Chapter 295 Before Tragedy Strikes, Do Everything You Can to Stop It!

"That's right, remember the Cosmic Cube I told you about before?"

Before the food was served, Lainie took the tea that the waiter had prepared in advance and poured a cup for each of them, then told Steve the relevant information about the Cosmic Cube seriously.

"After Mr. Howard salvaged the Cosmic Cube, he planned to find a new clean energy source through it, striving to replace fuel as a new power source in the 21st century, so as to promote the development of human technology..."

Steve raised his eyebrows and did not comment on this. Nick Fury also mentioned this to him, although his advice to him at the time was: "You shouldn't have salvaged it!"

Even today, Steve still sticks to his opinion, even though it seems that this technology is still successful.

Lainie picked up the teacup and moistened her throat. After confirming that no one around noticed the conversation between the three of them, she continued:

"Due to the technical limitations at the time, Mr. Howard could only produce a semi-finished product, and this semi-finished product obviously could not meet the needs of SHIELD and the military at the time, so this matter was shelved until..."

Laini tilted her head and motioned Steve to look out the window. A huge poster of Iron Man Tony Stark was erected beside the pedestrian street outside the restaurant, and its meaning was self-evident.

"Until Howard's son completed his technology?"

Steve nodded thoughtfully. He had read Tony's information and understood a little about Tony Stark's past.

"Well, Tony's success gave SHIELD the confidence to continue studying the Cosmic Cube, but what happened afterwards was the biggest factor affecting SHIELD's current judgment..."

Laini told Steve about item 084, Thor's hammer in Norse mythology, even though it involved SHIELD's Level 7 secret.

"Thor and the Asgardians can be trusted, but Loki is different. He is cunning, arrogant, scheming, and treats human life as worthless. All similar adjectives you can imagine can be applied to him."

"Gods..."

Hearing this, Rogers' originally calm expression began to change.

"That's not the case. At most, they are aliens with extraordinary physiques. They just helped humans hundreds or thousands of years ago and left behind mythical legends during that period."

Laini's voice was a little low, and her eyes were even more profound.

"Compared to us who can only live for a few decades, those Asgardians with vigorous vitality obviously better meet people's definition of gods."

Skye looked at Lainie sideways. She could feel the momentum emanating from Lainie. She had read the briefing of that mission, which could be said to be a stain on Lainie's career.

"But it turns out that they are not invincible!"

"Indeed, they are strong, but they can still die, they are afraid of electric shock and fire, and our weapons can still pose a threat to them."

Skye's words woke Leni up from her memories, and she immediately restrained her aura.

"But this also reminds S.H.I.E.L.D. and us that our planet is not the only one in the universe that breeds intelligent life. There are many races stronger than us. If one day we are attacked without any preparation, then humans may face irreversible consequences."

"So Nick Fury plans to form the Avengers?"

At this point, Steve finally understood what Leni wanted to express. After all, she still wanted to invite him to join the Avengers plan.

"The Avengers are just a conception of Nick Fury. In his hypothesis, if the Earth is suddenly attacked by an unknown civilization or unknown force one day, he hopes that there will be a team on Earth that can stand up from the ruins, unite mankind, gather all the strength, launch a counterattack against the enemy, and avenge the enemy... and the name of this team, he calls it the Avengers."

Steve did not comment on this. He agreed with Nick Fury's hypothesis, but he disagreed with his approach.

"So what do you think? I heard Fury say that you and Tony Stark did not approve of this plan before."

Laini did not hide it. This is true. She really does not approve of the practice of waiting for a disaster to happen before making remedial measures.

"As I said before, I am in charge of the Avengers Project. The reason I agreed to be the person in charge of this project is because Nick Fury promised not to easily interfere with my arrangements midway... and my definition of this plan is to take revenge on any evil forces that dare to covet the earth! And do everything possible to prevent it from happening before the tragedy happens!"

Yes, Lainie is not the kind of fool who will only passively wait for the enemy to attack.

Just like the arrangements made in New Mexico before, relying on her understanding of the original plot, she did her best to make arrangements in advance, and then went all out to meet the invasion from the hostile forces!

It's a pity that she underestimated the destructive power of the Destroyer Armor at that time. The Destroyer that Thor could easily deal with in the movie, but her side paid a painful price for it.

Steve was silent for a while. Both concepts seemed to be right, and even in his opinion, they could exist at the same time.

"Do you think that guy named Loki will come back?"

Laini raised her eyebrows and put the teapot on the table aside. The proprietress was about to serve the dishes.

"It's not that I think he will, but he will definitely come back!"

...

In the Security Council Chamber, Sheffield sat in his seat with a sullen expression and said nothing.

"What on earth were you thinking! Why did you order the launch of a nuclear bomb!"

On an empty seat opposite where Sheffield was sitting, a holographic projection of a member of the Security Council questioned Sheffield in a majestic tone.

"Because only by eliminating all those people will the scandalous things we have done not be exposed."

Sheffield's tone was calm, and to this day, he still doesn't think he did anything wrong.

"Baga! But don't you know that guy from the Stark family can dismantle a nuclear bomb? What's more, isn't it still hidden by us successfully!"

Sheffield turned his head and glanced at the Security Council member who spoke. This kind of role was only assigned to the United States to carry shoes. When did it become his turn to accuse himself?

"Japanese representative, please pay attention to your wording. We are discussing the impact and consequences of this incident, not pursuing General Sheffield's mistakes!"

A member of the Security Council who originally maintained a neutral attitude frowned and shouted to stop the rude attitude of the Japanese member.

The Japanese representative curled his lips. Their country did not benefit at all from the Libyan incident. If it were not for the sake of the United States...

"All I did was to make the best choice under the existing conditions at the time. Instead of blaming me for what I did, it would be better to ask Alexander Pierce why he arranged for SHIELD people to go to Libya!"

Sheffield bluntly expressed his dissatisfaction. He couldn't figure out why Alexander Pierce would do such a stupid thing.

And the most important thing is that he Sheffield did not give the order to launch the nuclear bomb at all!