The elevator scanned him and issued a prompt:
"Captain Rogers does not have clearance for Project Insight."
"Director authorization! Nicholas J. Fury..."
"Confirmed."
Holding the rail, the Black Egg cleared Captain America for entry, and the elevator descended at high speed.
As Nick Fury briefly told Captain America about his grandfather, the elevator plunged deep underground and arrived at a gigantic workshop filled with a futuristic industrial atmosphere.
It was an underground deep-shaft vertical factory, hundreds of meters deep, surrounded by layers of circular platforms. Three unfinished Insight Helicarriers stood in the center.
Each one was equipped with a "Predictive Strike" quantum computer and ultra-long-range sniper cannons.
Fully automated assembly lines, robotic arms, laser welding equipment, and unmanned transport rails operated densely throughout the facility.
The cold metallic tones carried an overwhelming sense of military-industrial oppression.
This was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s greatest secret—Project Insight.
Steve's gaze swept over the dense display of weapons and the holographic Threat Elimination List.
His pupils contracted, and his breathing stopped, as though he were confirming that this was not a nightmare.
His previously taut jaw trembled slightly, and his fists clenched unconsciously.
He had thought Project Insight was simply an upgraded Helicarrier, but the colossal killing machines before him far exceeded his expectations...
Each Helicarrier carried more than two hundred large-caliber sniper cannons and dozens of fighter jets.
They were intended to operate long-term in suborbital space, working with an all-pervasive surveillance system to instantly eliminate potential criminals from thousands of miles away.
Nick Fury explained:
"We can suppress threats before they emerge."
After the Battle of New York, the Security Council realized it did not yet possess weapons hard enough, so it launched this project.
"You point guns at the entire planet and still call it protection?"
Captain America clearly did not agree with this