Russell was a little confused. If he hadn't seen Steve teleported to outer space by the Cosmic Cube, he wouldn't have believed that the plot would develop like this.
There is nothing surprising about Schmidt's space travel. This guy is destined to become an NPC. But what is Steve's situation? Does he want to go to outer space to be gilded and come back seventy years later to laugh at Tony Stark as a country bumpkin?
Russell was speechless. This was the rhythm of blood collapse. The world line has no clue from now on. Don't pretend to be omniscient and omnipotent in the future.
The most disappointing thing is not the plot, but Bucky. His expression is like that of a married woman... Bah, just like a rubber man whose brother died.
He knelt on his knees, his hands unable to grab forward, a shocked expression frozen on his face, his pupils dilated, his mouth wide open, and he made a trill of unknown meaning.
"BOSS, what was that just now?" Natasha came back to her senses, suppressed the shock in her heart, looked at the Cosmic Cube that was still shining on the ground, and subconsciously took two steps back to keep her distance.
"The Cosmic Cube is also known as the Space Gem, or the cube's Cosmic Cube is just an artificial shell, with a finger-sized gem at its core." Russell squinted at the Cosmic Cube, thinking about Steve and Schmidt The possibility of this pair of enemies becoming NPCs together: "As the name suggests, the space gem can open a portal and travel throughout the universe."
Russell's explanation was easy to understand, and Natasha immediately understood the meaning and asked: "You mean... Captain America and the Red Skull are not dead?"
"I can't be completely sure, but these two guys are both young and have a high chance of survival." Russell thought for a while and said, he didn't dare to vouch for it, the one-way portal is very dangerous, and no one knows the door. What's next? It's okay to have a planet suitable for people on earth to live on. If it's directly transmitted to the deep space universe or inside a star, then sorry, it's hopeless.
Thinking of his mission punishment, Russell snickered secretly. If Steve was teleported to Thanos' big bed, I wonder if he could still be 50-50?
Probably not, because Steve left in a hurry and didn't even take the vibranium shield with him. Without the shield, he was just a younger brother, and even joining forces with Schmidt wouldn't be enough for Thanos.
Bucky's ears twitched. Hearing the conversation between Russell and Natasha, Bucky crawled to Russell's side and hugged him into his lap: "Sir, Steve...Is Steve really not dead?"
Damn it, I didn’t see you hugging my thigh when I was a slave, and now I’m kneeling down for a gay friend who abandoned you and other women to start a family. Do you really regard me as your master?
Russell stretched his legs with a look of disgust on his face, but Bucky hugged him too tightly and couldn't shake him off, so he could only say speechlessly: "Don't underestimate the Super Soldier Serum. Steve's vitality is very powerful. As long as he is not in a certain death situation, he will He can adapt quickly. You may not believe it, but even if he crashed and was trapped in the Arctic ice for seventy years, he would still be a good guy even if he hit the microwave twice."
Russell said ambiguously, just to give Bucky some comfort. After all, he was the first super soldier he created, and he couldn't let it go because of a gay friend who always gave up.
"That's so good, so good..." Bucky burst into tears, trembling with excitement.
He had no doubts about what Russell said. Human nature is like this. On the verge of mental collapse, even a soap bubble that bursts with a prick will be regarded as a life-saving straw. If he didn't believe Russell's words, it would be equivalent to giving Steve a death sentence, so he was willing to believe lies.
No, he must believe it!
Russell's eyes flashed, and he thought it was a good time to win over people's hearts. He patted Bucky on the shoulder and said, "Remember what I said before?"
"What..." Bucky stared with confused eyes, have you told me anything before?
"Humph, I know you won't listen."
Russell curled his lips. Although he had enslaved Bucky's soul, the latter had always been ineffective at work. He was neither active nor motivated. He just waited for death and kept a stinky face all day long, pretending to be an iceberg god.
In comparison, Natasha was much better. After being enslaved, she quickly corrected her mentality, tried every means to please Russell, and always considered maximizing his interests when making suggestions. After get off work, he never forgot to offer himself a pillow to ask for help. In the cold Siberia, he used his frail body to warm Russell Yichuang's soul.
Of course, Russell didn't ask Bucky to make an S-shaped pose on the bed like Natasha. He wanted Bucky to learn from Natasha's attitude and show 100% enthusiasm when working, and not always be perfunctory.
Russell snorted: "I have said before that I have never thought about dominating the earth. One-third of an acre is too small. What's the point of fighting over just a few areas? And the starry sky and the universe are vast and boundless. The magnificence is unimaginable, my goal is here!”
