"I’m back!" Polaris shouted as she pushed open the door, only to find Charles sitting in the office, looking at her with a sowhat complicated expression.
"What’s wrong, Professor? Where’s Erik?"
"He went out for a eting." Charles said without blinking, "You know, recently two not-so-friendly countries have scheduled official visits, and he has to handle it."
Polaris’s face imdiately darkened, but it was clearly not directed at Erik. She snorted coldly and said, "Now they think of coming to visit us? When they were saring Magneto and mutants on various websites, they didn’t think they’d have to establish diplomatic relations with us soday, huh?"
"Your father said that cannot be considered saring." Charles appeared a bit helpless, he said, "After all, he did make quite a stir back then."
"A stir big enough to change his place of birth? To change his race? Or to reverse history so he wasn’t in a concentration camp, didn’t fight those damned fascists?!"
"Calm down, Lorna." Charles sighed and said, "We are not children anymore, going to extres doesn’t benefit anyone. If they are willing to co, just let them co, we’ll treat them as normal foreign guests."
Polaris was still visibly unhappy, sat with her arms crossed, with her lips drooping as if weighing down with lead balls.
"There’s one more thing I’d like to discuss with you." Charles seed sowhat troubled, he said, "I know this might sound a bit shocking, but... after Captain Arica’s 100th birthday, we will be planning to relocate Earth..."
Amid Polaris’s shocked expression, Charles briefly described a plan called "Earth’s Departure" that China had been preparing for many years.
This plan actually isn’t that complicated. When the Iron Demon God appeared, it indeed shocked the entire Earth, and the most shocked, of course, was the Eastern Great Nation.
China had encountered Demon Gods before, but most of them didn’t have this style. Anyone educated with modern science wouldn’t think the Iron Demon God was a magical product at first glance. What magician creates a bunch of robots?
Their first reaction was probably that this must be a super weapon made by Arica, so they were on high alert, trying everything possible to investigate the Iron Demon God as fast as possible.
SWORD was not to be underestimated, it took them just a few days to figure out what really happened. But this didn’t put them at ease; instead, it made them more nervous.
If Arica had made it, that would actually be sowhat reassuring. Despite appearances of strength, no party would be willing if this thing fell into anyone’s hands. If it was in the military, Congress wouldn’t be happy; if it was with Congress, the military wouldn’t be content—just pulling each other’s hindrances would weaken its combat power by half, maybe even making fireworks out of it.
This is not an exaggeration; history has shown us this more than once or twice. Whether it is space technology or industrialization, Arica’s main play is dragging each other’s feet and reversing progress. As long as one’s own side is stable, the other side will end up punching themselves.
But they found out it wasn’t like that. This thing wasn’t made by Arica, nor was it created by a group of scientists, but by one person, and only one person could control it. This could be considered the worst outco.
How do you gamble on human nature?
Yes, Stark looks normal now, but that doesn’t an he’ll always stay that way. Right now, he appears to be a scientist wanting to lead human progress, but that doesn’t ensure his thoughts will always be this advanced. Throughout history, how many people were diligent and ambitious in their youth, only to beco muddle-headed in old age? This is probably humanity’s biggest weakness aside from their frail bodies.
Moreover, Stark never really qualified as a benevolent businessman. His identity as a huge capitalist already destined him to be an exploiter, no matter what he internally wishes to do, as he’ll be influenced by too many interests. Anyti he wavers, has a little selfishness, and wants to use this power to dominate ordinary people, it would be catastrophic for everyone.
So might think, Magneto and Professor X are also very powerful, why not worry about them using force to dominate the Earth?
The problem is, China also has many strong mutants, and if it really ca to a fight, rely in terms of force, may not necessarily lose against other mutants. But the Iron Demon God is different; it is a completely new, radically different, and overwhelmingly powerful existence, giving them a great sense of crisis.
But since the problem already exists, anxiety and panic are futile; they must find a way to solve it. After long discussions and research, they eventually found that a direct battle wouldn’t work well, even if they could win, it wouldn’t end well for the Earth.
So, following this line of thinking, since the worst result was mutual destruction anyway, might as well use the magician and demon god’s thod of mutual destruction to directly "kidnap" the Earth.
However, to deal with the Iron Demon God, they couldn’t rely on the Magical Defense Network because it’s on Earth; it’s inside the Magical Defense Network, making the network’s role quite limited, perhaps even subject to internal sabotage by it.
Moreover, the Magical Defense Network is in the hands of the mages, who do not feel they belong to any nation and claim not to be involved in the disputes between countries on Earth. No matter how good others’ things are, they are not as good as their own. They decided to build their own deterrent, which, like the Magical Defense Network, could pull everyone in the world onto their own bandwagon at the necessary mont.
Based on this idea, actually, the best would be to make a bomb. If you dare to do anything, I’ll blow up the Earth.
