"Monster..."
Pierce recognized the person before him as the alien who had frozen an entire S.H.I.E.L.D. base not long ago.
At this moment, as Ben approached, frost spread like moss over all the instruments in the control room.
"Fury, that idiot, colluding with an alien like you. He'll bring destruction to humanity sooner or later!"
Pierce cursed.
As a member of Hydra, he was indeed not a good person.
But as a human, he truly detested aliens, especially those who interfered in human affairs.
"First, I'm not entirely an alien. Second, Nick Fury is cooperating with a different alien. Third..."
Ben extended his hand, his moth-like palm covering Pierce's face.
"From now on, Nick Fury won't have much say on this Earth."
An invisible arm passed through Pierce's body, and in an instant, the Hydra leader was frozen into an ice sculpture.
He wasn't Captain America; he couldn't survive being frozen for decades. The instantaneous loss of body heat quickly drained Pierce of his life force.
Ben flicked his finger, and the ice sculpture fell.
"Crack!"
Instantly, the ice, along with Pierce's corpse, shattered all over the floor.
"Gather the hero fragments, and you can summon Hydra Supreme."
Ben sneered, stepped over the debris, and walked to the control console. His watch flashed, transforming into Upgrade.
At the same time, the Upgrade virus Ben had left on the carrier was activated. In an instant, all two other carriers, except for the one Ben was on, were completely under Ben's control.
"The Helicarriers are mine!"
Honestly, the usefulness of Helicarriers to Ben was limited. However, if Norman were to establish H.A.M.M.E.R., they could serve as deterrent weapons, along with the H.A.M.M.E.R. base.
It wasn't like they had to maintain the Helicarriers themselves; the Security Council would allocate funds.
Rather, if they weren't allowed to spend money, they would become uneasy.
On the ground.
A group of Super Heroes and Hydra agents were still waiting for Pierce's attack.
But the expected nuclear bombardment never came. The carriers, after flying high into the sky, disappeared into the clouds.
People from both sides fell silent for a moment, and then the Hydras launched another fierce assault.
Peter leaped and dodged attacks.
"Alexander Pierce wants to eliminate you and us together. Are you still going to fight us?"
"Those are necessary sacrifices!"
The Hydra soldiers didn't care. They attacked and shouted, not surrendering even though they knew the tide had turned.
"For the New World!"
"Hail Hydra!"
The sight of tens of thousands of Hydras charging forward was, admittedly, quite shocking.
In the end, the Super Heroes were only a handful of people.
Now, Nick Fury and the others were exhausted, and Connors' transformation had become extremely unstable.
Scales had begun to fall off his body, and his size was shrinking.
To combat the antibodies in his system, he had injected four doses at once, but he hadn't expected the transformation time to be so short.
Falcon was just a mortal man.
He and Captain America had met while training. When he heard Steve was being hunted, he had wanted to help him, but now, facing so many attackers, he was nearing his limit.
Tony Stark's energy was abundant; his Battle Armor lasted much longer than he did.
But he couldn't handle so many people alone unless he decided to kill them all!
When facing terrorists in the Middle East, he could do so without hesitation because he only needed to fire a single shot from afar to kill all enemies without shedding blood.
But not now.
These weren't tens or hundreds of lives, but tens of thousands of Hydra agents.
"They're relentless."
Natasha panted.
All of them had been forced into a confined space, backs against each other, forming a circle to defend against enemies from all sides.
And the agents were still shouting "Hail Hydra" and charging forward recklessly.
"Does anyone have any other ideas?"
Sam asked.
"We'll all be exhausted if this keeps up!"
"Reinforcements are coming!" Steve shouted. "We just need to hold on a little longer. I believe we're not the only ones willing to fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a continuous loop of police sirens echoed from the distant streets.
George Stacy had arrived with the New York Police Department.
On the other side, several large trucks barreled through, driven by gangsters from Hell's Kitchen, specifically, Kingpin's crew.
Kingpin understood that if Hydra truly won this war, his own criminal empire would be severely threatened. Therefore, he didn't hesitate to throw his gangs into the fight.
Ironically, the armed forces of these gangsters were several times stronger than those of the New York police!
"Spider-Man, I'm here to help you!"
From the sky, Daredevil swung from a building in Times Square with his nunchaku, joining the battle.
The tide began to turn.
Seeing that the time was right, Ben activated the aircraft carrier's communication system, broadcasting his voice to everyone.
