Chapter 300-303

Tony and Mirage Knight are gone and there are still a lot of enemies in Hydra’s base behind them and some have escaped from the road ahead that leads nowhere, Captain Rogers is not in a good mood at this time.

“Send out three teams to search in these directions, and report the situation on the road at all times. Others, follow me.” Standing in place and observing the way ahead, Steve finally turned around and ordered the SHIELD troops on guard behind him.

Although there is some contradiction between Steve and Fury now, their mindset is the same when it comes to dealing with Hydra.

“Yes!” Hearing the arrangement from Captain Rogers, the team behind answered loudly.

Whistling!

Then, the elite team of SHIELD began to operate in accordance with Steve’s orders and Steve rode his own field locomotive and headed back to Hydra’s base.

…

Just as Tony left here with Lin Rui and returned to New York, Fury, who had been sitting behind the desk was staring at the battle intently on a display in front of him.

Da Da ~

“Director Fury, the situation is under control. Hydra’s team has been eliminated by 80%, and the rest has little resistance. However, Mr. Stark suddenly transferred back to Iron Man and he has left.” While Fury was silently looking at the display in front of him, a SHIELD information officer behind him approached him to report.

“I know, don’t worry about Stark, the current situation does not need more Iron Man to help. The sweeping work must be done well, and those high-tech weapons must be captured as completely as possible.” Hearing the information officer’s report, Fury spoke lightly.

“Yes!” Hearing Fury’s instructions, the information officer was ready to turn back.

“Tell the soldiers to be careful. This base was very secretive and there are so many high-tech weapons. Maybe there is something hidden behind it.” Fury added when the information officer turned around.

“Got it.” At a reply, the information officer turned to give the order.

Fury doesn’t know, but it was this simple reminder that cost the SHIELD a lot less. Because …

The remaining Hydra members felt that the interior was now almost completely occupied by SHIELD’s fighters. In each passage, heavily armed fighters are searching forward, and from time to time, enemies emerging from the corner are destroyed by them.

Dī Dī Dī Dī! !! ~~

Just as one of the teams deep inside the base turned a corner to a shadowy aisle, the equipment in their team used to detect dangerous items suddenly issued a sharp alert.

Da Da Da Da! ~

According to the instructions of that instrument, the team quickly found the source of the threat: a high-energy bomb embedded in the wall! Moreover, according to the detection of the instrument, the bomb should not be a single piece, but a series. Soon, the entire area was inspected. The high-energy bombs were buried in the bottom floors of the base. Now, these bombs have been activated!

The news was passed out as soon as possible to other people in the base, the team which found the bomb did not leave immediately, but quickly began to conduct reverse research around the bomb to see if it was possible to stop such a self-destruct procedure.

After half a minute, the sweaty hands of the two professionals responsible for demolition dropped the instruments in their hands.

“There is no way to stop the system setting, this base is going to explode in ten minutes!” Although they couldn’t stop the bomb from exploding, they intercepted the time until the last bomb exploded.

“Hurry up!”

Without any hesitation, the team retreated immediately after getting this result. Of course, they also spread this news.

Dī Dī!

Flying in a Quinjet over Hydra base, a platform that served as a command post suddenly emitted a harsh red color, accompanied by a rushing alarm.

“Report! Found the base’s self-destruct system below! Ten minutes before the explosion!” Soon, someone had shouted and explained the situation.

“Retreat! Everyone Retreat! Contact Stark and ask his Iron Man to help us with the retreat!” Hearing this report, Fury, who was sitting calmly in the front, finally has a grim expression on his face and he stood from his seat before giving out the order.

“Yes!”

“Retreat! Retreat!”

Huh ~

“Can you estimate the area of the explosion?” Fury asked coldly as he approached the podium.

“From the information sent out by that squad, the bottom of this base has been completely covered with bombs. The expected range of the explosion is …” After hearing Fury’s question, a technician was quickly working on the display. He posted a base blueprint picture to demonstrates the possible scope of the Hydra base explosion.

Huh ~

Seeing the red range shown on the display, everyone around them was silent. Through the computer calculations, the self-destructing range of the Hydra base is as large as two football fields. This is still the most central explosion, and the scope of the periphery is even greater.

