For Earth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this year would undoubtedly leave a bold mark on human history.
With the outbreak of the Battle of New York, every nation in the world had witnessed firsthand the threat posed by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, as well as superhumans like the Avengers, who possessed powers beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Most importantly, this incident was like a major landmark—or perhaps a beginning—that instantly threw the entire world into turmoil.
Whether by design or coincidence, paranormal incidents around the globe, along with people suddenly awakening superpowers, surged severalfold in an extremely short time.
On top of that, Allen had deliberately sent people to scatter quite a few "seeds," leaving both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra extremely busy.
S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to bring these people under control and keep their superpowers from frequently appearing in the public eye, thereby ensuring overall social stability.
Hydra, meanwhile, took the opportunity to gain control of them through abduction, kidnapping, deception, and other means. Some were subjected to all kinds of inhumane biological experiments, while others were directly brainwashed and remade into lethal weapons as obedient as the Winter Soldier.
Daniel Whitehall's faction in particular, obsessed as it was with supernatural powers, was like a rat that had fallen into a rice bin. They frantically wanted to uncover the secrets hidden within the bodies of these people who had suddenly awakened abilities.
They had even once tried to find humans who had gained power through the Life Evolution Equation, hoping to discover what connection they had to the Inhumans Whitehall had studied before.
Likewise, Alexander Pierce had exploited the International Security Council's concerns about extraterrestrial threats and successfully restarted the previously stalled Project Insight.
Moreover, the construction plans for several atmospheric Helicarrriers had officially been upgraded into space warships meant to