Spellcasting Gods

He wasn't stupid; he wouldn't let these two people know that Captain America's betrayal was actually his fault.

Since the other party was unlikely to confront Alexander Pierce anyway, they simply pinned all the blame on Hydra.

There's nothing we can do; these guys are hopeless and got themselves killed.

Nick Fury sensed a conspiracy and, with his one eye wide open, tentatively asked, "Can you help us?"

"I've already helped you awaken his memories. As for the rest, you'll have to figure that out yourselves. With the Winter Soldier's help, I'm confident you can stop Alexander Pierce from launching Project Insight. If that doesn't work, you can call me. Just a heads up, my fees are quite high."

After saying that, Zhang Cheng smiled slightly, his whole body gradually became transparent, and finally disappeared completely.

Natasha Romanov cautiously surveyed her surroundings until she was certain that the biggest uncertainty had truly left, then she quickly approached the one-eyed director and whispered, "Frey! Just a few minutes ago, Alexander Pierce met with that guy in person and even discussed a lot about Project Insight."

"Oh? About what?" Nick Fury spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood, his face looking somewhat gloomy.

"His plan was to keep Hydra hidden in the shadows, secretly developing its power until it completely controlled the world. He treated this war, which involved the lives of millions, as a social experiment!"

At this point, Black Widow's voice suddenly became sharp, and her eyes revealed undisguised anger.

"Did Alexander Pierce agree?" Nick Fury continued to ask.

“No! No! I think that might be the reason he stopped cooperating with Hydra,” Natasha Romanov replied, shaking her head quickly.

"Is that so? Looks like we still have some luck, don't we? If he really sides with Hydra, I can't guarantee we can turn the tables in the end..."

Before Nick Fury could finish speaking, Bucky Barnes, who was lying on the ground, suddenly twitched, then jumped up, his face full of confusion: "Where...where am I? Where is Steve...where is Steve?"

"Calm down! Do you remember what just happened?" Black Widow carefully maintained a safe distance.

She hadn't forgotten the formidable fighting power her opponent had displayed in just a few minutes, and she had no desire to fight another battle.

“Um…sorry, I don’t remember. I only remember falling off the train, and that’s it.” Bucky Barnes crouched down, clutching his head.

Clearly, to avoid trouble, Zhang Cheng reverted his memories to before he was modified and brainwashed. Having decided to abandon Hydra, his change of heart was faster than turning the pages of a book…

Chapter 0525 War Begins

With Nick Fury, Black Widow, and the Winter Soldier all disappearing from Hydra's sight, Alexander Pierce quickly realized the gravity of the situation and swiftly accelerated the progress of "Project Insight."

They even went so far as to play the card of the traitorous Captain America to convince the World Security Council that they needed "Project Insight" to deal with the increasingly dangerous and chaotic situation.

In just two or three days, he obtained the final authorization and placed all the more than one hundred super soldiers he had created at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters in order to deal with possible sudden attacks.

Meanwhile, Nick Fury was also secretly rallying his friends.

Hawkeye, Iron Man, and War Machine have all joined the cast, along with the Winter Soldier and Black Widow who have broken free from their brainwashing, making the lineup unprecedentedly powerful.

After all, the current situation is quite complicated, and due to Zhang Cheng's intervention, it is much more dangerous than the original plot. The one-eyed bureau chief dares not be careless.

In particular, the hundreds of super soldiers created with the blood of divine dragons, once they blended in among ordinary people and hid, their destructive power was simply indescribable.

And so, after a period of intense preparation, the two sides finally clashed in the last half hour before the aircraft carrier was about to take off.

……

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A red streak streaked across the sky, directly destroying three Quinjet fighters that had just taken off and were about to launch interceptor missiles.

Without even asking, it's obvious that this is none other than Tony Stark, the Iron Man who always loves to make a grand entrance.

The silver-gray figure following behind him was naturally his friend, War Machine—James Rhodes.

