"A piece of extreme weather news is inserted below. A thick fog has invaded many places in the northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Meteorological bureaus in many places have issued dense fog warnings."
"According to the judgment of climate experts, this thick fog covers an extremely wide area and lasts for a long time, which will seriously affect the traffic safety level. Citizens are asked to stay home as much as possible and do not travel. Flight delay information will be sent to passengers' mobile phones by the corresponding airlines.
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With a snap, the TV was turned off. Nick threw the remote control on the table next to him and turned to the agent outside the door.
"So there is no news about San Francisco, Spider-Man can't be contacted, and there is no clue about the supernatural news in New York State. I just want to know what the hell you have been doing during this time."
There was another snap, and the pen was thrown on the table. Nick pointed to the door and said, "Go to Captain America and ask him to come see me immediately."
About half an hour later, Steve appeared outside the door. Seeing Nick's face, he knew that his old friend was angry again, but this was not unexpected. Nick rarely wasn't angry.
"Okay, man, don't forget that you and we are here. I will assemble the Avengers when necessary." Steve stepped forward and patted Nick on the shoulder.
"Have you seen Spider-Man recently? We can't contact him." Nick decided to solve the most important problem first, which was the death of Spider-Man.
In fact, he was already looking for Spider-Man on the first day he came here, but he didn't just lead a group of agents into someone's house just to say who he was looking for. They were official agencies, not terrorists, and certainly not the FBI.
There is another reason why Nick doesn't dare to make a big deal, because he feels that the White Can must also be staring at Spider-Man. It is even possible that Spider-Man's death was caused by the White Can. If he takes too radical a method, it may lead to bad consequences.
the result of.
So Nick thinks the best way is to find Spider-Man quietly in private, and then use the spider totem to transfer him to other universes to avoid this disaster first.
As for the time and space paradox caused by Bruce not gaining the spider ability, the worst case scenario is to change him to a less famous ability, and then arrange for Captain America to fake his death.
The plan was good, but something went wrong in the first step. The agents who went to investigate failed to find Spider-Man at his home, school or other places he often appeared.
The latest trace of Peter Parker that could be found was that he went to San Francisco about half a month ago, but there has been no news since then, which made Nick even more suspicious of White Can.
"Steve, what do you think of Tony... I mean, how is he doing?"
Steve was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a moment, and then said, "What's wrong with Tony? He said that his company has been very busy recently, so I didn't contact him."
"Spider-Man is missing." Nick said seriously: "Our agents can't find him in his usual places. I suspect he may be in danger."
Steve immediately frowned. He looked at Nick and said, "You know something, right? Tell me."
Nick sighed deeply and said: "If I tell you, you will definitely accuse me of being paranoid and destroying the unity of the Avengers. But have you ever thought about why the Stark Group just started to expand its business in San Francisco?
Is there a resident mutation incident?"
"Resident mutation incident?" Steve looked very surprised.
Nick then remembered that it was still early in the timeline. The so-called mutation incident among San Francisco residents was only a symptom that occurred in a few people. Even the media did not pay attention to it. He relied on his foresight to see the future timeline before sending the agents.
To investigate.
"Yes, by chance, our agents discovered that the appearance and body shape of some residents in San Francisco had mutated. It was initially suspected to be chemical pollution or viral infection."
"You're saying Tony Stark caused this?"
"I didn't say that." Nick remained cautious and said, "I know you hate my style of doubting everyone, but what has happened all along proves that it is necessary for me to do this."
"I don't want to explain too much." Nick walked around the desk and walked to the other side. He said, "Go to San Francisco, Steve. At least make sure that Spider-Man is safe. We really can't lose any more.
A companion."
Steve set off anyway, boarding SHIELD's plane and flying to San Francisco almost immediately.
Just like Nick said, although Steve is a little dissatisfied with Nick being suspicious all the time, he also knows that agents have been like this for a long time. Although it usually seems like unfounded worries, once something big happens, this kind of suspicion can be saved.
Many lives.
Steve trusts Nick's ability more than Nick's character. Now that he has spoken out, it will not be unreasonable.
After Steve came to San Francisco, he found the hotel where Peter stayed the first night based on the information provided by Nick. Through the information provided by the hotel front desk staff, he learned that Peter went out at around 7 a.m. the next morning, and it was at
Take a taxi in front of the hotel.
This is a bit strange. Steve knows Peter very well. Peter is a very frugal person. Even if he goes to a strange city, he will try his best to use his mobile phone to check the bus routes and take the bus to the destination. How to travel.
The first choice is definitely not to take a taxi.
After further questioning, Steve learned from the hotel parking staff that Peter was in a hurry at the time, as if he had been called over for something urgent.
