S.H.I.E.L.D. Established

Under Chen Mo's guidance, after careful deliberation and heated discussion, a new organization was secretly established here.

This organization would not be controlled by any country or power. The five people present would serve as its core members and lead it together. Its purpose was to maintain world peace, protect Earth's security, and handle special incidents that threatened humanity's safety.

They would use the Super Soldier Serum to enhance internal members who had passed strict tests and could be absolutely trusted, within controllable limits. For now, the only internal member was Steve, who remained unaware and would join at the appropriate time.

In addition to core and internal members, they needed a group of peripheral members to provide intelligence, logistics, and other support. For the time being, the organization would remain hidden within the Strategic Scientific Reserve and gradually develop an independent group of peripheral members from it. At present, there were only a few of Colonel Phillips's trusted subordinates.

"Isn't protecting Earth a little exaggerated?" Howard looked at Chen Mo. These relatively "advanced" suggestions had all come from him.

"What else, then? Protect the United States?"

Giving him a sidelong glance, Chen Mo raised a hand and drew a circle.

"The doctor is German, Carter is British, and I'm Chinese. Why don't we just call ourselves the 'British-American-German-Chinese Protection Bureau'?"

"Can't you look further ahead? Can't you be a little more broad-minded? Don't you understand that with greater ability comes greater responsibility?"

His casual complaint had earned him a lecture from Chen Mo. Howard was furious, but he could find no grounds to refute him. After holding it in for a long time, he finally muttered stubbornly, his face red, "Then it should be called the 'American-British-German-Chinese Protection Bureau.'"

"What did you say? Speak up, I didn't hear you!" Chen Mo asked, clenching his fists.

A wise man did not fight when the odds were against him, so Howard wisely changed the subject. "Then what should we call ourselves?"

In the end, at Chen Mo's suggestion, the organization's name was officially decided: S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chen Mo became one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s five founders, responsible for external combat operations. In the days ahead, he would lead the troops in attacks against HYDRA.

Colonel Phillips would be responsible for logistics, command, and communication with the United States. As S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first director, he would oversee the organization's operations and development.

As an elite agent, Carter would be responsible for establishing the Intelligence Department and gathering intelligence.

Dr. Erskine and Howard would provide technological support, including Serum Enhancement, combat equipment, defensive facilities, and the analysis of captured HYDRA technology. Judging from the captured HYDRA one-man submarines, HYDRA's technological level was at least thirty years ahead of the world.

Of course, whenever there were no missions, Chen Mo would join them as well. Dr. Erskine deeply resented having Chen Mo handle combat, repeatedly calling it a waste of talent.

The first thing S.H.I.E.L.D. did after its establishment was enhance Chen Mo. The entire process went very smoothly. With Chen Mo's powerful spirit and willpower, the pain of enhancement was intense, but still bearable.

In the film, the original serum enhanced its subject by around four times. After Chen Mo's intervention, the enhanced serum's effect on ordinary people had risen to five times. Chen Mo did not know what effect it would have on himself, whose physical strength was already four times that of an ordinary person.

When the Enhancement Pod opened, Chen Mo stepped out bare-chested. His already upright frame had grown even taller, and every muscle on his body bulged visibly. Yet he did not look bulky or heavy. Instead, his body possessed perfect, streamlined contours—lean and powerful, as though it contained ultimate speed and explosive strength.

Chen Mo carefully sensed the changes in his body.

The serum had indeed enhanced every aspect of a person's abilities. Even his mental strength had increased.

His space had expanded to a cube two meters on each side, with a volume of eight cubic meters. His brain had been further developed, allowing him to remember anything at a glance without deliberate memorization.

Everything that had happened before, no matter how trivial, could be recalled clearly by Chen Mo. His ability to think and learn had also improved tremendously. Calling him an unparalleled genius now would not be an exaggeration.

His physical condition, which had already been close to the limits of humanity, had finally broken through. Tests showed that his bench press had reached 815 kilograms, his standing jump was four meters high and eight meters long, and his sprinting jump far exceeded that. His top speed was twenty-five meters per second, while his bone strength and recovery speed were around six times those of an ordinary person.

Steve's previous test results had been a 680-kilogram bench press, a three-meter-high and six-meter-long jump, a speed of twenty-two meters per second, and bone strength and recovery speed five times that of an ordinary person. In endurance, reaction speed, resistance to blows, and other areas, Chen Mo also surpassed Steve by a considerable margin.

At the same time, his internal organs had been enhanced. Both their durability and function had improved enormously, allowing them to withstand greater impacts.

His heart had become more powerful. At rest, it beat very slowly, yet when needed, it could instantly unleash tremendous force, rapidly sending blood throughout his body to support the immense expenditure of high-intensity activity.

The liver's detoxification ability, the lungs' breathing capacity, and every other aspect had also become exceptionally powerful.

After the enhancement succeeded, Chen Mo returned to the Martial Arts School to make arrangements. Then he flew to London with Colonel Phillips, Carter, and Howard.

Colonel Phillips had already received new orders. The Strategic Scientific Reserve would soon take on the heavy responsibility of eliminating HYDRA.

Meanwhile, the "dead" Dr. Erskine remained at the secret base in New York to continue researching the enhancement serum, trying to reduce the pain of enhancement, lower the excessive demands on willpower, and increase the success rate.

In fact, before the experiment, Chen Mo had hesitated over whether to send out HYDRA spies to cooperate with the "performance."

Given Dr. Erskine's understanding of HYDRA, it would have been one thing if he had not thought of it before. But now that Chen Mo had reminded him and he had considered the possibility, HYDRA's failure to act would instead arouse their suspicions.

Moreover, if Colonel Phillips's people acted, they could easily leave flaws behind. After weighing the matter, Chen Mo still decided to sacrifice several spies and let the script proceed as it had originally.

On the surface, everything seemed no different from the original plot, but behind the scenes, earth-shaking changes had taken place.

After arriving in London, the members of the Strategic Scientific Reserve settled into the underground base prepared by Britain. Agent Carter immediately began contacting MI6 for the latest intelligence, Colonel Phillips got in touch with the Allies, and Howard plunged straight into the laboratory.

Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Chen Mo went to the restroom alone.

After closing the door to the innermost stall, Chen Mo looked around. The restroom was reasonably clean, and in an inconspicuous corner of the wall, he discovered a faint special mark that looked like an ordinary stain.

Chen Mo felt around and opened an extremely well-hidden compartment in a particular way, taking out a rolled piece of paper.

When he unrolled it, he found HYDRA's latest intelligence recorded in a special code.

After years of infiltration and expansion under Red Skull's full development and technological support, HYDRA's intelligence network had long penetrated the key departments of every country. From top to bottom, it was everywhere. Its scale was enormous, its organization rigorous, and its power terrifying.

HYDRA agents had always been around Chen Mo, helping relay intelligence and the orders he issued. Naturally, they did not know who had opened the hidden compartment. Their duty was simply to pass along information. Knowing too much would only get them eliminated, so no one knew Chen Mo's identity.

Moreover, in a place like a public restroom, unless preparations had been made in advance, it would be difficult to identify Chen Mo. With Chen Mo's keen senses, the surrounding environment was always within his grasp. No movement, however slight, could escape his perception.

Therefore, Chen Mo was not worried about his identity being exposed.