Listening to Russell's arrogance, Natasha secretly turned her head away. It was good for the new boss to be ambitious, but his brain was not very good. Human beings haven't even landed on the moon yet, so they are thinking about the stars and the sea. Even if they take such big steps, they won't be afraid of breaking the egg.
Bucky's thoughts were similar to Natasha's, but he was not as tactful as Natasha. He looked directly at Russell with a silly look in his eyes: "Sir, are you serious?"
Russell was furious and punched Bucky on the head: "Remember what you said today. In the future, I will fly to outer space on a spaceship. Don't beg me to get on the ship for nothing."
Bucky suddenly woke up and tightened Russell's thigh: "Sir, I take back what I said before. Please take me with you."
As long as he can leave the earth, he can find Steve. Although the chance is slim, it is better than doing nothing.
Thinking of this, Bucky smiled what he thought was a flattering smile: "Sir, how far has our spaceship research reached?"
"Soon."
"It's almost done! It's great!" Bucky looked happy and almost jumped up on the spot.
"It's almost time to draw the factory drawings for manufacturing the spaceship."
Bucky: "..."
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The three left the base without taking the Cosmic Cube, but Bucky picked up the vibranium shield.
The night the Howling Commandos captured the Hydra base, they sent a message back to the United States. An elite team returned to the United States with the Cosmic Cube and brought back news of Steve's disappearance. The remaining people stood still, half excavating and half destroying, and used transport trucks to drag away the high-tech equipment of the Hydra base. They did this deliberately to cover up the traces of the existence of the Cosmic Cube.
The Soviets were indeed fooled. A large number of Soviet troops rushed to seize the transport truck and confronted the US military. During this period, the two sides clashed many times. In the end, under the negotiation of the bosses on both sides, these transport vehicles were sent to the United States, and the Soviet Union sent scientists, and both parties jointly studied and shared the results.
Siberia was indeed the territory of the Soviet Union, but it was during World War II. The U.S. imperialists successively provided about 10 billion U.S. dollars in supplies to the Soviet Union, which was a huge sum of money at the time. The Soviet Union was soft-handed when it came to eating people and short-mouthed when taking advantage of others. When facing its creditors, the Soviet Union did not dare to speak harshly and could only choose to compromise.
Russell asked Natasha to stay, confirming that the Cube would eventually fall into the hands of the United States, and asked her to go to New York first to collect information on the SSR.
Russell took Bucky back to the base and remade a mechanical arm to install on him. In the next period of time, he will make two more Winter Soldiers.
The process was the same as Natasha's, enslaving first and then transforming. This was done to ensure the success rate. Even if something unexpected happens during the experiment, Russell can use the contract to control the soul so that it will not collapse due to severe pain.
The experimenters were soldiers in the base. After the order to voluntarily sign up was issued, the base instantly became excited and everyone participated enthusiastically.
Everyone longs to be strong. This is the instinct of life. It is the same as a salted fish that does not want to stand up and only wants to be the saltiest one.
Having seen Bucky's inhuman strength, the soldiers in the base had long been holding their breath, and when the opportunity came, they rushed to take advantage of it. Even if Russell told them that the success rate of transforming them was not high due to the gap in physical fitness and mental level, it could not stop the madness of this group of people, and they were willing to risk their lives.
The final success rate was about 1/10. Only two of the twenty-two soldiers survived, and the remaining twenty suffered a breakdown in will during the experiment. The slavery contract can't save them. Their mental will is not comparable to that of Bucky and Natasha, and even if they can be saved, they won't be of much use.
The combat effectiveness of these two Winter Soldiers was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but they were far inferior to Bucky. He didn't even break a sweat in a one-on-one fight. Looking into the reasons, the enslavement contract did allow the two Winter Soldiers to survive the pain of being reborn, but it was precisely because of cheating that their strengthening was weakened.
Erskine's super soldier serum does not place high demands on the physical body of the experimenters, but it places extremely high demands on the mental will. Russell's copycat version must have both. During the strengthening process, those who are not mentally strong will end up being tortured to death by the serum.
Of course, the two Winter Soldiers who came out of the copycat are not bad in strength, but they lack the spirit and will. They can't be heroes but they can be super soldiers.
How important is the strength of spiritual will? You can refer to Steve.
When a person's will is strong to a certain level, he can explode with unimaginable and amazing power. Steve caught the punch from Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, relying on mental strength rather than physical strength.
Russell created the two Winter Soldiers to strengthen the base's defense. Jason went to New York with him, leaving only Bucky unsafe. Strengthening has raised Bucky's lower limit. If he wants to reach his upper limit, he still needs to learn a lot. For example, fighting skills, espionage abilities, and even astronomy, geography, chemistry, and physics, three years of college entrance examination and five years of simulation, there are too many things to learn, and he has not finished the class yet.
