Peggy Carter was faster than Qin Xiao had anticipated.
It's possible that resources were allocated to Qin Xiao after he finished explaining, or perhaps it's because a comprehensive and inescapable network had already been laid in the past few years.
In short, only nine days after Qin Xiao returned and discussed this topic with her, Peggy Carter had obtained concrete information about this possible branch of Hydra.
" Baron Strucker, one of the leaders of Hydra, is the most deeply hidden head. Long before we began to purge them, he ceased all external activities, abandoned most of his members, and took only his direct subordinates and a few scientific teams with him, who have been conducting some kind of scientific research in Europe."
"This is very much in line with Hydra's usual modus operandi. They've preserved this head as a seed of hope, or perhaps their research is of great significance to them, a guarantee for their comeback."
"That scepter?"
Qin Xiao continued Peggy Carter's words.
"That's right!"
Peggy Carter nodded.
"That's what I thought too, but there's no evidence. This base is in a small principality in Eastern Europe, and the area around it is heavily guarded, making infiltration impossible. Moreover, according to our intelligence, the technological level of this base far surpasses all previous Hydra Base."
"That must be him!"
Qin Xiao snapped his the Snap.
"You'll have to go and see for yourself to know. After all, there's no place in this world you can't go."
Indeed, there was no place in the world that Qin Xiao couldn't enter. In fact, he didn't even need to go in. The moment Qin Xiao Qin Xiao saw the castle that Baron Strucker used as his base, he was certain that the events here hadn't gone astray.
The castle was still the same castle, but who knew if the people inside had the same thoughts as Qin Xiao.
To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, such as Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver not being successfully tested, Qin Xiao deliberately chose to sneak in late at night.
He carried a small interference device that Tony had made for Qin Xiao. It could sense all the surveillance and monitoring equipment within a hundred-meter range and interfere with them. For example, within a hundred-meter range of Qin Xiao, all the surveillance cameras would display footage of Qin Xiao entering a period of time prior.
This made Qin Xiao's infiltration incredibly easy. He knocked out a sentry, disguised himself in his combat suit to resemble their clothes, and then knocked out two Hydra soldiers who were questioning him for passwords. Qin Xiao then smoothly entered the castle.
After turning through two more corridors, Qin Xiao arrived at a place that was usually used for scientific research.
Sure enough, after knocking out two white-coated personnel who were either on duty or working overtime, Qin Xiao once again transformed into a member of the research team and found the twins being held separately in two separate rooms.
Qin Xiao first met Quicksilver, who was wearing something like a quick-drying suit. Since the two of them had willingly become test subjects, Hydra provided them with two rooms with one side made of glass for observation.
With spiky, yellowish-white hair, he lay in bed, and even in his sleep, his palms or other parts of his body would involuntarily emit high-frequency vibrations. It seemed that Hydra's experiment had indeed been successful, but they didn't seem to have a particularly good grasp of their abilities.
It wasn't just Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch on the other side was the same. She was also asleep, but her body would occasionally emit pink energy. Sometimes she would slightly lift the blankets on her body, and sometimes she would bump into the wall and then dissipate.
Outside the two rooms was a row of monitors. As the two slept, Qin Xiao saw various values and curves constantly fluctuating on the monitors.
It seems the two people outside were on duty, just in case anything unexpected happened.
Having found the key, Qin Xiao was no longer in a hurry. Based on his memory of the movie, he found the secret room Tony had entered and discovered a large amount of remnants from the Battle of New York, alien technology, and most importantly, Loki's scepter.
This scepter not only created Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, but also the main villain of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and even turned JARVIS into Vision.
However, at this moment, Qin Xiao had no interest in letting things continue on their original trajectory.
Without hesitation, it crushed the outer shell. As soon as the gem touched Qin Xiao, it immediately resonated with the other gems in Qin Xiao's body.
However, this time was different from the previous times. The Mind Stone did not turn into energy mist and directly enter Qin Xiao's body. Instead, it floated in the air, and an energy emanated from the gem that connected with Qin Xiao's body.
Subsequently, the Soul Stone that Qin Xiao always carried with him also floated in the air automatically and emitted a beam of energy that connected with Qin Xiao's body.
A bright light shone from Qin Xiao's Qin Xiao, with blue, purple, and red colors constantly shifting around him.
The speed increased rapidly, and with the infusion of gem energy, Qin Xiao felt as if his spirit was being violently torn apart. The immediate effect was a headache, so severe that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.
However, a fixed energy field seemed to have formed between the gems, and Qin Xiao's body also left the ground and floated in the air. The gems inside his body each displayed their unique energy, forming a unique communication with the two gems outside.
Qin Xiao genuinely had no idea what the gems were communicating with. He just felt as if his head had been violently split open with an axe, and then repeatedly chopped at the gap.
"Ahhhh!!"
Finally, Qin Xiao could no longer endure the excruciating pain and threw his head back, letting out a scream that was both extremely shrill and indescribable.
Fortunately, the walls surrounding the secret chamber were thick enough to ensure defense while also almost completely blocking out sound from inside; otherwise, Qin Xiao's shout would have woken everyone in the entire castle.
Qin Xiao Qin Xiao had never understood the pain of having his soul torn apart when he read novels before, but this time he experienced it completely. At first, he felt like he was being cleaved in two by an axe, but later he felt like he was being torn to pieces.
His senses began to shatter, and at that moment, the orange Mind Stone transformed into energy mist and rushed into Qin Xiao's body.
Qin Xiao experienced once again the feeling of being torn apart and then stitched back together, feeling as if he were soaking in a bathtub, warm and extremely comfortable.
This feeling was very brief. As soon as it passed, Qin Xiao's body trembled, and his soul separated directly from his body.
Qin Xiao's body was still shining with blue, purple, and red light, but his soul body emitted a faint yellow glow. Then, the Soul Stone floated towards Qin Xiao.
It slowly liquefied into energy mist, enveloping Qin Xiao's soul.