Silence occupied most of the time. Computers and small construction machinery were brought in. All personnel had to put on chemical protective suits and undergo several rounds of disinfection before entering or exiting the research site. Even the equipment had to be covered with a layer of plastic film.
Coulson and Salomon stood behind the glass of the temporary command post and watched the busy crowd below, always checking the data fed back by the staff. Agent Coulson discovered that these procedures were actually standard procedures for dealing with biological and chemical threats, but
With the high technology of the Eternal City, these processes are a bit more complicated. Hunter swallowed, and he felt that he was in the wrong place - neither he nor Barbara had protective clothing on them. If the boulder was really
It is a biological threat, so anyone who may have been in direct contact with the boulder may be infected. He gestured upward, signaling Agent Coulson to prepare for the worst possible situation.
"What are the symptoms of infection?" Colson asked.
"It will be eaten, eaten from the inside out, and the infected person will suffer tremendous pain." Salomon said, "Every time the boulder is opened, the risk of infection will increase, which is why we need to be prepared for protection.
As for the worse situation, that is that the source of infection has actually come to the base but we don't know anything about it."
"You should have told me this earlier, Salomon! May, prepare to seal the base!"
"If the source of infection can escape so easily... don't be nervous, we can deal with it even if the source of infection escapes." The Mystic Mage did not continue. If the hive really escapes, then the conservative Hydra will
There is no need to think of ways to hold a sacrificial ceremony. The reason why this huge stone fell into the hands of SHIELD is because Alexander Pierce promised the conservatives to use SHIELD's manpower and material resources to study this thing and find a way to put the Nine Heads into the hands of SHIELD.
The Snake God pulled out from inside. However, before he could fulfill his promise, SHIELD and Hydra were destroyed together, leaving only the remnants who could not do much.
He put on his helmet again and closed his expression.
"The bomb is ready, my lord." Tita's voice sounded on the communication channel.
This work lasted for four full days.
On the fourth day, Leopold Fitz, the current scientific director of SHIELD, belatedly appeared at the research site. "It is precisely because you always pursue things that do not exist that I
I'll lock up that broken rock and won't let anyone in." Before Fitz could express his thoughts, the kind-hearted Mike taught him a lesson, "I like that you don't give up hope, but you are a scientist.
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"Sorry, sorry, Mike." Fitz tried to squeeze past Mike in disgrace, looking like a kitten picked up by a female cat. "I have clues, I have clues... Who are they?" He said.
Pointing at the researchers wearing chemical protective suits passing by in the corridor, "Why is Lincoln here? Did something happen in the base?"
"Lincoln came over to help study the stone. Fitz, this is not the first time. You are a scientist, not a folklorist." Mike sighed, "Besides, you came back at a bad time. The base is currently investigating infections.
sick."
"Could it be..."
"Yes, it still has something to do with that stone. Coulson ordered the base to be sealed. You don't know that in order to let you in, Melinda and Coulson had another fight. Their relationship has not been very harmonious recently." Mike touched.
He stroked his beard and said, "We have some reinforcements, but I don't know the leader very well, but Coulson seems to be an old friend with him."
"What does he look like? Or rather, how tall is he?" Fitz felt his heart skip a beat. He had thought about contacting that person, but since magic was as unreliable as the clues he was pursuing, he couldn't
He left that option for last. "I can't waste any more time, Mike," he said, "I have to tell them the clue I got!"
"I considered every possibility!" Fitz burst into the command room before he could take off his dirty suit.
"Except being trapped in a boulder, or being reduced to a microscopic level..."
"Colson! Coulson! I think I'm right this time!" Fitz yelled, "She's not here! I speculate that the boulder is a black hole!"
"Do you have evidence?" Coulson stopped Fitz from jumping in front of the mystic. For four days of work, he watched the armor-wearing figure become colder and colder. He didn't scratch, sleep, or eat.
The thing was like a steel statue standing in the command room. When the others were exhausted, he found Salomon motionless watching the scientists below inspecting the boulder. If it weren't for the slight "ticking" sound from the communication system,
Coulson doubted he even needed to breathe.
Coulson had seen this extreme state of calmness, which often happened to some extremely cold-blooded agents. Salomon at this moment felt quite dangerous to him.
This is indeed the case.
Salomon did not tell Agent Coulson that the reason why he kept the sky carrier on standby at high altitude was not for the convenience of returning. The USS Punishment sky aircraft carrier has already been loaded with an earth-penetrating nuclear bomb equipped with a large-yield nuclear warhead. If things develop to the extreme,
In a bad situation, Tita, who remains on standby on the sky carrier, will not hesitate to drop a nuclear bomb and completely wipe out the existence of the hive. Those SHIELD agents, Eternal City armed personnel and scientists who were not able to evacuate in time and were infected will all
It will be regarded as a necessary sacrifice, and even Salomon himself will be baptized by the nuclear bomb.
Tita believed that her monarch would not be killed in a nuclear explosion, and she was confident about this. So when Salomon issued this order, she readily agreed, and the response was so fast that even Salomon was a little surprised.
After repeatedly confirming that Tita did not have any dangerous tendencies, he asked Stephanie to arrange the mobilization of supplies and install the remaining ground-penetrating bombs that were going to bomb Pym Technology on the assault transport craft.
"No, but I..." Fitz was speechless. He had put forward many theories, but without exception they lacked evidence support. "Then why..."
"We now suspect that there are ancient germs in the boulder, so..." When these words were spoken, Agent Coulson couldn't help but pause. He couldn't recall why he invited Salomon to help. It seemed that before that video call
His mind went blank. He couldn't help but turn his attention to Salomon, wanting the mystic to give an explanation.
At this moment, the dark steel statue raised its head. "You have speculated to this point without any evidence. Your brain is extremely important to human development, Leopold Fitz." Salo
Meng's voice was a little unnatural after being processed by the loudspeaker, "Gemma Simmons is indeed alive, I swear on my real name."
This sentence is nothing less than a surprise Christmas gift for Fitz.
"But only now," Salomon said. "If we don't solve the problem soon, she won't survive for long."
"What do you know?" Agent Coulson let go of Fitz. He needed to recall what happened to his memory. Facing Fitz's question, the bright red eyepiece on the knight's helmet did not look at him.
"This huge stone is not the only one. It is not a creation of humans, let alone a creation of the Inhumans." Salomon's tone was calm, "The things inside this stone need to be destroyed by us."
"What about Gemma?" Fitz nervously grabbed Salomon's arm armor. He was so hard that the gorgeous gold-plated decoration on the arm armor cut his fingers. He felt the energy under the steel armor.
The pipelines pulsed gently like blood vessels, as if the armor was a living steel creature. This monster needed blood and killing. This was the only thought in his mind other than to deal with Gemma.
"We can only do our best." Finally, the pair of blood-red eyepieces looked down at him. Fitz stood hard, trying not to let his knees fall to the ground. "If she is infected, we can only implement standard protocols.
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"What... standard regulations?" Fitz asked in a trembling voice.