The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 551: A favorable situation turned into an unfavorable situation
Although Yang Le wanted to make it short, he knew from Steve's expression that this would not be a short story.

"This story starts after you disappeared," Steve said after a moment's deliberation. "When we first discovered you were gone, we were very panicked because we weren't sure if anything had happened to you."

"We spent a lot of manpower and time searching for you. It was thanks to Tony that we finally found this place that might be your base."

Puba couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Although he didn't know how Tony knew the location of his secret base, if it was really as Steve said, they should have entered the base at least two years ago.

"We were planning to go in and find out what was going on, but something unexpected happened that disrupted all our plans."

When Steve said this, a fierce look appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but clench his hands together. Because he was using too much force, he could hear the bones creaking even through the gloves.

"That was the beginning of everything. The Hydra organization, which was supposed to be destroyed, revived at some point." Steve paused here and then immediately explained.

"Hydra is an evil organization on Earth. I've been dealing with them for half my life. I know that no matter what they want to do, it's definitely not a good thing. So we have to put aside our mission to find you and deal with Hydra first. Sorry."

Seeing Yang Le nod in understanding, Steve continued, "We've received news that Hydra's target is the Cosmic Stone that the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. are searching for. To prevent their plan from succeeding, we've engaged in a lengthy tug-of-war with Hydra."

"In the beginning, we had the upper hand, and gradually we gained control of the three Infinity Stones. These three are the Tesseract containing the Space Stone, the Aether containing the Reality Stone, and the Mind Stone on Vision's head."

"For safety reasons, we didn't keep these three gems in one place. The Space Gem was given to Wakanda, the Aether was placed in Thor's home, Asgard, and the Mind Gem was given to Vision personally for safekeeping."

Yang Le nodded secretly. Although the preservation location was only different from the original, it was obvious that the Avengers had put some thought into it this time.

The locations where these three gems are stored represent three forces, namely Wakanda, Asgard and the Avengers. Storing the three gems separately not only increases the safety factor, but also brings the three forces together when they know the existence of the gems.

No matter which one is attacked, the other two will get the news and make preparations in advance. It is impossible for Thor not to tell his father about the gem. This time with Odin joining, Yang Le couldn't figure out why Steve and the others could still win the game.

Fortunately, Steve quickly provided an answer.

"We were full of confidence at the beginning, thinking we would be able to protect the gemstone, but reality soon gave us a loud slap in the face."

Steve raised his head and said in a trembling voice: "Thanos is here, and he destroyed everything."

"How could that be?" Yang Le couldn't help but interrupt Steve. "Even if Thanos was so powerful, there's no way he could defeat the alliance of the three forces so quickly."

"Because Thanos and Hydra have joined forces." A tired but charming female voice sounded. Yang Le and Steve looked up at the same time and saw Natasha walking out of another bedroom.

"Thank you, Puba." Natasha straightened her hair. "I haven't slept so soundly in a long time. My skin has been getting worse over the past two years."

"No, you're still as beautiful as ever," Yang Le complimented. After all, Natasha had a face that made one want to drink her bath water, and with the help of American comics technology, time hadn't left a single mark on her face.

"Thank you," Natasha said with a charming smile. "But let's get back to the point." Putting away her smile, Natasha took over Steve's assignment with a serious face and began to narrate: "Loki somehow escaped from the dungeons of Asgard. Jusol speculates that he escaped during the rise of the Dark Elves."

"Because at that time, not only Asgard, but even the forces on Earth were focused on this battle. After all, you brought the intelligence that the Aether particles were very likely the Reality Stone. At that time, everyone's attention was on the Dark Elves, and the supervision of Loki was a little weaker."

It sounds like Malekith is more miserable than in the original book, Yang Le complained in his heart.

"With the three forces united, we quickly captured the Dark Elves and seized the Aether Particles. But by the time we were done, we also discovered that Loki had disappeared."

"Later we speculated that Loki found Thanos. Although we don't know what happened between the two of them, it must have been him who connected Thanos with Hydra."

Natasha said this harshly, and judging by her expression, she must be regretting not shooting Loki dead.

"After that, Thanos learned a lot of inside information from Hydra, including everything between us." Steve pointed at Yang Le and himself respectively.

"We are like the Maginot Line in front of Thanos who knows all the inside stories."

Funny analysis: A WWII veteran tells jokes about WWII himself. Yang Le appears to be calm on the surface, but he is actually about to lose his composure.

"Thanos knows where all the gems are stored, and he has found a way to defeat us one by one."

The voice came from behind. Clint, who had been lying down for half a day, finally woke up. He slowly straightened up and spoke slowly.

"First, it was S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. It turns out that more than half of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents were actually Hydra in disguise. S.H.I.E.L.D. had long been infiltrated like a sieve. They used tactics to turn the Avengers against each other and make them lose trust in each other."

Yang Le's eyes flickered. What was being talked about here should be a civil war. It was indeed difficult to comment on this. After all, the hatred for killing one's father and mother was enough to become a fuse.

"Then it was Wakanda. Hydra contacted the displaced Wakandans and challenged T'Challa, who had just become King of Wakanda. This was a national crisis, and Wakanda was unable to mediate the Avengers' civil war."

This is a leopard.

"Finally, it was Asgard. Thanos attacked Asgard head-on and fought with Odin. His men held Thor back, and then he sent his men to infiltrate Asgard and awaken Surtur and Hela."

"One of them is Thor's sister, but she was sealed away by Odin due to some circumstances. The other is a giant who wants to destroy Asgard. Once they wake up, they will kill everyone without mercy. Even Thor and Odin cannot withstand such a siege."

"Even the great god Odin died in that battle."

(End of this chapter)