When people are bored, they tend to do impulsive things.
For example, impulse shopping.
Russell had just been a little bored in the past month, so he impulsively bought the entire building.
Although it cost him a lot of money, to him now, money is just a number.
After leaving the Octopus Monster Company headquarters, he went directly to the Zhenglian headquarters.
Now, he lives a very monotonous three-point-one-line life.
Apartment, Zhenglian Headquarters, Octopus Monster Headquarters.
Apart from these three places, he rarely appears elsewhere recently.
This isn't because he's starting to become as nerdy as Hulk, but because he really doesn't have much to do now.
Although he has the reputation of being the head of Zhenglian and the superhero serum, he has not gained reputation outside for a long time.
Except for Peter and Gwen, everyone else in Zhenglian basically doesn't perform heroic activities now.
After arriving at the Zhenglian headquarters, Russell first went to the bedroom of the suspension cloak and played a game online with the suspension cloak.
After playing the game with the levitation cloak, he went to Hulk's bedroom, pulled Hulk who was drinking in the bedroom to the training ground, and checked Hulk's recent progress.
The Hulk now is completely different from when he first joined Zhenglian.
Swords, guns, sticks, fists, feet and legs!
Although Hulk is not proficient in all the eighteen martial arts, he can basically play them well.
With some cold weapons, such as axes, hammers, bolas, etc., Hulk is better than Russell.
Russell originally planned to test Hulk's recent learning achievements and get addicted to it.
However, after he tested Hulk's learning results, Hulk offered to compete with him in boxing.
Hulk wants to use the newly learned Drunk Eight Immortals Boxing to compete with him who uses Wing Chun.
"you sure?"
Russell asked somewhat surprised.
"Hulk is sure!"
After saying that, Hulk came to the edge of the training ground and poured the whiskey he had prepared into his mouth.
After drinking the entire barrel of whiskey in one go, Hulk burped and returned to Russell smelling of alcohol.
Then, his body swayed into a cup-holding and fisting posture.
The legs are walking, the eyes are drunk, and the legs are stumbling and swaying.
Just looking at his appearance, Hulk is no different from a real drunkard now.
However, compared with a real drunkard, Hulk is obviously drunk in body but not intoxicated in heart.
The seemingly swaying and swaying steps are actually the unique movement skills of the Eight Immortals.
"Since you want to play, then I will play with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Russell assumed the Wing Chun starting position.
Unlike other boxing styles, Wing Chun's starting position is more arbitrary.
For example, Wing Chun master Ip Man's starting position is the standard "asking hand position".
Asking in the hand-asking style does not refer to Ip Man's asking, but to Wing Chun's asking-hand.
The left hand asks for the hand, the right hand holds the hand!
This is the standard starting and asking hand posture of Wing Chun.
What Russell is using now is the relatively niche "shoulder posture".
The left hand is strong, the right hand is weak!
The advantage of using the asking hand position to start is that you can control the distance before the hands come into contact with each other, and you can change your moves a lot, and it is easy to connect with the Japanese punch and launch a series of fast attacks like a machine gun.
As for the "Band-Following Pose", which is the starting hand position with the upper hand and the lowered hand, especially the "lower shoulder and lowered hand position" that Russell is now performing, there are not as many changes as the asking-hand position, and the distance between the two sides cannot be controlled.
But the advantage is that the low shoulder of the left hand can be quickly transformed into a dart hand, which is more aggressive.
These two starting moves have their own advantages and disadvantages. I can’t say which one is stronger and which one is weaker. It just depends on personal preference.
After seeing Russell perform the "shoulder position", Hulk, who was already dazed on the surface, cheered up.
Although Hulk doesn't like Wing Chun very much, he is no stranger to Wing Chun.
One look at Russell's starting style, and he knew that Russell would not choose pure defense.
After swaying and looking at Russell a few times with drunken eyes, Hulk chose to take the initiative to attack.
Hulk's legs suddenly exerted force, and his whole body rolled forward, crashing into Russell like a rolling chariot of meat bombs.
Lu Dongbin, drunk and strong enough to lift a pot!
As soon as he arrived in front of Russell, Hulk's right hand moved from bottom to top, attacking Russell as if lifting a wine bottle.
Hulk's right hand came fiercely, but Russell had no intention of giving in.
Using force on his left shoulder, his arm pushed down and his right elbow directly hit Hulk's right hand, forcibly interrupting Hulk's subsequent attack.
Bang!
The dull impact sounded like a grenade exploding.
Hulk, who was easily neutralized by Russell, did not hesitate at all. He swayed and attacked Russell again.
Zhongli of the Han Dynasty walked drunkenly and hugged the city with his heart in his arms!
Hulk's two hands, which were thicker than Russell's thighs, suddenly clasped together, as if to pick Russell up by the waist like a wine bowl.