This is different from nuclear weapons. It’s flattering to say that humanity’s level with nuclear weapons is like scratching an itch for Earth. Nuclear weapons can only destroy humanity but not the Earth; plowing the entire globe is like scratching Earth’s skin. To destroy Earth, it would have to be a super invincible big bomb.
However, making such a big bomb would require an investnt many tis that of nuclear weapons, and after spending a huge amount of effort, once it’s made, if you don’t use it, you have to maintain it, which is another astronomical cost.
How the Soviet Union was dragged down by the arms race is still vivid in mory. Spending so much money on such a super weapon that is unlikely to be used is completely a path to self-destruction.
It’s a dilemma: it doesn’t work to make it, and it doesn’t work not to make it. But the solution is actually quite simple, and that is to create a bomb with functions other than exploding.
Sounds a bit absurd, but actually, humanity has had such a thing for a long ti. Isn’t a car engine just a big bomb that keeps cycling ignition but never explodes? Normally, you can drive the car as a ans of transport, and in tis of need, you can use professional techniques to explode the car as a weapon, isn’t this the best solution?
Although it sounds absurd, it is reasonable—they decided to install an engine on Earth so that normally it can run around, and if sothing happens inside Earth, it can be used as a strategic weapon to unite the vast majority.
This is not sothing that can be done overnight. While superheroes in another country across the ocean are undergoing various adventures, here, ordinary human scientists, mutants, and superpower users unite as one, with those doing scientific research doing scientific research, those making materials making materials, taking a full ten years to finally complete the first step of this plan—a superluminal engine.
That’s right, in the entire Earth Launch Plan, creating the engine is just the first step.
The next step is to target Asgard. Don’t see Thor and Loki basically only dealing with Aricans, but SWORD has basically figured out the nearest alien civilization to Earth. Whether it’s a mule or a horse, it has to be taken out for a walk, and the first walk, of course, has to go to this nearby and well-related alien civilization.
Announcing to the other side the scientific achievents on our side is secondary. The most important thing is, in case of any accident, the other side has to lend a helping hand, both emotionally and rationally.
Although fully prepared, no one dares to say there will be no problems, so one must find the final insurance, which is Asgard. At that ti, if anything happens, and Earth is about to explode, whether for the Avengers or not to explode Asgard, Thor must take action.
And after the three great empires waged war, China keenly realized that they could completely upgrade this event from a test flight to gain more benefits.
It sounds a bit adventurous, but for a civilization or a race, being eternally conservative leads nowhere. Daring to make crucial decisions at critical monts can gain the most crucial benefits at crucial turning points; hesitation brings defeat.
Thus, a seemingly crazy plan gradually took shape, but when executed, it proceeded exceptionally smoothly. The reason is none other than the fact that humans are inherently a crazy race, ever hungry, ever insatiable. Although their exploitation of the Solar System is far from thorough, they have already begun to aspire to the more prosperous cosmos early on.
The resources of Saturn and Jupiter are indeed abundant, but are they richer than the warehouses of the Three Great Empires? The Milky Way is indeed beautiful, but is the geography better than the Star Area? Asgard is a decent lord, but who would want to stoop to subordination if they can be Emperor themselves?
Shiller had just heard the beginning from the Chief of SWORD, just about the Superluminal Engine, when he stopped Zhengxian from continuing and expressed his willingness to help.
Shiller doesn’t even need to know where they want to steer Earth; just the fact that Earth can move is entirely worth his help. Co on, this isn’t being forced to wander; it’s an active attack. The thought of Earth bouncing around the cosmos like a billiard ball makes Shiller have to bring out so real skills to bluff Karmatiji and the Avengers.
Since it’s about deceiving without a trace, you can’t just tell them directly. Moreover, Shiller knows Strange and their temperant very well; if he went directly, they might think he’s going to ss up, develop reverse psychology and might not cooperate.
But bringing up this topic in conversation, slowly guiding Strange and Steve towards that thought, and then letting Strange check it out himself. Discovering it themselves is much more credible than him saying it, and it’s more shocking as well.
The fact that Strange was able to go into the Himalayas to take a look shows that they were already prepared. They can even build such a big thing under Karmatiji’s nose, and if they didn’t want Strange to know, they could have kept it a secret forever. Letting the other side see it ans there’s no intention to keep it secret.
Strange and Steve, not disappointing expectations, successfully persuaded Karmatiji and the Avengers to agree to this plan. Shiller, thinking similarly to China, felt that since they’re opening anyway, why not head directly to Asgard, which is the option for maximizing benefits.
On the mutants’ side, to strive for more benefits for mutants in this event, they actively used Mystique to put pressure on Asgard, creating a perfect pretext for this launch.
Thus, with the combined efforts of many parties, Earth successfully launched from the Solar System and arrived above Asgard. Yet even so, the entire plan is only in its second step. Next, it will be ti to target the Three Great Empires.
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