With their unparalleled mobility and the help of intelligent assistance systems, they easily disrupted S.H.I.E.L.D.'s defense system and even managed to hack into the internal network, transmitting pre-recorded video footage from Nick Fury to every monitor.

In less than ten minutes, the members of S.H.I.E.L.D. all realized that their organization had been infiltrated by Hydra, and even Captain America had been brainwashed and turned into a terrifying assassin.

In an instant, many agents who were still loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. took up arms and began to resist Hydra's control, with gunshots and explosions ringing out everywhere.

Seeing the chaotic scene outside, Alexander Pierce finally roared in uncontrollable rage, "Send out our most elite soldiers! All of them! Make sure the flying carrier can take off successfully!"

"understand!"

Brock Rumlow nodded vigorously and quickly gave the order into the microphone.

In the blink of an eye, a group of soldiers dressed in black uniforms and fully armed rushed out from the hidden corners and launched a three-dimensional attack on Iron Man and War Machine flying around in mid-air.

Despite the assistance of the intelligent system, the two avoided most of the anti-aircraft missiles, but they were still hit a few times in the end and crashed to the ground, creating two large craters.

“Fuck! Tony, you didn’t tell me these guys had anti-aircraft missiles!” James Rhodes cursed as he got up from the ground.

"Don't complain, they're coming."

Tony Stark raised his right hand and fired a shockwave at one of the charging super soldiers.

boom!

After a loud bang, the young soldier was not thrown back; he merely took two steps back before being tackled to the ground.

"Damn it! Jarvis! Tell me what just happened?" Iron Man asked his AI assistant and combat partner as he tried to break free from Jarvis's grasp.

“Sir, according to the scan, the enemy in front of you possesses more than twenty times the strength and physical abilities of a normal human. It is precisely because of this superhuman physique that he withstood the shockwave you fired. Also, just a heads up, there are at least one hundred and seven identical super soldiers around.” Jarvis gave the answer in a completely emotionless tone.

"What?! There are over a hundred guys like that?!" Tony Stark's jaw dropped in astonishment.

After a brief struggle, no one understood better than him how terrifying these guys, whose strength, speed, and recovery were far beyond that of ordinary people, were.

If it weren't for the protection of his Iron Man suit, he probably wouldn't have lasted even a second.

"Tony! I have some bad news for you. Over a hundred super soldiers are charging towards us!" James Rhodes jumped up, kicked away the enemy clinging to his friend's leg, and quickly climbed into the sky.

“Nick Fury! I need an explanation! You never told me that Hydra had more than a hundred ‘Steve Rogers’!” Iron Man followed suit, escaping into the sky to question Nick Fury via radio.

However, the cunning "Egg" did not answer his question directly, but instead comforted him softly: "Relax, I have already sent someone to ask for reinforcements. You just need to hold them off."

Before Tony Stark could even gather his strength to press further, Nick Fury immediately ordered his two other men, "Romanoff, Clint! Move!"

"Roger that!"

"understand!"

Black Widow and Hawkeye, who had already secretly infiltrated the building, walked through the corridor one after the other, quickly took down several Hydra agents at the office door, and broke in.

"Ah! You've finally shown up! Steve, take them down!" Alexander Pierce showed no panic at the appearance of the two and immediately gave the order to Captain America.

"Long live Hydra!"

Without a word, Steve Rogers shouted a slogan, raised his shield, and charged forward.

Unbeknownst to anyone, on the outside of the building, the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes had silently infiltrated the interior of one of the space carriers.

……

Meanwhile, in an unassuming little restaurant on the side of the road in Washington, D.C., Zhang Cheng was enjoying a steaming bowl of delicious barbecue while watching the news on television to learn about the latest developments in the battle between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.

It must be said that Western journalists' sense of smell and speed are far more efficient than any intelligence organization.

