Chapter 338: S: The Radiant Event (Part 13)

In S. H. I. E. L. D.'s underground experimental base, a brown-haired, green-eyed man walked up and shook hands with Schiller, saying: "Long time no see, Schiller. Since you left the University of California, there has been no news. I didn't expect we would meet here."

"Indeed, it's been a long time. After I transferred to Harvard, I thought you would leave the University of California soon. I didn't expect you to stay for so long. Bruce, how have you been lately?" Schiller smiled and shook hands with Bruce Banner.

Schiller's identity in Marvel once taught at the University of California. At that time, he and Banner were colleagues, but Schiller stayed there for a very short time and left, while Bruce Banner is still a professor at the University of California to this day.

"Not bad, it's just that after you left, I have to pay for every psychological consultation." Banner smiled and pushed his glasses.

There is actually more than just the two of them in this room. Stark is also standing on the side, but he is busy with his own things, and Schiller and Banner also treat him as if he doesn't exist.

After Schiller stepped aside and let Banner walk into the laboratory, Banner glanced at Stark with his eyes, rolled his eyes slightly, and then turned to walk toward the experimental table.

Schiller walked to his side, turned his head to look at Stark, and asked: "You two don't have a good relationship?"

"You should ask, who would have a good relationship with Stark? At the last global forum, he spoke eloquently for three and a half hours, belittling the existing physical theories as worthless..." Banner pushed his glasses again. He didn't lower his voice, so Stark heard it clearly.

Stark let out a short, sharp breath from his nose, took a stack of materials, and strode out of the laboratory. Banner, however, showed a confused expression, looked at his back, and said: "What's wrong with this guy? If it were in the past, he would have rushed up to argue with me for several hours."

"People always have to grow up." Schiller shrugged. He asked: "Did S. H. I. E. L. D. find you? Who else did they find?"

"Temporarily only me. Originally, they had already contacted Reed Richards, but his third phase of near-Earth research hasn't been completed yet. He is still hanging in the sky now. It is estimated that it will take at least half a month before he can come back."

Banner glanced at Schiller and asked him: "You are the earliest to arrive among us. Do you know any inside information? S. H. I. E. L. D.'s action this time is very big, as if they want to get all the physicists in the world here..."

"I am not earlier than you. Now I am S. H. I. E. L. D.'s psychology consultant. I can only tell you that this is indeed a big move. If I didn't guess wrong, someone is giving a speech at the World Security Council right now..."

"In summary, the fact that humans are not alone in the universe has been confirmed, but very unfortunately, what awaits us next is not a friendly third-type contact, but aliens with highly developed technology that humans can hardly imagine, and the enemy and friend are unknown..."

In the center of the semi-circular seating of the Security Council, Steve was standing on the podium. Accompanied by his speech, behind him was displayed a picture of a Kree planetary warship taken by Eddie.

Eddie can become a well-known reporter, and his basic skills are impeccable. This picture was taken very well. In the center and top of the picture is the incomparably huge planetary warship, emitting a faint light in the vast cosmic starry sky, while at the bottom of the picture are the cosmic agents who look very small, and on both sides of the picture are countless frigates.

Although I don't know how Eddie happened to capture the photo of the Kree's remaining frigates filling the picture, just looking at this picture, this fleet doesn't look like a defeated army that just fled in a mess, lost most of its frigates, and couldn't even return home. Instead, it looks like a magnificent army that is ready to go and is gearing up to invade other civilizations.

Steve also looked back at the picture. He silently gave a thumbs up to Eddie's professional level in his heart and continued to say in a steady tone: "This is a highly developed civilization that is unimaginable for humans. Next, I will introduce the Kree and their planetary warships to everyone..."

Nick sat in the audience. He saw that as Steve spoke, the faces of the council members became more and more dignified, until they became a bit pale. Even Pierce, who had always managed his expressions well and didn't show his joy or anger, had a very dignified face, almost writing shock on his face.

Just as Steve said just now, the World Security Council had long known that aliens existed and had some understanding of Asgard. But their imagination about aliens was still relatively limited. After all, for so many years, humans have been closing their doors to build cars, and they don't have an intuitive understanding of how developed alien technology can be. But now, the evidence is placed in front of them.

How developed is a civilization that can transform a planet about the same size as Earth into a planetary warship?

Before seeing the real evidence, no one could imagine it. But now they saw it, and not only saw it, they also learned that the fleet of this civilization's planetary warships was parked at the edge of the Milky Way at this time.

This is like some game's novice guide, giving you a sword, asking you to kill a chicken, telling you that you have understood all the gameplay of this game, and then go save the world. The player goes out happily, facing a full-level ancient god with more than 180 hands...

Now, human civilization hasn't even left the novice village, the tutorial hasn't been finished, and the final boss is already squatting at the door. Even if they have more composure, they will still panic a bit.

Following the speech draft for a full two hours, even Steve was a bit dry-mouthed and dizzy. He actually couldn't understand the professional terms summarized by Stark, so most of the time he was memorizing by rote and applying them mechanically, and he also had to deal with all kinds of strange questions from below. If he hadn't received professional training, he would have been carried away by now.

