"What! Reed, are you completely insane?!"
After hearing Mr. Fantastic's words, Iron Man Tony Stark wasn't relieved; instead, he grew even angrier: "You're actually using antimatter as a material to build missiles? Are you trying to blow up the entire United States?"
Uh... Mr. Fantastic then realized he had said the wrong thing. He thought missiles made from this material were particularly safe; without a certain level of technology, even if the missile were stolen, ordinary people wouldn't be able to detonate it.
But the power of this missile... it was probably about ten times greater than the most advanced nuclear weapon, the three-phase bomb!
"You, from now on, any research you do must be under the supervision of our agency! If we had discovered this thing during the last Zerg invasion, you would have had to die to atone for your sins!"
No wonder Tony Stark was so furious. Thinking back to when Mr. Fantastic's building was occupied by the Zerg, it was lucky that Mr. Fantastic had concealed it well and prevented the Zerg from discovering this super weapon. Otherwise, not to mention New York, the entire United States would probably have been reduced to ruins.
This time, it wasn't just Tony Stark; General Ross, the Scarlet Witch, and even Shin looked at Mr. Fantastic with some displeasure.
Shin pondered for a moment, then looked at Mr. Fantastic and said, "I don't think supervision alone is enough. Why don't we just prosecute him for crimes against humanity?"
Invisible Woman and the others glared at Shin, as he was directly trying to take Mr. Fantastic's life!
Tony Stark was also startled. To be honest, although Tony Stark was furious with Mr. Fantastic's various actions, as a fellow super-genius scientist, he didn't want Mr. Fantastic to actually be brought to court for crimes against humanity. That would undoubtedly be a huge loss for all of humanity.
General Ross spoke sternly, "I think someone like Mr. Fantastic should be brought into the military for strict supervision..."
No one paid him any mind, treating his words as mere farts.
To be honest, the military's trustworthiness was even worse than Reed's. Mr. Fantastic just got a bit carried away when doing research. His personality was gentle and refined, which was quite good.
As for military research, it was aimed at destroying the world from the very beginning. If Reed were to research for the military, who knows, he might blow up the Earth one day.
"Um, shouldn't we hurry back to Earth?" Wanda asked weakly, looking at the group.
Mr. Fantastic nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, let's stop discussing this. If we keep discussing, I'll be directly on the execution ground!"
Tony Stark then reacted. He no longer had the heart to look for any moon city and quickly accelerated the spaceship—though it was already at maximum speed from the start. All he could say was that this time, they had found the right direction and were heading straight for New York.
At the same time, he didn't let Reed operate his missiles—with the power of those things, he was genuinely afraid that if the Chitauri mothership was blown up, New York would also be directly turned into a wasteland.
Mr. Fantastic's face showed a hint of regret. He had never actually tested the power of the negaton antimatter bomb! After inventing it, he found its power to be a bit too great. However, he was unwilling to destroy it, so he kept it in his building, specifically to deal with his hypothetical aliens.
Unfortunately, missiles weren't very useful in space, otherwise, he would have installed them on his spaceship long ago.
If Tony Stark knew that his missile was still an untested product, he would probably scold Mr. Fantastic again, but now, he didn't have the time... Earth, New York.
Today, New York was still experiencing a peaceful day, just like before.
Spider-Man was chasing the rampaging Rhino—this guy was a classic low-level villain, either working as a thug for others or robbing banks out of boredom. His characteristics were great strength, strong defense, and his attack method was to charge head-first.
"Hey, buddy, you should go back to the zoo. Why can't you find a normal job? Like a security guard or a long-distance runner or something?" Spider-Man said, while shooting webs to tie up the Rhino.
The bound Rhino immediately lost control, crashing through a nearby glass door with a bang. Then, he struggled desperately, trying to escape from the webs.
If it were Spider-Man a year ago, the webs he produced would have had certain flaws in both toughness and stickiness. But now, Peter Parker had not only developed most of his own strength, but the webs he produced were also several times stronger than before, even tougher than steel bars of the same volume.
The Rhino struggled for a long time, then suddenly widened his eyes: "Huh? What's that? A UFO?"
"That's not a funny joke. Do you think I'm the kind of person who would turn around if you said: 'Hey! There's a UFO!'?" Spider-Man said with a smile, walking closer to the Rhino and shooting a web to cover his mouth.
However, in an instant, a strong sense of crisis welled up in his heart. Spider-Man was immediately startled by his spider-sense.
The young Spider-Man immediately cast aside his previous words about not looking back. Guided by a jolt of Peter's instinct, he looked back at the sky and saw the Chitauri mothership descending from the heavens.
And following the mothership, a massive fleet of Chitauri spacecraft, completely obscuring the sky!
"Heh heh... alright, can you tell me if today is April Fools' Day? Is this perhaps a show arranged by Mr. Tony Stark? Using optical projection technology to create a large number of spaceships or something..."
"Boom!" With a loud bang, Tony Stark's Stark Industries tower was directly blown in half. Ever since Tony Stark became the director of S.W.O.R.D., his Iron Man suits were no longer stored in Stark Tower, so now, Stark Tower had no defensive capabilities whatsoever.
"Alright, it doesn't seem like Mr. Stark's April Fools' joke," Spider-Man shrugged, seeing Stark Tower blown in half. "I always wanted to work at Stark Tower. Damn aliens, you ruined my dream!"
As he spoke, Spider-Man turned and ran. His aunt and girlfriend were also in New York City right now! He figured he'd deal with heroics after making sure his family was safe.
The Rhino, bound on the ground with his mouth gagged, mumbled, "Mmph mph mph?!"
You should at least untie me first! Super villains have human rights too!
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