Chapter 905: Human Land? Collecting the Bodies of Coulson's Team
"Mr. Gaius." Peggy suddenly said, "I have something I want to discuss with the board of directors. Could you please step aside for a moment?"
"Aaron." Coulson immediately winked at him, "I'm leaving my team in your hands."
"Haha!" Aaron chuckled meaningfully, looked at Nick Fury and said, "One billion US dollars, put it on my card, don't think about refusing to pay it back."
"understood."
Aaron left the office very decisively, took out the motorcycle and Captain Jack's compass from the rooftop, then turned on the motorcycle's flight mode and followed the compass needle straight into the sky.
After watching Aaron leave, Peggy stood up with the help of Coulson, "Natasha, please contact the last director."
"Okay, Ms. Peggy." Natasha turned on the computer and sent a connection request.
After a while, a virtual projection appeared. The female director she disguised herself as was sitting on a chair, looking at them seriously.
"Nick Fury is alive, Alexander Pierce is dead, it looks like everything is over, right?"
"Almost. After today, the hidden dangers within SHIELD will be completely eliminated." Nick Fury said seriously, and then changed the subject, "But there are some more important things I need to tell you. This is why I asked Ms. Peggy to come here. After all, Nick Fury has never had a very good image in the eyes of the Board of Directors."
The female director sighed silently, as if she already knew what Nick Fury was planning.
“Ms. Peggy, you have made an indelible contribution to the establishment of S.H.I.E.L.D.
We all respect your contribution to the world and understand your concerns.
Alexander Pierce is HYDRA and SHIELD is innocent, and we will accept that as the default."
"It's not enough. SHIELD needs more support after what's happened." Peggy's voice was weak, but her expression was extremely firm.
The four directors looked at each other, none of them looking very happy.
SHIELD made such a huge mistake that the Directorate was almost wiped out, and the Insight Project directly threatened the lives of millions of people.
Now they have let bygones be bygones and tacitly agreed to let this matter go, which is considered broad-minded. What else could Peggy Carter be dissatisfied with?
"I don't understand, Ms. Paige." Hoy said, expressing the doubts in the minds of the other three directors.
"That's why I came here in person, holding on to my weak body." Peggy looked seriously at the four directors who had stood together at some point, "S.H.I.E.L.D. must exist, and only S.H.I.E.L.D. can barely maintain the order of this world.
Listen carefully, I said barely maintain it. "
"Is this an exaggeration of the role of SHIELD?" the female director asked suspiciously.
"The full name of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the Strategic Homeland Defense, Offensive and Logistics Agency. The homeland here refers to the homeland of mankind." Peggy Carter said earnestly, but it made the board of directors feel an inexplicable pressure. 'Homeland of mankind' was enough to make them think of too many things.
"The Security Council has the most dealings with SHIELD. You should know that SHIELD's tentacles are spread all over the world. Whether it's intelligence, weapons, technology, or personnel, they all surpass other official organizations."
"It also has the most funding." The female director said with some dissatisfaction, "The funding allocated to SHIELD every year starts at a trillion, far exceeding the military."
“It’s worth it, ma’am.
Even in my opinion, this amount of funding is far from enough, because SHIELD is the most advanced guardian of mankind."
"We know that SHIELD played a role in the battle against the Chitauri, but the military also did something."
"I heard that you were planning to launch a nuclear bomb at that time." Peggy smiled reluctantly, "But if we use your nuclear bomb standards, the entire earth will probably be bombed by nuclear bombs.
But even so, humans are not necessarily safe, and may even be in greater danger."
"Ms. Peggy, isn't this a bit of an exaggeration?"
"Do you think the original purpose of establishing SHIELD was just to prevent aliens?"
Several directors frowned slightly and exchanged glances obscurely. Then the younger director with an eastern face said, "We also know something about the existence of mutants."
"Some? Your understanding is too shallow.
