nownovels Chapter 440 The Crashed Space Carrier
Chapter 440 The Crashed Space Carrier
Chapter 440 The Crashed Space Carrier
The turrets on the space carrier activated urgently, and Quinjet fighters on the tarmac in the underground base took off immediately, unleashing all available firepower at the two.
This did not affect the fact that these two creations, which can be said to be the pinnacle of Earth's current weapon technology, accurately bombarded the anti-gravity engine weaknesses scanned on the space carrier.
Amidst a hail of bullets, Hawkeye, who managed to remain unscathed thanks to the high mobility of his Iron Man suit, still managed to quip Iron Man a couple of times: "Stark's technology against Stark's technology—actually, thinking about it carefully, that's pretty scary."
After S.H.I.E.L.D. phased out the first generation's ridiculously stupid turbine engine, the new generation of space carriers adopted more advanced and reliable anti-gravity technology.
So who exactly is the technical support provider for this anti-gravity drive system, from power supply to engine?
Yes, it's Tony Stark.
The air battle currently taking place high above Washington, D.C., in which two Iron Man suits are fighting against S.H.I.E.L.D.'s entire Tri-Wing air defense system, can actually be considered an internal war among Stark Industries' products.
In just one or two years, Tony Stark in the Middle East has essentially transformed himself and his entire Stark Group into a science and technology conglomerate that is hard for ordinary people to imagine.
"You're making it sound like he's going to run for president next year."
Black Widow dodged the locked missiles by leaping through the air. These air-to-air missiles, which were outdated in Stark Industries technology, couldn't even get a lock-on or hit her, let alone be hit by the full power of the armor's thrusters.
"Well—"
Hawkeye had reservations about this. If you think about it carefully, for someone like Stark to want to control things in the White House, running for office is probably the least efficient method.
Just as Hawkeye and Black Widow were locked in a fierce battle, as were the war machines from Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., a loud explosion came from the distant horizon.
A tiny, rapidly moving dot cleaved through the billowing smoke in the air, leaving a straight, crimson trail of light.
The red trail moved without flinching or dodging, and a space carrier that had taken off halfway through its path was instead directly rammed through by it.
The instantaneous high-speed impact generated a high-pressure airflow that brought in a massive amount of oxygen, and the combustion-enhancing effect transformed the initial sporadic explosions into a massive burst of flames from beginning to end.
Then the red trail went straight underground, plunging into the underground bunker of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tri-Wing headquarters.
"What just flew by?"
Hawkeye then belatedly glanced at the HUD built into the suit. Based on the analysis of the flight speed and trajectory spectrum, the built-in AI marked the unidentified flying object that had only stayed in the center of the battlefield for less than a second as "Superman".
"Is this the speed at which a human, no, anything can escape the atmosphere?"
Without the AI recording function built into the Iron Man suits, they might not have been able to realize what happened in that short 0.1 seconds, only seeing a red line flash across their retina.
According to AI calculations, this speed is enough to create a storm on the East Coast that could cross the Rocky Mountains and reach the West Coast!
Let alone in the flammable and explosive atmosphere, even flying that fast in the vast vacuum of the solar system would be a bit too aggressive.
Now, apart from the smoke that had filled the sky earlier due to the anti-aircraft fire, which had been swept away, the sky was relatively calm.
Hawkeye knew Superman wasn't human, but this was just too inhuman: "Newton and Kelvin would be furious if they saw this—"
If he had never been to school, that would be somewhat acceptable; all he would see is something like "a cowhide" when he looks up.
Hawkeye, being a highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. super agent, found Superman's simple, fast-paced antics even more illogical after witnessing so many supernatural phenomena: "While S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't exactly a science-driven organization, this is just too unscientific!"
Superman's high-speed cruise this time is practically rubbing the cornerstone laws of basic mechanics, aerodynamics, and thermodynamics into the ground.
"Keep your job done. There are still two space carriers that haven't lost power!"
Black Widow bypassed the barrage of fire that had briefly subsided due to Superman's attack and opened fire on the other two carriers still taking off: "We absolutely cannot let these carriers ascend to their designated orbits!"
The underside of these space carriers is covered with a dense array of terrifying weapon modules. Black Widow knows that one of the reasons she and her partner are currently able to operate so easily is that these weapons cannot be aimed at them due to their altitude.
Once these weapons are launched and the orbital firepower is in place, even Stark's Iron Man suits might not survive under such a barrage of fire that could instantly vaporize a mosquito.
Moreover, no one knows what else has been added to these weapons. The zombie virus could very well be unleashed into any corner of the atmosphere via orbital fire, and no one can afford such consequences.
Without Pierce as their leader, the Hydra zombies under his command began to veer towards disorganization and indiscipline again, driven by hunger.
After Superman broke through the defenses, their first thought wasn't to protect the base control module and complete the mission, but to run to the next level.
Now that the enemy has invaded, it's more appealing to have a feast first than to adhere to Hydra's ideology and complete the mission of enabling everyone to undergo the highest evolution.
A group of zombies stumbled and staggered into the lower level, heading straight for the cells where normal people were imprisoned, no longer maintaining their former discipline.
With a crash, the door to the lower-level solitary confinement cell was smashed open by the surging horde of zombies: "Commander Hill! I've longed for you for so long!"
This desire is different from that desire. Ordinary zombies are not scary. What is scary are zombies that still have memories of their previous lives. Their malice towards the living is infinitely amplified at this moment.
These Hydra agents, now completely zombified, naturally sought revenge for their grudges and vindicated their wrongs. Almost half of the S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel were not converted and were kept as food for the future.
For these zombies, what experience could be more wonderful than devouring the flesh and blood of their own enemies?
Unfortunately, their wish was destined to be difficult to realize.
The underground bunker's interlayers are filled with various heavy metal layers that shield against radiation, greatly obstructing Joey's vision. However, as he had said before, the lead-plated interlayers are only effective when Superman doesn't want to see.
Clark Kent once told Batman that he could smell the sweet and sour cherry cream on a Black Forest cake from a dessert shop in Baden-Württemberg from the space watchtower.
According to Joey, it was probably Superman teasing Batman; he couldn't possibly have actually smelled it.
If Kryptonians were to unleash their full senses, it would be a complete catastrophe.
For example, right now, Joey can hear the zombies' breathing and heartbeats in a way that is so different from what ordinary people can hear.
As for the smell, it was absolutely terrible—as a movable corpse, the stench of decay on their bodies was unbearable.
After briefly activating the ability, Joey pinpointed the zombie's location and, disregarding any potential consequences, focused his heat vision—
The intense heat, comparable to the radiation from a star fusion reactor, pierced through layer after layer of thick fortifications in a single second, setting the zombies in front of Commander Hill and the others trapped inside S.H.I.E.L.D. on fire.
Hill, who was preparing for a desperate fight, immediately froze on the spot.
The enemy in front of them vanished from the spot almost immediately after a flash of light, without even letting out a scream.
This time, because he was suppressing his nausea, Joey showed no mercy and used pure high temperature to ignite all the zombie bodies.
Moreover, due to the excessively high temperature, the unfortunate creature that was ignited would pop like white phosphorus exposed to light; an intact human body would instantly vaporize and disappear under such heat.
This is one of the worst things the Kryptonians could do.
However, Joey didn't care about her image or the impact of her actions. After clearing out the lurking zombies and checking everything again, she took flight once more and soared into the sky.
The space carrier is about to crash.
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