Northeastern North America, Greenland, "Wolf Nest" Base.
James Howlett stood in the heart of the base, where the Tesseract was installed. Beneath his feet lay a newly built Vibranium power hub, and countless strands of icy blue energy coursed through the vast underground space, as large as an indoor stadium.
Its austere design was modeled after the palaces of ancient Greece's Olympus, lending the entire Wolf Nest Base an imposing, almost ceremonial grandeur.
At the far end of the hall stood the unfinished frame of a throne made entirely of Vibranium.
The embedded foundation, built from the bedrock beneath the permafrost and dark bluish-green Vibranium, had been deliberately shaped into the enormous fang-like slashes of the H crest.
Wolf Nest would eventually become the Howlett Family's central stronghold.
Mining at Meteorite Mountain was in full swing. Most of the Winter Wolves and Wolf Pack warriors were stationed there, responsible for day-to-day security and oversight.
The Wolf Nest Base was growing ever larger, like an underground city. It required thousands of workers, researchers, engineers, and other personnel, even with the Tesseract-powered machinery and equipment working at extraordinary efficiency and saving enormous amounts of labor.
Greenland's natural geography made it nearly impossible for ordinary people to come and go, but security at Wolf Nest was still of the utmost importance.
Aboveground, the cold was biting. During Greenland's coldest polar night season, fierce winds and blizzards raged day and night. Temperatures averaged thirty or forty degrees below zero. Apart from a few "warm" areas where people could survive, three quarters of the island lay within the Arctic Circle, an uninhabited region of permanent ice.
The underground base had a perfect energy supply system and a comfortable temperature and pleasant environment. They had even cultivated some plants and trees, creating a world with its