Chapter 279: Taking Action (1/2)

"We have received a report of a power outage. A large-scale power outage has occurred centered on Governors Island in Upper New York Bay, and the situation has spread to the entire northern part of New York City. The federal authorities have issued an emergency order. Do not go out easily unless necessary..."

"Breaking news: New York City has been attacked by unknown creatures!"

...

"Mr. Wilson, the president's call..."

In the New York Mayor's Office, Jin Bing looked at the vague picture played on the TV screen in front of him and answered the phone in front of him in silence.

"...The place where the incident happened happened to be the Thunderbolt Special Forces base on Governors Island. At present, it can be seen that the entire base has been reduced to ruins in the war. The specific casualties have not been counted, but according to official records, the entire Thunderbolt Special Forces base has more than thousands of staff..."

Looking at the news screen shot by the helicopter, Jin Bing responded to the president on the other end of the phone.

"I understand, Mr. President."

"Our communication with the reporters in front was accidentally interrupted. We don't know what the situation is at the scene at the moment."

After hanging up the phone, Jin Bing retracted his gaze from the studio that reappeared on the TV screen and turned his head to explain to the city government staff.

"Notify the New York City Police Department to maintain street security and provide necessary assistance if you see any military action."

"Understood."

Nodding, the mayor's secretary immediately asked as if he had thought of something: "What about the German troops stationed in the United States, sir?"

"Same."

Hearing this, Kingpin took a deep look at the secretary and then answered in a low voice.

...

Boom---

Over the sky of Governors Island, endless thunder power condensed on the Storm Axe.

"Dormammu!"

Thor swung his axe and roared at the giant in front of him.

"For the glory of Asgard!"

Facing Thor's fierce attack, Dormammu's beating eyes burst into fierce flames, and he opened and closed his mouth to roar with countless whispers, and his hands emerged with mysterious energy that was more powerful than that of the dark Doctor Strange.

As the ruler of the dark dimension, Dormammu has pure and infinite power, but it is limited by the interference of the dimension so that it cannot fully demonstrate its strength. In most battles, it must rely on believers to achieve its goals. The dark dimension is the source of Dormammu's power, but to some extent it has also become a prison for him.

This is why Dormammu started a war against other dimensional universes. He needs to rule more worlds to expand the territory of the dark dimension.

"Ah!"

The strong dark power enveloped Thor, causing the Asgardian thunder god to scream in pain, and the storm axe in his hand was fiercely knocked out.

"Even your father, the king of Asgard, Odin, is not my opponent..."

Grabbing Thor with one hand, Dormammu grabbed him in front of him, staring at him with burning eyes and whispering.

"How dare you challenge my majesty, Thor."

As Dormammu questioned, more dark power emerged from his hands, making Thor's expression become more and more painful.

"Thor!"

Looking at Thor held in Dormammu's hand, Steve exclaimed and swung the shield in his hand to try to save him.

Bang!

The rapidly rotating shield drew a huge arc in the air and accurately hit Dormammu's finger, but the power transmitted from the shield was not enough to affect Dormammu's attack.

"Captain America!"

Rolling his eyes and landing on Steve under him, Dormammu let out a whispered roar.

Boom--

The next second, a beam of flame stained with dark power burst out from his blazing eyeballs.

"Be careful, Steve!"

Recognizing Dormammu's attack, Carter couldn't help but scream and grabbed the shield in his hand to try to defend himself. However, the flame carrying the dark power was more violent than expected. Carter was even blown away by the power of the flame after only taking a few steps, leaving Captain America Steve standing alone, and the shield in his hand had been thrown out early in the previous attack.

"Sorry, Carter..."

Feeling the deadly energy carried by Dormammu's flame, Steve's expression was unexpectedly calm.

He turned his head to look at Carter beside him, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face: "I still broke my promise this time."

As Steve's voice fell, the sky-high flames instantly submerged him.

However, the expected pain did not appear on his body.

"Are you okay, Steve?"

Carter also took the opportunity to raise his shield and blocked him again.

"It's okay."

Steve shook his head and looked in the direction of the attack. He saw a calm figure appeared in front of the flames at some point, holding Vision's neck in his hand.

Clang--

Releasing his palm and letting Vision's body fall on the opposite side, Colin looked up at Dormammu in front of him, especially lingering on Thor in the other's hand: "Why do I always feel that this scene in front of me has a sense of déjà vu."

As Colin's voice fell, his figure appeared above Dormammu's head in this second.

"Now, it's my turn."

...

"Father?"

On the aerospace carrier, Maria.

Hearing the slightly hesitant figure coming from inside the nano-suit, Howard took steps to completely expose his true face to Tony's eyes.

"Well, okay..."

The half-human, half-machine face silenced Tony for a moment under the helmet.

"I admit that there is a big gap between you and my impression, but..."

Controlling the nano-suit that stayed in mid-air, it landed on the old deck of the mothership. Tony took the initiative to put away the nano-helmet on his head, revealing his face with a bit of vicissitudes, and looked at Howard in front of him with a complex expression. : "I'm not stupid enough to mistake my own father, Howard Stark."

The face that appeared under the nano-suit also made the blue light in Howard's mechanical eyes flicker.

He subconsciously extinguished the arc blaster in his palm and said in a hoarse voice: "But how is this possible? You clearly..."

At this point, Howard stopped himself from speaking and just looked at Tony Stark, who was very similar to what he remembered but was obviously much older.

