Face the Mothership

"What happened?" Nick Fury asked Wei Xiuming without looking at him.

Enveloped in a mist of light, Wei Xiuming explained, "This is what I call Space Armor —an application of the Tesseract's ability to interfere with space. It uses this energy to sever oneself from the surrounding space, using space itself as a layer of armor."

"For low-dimensional beings, Space Armor would disrupt their understanding of the world, so you'd better not set your sights on me."

The next moment, Wei Xiuming disappeared inside the Helicarrier and appeared at the bow.

With his finger firmly on the trigger, the Black Mist spewing from the teleportation gun, seemingly unaffected by the physical rules of the current space, still spread with the airflow, enveloping the entire warship. This war machine, representing the highest level of technology on Earth, became like a ghost ship, completely concealed. Only when the energy flow manifested as electricity was generated could it illuminate the space mothership for a fleeting moment, but even that was still a blurry outline.

Only the light from the repulsive particle beams ejected by the four high-powered anti-gravity engines remained constantly lit, but distorted by the Black Mist, it resembled the four eyes of some strange creature.

Inside the Helicarrier, chaos reigned. The Space Armor had cut the Helicarrier apart, rendering all detectors and monitoring facilities ineffective. Satellite signals for accurate positioning and communication were also lost. Alarms blared throughout the carrier, and many staff members ran around frantically, but could find no cause.

"BRAIN, turn off the alarm." The noisy voices mixed with the alarm sound, which annoyed Nick Fury, so he used his highest privileges to turn off the alarm.

"All ships, prepare for battle. Activate all weapon systems."

Although they didn't understand the reason, the S.H.I.E.L.D.. staff put aside their isolation from the outside world and all went to their combat posts.

Unlike the rudimentary firepower in the movie, which even Falcon couldn't shoot down, the improved Helicarrier, following Wei Xiuming's advice, is armed to the teeth. The triple-gun emplacements that were the main guns of the three newly built Helicarrier in the movie are now child's play in terms of current configuration; the Phalanx CIWS is simply no match for them.

Even Tony Stark, wearing the latest Iron Man suit, was shot down by the close-range firepower of the current space carrier.

"Preparing for teleportation. There will be some bumps along the way, so please sit tight and hold on."

Wei Xiuming converted his magnetic field ability into an electrical signal, connected it to the Helicarrier's broadcast system, and broadcast it to the entire ship. Before anyone could react, he activated the teleportation.

In outer space.

The Chitauri commander on the Chitauri mothership was in a terrible predicament. He desperately wished he wasn't a native Chitauri; in his current situation, being a mind-controlled soldier was better than being a commander.

Just now, the leader, the Other, sent another video command. The Great Thanos ordered them to lose to the Earthlings, and to lose openly and honestly, so that the Earthlings would think that they defeated them with their own strength and not that they deliberately let them win.

Isn't this making things difficult for someone?

The Chitauri commander wanted to shut down the ship's energy shield and then let the mothership be destroyed without any resistance when the Earth's missiles came. He could even reluctantly activate the mothership's self-destruct system if the Earth's missiles were not powerful enough, and put on a good show with the help of the Earth ships.

Whether Earthlings have weapons capable of striking beyond visual range is still debatable, but judging from the images transmitted back from the battlefield, they probably do. However, another question arises.

Earthlings' technology keeps them confined to the atmosphere. The most advanced technology, the full-coverage exoskeleton device, is not suitable for combat in outer space. The warrior wearing the red exoskeleton armor is equipped with equipment that does not support combat in outer space.

Furthermore, the portal is currently blocked by a thunderstorm. Even with the artifacts given to them by Thanos, they are unable to resolve the issue, so the Earthlings have even less of a chance to directly attack them through the portal.

If the Chitauri commander had any understanding of Earth's culture, he could find a phrase that perfectly describes his current state. "Even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice."

"What is that?!"

Observers on the Chitauri mothership noticed that the previously stable readings on the instruments used to monitor the stability of the portals suddenly began to fluctuate violently, as if a large object had been accurately transported to their location in the universe, causing this situation due to the spatial distortions and interference between the portals.

However, the spatial distortion only lasted for a moment, and then the values that had soared beyond the red line suddenly stabilized, as if nothing had happened. The results from various detectors showed that, apart from the abnormal fluctuation in spatial rate just now, everything else was the same as usual.

The various detectors did not detect any anomalies, but that doesn't mean nothing actually happened.

A Chitauri saw through a porthole a blurry figure suddenly leap to the front of the army. Its entire body was shrouded in Black Mist, which concealed its presence and prevented the probes from detecting anything.

"What is that?!"

The Chitauri commander asked, but no one could answer his question. Although the army's combat strength was only third-rate, they were following Thanos and had some understanding of the three major cosmic empires and other cosmic forces, but this information was not recorded in their database.

"Activate energy protection across the entire ship. Send a squad of soldiers to probe that thing."

They were ordered to lose to Earthlings, but not to other forces. Although the Chitauri were among the weakest in the universe, even clay figures have their tempers.

A squadron of Chitauri vanguard piloted airships toward the hazy object, but were obscured by a thick black fog, unable to discern its true nature.

"A tentative attack!"

After discovering that the only way to detect the object was through visual means, and that no other method could obtain information about it, the Chitauri commander issued an order.

The Chitauri soldiers who were close to the thick black fog raised their energy guns or energy spears and fired energy bullets, but the energy bullets disappeared quickly into the Black Mist as if they had been thrown into the sea.

It truly vanished without a trace. It wasn't blocked by some barrier or scattered by the atmosphere, as those would leave traces of residual energy. What we're seeing now is that the energy bullet disappeared into thin air without leaving a single trace.

After reporting the situation to the other party, the Chitauri commander discovered that the object shrouded in Black Mist was beginning to approach his mothership. Through the screen, the other party relayed Thanos's orders.

"Shoot that spaceship down with the mothership's main guns; it's a weapon of Earthlings."