After having tea with Qi Jun for a while, the Ancient One departed, leaving behind the true spatial coordinates of Kamar-Taj—a location Qi Jun had already known. It seemed as though the Ancient One had only come by to check on things.
Of course, Qi Jun had no interest in visiting that group of "battle mages." What was the point? If he were to try explaining that sorcerers should function more like mobile artillery rather than close-combat warriors, those stubborn old fools, who had been brainwashed into thinking otherwise, would only cause trouble for him. So why bother?
With the intelligence issues from various organizations resolved, and the hidden challenges from the mage hermits addressed, Qi Jun finally felt a wave of relief.
Now, with nothing urgent to attend to, Qi Jun sat back, sipping the "Kamar-Taj Da Hong Pao" tea that helped steadily grow his mental strength. At the same time, he pulled out several skills and intelligence he had replicated from Phil Coulson and Nick Fury.
The exact location of the Dark Energy Base! The TAHITI Project Base! The Sandbox Base! Coulson's decades of elite operative skills! Locations of seven top-level S.H.I.E.L.D. bases! Locations of five level-9 S.H.I.E.L.D. bases! Locations of 23 level-8 S.H.I.E.L.D. bases! Nineteen of Nick Fury's personal secret bases! And a list of 382 global safehouses personally used by Fury! Along with Nick Fury's decades of covert agent expertise!
"Mother of...!"
Qi Jun was left speechless by Nick Fury's cunning moves, so stunned that he forgot to sip his tea. "How much corruption did this guy pull off to create his own personal network that rivals all of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself?"
"Was the disbanding of S.H.I.E.L.D. after HYDRA's exposure... also part of Fury's master plan?"
Thinking back to the original timeline, Qi Jun suddenly had a realization. When HYDRA was exposed, S.H.I.E.L.D. disbanded so quickly. Now, Qi Jun had reason to believe that Nick Fury had played a key role in orchestrating that downfall from behind the scenes. This was terrifying. Even if HYDRA had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. deeply, the organization shouldn't have crumbled so easily.
However, Qi Jun had no intention of revealing this information to the public. In fact, Qi Jun was more inclined to let Fury run wild. This way, Qi Jun could bleed S.H.I.E.L.D. for even more resources!
But for now, Qi Jun had other matters to attend to. Setting down his teacup, he waved his hand to pack away the tea set. From his spatial ring, he retrieved the useful "Rorschach's Forgetter Mask."
After thinking for a moment, Qi Jun mentally communicated with the Mutation Stone, altering the mask once again. It transformed back into a pair of sunglasses—specifically, the *Invisibility Glasses.*
Invisibility Glasses: Modified from Rorschach's Forgetter Mask, these glasses provide real-time deletion of surveillance and make the wearer invisible to intelligent life forms.
In the past, when Qi Jun created either the "Lurker Glasses" or the "Rorschach Mask," he didn't have much energy to spare, so their functions were limited. But this time, he fully upgraded the item, creating sunglasses that essentially rendered the wearer invisible.
With the Invisibility Glasses now on, Qi Jun activated his power, instantly teleporting from the top floor of his building.
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*TAHITI Project Secret Base.*
This base hadn't yet been decommissioned. Naturally, Phil Coulson, the head of the TAHITI Project, wasn't present. Despite that, various agents and researchers were still bustling around the base.
But no one—neither agents, scientists, nor medical personnel—reacted in the slightest to Qi Jun's sudden appearance. It was as if they didn't notice him at all.
With a slight smirk, Qi Jun walked straight to the center of the lab.
There, in the heart of the TAHITI base, a half-body of a Kree was suspended in a large transparent container, various tubes connecting to the body. These tubes constantly extracted and pumped substances to and from the corpse.
*An undead body,* Qi Jun thought. This half-Kree body was essentially in a state of suspended death. Despite being deceased, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mad scientists kept it alive through continuous experimentation—drawing blood and cells to use in their projects.
In Qi Jun's view, cutting the body up might have been a kinder fate.
Shaking his head to dismiss the thought, Qi Jun focused on his task. He attempted to replicate and manifest the body using the Mutation Stone's powers.
But unlike his success with the Ancient One and others, the Kree body didn't respond at all.
*As expected...* Qi Jun realized that the Mutation Stone could only replicate abilities from living beings with a soul.
Though the attempt had failed, Qi Jun wasn't disappointed. He had suspected this outcome and had only come to the base to confirm it.
With a thought, Qi Jun teleported away from the TAHITI base.
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*S.H.I.E.L.D. Sandbox Base.*
This time, Qi Jun arrived at the Sandbox, where he immediately sensed several chaotic energy signatures.
For a space mage like Qi Jun, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s so-called security measures were meaningless.
"Heh, this time, S.H.I.E.L.D. is in for a surprise," Qi Jun grinned.
Compared to other bases, the Sandbox housed many fascinating and mysterious objects.
Qi Jun proceeded to collect everything of interest: the Obelisk, an alien energy arm, an interstellar transport stone, a time-travel stone...
With each acquisition, Qi Jun felt a rush of excitement. The secrets within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Sandbox would soon be his to explore and exploit.