"Can you hear me? This is Hacker. Mr. Osborn, I've taken control of the aircraft carrier. Just hold on a little longer, Iron Soldiers will arrive on the battlefield soon."
"Mr. Osborn?"
Nick Fury keenly sensed something was wrong. Unlike everyone else who was excited that Ben had taken control of the Helicarrier, he immediately cursed.
"Motherfucker!"
Now, the credit for turning the tide would go to Osborn? They would be nothing more than hired hands.
Nick Fury couldn't express his frustration.
But soon, he let it go.
An invasion by Hydra was a major event. While not his direct fault, it had happened during his tenure, and he couldn't escape responsibility if things were investigated.
After all, someone had to take the blame.
Framing the deceased Howard would clearly not appease public anger.
At best, he, Egghead Fury, would step down. At worst, he could face years in prison, and S.H.I.E.L.D. would be shut down, leaving his future irrelevant.
Instead of worrying about such trivial matters, he should think of other options. He could find a Skrull to take the fall for him, and then he could just escape to the cosmos for some fun.
With that thought, Nick Fury's aim became a bit more relaxed.
At this moment, dozens of Iron Warriors descended from the sky, instantly surrounding Times Square.
"Aren't these the humanoid tanks we saw at the Stark Expo? The ones I killed," Steve retorted.
"Why didn't he use this military force earlier?" Barton grumbled.
These seasoned agents immediately smelled a conspiracy.
However, much like Nick Fury, they couldn't be bothered.
Employees shouldn't worry about their boss's messes. Natasha felt she couldn't empathize.
With the addition of forces from all sides, the Hydra soldiers soon surrendered.
Of course, these were only the Hydra members within S.H.I.E.L.D. Outside of S.H.I.E.L.D., many other Hydra operatives remained hidden.
But those would be dealt with using the "Anti-Project Insight" algorithm to track them down one by one.
The algorithm wasn't infallible, but as long as they showed themselves, they would eventually reveal a weakness.
The strategy was simple: expose yourself and get eliminated.
With that, the war was nearing its end.
Ben sat on the frozen throne in the main control room, crossing his legs and contemplating the major event he had orchestrated.
Setting aside the spoils of war, he was more interested in reviewing the plan.
Honestly, while the outcome was mostly as he expected, there had been some unexpected twists and turns in the process.
The biggest surprise was the Hulk.
He truly hadn't expected Pierce to bring in the Hulk to prevent alien heroes. If he hadn't been strong enough to defeat the Hulk, this situation would have been quite precarious.
Another surprise was Steve.
Having seen the movies and witnessed him lift Thor's Hammer firsthand, Ben's original plan was for Steve, wielding Thor's Hammer, to conclude the war.
This would also have perfectly fit the name "Helicarrier."
Who would have thought that Steve would fall into self-doubt because of Bucky's situation and be unable to lift Thor's Hammer?
Fortunately, no major mistakes were made in the end.
However, it served as a reminder to Ben.
Sometimes, no matter how well a plan is made, reality can still deviate.
So…
"So there are no perfect plans, only perfect power!"
Ben, sitting on the throne, finally understood!
As long as the power is strong enough, all unfavorable situations can be resolved. If they can't be resolved, it means the power isn't strong enough yet.
So…
Alien X, activate!
It couldn't activate at all.
Ben leaned back, propped his feet up on the control panel.
Alien X was indeed powerful, even to the point of being like a cheat, but it also had a fatal flaw.
If the two consciousnesses within its mind couldn't unify, then Alien X couldn't act.
This was also why the invincible Alien X was also called the AFK Alien.
Both a cheat and AFK.
When facing an unsolvable crisis, Alien X was the last resort, but for trivial matters, transforming into Alien X was the biggest danger.
"If I can't resolve the issue with the two consciousnesses, transforming is pointless."
In reality, each of the two consciousnesses of the Celestialsapiens had different personalities. For example, Galactic Gladiator's two consciousnesses were relatively unified, allowing him to react quickly when taking action.
As for the Alien X in Little Broken Watch, its personalities were somewhat like a love-hate relationship.
They could discuss whether or not to save the dinosaurs for billions of years without reaching a conclusion.
Bellicus insisted on going against Serena, and then after Ben made Serena cry, Bellicus became furious and directly kicked Ben out of the consciousness space.
"The issue with Alien X still needs to be resolved."
He thought.
Although sometimes using cheats in games could affect the experience, this cheat could be left unused, but it couldn't be absent.
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