Chapter 171 Because Spider-Man Would Do That
Star Wars.
This terrible word lingers in everyone's ears like an unforgettable nightmare.
"We have just experienced a war, is a new war about to begin?"
"What is going on, Loki?"
Bant helped Loki up. Loki looked at Steve fearfully at first, then he breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Steve was not holding the hammer.
However, his steps still shifted slightly towards Bant.
He paused, as if he was organizing his words, and then he said:
"It's the Chitauri."
"The Chitauri War Lords have submitted to Thanos. They have discovered the energy signal from the Cosmic Cube and are bringing their army to attack Earth."
"War is coming!"
Loki's voice sounded a little flustered.
"Calm down!" Bant calmed him down. "How did you know?"
"I met them on the way to Earth." Loki said fearfully, "They were like locusts, attacking every moving object. I escaped death thanks to the strong engine of the spaceship built by Luma..."
Bant was not surprised by this.
The Chitauri love war.
This can be easily seen from the title of their leader: War Lord.
The only key point is.
"Their marching speed is far slower than that of the spacecraft equipped with the Taizoman engine," Bant said, folding his arms. "Where did you encounter them?"
Loki recalled and gave a coordinate.
Then he heaved a sigh of relief and said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, I was too nervous. According to this calculation, it will take about a year for the Chitauri army to reach the earth."
"Too nervous, too scared, I guess?"
Tony didn't give him any face.
He turned his head and said, "It seems that we still have enough time to prepare for this war."
A year or so is enough time to do a lot.
Captain America felt even more tired, and at this moment, he hated Nick Fury so much.
"what can we do?"
Bant lowered his head and thought.
Originally in the movie, the Chitauri invasion began in New York.
The Cosmic Cube is a door that can be opened from one side or the other.
But in fact, not everyone can do this, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult for Thanos to find the Rubik's Cube.
At that time, it was because Loki joined Thanos's army that he helped the Chitauri open the teleportation channel. Now that Loki is one of them, the Chitauri can only attack from the sky.
It will be much easier once we confirm the enemy's marching route.
"It seems we have to build a protective barrier that can cover the entire earth." Bant said after thinking for a while.
"Can it be done?"
Steve's eyes lit up immediately.
He had already experienced how strong Primus' energy barrier was.
The only problem is that scaling it up to a size large enough to envelop the Earth is a bit too sci-fi.
If Bant knew what he was thinking, he would die of laughter.
Sci-fi?
You Marvel have already become fantasy!
“How do we solve the energy problem?”
Tony asked.
"We just happen to have a cube with infinite energy." Bant took out the Rubik's Cube. Loki's eyes flickered and he subconsciously reached out to the Rubik's Cube.
Tony was quick to slap his hand away.
"Wait, this isn't..."
"No, we fished it out of the sea." He interrupted Loki's spell.
Originally, he agreed with Bant to send the Loki Cube to the Tiangong Society for safekeeping, but now it seems that it is not possible.
Without the Rubik's Cube, where could they find another object with infinite energy to support the energy barrier of the entire planet?
Therefore, the Cosmic Cube has been the property of the Earth since ancient times!
Loki rolled his eyes.
How could he not recognize the things in his own home?
"By the time you figure out how to use the cube, the Chitauri army will have already passed through like a swarm of locusts."
"Then let Loki participate in the research as well."
Norman made his decision.
He didn't trust Loki, but he trusted Bant.
"Besides the Rubik's Cube, is there anything else you need to prepare?"
"I need at least four satellites as base stations."
Bant drew a simple picture. In the picture, the earth was in the middle, and four satellites were scattered in different positions. They were connected like a regular tetrahedron that wrapped around the earth.
"Don't worry, the Security Council will pay for it," Norman said with a smile.
Things that can be solved with money are not a big deal.
Especially spending other people’s money.
In this case, Bant immediately said, thinking that it would be a bastard not to take advantage of the opportunity:
"Then I want another space station."
He plans to build the Tiangong Society's space station.
Norman: “Arrange!”
Bant: "The materials for the space station need to be of the highest specification, so I want vibranium."
Norman: "Arrange it!" Bant: "I also want the mining rights in Antarctica."
Norman: “Arrange!”
Tony: "Stop, stop, stop! I seriously suspect that you are abusing your power for personal gain! What does the space station have to do with the energy barrier? What does it have to do with the mining rights in Antarctica?"
