War Begins

Erik saw that Fury remained silent and continued.

"Its energy has already reached its peak. If this continues..."

Fury interrupted Erik. "Isn't that exactly our goal? Drawing energy from the universe."

Erik pursed his lips and said regretfully, "Humanity isn't ready yet..."

Erik was adjusting the machine when Fury called over Agent Barton to confirm whether there was anything wrong with Erik.

"No one has come into contact with him."

"Really? Isn't he Yake's astrophysics teacher?"

"That's right, but they haven't contacted each other since the New Mexico incident."

Fury still believed Yake was highly suspicious. After all, Yake posed too great a threat to humanity. His power far surpassed that of other superheroes, and his unpredictable personality had always made him an unstable factor.

The two stood before the device holding the Tesseract and spoke. Suddenly, the cube erupted with intense energy. Fury jolted in fright and hurriedly stepped back.

The Tesseract kept flashing as waves of energy burst forth one after another. Far away in Queens, Yake sat up in bed. The Power Stone emerged from his hand, radiating a purple glow.

"Yake, what's wrong?"

May sleepily placed a hand on Yake's chest, struggling to open her eyes.

"It's nothing. Go back to sleep."

Yake lightly kissed May on the head to reassure her, then watched the changes in the Power Stone while unconsciously playing with May's softness.

"Could it have happened early?"

The energy erupting from the Tesseract grew increasingly intense, but Fury and the others did not dare approach. They could only pray that the cube would stop malfunctioning soon. But things usually went against one's wishes—the Tesseract directly fired a burst of energy and opened a spatial passage.

Bang!

The Tesseract's energy shut down and released a shockwave, but it was not very powerful,