Because Spider-Man Would Do It

Interstellar War.

This terrifying word lingered in everyone's ears, like a nightmare that wouldn't go away.

"We've just survived one war, and now a new one is about to begin?"

"What exactly is going on, Loki?"

Ben helped Loki up. Loki glanced at Steve warily at first, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Steve wasn't holding the hammer.

However, his steps still shifted slightly towards Ben.

He paused for a moment, as if organizing his thoughts, before speaking:

"It's the Chitauri."

"The Chitauri War Lord, having submitted to Thanos, have detected the energy signals emitted by the Cosmic Cube and are leading a massive army to invade Earth."

"War is coming!"

Loki's voice sounded somewhat flustered.

"Calm down!" Ben steadied him. "How did you know?"

"I encountered them on my way to Earth," Loki said, still shaken. "They were like locusts, attacking every moving object. I escaped death by a hair's breadth, thanks to the robust engines of the spaceship built by Looma..."

Ben was not surprised by this.

The Chitauri revered war.

This is evident from the title of their leader: War Lord.

The only key point is...

"Their marching speed is far slower than that of the ships equipped with the Tetramand alien engines," Ben said, arms crossed. "Where did you encounter them?"

Loki recalled for a moment and gave a coordinate.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry, I was too nervous. According to this calculation, it will probably take about a year for the Chitauri army to reach Earth."

"You're too nervous, or rather, too afraid."

Tony didn't give him any face.

He turned his head and said, "It seems we still have enough time to prepare for this war."

A year or so is enough time to accomplish a lot.

Captain America felt even more exhausted, and at that moment, he absolutely hated Nick Fury.

What can we do?

Ben lowered his head and began to think.

In the original movie, the Chitauri invasion began in New York.

The Cosmic Cube is a door that can be opened from one side or the other.

However, in reality, not everyone can do this; otherwise, Thanos wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to find the Tesseract.

At the time, Loki helped the Chitauri open the teleportation portal because he joined Thanos's forces. Now that Loki is on their side, the Chitauri can only attack from the sky.

Once the enemy's marching route is confirmed, things will be much easier.

"It seems we need to build a protective barrier that can cover the entire Earth," Ben said after thinking for a moment.

Is it possible?

Steve's eyes immediately lit up.

He had already experienced firsthand how strong Primus's energy barrier was.

The only problem is that scaling it up to be large enough to cover the Earth is a bit too much like science fiction.

If Ben knew what he was thinking, he'd laugh himself to death.

Science fiction?

Marvel has already gone all the way into fantasy!

How can the energy problem be solved?

Tony asked.

"We happen to have a the Cube with Infinite Energy." Ben took out the Tesseract, Loki's eyes flickered. He subconsciously reached out towards the Tesseract.

Tony reacted quickly and slapped his hand away.

"Wait, isn't this...?"

"No, we fished it out of the sea," he interrupted Loki's spellcasting.

He had originally agreed to let Ben send the Loki Tesseract to the Galactic Plumbers for safekeeping, but it seems that's no longer possible.

Without the Tesseract, where would they find another source of Infinite Energy to support the planet's energy barrier?

Therefore, the Cosmic Cube has always been an object of Earth!

Loki rolled his eyes.

How could he not recognize the things in his own house?

"By the time you figure out how to use the Rubik's Tesseract, the Chitauri army will have already swept through like locusts."

"Then let Loki participate in the research as well."

Norman made the decision.

He didn't believe in Loki, but he believed in Ben.

"Besides the Tesseract, is there anything else I need to prepare?"

"I need at least four satellites as base stations."

Ben drew a simple diagram. In the picture, the Earth is in the center, and the four satellites are scattered in different positions, forming a tetrahedron that envelops the Earth.

"Don't worry, the Security Council will cover the costs," Norman said with a smile.

Things that can be solved with money aren't a problem.

Especially when spending other people's money.

Since that's the case, Ben immediately, thinking that it would be foolish not to take advantage of a good deal, said:

"Then I also need a Space Station."

He plans to build the Galactic Plumbers Space Station.

Norman: "Arrange it!"

Ben: "The Space Station needs the highest-grade materials, so I need Vibranium."

Norman: "Arrange it!"

Ben: "I also want the mining rights in Antarctica."

Norman: "Arrange it!"

Tony: "Stop, stop, stop! I seriously suspect you're abusing your power! What does the Space Station have to do with the energy barrier? And what does it have to do with the mining rights in Antarctica?"

