I have a good impression of Marvel

New York State, Adirondack Mountains.

Nearly thirty miles south of Mount Marcy, a large and brightly lit research facility stood out in the night.

This is a research base operated in the name of dark energy research jointly conducted by SHIELD, NASA, and the Pegasus Project.

At this time, in a large laboratory located underground in the base, a bald middle-aged man wearing a plaid shirt was directing his men to conduct research on the Cosmic Cube, which emitted a faint blue light.

"Hey, be careful, I don't want to see the lab explode again."

"Inject energy, expand protection measures, and minimize interference and radiation."

If Lyon were here, he would definitely be able to name the identity of the balding middle-aged man: Eric Schavig

Since the New Mexico incident, this astrophysicist has been invited by Fury to S.H.I.E.L.D. to conduct research and development on the Cosmic Cube.

The appearance of Thor made Eric Schavig even more fascinated by mysterious things.

Being able to study magical objects like the Cosmic Cube at close range made him eager to dive into research work immediately.

He even resigned from his professorship at the university and moved directly into this research base

Now, after several months of tireless research day and night, Eric Schavig's research team has begun to achieve results.

While the scientists were carefully operating on various instrument panels, an untimely voice sounded in Shavig's ears:

"Dr. Schavig, how's it going?"

Eric Shavig turned around and saw Nick Fury, Director of SHIELD, who was always dressed in black.

When Shavig saw Fury, he couldn't help but step forward, pointed to the Cosmic Cube fixed on the circular shelf, and explained: "The progress is going pretty well."

"At present, we have initially mastered how to stabilize the energy of the Universe Rubik's Cube and conduct experimental manipulation. Next, as long as we further stabilize the energy of the Rubik's Cube and keep the energy peak at a certain value, we can enter the next stage. experiment."

Fury, who was not very knowledgeable about science, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that everything went well, and then asked: "So, when will the second phase start?"

Shavig glanced at the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, which was always emitting brilliant light. His eyes flashed with a hint of intoxication, and he continued:

"Director, don't worry about the energy weapons you sent last time. We still need some time to deconstruct and analyze them. After that, we can start manufacturing prototypes."

After chatting with Shavig and roughly understanding the progress of the weaponization of the Rubik's Cube, Fury turned his one eye and looked at Hawkeye, who came to him at an unknown moment.

"Agent Barton, continue to keep an eye on the situation here. Don't let anyone except Dr. Shavig's team get close to the Rubik's Cube."

"Understood, sir"

After staying at the research base for a while, the busy Fury took a helicopter back to Washington.

There are still a bunch of things waiting for him to deal with.

. . . . . .

"I just went to the base. According to Dr. Shavig's analysis, the research progress of the Rubik's Cube is going well and we should be able to enter the second phase soon."

"That's good. Once the second phase of development is completed, the tragedy of the New Mexico incident may not happen again."

In a large conference room located in the main building of Trident Headquarters, Fury, dressed in a black trench coat, stood in front of five virtual projection screens, conducting reports with members of the World Security Council from around the world.

On the screen in the center is Gideon Malik, one of the leaders of Hydra.

SHIELD is a global intelligence agency with branches all over the world.

Because its law enforcement authority and scope are too broad, and the power it controls is too powerful, in order to prevent S.H.I.E.L.D. from interfering in the politics of other countries, governments around the world have established a World Security Council to specifically supervise S.H.I.E.L.D.'s various actions.

In addition, SHIELD's various appropriations and funds are determined by the Security Council.

Of course, the research project on the Cosmic Rubik's Cube was only carried out with the approval of the Security Council.

Fury is naturally obliged to report the progress of the project to these funders.

The research progress of the Cosmic Cube is just one of the items on the agenda of Fury's meeting with the Security Council today.

Suddenly, Fury looked at Gideon Malick on the central screen with his one eye and said:

"You have been discussing the Avengers plan I handed over for a long time."

The subtext of this sentence is obviously, "If it can be done, give me an accurate answer."

Hearing this, the British representative on the Security Council, a middle-aged woman, pondered for a moment and then gave an answer:

"After a long discussion about this, we finally decided that this Avengers plan does not meet our current needs."

"So, the council decided to put this plan on hold and put it on hold for the time being."

Hearing this answer, Fury was not too surprised.

The butt determines the head. Different angles have different views.

From his perspective, this emergency team composed of people with extraordinary abilities can respond quickly to various emergencies;

However, from the perspective of the Security Council, this is just Fury's selfish motives, and he wants to form a private army for S.H.I.E.L.D. under the banner of "protecting world peace"

The Council has seen this trick countless times over the past ten years.

Using various reasons or excuses to apply for grants and operational funds from the council has always been Fury's strength.

After all, the funds required to form an emergency team are not small.

I need special transportation, right?

Weapons, equipment, and even logistics teams, too.

Building an elite force is never cheap.

At this stage, they have invested a large amount of resources and money into the development of the Cosmic Cube, and are unwilling to invest in another project that they think is of little use.

What's more, with the energy weapons derived from the Cosmic Cube, is there any need for an emergency team?

This is one of the reasons why the Security Council shelved the "Avengers Plan".

At this time, Gideon Malik, who was on the central screen, also continued what the British representative said:

"At this stage, we hope that you will continue to focus on the development and research of the Cosmic Cube. As long as we have the second-stage Rubik's Cube weapon, we don't need any Avengers, don't you think so, Director Fury?"

Looking at Gideon Malik's majestic yet slightly aged face, Fury rolled his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"I understand"