I work as an editor at Marvel.

Ross remained calm, even somewhat amused. Their chip technology wasn't a necessity anymore, was it? The Clock Tower's Hextech even had a production line for intelligent robots. If it weren't for the overall situation, and they hadn't announced it or put it on the market, the entire Earth's economy and everything else would have collapsed, and everything would have been reshuffled.

"What are you laughing at?" the president asked Ross.

"I think we could issue a ban, otherwise those people could just transfer their assets out, wouldn't that solve the problem?" Ross said casually.

"Do you think I am Roosevelt or that the current Federation is the same as Roosevelt's?" the president retorted. Since Roosevelt, the Federation's control over capitalists has become increasingly weak, and they will do anything to make money, even though the Federation itself does the same thing.

Ross leaned back in his chair, looking like he knew you couldn't control them, so why did you think you could control me?

The president pulled a painting from the documents beside him and threw it in front of Ross. "I won't say anything else, but what happened here must never happen again!"

Ross glanced at it; the painting looked familiar. It seemed to have been posted on Twitter by a Chinese online artist, but it should have been deleted by now. What was that artist's name again? Oh, right, Wuhe Qilin.

"Oh, that's a small matter. I'll send him a lawyer's letter later to intimidate him, and that'll be it," Ross continued, making no mention of changing the way the military operates, because he couldn't change that either. After being a bandit for so many years, it's not something that can be changed overnight.

“These days, sending a lawyer’s letter is like farting, don’t you know? Those celebrities have overused this stuff.” The president sat down in his chair, his gaze towards Ross turning gloomy. “Anyway, I don’t see any change coming, so I’m going to propose to Congress that your daughter be restricted from leaving the country.”

"Bang!" Ross slammed his hand on the table. "Why?!"

"Persecuting an important scientist, leading to the exodus of scientist Bruce Banner, and allegedly instructing Betty Ross to go to China to defect, is this reason sufficient?" The president clasped his hands together in front of him and looked at Ross softly.

Ross was furious but speechless. He accused the persecution of important scientists, saying, "Didn't you people sign off on the arrest plan before?"

Now that they've latched onto China's coattails and the Heavenly Court's coattails, they want to dump all the blame on me? How ruthless!

“Things will change,” Ross said reluctantly, knowing that he had no allies in this matter, only enemies.

The problem is that Bruce Banner hasn't made things public yet. Once he does, anyone even remotely connected to the matter will blame him.

"What I want to change is that, at least next time at a similar time, with similar applications, we cannot be among the first five countries to have our applications rejected." The president's words were also heartbreaking. Moving out of the bottom five would be a victory. Apart from dealing with the pandemic, the US has never experienced anything so dire.

After leaving the presidential palace and getting into his car, Ross's expression immediately calmed down. He was already mentally prepared; the matter that had summoned him was definitely not ordinary. But it was alright, as Betty had already left the country at this time.

As a father, Ross didn't have any other thoughts; he just wanted his daughter to be happy. As for whether his son-in-law had joined the Heavenly Court, Ross didn't care. Yes, he didn't care. Believe me, he really didn't care.

Inside the presidential palace, after Ross left, the president swiped his phone a few times. His granddaughter had gone abroad with Betty. Whether she could snag a rich husband was up to her own skills. Moreover, he had his eye on a couple.

The couple had a daughter named Cheng Xiaoyu.

The couple's resumes were quite ordinary, but the president felt that they were very capable and very suitable to join his personal think tank. He had already sent them invitations. Besides, his great-grandson was about the same age as Cheng Xiaoyu, and it would be great if they could become in-laws in the future.

If none of these work, the president has one last option, which he has kept hidden for many years but has to reveal now: he has an aunt named Carter, whose name can be found in the household register.

That's right, Tony Stark, I'm still your elder, you can't just ignore me, you can't just abandon your relatives after joining Hextech.

Explanation

The previous chapter was banned and is currently being urgently repaired.

