Iron Man didn't need to say more; Nick Fury naturally understood the seriousness of the situation.
He had already said before that the Cosmic Cube was of paramount importance.
Because from the clues currently available, Loki's arrival on Earth was unavoidable, as it concerned a feud in Asgard.
Loki would sooner or later use the Cosmic Cube to open a space portal and come to S.H.I.E.L.D.
What S.H.I.E.L.D. could prevent at the moment were the events that would follow.
They had to prevent Loki from stealing the Cosmic Cube!
As long as that was stopped, the subsequent Chitauri invasion would not happen.
"It seems the security level of the Dark Energy Joint Base must be fully upgraded!" Nick Fury secretly made a decision in his heart.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously glanced at Iron Man; to achieve this, he really had to rely on Iron Man's technology.
[This round of Q&A has ended!]
At this moment, the system's prompt sounded, and the large screen in front of everyone disappeared.
Those who had been frozen due to time stopping also returned to normal.
A few of the agents felt completely bewildered, constantly looking at Nick Fury and Black Widow beside them.
Were these two ghosts?
How did they suddenly appear in front of them?
Did they walk without making any sound?
Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Iron Man, the three who had just finished answering the questions, exchanged glances and then tacitly pretended that nothing had happened.
The matter of the Q&A system was no small thing, and naturally, it could not be revealed.
"So ~" Black Widow shrugged, making a gesture to stop Iron Man, and said, "Stark, we appreciate your help, but please leave the rest to us, okay?"
The Q&A system had frozen time just as Iron Man had cut a hole in the fighter jet and was about to enter.
Now that time had resumed, the act they had to put on naturally had to be completed.
In fact, after knowing that Iron Man would be on their side in the future, neither Nick Fury nor Black Widow had any intention of stopping him.
"Don't even think about it!" Iron Man replied with his usual arrogant tone.
Then, ignoring the two, he flew directly into the fighter jet through the hole.
Nick Fury and Black Widow also rappelled in with ropes.
As for the others, Nick Fury ordered them to guard outside and provide support, not letting anyone else in.
Only the three "insiders" were allowed.
"Sir, it's Captain America's shield!"
As soon as they entered the fighter jet, something on the ground immediately caught everyone's attention, and Black Widow couldn't help but excitedly shout to Nick Fury.
It was indeed Captain America's shield!
Since Captain America's shield had been found, was finding Captain America himself still far off?
Nick Fury nodded with great satisfaction, feeling a faint sense of excitement in his heart.
"That hundred-year-old man is buried down here," Iron Man said, walking to a corner inside the fighter jet and pointing to it.
The moment he entered, Iron Man had already conducted a full X-ray scan of the entire cabin and found Captain America immediately.
It had to be said that for search and rescue operations, bringing Iron Man along made the efficiency incredibly high.
"Is he still alive?" Nick Fury immediately asked in a deep voice.
"Although the heat signature is very weak..." Iron Man shrugged, "But yes, Captain America is still alive."
Nick Fury and Black Widow both breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they had already learned this from the Q&A system, only now, with Iron Man's confirmation, could they be completely certain.
"Stark, then I'll trouble you with the rest," Nick Fury said seriously, entrusting Iron Man.
Iron Man naturally had no objections.
Wearing his Iron Man suit, he was indeed more convenient, so he immediately began to work.
In no time, he dug out Captain America.
Nick Fury and Black Widow gathered around to check Captain America's condition, both marveling at what they saw.
"Seventy years, I can't believe Captain America is actually still alive," Black Widow exclaimed.
If you didn't see something like this with your own eyes, would you believe it?
"Alright, now, let's take Captain America home!"
Nick Fury stood up, clapped his hands, and said spiritedly.
However, what Nick Fury didn't know was that the moment they dug out Captain America, it was seen by interested parties outside, and this news was secretly sent out.
Several fighter jets were already flying towards them!
"Two people come down and transport the Captain out!" Nick Fury then took out his walkie-talkie and gave orders to the people outside.
"Understood, sir!"
Someone immediately responded through the walkie-talkie.
However, just then...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The sound of atmospheric vibration caused by something sweeping across the sky rang out.
Nick Fury and Black Widow's expressions changed, because they both recognized it as the sound of fighter jets.
They hurriedly looked up through the hole in the fighter jet and indeed saw two fighter jets circling towards them.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Several missiles were immediately launched.
Boom, boom, boom!
The fighter jet that Nick Fury and his team had arrived in was immediately engulfed in flames, and then directly exploded.
The initial missile explosion, combined with the fighter jet's explosion, created an incredibly terrifying shockwave.
The scene instantly shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
"Enemy attack! Sir, enemy attack! Ah!"
A frantic and tense shout immediately came from the walkie-talkie, but then the person let out a scream and then fell silent.
Tat-tat-tat-tat!
Then, the dense sound of gunfire rang out.
It was clear that after bombing with missiles, the two fighter jets had switched to machine-gun fire.
Soon, there was no more sound from outside.
It was evident that all the agents outside had been wiped out.
Inside the wreckage of the fighter jet, Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Iron Man all had extremely grim expressions.
No one had expected such an unexpected turn of events during this secret rescue mission.
However, none of them were ordinary people; they didn't panic but immediately entered a state of high alert.
"Stark, what's the situation outside?"
Nick Fury asked Iron Man.
In fact, Nick Fury didn't need to say much; Iron Man had already activated his X-ray mode and had been observing the situation outside.
"Two FT-2 fighter jets; they've destroyed everything outside and killed all your people," Iron Man said in a deep voice.
"They're landing, and this is our chance... they've landed!"