Rome, Italy.
In order to avoid causing international disputes and public panic, SHIELD's Harrier fighter jets landed on the edge of the city with stealth.
An elite special operations team led by Captain America Steve Rogers, assisted by Level 8 agent Phil Coulson, Level 7 agent Melinda May, and Brock Rumlow formed the The main force of this 'annihilation' mission.
Everyone took the bulletproof car provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. and headed to the mission target location.
The Church of Our Lady of Cosmetine in Marcello Theater Street, with its world-famous marble sculpture 'The Mouth of Truth', had a strange collapse yesterday afternoon. It was speculated that the collapse may have been caused by an earthquake. Fortunately, it did not cause any damage. There were casualties and the area has been cordoned off by local police.
SHIELD is a global organization.
In addition to the Asian region, there are branches in Europe, the United States, Africa and other countries. This time, after discovering the anomaly, the European branch sealed off the scene immediately to avoid causing panic among ordinary people.
Colson and May got out of the car, took out their prepared IDs, and handed them to the police in charge of the perimeter blockade.
The policeman took the certificate and looked at them in surprise: "The United Nations Special Operations Investigation Team and the World Heritage Protection Center?"
"That's right."
Colson's face remained calm and his heart did not beat. He smiled and said: "We are responsible for assessing the damage this time and 'repairing' the cultural relics."
"...Are you really here to repair cultural relics?" The corner of the policeman's mouth twitched visibly.
These dozen or so men, nearly two meters tall, exuding toughness and murderous intent from the inside out, no matter how you look at them, they have nothing to do with repairing cultural relics, right?
After Mei's eyes passed over the officer's chest, she looked directly into his eyes and said half-threateningly and half-seriously: "Officer Daniel, for the sake of your job and your life, it's best not to ask too many questions about some things, do you understand?"
Daniel was silent for a moment, looked at the group of people fearfully, and turned sideways to make way for them: "Let's go over there."
Everyone crossed the police blockade and came to the Mouth of Truth.
The people on the second cordon who were responsible for picking up their group were branch members who had already contacted them in advance. When they saw them coming, they went up and gave Colson a warm hug.
"Thank God you are finally here!"
The man wiped the sweat from his head and said straight to the point without any hesitation: "The underground research room completely collapsed, but we detected two vital signs. Judging from the data, they should be human beings."
"Have the entrances been cleared?" Coulson asked.
"We barely cleared one, but it can only accommodate one person, and we don't even know what's going on inside, so we've been waiting for you to come over." The person in charge described the situation inside clearly in just a few words.
"Let me go."
Steve didn't hesitate and volunteered to be the vanguard.
Coulson and May exchanged glances, and both thought the captain was the best candidate.
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"Captain Rogers, be careful." Coulson was still a little worried and reminded again.
"Well, I'll be careful."
Steve would not make fun of his own life. After equipping the vibranium shield, he put on the familiar Stars and Stripes suit. While stretching his muscles, he said: "If they are still down there, I will find a way to hold them back." , please provide support as soon as possible.”
Click!
Rumlow pulled the gun bolt and grinned: "Don't worry, Captain."
In order to eliminate the "Pillar Men" this time, SHIELD specially equipped them with brand-new energy weapons based on the energy of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube. Any carbon-based creature will be killed by thousands on the spot as long as it is hit. The high temperature burned it to ashes!
The man of the pillar?
In the face of modern technology, we are nothing more than a group of savages who drink blood and hair!
Steve had seen the power of this weapon as early as World War II, so he felt more at ease with Rumlow and others, so the cat got up and drilled along the collapsed gap.
The cave below collapsed quite seriously.
There is almost no place for people to step on, so they have to rely on the strength of their hands to hold on to the wall and climb down slowly.
This is also thanks to the fact that he is a super soldier. Otherwise, if someone else had come, they might not be able to get down safely.
This difficult climb lasted for more than ten minutes.
Steve had just squeezed out of the gap between the collapsed boulders and successfully reached the location of the research institute.
The giant steel door at the outermost edge of the research institute is about one meter thick and should be the most defensive facility. However, it was still violently knocked open from the inside and flew out for a full three to four meters, penetrating deeply. Inside the underground rock wall.
But the most surprising thing was that when Steve looked at the inside of the iron door, he found that it was marked with chaotic and violent fist marks, which were several inches deep into the steel.
"What a terrifying power!"
Steve reached out and brushed over the fist marks, feeling the lines after the steel cracked. His pupils couldn't stop trembling slightly, and he felt a violent shock in his heart.
This is a steel door with a thickness of one meter. It was smashed open by punch after punch. It was able to reach this level with pure physical strength. You can imagine how terrifying the ancient Pillar Man clan was!
At least, he couldn't do it to this extent.
call......
Steve took a deep breath, wiped the shield hanging on his right arm, calmed down a little, and continued to move towards the interior of the research room.
Along the way.
In addition to the collapsed laboratory, there were human skins that had been sucked dry everywhere.
There was no flesh and blood left inside these people, only dry skin, which made Steve shudder.
As he continued to go deeper, Steve suddenly saw a bright light under the collapsed boulder not far ahead.
The brightness of that glimmer of light was very weak. If he hadn't had good eyesight, he might not have been able to see it.
Could it be a survivor?
With this thought in mind, Steve cautiously approached the boulder.
"Is that Rogers...Captain?"
The face of the person who was pressed under the boulder was so gray that it was almost impossible to see clearly, but her long maroon hair undoubtedly proved her identity.
"Agent Natasha Romanoff?"
After Steve saw clearly that it was one of his own, he immediately lowered his guard and said with some relief: "I didn't expect you to be alive. Is Agent Patton still alive?"
"Barton...is somewhere further down." Natasha was quite weak and said with a pale face: "If you had come a little slower, I'm afraid we would really die."
"What happened?" Steve took out the epinephrine, gave Natasha an injection, and asked, "Everyone in the institute was killed, how did you two survive?"
With adrenaline, Natasha's face turned a little rosy, and she said intermittently: "When the research institute collapsed, it was Shutro Heim who opened the defense facilities in time, allowing Barton and I to escape."
"Then what?" Steve frowned.
Even if they could escape the initial collapse, how did they survive the Pillar Man?
Along the way, everyone in the research room was sucked into human skin by the Pillar Man. Only Natasha and Barton survived. He wanted to know why.
"Because of a vow."
Natasha looked bitter and said: "Barton and I played some tricks to make one of the soldiers named Waum think that we could surpass him within a month, so the other party let us go and agreed to return in 33 days." duel."
Steve looked a little weird: "This kind of lie... do they really believe it?"
"Yes, but..." Natasha sighed, with a hint of sadness in her beautiful eyes, and said: "They each left a ring containing poison on the heart arteries of me and Barton. , the antidote can only be obtained after defeating them."
