The sign of disaster comes from deep space. It's not an invasion fleet or an energy beam, but a "song".
A Cosmic Rays signal that was so complex that it exceeded the limits of human understanding penetrated the Solar System barrier at super-light speed and enveloped the earth silently. It did not directly cause damage, but like a key, it began to unlock and distort all electromagnetic wave-based technologies and some biological neural networks on the earth.
The global communication network first fell into chaos, information was tampered with, and the data stream was filled with strange codes that could not be deciphered. Then, the power network began to fluctuate erratically, and precision instruments malfunctioned for no reason. The most frightening thing is that some humans began to experience collective hallucinations, seeing the same starry sky, hearing incomprehensible melodies, and acting abnormally.
"It's not an attack, it's 'assimilation'!" Bruce·Banner looked at the soaring curve of the abnormal index of the global nervous system in the S.H.I.E.L.D. command center, his voice tightened, "This signal is trying to forcibly 'calibrate' our technological civilization and even some biological characteristics to some unknown cosmic standard!"
Nick Fury's one eye scanned the report of the world falling into chaos, "The source?"
"The signal comes from the core direction of Milky Way! However, after being highly distorted and scattered, it is impossible to accurately locate the emission source!" Maria·Hill responded, "It seems to be conducting a 'broadcast' of all Milky Way, and unfortunately the earth is within its coverage!"
The holographic image of Tony·Stark appeared, with his laboratory in the background, and multiple screens flashing alerts. "Friday is trying its best to crack the signal structure, but it is like a living language that is constantly evolving! Our firewall is as fragile as paper in front of it!"
Strange and Wang guarded Sanctum Sanctorum, feeling the disturbance at the magical level. "This force is polluting the spiritual veins, trying to incorporate the frequency of magic into its 'music'!"
Avengers is out again. Tony and Banner try to build a signal shielding field; Natasha and Clint deal with the social chaos caused by out-of-control technology; Steve coordinates the global response; Thor tried to sense the divine component in the signal; Guardians of the Galaxy sent a message from Centaurus, stating that they had received a similar signal, calling it "Forgers' Requiem". It was the legacy of a long-lost ancient civilization trying to reshape the order of Milky Way, which was extremely dangerous.
However, all resistance seems to be in vain. The shielding field will be quickly adapted and penetrated by the signal; social chaos will become more and more intense; the "song" is even evolving, beginning to influence the biological subconscious more deeply, inducing collective panic and obedience.
Just when the civilization of the earth seems to be completely "formatted" by this song "Interstellar Requiem"--
Malibu Beach.
Xiao Han's brows frowned more and more. The space around him was filled with the subtle energy ripples of the ubiquitous "cosmic song". This external and mandatory "background sound" seriously interfered with the purity and stability of his own energy field and solar energy exchange, just like a strong interference wave affecting clear signal reception.
What displeased him even more was that the frequency of this "singing sound" made him feel..."harsh" and "disharmonious".
"Noise." He whispered in disgust, and Super-Senses instantly locked onto the abnormal signal field that permeated the entire near-Earth space.
He didn't even bother to understand the meaning or purpose of this "singing". He just subconsciously adjusted himself Biological Force Field to an extremely special and powerful frequency - a base frequency that could resonate perfectly and cover all "dissonances".
It's like a top conductor forcibly interrupting the performance of a poor band and setting an absolutely precise tone.
The moment the cosmic signal trying to "assimilate" the earth comes into contact with this absolutely "stable" and "pure" frequency reference, its internal complex encoding seems to have encountered an instruction set that the decoder cannot recognize, and instantly collapses and fails.
The abnormal signal field covering the world suddenly disappeared.
The chaotic communication network returned to normal, the fluctuating power stabilized, and the people who had fallen into hallucinations woke up dazedly. The song "Interstellar Requiem" seemed to have been cut off and stopped abruptly.
The earth has been abruptly pulled back from a silent crisis of civilizational assimilation.
Avengers froze in place, feeling the sudden return to normal of the technological environment and collective consciousness, unable to react for the moment.
"The signal... disappeared?" Tony looked at all the status indicators that turned green instantly, in disbelief.
"It's him again?" Natasha looked at the surveillance screen that had returned to normal and breathed a sigh of relief.
Doctor Banner watched as the curve representing the signal strength on the monitoring instrument returned to zero instantly, and murmured, "He... he used his biological field as an 'anti-interference filter'? Forcibly blocked the entire interstellar broadcast?"
Strange felt the flow of pure magic energy and sighed, "For him, maybe he just felt that the 'background music' just now was too unpleasant, so he changed the channel casually."
In the distant core area of Milky Way, in the ruins of an ancient civilization that had been silent for millions of years, a preset program recorded this failure.
"Log update: The execution of the 'Requiem' protocol is interrupted. There is an unanalyzable 'signal barrier' on the target planet (identification: Sol-3). Its local energy field shows extremely strong 'repulsion' and 'stability' and refuses any form of 'frequency assimilation'. Protocol judgment: Assimilation failed. The target planet is included in the 'unassimilable' list. Recommendation: Avoid further contact to prevent unpredictable 'reverse resonance'."
Xiao Han felt the "clean" energy environment around him restored, and the annoying "cosmic noise" finally disappeared.
The world is quiet.
This is good.
As for where that "singing sound" comes from and why is it sung?
He has no interest.