An invitation, a trip to an alien world—Nick Fury brought them to Wildfire Mars, where they toured the bustling spaceport and saw spacecraft from countless alien civilizations docked within; they saw the artificial sun glowing softly overhead, the ten-square-kilometer artificial oasis created through terraforming, and finally the Black Blade fighters that filled the sky and endlessly patrolled Wildfire Mars.
This experience made these American higher-ups, who had once tirelessly stirred up trouble, understand one thing: the gap between them and AllSpark Company had reached an entirely different level.
It was like the way these tycoons, accustomed to manipulating power and capital, could use all sorts of unbelievable "legal" methods to force law-abiding companies out of business.
Likewise, the resources AllSpark Company now possessed could be used in equally unbelievable ways to make these people "mysteriously" disappear from the world.
AllSpark Company had become an independent civilization—a powerful civilization far beyond Earth, one capable of becoming a member of a cosmic alliance.
Even if they started a war, they had no chance of winning, because Earth was a place AllSpark Company could come and go from freely. But for these politicians, Earth was their only home. A monk might run away, but the temple could not.
Such absolute weakness made them afraid to bring up war again. They loved money and power, but they were not idiots, nor did they intend to die.
Although Nick Fury knew these people would never truly give up and would keep trying to squeeze out more benefits as always, at least for quite some time, he would no longer have to deal with their pestering.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Nick Fury simply left the group at the oasis to explore on their own. The director of S.H.I.E.L.D., meanwhile, followed an intelligent robot into