Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

With his signature goatee, Tony Stark, a playboy and brilliant scientist with a high profile throughout the United States, looked tired, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, barefoot, holding a thick-bottomed glass of whiskey, staring blankly at the huge LCD screen opposite him.

Listening to the female host's report and the live footage, Tony was at a loss for words.

After a long silence, he said in a hoarse, dry voice, "Jarvis, is today April Fool's Day?"

"I'm sorry, sir, no. According to information gathered from various sources, Manhattan was indeed attacked." A gentle and magnetic male voice came from the living room.

This is an artificial intelligence developed by Tony Stark, named after his father's butler, Jarvis.

"OK, so after I did an experiment for a day, I came out and saw these things?"

Tony pressed for more information, clearly not believing what he had seen.

"Yes, sir. I have reviewed surveillance footage from the surrounding area outside Manhattan and confirmed that the battlefield is being intentionally contained within Manhattan. There are no signs of it spreading at the moment. I suggest you evacuate immediately. Would you like me to plan an evacuation route for you and arrange for a private plane to take off at any time?"

Jarvis has a dangerous protocol in place, which allows the AI ​​to immediately find the optimal solution in dangerous situations.

This will ensure Tony Stark's safety to the greatest extent possible.

Tony, however, remained unmoved.

He felt his worldview had been completely shattered. It took him a while to calm down after taking a sip of whiskey. He frowned and stared at the LCD screen.

It precisely pinpointed a scene captured in the footage.

Three Astartes warriors, clad in heavy power armor and wielding battle axes, spears, and greatswords, were fighting a group of demons.

Outside the frame, you can also occasionally see women in red trench coats displaying their graceful figures.

What shocked Tony most was that these people, wearing heavy armor, displayed speed, strength, and explosiveness far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

The standard combat formation of three soldiers is a triad, with no more than five meters between them on the ground. This distance is within their attack range.

Any monsters that attempt to breach the three-man defense line will be torn to shreds without mercy.

The monsters were numerous and swarmed forward, capable of launching various energy beams and spewing flames, but they had no effect on the armor of the three warriors.

It couldn't even make a ripple.

He had just witnessed a monster unleash an energy beam that instantly pierced through a building on the side of the street, its power astonishing.

Tony is one of the world’s most outstanding scientists; he can calculate the threshold value of the energy emitted from a simple image.

The armor was made of a very special material.

Moreover, the physical strength of those people far exceeded that of those monsters.

Tony keenly sensed that these soldiers were capable of dodging the attacks, but they seemed to be choosing to take the hits head-on in order to protect the fleeing civilians behind them from harm.

Wearing such heavy armor, they moved with agility and their attack speed was astonishingly fast.

Even the footage captured by the on-site cameras showed afterimages.

"Okay, this world has completely gone mad. What on earth happened?"

Tony was at a loss for words.

One night, he completely lost sight of the world.

Where did this experiment come from?

Is this still the Earth he knows?

Could it be that he time-traveled? Time-traveled to Earth in a parallel universe?

Clearly, it wasn't just Tony; everyone across America who saw this on television was thinking about this issue.

Panic, shock, and excitement spread across the United States in an instant.

The events that have occurred here have even begun to spread to countries outside the United States.

After all, as the most powerful country in the world, the United States naturally radiates its influence to other countries, regardless of size, and many things that happen to it will attract attention.

Chapter 163 George Stacy and the Chaos in Times Square (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The chaos in Manhattan has drawn widespread attention.

The US government reacted remarkably quickly this time.

This impacts not only on the lower classes of Manhattan, but also on the wealthy living there, and even many government officials.

Therefore, the National Guard has begun to be mobilized.

The U.S. Northern Command and the Coast Guard were mobilized.

It's obvious to everyone that this is a disaster.

Although the monsters are effectively contained in Manhattan, who knows how long the unknown and mysterious forces resisting the monsters can hold out?

Nobody wants this disaster to spread beyond Manhattan.

If New York fails to hold out due to this disaster and falls into ruin.

Regardless of whether the situation can be contained, the most direct consequence is that the US economy will plummet, or even collapse, and it may take many years to recover.

Or there's only one option: launch a nuclear missile, flatten Manhattan, and wipe out those monsters.

That would minimize the loss.

Is it possible?

Nobody can say for sure.

No one in the White House or the Oval Office dared to issue this order directly; the risk was too great.

Regardless of success or failure, the person who gave the order to launch the nuclear missile is destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame and infamous for eternity.

Manhattan has a population of several million.

No one dares to take the blame for this.

Most importantly, they all wanted to know what kind of human armed monster was fighting against those monsters.

This time, nothing went wrong.

The conference room in the Tri-Wing headquarters building.

Chief Nick Fury, still wearing his ever-present leather overcoat, frowned as he stared at the images on the projection screen.

