A sound of footsteps came from behind Chen Mo, and Baron Strucker, wearing a trench coat, slowly walked out from a hidden door. His eyes were filled with hatred and pleasure as he looked at Chen Mo.
"Why do you keep opposing me?!"
"I already had the power to rule the world, but you appeared at the critical moment and ruined my plan!"
Baron Strucker spoke through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with madness as he looked at the trapped Chen Mo.
His meticulously planned scheme, into which he had poured all his efforts, was destroyed by Chen Mo at the last moment. Without the final base, and having lost ammunition and fuel supplies, the massive Valkyrie had nowhere to land. Once it took off, there was no turning back.
It was like a plane just taking off from a carrier, only for the carrier to be sunk. In the vast ocean, he was doomed. At this moment of shattered hope, he wanted to drag Chen Mo, the culprit, down with him. Even if he had to die, he wanted to complete his original plan and take the entire city of New York with him!
Chen Mo stood in the steel cage, calmly watching the nearly insane Baron Strucker.
He could understand Strucker's feelings. Anyone on the verge of ruling the world, only to be thwarted at the last moment, would go mad.
But, since you are the chosen villain, as the betrayed leader of Hydra, I can only say sorry.
Chen Mo felt like he was tricking the neighbor's kid into digging a pit to catch a wild boar. After the kid had put in all the effort and was eagerly waiting to catch the boar, Chen Mo kicked him into the pit instead.
With a sense of guilt for deceiving and bullying the fool, Chen Mo slowly spoke.
"Why not go to the Alpine headquarters?"
Baron Strucker's eyes widened at the mention. As the original construction site of the Valkyrie, it was indeed the only Hydra base capable of handling the Valkyrie now.
Since the disappearance of "Red Skull" Schmidt, the bases under Strucker's control had defied Schmidt's orders to help Hitler against the Allies.
Those still loyal to Schmidt had gone silent, cutting off all contact, as if they had vanished from the world.
Strucker knew nothing about their situation. Perhaps it was the long silence or his fear of Schmidt that made him often ignore the existence of other Hydra bases.
At Chen Mo's reminder, he suddenly realized he might still have a chance!
If he knew Chinese, he would have shouted, "After endless mountains and rivers that leave doubt whether there is a path out, suddenly one encounters the shade of willows, bright flowers, and a lovely village."
As a founder of Hydra, he was now executing Schmidt's "world destruction plan." Although he hadn't followed Schmidt's orders to hide, it wasn't outright rebellion. As long as Schmidt wasn't around, everything could be negotiated.
Schmidt had been missing for over a year. Even if others remained loyal to Schmidt, they wouldn't attack him directly.
Once the Valkyrie landed at the Alpine headquarters, he could use the pretext of following Schmidt's orders to complete the "world destruction plan" to gradually take control of the base and even Hydra itself. Then, he could still rule the world!
Thinking this, Baron Strucker's face showed joy. But when he looked at the calm Chen Mo in the cage, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"How do you know these things?!"
The existence and location of the Alpine headquarters were known only to him. Its secrecy was the highest among all Hydra bases. He couldn't understand how Chen Mo knew about it and even knew it could accommodate the Valkyrie.
Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, but none made sense. Looking at the calm Chen Mo trapped in the steel cage, a deep sense of dread appeared in his eyes.
"Who exactly are you?"
Baron Strucker's voice became unusually grave.
This person, who had delivered a fatal blow just as he was about to succeed, plunging him into despair, yet pointing out hope at the last moment, couldn't possibly be just a commander from a secret Allied department.
If the Allies had such terrifying intelligence capabilities, Hitler would have been eliminated long ago!
"I've only been gone for a year, and you don't recognize me, Strucker?" Chen Mo's eyes locked onto Strucker's, his voice cold and low.
Hearing Chen Mo's voice, Baron Strucker's eyes widened, his face changing dramatically in shock.
"You! You are… Schmidt!"
Although the face was completely different, how could he forget Schmidt's voice? His mind was in turmoil. He never imagined that Schmidt, who had been missing for over a year, had changed his identity and appearance, infiltrated the Allied Strategic Scientific Reserve, and personally destroyed the Hydra forces under his control.
Realizing this, he suddenly understood that everything had been Schmidt's design!
He was merely a pawn in Schmidt's hands!
Every move he made was under Schmidt's control, and everything he did was according to Schmidt's plan.
Understanding everything, Strucker's heart was filled with unwillingness. I refuse to be a pawn! I want to rule the world!
Baron Strucker slowly raised his head, looking at Chen Mo again, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"So what? As long as I kill you, Hydra will still be mine! The world will be mine!"
Strucker's voice carried a desperate madness.
He had always been deeply fearful of Schmidt, but now he was cornered. "Schmidt" was already imprisoned by him. As long as he killed him, he would have no more worries and could take over Hydra, realizing his ambition to rule the world.
The cage holding Chen Mo was made of Hydra's strongest special alloy, extremely sturdy. No matter how strong he was, he couldn't escape. Strucker looked at Chen Mo with a dead man's gaze and slowly activated a switch.
The steel cover above the cage began to descend along the steel pillars, pressing down on Chen Mo.
To guard against and deal with Chen Mo, Baron Strucker had specially installed a hydraulic device capable of generating hundreds of tons of pressure on top of the cage, turning it into a hydraulic press.
Hundreds of tons of pressure were enough to crush Chen Mo into a pulp!