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However, his serious expression didn't last more than a few seconds before it became distorted again.

This woman really hit people hard.

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Chapter 164 The War in Wakanda

A week later, a military truck slowly drove into a secret military base in Lincoln County, southern Nevada.

This military base is part of the U.S. nuclear test administration area and is used to conduct some rather special and secret experiments.

In the future, this base will have another rather special name, namely the famous Area 51.

However, this mysterious Area 51 is no secret to Josie, who is now in charge of the CIA—he had even entered it several times before he reorganized the CIA.

Before Boeing completed its first space launch, it received some secret U.S. military projects, several of which were placed here.

However, there were still some restrictions on Josh at that time.

However, after he became the head of the CIA’s administration, those last restrictions disappeared.

For example, right now, Josh was already standing in an experimental building inside the base, watching the military truck drive into the base.

When the truck stopped outside the experimental building, ten CIA volunteers, led by Carter, got out.

As for the 290 Black soldiers who were forcibly recruited by the military as test subjects, they had already completed the experiments... well, now only about 50 are still alive.

Moreover, more than half of the remaining fifty-odd test subjects were in very bad condition.

There are probably only about twenty people whose situation is relatively stable, including the future forgotten super soldier, Isaiah Bradley.

Even these twenty-odd people are only temporarily stable. After all, if Josie remembers correctly, among their group of black soldiers, only Isaiah survived to the end.

This rate of loss is truly appalling.

I hope you can really become Captain Carter!

Watching Carter get off the truck, Josie could only offer a silent prayer for her.

Soon, the ten people were taken to the laboratory by the base's experimental personnel.

“It’s not too late to regret it now. The success rate of the experiment is lower than I imagined, less than one in ten.” Josie whispered to Carter, who was only wearing a military shirt and shorts.

“Now that we’ve come this far, I don’t want to back down. Besides, I’ve always been lucky, one in ten, which is already beyond my expectations,” Carter said with a relaxed smile.

Seeing Carter's unwavering resolve, Josie nodded, said nothing more, and turned to walk into the observation room next door.

The experiment began quickly. As the reagent was injected and the Vita rays irradiated the cells, screams erupted from the other nine radiation chambers, but Carter's chamber remained completely silent.

Those present even suspected that the woman had fainted or died.

"Sir?" the lab technician asked, looking at Josie.

“Continue!” Josie said expressionlessly.

Are you kidding me? Carter died without making a sound? You're kidding me!

Sure enough, when the entire experiment was over and the doors of the ten radiation injection chambers opened, Peggy Carter, who had become much taller and stronger, was the first to walk out of them with great pride... and, well, her already impressive bust had grown even bigger.

If Captain America is America's perky butt, then Carter is probably England's giant bear (～￣▽￣)～.

Everyone present was stunned by the sight of this woman.

At that moment, they suddenly realized how right Josie had been to give this woman a spot in the experiment.

Of the more than two hundred test subjects previously tested by the Army, none could compare to Peggy Carter after the experiments were completed.

It's obvious to the naked eye how well Peggy Carter is doing right now.

“Director Kahn… what do you think?” A senior Army officer who was observing the experiment approached Josie, trying to get closer to her.

"Heh, don't even think about it, she's one of our CIA agents!" Josie knew what the other party wanted and decisively refused.

"Sir, of the ten volunteers, five died, one requires emergency care, and the remaining four are all in relatively stable condition, especially Ms. Carter. This is the first time I've seen someone in such good condition after an experiment." Soon, a researcher in charge of the experiment came to report to Josie.

"Wow, looks like I'm pretty lucky, a 40% chance!" Josie was a little surprised to hear the result. He thought that as long as Carter survived, it would be a great victory, but he didn't expect to get three extra chances.

Although those three people were from the Council, they were now nominally under the CIA. In addition, Josie himself was a high-ranking member of the Council, so he was the one who had priority command over these three super soldiers.

Oh right, we can get another three million in funding from the council, perfect.

"These inferior black dogs! We shouldn't have wasted our precious medicine on them!" Upon hearing the experimenters' report, the army officer standing nearby was also stunned. This was four times higher than their previous experimental data.

The officer immediately attributed the cause to race.

Josie smiled but didn't say anything, and walked straight to Peggy Carter, who had put her clothes back on.

"A 40% success rate, I think that might be good luck you brought me!" Josie said with a smile.

"Really? Then perhaps I should ask you for an extra bonus?" Carter joked casually.

"Oh, good luck can't be bought with money. How about I get you a new outfit? Look, their eyes are wide open!" Josie teased, pointing at the people around her.

Upon hearing Josie's teasing, the men in the lab who had been secretly glancing at Carter's voluptuous figure instinctively turned their backs, though inwardly they were all cursing Josie for meddling.

"Oh, it seems I really do need one!" Carter smiled and brushed it off, but she did need a new set of clothes. Her military uniform, which had been a decent fit, was now completely like children's clothing, especially the top, which she could barely fit her hands into and could only drape over her body.

