Chapter 611 Lure the snake out of its hole (2 in 1 chapter)

Steve left and went to England to find Carter.

Before leaving, Luke gave him a piece of equipment.

Lightweight reconnaissance liner armor.

This is reinforced by the lining of the Thor's Hammer V armor.

Excellent protection against collisions and energy weapons.

Unique energy buffer material can defend against general 7.62mm bullets.

Although it won't penetrate, it will still cause damage if hit.

But at least the damage is not as great as that from a bulletproof vest. At most it feels like being punched.

Luke didn't give Steve his shield.

The symbolism of that shield is so obvious. Using it to fight Hydra is simply revealing one's identity.

Luke didn't take out the most advanced other equipment.

Even the equipment used by the team was not given to Steve.

I was just afraid that he would be recognized.

After all, Steve has been studying with the team for a long time during this period.

In addition, his combat capability is already first-class, so he has no problem using modern weapons.

Hand-to-hand combat was basically not a consideration in Luke's daily combat.

But this project cannot be absent, nor can it be glossed over.

The team's training focus is still on using long-range weapons in combat.

When he had free time, Luke also paid attention to the base in the asteroid belt.

Ivan has designed a mecha that suits his style.

It’s just that this guy is a real Russian, and his style is as always in line with the level of a Russian.

The mecha looks a bit rough.

The main weapon is a double-headed battle axe.

There are two robotic arms behind it, connected to an electromagnetic machine gun and an energy cannon.

Luke always felt that these two things were just symbolically installed, and the main thing was the axe in his hand.

Ivan proudly showed off to Luke.

"I've read the information Lilith gave me. This thing is more useful for space boarding battles."

Chad on the side also nodded in agreement, but this guy asked for a customized chainsaw sword.

Although Luke did not approve of their way of fighting, he did not stop them.

After all, no matter how we learn about other civilizations in the universe, it is ultimately just talk.

The important thing is to practice it.

Then Luke thought of Andy who was stationed on Xandar.

Andy's immortal team, plus Natasha and Jacob's daughter Sophia, have been arranged by Luke to the planet Xandar.

Mainly responsible for providing security for shops on Xandar.

It's leisurely, but the main thing is that you can come into contact with various strange civilizations in the universe.

Once your horizons are broadened, you will naturally stop paying too much attention to yourself.

After thinking for a long time, Luke asked Lilith to assign tasks to Andy and the others.

Establish a space mercenary force.

Equipment can be purchased directly on Xandar, based on popular weapons in the universe.

Let's experiment first, and send Ivan, Chad, and Erica over as well.

The three were shocked when they arrived on Xandar.

I never expected that the universe outside the earth would be so lively.

They need to adapt to Xandar for a while and also work with Andy's Immortal Team.

All of Andy and the others' equipment, except for the lining, which was Steve's lining, was purchased on Xandar.

Luke also specially ordered a spaceship for them.

The equipment for Ivan and the other two was provided by Lilith.

Ivan could handle his own armor, but Chad and Erica had to let Lilith prepare it.

Andy registered for formal mercenary qualifications on Xandar.

Andy named the team: Pioneer Team.

It means to pioneer for the Earth to enter the universe.

Luke did not refuse and delegated power to Andy, who only needed to provide logistical support.

Because Luke is a VVVIP customer of Xandar, he is not afraid that Andy and the others will get into any big trouble.

With the qualifications of a regular mercenary and the care of Xandar, at least there won't be any major trouble in the initial adaptation phase.

If there is really big trouble, Luke is not afraid.

Now that he can open a portal, he is not afraid of any distance.

This time Luke made a fortune by getting the Cosmic Cube.

After absorbing the energy of the space gem, his practice will soon enter the stage of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head.

Just a little bit.

Luke thought that whether it was the Reality Stone or the Mind Stone, if he got one of them and absorbed its energy, he would be able to advance.

Luke couldn't imagine how powerful the final stage of the technique would be.

After arranging these things, Luke stayed at the ranch in Montana with the three Asgardian siblings.

The good times didn't last long. A few days later, Luke received the latest news.

The SHIELD base in Canada was attacked.

Luke didn't have to guess to know that it was Hydra who did it.

According to the intelligence intercepted by Lilith, the force Hydra used this time was very strong.

The defenders were almost wiped out, but they did not find the Cosmic Cube in that base.

Instead, he was ambushed by Nick Fury's men.