The threat from mutants is the lowest, because mutants are also part of humanity, and they have completely different voices within them and are still in the stage of internal friction.
But what about mutants? How many vampires, werewolves, demons, aliens, and even mythical beings do you know? How many of them can't be killed by nuclear bombs?
What I have said is only what is known, but it is certain that there are unknown, more dangerous and terrifying threats in the dark. "
"Ms. Peggy, what you said...is there any evidence?" asked the female director.
"I'm here to give you evidence." Peggy Carter looked at Natasha, "There is a security protocol in the SHIELD database that requires two A-level personnel to lift it."
"Then is it true that Pierce was also... He seemed to have been the director of SHIELD for a period of time!"
"Without Peggy Carter among the two A-level personnel, lifting the agreement would only yield a small portion of the secrets.
We are all lucky that Alexander Pierce didn't take me seriously, or the Hydra threat would be much greater than it is now."
"If I, the Director of SHIELD, am an A-level personnel, then Ms. Peggy, the founder of SHIELD, is an S-level personnel."
"You know, Fury, I'm not really the founder."
"At least that's what everyone thinks."
Peggy Carter smiled and said, "Open the document! Natasha, I hope the Council can have a better understanding of this fragile world."
"This may take some time." Natasha projected the computer screen onto the blank wall, and a blue progress bar slowly buffered among the numerous data.
"I think the Council wouldn't mind waiting a while!"
"I don't mind, I don't mind."
......
[Capture Bucky Barnes;
Completing the mission rewards 300 magic points; there is no penalty for mission failure; Completed]
[Help Bucky Barnes return to normal;
Completing the mission rewards 200 magic points; there is no penalty for mission failure; Accepted]
On the other side, Aaron opened the task panel while flying rapidly at high altitude.
The first mission has been completed. As for the second one... I have to go back later. I believe Steve won't mind him healing Bucky's brain.
Aaron paused as he was thinking this, because the needle on the compass suddenly turned ninety degrees downward.
Aaron looked at the sea below, and his expression became extremely wonderful.
He controlled the motorcycle to stop in mid-air, picked up the compass in doubt, and silently recited "the location of Coulson's team" in his mind, but the compass needle did not move.
"Good guy, what a good guy." Aaron shook his head speechlessly. He didn't expect that Coulson's team would be wiped out. It was in vain that he rushed here against the clock.
Even if Pierce sent out the code word right after Steve gave his speech, it had only been less than an hour!
May was fighting Ward and Garrett alone, but... what happened to the promise of catching the opponent off guard? Is the gold content of the Iron Cavalry so low?
"Oh! What a trouble! I shouldn't have agreed to him if I had known." Aaron sighed in distress. Coulson's team was sunk into the sea, and whether to collect the bodies was a serious issue.
After all, we know each other. By preventing them from dying in the belly of the fish, I am making good on our friendship over this period of time.
But this is the sea! Who knows how deep they sank?
A few dozen meters is fine, visibility is OK, the danger is not too high
He could accept a distance of several hundred meters, even though the light was dim and there were marine creatures several to tens of meters away, but it was not a problem.
But if it is thousands of meters, it is the gate to the dark world, where all kinds of dangerous giant creatures live.
Although he didn't care, unless he used magic, it would still be a lot of work to find a few corpses in such an environment.
As for ten thousand meters...don't even think about collecting the bodies. You probably won't even find any traces.
"This kind of thing should be left to the body collection team!" Aaron hesitated for a long time and decided to go down and take a look.
At the same time, he also decided to speed up the search for the followers of the God of Death, because his intuition told him that collecting corpses would happen frequently in the future, so he had to find a professional to do it.
With my current physical condition, I should be able to hold my breath underwater for an hour without using magic, but the water pressure I can withstand is around eight hundred meters, and no more than one thousand meters at most.
After silently estimating the limit of his body's endurance, Aaron took off his extra clothes, leaving only a pair of shorts and two rings on his body.
