Chapter 88 The curtain opens

Life went on as usual. Li Heng would have dinner with Steve from time to time. Then through Steve's introduction, Li Heng also met Falcon, and they had a good relationship.

Either Li Heng was pulled away by Tony to compare his magic with Ethan's, and then continue to study Uru metal, trying to upgrade the various technologies of the battle suit.

The time has come to 2012.

SHIELD, Cosmic Cube Research Base.

Coulson took Nick Fury underground. On the way, Nick Fury asked:

"How bad is it?"

Coulson said: "The worst thing is that the situation is still unclear. Dr. Selvig detected four hours ago that the Cosmic Cube emitted a burst of energy, which was triggered by the Cosmic Cube itself."

Hill asked from behind:

"The Cosmic Cube activated itself?"

Coulson nodded, and then Nick Fury asked in a heavy voice:

"What energy level has it reached now?"

Coulson responded: "It's still climbing, and Selvig can't shut it down. We're going to order an evacuation."

Nick Fury asked, "How long until everyone evacuates?"

"We should be able to evacuate everyone in half an hour."

"You'd better hurry up."

Then Nick Fury took Hill directly underground, while Coulson turned back to direct the evacuation.

As we walked down the stairs, Hill was still saying:

"Sir, I'm afraid evacuating now will be useless!"

Nick Fury didn't stop walking: "What else, tell everyone to go back to bed?"

"If we can't control the energy of the Cosmic Cube, then it will be useless no matter how far we run."

At this time, Nick Fury stopped, turned his head to look at Hill, and gave her a task:

"You will supervise the evacuation and move all the equipment underground. Leave nothing behind."

Hill took the order and left. Finally, only Nick Fury was left walking into the hall where Selvig was studying the Cosmic Cube:

"Doctor, tell me, what is going on now?"

When Selvig heard Nick Fury's voice, he breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly ran to Nick Fury and reported to him:

"Director, the Cosmic Cube is now unstable and very naughty."

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, no, no, of course I'm not kidding! The Cosmic Cube has started to become active, and it's no longer under my control."

"Have you tried to cut off the power?"

"It's a source of energy in itself. And if it reaches peak energy levels..."

Before Selvig could finish his words, Nick Fury interrupted him:

"Isn't that what we're preparing for, Doctor? Harnessing energy from the universe."

Selvig came to the computer, looked at Nick Fury and shook his head. He disagreed with what Nick Fury said:

"We don't yet have the ability to harness cosmic energy, and my calculations are far off!"

After that, Selvig looked at the Cosmic Cube in the middle and introduced it to Nick Fury:

"It's releasing disturbances and radiation, nothing harmful, just low-energy gamma rays."

Nick Fury looked at Selvig seriously, "That could be harmful, too."

After that, Nick Fury asked:

"Where's Agent Barton?"

Nick Fury was going to ask me Hawkeye if he noticed anything.

Just as Nick Fury was learning the details of the situation, Selvig's men reported:

"Doctor, the energy of the Cosmic Cube has surged again."

At this moment, the Cube began to emit energy unsteadily, causing the entire base to shake, and then the energy grew stronger and stronger until the Cosmic Cube emitted an energy wave and opened a portal. The energy wave continued to increase, and finally an explosion occurred.

When the smoke cleared, a figure appeared at the center of the explosion. Upon closer inspection, it was Loki who had returned to Earth from space.

At this time, Nick Fury shouted: "Sir, please put down the spear in your hand!"

Loki heard Nick Fury's voice, then looked at the Mind Scepter in his hand, then he looked at the bodyguards who surrounded him and smiled evilly, and used the Mind Scepter to shoot energy at Nick Fury. Fortunately, Hawkeye reacted quickly and pushed Nick Fury away.

The bodyguards saw Loki attacking and quickly opened fire, but the bullets had no effect on Loki, so Loki used his staff to stab a bodyguard in the chest, and then threw a dagger-sized knife at the bodyguard behind him with his right hand, hitting him in the neck. Finally, he turned around and used the staff to fire a beam of energy to drive Selvig away from the computer.

In the next few seconds, Loki eliminated all the bodyguards, leaving only Nick Fury, Hawkeye and Selvig. Loki came to Hawkeye who wanted to stand up, looked into Hawkeye's eyes and said:

"You still have some spirit."

Then Law touched Hawkeye's chest with the tip of the Mind Scepter, activating the power of the Mind Stone, changing Hawkeye's mind and making him obey Loki's orders.

Nick Fury watched Loki's actions and wanted to secretly take the Cosmic Cube away, but was stopped by Loki.

"Don't take it away. I went through so much trouble just to get it."

Nick Fury turned around and said:

"There's no need to make a bigger fuss."

Loki obviously disagreed with Nick Fury's call, saying:

"I am Loki from Asgard, and I have a sacred mission."

Selvig, who was standing by, heard Loki's words and exclaimed:

"Loki? You're Thor's brother."

Loki walked up to Selvig and said as he walked:

“I have come to bring you good news and to bring you relief.”

Nick Fury tilted his head in confusion, "What relief?"

Loki then gave a long speech, and just as he finished speaking, he turned around and tapped Selvig's chest with the Mind Scepter, controlling him as well. Then he took a few people under his control and snatched the box containing the Tesseract from Nick Fury. Several people found a car outside and ran out.

Then the entire base reached its highest energy level due to the energy of the Cosmic Cube, and finally exploded and collapsed, and the entire base collapsed into a huge deep pit.

Nick Fury got on a helicopter and caught up to Loki's car, trying to stop him with a machine gun, but Loki showed no mercy and directly used his scepter to shoot a beam of energy at the helicopter, causing it to explode and crash. Then Loki drove away, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. in ruins.

Just as the explosion occurred, Li Heng received a call from Xiao Zhuge:

"Master, I just detected a huge explosion somewhere. According to the detection, it doesn't seem to be caused by weapons on Earth."

Li Heng replied, "Oh? Really? Looks like something big is going to happen."

At the same time, Tony, who was studying the battle suit, also received an alert from Jarvis:

"A large explosion was detected not far from New York. It is not clear which department was responsible."

It turned out that after the last incident with Thor, Tony also asked Jarvis to conduct long-term testing to prevent serious incidents from happening again, so he learned about it from Jarvis after the explosion.