Ambush (Bonus Chapter for Tips)
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
The king of electricity and magnetism issued a command, and all the metal creations under this system came to a standstill in the air. Even though the jets at their tails kept spewing out large amounts of high-temperature gas, the powerful thrust they generated could not move them forward even a millimeter.
"Burst!"
Another order was given, and the missiles were detonated one after another, bursting into flames. The large-scale shrapnel damage was confined to a very small area by the magnetic field. Only the shock wave formed by the rapidly expanding air made the hem of Doctor Death's trench coat flutter loudly, as if he were wearing a cloak on his back.
When live-fire attacks proved ineffective, the automatic defense system changed its strategy. Several high-energy rays streaked across the sky, concentrating enormous energy at a single point and manifesting as light. Even if it wasn't the point of greatest destructive power, the air along the ray's path was ionized, and electric arcs, even larger than the beams themselves, intertwined to form a massive net.
The speed of light is the fastest speed at which objects in nature move, as perceived by humankind. However, this is contingent on the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light is affected by the medium in which it travels. Under suitable conditions, the speed of high-speed particles created by humans must exceed the speed of light in that medium.
Doctor Death's neural reaction speed was enhanced by the Magnetic Field Rotation, but it was still some distance from the speed of light. Conventionally, he would have been hit the instant the laser was activated.
However, the force of the Magnetic Field Rotation and Magneto's superpowers created a deflecting magnetic field in front of him. The high-energy beams slowed down as they passed through this area, and the high-density energy they carried heated the surrounding air to thousands of degrees. The missile fragments trapped here melted into a bright white liquid, like the filament of an incandescent light bulb after being electrified.
"Deflection!"
The magnetic field began to adjust into a complex state, causing the straight-emitted high-energy beams to deflect, drawing a semi-circle in front of Doctor Death before swirling back and shooting towards the device that had activated them.
Beam weapons are less effective in the atmosphere than in space; the scattering effect of the air reduces their effectiveness, and the reversed high-energy rays lose most of their energy, but it is enough to destroy those devices.
The high-energy beam exciter, composed of metal and other materials, was instantly vaporized into a gaseous state. The rapidly expanding gas caused a violent explosion, causing buildings to collapse one after another. People who could not escape before the alarms sounded were buried inside.
The Osborn Industries base is very large, and only a portion of the outer buildings were affected. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. responsible for security there took out their weapons and escorted civilian personnel to evacuate from office buildings and laboratories.
Following the response manual drafted earlier by Wei Xiuming, some personnel responsible for weapons development unlocked numerous weapons in the verification stage and distributed them to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., enhancing their combat capabilities and enabling them to better snipe the enemy.
In an instant, strangely shaped armored vehicles and all sorts of futuristic guns and cannons armed the people who were actually Hydra agents under the guise of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. agents. Some of them were even fortunate enough to be equipped with the latest Knight System —with this level of equipment, they could easily repel the first wave of Chitauri invasion in the movie.
Weapons that are still in the experimental stage and have not yet been put into mass production have various defects and require the guidance of researchers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to use them correctly.
It was during this period of delay that Doctor Death began his formal attack. The molten iron from the shrapnel was broken into many clumps, and after being cooled by a magnetic field, it was cooled into uniform metal spheres.
"Electromagnetic Cannon!"
Doctor Death threw a punch, the force of the Magnetic Field Rotation charging the projectile. Magneto's powers shaped the trajectory, and with a piercing whistle as it sliced through the air, the projectile, carrying immense kinetic energy, annihilated all the forces that were retaliating in the industrial park.
"Rise."
The steel frame broke free from the concrete's constraints, detached itself from the collapsed building ruins, and coiled into a staircase that stretched from the ground to Doctor Death's feet in mid-air.
Like an emperor leaving his throne, Doctor Death descended the metal staircase slowly. Each time he walked a section, the staircase behind him would lose its support and fall to the ground, as if it had already completed its mission.
Upon officially stepping onto the ground of the Osborn Industries Park, Doctor Death looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar place, filled with emotion—in his timeline, he had once been the highest-ranking official here, and most of the researchers who died in the buildings and during the counterattacks were his former employees... but for the sake of his timeline self not being defeated by the Infinite Flow Male Protagonist, their sacrifice was absolutely necessary.
Following the direction he remembered, Doctor Death strode off. Along the way, many researchers who hadn't had time to escape were quite surprised to see him, but they didn't ask any questions or stop him. Instead, they followed the rules and left the area far away through the escape route.
After all, even though many people died at his hands, no one ever saw the face of this intruder.
Soon, Doctor Death arrived at his destination, Wei Xiuming's personal laboratory, where something he needed was stored.
"Stop! Don't move! Put your hands up where we can see them!"
Just as Doctor Death was about to open the door to his personal laboratory, two Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. dressed as security personnel aimed at him with a giant cannon half the size of their bodies. The weight of the cannon was too much for a human body to bear, but the simple exoskeletons they wore provided the support.
This exoskeleton equipment was an outdated version, requiring external assistance to put on, which was very inconvenient and time-consuming. This made them slower than their colleagues and comrades, but it was precisely this that allowed them to escape unscathed and face the intruder Doctor Death.
"Interesting."
The steel bars in the floor beneath the two agents' feet broke through the concrete and floor tiles, coiling around them from their feet to their throats like snakes, gradually tightening and strangling them. In three seconds, the two agents fainted due to insufficient blood and oxygen supply to their brains, their vision went black, and the cannons they had aimed at Doctor Death lowered, their hands limply releasing their grip.
Approaching the two agents, the magnetic field force transported two single-soldier cannons from the Men in Black world to Doctor Death's hands, where they were instantly disassembled into their most basic components.
"Magnetic Field Rotation causes matter to recombine!"
Some of the parts changed their structure and reassembled into a completely new machine. Doctor Death held the device and slammed it onto the head of an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The force of the Magnetic Field Rotation instantly fused the palm-sized device with the agent's skull, starting to modify and strengthen his body from the brain.
"To have come this far has already shown you great courage. This is my gift to you, Dream Weaver One!"