The Wakanda delegation.
They had gone in a Helicarrier, accompanied by several superheroes.
When they returned, Wakanda dispatched a Wakandan team led by Black Panther, along with an anti-gravity airship, setting out from Africa in grand procession.
On the eastern coast of the United States, by the Atlantic Ocean.
A group of blue-skinned Atlanteans had assembled, armed with Vibranium weapons and wearing respirators over their mouths, awaiting S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reception.
Their bodies were unique, so they naturally could not remain active on land for extended periods.
Nick Fury assigned them mainly to patrol passing ships and offshore platforms across the world's oceans.
Some ocean-going vessels could drift at sea for months, or even longer.
If powerful beings from the myriad realms took advantage of that and corrupted the crew, it could lead to a major disaster.
At the same time, when ships suffered accidents and needed help, the Atlanteans also held an advantage over land-based rescue vessels.
They feared no storms and could charge straight into the eye of one to save people.
When necessary, they could even provide equipment to temporarily take people beneath the sea, then bring them back up once the storm on the surface had passed.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had quite a few superheroes, but once they were spread across the globe, they truly were not enough.
They did not lack top-tier combat power. What they lacked instead was a group of backbone personnel.
With these two fresh forces joining them, supercrime around the world dropped exponentially for a time.
However, Nick Fury also discovered a new problem.
He had no choice but to steel himself and come seek Apocalypse's opinion again.
"Tang, several new sects have emerged here. We detected that they worship powerful beings from Parallel Universes."
"But they have committed no crimes and show no