Looking for a bridge!
Carousel horse sideways right hand!
When Hulk came towards him and hugged him, Russell turned slightly to the left, turning into a sheep-horse posture on the left side.
At the same time, the right elbow is thrown out, changing into a high-armed move, with the palm facing outward, keeping the right upper arm at a right angle to the upper body, and the left hand changing into a palm-protecting position close to the right elbow.
Then, he took a slight step forward and pushed forward with his right elbow like a discharged cannonball.
Russell would not let Hulk's big hands hug him, and decisively chose to fight attack with attack.
Before Hulk's hands could complete the encirclement, Russell, who had taken half a step, came into Hulk's arms as if he had thrown himself down, and hit Hulk's chest hard with his right elbow.
You want to use your heart on me!
Don't look down on people too much!
Just like Lu Dongbin's drunken lifting of a kettle, Hulk's Han Zhongli drunk walking, hugging the heart, and his heart have no chance to be used to completion.
After being hit in the chest by Russell's right elbow, even the huge Hulk was inevitably knocked five or six meters away.
Russell now does not use the super strength given by Kryptonian physique to bully Hulk, but controls his strength to about the same level as Hulk.
After knocking Hulk away with an elbow, Russell didn't give Hulk a chance to breathe, and chased after him like a shadow.
Chasing horse steps!
He did not use his flying ability, but used the horse chasing technique in Wing Chun, and arrived in front of Hulk in the blink of an eye.
Looking for a bridge!
Double suffocating hands, double straight palms!
Russell's hands turned into double hands, and his elbows were forcefully pulled back.
Bury your elbows, palms forward, facing the Hulk, palms level with your chest, and push out with force.
Hulk, who had not yet landed, once again received a heavy blow from Russell.
This time, it was no longer one hand, but both hands.
Hulk, who was about to land, was hit by Russell's double palms and flew backwards again.
Taking advantage of Hulk's body now in the air, Russell stood up and stepped forward again.
The Japanese characters are punching, folding hands, straight palms, blocking hands and punching...
Russell fully utilized the simplicity and speed of Wing Chun, as if he was playing a wooden mannequin that would keep retreating, with his hands constantly beckoning to the Hulk.
A series of blows as fast as lightning, knocking Hulk unconscious.
wrong!
This is not the script I want!
After withstanding dozens of punches from Russell, Hulk roared and began to resist.
Uncle Cao Guo, the immortal toasts and locks the throat!
Han Xiangzi, grabbing his wrists and holding his chest, was drunk and playing the flute!
Lan Caihe, single-handedly toasted and defeated!
…
The stunned Hulk began to use the tricks of the Eight Immortals indiscriminately without considering the actual situation.
Although Hulk is now fighting back, under Russell's machine gun-like series of fast attacks, his resistance has not had the desired effect.
Euler, Euler, Euler, Euler...
Russell now completely ignored Hulk's self-esteem, and followed Hulk's request to "spar" with Hulk using Wing Chun.
In other words, beat up the Hulk!
Under Russell's series of fast attacks that were so fast that even the afterimages were almost invisible, Hulk was not ordinary annoyed.
It must have been because I drank too much that I had the impulsive idea to use Drunken Eight Immortals to fight Russell Wing Chun!
Although Russell didn't know what Hulk was thinking now.
However, after knocking Hulk down with a standard Japanese punch, he did not continue to attack Hulk.
Hulk is not an enemy and there is no need to fight him to death.
"Your Eight Drunken Immortals need to practice more."
After withdrawing his fist, Russell said to the fallen Hulk.
"There's nothing wrong with Hulk's Eight Drunken Immortals, but your Wing Chun is too unreasonable."
Hulk got up from the ground and said with a look of reluctance.
"The Eight Drunken Immortals are no weaker than Wing Chun. What determines the power of boxing is the person who practices it."
Russell reminded Hulk.
However, with Hulk's current attitude, there is a high probability that he will not agree with this sentence.
Hulk said nothing, patted the dust on his body and rubbed the painful parts.
Then, he walked straight towards the edge of the training ground.
After arriving at the training ground, he picked up the second wine barrel and poured tons and tons of wine into his mouth.
If you don't understand Hulk's character, after seeing Hulk's current behavior, you will probably think that Hulk is going to continue the second game.
But Russell knew that Hulk continued to pour wine into his mouth now, not because he wanted to continue the second game, but simply because he wanted to drink.
After speaking to Hulk, he flew directly towards the residential area.
Although it was still several hours before dark, he had no intention of returning to the Octopus Headquarters, let alone his apartment early.
Diana is in the apartment now. If he goes back early, there is a high probability that he will be dragged into playing Ludo again by Diana.
Although flying chess is an entertainment activity that can make people happy physically and mentally, it is still very tiring if not exercised in moderation.
