Weather Witch (Part One)
The Divine Spear Bureau.
The news of the alien invasion was broadcast globally by the World Security Council. This intelligence was like pressing a button, and hundreds of thousands of elite agents of the Divine Spear Bureau. began to diligently perform their duties as they had been trained to.
Unlike Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who are confined to a single Helicarrier, they are based in various subordinate bases throughout the country, using electromagnetic waves, cables, and other means to centralize the nation's resources.
Just like the human body, although the functions of various organs are different, they are coordinated into a whole by blood vessels as channels and blood as carriers.
Even though the budget allocated to S.H.I.E.L.D.. by the World Security Council is astronomical, and even though S.H.I.E.L.D.. itself has a very large industrial scale and countless advanced technologies, it is still far inferior to the war potential that a country can demonstrate when in operation.
Countless staff members in the Divine Spear Bureau were busy, either processing data in front of computers or contacting scientific laboratories and sister units to access their resources in accordance with wartime agreements, including a large amount of historical hydrological and meteorological data, weather satellites, and supercomputers.
The Divine Spear Bureau. is not without its own supercomputers. The performance of carbon-based materials is more than a hundred times that of silicon-based chips, and the computing power of the supercomputer matrix built from them is terrifying. However, the amount of data they need to process is too huge. They need to perform preliminary processing and calculations on the complex data before sending it to the computers at the Divine Spear Bureau. headquarters to shorten the processing time.
The headquarters of the Divine Spear Bureau is not the base that Wei Xiuming visited last time, which was created by hollowing out the mountain. It is just a logistics base of the Divine Spear Bureau. The real headquarters is codenamed Cloud City, which floats above the base and is always invisible.
S.H.I.E.L.D..'s Helicarrier program is not a secret in the intelligence community. As one of the opposing sides, Divine Spear Bureau. has also built its own air fortress, which is the product of reverse engineering of the wreckage of Kree warship that crashed twenty years ago. In terms of practicality, it far surpasses the Helicarrier.
Of course, the name Cloud City was not an internally registered name; like the Divine Spear Bureau, it was a nickname given by someone with a penchant for such things.
In front of a supercomputer powered by carbon-based chips, Skrulls scientist codenamed "Ravagers" was using a flat-panel monitor to read data collected from across the country, and was directing analysts to classify and organize the data and process it according to different algorithms.
As the director, Zheng Xian enjoys certain privileges. For example, when working, he does not have to wear the Divine Spear Bureau uniform, but rather a proper suit.
"Dr. Kalis, what stage are we at?" Zheng Xian asked.
To give the director of the Divine Spear Bureau. a more intuitive understanding of the data processing, Dr. Carlisle, disguised as an ordinary person, retrieved the data from the tablet computer—an application of virtual projection.
Dr. Kalis held a fist-sized Earth model in his palm. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the Earth model was not composed of pixels, but rather of constantly changing numbers. These numbers represented data on the Earth's geological structure and atmospheric dynamics. The information contained within this seemingly insignificant little sphere, when printed on four sheets of paper in size 5 font and stacked together, could form a life-size, solid replica of New York City.
Before reaching this result, the amount of data that needed to be processed was enormous; if it weren't for the fact that the entire country's supercomputers were used for pre-calculation, it would have been a terrifying amount of data.
However, because the calculations were based on data from previous years, Dr. Kalis's Earth model appeared somewhat unrealistic. But with the input of recent meteorological data and astronomical data on planetary movements, the Earth's projection gradually became more realistic.
This means that Divine Spear Bureau. is gradually gaining control over the weather across the entire Earth, and can even deduce every change in airflow based on existing data and algorithms, accurately predicting the amount and timing of rainfall in a particular place.
"Sometimes I'm terrified of you Earthlings. Your technological development is entirely built on war. Only war can bring out your potential." He solemnly placed a projected Earth model in Zheng Xian's hands. "Congratulations, you hold the future of the entire planet in your hands. All geological and meteorological changes are in your grasp. This is the most powerful force on this planet—nature and disaster."
Although modern technology, modern agricultural production equipment, fertilizers and pesticides, and carefully selected seeds have reduced the occurrence of famine.
However, even the most powerful forces cannot defy the whims of nature. The amount of rainfall, the temperature rise or fall by a few degrees compared to the same period last year, all these factors can affect crop yields and even directly destroy the already fragile ecosystem under human intervention.
Putting aside everything else, just one or two weeks of continuous rain during the harvest season can cause a terrifying reduction in yield.
Hunger is one of the most powerful weapons.
Zheng Xian smiled slightly, swiped the Earth model back onto the tablet, and said, "Doctor, my country is an agricultural nation. The fear of food scarcity is a shadow etched into the genes of the people. The issue of food is of utmost importance to us. Even in war, we would never burn enemy farmland."
Skrulls Kalis knew that Zheng Xian and his leaders wouldn't do that; Divine Spear Bureau., like S.H.I.E.L.D.., had names that were completely opposite to the organization's modus operandi.
The Divine Spear Bureau adheres to the principle of "I will not attack unless you attack me, or I will destroy your family and clan," symbolizing that the spear, which represents offense, is always in a defensive and counter-attacking state.
Under Nick Fury's leadership, S.H.I.E.L.D.. expanded rapidly and ambitiously, allowing Hydra to thrive and grow stronger. Despite being a slave race, Hydra's behavior was strikingly similar to that of Anglo-Saxon pirates.
"How's the witch's preparation going?" Dr. Kalis asked. "No matter how much we do, it's just logistical work; the one who truly makes the difference is her."
The "witch" Dr. Kalis mentioned refers to the "Weather Witch" project, Super Soldier program that Wei Xiuming previously collaborated on with the Divine Spear Bureau. This project involves implanting cellular armament Electromagnetic Cells into specific targets, thereby granting them the ability to perceive and influence weather patterns, making them the ones who pull the trigger on Weather Weapon.
The Divine Spear Bureau registered Mutant, cultivators, and other individuals with special abilities within the country. Zheng Xian selected several women who were most suitable for the project, as their abilities were related to weather. After extensive evaluation and consultation, a final candidate was chosen. A month after returning to the United States, Wei Xiuming completed her modification or enhancement, making her an important part of the Weather Witch project.