Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 257 Lu Dan finally got a clue

The other researchers also looked excited. How could anyone who considered themselves a scientist not be excited at the thought of personally verifying one of the greatest conjectures in physics?

Nick Fury wasn't interested, but instead of interrupting the researchers' excitement, he calmly asked, "So where does this endless energy come from?"

The researcher replied, "If the Tesseract is a portal, the most likely explanation is that the other side is connected to a massive energy source."

"Judging from the periodic fluctuations in the intensity of the radiation energy, the object opposite is likely a large celestial body such as a star or neutron star."

Nick Fury's eyes lit up; this was very likely.

If it really is a portal, then the mysterious disappearance of Red Skull back then has a more reasonable explanation: he accidentally triggered a portal and was transported to the other side of the distant universe.

So those who were hit by energy weapons and disappeared on the spot didn't turn into ashes, but were teleported away.

Thinking about it carefully, such a death seems worse than being turned to ashes on the spot, because after being teleported, one would most likely fall into the void of space, or even more unlucky, face a star directly.

Nick Fury suddenly remembered that there were still energy weapon design documents captured during World War II in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret warehouse.

He told the researchers about the data, which caused a small sensation.

All the researchers were delighted. With the verified data as a reference, they were sure to gain a lot of inspiration, find more ideas, and greatly accelerate the research progress.

Nick Fury acted swiftly, finding the location of the top-secret data in the archives and leading several teams of agents to the rather old secret warehouse.

But when they opened the warehouse that had been sealed for decades, everyone was dumbfounded.

The huge warehouse was completely empty; the vast amount of original documents and sealed weapons that should have been stored there had all vanished.

But the heavy truck tracks left on the ground prove that this place was once full of things.

Nick Fury slammed his fist on the door: "Damn it, how many traitors are there? Why can't we kill them all?"

The fact that the top-secret warehouse was completely looted decades ago proves that a traitor within S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrated the Level 9 security clearance at that time and managed to steal the entire warehouse without the director's knowledge.

So many years have passed, it's unimaginable how far the traitors at S.H.I.E.L.D. have gone and how far they've infiltrated.

Nick Fury lacked imagination; he hadn't considered the possibility that within S.H.I.E.L.D., only a very small minority of traitors remained loyal to the agency.

"Quick, let's go! It's not safe here!"

Hawkeye Barton quickly retreated with Director Fury. Since the place had already been emptied by the traitors, they naturally had all the intelligence about the place, and might even know about their arrival.

The convoy quickly departed, and all the agents loaded their weapons, ready for battle.

As the convoy drove out of the valley, a figure jumped out from the roadside.

The man held an anti-tank missile and fired it at the lead vehicle, belonging to Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Faced with a missile capable of tracking, neither Nick Fury nor Hawkeye attempted to evade it by car; instead, they immediately opened the car door and jumped out.

The two agents in the back seat reacted just as quickly, immediately jumping out of the car.

Only the unlucky guy sitting in the middle of the back row was blown to pieces by a missile before he could jump out of the car.

The last truck in the convoy was hit by multiple rockets and turned into a fireball on the spot, killing four of the six agents on board.

Immediately afterwards, gunmen lying in ambush on both sides of the road stepped forward and opened fire on the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, causing heavy casualties to the S.H.I.E.L.D.

But S.H.I.E.L.D. was not to be trifled with; they immediately used their vehicles to launch a counterattack against the ambushers.

Both sides were very accurate shooters, and the exchange of fire lasted only a few seconds, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.

But both sides also had doubts in their hearts, feeling that the other's marksmanship and tactics looked very familiar.

The sharpshooter Hawkeye reacted the most intensely. He raised his bow and arrow, risked standing up, and fired a signal arrow upwards.

As the specially made signal fireworks exploded, the ambush attack stopped instantly.

But the guy who started the attack also rushed to the SUV, and with a swing of his steel arm painted with a red star, the bulletproof SUV was blown away.

Nick Fury and Hawkeye Barton, who were hiding behind the car, were exposed, and they also saw the enemy with medium-length hair and a black respirator.