“Director Fury, it’s not safe here anymore.” After the initial shock, the information officer went to Fury to remind him. Although they are flying in midair, no one knows whether there are any special threats in those bombs.

“I know, tell the team below to leave everything and get out of here as fast as possible.” Fury was hoping to capture some of the technology behind Hydra’s secret research, but that looks unlikely now.

“Yes!”

…

Bang!

Da da da! !!

Just as Fury ordered his evacuation, a fierce battle was taking place at the rear of Hydra’s base.

“Captain Rogers! This base is about to explode! We have to evacuate quickly!” Steve blasted the enemy in front of him, and he suddenly heard a reminder from his teammates.

“Yeah! You guys retreat first, I will cover the back!” Captain Rogers shouted, looking at his teammates and seeing that they had started to retreat.

Boom!

After shouting that sentence, Steve got into a fight again. Although this base has begun to self-destruct, the soldiers who left are not afraid of death. They received the final order to desperately kill the person in front of them. So even though Steve wasn’t afraid of these guys, he was still occupied.

Bang! Bang!

Raising his shield to block a row of bullets that were fired at him, Captain Rogers also began to retreat. Although his physical quality is far superior to that of ordinary people, he still had no chance to survive the self-destructive explosion of the base. If he is here when the explosion occurred then he would die here.

Huh!

However, when Steve was about to withdraw, the soldiers went even crazier, and rushed towards him, dragging Steve away.

Bang! Pū Pū Pū!

Captain Rogers can only helplessly fight again with those soldiers who are not afraid of death. At this time, there are very few SHIELD operatives on the battlefield, and no one can come to help Rogers out of this predicament.

Dī Dī Drop ~~

Soon, the clock was ticking down to less than three minutes deep inside Hydra base, and even now Captain Rogers had little chance of getting out of the fight and out of range of the blast center.

When Captain Rogers was trapped by soldiers, far away from the base, deep in the forest, General Reese and Jeffery, who were fleeing in an armored vehicle, looked at the display in front of them, showing that the soldiers were keeping Captain Rogers there.

“Haha! Captain America! Time is running out! Although we lost a base this time, it wouldn’t be too much of a loss if you were buried here!” General Reese laughed as he watched Captain Rogers rushing towards the outside on the display. With that said. For Hydra, the hatred they have for Captain America is very high.

Ten ~ Nine ~ … Three ~ Two ~ One!

Finally, in accordance with General Reese’s expectations, the self-destructing bomb exploded before Captain Rogers could escape!

Buzz! !! !! ~

Buzz ~

After the countdown, the high-energy bombs buried deep inside the Hydra base all exploded instantly. The huge explosive power was quickly transmitted from the depths of the ground to the outside, and the surrounding area began to shake. In less than three seconds, the entire castle had begun to collapse.

As for Captain Rogers, he hasn’t escaped the most central position of Hydra base yet. However, feeling the shock below his feet, Steve didn’t have much fear. Because he is flying right now!

Brush!

In anticipation of the retreating Hydra commander, General Reese, an Iron Man Armor suddenly rushed over Rogers as he was running. Then Steve raised his hand and was pulled up by the Iron Man.

Call!

Pulled up by an Iron Man Armor, Captain Rogers quickly shot out of the center of the blast. He doesn’t know if Tony did it on purpose ad he was quick to arm himself and Mirage Knight and got out of here, but he still had JARVIS pick him up. Of course, Captain Rogers didn’t mind either way.

Rumble!

After JARVIS rescued Captain Rogers, the Hydra base finally sank to the ground in a huge explosion. Even a small earthquake occurred nearby, and a large area of ​​forest was altered.

Boom!

After seeing the last scene on the monitor, General Reese, who fled far into the forest, hit the table in front of him as he saw Captain Rogers escape!

“Next time! I’ll kill you next time!” General Reese’s eyes moved from the screen, which had no picture, and he whispered coldly.

“Now let’s get out of here.”

Woohoo!