Chapter 228 The Biohazard Crisis Battle Begins

One morning in the Resident Evil world, Vernon was conducting a final check on the portal. Behind this portal awaited more than ten thousand soldiers, and their logistical support could not be compromised.

After all, the Chinese have a concept of face, and the ouroboros has an even greater one. It would be extremely inappropriate to lose face in this regard.

After checking three times, Vernon landed safely and gave Frank a thumbs-up towards the tall building in the distance.

Frank nodded and looked at Rogers beside him. "So, is the shuttle's position correct? Is it aligned?"

"Don't worry, it's aimed perfectly. I practiced hundreds of times before coming here, I'm absolutely sure of it." Rogers breathed a sigh of relief and checked all the indicators.

“Then we can begin. I’m all set.” Frank looked at the readings of various spatial parameters of the planet in his hand, pondered for a second, and then said.

Portal activated!

A beam of azure light appeared above the portal, which was over thirty meters high and two hundred meters wide. After the beam struck the portal, the patterns on the various modules on the portal gradually lit up, indicating that the main system was performing final checks and recharging the modules.

At this moment, Vernon flew several hundred meters high and then stabilized in that position, just like a human-shaped detector.

At the same time, the broadcast button in Vernon's hand was also turned on.

A public broadcast, broadcast across multiple channels, was transmitted globally from several satellites.

"This is a joint civilization of diverse humans. This is a continuous announcement. Announcement states that within the area bounded by numbers 330-340, 430-440, 330-430, and 340-440, extending from 100 kilometers underground to three orbits around the planet, during the duration of this announcement, flight, exploration, and any form of attack are prohibited. Any attempt to influence the space and time of this area in any way is considered an open declaration of war against this civilization. Repeat, this is..."

As the announcements continued, the portal was gradually and officially activated.

Inside the Huaxia military base, the army commander and chief of staff repeatedly looked at the booklet in their hands. It was an explanation of the portal status. Since they were to join a non-civilian army, they had to accomplish something on their own, and looking at the booklet was the simplest thing.

Of course, if they make a mistake, the clock tower will send a warning prohibiting them from entering. After all, communication is convenient here, and there's no need to pay any price for such a small matter.

"I think it's a good idea," the army commander said, taking a deep breath.

“I don’t think there’s a problem.” The chief of staff wiped the sweat from his brow.

"All troops, proceed!"

Wow, the entire formation suddenly started moving, just like a National Day military parade, all perfectly aligned, as if everyone was a uniform copy. Coupled with the appearance of the nano-protective suits, it looked like a futuristic army.

When the first row of soldiers touched the portal, ripples began to appear on it. Immediately afterwards, Frank saw soldiers in the same pose appear on the ground on the other side, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Nie Ying and Li Jie, who were temporarily confined to the room, became excited as they watched the soldiers of the Multi-Human Alliance gradually appear.

They had seen similar armies before, and after so long, they had finally seen them again.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the shuttle suddenly sounded an alarm. Several intercontinental ballistic missiles, carrying unknown warheads, were launched from near the Red Umbrella Corporation, and the impact point was clearly aimed at them.

"Intercept them in advance!" Vernon was unusually calm. If the interception failed this time, he would immediately stop the portal's teleportation function and wait for a suitable time to reopen it. However, by then, it would be more than 10,000 soldiers coming.

On the planet's orbit, after the three satellites shared data, multiple ray emitters began to deploy. This time, instead of the spell patterns inscribed inside the emitters, they used stored spells that had been constructed and charged and were just waiting to be launched.

Ninth Ring Spell - Ode to the Ice Goddess!

Nine deep blue rays flashed by, striking the ballistic missile in flight evenly and instantly transforming the missile and the surrounding space into an extremely cold domain, where the mercilessness of magic was displayed within the transparent ice crystals.

Vernon breathed a slight sigh of relief as he looked at the message indicating a successful interception. "Red Umbrella Corporation, I'll remember you."

