Marvel's whitewashing cop, you want me to save the world?

Chapter 146 Li En's Awakening

A moment of silence.

Li En raised his hand, pressed the watch on his wrist, and connected to the suburban laboratory.

"Tony, how's your discussion going, you three? Come on in."

A light screen popped up above the watch.

Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Connors all appeared in the frame at the same time.

Bruce Banner's hair was a mess, as if it had been scratched countless times.

Connors's expression wasn't good either; his lips were pursed tightly.

Tony's expression was calm, but everyone present could tell what was pressing beneath that calm.

The three of them had just had a rather heated argument in the lab.

Tony spoke first, getting straight to the point without any preamble: "Our conclusion is that a certain degree of sacrifice is acceptable."

"But at the same time, we must be fully prepared and minimize the sacrifices."

"We must be prepared to sacrifice ourselves and not abandon anyone."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the arc-shaped reactor on his chest: "Recently, I discovered a new element in the documents left by my father, which will allow me to build a new reactor ark soon."

By then, the whole world will be able to access clean energy.

Furthermore, with the dragon's blood potion, which can be produced in unlimited quantities, human lifespan and health will be greatly extended.

He spoke slowly, but he enunciated each word very clearly.

"Sounds amazing, doesn't it?"

He paused for a moment and shook his head.

"But that's not enough. Until now, I still don't have any direction on how to build a spaceship."

Not to mention technologies like space jumps, which were completely beyond our comprehension.

If Nick Fury wasn't lying—

He paused for a moment, then spoke again, eliminating any hesitation in his voice.

"No, Li En doesn't lie, so the aliens definitely have technology that can crush Earth."

"Even if we have Thor as an ally, what if the other side has weapons that can fire directly at Earth from outside the universe?"

What can we do? Wait to go extinct like the dinosaurs?

Tony's meaning is very clear.

Even if he created clean energy that could be used by all of humanity.

Even if the Umbrella Corporation could produce Dragon's Blood Elixir that would prevent everyone from getting sick and prolong their lives.

On a cosmic scale, none of this changes one thing: Earth's defenses are virtually nonexistent.

Therefore, advancing space technology is not an option.

Steve took a deep breath, his chest heaving more than usual.

Of course he understands these so-called grand principles.

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that there's a hurdle in his heart that he can't overcome no matter what.

He walked up to Li En, staring intently at him, and asked, word by word, "Li En, is the opportunity you mentioned going to happen soon?"

Li En nodded: "That's right, we don't know when the next opportunity will come."

But this time I'm very certain, and it's a situation I can control.

Steve took two more deep breaths, his chest rising and falling as if he were using his breath to push something down.

He spoke again, his voice even hoarser than before: "Isn't there any other way?"

Li En shook his head slightly, then turned to Coulson without waiting any longer and said, "Leave the Tesseract here and send people from Stark Industries over to continue the research in this research facility."

Then, Steve, Natasha, Barton, and Melinda, you guys come back with me first to get injected with Dragonblood Potion and Dragonblood Potion Type II.

Continue the fight against Hydra, but don't stray too far from New York.

"Coulson, I'll have someone bring you two vials of this medicine."

His speech quickened, as if he were pulling out a list of tasks that had been arranged in his mind.

"Tony, get your Mark armor mass production plan started right away."

"Banner, I think you could try talking to Hulk more."

"Nick Fury, find some time to bring us aboard your ship."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the communicator, followed by Nick Fury's slightly surprised voice: "You even know about air carriers? I should have used Howard's privileges to block Jarvis's satellite detection."

Li En did not explain.

He had just been mentally rehearsing the Chitauri invasion route when he suddenly thought of that airship.

Following this clue backwards, it's not hard to guess Fury's hiding place.

That guy was hiding up there from the beginning.

"Alright, let's arrange it like this for now."

He turned and walked towards the door, his footsteps disappearing at the end of the corridor.

Nick Fury, who had been silent for a while on the other end of the communicator, suddenly spoke.

His voice was low, but every word reached Steve's ears steadily.

"You should have figured it out by now, Steve."

Steve did not reply.

"Li En was ostensibly asking for our opinions, but in reality, he had already been making plans for a long time."

Whether you support him or oppose him, he is prepared to sacrifice a portion of the population in exchange for the opportunity for a leap forward in Earth's space technology.

Steve closed his eyes.

correct.

Considering Li En's arrangements just now, and reflecting on his consistent way of doing things...

