The knight passing by Marvel

Chapter 410

Even though the sun is setting, the appointment in June is still steaming. Walking on the street is no different from taking a sauna. It makes people want to go to the street with an air conditioner or ice cubes on their backs.

More than half a year has passed since the battle that brought huge trauma to Manhattan, but this time is not enough to restore Manhattan to its original state, especially the ruins of the collapsed buildings are still being cleaned up, and the reconstruction is far away.

But this is not the case for the whole of Manhattan. Except for the most severely damaged midtown area, other areas have basically completed the initial repair work. Coupled with the strong support of the city government, Manhattan has gradually become prosperous again.

On the streets of Manhattan, you can see scaffolding built on the street from time to time. Workers are standing on it and installing shop signs. There are also many more pedestrians on the road. Although it is not as good as before the war, it is much better than after the war. Too much.

Greer drove out of the gas station and headed in the direction of New Jersey. Daisy, who was sitting in the co-pilot, took out her mobile phone, looked at the screen, and said, "Oil prices have risen by another 5%, and they have risen for a month in a row. Look, compared to a month ago, it has almost doubled, and now one of the hottest posts on Youtube is teaching people how to safely stockpile fuel at home."

"It will continue to rise, and it will be good if it can drop next year." Greer said as he drove the car onto the interstate highway. The highway that used to be busy now seems a bit empty, and the traffic flow has been reduced by more than half, especially the transportation. The reduction in trucks is most pronounced.

Since the release of the "Teaching Video on Mandarin" a month ago, the Ten Rings Gang has become active in the Middle East, wreaking havoc on oil fields, refineries and other facilities, causing oil production in the Middle East to drop off a cliff.

This has caused the international oil price to soar all the way, and the polar bear, who is also a major oil exporting country, has made a lot of money. He can't wait to go out in person to cheer for the Ten Rings, let him last longer, and make the oil price even higher.

But the people of other countries are uncomfortable. Although the world is advanced in technology, the energy field is no longer dominated by oil. Before there was Osborne Group’s bio-power generation, and later there was Stark Group’s Ark Reactor, but oil still plays an important role.

Especially for ocean-going ships, the heavy oil used is cheaper than other energy sources. It cannot be replaced by other energy sources in a short period of time. But now the price of oil has risen, and the cost of transportation has increased, making the price of goods also increase. , which is equivalent to a decline in purchasing power and shrinking of one's own wealth.

Although countries have also begun to adjust oilfield production, nothing can be done overnight. It takes time to turn reserves into production, and this period of time is naturally the most uncomfortable.Both consumers and producers hated the actions of the Ten Rings Gang, especially the oil-rich OPEC member states, who not only stationed troops in the oil fields to patrol, but also prepared to dispatch troops to encircle and suppress the Ten Rings Gang.

The upcoming war has won strong support from Western countries, providing intelligence, dispatching staff, and selling various advanced weapons and equipment, making arms dealers a lot of money. Affected by this, not only the military's largest arms supplier AIM's stock price soared, and even Kahn Industries, which had not been reorganized for a long time, received a large number of orders and began to recover.

It was the Osborne Group that benefited the most. Not only did they sell a lot of weapons and equipment, but the artificial sun project also received more attention. Even the White House sent people to the Osborne Group to investigate the feasibility of the artificial sun project. It is hoped that it will be successful, thereby speeding up the pace of eliminating traditional energy sources such as oil and coal.

On the day when the news came out, the stock price of the Osborne Group rose by more than 3% for the first time since the accident, and it continued to rise, surpassing Stark Industries. It is foreseeable that once the artificial sun is successful, Osborne The group will definitely leap forward.

'Buzz!hum!hum! '

Suddenly there was a dull sound all around, and then the viaduct crossing Manhattan shook, the vehicles in front and behind all braked suddenly, and the people in the vehicles jumped out of the vehicles in a hurry, scurrying around like headless chickens.

"Another earthquake?" Greer stopped the car as soon as it was shaken, opened the door and got out of the car, and looked around. The shock was stronger than before, and the building was shaking slightly.

Daisy squatted down and put her palms on the bridge, feeling the vibration. After more than ten seconds, the vibration stopped, and Daisy stood up, turned her head and said to Greer: "It's still the same frequency."

"It doesn't look like a natural earthquake." Greer nodded. Counting this time, this is already the sixth earthquake in this month. The level is not very high, but the vibration frequency is exactly the same, and only Manhattan can feel the earthquake. , No matter how you think about it, it feels abnormal.

But there is no villain in the movie who wants to destroy Manhattan with an earthquake. It must be another villain who popped up from an unknown corner. In this case, it is necessary to investigate. Manhattan has a population of one million. Once In the event of a strong earthquake, there will definitely be heavy casualties, definitely worse than the Chitauri invasion.

Thinking of this, Greer was not in the mood to go to New Jersey anymore. He greeted Daisy to get in the car, and returned to Stark Tower as quickly as possible. He was going to discuss with Stark to determine whether these earthquakes were natural coincidence or Someone did it on purpose.

At this time in the Stark Building, part of the exterior glass is still being installed, but the interior decoration and more advanced equipment have already been installed, debugged, and put into use. After the reconstruction, it looks like a three-story villa, integrating leisure, entertainment, conferences and research.

Stark is standing alone in front of a new generation of holographic projection system, surrounded by holographic screens one after another, displaying various information and materials, all about the Ten Rings, Mandarin, AIM, Killian Information, including all the official information of Quinn International on the two screens, and the earthquake information in Manhattan for the past month on the screen at the farthest corner, but judging from the location, it is obviously not taken seriously.

When Greer and Daisy came up in the elevator, what they saw was Stark who was concentrating on watching these materials. He waved his hands from time to time, controlled the holographic projection system, opened more detailed folders, and occasionally linked the two materials. It also marked the relationship between the two parties, making the relationship between these materials like a fishing net, densely intertwined, and the entanglement cannot be untied.

"Mr. Stark, are you still reading these materials?" Greer stepped forward, greeted Stark, and then began to ask about the information of these Manhattan earthquakes.

(End of this chapter)