…

Bang ~

It was as if there had been a sudden earthquake in the depths of the forest, and the violent vibrations had been transmitted far beyond the forest before subsiding.

As for the SHIELD teams, although they have retreated as fast as possible, but there were still some people who did not have time to run out of the castle and they got buried in that castle.

“Director, we lost 132 soldiers, and 53 people were crushed in the rubble, and we are working on the rescue.” In Quinjet, the Information Officer dimly reported the result of the attack on the Hydra Base.

“I see.” Fury replied with no change in tone after hearing the result.

If this is what they must pay to deal with Hydar than so be it. Hydra’s soldier equipment and strength are not any weaker than SHIELD’s soldiers, and they had home-field advantage in this base, so it is normal for SHIELD to lose so many people.

This is also an important reason why Fury has been trying to form the Avengers Alliance. He wants to form a super team that is far superior to ordinary special teams. When facing an enemy like Hydra, SHIELD can use this Sharp Blade like team, which will greatly reduce the casualties on their side.

Moreover, in many cases, the effect of that team would be much better than that of the normal team. During World War II, wasn’t it the Howling Commando led by Captain Rogers that gave Hydra a deep blow and earned them the victory. Now the world is facing more dangers than Hydra at the beginning. Fury needs a team that can handle this situation, SHIELD needs this team, and Earth needs this team.

“Rescue and tend to the wounded and let the other teams began to clean the battlefield.” Glancing at the mess below, Fury ordered coldly.

“Yes, Sir!”

Call!

After a few more laps in mid-air, the flame of the Quinjet tail injector, which was temporarily used as a command, rose sharply, and it rushed towards Washington.

…

Brush! Brush!

Over New York, two Iron Mans flew over at high speed, it was Tony and Lin Rui. Lin Rui, who left the battlefield early also learned about the self-destruct of the Hydra base through JARVIS. When hearing this news, Lin Rui almost drove Iron Man back to the battlefield again but he was stopped by Tony.

“I’m going back! My friend is still there!” He was trapped in the Iron Man Armor and JARVIS wouldn’t let him do what he wanted so Lin Rui shouted loudly towards Tony beside him.

Because Lin Rui was caught by Hydra’s Alpha team, and he was later surprised that Tony has come to rescue him, he forgot about Tom for a while. By the time he remembered him, he had already flown to New York, and at this time JARVIS told him about the self-destruction of the Hydra Base.

Lin Rui doesn’t think that when even the base is abandoned, the fleeing high-level executives will take Tom with them. That’s why he wants to go back and save his friend. However, Tony won’t let him go back now. Anyway, Tony already knew that there was such a situation and he will just inform SHIELD, Mirage Knight coming back to rescue Tom would look suspicious.

“You need to calm down, maybe your friend is okay? You also said that he is the Winter Soldier, he will not die so easily.” Tony shouted and calmly persuaded Lin Rui.

“And, since they know that person is your friend, the enemy might also run away with him. After all, this is also a weakness for you.”

“Yes! Tom will be fine! He will definitely not die!” Lin Rui’s heart was full of guilt over leaving Tom behind and he could only hope so at this time.

Although Lin Rui knew the odds of happening that were very small, he didn’t want to believe that Tom would die. The Smiths recently have become very worried because they have not heard any news about Tom. If they knew that Tom had been taken away by an organization like Hydra and that they had performed such experiments and transformations on him, and that he also may be dead. Lin Rui doesn’t know if the Smith family can withstand such a blow and Lin Rui also doesn’t know how he would face the Smith family at that time.

“Hydra! I swear, in this life, I will completely eradicate you! And, those people who took Tom, Death will be a mercy compared to what I do to you!” With anger in his heart, Lin Rui swears.

…

“Sneeze!” Just as Lin Rui vowed to destroy Hydra, General Reese, who had escaped far away, sneezed for no reason.

Touching his nose, General Reese looked back at the team that followed his retreat. Although they lost the base this time, at least the important personnel have been preserved. Hydra’s vitality is just like its name, with nine heads, you cut off one and another grows on its place, they can still afford the loss of a base.