“Come with me!” Josie nodded and immediately turned and walked out of the laboratory.

Carter was confused, but he could only follow along.

Soon, the two arrived at another laboratory.

This place displays a wide variety of individual soldier equipment.

Carter had seen similar scenes countless times, such as Howard Stark's laboratory in the Strategic Scientific Corps.

"It's just our CIA's equipment lab under the Science and Technology Division. I've already had them prepare a set of equipment for you. You'll like it!" Josie said as she walked forward.

The two soon arrived at a small collection room, opened it, and what appeared in Carter's view was a transparent display case.

Upon seeing what was in the display case, Carter immediately covered his mouth in surprise.

Because inside the display case was a uniform and shield that matched Captain America's style, along with a sword and a strange backpack-like object.

The only difference is that the star and stripe paint on the shield and uniform has been replaced with the Union Jack paint.

Although Carter served the United States, whether in the SSR or the CIA, the one thing that could not be changed was that her nationality remained British.

Although Josie disliked Britain, he made a slight concession for the sake of his friend Carter.

"This shield... is it a replica?" Carter asked with a sigh of relief, regaining his senses.

“Yes and no! Steve’s shield has been confirmed to be made of vibranium from Wakanda, but some other materials have been added to it, the specifics of which are probably only known to Howard. The main material of this shield is also vibranium. You know about the recent situation with Wakanda by various countries, so our CIA managed to get some by chance, and we also mixed in a little special metal—so it’s really hard to say which shield is stronger. Perhaps you can test it out when Steve returns one day!” Josie opened the display case, took out the shield, and handed it to Carter.

Josie didn't know what Howard had added to Captain America, but he did know what had been added to his shield—in fact, he was the only one in the world who knew.

Because the metals added to it don't belong to this world at all, but come from the Game of Thrones universe.

This metal is Valyrian steel.

After Daenerys unified Westeros, she collected a number of Valyrian weapons, including an extremely rare suit of Valyrian steel armor.

However, after Daenerys Targaryen traded various modern firearms with Josie, she lost much interest in these individual melee weapons, so they mostly gathered dust in her collection room.

So Josie traded some cheap US military equipment to Daenerys Targaryen, melting down one of the daggers and the vibranium spear she had previously obtained from Wakanda to make a shield and a knight's longsword.

“Steve…” Upon hearing Josh mention Captain America, Carter’s previously high spirits instantly turned somewhat low.

“Peggy, to be honest, I believe Steve is still alive and well. According to some intelligence I’ve gathered, the Tesseract is less of an energy source and more of a key—a key that can unlock access to other worlds… It’s just that we still don’t know how to use it.” Josie patted Carter on the shoulder to comfort him.

Believe it or not, Carter was originally 1.7 meters tall, but now, after the enhancement, she is over 1.8 meters tall, almost as tall as Josie. Now, patting her on the shoulder is not as easy as before.

"The Cosmic Cube, the key to the world?" Upon hearing Josie's words, Carter instantly fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Josie smiled. That's how it is. Now that the Cosmic Cube is in SSR's hands, Josie has no direct reason to covet it. However, with Boeing increasing its investment in space exploration and the launch of a satellite, Truman has signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Once passed by both houses of Congress, NASA, centered around Boeing's former space research division, can be officially established.

Although, in theory, private companies should not be involved in the establishment of national institutions like space agencies.

But what kind of place is the United States? It's a true capitalist country.

If the Federal Reserve and the IRS can be outsourced to private companies, why can't NASA?

Moreover, in terms of space technology, is there anyone in the world who can compare with Boeing, which just launched the first satellite in human history?

Once NASA is established, we'll try to win over the Department of Defense.

SSR has absolutely no chance of saving the Cosmic Cube—just like the Pegasus Project in the original timeline.

It's important to know that Project Pegasus wasn't originally a S.H.I.E.L.D. project, but rather a project of NASA and the Department of Defense.

It was only after the Captain Marvel incident that Nick Fury, who had made a huge contribution, brought her into the arms of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Now that Josie has revealed a little about the Tesseract's secrets in advance, planting a seed in Carter's mind, it will be easy for him to gain Carter's support when he represents the CIA and NASA in vying for the research rights to the Tesseract.

"Carter? Carter?" After Carter pondered for a while, Josie pretended to wake him up.

"Sorry, I was daydreaming!" Carter apologized, startled awake.

"Perhaps I'm the one who should apologize. I shouldn't have brought him up!" Josie apologized as well. "Let's not talk about this anymore. Try this sword. Its material is the same as the shield. I've always thought that super soldiers like you and Steve should have more offensive options. Relying solely on a shield is a bit too weak. Here, take it!"

As he spoke, Josie handed the sword to Carter.

Carter took the sword, swung it lightly, and instantly sliced ​​off a corner of the high-strength bulletproof polymer display case.

Since both vibranium and Valyrian steel are extremely strong yet very lightweight metals, and given that Carter is now a super soldier, wielding such a knight's longsword, which should be dual-wielded, with one hand is very easy.