As the man raised his hand to attack, Patton's arrow had already left the bowstring, forcing him to grab the shaft with his other hand.

As everyone knows, Hawkeye Patton's arrows are extremely insidious and should never be caught by hand.

Sure enough, the moment the arrow was caught, the inertia ignited the cap, causing a red glow to appear on the arrowhead before it exploded.

This is an explosive arrow, but the explosion is not very powerful. It can only shatter the arrow like a trumpet flower and atomize the anesthetic gas, covering an area of ​​half a meter.

Caught off guard, the masked man with the metal arm was hit in the face with an anesthetic. Although the respirator blocked the anesthetic, some of it was absorbed through his eyes and skin.

Instantly, he felt his eyes and half of his face go numb, his vision rapidly lost focus, and he could no longer see clearly.

This manifestation of dysfunction activated the coping mechanisms that had been firmly programmed into his mind during the brainwashing.

He looked up and surveyed his surroundings, discovering that the SHIELD agents who had been lying in ambush and those who had been ambushed had ceased fire and confirmed each other's identities.

The enraged agents quickly identified the only real enemy and surrounded the first vehicle.

The masked man with the iron hand made his decision, and without hesitation abandoned everything and began to run away.

Nick Fury narrowly escapes an attack, only to find that the attackers are all his own men. This tragic infighting is a blunder orchestrated by an internal enemy through orders, leaving him unable to vent his anger.

Seeing his only enemy trying to escape, how could he let him go? He shouted, "Grab him! Grabbing him will give us a clue to finding the enemy!"

Hawkeye Barton drew his arrow and fired again, this time using a tranquilizer arrow. After hitting the enemy, he applied more tranquilizer.

Then came the third and fourth arrows, followed by an electric arrow that completely knocked the enemy down.

Nick Fury was overjoyed and let out a cheer. He rushed forward to tie up the enemy himself, and even wanted to personally beat the prisoner onto his car.

Unfortunately, the prisoner was too heavy for him to carry, so he had to work with several agents to lift him into the carriage.

An excited Nick Fury disregarded the fallen agents and transported the prisoners back as quickly as possible, remaining on high alert throughout the entire process.

After months of investigation, we finally caught the enemy by the skin of their teeth. It was no easy feat.

However, his smile quickly faded.

Back at the secret base, an immediate interrogation revealed that the man had a physical problem.

He not only felt no pain, no matter how much torture he was subjected to, but he could also endure electric shocks without any expression.

Nick Fury brought in a hypnosis expert, only to discover that the man's head was already riddled with holes, having been subjected to countless hypnotic techniques.

The expert shook his head and sighed, "It's too cruel. Only a demon who doesn't treat people like human beings could do something so cruel to him."

"His mind was completely blank, except for the rules related to combat, the mission location, mission time, mission objective, and a temporary retreat point that was valid for a limited time."

Nick Fury was visibly disappointed: "So you're saying he's completely worthless?"

The expert replied, "Regarding this incident, he has no valuable information in his mind."

Hawkeye Barton was extremely disappointed. In this assassination attempt against the director, the traitors used orders to mobilize S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to ambush him, resulting in the loss of more than 30 excellent agents from both sides.

After finally capturing a prisoner, he turned out to be of little intelligence value.

Nick Fury was not disappointed. Pointing to the prisoner with lifeless eyes, he said, "They're too superstitious about hypnosis. This guy's arm is in very good condition; the lubricant and parts used are not commercially available."

"Following the clues from these special parts and lubricant, we're sure to find something."

Reminded by the bureau chief's words, the hypnosis expert added, "This person's memory has been completely destroyed by hypnosis, which will inevitably damage the brain, cause endocrine disorders, and affect the normal functioning of life."

"In order to keep him alive, he will definitely be injected with large amounts of various hormones and cholesterol-lowering drugs. Blood tests and analysis of the composition of these drugs will definitely find chemical fingerprints and pinpoint the supplying laboratory."

Nick Fury nodded and smiled: "Very good, let's do it that way."