Clearly, this sudden outbreak of events in Manhattan exceeded his expectations.

Not only him, but even Hydra leader Alexander Pierce was issuing orders.

The U.S. Northern Command and the 82nd Airborne Division were mobilized to surround Manhattan, and Apache attack helicopters and F-22 fighter jets were deployed to intervene at any time.

After giving the order, Pierce watched the live feed from the scene.

Like Nick Fury, he now shares a common idea.

That is to wait.

Pierce is unaware that his memory has been altered twice; he has forgotten the leader he once served and Negri.

I've forgotten a lot.

In the altered memories, Nigley fabricated a plausible story for him.

For example, Bucky, the Winter Soldier, was sent out on a long-term solo infiltration and assassination mission in his memory, and he would not be able to return for a long time.

All the irrationality is made reasonable by Negri's carefully crafted memories.

Pierce remains the leader who strives to revive Hydra.

But tonight, he was caught off guard in his power struggle with Nick Fury.

He crossed his arms over his chest.

This is not the situation he wants to see. What he hopes for is to develop covertly, quietly strengthen Hydra's power, seize control of the upper echelons of the United States, and thus achieve top-down control over the country.

Ultimately, the Insight Project will be completed, allowing the world to be ruled by an absolute threat.

However, his plan failed.

Can Project Insight really handle those monsters?

Will those mysterious armored warrior units that fight monsters be effective?

In today's information age, it's astonishing that there's not a single trace of such an army with such powerful combat units.

Pierce isn't exaggerating; the power he's built by parasitizing S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States is so vast that it covers the entire globe.

He can detect even the slightest anomaly, such as unusual capital flows in certain countries or the detection of abnormal energy peaks.

After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. is, to put it nicely, responsible for maintaining stability and peace on Earth.

To put it bluntly, it's global surveillance.

Hydra, which is parasitic within S.H.I.E.L.D., also possesses such a massive surveillance network.

Tonight, two things I'd never heard of before suddenly appeared.

This is very unusual.

A strange light flashed in Pierce's eyes. If he could have such an army, his progress in conquering the earth would be greatly accelerated.

It is essential to obtain the information.

......

Manhattan was in complete chaos. It wasn't just the Astartes and the Ravens fighting; the NYPD and gangsters were also involved.

Although the police in the United States are a private violent institution, their law enforcement is ultimately driven by their own interests above all else.

But they're all in Manhattan, full of monsters, and the NYPD can't escape either. They have to fight, not only to protect civilians but also to protect themselves.

Gangs are the same.

Before the monsters descended, a mysterious force greatly amplified the criminal desires of all of them, leading them to commit violent acts and crimes.

But when the monsters arrive, before they completely lose their minds, they prefer to kill the monsters first rather than make free purchases or commit crimes.

too frightening.

All officers in the Manhattan Police Department were mobilized for the operation. Aside from the initial chaos, the situation was quickly brought under control and organized under the orders of Police Chief George Stacy.

The operation included sealing off and evacuating civilians along the line from the Empire State Building, Times Square, Fifth Avenue, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge, while also conducting street warfare.

To set an example, Chief George went to the most crowded area of ​​Times Square to coordinate efforts.

Times Square, once an iconic New York landmark, is now engulfed in flames.

Thanks to the efforts of the NYPD, countless civilians were organized and protected in an orderly manner. George was very astute and did not allow civilians to enter the building facilities.

Because those monsters are so destructive, they can easily penetrate reinforced concrete buildings with just a few attacks.

Unless they are hiding in an underground facility.

The open air was originally more dangerous, but from the beginning, the group of warriors wearing heavy armor were consciously guiding them to do so.

Those warriors were ridiculously strong; they could effectively kill even the monsters in the air.

It formed an impenetrable protective barrier, preventing the monsters from harming civilians.

At night, the streets and open-air plazas of Times Square are packed with people.

Thousands of NYPD officers protected civilians on the perimeter, with Police Chief George, a middle-aged man in uniform, standing at the forefront of all the officers, holding a Remington 870 shotgun.

He and all the other police officers stared intently ahead, occasionally pulling the trigger towards the sky.

Ahead, dozens of Astartes, armed with weapons, were frantically slaughtering the attacking demons.

Leading the way was none other than Rai Che.

Wearing heavy power armor and wielding a massive one-handed battle axe engraved with magical runes, Rachel suddenly cleaved down at the dozens of demons that were charging towards him.

boom!!

In an instant, a scarlet slash dozens of meters long tore through the ground, cleaving the demons that blocked its path in two.

The soldiers not far away were in the same situation.

But the demons seemed endless, impossible to kill completely. Just then, a figure fell from the sky like a meteor, stepping on a demon that was trying to attack Raiche.