After seeing a person in the corner of the ride, General Reese’s eyes narrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking. If Lin Rui was here, he would be able to see that the warrior standing like a stake in the corner was Tom who he had been so worried about, Reese had actually taken him with him when he fled.

Looking at Tom now, he seemed to have woken up as Hydra’s most faithful Winter Soldier. However, in Tom’s slightly lowered eyes, a small wave flashed from time to time.

New York, Tony’s beach house.

Tony directly returned to his place with Lin Rui. Although Tony also knew that SHIELD’s team had been monitoring him from near his villa, he did not care about their monitoring. Anyway, the technology of his villa is not something that these agents can easily breakthrough and he has no intention of hiding Mirage Knight from them as Captain Rogers and SHIELD already know.

“Well, you can sit there for me first. I’ll think about something for your hands and feet.” Lin Rui was brought into the basement and Tony said while pointing to a sofa.

Call!

Lin Rui was also unpretentious, his limbs are locked and he cannot even walk. And if he wants to get any news about Tom, he would have to remain at Tony’s side. SHIELD won’t tell Mirage Knight about their search results.

“Now, do you have something to tell me?” Tony dragged over a stool at his position and asked.

At this time, Lin Rui had already taken off the Phantom Suit and he was sitting on the sofa looking like a harmless high school student. If Tony hadn’t seen the Phantom Suit being taken off and retreating onto the wristband Lin Rui wears on his left hand, he might not believe that the young man in front of him would be New York’s famous Vigilante Mirage Knight.

“I want to contact my family first, and Peter, lest they keep worrying.” Looking at Tony with a serious face in front, Lin Rui nodded and said.

“Don’t worry, I have already told your parents that you will be helping me with experiments. Also, for the first time, I now know that you have been using me as a shield! And Peter also knows that you are safe.” Tony said quietly when he heard Lin Rui’s words.

Tony also confirmed Lin Rui’s identity long ago, and this time he made an excuse for Lin Rui. Lin Rui’s parents were very excited when they received Tony’s phone call and were told that Lin Rui could take an internship in Stark Industries. It doesn’t matter to them if he doesn’t go home. As for Peter and the League of Defender, although they really want to know how Mirage Knight is doing right now, there is no way they can ignore Tony and Lin Rui was not injured so they don’t mind waiting a little.

“So, Mr. Stark, what do you want to ask?” Knowing that Tony had spoken to his family and Peter, Lin Rui was less worried. As for Thor, Lin Rui has long forgotten about him.

As for Tony’s question, Lin Rui probably knew it too. Anyway, he had already decided to tell Tony everything and now he has the opportunity to tell him everything.

“Why didn’t you talk so well when I didn’t know your identity?” Seeing Lin Rui’s calmness, Tony said angrily.

“Isn’t that because I was worried that Mr. Stark will cause unnecessary trouble after he knows my identity and you didn’t you already figured out my identity?” Lin Rui said calmly when he heard Tony’s angry tone.

“What? If I hadn’t been careful, you would have been successfull in hiding your identity from me. Now, did you approach me on purpose in the first place?” Tony is annoyed at Lin Rui’s calm expression. Now, Tony wants to know what Lin Rui’s secret is, and why he approaches him.

“Well, I admit, I did approach you intentionally at the beginning.” Lin Rui answered helplessly after hearing Tony’s words.

“At that time, I had just become Mirage Knight and I had no teammates and no funds, I wanted to find a partner, and you were my choice.” Without waiting for Tony to ask again, Lin Rui explained.

Of course, Lin Rui was speaking half-truth. Although he did think so afterward, he approached Tony at first only because of the Mainline Quest.

“Is it really that simple? Why did you choose me? If you wanted a partner and funds to be a Vigilante, wouldn’t it be better to join your friend Harry Osborn.” Hearing Lin Rui’s explanation, Tony frowned slightly.

Moreover, Lin Rui approached Tony as Jackson Lin at that time, and Mirage Knight appeared later.

“Well, can I say that you were more pleasing to the eyes? Also, at that time, Harry was only the young master of Oscorp Industries, he was just a high school student, and he was nothing compared to his current self. If Harry was the Director of Oscorp at the time, maybe I would have asked him for help.” Lin Rui looked at Tony sincerely and explained it carefully.

