Chapter 280 The Time Limit of Thirty-Three Days
Rome, Italy.
In order to avoid causing international disputes and public panic, SHIELD's Harrier fighters landed stealthily on the edge of the city.
With Captain America Steve Rogers as the leader and commander, the eighth-level agent Phil Coulson, the seventh-level agent Melinda May as the auxiliary, and the elite special operations team led by Brock Rumlow, they formed the The main force of this 'annihilation' mission.
Everyone took the bulletproof car provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. to the target location of this mission.
The Church of Our Lady of Cosmedin, located in Marcelo Theater Street, the world-famous marble sculpture 'Mouth of Truth', had a strange collapse yesterday afternoon. It is speculated that the collapse may have been caused by an earthquake. Fortunately, it did not cause There were casualties and the area has been cordoned off by local police.
SHIELD is a global organization.
Except for the Asian region, there are branches in Europe, America, Africa and other countries, and this time the European branch blocked the scene as soon as it found an abnormality to avoid causing panic among ordinary people.
Coulson and May got out of the car, then took out the documents they had prepared, and handed them over to the police in charge of the outer cordon.
The police took the documents and glanced at them in surprise: "United Nations Special Operations Investigation Team, and the World Cultural Relics Protection Center?"
"That's right."
Coulson's expression did not change, and he smiled and said, "We are responsible for assessing the damage this time, as well as the work of 'repairing' the cultural relics."
"...Are you really here to repair the cultural relics?" The corner of the policeman's mouth twitched visibly.
These dozen or so sturdy and murderous men with a height of nearly two meters, no matter how you look at them, have nothing to do with repairing cultural relics, right?
After Mei's eyes swept across the police officer's chest, she looked directly into his eyes, and said half-threateningly and half-seriously: "Officer Daniel, for your work and life, some things are better not to ask too clearly, understand?"
Daniel was silent for a while, looked at the group of people with fear, and made a way sideways: "Go over."
The crowd crossed the police blockade and came to the mouth of truth.
The second cordon was responsible for responding to their group. The members of the branch who had been contacted in advance went up and gave Coulson a warm hug after seeing them coming.
"Thank goodness, you are finally here!"
The man wiped the sweat from his forehead,
Without any hesitation, he went straight to the subject: "The underground research room has completely collapsed, but we have detected two vital signs, which should be human from the data."
"Have the entrances and exits been cleared?" Coulson asked.
"I managed to clear one, but only one person can pass through, and even the situation inside is unknown, so we have been waiting for you to come over." The person in charge explained the situation inside in just a few words.
"Let me go."
Without hesitation, Steve volunteered to be the vanguard.
Coulson and May exchanged glances, both agreeing that the captain was the best candidate.
Now everything is in an unknown state, and the collapsed passage is narrow and can only accommodate one person, so it is an appropriate choice to hand it over to Captain America, who has the highest combat effectiveness!
"Captain Rogers, be careful." Coulson was still a little worried and reminded again.
"Well, I'll be careful."
Steve wouldn't joke about his own life. After equipping his vibranium shield, he put on the familiar Stars and Stripes uniform and said while moving his muscles: "If it's really still down there, I'll try to hold them back. , you support as soon as possible."
Click!
Rumolo pulled the bolt and grinned, "Don't worry, Captain."
In order to eliminate the 'Pillar Man' this time, S.H.I.E.L.D. specially equipped them with a brand-new energy weapon based on the energy of the cosmic Rubik's Cube. As long as any carbon-based creature is hit, it will be killed by thousands of Burned to ashes at high temperatures!
Pillar man?
In front of modern technology, they are nothing more than a group of savages who drink blood!
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 down the collapsed gap.
The cave below collapsed quite seriously.
There is almost no place for people to step on, and they have to rely on the strength of both hands to grasp the wall and slowly go down by rock climbing.
This is also thanks to him being a super soldier. Otherwise, if someone else came here, he might not be able to go down safely.
This difficult climb lasted for more than ten minutes.
Steve just squeezed out from the gap of the collapsed boulder and successfully came to the location of the research institute.
The steel giant gate at the outermost periphery of the research institute is about one meter thick. It should be the facility with the highest defense. However, after being violently smashed from the inside, it flew out for a distance of three or four meters, and penetrated deeply. Inside the rock wall.
But the most surprising thing is that when Steve observed the inside of the iron gate, he found that there were chaotic and violent fist prints printed on it, which were deeply submerged into the steel for several inches.
"What a terrible power!"
Steve stretched out his hand and brushed over those fist marks, feeling the lines after the steel cracked, his pupils trembled slightly, and a violent shock rose in his heart.
This is a steel gate with a thickness of one meter. It was smashed open by punch after punch. With pure physical strength, it can reach this level. It is conceivable how terrifying the ancient male family of pillars is!
At least, he can't do that.
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.
Except for the collapsing research room, there are dried human skins everywhere.
There was no flesh and blood left in these people, only pieces of dry skin, which made Steve shudder.
As he continued to go deeper, Steve suddenly saw a shimmering light under the collapsed boulder not far ahead.
The brightness of that shimmer is very weak, if it weren't for his good eyes, I'm afraid he might not be able to see it.
Is it a survivor?
With this thought in mind, Steve cautiously approached the boulder.
"Is it Rogers... Captain?"
The person who was pressed under the boulder could hardly see his face, but the long burgundy hair undoubtedly proved her identity.
"Agent Natasha Romanoff?"
After Steve saw that it was his own, he immediately let go of his guard and said with a little peace of mind: "I didn't expect you to be alive, is Agent Patton still alive?"
"Barton... in a lower place." Natasha was quite weak and said with a pale face: "If you come more slowly, I'm afraid we will really die."
"What happened?" Steve took out adrenaline, gave Natasha a shot, and asked, "Everyone in the institute was killed, how did you two survive?"
With adrenaline, Natasha's face turned slightly ruddy, and she said intermittently: "When the institute collapsed, it was Shutro Heim who opened the defense facilities in time, allowing Barton and me to escape."
"And then what?" Steve frowned.
Even if they could escape the initial collapse, how did they survive from the man of the pillar?
All the people in the research room along the way were sucked into human skin by Zhu Zhinan, but only Natasha and Barton survived. He wanted to know why.
"Because of an oath."
Natasha showed bitterness and said, "Barton and I played some tricks and made one of the warriors named Waum think we could surpass him within a month, so the other party let us go and agreed to wait 33 days later. duel."
Steve looked a little weird: "This kind of lie... they really believe it?"
"Yes, but..." Natasha sighed, and there was a trace of sadness in her beautiful eyes, and said: "They each left a ring containing poison on the aorta of Barton's heart and me. , the antidote can only be obtained after defeating them."