Upon hearing his subordinate's words, Nick Fury replied, "Two of the drones will continue patrolling above, one will continue recording changes in the forest below, and the other drone will be responsible for monitoring the drones descending to conduct reconnaissance."
"Report your descent, using 500 meters as the baseline."
"Yes, sir!"
With Nick Fury's order given, the agents in charge of operating the drones began to take action.
"Bird 1 descended to an altitude of 7,500 meters, with no anomalies detected."
"Bird 1 descended to an altitude of 7,000 meters, with no anomalies detected."
"Bird 1 descended to an altitude of 6,500 meters, with no anomalies detected."
As the Bird 1 drone continued its descent without incident, everyone in the Command Room watched the video on the big screen with rapt attention, even Nick Fury watched with a solemn expression.
The altitude of Bird 1 continued to decrease, and it soon reached an altitude of 5,000 meters. No problems were found. The drone continued to descend to 4,500 meters, 4,000 meters, and 3,500 meters.
As the drone continued to descend without finding anything, the operator continued to lower the drone to 3,000 meters. However, just as it reached 3,000 meters, Bird 1 crashed directly into Wakanda's protective shield.
"Boom!"
The drone instantly disintegrated into a giant fireball. The falling parts dissolved upon contact with the protective shield, leaving no trace.
On the other side.
Just as Shuri finished speaking with his father, the Laboratory alarm suddenly went off.
T'Chaka looked at Shuri and asked, "What happened?"
Shuri tapped the control interface, and a blue sphere representing a protective shield appeared in front of Shuri. A red dot appeared above the blue sphere. Shuri waved his hands, and the red dot immediately enlarged, showing a collision scene.
A video of the drone continuously descending and crashing into the protective shield appeared before the two men.
"Father, there are drones monitoring Wakanda from above. It seems they've spotted us."
"Have we been exposed?"
After thinking for a moment, Shuri said, "If real-time monitoring sharing isn't enabled, there's still a chance we won't be exposed. But if the other side is transmitting live footage, they'll also see the crash."
Upon hearing Shuri's words, T'Chaka's expression turned serious; these were truly turbulent times.
"Check the protective shield to make sure no one sneaks in."
"Yes, Father."
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On the other side.
Command Room, everyone saw footage of Bird 1 crashing, and the suddenly appearing blue protective shield flashed before their eyes. One agent exclaimed in surprise, "What was that?"
Nick Fury began, "Retrieve the video footage from the Bird 3 drone and slow down the playback speed."
Soon, the video footage was played on the big screen, showing the Bird 1 drone crashing into an invisible protective shield during its descent. The drone then exploded and disintegrated, and a blue energy shield appeared below the shockwave of the explosion. The drone's wreckage fell onto the protective shield and was also dissolved.
Upon witnessing this, Nick Fury realized that the shield technology used by the other side was far more advanced than that on S.H.I.E.L.D..'s Helicarrier.
It not only has the effects of stealth and visual deception, but also has powerful protective capabilities, capable of directly melting the metal of drone wreckage. This power is extraordinary.
He then asked, "Is the drone carrying missiles to test the strength of this protective shield?"
"Sir, these three drones are all reconnaissance drones; they are not carrying missiles or weapons."
Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Nick Fury had another idea, and then said, "Have one of the drones fly to this XX. XX location, reach an altitude of 8000 meters, and then crash downwards at top speed."
"The other drone recorded data from above before returning."
However, the location given by Nick Fury was the border area circled by Charlotte. He wanted to test the size of the protective shield and also use the drone as a missile for testing, since the impact of a drone at high speed could be just as powerful as some missiles.
"Yes, sir!"
With Nick Fury's command, the Bird 2 3 drones began flying towards their designated locations. Both drones were at an altitude of 8,000 meters and quickly reached their intended positions.
With the agent's input, Bird 3 locked onto Bird 2's location, and Bird 2 began to crash downwards at top speed.
"Boom!"
The Bird 2 drone crashed into the protective shield at top speed, turning into a giant fireball.
After glancing at the results, which showed that the shield still hadn't been breached, Nick Fury said, "Send Bird 3 back."
"Yes, sir!"
Then Nick Fury immediately said, "No, let Bird 3 crash directly into the protective shield, leaving no debris."
Upon hearing Nick Fury's words, the agent operating the drone turned to look.
"Execute the command."
"Yes!"
Then Bird 3 immediately crashed into the protective shield, turning into a huge fireball, while the entire wreckage was melted away by the shield.
The three consecutive impacts brought the situation to the attention of Wakanda's citizens. Accompanied by massive explosions, many Wakanda residents quickly evacuated to shelters, fearing another war.
High in the sky, an invisible Wakanda fighter jet watched everything unfolding below.
The fighter jet was originally dispatched to track the drone in order to pinpoint the location of the enemy base and find out who was investigating and attacking Wakanda. However, the enemy was unexpectedly decisive and directly rammed and destroyed the last drone.
"Your Highness, the target chose to crash into the protective shield, leaving no wreckage."
Inside the Laboratory, Shuri nodded and said, "Understood. After checking the area and making sure there's nothing else, return immediately."
"Yes!"
Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D.., everyone was somewhat confused about Nick Fury's orders. Agent Hill nearby, spoke up:
Are you worried about being followed?
Nick Fury nodded. "Given the technology they've demonstrated, it's impossible they didn't detect it between the first and second impacts. If we let Bird 3 return, they'll definitely be able to find our US base in Afghanistan."
"This is extremely harmful to them."
Upon hearing Nick Fury's words, the agents were all impressed by the Director's caution.