Then he took a deep breath and dived into the sea.
If the depth they sink to is no more than a thousand meters, we can collect their bodies. If it is more than a thousand meters... then there is nothing we can do to help them.
Fifteen meters underwater, there is no pressure at all. You can see the sunlight dancing underwater, which is magical and gorgeous.
Twenty-five meters underwater, you officially enter the ocean world, where silver and red fish are swimming freely.
Fifty meters underwater, visibility begins to decrease, and occasionally one or two killer whales can be seen.
Seventy meters underwater...
......
While Aaron was exploring the charm of the ocean, on a beach on the seabed, a rectangular metal cabin was emitting a faint light, bringing a tiny bit of warmth to the surrounding corals and reefs.
Skye slowly opened her eyes. The dark and gloomy environment made her feel inexplicably panicked.
"Where are we?"
"Under the sea." Fitz said weakly, "These pods were built to be compatible with all SHIELD aircraft, submarines, and spacecraft.
When we hit an impact, the atmospheric adaptation system causes the capsule to try to counteract the impact, and as the density of the outer walls increases, we sink.
Simmons and I measured the speed at which the water outside the cabin was rising, did some simple calculations, and came up with two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"good news."
"The good news is that we didn't sink too deep." Simmons forced an ugly smile. "More than 90 meters, almost 100 meters, the maximum depth a professional diver can dive to without any equipment."
"Watford..." Skye opened his mouth in astonishment, "Can this be considered good news?"
"It means we won't be crushed to pieces by the sea immediately after we get out."
Skye's eye twitched, "How deep can a normal person dive?"
"Amateur divers can probably dive about 15 meters without any equipment!"
"But we are not even divers." Skye said speechlessly, and then suddenly thought of something, looking at Mei with a glimmer of hope, "Mei, please tell me this is a piece of cake for you."
Mei rolled her eyes at her. "I should be better than an amateur diver, but I'm not a professional after all."
"You can't do anything?"
"May might be able to do it if she has a small outburst," Fitz said, "but the problem is that even if she can, she can't take all three of us up there."
The light in Skye's eyes suddenly dimmed, "So, what about the bad news?"
"The bad news is that we can't get out." Fitz knocked on the wall behind him. "I believe you know what this thing is made of, and we have almost no tools to use."
"Even if we are lucky enough to get out, we are in the vast ocean, we will suffer from decompression sickness, no buoyancy, and no search and rescue personnel. If our luck is even worse, we might even encounter a school of sharks or something." Simmons added with a sigh, making the already bad atmosphere even worse.
Skye paused, smiled bitterly and shrugged, "There is no good news, only bad news, worse news and desperate news."
"At least we are still alive, which is a blessing in disguise." May comforted, "and Fitz has already sent a distress signal."
"really?"
"It's true. Although the signal is relatively weak, it was sent out after all." Fitz's expression did not change. "But the problem is the current situation of SHIELD... We don't even know if the distress signal will be useful."
"It should be useful." May patiently calmed the three people. "Nick Fury knew that there were a large number of Hydra agents inside SHIELD. He staged and directed the outbreak of the civil strife. Otherwise, why would I be so wary of Garrett and Ward?"
"Yeah!" Skye nodded. "It was so cool that you injured Garrett and suppressed Ward. It was so cool that we almost thought you could control the situation, so you hid in this cabin."
"Are you making fun of me?"
“No, I’m just curious.
You seriously injured Garrett, but we had only been hiding here for less than a minute and you came in. This is somewhat outrageous.
Mei, don't you think you should give us an explanation?"
"It can only be said that plans cannot keep up with changes." Mei said depressedly, "Like you said, I had already controlled the situation. I even broke Ward's arm, but... who would have thought that Garrett had a centipede team?"
"What?" x3.
"My expression at that time was exactly the same as yours now. Seven or eight super soldiers injected with centipede serum opened the top cover and jumped out. What could I do?"