Hawkeye Barton said, "I'll investigate—"

Nick Fury interrupted him: "No, Barton, you go to New Mexico. Coulson needs your support."

"As for the investigation, leave it to Hill. She has the authority and ability, and she is trustworthy."

Patton trusted his colleague implicitly, so he nodded and said, "I understand, Chief. I'll head to New Mexico right away."

Chief Nick Fury will hide in a safe house that only he knows about.

In the current situation, without the protection of Hawkeye Barton, Black Widow Natasha, or Captain America, he wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

The traitor within S.H.I.E.L.D. has immense power; not only can he track the director's movements in real time, but he can also issue false orders to mobilize S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to ambush him.

If Nick Fury still doesn't understand that he's been largely sidelined, he might as well be dead.

Black Egg led the prisoners away from the secret base. On the way, he suddenly remembered the words that Xia Zuodaosen had said to him a few months ago.

Suddenly, he felt extremely embarrassed, his face turning red with shame.

Fortunately, he had a strong racial advantage, so no one could tell.

A few days later, Xia Zuo and Skye, who were busy studying or researching, looked up at the same time.

Skye seemed unsure, and after carefully feeling the floor for a while, she asked, "Boss, this—"

"What—did it hit Earth from outer space?"

Skye's soft voice traveled through several layers of reinforced concrete walls to reach Shazo's ears in the laboratory 40 meters underground in the villa.

Xia Zuo clapped his hands lightly, teleported to Skye's side, and replied, "I felt it more clearly deep underground; it was definitely hit from outer space."

"The impact speed reached the speed of light, the impact mass was at least 600 kilograms, but the impact force was only on the surface, yet it could shake the whole world. This is too strange, nothing is normal."

Skye asked, "Boss, shall we go take a look?"

Xia Zuo immediately decided, "Let's go together and see what happened."

He took a hanging ring out of his pocket, put it on his right hand, and drew a perfect circle.

As he moved, a ring sparkling with golden fire appeared in the air, while the landscape in China was a red desert.

Over the past few months, Xia Zuo has made several trips to Kamar-Taj via the New York Temple, specifically learning two spells: [Magic Condensation] and [Teleportation].

Unlike other mages, Shazor did not borrow magic from Vishanti, nor did he pray to any demons or dimensional gods for magical power.

The magic he uses originates from himself; it is a new kind of magic extracted from the origin of the universe, derived from his powerful, almost immortal life essence.

According to the Ancient One, Shazam was born a demon god, but he was too young to accumulate enough magic power or find his own dimension.

Given enough time to prepare, Xia Zuo's path to godhood can be described as unobstructed.

The Ancient One, in her capacity as the Sorcerer Supreme, warned Xia Zuo: "You currently face only one problem, which is what you intend to do with such immense power."

"In the language of Chinese culture, it means to set one's mind on the path or to establish a grand aspiration."

Because the magic he uses is his own, Shazo masters magic very easily and casts spells extremely quickly, with almost no pre-cast animation.

After passing through the circular portal, Shazo and Skye saw the huge circular patterns on the ground.

Skye stared at it for a while, then habitually asked, "Boss, what's this?"

Shazor replied, "These are traces of the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard. Someone came to Earth from Asgard."

Skye asked, "Asgard? Isn't that the kingdom of the gods in Norse mythology?"

"Could it be that Odin, Thor, and Loki, the god of conspiracy, really exist in this world?"

Xia Zuo replied, "Yes, they are gods, the royal family of the Aesir, proper deities."

"But in a sense, they should be considered aliens, ruling over nine star systems, including Earth, collectively known as the Nine Realms."

"Thousands of years ago, the Aesir gods descended upon Earth and repelled the Dark Elves who attempted to conquer it."

"It was probably around that time that they left behind the myths about the Norse gods on Earth."

Within Xia Zuo's [Heart Network], there are a total of 5 incredibly powerful beings nearby. Four of them are grouped together, approaching the other sealed entity.

Xia Zuo knew what was going on.

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