Crawford's pupils dilated instantly as he heard the sound from the phone, but he quickly concealed the shock in his eyes, walked to the car, and opened the door for Pierce.
Pierce strode into the car and, without hesitation, answered into his phone, "Launch confirmed."
Then, a password input box automatically appeared on the phone, and a mechanical prompt sounded again: "The identity of the person who issued the instruction needs to be verified again. Please enter the verification password."
Pierce held the phone up to his face and quickly entered the verification code.
"Password verification passed, iris verification passed, the identity of the person issuing the command has been successfully confirmed, and the missile has been launched."
The vehicle sped off. Crawford, sitting next to Pierce, tried his best to suppress his shock and asked in an extremely calm voice, "The four Winter Soldier and agents are still alive, and you used a secret door that was already in access control to launch this missile. I'm afraid your identity is at risk of being exposed."
“I’m worried that what happened last night with the Hulk’s blood has alerted some people. So from now on, all the agents who were involved in the Hulk’s blood incident last night, including myself, will go underground.” Pierce leaned back on the cushion, slowly closed his eyes, his face expressionless. “As for the Winter Soldier and the agents, it is their honor to sacrifice themselves for Hydra’s great cause.”
Crawford found the words strangely familiar, but could only nod: "Long live Hydra."
As soon as the verification confirmation sounded, alarms immediately went off on the computers of all the operators at S.H.I.E.L.D.!
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The large red text flashing on the computer screen made all the operators' scalps tingle instantly. They immediately became extremely alert, their fingers flying across the keyboard.
At the same time, one of the operators immediately picked up his phone and dialed Director Nick.
"Chief, ten missiles were automatically launched a few seconds ago with authorization. According to our records, the authorization level is the highest, and the source is Chief Pierce," the operator immediately reported.
“Even with the highest level of authorization, it’s impossible to bypass all launch procedures directly.” Nick stood up abruptly from his chair. “Where is the launch site?”
Every military exercise requires multiple layers of approval before missiles can be launched at the designated time. Even if he and Pierce both have the highest authority, it is impossible for them to bypass the approval process and launch missiles directly.
Not to mention there have been no military exercises recently.
The operator, while rapidly typing on the keyboard, stared at the location displayed on the computer screen in front of him, and exclaimed in disbelief, "It's Director Pierce's villa."
Nick instinctively felt that someone was targeting Pierce, so he immediately picked up the phone on the table and dialed Pierce's number, but no one answered.
After taking a few deep breaths, Nick continued, "What kind of missile? Was it successfully intercepted?"
The operator, looking at the various data on the computer, replied in a slightly trembling voice, "The missiles are cruise missiles with a kill radius of 45 meters. A total of ten missiles were launched this time, and the expected blast radius will directly cover the entire villa. Because all the missiles were launched from a military base outside New York City, the distance is too close, making interception almost impossible."
Nick slammed his hand on the table and asked in a harsh tone, "When will the missile reach its destination?"
The operator stared at the countdown on the computer screen and swallowed hard: "The fastest missile will reach its target location and explode in 10 seconds, and the rest will complete their bombing coverage within 3 seconds."
For security reasons, the missile launch procedures are all independently operated. Therefore, even if the highest level of authority is used to bypass all the launch procedures, it is still necessary to bypass them one by one, which results in a three-second time difference between the launch of ten missiles.
Upon hearing the operator's reply, Nick rubbed his forehead, closed his eyes, and plopped back down on the bench.
Ten seconds! There wasn't even time to call Ger and ask him to use the portal to rescue us!
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