The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 548 Ambush
"Natasha, Barton seems to have accidentally activated something!"

Steve explained to Natasha who was rushing over from behind, who rolled her eyes.

"I saw it." Natasha walked past the old, weak and sick group, went to the huge computer and took a quick look before saying.

"It's obvious that this is some kind of emergency procedure. As long as a pre-set button is pressed, the computer will send something like a distress signal to a target. Patton must have just happened to press that pre-set button."

"As long as it's not the self-destruct button." Clint looked embarrassed, and for a moment he even forgot to keep his balance and let Steve hold him.

"Does this mean that we can contact the Tiangong Association you mentioned through this?"

Falcon, who arrived last, asked after listening to the whole story. Both Steve and Clint became more excited after hearing this.

"Is it true, Natasha?" Steve asked.

"Theoretically, it's possible." Natasha nodded, but there was still a trace of worry on her face.

"But I'm afraid that Thanos's army will intercept this signal before the Heavenly Workers."

As soon as Natasha finished speaking, everyone else in the base stopped talking. Even the joy they had just shown disappeared from their faces, and Sam even showed a hint of fear.

"Those alien bastards!" Falcon's face was full of resentment, and his right hand unconsciously touched his waist.

Of course, Steve noticed something was wrong with his comrade. He placed his right hand on Clint's shoulder, comforting him while saying, "In that case, we shouldn't stay here for long. If it's the Tiangong team that's coming, that's fine. But if it's Thanos' army..."

There is no need to say more about the rest. Everyone understood that if it was Thanos' army that came, then they would definitely die here. Those soldiers were like cockroaches hiding in the corner. They could not be killed at all, and they were fearless of death. They would definitely be killed by the human wave tactics.

Everyone in the group thought what Steve said made sense, and they hurriedly picked up the supplies they were going to move. Natasha took out a cube less than the size of a palm from the backpack around her waist, and after a few clicks, she placed the cube on the operating table.

"This was given to me by Shuri," Natasha explained, noticing Steve's gaze. "It's a small, multi-functional robot. It can hide in the dark and periodically monitor the situation here, then upload the data to the computer. This way, we don't have to send another person over to check."

"That's great." Steve nodded. He had originally wanted to come and check it out alone in a few days. Although they don't have many people now, all the resources in the Tiangong Association base are what they need, and it is worth taking the risk for these things.

After finishing the trivial matters, the few of them stopped communicating and began to work hard to carry things onto the boat. While carrying, Clint suddenly stopped, which made the falcon beside him curious.

"What's wrong Mr. Clint?"

Unexpectedly, Clint did not answer him. Instead, he quietly made a gesture to tell the latter to shut up. Although Falcon did not understand what was going on, he still did it.

After a while, maybe one or two seconds, Clint moved. His hand touched his waist at some point, and then swung it in one direction like lightning.

A dark afterimage shot towards the empty wall, then unexpectedly stopped in mid-air. Falcon then saw clearly what Clint had thrown out. It turned out to be a dart with a strange shape. "Zila!"

The dart stopped in mid-air, then released an electric current. After a moment of illusion, a figure gradually solidified and appeared in front of everyone. It turned out to be a humanoid creature.

The thing had pure black skin with gray-white patterns evenly distributed on its body. A flying knife was stuck in its smooth head. Its terrifying fangs were completely exposed because it had no lips. Its long arms were tightly grasping the wall to keep it hanging on it steadily.

"It's the Vanguard!" Falcon's pupils shrank suddenly, and the wings behind him suddenly spread open, protecting himself and Clint.

Steve and Natasha also noticed the movement over there. The former took off the shield on his back and hung it on his arm, while the latter drew out his double guns and observed the surroundings vigilantly.

Clint took out more darts from his waist. At this moment, the Vanguard who was hit by the darts also lost his life and slid down the wall weakly. The moment it landed on the ground, the dart stuck in its head suddenly burst out with a more powerful electric current, rushing in all directions.

"Holy shit!" Falcon couldn't help but exclaim, because he saw a very horrifying scene. Wherever the electric current spread, those vanguards who had been invisible revealed their true forms one after another, but the number was really too horrifying.

There were these Vanguards everywhere, hanging from the ceiling, walls, and even one or two perched on various instruments. In short...

"We are surrounded, Captain." Falcon's voice was a little distorted. He had no idea when these things came. If it weren't for Clint, they might have been here for no apparent reason.

"I see Sam." Steve tightened the straps on his shield. "This is a tough battle. I have only one order: survive, or don't let them catch you alive!"

"Received!"×3
This response seemed to be the signal to start a war. The vanguards who had been waiting for a long time rushed towards the Avengers in the center. The latter naturally could not sit there and wait to die, so they launched a counterattack.

Falcon also drew the gun from his waist and began to fire at the vanguards around him. With the help of the wings behind him, he actually cleared a safe area in a short time. The other people were also veterans. They knew that they could not be separated at this time without being commanded, and they all spontaneously approached Sam slowly.

Clint was originally very close to the Falcon, or rather he was under the Falcon's protection, but he was obviously not the type to be protected. He held a few darts in one hand and drew the katana from his waist with the other.

As the knife was unsheathed, it gleamed with a cold light. The sharp blade slashed through an invading vanguard, instantly cutting him in half. It was no more than a hair being cut in half. Without time to think too much, Clint threw all the darts in his hand to the side.

"Dah! Dah! Dah!"

Three sounds came almost at the same time, and each flying knife accurately pierced the head of a vanguard soldier, killing three enemies in the blink of an eye.

"Whoosh!"

A red and blue afterimage hit a vanguard who broke through the Falcon's defense line. The huge force even caused the vanguard's head to dent.

(End of this chapter)