Mockery

As Gideon Malick's private meeting room, this chamber was highly soundproofed. Aside from Rumlow, who was in the know and kept behind, all other bodyguards and similar personnel were cleared out. Even confidantes were only allowed to guard outside the door.

"Since you're all here, I'll get straight to the point. I've traveled back in time from the future to the present with the goal of Hydra's development." Upon seeing the two old men, Wei Xiuming immediately changed his demeanor. The power of Magnetic Field Rotation was released to shock their minds. "The organizational development path you've been adhering to is wrong. Hydra has been heading in the wrong direction for a long time, pointlessly consuming vast amounts of time and resources."

"To correct your mistakes, such as Project Insight and Project Far Star, which are destined to cost more than they yield, the Hydra of my era invented a time modification device to send me to this era where Hydra has the highest potential. Saving the manpower and resources needed for these two projects and redirecting them towards the correct path is far more effective than ruling Earth or welcoming back the God of Hydra."

"Project Far Star?" Pierce turned to look at Malick. This old fox actually had something he was hiding from him. His own Project Insight had been communicated to all high-ranking Hydra officials.

Moreover, Wei Xiuming wasn't playing by the rules. As a secret organization, shouldn't their meetings involve veiled exchanges like eminent monks debating, deliberately expressing their words ambiguously so the other party could only understand through guesswork and imagination? He had even prepared several questions to test the authenticity of Wei Xiuming's identity, but unexpectedly, he revealed himself right from the start.

Malick's lips parted and closed several times. After a long pause, he slowly said, "The plan for Project Far Star is still in the design phase. Fewer than five people in the entire world know about it; I haven't even told my own daughter."

The so-called Project Far Star was a plan to use modern technology to retrieve Hive from a distant planet.

The two sides of the door were connected, and so was the portal. Since offerings could be sent to Hive for consumption, it also meant it could be brought back. However, the environment there was extremely harsh. Humans, who had high demands for their living environment, would die within a short period after entering. They would likely perish before the offerings could even find Hive.

But if one were to put on a spacesuit, equipped with a built-in circulation system that could allow the wearer to survive for an extended period, wouldn't that extend the time and increase the chances?

Some subsequent details of this plan were still being refined, and currently, only a general framework existed. The fact that Wei Xiuming could mention it was enough to further confirm his identity as someone from the future.

"And you." Wei Xiuming pointed at Pierce. "Ruling the world? Your Project Insight was indeed successful, but do you know the price of ruling the world?"

"Alien invasions, secret invasions, the Fear Itself, Age of Ultron, Infinite Crisis, and other major events. All these disasters that affected all of humanity were borne solely by the Hydra ruling Earth at the time. For this, Hydra sacrificed generations. In the end, Hydra was no longer able to bear the responsibility of Earth's security, and the last supreme leader announced its dissolution, restoring the original national governance. Branch leaders carved up its legacy and became warlords—just like the CCCP back then."

What a waste! Although ruling the world was still a distant prospect, Alexander Pierce had already imagined his hard-won empire being handed over by his successor. Generations just keep getting worse!

This made Pierce determined to focus on the ideological education of the younger generation in the future, ensuring they wouldn't be blinded by the glittering world and lose their perseverance in facing setbacks and hardships.

Then, Wei Xiuming pointed at Gideon Malick and said, "Rescuing a being from an ancient era who considered himself 'God' from his exile, hoping it could lead us and bring Hydra to glory. You're still clinging to this? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? That was thousands of years ago. Nowadays, even a simple flashlight thrown into that era could be considered a divine miracle."

"Furthermore, do you know the true nature of the so-called God of Hydra? A slave, a slave of higher status responsible for managing other slaves, like the lead sheep in a flock. And it's just a parasite that can only survive by taking over others' bodies and memories. If your lineage worships the 'other' so strongly, you might as well worship Cthulhu. The one who bestowed status upon Hive wasn't a god, but merely a group of technologically advanced aliens. In the future, we even repelled their invasion—no, their fleet was repelled once outside Earth's atmosphere over a decade ago."

Finally, Wei Xiuming tidied his white coat and said leisurely, "I have come to the present not only to correct your mistakes but also as a weapon to defeat God. You can call my codename—Doctor Death."

Malick said, "Defeating God, is that something humans can do? In Hydra's archives..."

Wei Xiuming rubbed his forehead. "We can even achieve time travel, what's a god? As members of humanity's elite, you shouldn't be like those fools who treat myths as historical records. If the time tunnel couldn't bear too much matter and energy, forcing me to regress my state, then even a god, I would kill for you to see!"

"Due to limitations in basic industry and high-end processing technology, it will take me a significant amount of time to recover my strength, about five years until I can reach the Star-Breaking Realm—capable of completely destroying a planet the size of Earth with a single full-power strike."

Actually, Wei Xiuming was being clever here. In five years, he could indeed destroy a planet, but that would be by calculating the planet's magnetic field frequency and using the resonance of Magnetic Field Rotation to destroy the core, thus achieving the Star-Breaking state.

In the understanding of Malick and the others, however, it was as if Wei Xiuming could casually unleash a qi-gong wave at Earth, and after two or three seconds, Earth would explode with a "boom."

Pointing his finger back at Alexander Pierce, Wei Xiuming said, "I don't know where Nick Fury got his intel, but he's starting to suspect Hydra's existence. Given his personality, I don't need to tell you what he'll do next, right?"

Pierce nodded. "Nick Fury was promoted by me. The person in that position, he's the most suitable—I need to strike first and eliminate him before he obtains concrete evidence."

"So, you ancient people just lack vision! Do you know what 'whitewashing' is!" Wei Xiuming said. "If Nick Fury wants to investigate Hydra, then give him a Hydra. And by the way, we can use his power to eliminate our rivals."

Alexander Pierce instantly understood Wei Xiuming's meaning and quickly listed some Hydra factions that were at odds with him, as well as those within the organization who outwardly obeyed but inwardly disobeyed, only taking money without doing any work.