Hill sighed and said, "Is there any need to doubt it?"

"Don't worry about it."

Ben pushed him away and said, "Now is the time for us to unite as one. Don't say things that are detrimental to unity anymore."

"Furthermore, the establishment of the Galactic Plumbers Space Station is also to counter the Chitauri army. We can't just stay inside the barrier forever, acting like cowards and deceiving ourselves that the world is at peace, can we? Just like your armor is to protect your body, but the weapons on the armor are for eliminating the enemy."

Ben's words resonated with Tony and everyone else.

As for the ownership of the Space Station, that's none of your business.

"Okay, okay."

Tony nodded vigorously. "Good, mind your own business."

Ben has said that, what else can he do?

It was the last sentence that served as a reminder to him.

Being passively attacked is not in his nature. Chitauri want war, then let them have war!

With a rough plan in place, all parties began to take action.

Since the Tesseract couldn't be sent to Sakaar for the time being, Ben put it away again and placed it in his absolutely safe backpack.

Norman then urgently assembled a technical team to build a giant satellite capable of withstanding the energy of the Tesseract's Cube.

The satellite's main function is to act as an enlarged version of a super energy barrier initiator, powerful enough to envelop the entire Earth.

Then he went to the Security Council to solicit funding.

Norman realized that he, the director of H.A.M.M.E.R., was not like a director at all, but rather more like an external liaison, spending his days either soliciting funding or on his way to solicit funding.

"It used to be that people would come to me to scam funding, but now it's the other way around." He shook his head and smiled.

Hill said, "I think next time we should put some sponsors on the outside of the aircraft carrier... How about Oneway?"

"Forget about selling fake milk."

Everyone went back to doing their own thing.

Steve watched everyone leave. He knew nothing about these things; all he knew was charging forward with his shield. He couldn't be of any help now.

After thinking about it, I decided to visit Bucky at the nursing home in Primus.

Bucky recently made a friend.

That was Flash, a fellow patient in the same sanatorium who also suffered from some form of amnesia.

They weren't really friends, just two fellow patients who shared the same plight and could barely keep up with each other in the lonely and boring hospital room.

Flash has been recovering well during this time.

Although he couldn't remember many things, many classmates had visited him here, which gradually made him familiar with their faces.

The one who came the most often was naturally Ben.

Then there's Peter.

Peter usually comes over after school, but sometimes he'll come to visit Flash dressed as Spider-Man.

Despite his amnesia, Flash hasn't forgotten that he's a Spider-Man fan.

On the contrary, I felt like my life had been worthwhile.

"Hey, Iron Hand."

He greeted the taciturn Winter Soldier, then said, "I'm getting ready to be discharged."

"Your memory has returned?"

The Winter Soldier wasn't surprised that Flash was able to leave.

At first, he thought Flash was a Winter Soldier brainwashed by Hydra, just like him. Later, he learned that Lightning was just a high school student who was injured while protecting his classmates.

No, but it's okay.

Flash exhaled and said, "People always have to look forward. Past memories are just memories we can't recall; it's not like we're dead. New memories will come."

"You're lucky, you even have a good friend," Flash said.

He was referring to Steve Rogers.

"I remember him, Captain America, like Spider-Man, he's Avengers. You know the Avengers, right?"

"I don't deserve to be his friend; I've done many bad things."

Bucky pursed his lips, then lowered his head.

"But he considers you a friend." Flash Bucky so dejected, Lightning added, "Listen, Iron Hand, I've done bad things too. Some of the classmates who came to see me said I used to bully people."

"Mistakes don't disappear, so we should try to make amends and atone for our mistakes."

"Flash said."

"I plan to learn from Spider-Man, help those I can, do community service, apologize to everyone I've ever bullied, and do everything I can, no matter how small."

Bucky looked at him and felt that the Flash really did shine like Flash.

You can too.

"Can I really do it?"

"Of course." Flash nodded seriously. "If you're willing, do you know what Spider-Man said when he came to see me?"

He said, "With great power comes great responsibility, which is why he has always been doing good deeds."

Upon hearing this, Bucky asked again, "What if others never forgive you?"

"I have hurt others, and no matter what I do, I have no right to demand their forgiveness. But I cannot give up because of this. It is better to spend the rest of my life doing good deeds and helping others than to wallow in self-pity."

"The goal is not to get forgiveness, but to make amends and atone for one's sins."

"Besides, even if I haven't done anything wrong, I should still do good deeds."

Flash smiled slightly.

"Because Spider-Man would do that!"

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