earth all the time. Only guys like Dormammu who are related to the Earth will stare here.
But Harry didn't think so: there was no such thing in the original book, and no matter how he thought about it, it was probably aimed at him.
"You've been so helpful, mortal, that astonishes me." Ancient One said bluntly.
Harry thought: There are so many things you can't think of.
"Really? I think it's a pleasure to work together. Maybe we can establish some more connections?"
Speaking of dimensional invasion, Harry suddenly thought that while Ancient One was still alive, he still had a lot of things that he could use to give Ancient One ideas - in terms of magic, he was a layman after all.
Ancient One looked at Harry and smiled: "Of course."
She suddenly realized that it would be good to have such an ally. Stephen Strange would not take over for a few years. She could properly train this "potential" young man, so that she would have the power to restrain dangerous experiments on the surface.
"Then it's settled. When I finish handling these things, I will go find you."
Looking at the portion of Tokyo, which was about to begin to disintegrate and split, Harry rubbed his forehead.
This is a big deal.
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