In the end there were heavy losses, but the Hydra commander in charge of the operation escaped.

But this is enough for Nick Fury to start investigating S.H.I.E.L.D.

Luke was curious about who the other side's commander was, so he asked Lilith for satellite images.

I took the tablet and took a look.

My goodness, isn’t this Hydra’s number one male model, the Winter Soldier?

After looking at the pictures and relevant information of the scene, Luke put down the tablet and began to think.

Nick Fury had obviously investigated it, so he followed the information released by Luke and ambushed Hydra.

Since he gave the cosmic magic to Luke to study, given his personality, he would definitely not take it back to its original place.

It was just a show, and Hydra took the bait.

Just luring the snake out of its hole.

But Luke didn't expect that Hydra would send out all the Winter Soldiers.

This Winter Soldier...

Luke thought about it.

It's not that Luke wants to catch him, but he is considering whether to kill the Winter Soldier quietly.

According to his memories from his previous life, although he paid attention to the Marvel world, he had at least heard about it from people around him.

The Winter Soldier was responsible for the murder of Howard Stark and his wife.

This also indirectly led to the subsequent split of the Avengers.

What if we kill this guy early?

Anyway, I heard that he was not famous for anything later on, and his fighting power was seriously reduced compared to before.

Could it be a control group where the blackening is ten times stronger and the whitening is seven times weaker?

It's just that this guy is special to Steve...

After thinking for a long time, Luke finally came up with a plan.

This is a solution that satisfies all parties and is acceptable to everyone.

After checking the plan over and over again, Luke finally decided to take action.

Canada's Yukon Territory has vast tracts of forest.

It is close to the Arctic Circle, adjacent to the Arctic Ocean and Alaska.

It's basically Canada's Siberia.

The only thing here is cold.

The Winter Soldier drove a stolen pickup truck and stopped on the side of the road near the forest.

He grabbed his gear and ran into the woods, starting to dig himself a makeshift camp.

There is snow here all year round and the temperature is extremely low.

In this case, you can only build yourself an igloo.

In extremely cold regions, this is the right way to ensure survival.

Although it is cold inside the igloo, you won't suffer from severe hypothermia.

Lighting a fire in your igloo won't melt it, but it will get you back to a more comfortable temperature.

With the help of equipment and sleeping bags, it is no problem to survive cold nights and blizzards.

Just after the Winter Soldier finished digging the igloo, he suddenly stopped what he was doing.

Just as he was about to turn around, he was hit hard on the back of the head and then lost consciousness.

Luke collected everything at the scene, opened the portal, and carried the Winter Soldier back to his studio in the basement of his villa in Los Angeles.

After placing the Winter Soldier on the test bench, Lilith and various robotic arms began to get busy.

"Fortunately, there is the Soul Stone."

A few days later, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s special operations team followed the clues to the Yukon territory.

Here, they discovered the body of the Winter Soldier.

The cause of death was a large-caliber sniper shot to the chest.

The scene was quite tragic. It seemed that the caliber of the bullet that hit him was at least 12.7 mm.

Soon, a large number of SHIELD agents arrived at the scene and began to clean up the scene and collect evidence.

Sure enough, the bullet that pierced the Winter Soldier was found nearby.

Based on ballistic tests and simulations, they found that the bullet came from 2 kilometers away.

People were sent to find traces of the sniper on a hillside 2 kilometers away.

But they were only traces, nothing else was left, including the bullet casing.

The clue ends here.

After receiving the report, Nick Fury frowned and looked at it for a long time.

I can't figure out who killed the Winter Soldier.

He had doubted Luke, too.

But Luke's men were all in Los Angeles, and there was evidence that they did not leave at the time of the crime.

The departure of Hobbs and his men was also well documented, and there was no such a powerful sniper among them.

In the end, Nick Fury had to believe that it was their own internal forces that cleaned out the Winter Soldier in order to silence him and prevent him from being tracked down.

The people from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Forensic Department finally pieced together the Winter Soldier's body, but then they received an order from the director.

Seal the Winter Soldier's body and study the metal mechanical arm with a five-pointed star.

However, Hydra was also confused.

The strongest fighter and the number one male model is gone just like that?

SHIELD basically knows everything about the internal situation.

Although he failed to anticipate Nick Fury's ambush, at least he knew that no one in SHIELD was capable of killing the Winter Soldier.

