In the sky, a presidential transport aircraft was flying toward Lincoln County in southern Nevada.
He-El reclined against a brown leather sofa in the luxuriously refitted, comfortable transport plane, his back relaxed, the back of his head resting against the soft cushions, his eyes closed.
Although the transport plane had been fitted with the best soundproofing, the faint hum of engine vibrations still reached his ears.
Some time had passed since Dormammu's appearance.
Ancient One and Stephen Strange had officially more or less joined S.H.I.E.L.D., occasionally helping its agents open portals and the like. As for Nick Fury's suggestion that they teach S.H.I.E.L.D. agents magic, Ancient One said she had not seen anyone with magical talent and had therefore not taught anyone for the time being.
Nick Fury felt that Ancient One was brushing him off, but he had no proof.
Stephen Strange, meanwhile, remained in close contact with Tony Stark and the other Avengers. He provided them with extensive data concerning Thanos, assisted S.H.I.E.L.D.'s preparations for interstellar war, and occasionally helped Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create artificial intelligence to protect Earth.
Calling it assistance was not quite accurate. He had really only told them about Ultron's appearance in his precognitive dreams, warning them to avoid creating Ultron again and causing Ultron's logic to deviate from what its creators had originally intended.
After all, in the precognitive dreams, Ultron had intended to wipe out humanity directly, leading to Sokovia's destruction.
Although the Avengers had evacuated civilians in advance, 177 civilians still became casualties. Sokovia was utterly destroyed, with losses exceeding 500 billion dollars.
After all, Syria's ten years of war had caused total losses of only 200 to 1,600 billion.
An artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner had directly destroyed that small Eastern European nation.
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