Chapter 25:
Soon, Alex Chen arrived at the control room.
Before he got there, the control room was already in complete chaos.
On the large screen in the control room, a video was currently playing.
The video was captured by the central computer's surveillance cameras.
The footage showed fighting breaking out everywhere inside the Helicarrier.
"Director, we are about to lose Engine 3. If this continues, the entire Helicarrier will crash."
Hearing this, Nick Fury could only look toward Tony and Captain America, who were rushing toward Engine 3.
"Now we can only hope they succeed."
Nick Fury thought to himself.
At this moment, Tony and Captain America had already approached Engine 3 of the Helicarrier.
"Ready?"
Captain America looked at Tony beside him and asked.
"Let's go. What are we waiting for?" Tony immediately replied.
Just as the two were about to manually clear the debris stuck in the engine,
Suddenly, mercenaries appeared out of nowhere and opened fire on the two with automatic rifles.
Tony and Captain America were caught off guard.
Captain America quickly got up from the ground and threw his shield to counterattack the mercenaries.
But the mercenaries' firepower was too dense, making it difficult for him to resist.
Tony decisively raised his palm repulsor and fired at the mercenaries.
One mercenary was hit in the head by the repulsor and fell.
"Hurry, these mercenaries are not simple," Captain America shouted to Tony.
"Damn it, how are these mercenaries so strong? If they're coming for us, we might be in trouble."
"You go try to restart the engine. I'll hold them off."
As he spoke, Captain America picked up an M4 rifle that a mercenary had dropped and fired wildly at the mercenaries rushing from behind.
Although Captain America didn't want to do this, he had no choice. Their main task right now was to restart the engine. Everything else didn't matter.
If they couldn't successfully restart the engine before the Helicarrier hit the ground, this flying aircraft carrier would become everyone's coffin.
"Stark, how's it going?"
Feeling the Helicarrier falling faster, Captain America couldn't help but shout at Tony.
"Give me about five more minutes!" Tony replied.
"Got it!"
Hearing this, Captain America no longer cared about anything else.
He continued firing madly.
"Stark, I'm out of ammo. If this continues, the Helicarrier is going to crash."
"Damn it, hurry!"
Hearing this, Tony didn't dare delay any longer.
Captain America fired until his bullets ran out, then quickly picked up several more M4 rifles from the ground.
During the shooting, he killed several more mercenaries who had caught up.
Just as Captain America's bullets finally ran out, he finally saw the engine slowly beginning to turn again under Tony's push.
"Stark, how is it?"
"Almost there!"
Hearing this, Captain America picked up the M4 again and fired at the mercenaries behind him.
"Bang!"
This gunshot was extremely loud, almost like it could pierce metal and crack stone.
After hearing the gunshot, the remaining mercenaries were all startled.
They immediately dodged in all directions.
Captain America seized the opportunity and fired the M4 at several mercenaries behind him.
Those mercenaries were all shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Captain America immediately put away the M4, picked up a handgun from the side, and charged toward the mercenaries.
The mercenary was observing his surroundings. When he saw Captain America walking toward him, a look of panic appeared on his face.
"Don't come over."
"Bang!"
Just as he finished shouting, Captain America pulled the trigger.
The bullet hit him in the head, and the mercenary fell to the ground, dead.
After this mercenary died, the group of mercenaries around him were all so frightened that they didn't dare move anymore.
Captain America finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stopped shooting and walked over to the corpse of the mercenary he had just killed.
"It looks like Loki has already started taking action. I wonder if we can stop them?"
Captain America thought to himself.
He stripped the equipment from the mercenary's body, then picked up his M4 and began searching again.
After Captain America successfully dealt with all the mercenaries causing trouble, Tony also successfully restarted the engine.
Seeing this scene, everyone in the control room cheered and hugged each other, celebrating their narrow escape from death.
Even the usually calm and composed Nick Fury couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
While everyone was celebrating, Alex Chen remained calm and continued searching for Loki's figure on the surveillance screens.
To prevent the descent of Thanos' army, Alex Chen had to stop Loki from obtaining the Cosmic Cube.
Once Loki got the Cosmic Cube, Thanos' army would surely follow and descend. At that time, New York would turn into a living hell.
His company and Wanda would face an unprecedented crisis.
So this war had to end as quickly as possible.
Alex Chen thought to himself.
[Professor X's Telepathy]!
At this moment, Alex Chen's heart pounded violently. In this instant, he seemed to sense something again.
At this time, a familiar voice appeared in his mind: "Kid, I've already locked onto you. I advise you not to move recklessly, or I can make you die at any moment."
Hearing this sentence, Alex Chen didn't hesitate at all. His figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
When he reappeared, he was already in another laboratory.
"Eh, you escaped again? You're really something, kid!"
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded beside Alex Chen's ear.
Hearing this voice, Alex Chen's heart pounded fiercely.
"Loki, since you've come out, why don't you hurry up and leave?" Alex Chen asked.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha. Do you really think I was captured by you earlier?"
"The sad truth is… you were the ones captured by me!"
As he spoke, Loki raised the Scepter in his hand and pointed it at Alex Chen's chest.
Before Alex Chen could react, a dazzling white light burst from Loki's Scepter.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by a miserable scream ringing in his mind.
Alex Chen's consciousness was instantly swallowed by Loki's energy.
After Alex Chen stood there in a daze, a satisfied smile appeared on Loki's face.
"I didn't expect you, little guy, to be quite capable. It seems I really underestimated you."
Loki stared at Alex Chen with a smiling face.
Under his gaze, Alex Chen slowly stood up.
"You really did underestimate me. I'm not an ordinary human."
"Unfortunately, you met me!"
Hearing Alex Chen say this, Loki was stunned.
His fists clenched tightly, and the smile on his face disappeared.
"Are you provoking me? Do you know what the price of provoking me is?"
Loki said coldly.
"Of course I know, but I don't think the price is that great for me." Alex Chen said with a confident expression.
Hearing Alex Chen's words, Loki's face showed a cold expression.
"Then I'll fulfill your wish."
As he spoke, Loki was about to raise his Scepter to attack Alex Chen.
But in the next instant, Loki's raised hand froze in mid-air.
"You… how?!"
Under Loki's horrified gaze, Alex Chen slowly took the initiative to approach Loki…
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