The mission also came with instructions on how to get into S.H.I.E.L.D. When Ryan read them, he realized his estimate of the timeline had been off.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had apparently only just begun researching the Cosmic Cube.
They were still a long way from the point where their research would summon Loki.
In the original story, S.H.I.E.L.D. secretly studied the Cosmic Cube. Then the Cube opened a Portal and transported Loki into their secret base.
That was what led to the Avengers being assembled to clean up the mess.
Now that Ryan had Super Brain, scenes from movies he had watched came back to him vividly with barely a thought.
After he finished his pizza, a Sanctum Guardian kindly asked whether he wanted to see his room first or take a look around New York.
Ryan shook his head. "Get me a computer."
"..."
The guardian soon found Ryan a computer, though there was nothing magical about it. Ryan switched it on and set his fingers on the keyboard.
The system in his mind connected to the internet, pouring knowledge of Energetics, anti-electron collisions, and everything else needed to study the Cosmic Cube into his head.
A few days later.
A newcomer named Ryan entered S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret base.
Getting in had posed a few obstacles, but Ryan followed the system's instructions and actually made it through.
What was more, his exceptional ability to analyze and process information helped advance the research.
So, not long after arriving at the secret base, he got access to the Cosmic Cube.
The blue Cosmic Cube was mounted inside a square machine.
Ryan had only exchanged a few words with the doctor studying it when a burly man with one eye entered the research room.
Ryan recognized the man with the black eyepatch. He was