The interception was successful, but Vernon dared not relax even more. One satellite continued to monitor the vicinity of Red Umbrella Company, while the other two focused their attention on the vicinity of Blue Umbrella and White Umbrella. This time, the alert level was raised directly to the highest level.

In short, if anything seems amiss, the spell will be launched without human authorization. This time, Vernon is determined to ensure that if anyone dares to launch a ballistic missile, they will be suffocated in the launch port along with the missile!

The teleportation lasted for a little over half an hour. The area around the outpost was also taken over by the Chinese army for defense. After the last soldier passed through the teleportation gate, the gate closed directly, and the shuttle pod entered a charging state.

"Hello, Commander!" Vernon approached the supreme commander after landing. "I am Vernon, the captain of the Vanguard Test Team."

"Hello comrade, thank you very much for providing us with sufficient early support, which allowed us to arrive in this world safely. You have worked hard!" the commander saluted.

“It is our duty!” Vernon replied. “However, Comrade Commander, I have come to you today to ask for your help.”

“You said we would try our best to meet the comrades’ requests,” the army commander replied.

"I'd like to borrow some people from you. We're planning to take down a criminal biotech company!" Vernon was referring to Red Umbrella Corporation, whose headquarters were in Japan, not too far from here.

"Well, how about we do it? We'll push forward step by step according to the planned route," the corps commander said after a moment's hesitation. It wasn't that he was unwilling to help, but the strategy and the starting point had already been decided.

“They just fired several ballistic missiles at us. If we don’t take action now, the threat will be too great.” Vernon began to present the facts and reason directly.

The corps commander was startled. The anti-missile system had not yet been deployed, and they could only rely on Vernon's plant army. He didn't know if it could hold out.

“Don’t worry, we have successfully intercepted them,” Vernon continued. “Also, I don’t need too many people, just a few elite teams will be enough. The main reason is that I’m worried they’ll run too fast and the three of us won’t be able to catch up.”

"No problem, this will have to trouble you again." The commander agreed without hesitation. He originally thought that Vernon would ask for at least one or two thousand people, but only a hundred or so was a small matter. Moreover, such a hostile force with the capability to launch ballistic missiles could not be allowed to remain.

Chapter 229 The Red Umbrella Attack Begins

At this moment, inside the Red Umbrella Corporation, the Tyrant production line was running at full capacity, and some humans who had been kept by Sergei were forced to become nourishment.

Upon discovering that his attack had been frozen by some unknown ray, Sergei immediately realized that he was in big trouble. This so-called multi-human civilization was actually real!

However, Sergei still harbored some hope. Such a long distance must be troublesome for interstellar civilizations, otherwise the situation wouldn't be like this now.

Most importantly, Sergei couldn't just raise his hands and surrender. He thought that resistance was necessary. If he could demonstrate enough strength through resistance and show the enemy the potential casualties, he might have a chance to surrender.

Regardless of Sergei's delusions, Vernon had no intention of letting the man go ever since he borrowed him.

The elite squad borrowed from the corps commander was divided into three teams, led by Vernon, Frank, and Rogers respectively. Their sole objective was to dismantle the entire Red Umbrella Corporation. They also had an additional mission: to obtain information about the virus causing the global biohazard crisis from the company, and ideally, a targeted antidote.

The cost of vaccines and medicines from the Clock Tower is very high. After providing protection for 10,000 people, the limit is to allocate a small portion for humanitarian aid to this civilization. After all, the energy collected by the Clock Tower from the ebb and flow of the energy sea in this world may not be enough to cover this expenditure.

Therefore, if we want to truly achieve the revival of civilization, the help of diverse human civilizations is only a small part. More importantly, we still need to rely on the people of our own civilization who are still alive.

"We have reached the target location. I repeat, everyone you encounter from now on is a dangerous individual marked in red. The minimum requirement is absolute control!" Vernon shouted into the team system, looking down at the city that was getting closer and closer.