Not aware of the complicated emotions in Howard's tone, Tony looked at Howard who had obviously undergone extensive transformation.

Even just looking at it, Tony could imagine the pain that Howard experienced during the entire transformation process. It was a pain that could not be described in words, especially when his eyes fell on the other party's face embedded in the metal, the look in Tony's eyes was even more... I couldn't help but feel a little moved, and even my eyes reacted uncontrollably.

"What exactly happened to you?"

Facing Tony's doubts, Howard did not make a positive reply. Under the operation of the mechanical heart, he had already restrained his emotions very well and replied in a casual tone: "I encountered a serious situation. A car accident, and I was lucky enough to save my life.”

After hearing Howard's explanation, Tony couldn't help but blurt out.

"Is it really that car accident?!"

The car accident that was like a nightmare in Tony's life not only appeared in his own world, but also appeared in this world.

"really?"

Hearing the words Tony used, Howard looked at him.

"In the world I live in, you and your mother also died in a car accident, but in that world, you really died, not..."

Although Tony did not continue to explain, Howard already understood the meaning behind him.

"So, in other worlds, was it Maria and I who died in that car accident?"

For some reason, after hearing Tony's explanation, the haze in Howard's heart dissipated a little.

At least, in the world he didn't know, Tony was still alive and well, and he was still growing strong even without himself.

"Then, what is the purpose of coming to this world?"

Containing the surging emotions in his heart, Howard stared at Governors Island below the mothership. Under the operation of the mechanical eye, he could clearly see Dormammu's huge body.

"Conquer the world?"

Facing Howard's question, Tony hesitated for a moment.

If he had enough excuses to convince himself to fight for the world before meeting Howard, then the appearance of Howard destroyed the last bit of firmness in Tony's heart.

He had already lost his father once, so he couldn't lose him again.

Especially, in your own hands.

"That is the purpose of Dormammu. It is a powerful ruler from the distant dark dimension with unrivaled evil power. We have tried to resist it, but to no avail. Under the power of Dormammu, Under this, all our resistance will be in vain, and in the end we can only watch our world fall into its rule..."

“In order to prevent the world from being eroded by the power of Dormammu’s dark dimension as much as possible, we have to make compromises and agree to fight for its ambitions, so as to protect our world from falling into the worst situation. "

Although it was only a few short descriptions, Howard could still understand the thrilling war that Tony and others experienced behind the scenes.

But, unfortunately, they failed in the end.

"There is obviously a gap between the Dormammu who appears in this world and the Dormammu in our world. Although its power is still powerful, it is not invincible. This may be an opportunity."

At this point, Tony's tone became firm.

"I've already failed once, at least I won't fail a second time."

"Trust me, we'll make it this time."

Faced with Tony's remarks, Howard also responded with a hoarse voice.

…

In the ruins of Governors Island, Vision supported his body and stood up again from the hole underneath.

Holding his neck that Colin had grabbed, it was clear that as a biochemically modified human being, he could survive even in the vacuum of space.

However, under the power of Colin's palm just now, Vision could not help but have the illusion that he was about to suffocate.

Taking a deep breath, he controlled the density changes of his body to erase the clear finger marks on his neck. Vision looked up at Colin in the air, frowning and about to take action.

"Wait a minute, Vision!"

At the critical moment, Captain America Steve's voice sounded.

"team leader?!"

Hearing Steve's stop, Vision subconsciously stopped his steps, his eyes stayed on the two American captains in front of him, and then fell on the American captain Steve in his own world, with a humane expression of doubt on his face.

"Maybe we shouldn't do this, Vision."

Under Vision's doubtful gaze, Steve gave his reasons.

"But if we betray Dormammu, the world will..."

According to Vision's calculations, this is the best way to protect his original world, and it is also the only way.

"Any world is very important. This is not a multiple-choice question. Perhaps we should not use this as an exchange from the beginning. We have no right to make decisions for this world, especially..."

As he said, Steve turned his head and looked at Colin in the air: "This world is not without the power to protect itself."

Boom--

As Steve's voice fell, Dormammu's huge body on Governors Island was hit by Colin again.

"Do you need my help?"

While dodging the flames fired from Dormammu's eyes, Colin flashed in front of Thor and asked him.

"As a great warrior of Asgard, this little bit of power can't trap me at all."

Faced with Colin's question, Thor refused without hesitation.

"Okay."

Hearing this, Colin nodded, turned his head and spit out a breath of [Freezing Breath] to extinguish a beam of flame that was about to be extinguished, and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, Thor, who was firmly held in Dormammu's hand, suddenly spoke again.

"Help me."

Stopping his steps of using [Super Speed], Colin turned around and looked at Thor, who was also affected by the frost of [Freezing Breath], with a thin layer of frost on his hair and temples, and asked knowingly: "What?"

Colin's actions reminded Thor of a guy he hated, but he struggled hard to feel the huge power from Dormammu's palm, and finally replied helplessly: "I mean, help me."

"Glad to help."

After receiving Thor's request, Colin nodded with satisfaction. He controlled his body to push back a distance, avoiding Dormammu's attack, and then aimed at the fingers holding Thor's body, with a scorching light in his eyes.

Everyone can try it quickly. 】

Zizz——

Accompanied by the appearance of two red high-temperature beams, a large number of black spots emerged from Dormammu's fingers holding Thor.

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