Hill sighed and said, "Do you still have to doubt it?"
"Don't worry."
Bant pushed him away and said, "Now is the time for us to unite as one. Please don't say such things that are not conducive to unity anymore."
"And the Tiangong Space Station was built to fight against the Chitauri army. We can't just stay in the barrier forever, be a coward, and deceive ourselves that the world is peaceful, right? Just like your armor is to protect your body, but the weapons on the armor are to destroy the enemy."
Bant's words touched Tony and everyone else's heart.
As for the ownership of the space station, don't worry about it.
"Good good."
Tony nodded vigorously, "Okay, just leave it alone."
Bant said so, what else could he do?
Instead, it was the following sentence that reminded him.
It is indeed not his character to passively take a beating. If the Chitauri want war, then give them war!
After a rough plan was made, all parties began to take action.
Since the Rubik's Cube could not be sent to Sakaar for the time being, Bant put it away again and placed it in his backpack where it was absolutely safe.
Norman then urgently set up a technical team to build a huge satellite that could withstand the energy of the Rubik's Cube.
The main function of the satellite is to be an amplified version of a super energy barrier launcher, powerful enough to cover the earth.
Then he went to the Security Council to raise funds.
Norman discovered that as the director of the Sky Hammer Bureau, he was not really like a director. Instead, he was more like someone in charge of external relations. Every day he was either soliciting funds or on his way to solicit funds.
"In the past, other people always came to me to defraud funding, but now it's the other way around." He shook his head and smiled.
Hill said, "I think we should put some sponsor advertisements on the outside of the aircraft carrier next time... How about Yili?"
"Forget about those who sell fake milk."
Everyone went back to doing their own things.
Steve watched everyone leave. He knew nothing about these things and could only rush forward with his shield. He couldn't help much now.
After thinking about it, I decided to go to the sanatorium in Primus to see Bucky.
Bucky recently made a friend.
That is Lightning, a patient who is also in the sanatorium and also suffers from some amnesia.
In fact, they were not really friends, just two patients who shared the same illness and could barely communicate with each other in the lonely and boring ward.
Lightning has been recovering well during this period.
Although he couldn't remember many things, many of his classmates came here to see him, and he gradually became familiar with some of their faces.
The one who comes the most often is naturally Bant.
Then there is Peter.
Peter usually comes over after school, but sometimes he comes to visit Flash wearing Spider-Man's clothes.
Although he lost his memory, Flash did not forget that he was a fan of Spider-Man.
Instead, I feel like my life is worth it.
"Hey, Ironhand."
He greeted the taciturn Winter Soldier and said, "I'm ready to be discharged."
"Has your memory returned?"
The Winter Soldier wasn't surprised that the Flash was able to leave.
At first he thought that Flash was also a Winter Soldier brainwashed by Hydra like him. Later he found out that the other party was just a high school student and was injured while protecting his classmates.
"No, but that's okay."
Lightning exhaled, and then said: "People always have to look forward. It's just that the old memories can't be recalled. It's not like people are dead. There will be new memories."
"You're lucky, you have a good friend." Lightning said.
He was referring to Steve Rogers.
"I remember him, Captain America, he's an Avenger like Spider-Man, do you know the Avengers?"
"I don't deserve to be his friend. I have done a lot of bad things."
Bucky pursed his lips and looked down.
"But he treats you as a friend." Seeing how frustrated Bucky was, Lightning added, "Listen, Iron Hand, I've done bad things too. My classmates who came to see me said that I used to like bullying people."
"Mistakes don't go away, so we should make amends for them and atone for the mistakes we made."
Lightning said.
"I plan to learn from Spider-Man, help those I can, do community service, apologize to everyone I've bullied, and do whatever I can, no matter how small."
Bucky looked at him and it seemed like lightning was really shining.
"you can also."
"Can I really?"
"Of course." Lightning nodded seriously, "As long as you are willing. Do you know what Spider-Man said when he came to see me?"
"He said that with great power comes great responsibility, which is why he always does good things."
Hearing this, Bucky asked again: "What if others never forgive you?"
"I have hurt others. No matter how much I have done, I have no right to ask others to forgive me. But I can't give up because of this. It is better to spend the rest of my life doing good things and helping others than to feel sorry for myself."
"Being forgiven is not the goal, but making amends and atonement is."
"Besides, even if I haven't done anything wrong, I should still do good things."
Lightning smiled.
"Because that's what Spider-Man would do!"
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