After flying back to the living area, he came to the room of the levitating cloak, which was nominally a bedroom, but was actually a game room.
Although Levitation Cloak cannot speak, it must be said that Levitation Cloak is a very strong and competent gaming teammate.
Until nightfall, Russell did not leave the room with the levitating cloak, playing console games with multiplayer modes with the levitating cloak.
Although Russell likes to play games, he only likes to play console games.
After nightfall, Russell said goodbye to the suspension cloak and Hulk and flew towards the apartment.
Just like the previous few days, when he returned to the apartment, Diana had already prepared today's dinner.
Since she doesn't have to go to work, Diana now has more time to study cooking skills.
Of course, there was also more time to play Ludo with Russell.
In the following time, Russell and Diana did things that a normal cohabiting couple would do, including having dinner together, watching soap operas, bathing together and playing Ludo together.
It’s another ordinary day!
After playing the last game of Ludo with Diana tonight, Russell lay on the comfortable and soft bed, looking up at the ceiling and sighing silently.
Just when he thought the day was finally coming to an end, No. 3's voice suddenly rang.
"Sir, there was an unexplained big explosion at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Base in Tucson, Arizona, and the surveillance satellite detected a gamma energy signal that seriously exceeded the standard."
After hearing No. 3's voice, Russell, who was about to go to bed, frowned.
An unexplained explosion?
Although No. 3 described the sudden explosion as having an unknown cause, Russell knew exactly what it was about.
Cosmic Rubik's Cube!
To be precise, it is the portal through which the Cosmic Cube was forcibly opened!
Under normal circumstances, if you want to use the Cosmic Cube to open the portal, you must have the Cosmic Cube.
But in addition to this conventional method, there is also a very special opening method, which is to remotely open the portal, and it is opened remotely without the Cosmic Cube.
Loki in the movie universe used this special door-opening method to come from distant outer space to the laboratory where the Cosmic Cube is located.
Then, in front of his mother-in-law, Nick Fury, he snatched the Cosmic Cube, abducted Hawkeye Barton, and destroyed the base.
Although Russell didn't know how Loki, who was in far outer space, did it, he was certain of one thing, that is, the portal created by the Cosmic Cube could be opened from both sides.
It doesn't matter whether you have the Cosmic Cube or not.
As long as the Cosmic Cube is willing to respond, it can actively open the portal to pick you up, no matter where you are in the universe.
"Continue to monitor the base. In addition, send a team of White Zetsu soldiers to check out the situation."
Russell ordered No. 3.
"Okay, sir!"
No. 3 answered immediately.
After giving orders to No. 3, Russell continued to lie on the bed with no intention of getting up.
"Don't you want to take a look?"
Diana, who was sleeping next to Russell, drew circles on his chest with her right index finger and asked lazily.
"I won't go. The explosion was a SHIELD and NSNA base, not a Zhenglian base. Don't worry too much."
Although he said this, the image of the Chitauri army attacking New York had already appeared in Russell's mind.
I don’t know who will be the vanguard of Thanos this time, or is it Loki?
Russell couldn't help but think.
But soon, he ruled out this possibility.
Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Loki serving as the vanguard of Thanos is not high.
The reason is simple, because Thor was not exiled to Earth like in the movie universe.
Thor was not exiled to Earth by Odin, which means that the Bifrost Battle between Thor and Loki will not happen.
Since the Battle of the Rainbow Bridge did not happen, Loki would naturally not wander the universe, let alone meet Thanos.
"You seem to know what's going to happen next?"
Diana raised her head and looked at him with her big black gem-like Kazilan eyes, a trace of doubt appeared on her flawless and pretty face.
"There are just some speculations, but I can't say whether it will happen or not."
Russell and Diana had already discussed similar issues before, discussing whether SHIELD's research on the Cosmic Cube would lead to an alien invasion.
Although he knew that there was a high probability that the Cosmic Cube attracted Chitauri, he could not explain this to Diana directly.
Although he has mastered a lot of magic now, predicting the future is not what he can do now.
"If there is really an alien invasion this time, I will also come forward to solve it. I can no longer continue to work in the museum."
Diana said seriously.
"good!"
Russell did not refuse and agreed immediately.
If the Battle of New York really happened, it would just be enough for Diana to appear as Wonder Woman.
In fact, Russell had planned this long ago.
Unlike Kara and Peter, letting Diana appear on the stage is not something that can be solved in a press conference.
As Diana's boyfriend, Russell felt it was his duty to arrange a grand and grand entrance for Diana.
More importantly, only such a major event that can attract global attention is worthy of Diana's identity and strength.
At least that's what he thought.
the next day.
Because the Ludo game last night was a bit intense, Russell and Diana slept until eleven o'clock in the morning.