Alexander Pierce thought for a long time but couldn't find anyone who could kill the Winter Soldier quietly.

Finally, I had to doubt the inside story.

Although he is the only one in power now, there are also factions within Hydra.

Alexander Pierce also suspected Luke.

However, Luke's men, including himself, have alibis.

The evidence was overwhelming, and Alexander Pierce finally had to focus on other factions within the organization.

Once the seeds of doubt sprout, they can't be stopped.

A month later, in Los Angeles, underground in a villa in Malibu.

A freshly minted Winter Soldier in good health, James Buchanan Barnes wakes up.

Long before his body was replaced, Luke used his purification ability to completely cure his mental illness.

To be precise, it is the aftermath of Hydra's brainwashing.

Those negative emotions were completely cleared away.

After waking up, he had clear memories, including the things he had done before when he was brainwashed.

This made him feel very guilty.

Luke arrived immediately.

"Don't rush to feel guilty. Listen to my plan first."

Luke laid out his plan in full.

First of all, the one doing the evil is a clone of the Winter Soldier.

After secret experiments and training, it became Hydra's killing machine.

The real Winter Soldier was imprisoned in a base by Hydra.

The clone had been killed, it didn't matter who killed him.

The important thing is that your real body, Barnes, is frozen in a Hydra base.

Can't show up now.

Once Carter and Steve track down Hydra, they will definitely lead people to attack the Hydra base.

Lilith will report the progress of their actions in real time.

By then, Luke will have a way to send Barnes in early.

By then, Steve will have saved his old friend, and the death of the Winter Soldier will be enough to give Stark an explanation.

Anyway, this Barnes was frozen, and the one who killed people was a cloned experiment subject.

After hearing Luke's plan, Barnes was stunned.

"Is this... is this really possible?"

Luke raised an eyebrow.

"What? You don't want to fight alongside Steve? You don't want revenge on Hydra?"

Barnes's face turned serious, and he gritted his teeth as he looked at Luke and said:

"I think, in my dreams, I want to send those bastards who tortured me to hell."

Luke patted his shoulder.

"Then listen to me. When the time comes, I can seal part of your memory."

When Barnes heard Luke's idea, he thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"It is better to seal my memory. It is a torment and torture for me."

Although Barnes' negative emotions were purified by Luke, recalling these things all the time will affect his emotions again.

This is also the reason why Luke proposed to seal his memory.

It would be troublesome if this guy had some wonderful chemical reaction with Steve and let it slip.

To be on the safe side, sealing this memory is the best option.

Steve won't have to force a man to be locked up by force then, it's just a man on top of a man.

Tony Stark has also been informed, so there is nothing to worry about if something goes wrong in the future.

The one who killed people was the clone, what does it have to do with the original body?

The original body has been imprisoned for so long, he is also a victim.

Luke happily gave himself a thumbs up for perfectly solving the hidden dangers that might cause future internal problems.

However, after sealing Barnes' memory, he must be placed in a hibernation chamber.

His previous memories only covered the time when he was captured by the Soviets and the experiments began.

Everything that happens afterwards will be sealed.

And the clone's corpse took all the blame.

Even if his face is the same as Barnes'.

After finishing everything, Luke began his life as a plantation overseer again.

But no one expected that this clone would cause big trouble.

Steve ran to Siberia like crazy to look for Hydra.

Because Carter got the information about the Winter Soldier inside SHIELD.

Steve was there at the time, and he became upset when he saw Bucky's face.

After reading the entire case file, Steve almost went crazy.

But he is not really brainless.

Based on the clues from the robotic arm, the Siberia region was finally locked on.

The former Soviet Union has many abandoned military bases there, and the remnants of Hydra can make good use of these bases to do some shameful things.

But now everyone thinks that it was people from the former Soviet Union who were causing trouble.

And the Hydra's head hasn't surfaced yet.

However, Nick Fury tacitly did not argue with Steve. Instead, he sent Hawkeye and Sofia to help Steve.

Luke is also paying attention to this matter.

Barnes had already told him about the Hydra base.

But he was just a tool and had no idea about other aspects of Hydra.

Luke could take it, too.

Although there were people in that base, there weren't many, and Luke could handle it by himself.

Luke can put Barnes' body back anytime Steve finds it.

As for the old equipment there, Lilith only needs an Internet-connected device to rewrite the data inside.

Nothing is lost.

And since Steve made such a big fuss, Hydra really couldn't sit still anymore.