In less than five minutes since the outbreak of the war, the footage has been transmitted to the world.

It should be noted that even the CIA, FBI, and military under the US government had not yet had time to react.

Just as he swallowed a piece of juicy beef, several familiar figures suddenly appeared. The middle-aged man in the lead sat down across the table without saying a word.

These guys were none other than Coulson and his teammates, who had disappeared for some time.

Of course, due to the impact of the Hydra rebellion, everyone's face showed signs of exhaustion to varying degrees.

Looking into Coulson's wary eyes, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smile and shake his head before asking, "So, what does the director want with me?"

Chapter 0526 New Elements

“Here! Take a look! This is the killing machine that Hydra created using your blood.” Coulson took out his phone, opened one of the video files, and placed it on the table.

As for the content, it's nothing more than some bloody and cruel injection scenes, as well as some strength, physical fitness, and combat tests.

Clearly, Hydra has mastered the critical point of divinity and understands how much dragon blood to inject to prevent the test subjects from going out of control.

Of course, due to the reduction of divinity, these later mass-produced super soldiers were far less powerful than the original few, but they were sufficient for a unit.

"You came all this way just to show me this?" Zhang Cheng licked the sauce from the corner of his mouth, a half-smile on his face.

"No, I just want you to understand that making a deal with Hydra is not a wise choice."

Seeing that there was not a trace of guilt or regret in the other person's eyes, Coulson immediately realized that his strategy had failed and decisively ended the conversation.

In fact, he originally intended to try to use emotions such as sympathy and guilt to achieve his goal.

Unfortunately, Zhang Cheng, having completely embraced darkness, had long since abandoned the weaker parts of most human nature. Even if the entire Earth exploded and human civilization perished, he would not shed a single tear.

"Don't worry, I will never do any more deals with Hydra. Because through this incident, I've realized that they can only hide in the dark sewers like cockroaches and rats, and they are not worthy of owning or dominating the world." Zhang Cheng's words made no attempt to hide his contempt for Hydra.

Although in the eyes of many, Hydra is a massive, dangerous, and evil supervillain, even capable of threatening the safety of the Earth.

In his eyes, most Hydra leaders had too narrow a vision, lacking the ambition and domineering spirit to dominate the world. They were content with eating the scraps left over from Wall Street bankers and occasionally causing minor troubles. They had no long-term, meticulous plans and wasted the resources they controlled.

"Oh? Hydra would be very upset if they heard your assessment. Also, the director asked me to do something for you: get rid of all these super soldiers. It shouldn't be too difficult for you." With that, Coulson transmitted a list to Zhang Cheng's phone via wireless network.

The latter glanced at it briefly, then quickly looked up and asked, "What about the payment? Don't tell me that bureau chief wants me to work for free."

"Here's your payment!" Coulson quickly opened the briefcase in his hand.

moment!

Two sealed tubes came into view.

One of them contained a deep blue, translucent particle, while the other contained a small piece of the famous vibranium.

Undoubtedly, the one-eyed bureau chief knew that Zhang Cheng had been collecting all sorts of strange and unusual elements, so he specially prepared two things that he had never encountered before as bargaining chips.

Without any hesitation!

Zhang Cheng crushed the bulletproof glass, which was strong enough to withstand large-caliber bullets, held the two elements in his palm, closed his eyes, and used the alchemy stone to sense its internal structure.

Five full minutes later, he slowly opened his eyes, smiled, and said to Coulson, "The deal is done! Give me thirty seconds!"

"Thirty seconds? Our plane..."

Before Coulson could finish speaking, Zhang Cheng vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a table of unfinished barbecue.

“Fitz! Did you see that? What just happened?” Melinda immediately asked the team’s technical support over the radio.

"Uh... it should be some kind of teleportation magic! Sorry, this is not within the scope of science, and I cannot give an accurate answer at the moment."

"Damn it! Quick! Everyone back on the plane! We're heading to headquarters!"