“Huh! That’s one problem solved for the time being. What I want to know most now is, what secrets do you have, why did you become Mirage Knight, where did those weird things come from? Also, you seem to know a lot of secret things and many of them aren’t even known to SHIELD.” No one knew whether Tony accepted Lin Rui’s explanation but he continued to ask more questions. This time, he asked several questions in a row, which is what he is most concerned about now.

“Well, anyway, I’m going to tell you something important this time, and I should tell you something about me. But there are some things that cannot be explained, and I can only say what I can.” Knowing that Tony would be asking these questions, Lin Rui took a deep breath and said.

“Well, tell me. I’ll judge for myself.” Seeing Lin Rui so serious, Tony said seriously.

“First question, what secrets do I have? I can’t explain this.” Lin Rui’s first words make Tony frown but it was also expected.

“As for being a Mirage Knight, I chose to become Mirage Knight because of my secret that cannot be told.” Seeing Tony remaining silent, Lin Rui continued.

“Huh? Choose to become Mirage Knight? Did you have any other choices?” Tony sharply noticed something unusual in Lin Rui’s sentence and stared at him.

“Yes, I did choose to become Mirage Knight myself. As for the other choices, you only need to know that it was not a good thing.” Seeing Tony having doubts about this, Lin Rui explained briefly.

“I see, go on.” With a nod, Tony asks Lin Rui thoughtfully.

“As for all the strange and magical things on me, they were all obtained from my unspeakable secret, including the thing that saved your life before. Of course, there is a price to get these things, and some of them are not so easy to get.” Lin Rui goes on to answer Tony’s question.

“So, so you have more than just one of those things that can save lives? The one you used to save Fury last time in SHIELD is the same thing you used on me.” Tony said, Tony said again.

“That’s right. However, when I saved you, I really only had that one, and the one that saved Fury was obtained later.” With a nod, Lin Rui answered honestly.

“So, do you still have that thing now?”

Hearing Lin Rui’s words, Tony hurriedly asked, Tony wanted to study the magical unknown liquid that could save lives.

“Yes, but if Mr. Stark wants to study it, you won’t be finding anything in it. Because that item belongs to the magic category, it has nothing to do with science.” Lin Rui knew what Tony wanted to do when he heard his question, so Lin Rui answered directly.

“Why can’t magic be studied? Didn’t we see the Sorcerer last time? Maybe they can help me.” Hearing Lin Rui’s answer, Tony said unbelievably.

“Uh … this, they really know a lot about magic, but I don’t know if this magic item is the same as their magic item. And how would you even ask them for help? If it hadn’t been for that Demon we happened to meet last time, we would never have encountered these Sorcerers.” Seeing Tony ‘s appearance, Lin Rui knew that he won’t be persuaded easily, so Lin Rui explained it again.

Lin Rui’s magic items are all redeemed from the System Shop. Although they belong to the magic item’s category, he doesn’t know if the magic items of the earth are the same as that in his System Shop. Moreover, Lin Rui doesn’t think Ancient One will help Tony.

“You make them sound so mysterious, but why do I think that they seem to be interested in you?” Hearing Lin Rui’s words, Tony suddenly said something in a strange voice.

“Ehh? What do you mean by that? Why are they interested in me?” Lin Rui asks in surprise at Tony’s words.

When he saw the Ancient One last time, nothing special happened. Lin Rui thought that they wouldn’t be meeting afterward. Although Lin Rui’s whimsical plan requires a strong alliance, he has not yet planned to unite the Sorcerors of the earth. Their identity is too special.

“It seems you really don’t know, this time you were taken away by Hydra, and some sorcerer also helped us in the dark.” Staring at Lin Rui’s expression carefully and after confirming that he really didn’t know, Tony just explained.

“Sorcerers were helping you in the dark? Are you sure ?” Lin Rui asked again unexpectedly when he heard Tony’s words. He didn’t think he was some special Vigilante in New York that would attract the attention of the sorcerers, most likely Tony was mistaken.