And he also obtained a very important piece of information from the hotel staff, which was the license plate number of the car Peter took a taxi.
After a little more effort, Steve found the driver who took Peter that day from the taxi operating company. Steve finally had the opportunity to raise his questions.
"Is he going to the Stark Group's campus?"
"The Stark Group park is not far from there. You should know the industrial area east of Silicon Valley, right? Many new technology parks and laboratories have been built there recently, and he is going to one of them."
"Do you know the name of that laboratory?"
"It's too hard to pronounce. I can't understand so many nouns." The driver with a Mexican accent said, "I can't understand even a lot of the words he said on the phone. Oh, by the way, what should he be going to?
Physics laboratory, I can still understand this word."
Steve asked for a long time, but in the end he couldn't get the specific name of the laboratory, but the driver vaguely remembered the way, so Steve had no choice but to get in his car.
The Mexican driver was quite talkative, but he didn't seem to recognize Captain America. Just like everyone else, his first choice of polite topic was the weather.
"The recent weather is not very good. It is always foggy in the morning and evening, but this is a good thing for our driver. Have you read the recent weather forecast?" The driver turned on the stereo to play songs, and Steve frowned slightly.
Because he had just seen the dense fog warning on his mobile phone, he closed the mobile phone screen and said, "Yes, the weather in New York is not very good, but is there fog on the West Coast too?"
"It's not as serious as your place." The driver turned the steering wheel and said in a brisk tone: "It's warmer here, the temperature difference between day and night is not big, and the fog is not that thick."
"But there was one time when I was driving and found that the fog was so thick that I could hardly see the road ahead. It was also a morning. Let me think about what day it was?... I forgot, maybe I really took you there.
It’s the day of the boy you’re looking for.”
Steve didn't pay attention. When he got there, he paid the fare. The driver pointed to the building in front of him. Steve nodded at him, and the driver drove away.
Steve looked up and saw Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Originally this was a slightly awkward name, but recently Steve had heard it from many people. Even though he never paid attention to scientific research, he could still associate this name with an extremely cool device, that is
Artificial sun.
Livermore National Laboratory initiated a project on artificial sun in the 1990s, but there has been no progress since then. Steve is not sure why the sudden breakthrough was made recently, but he guessed that it may have something to do with Spider-Man.
.
In recent times, Steve has rarely seen Spider-Man on the street. This is one of the reasons why after hearing Nick say that Spider-Man was missing, he rushed over immediately. He had not seen Spider-Man for a long time.
Having met Spider-Man, he was really worried that something might happen to Spider-Man.
But about a few weeks ago, Steve and Peter talked on the phone. During a brief chat, Steve learned that Peter seemed to be doing nuclear physics with a professor named Otto Octavius.
experiment of.
As for why Peter suddenly entered the laboratory, Peter told Steve that he and Dr. Otto both thought they should spend more time worrying about the future of mankind.
At the time, Steve thought this was a good thing, so he encouraged Peter and spent more time maintaining security on the streets of New York, because he felt that this would allow Spider-Man to go about his business with more peace of mind.
Nuclear energy physics research, Dr. Otto, San Francisco...these words merged in Steve's mind, and finally he walked towards the laboratory ahead.
With the help of SHIELD and the reputation of Captain America, Steve soon met the person in charge of the laboratory. When he heard that he was here to see Peter Parker, he showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Under Steve's questioning, the person in charge finally revealed that Peter Parker did come that day, and it was Dr. Otto who called him here. However, from that day on, the two of them disappeared, and the laboratory also tried to contact them.
, but so far no one has been found.
Steve had a bad premonition as soon as he heard this, so he hurriedly went to check the surveillance with the person in charge. However, Steve did not start checking at 7 o'clock, but started at an earlier time.
In the surveillance video, Dr. Otto arrived at about six o'clock. He looked a little anxious when he first entered the door, and he went to the particle laboratory not long after.
Just outside the door of the particle laboratory, Otto picked up the phone and called Peter. After turning the volume up, the conversation between the two of them was as follows.
"Yes, come over here right away. I know you just arrived last night and it's a bit of a rush, but you have to come and see this. It's amazing, Peter."
"Yes, I'm waiting for you in the particle laboratory. Come here as quickly as possible, otherwise you won't see the most exciting part."
After a while, Peter arrived. He rushed in front of Otto as quickly as possible, and then said: "What's wrong? Doctor, is there any new progress in ignition particles?"
"Come and look at this, Peter, I think we have the right answer."
After saying that, the two walked into the laboratory together, and the subsequent surveillance footage disappeared. Steve looked at the person in charge, who shook his head and said: "The high-energy physics collider and its preparation room do not have in-cabin surveillance.
The camera at the exit of the other passage happened to be broken, so we don’t know what happened after that.”