That kind of accurate judgment about many things, almost as if it were a prediction.

The direction of resource allocation within Umbrella Corporation.

And that "Earth Alliance Party" that suddenly appeared.

Putting all of this together, the answer is quite clear.

Li En had been preparing for this for a long time.

He just asked everyone present for their opinions, but perhaps he wasn't really seeking their input.

It's more like a sign of respect, giving those who fought alongside you a chance to know in advance.

Whether Steve agrees or not, Lee will eventually do it.

Steve opened his eyes, sighed, and as the voice squeezed out from deep in his throat, it carried an indescribable mix of helplessness and relief: "I understand. All we can do now is minimize the sacrifices before disaster strikes."

He handed the communicator back to Coulson and turned to walk out the door.

That afternoon, Stark Industries staff and Jane Foster's mentor, Dr. Selvig, were taken to the Pegasus Project Institute.

Li En then led Steve and the others onto the helicopter and returned directly to the Umbrella School laboratory, where he injected them with Dragon Blood Potion and Dragon Blood Potion Type II.

After the injection was completed, Li En instructed Barton and Natasha to work with Steve to quickly eliminate several Hydra bases around New York that had already been identified by intelligence.

There were also some confirmed Hydra members being eliminated.

Once all these arrangements were finalized, he called Jessica and Peter over.

After the two received the type II injection.

One of them twirled his fingers in a corner, watching the electric arcs dancing on his boxing gloves.

Another was looking down at the spider silk transmitter on his wrist, muttering to himself about adjusting the output power parameters.

"Jessica," Lee Enxian called her name first.

Jessica raised her head and slammed her fists together in front of her chest, the arcs of electricity on her gloves crackling and exploding into a ball of cold blue light.

It was clear that she was extremely satisfied with the boxing gloves Tony had made for her.

"From now on, you will be responsible for the security of the entire Manhattan area. Currently, Hellsword's official members are not enough."

"Okay!" Jessica answered crisply, and sparks flew from her boxing gloves.

"Peter." Lee turned to the other side.

Peter immediately stood up straight, snapped the wrist strap of the spider silk launcher tight, and wore an expression that was somewhere between nervousness and excitement.

"The security of Queens is in your hands."

"No problem!" Peter replied quickly, speaking as fast as ever.

"After these two rounds of enhancement, I feel that my abilities have increased significantly. I can patrol the entire Queens district all night without feeling tired."

And we get overtime pay for night patrols, so I'll work really hard!

He was genuinely happy when he said this.

Although he and Jessica were once candidates for Hellsword.

But Barron's office calculates overtime pay based on the time spent on nightly street patrols.

He patrols until late at night, earning up to eight hundred dollars a day.

Moreover, this income is included in a formal contract with Umbrella Corporation.

He could openly and honestly hand over the money to his uncle to help with household expenses.

The situation at home is much better than before.

He genuinely loves his current job, which allows him to help others and improve his family's life.

It's about the same for Jessica.

She has even made quite a name for herself in Manhattan.

Lately, I've also become somewhat obsessed with being a detective, going to the police station every few days to dig up those old cases that no one has taken care of, and then deducing and tracking down suspects on my own.

Bright has mentioned in her reports more than once that she has borrowed half of the files in the Manhattan precinct’s evidence room and has not yet returned them.

Li En looked at the two young men in front of him, and his expression slowly tightened.

"You two need to become thoroughly familiar with our current resources as quickly as possible during your daily case handling."

"You need to be able to unleash 120% of your strength in actual combat."

He paused for a moment, the light moving from Jessica's face to Peter's face, and then back again.

"It won't be long before New York is hit by a disaster."

At that time, the combined strength of the two of you will be extremely important.

Jessica's smile faded, and the electric arcs on her boxing gloves quieted down.

Peter lowered his hand from his wrist to check the spider silk projectile, stood up straight, and the excited, chattering look on his face completely disappeared.

The two young men spoke at the same time, their tone completely different from when they received their daily tasks earlier.

"clear."

Li En nodded in satisfaction and waved for the two to leave.

He reviewed the plan again to make sure there was nothing missing, or rather, he couldn't think of anything missing.

wrong----

After thinking for a moment, Li En dialed Brock's number.

"Brock, get those compliant gangsters to stock up on weapons."

"We will purchase it at market price after a period of time."

"Let's prepare 100 million first."

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