“I am sure, although they didn’t show themselves, JARVIS detection will not go wrong. After we caught Francis, JARVIS clearly detected magical fluctuations.” Seeing Lin Rui disbelief, Tony said seriously.

“Magical Fluctuation? Is it really them?” Lin Rui was confused as Tony looked so certain.

Theoretically speaking, even if Lin Rui’s life is in danger, Hydra is not something like a Demon from the other world and the Sorcerers have no reason to help him or his teammates. Do they want something?

You can’t blame Lin Rui for thinking that, because he really doesn’t know why Sorcerers would involve themselves in his affairs, he has no magic talent.

“Since you don’t know about that, just forget it. Do you know where to find them? Since they will help you, they must have some other ideas for you. Maybe they can really help you to help me in magic and I can finally make some progress in this particular magic branch.” Although Lin Rui does not know why the sorcerers were trying to help him, this does not prevent Tony from making such a judgment and decision. What’s more, Tony has now made magic a special subject for him to study.

“If you really want to find them, I can provide you with the general location but they generally do not accept outsiders. Although the Ancient One seemed easy-going last time but it would depend on your fate and luck if they want to answer your questions and help you.” Knowing that Tony was really attached to magical things, Lin Rui would not hide anything.

“I knew you weren’t that simple. You kept hiding things from me before! Now, I want to find out how many secrets you still have!” It is no surprise that Lin Rui knows where to find the sorcerers. After all, Mirage Knight has given him quite a few surprises before.

“Haha …” Lin Rui could only laugh twice before facing Tony’s questioning.

Then, under Tony’s constant questions, Lin Rui, who chose to be frank, also answered his questions as much as possible. With the exception of the secrets of the system in his head, Lin Rui gives a general answer to Tony’s other questions. Some of them are not easy to answer, but Lin Rui just made up an excuse. As for Tony’s belief in what Lin Rui says, that’s not what Lin Rui has to worry about.

Ten minutes later, this serious conversation was temporarily suspended and the information Tony received from Lin Rui also took some time to digest.

“Whew! Asgard, the Nine Worlds, the World Tree, the Earth, and the other world. It turns out that our universe world is like this! Although I have known about the infinite universe for a long time, it is still very shocking to really know these things!” After two minutes of calmness, Tony said with a deep sigh.

“According to what you just said, Earth will experience various dangers in the future, so did you choose this path to prevent those dangers? You became a Superhero who protects the earth?” Finally, Tony looked up at the young man sitting opposite to him and asked in a serious tone.

“Well! This is the path I have chosen, and I will go on!” In the face of Tony’s question, Lin Rui answers seriously.

“It’s a big goal. Do you know what it would take to get there? Do you know that you may have given everything you had to get what you wanted? The earth, this world may not need your protection.” Seeing the fiery eyes of the young man, Tony suddenly looked away and asked softly. In Tony’s opinion, a child-like Lin Rui cannot and should not bear such a big responsibility.

“Of course I know! The strength of a single person is small. Even if I can become stronger than Hulk, I cannot protect my relatives, friends, and even the Earth when facing threats from the Universe or the World itself at the same time.” Hearing Tony’s words, Lin Rui said seriously.

“Then why are you …”

“But I still have to do it, no matter how much I will pay in the meantime. Because I have people and things that I want to protect! And, doesn’t Mr. Stark also think like that?” When Tony wanted to say something else, Lin Rui went on to say it seriously.

“Me? Of course, I also have people that I want to protect and I also want people on the planet to live in a safe environment. But do you know how much effort this thing requires? Even I wouldn’t dare to say that I can achieve what you said in this lifetime. “Hearing Lin Rui’s question, Tony’s eyes flashed as he answered.

Tony’s attitude towards protecting innocent civilians has not been weak since he experienced the disaster himself. However, he also knew that it would be difficult to achieve this goal relying on the constantly upgrading Iron Man. And he now knows from Lin Rui’s mouth that the earth will face so many threats, and the power of the Iron Man alone seems even more insufficient.

“What if I say I also want to create a completely safe, united earth without any evil forces?” Staring at Tony, Lin Rui suddenly blurts out the words.