When he walked from the podium to the backstage, he wiped the sweat on his forehead. He originally wanted to find Nick, but he saw Nick talking to a man in a uniform with black hair. Steve knew that man. He was the director of S. P. E. A. R., Zheng Xian. Every time he came to the Security Council for a meeting, Nick always stayed with him.

Steve could guess what they were talking about just by guessing, so he didn't intend to walk over to participate in this conversation, but walked through the backstage alone. Just at this moment, Pierce, with graying temples, stopped him. He walked up, shook hands with Steve, and said: "Long time no see, Captain America. How have you been lately?"

"Still okay, just a bit busy."

"Is that so? Busy with something related to alien invasion?"

"Not really. Director Nick's superhero team plan is not going well. Although we found quite a few people, we don't even have a decent base, and I have to run around to find a house..."

"In addition, logistics supply is also a problem. If we rely entirely on S. H. I. E. L. D., Nick will have to worry about the funds for the next quarter again."

Pierce was too familiar with this tone. He immediately held Steve's hand tightly and said: "Superhero team plan? Actually, I like this plan very much. When Nick first proposed the initial plan to me, I expressed that I would vigorously support him."

"Captain, are you free later? I made an appointment with several congressmen to play golf. They and their families are all your fans. If they could see the real person, they would be very happy."

"Oh, don't be like this, Director Alexander. We all rely on these heroes hidden behind the scenes..."

"They will be very happy to talk to you about this topic. Nick should still have to wait a while. Let's go first."

Pierce and Steve walked quickly through the backstage. Nick and Zheng Xian were sitting at a coffee table by the window, watching the figures of the two go further and further away. Nick picked up the cup and said: "... Then follow what we just discussed. As for the surface things, we still have to wait for official contact."

Zheng Xian picked up the cup and clinked it with him, saying: "Then it's settled. If there are any changes when the official discusses, we will contact at any time..."

As he spoke, he got up and left. Nick took out his phone, called Strange, and asked him: "How are the arrangements for the mages? How many people can be drawn? Our scientists have basically gathered, and they can start work at any time..."

"Listen to me, the plan has changed." On the stairs in front of the Kamar-Taj main hall, Strange was walking down while holding the phone, saying: "Originally, we expected to find 20 mages to open portals separately, but just now Wong told me that the Great Mages of Kamar-Taj have researched a kind of large portal..."

"Large portal? How big?"

"So far, if we gather the power of all the mages in Kamar-Taj, plus the power of Earth's magic defense system, it can be opened to a size larger than the moon."

"So big?!" Nick said in surprise.

"That's right, I was also very surprised, but Kamar-Taj is Earth's magic holy land after all. People who can become Great Mages here are all knowledgeable scholars. They are not worse than human scientists, but the direction of research is magic."

Strange sighed and said: "The matter has to start from the Sanctum Sanctorum..."

Originally, Kamar-Taj, as an ancient magic holy land, their magic technology hadn't changed for thousands of years, because this was the most practical and stable method of controlling magic explored by generations of mages, and it was enough to guard Earth.

But recently, the times have developed too fast. First is the alternation of the position of the Sorcerer Supreme. The Ancient One returns to Kamar-Taj less and less now, and most things are presided over by Strange.

Although they are optimistic about Strange's potential, Strange's current magic level is really not worth complimenting. Without the protection of the powerful Ancient One, these Great Mages also have a sense of crisis.

Furthermore, with the development of the Sanctum Sanctorum, there are more and more clients, and the business is getting wider and wider. The mages are almost rubbing sparks out of rubbing portals, and the business volume every day is very large. Kamar-Taj changed from a magic holy land to a 996 holy land overnight, and the mages were all panting from exhaustion.

Demand always promotes the progress of productivity. During the time the Sanctum Sanctorum opened, magic portals have undergone several generations of updates, becoming more and more energy-saving and more and more stable.

But opening portals individually is not as easy to use as fixed large portals. Therefore, the Great Mages of Kamar-Taj worked overtime to start researching large portals that can be fixed in the universe.

Originally, mages using power needed to be extremely careful, because the essence of Marvel magic is lending. Once you borrow too much and can't pay it back, there will be big trouble.

But before the Knull serving event, it led to the Ancient One giving all the mages in Kamar-Taj a big meal. Besides everyone being full, there was quite a bit of energy left, stored at the central hub of Kamar-Taj. The mages used this energy to research better magic technology, and the effect was outstanding.

Besides having enough power, there was also technical support from demon gods. Is there a problem with the energy utilization method? Call Mephisto directly. Is space stability not enough? Call Mordo and let him ask Dormammu. Is the teleportation process unstable and easy to get stuck? Pull a crimson ribbon and ask Cyttorak...

While Stark was climbing the technology tree, Kamar-Taj was also busy lighting up magic skills, and the speed of both sides was not slow, and even had a bit of a competitive meaning. ===== CHAPTER 339 =====

While Stark was climbing his tech tree, Kamar-Taj was also busy lighting up magic skills, and neither side was slow; there was even a sense of competition between them.