Although the Red Umbrella Corporation is called a corporation, in the current world environment, it is actually more like a small country with extremely high technology, and its headquarters, though called a headquarters, is more like a city.

It's not a small city, after all, the area isn't big. Where would Red Umbrella Corporation find so much space to conduct social virus simulation experiments? Putting everything else aside, they're still trying to recreate Alice's special circumstances, but unfortunately, they haven't succeeded yet. They've killed a whole bunch of Alice clones, but not a single one of the special individuals who escaped from Raccoon City.

As Vernon's flight formation approached the target city, anti-aircraft missiles took off from every corner of the city. Ultimately, when facing a powerful enemy, firearms developed over hundreds of years still proved effective sooner than biological and chemical weapons developed over decades.

Faced with a barrage of missiles, Vernon remained as calm as could be. Now it was time to show the Red Umbrella Corporation the difference that came with overwhelming technological superiority!

A wave of information rippled outwards from the center of the flight formation. The moment these ripples touched the missiles, the guidance systems of all the missiles were completely altered. Then, the entire city's radar detection system completely disappeared from the screen.

That's right. Most of the computing power of the shuttle's main system is used to help the commander rescue survivors and clean up the city, but the remaining computing power is enough to deal with these old-fashioned machines.

In order to develop so-called bioweapons and for the so-called super-fast evolution brought about by genes, even the Red Umbrella Corporation, which focuses more on thermal weapons, still uses equipment that is many years old, which has created a clear generational gap with the army commander's side, not to mention that there is a clock tower providing support from behind.

"Everyone, proceed with the planned operation!" Vernon immediately followed up with the order.

As soon as he finished speaking, the flight formation split into three small groups and headed toward their respective targets.

Before the operation began, Vernon used limited information intrusion and optical and magical detection to mark three main directions of attack.

First, the Information Center, which is where the Red Queen is currently hiding. This artificial intelligence is quite adept at interfering with the intrusion of the shuttle, and has indeed caused a lot of trouble. It is thanks to her that the Red Umbrella Corporation can barely retain some secrets.

Moreover, Vernon still doesn't understand how these people managed to create a proper artificial intelligence using such simple equipment and rudimentary materials. It's as if the barriers of materials science simply don't exist for them. Surely there isn't a large group of geniuses like Tony Stark here.

Secondly, the biological weapons manufacturing center, simply put, is the Tyrant production line. After so much development, Red Umbrella and White Umbrella have taken completely different paths. Red Umbrella uses Tyrants as the most basic combat unit, and all research on combat power is aimed at improving the combat power and adaptability of individual Tyrants. It can be said that their defense forces consist of only Tyrants equipped with different equipment.

Thirdly, the Virus Research Center. As the Red Umbrella Corporation still obeys Spencer's orders, it naturally serves Spencer. The Virus Research Center is the best example. The virus research conducted here is the most comprehensive, but that's all. In addition, it preserves the origin of all viruses, the progenitor virus strain. All the viruses that have affected the world and made it the way it is today originated from this virus.

The main locations of these three centers are all underground, with the earth acting as a natural barrier, and various materials used to isolate them from detection, so Vernon and his team don't know much about their interiors.

Based on the available information, Vernon made the most basic preparations. Frank and his squad mainly attacked the information center. The new mode loaded into the magic device officially named "Holy Lance Ranger" was just right to deal with the information warfare that might exist in the information center.

Rogers and his team headed towards the biological weapons manufacturing center. As a veteran who was active on the battlefield during World War II, Rogers was best at commanding small-scale operations and leading charges. The various abilities he gained after joining Ouroboros further enhanced Rogers' advantages.

Finally, Vernon led his team to attack the virus research center. Vernon had been in this world for more than a month and had to admit that it was really difficult to study anything about the virus after it had differentiated, mutated, and recombined countless times. The individual differences were too great. However, Vernon did not come away empty-handed.

According to the latest research results, Vernon estimated that the source of the virus was likely some kind of plant, which was just the right time for him, the druid, to take action.