After opening his eyes, the first thing Russell saw was Diana walking towards the bedroom wearing only a white shirt, revealing her long white legs.
"You're awake~"
Diana looked back at Russell and showed a charming smile like the sun.
"Um!"
Russell replied.
Then, he stood up and followed Diana into the bathroom.
It was originally just a simple wash, but for some special reasons, Russell and Diana stayed in the bathroom for an hour before returning to the bedroom.
After returning to the bedroom and changing into their own clothes, Diana went to the kitchen to prepare today's lunch.
Russell came to the study room and browsed the information collected so far on No. 3.
While drinking coffee and looking at the pictures and data on the holographic screen, he frowned slightly.
No. 3 just told him last night that an unexplained explosion occurred at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Base.
However, the real situation is much more serious than what No. 3 said.
The joint dark energy mission base of SHIELD and NSNA not only suffered an unexplained explosion, but the entire mountain was destroyed.
Looking at the huge crater with a diameter of several kilometers displayed on the screen, Russell had some bad premonitions.
Although in the movie universe, the base was also destroyed by Loki, the scene was far less serious than it is now.
The huge crater on the screen looks like it was hit by a giant meteorite.
After seeing the current miserable situation at the Joint Dark Energy Mission Base, Russell browsed other information collected on the 3rd.
Although the satellite responsible for monitoring the base is not a specialized spy satellite, the satellite still captured some interesting pictures.
Satellites captured images of the explosion at the base, as well as various vehicles and helicopters that quickly evacuated before the explosion.
In these slightly blurry shots, No. 3 specifically marked an ordinary-looking vehicle.
This is a very ordinary transport vehicle.
However, the passengers on the transport vehicle were anything but ordinary.
After technical processing, No. 3 made this somewhat blurry picture much clearer.
After seeing the passengers on the transport vehicle, Russell sighed silently.
Sure enough it was them!
Although he could only see the two people sitting on the cargo box of the vehicle, he recognized the two guys at a glance.
Black Dwarf, who is as big as Hulk and far larger than ordinary people, and General Deathblade, who is the first of the five Obsidian generals and holds a special sickle-like blade, second only to Thanos.
The one driving the car was blocked by the roof and glass, so the adjustment effect was not very good, and only a rough outline could be seen.
Judging from the outline, the person driving the car is most likely Proxima Centauri, the lover of General Deathblade.
There is no Loki to serve as the vanguard, so let the three of the five black generals, Black Dwarf, Deathblade, and Proxima Centauri, serve as the vanguard?
This arrangement of Thanos cannot be said to be wrong, but Russell always found it a bit strange.
Although the teleportation gate automatically opened by the Cosmic Cube cannot bring the entire Chitauri army over, but even so, if Thanos wants to send a vanguard from the five Obsidian generals, he should also send the most terrifying and cunning among the five Obsidian generals. Ebony Maw is like a strategist, not the three Deathblade Generals.
Even if Ebony Maw alone is not safe, he can let Ebony Maw, General Deathblade, and Proxima Centauri serve as vanguards instead of letting Black Dwarf come over, who doesn't look very smart at all.
has a problem!
There must be something wrong!
There's no way Thanos doesn't realize this.
After looking at the restored scene on No. 3, he browsed the report of the White Jue warriors who rushed to Tucson last night.
The information fed back by the White Zetsu warriors was nothing special. It was just that the base had completely disappeared, and the staff of SHIELD and NSNA suffered heavy casualties.
"Let the White Jue Warriors continue to collect intelligence and find a few SHIELD 'insiders' to understand the situation."
"Is there any news from Natasha?"
Russell asked No. 3.
"I haven't received any contact from Natasha yet."
No. 3 answered quickly.
After hearing No. 3's answer, Russell thought for a few seconds.
Later, he used the "Absolute Order" of the King's Serum to connect to Grendel who was still in the Atlantic Ocean Temple.
"You immediately go to the Joint Dark Energy Mission Research Base in Tucson, Arizona, show your face, pretend to inspect the wreckage of the base, and then you can leave."
"Okay, Your Majesty! Your most loyal, reliable and trustworthy subordinate, Grendel, promises to complete the mission!"
Grendel's voice came directly to his mind through a mental connection.
Without giving Grendel a chance to continue speaking, Russell decisively severed the mental connection.
After doing all this, he picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.
Afterwards, he left the study and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch with Diana.
After having a warm lunch cooked by Diana in the apartment, Russell leisurely came to the octopus monster headquarters.
Although Thanos has sent the three Deathblade Generals to Earth, he doesn't particularly care about it now.
In order for the Cosmic Cube to open a portal stable enough for the Chitauri army to pass through, the three Deathblade Generals still have a lot to do.
Simply put, it is unlikely that the Chitauri army will come to Earth in the short term.
