The Quinjet hovered in the air and slowly landed on the ground. Natasha Romanoff brought Peter Parker and Bob Yeager to the destroyed launch silo.
A group of SHIELD agents have cordoned off the scene, watching the surrounding situation with vigilance. The Lizardmen only took away one nuclear warhead from the launch silo, and the remaining nine were still in the silo. Because the silo mouth was severely damaged, they could not be moved out of the launch silo.
They suspected that the Lizardmen might launch another attack and seize the remaining nuclear bombs, so they were on high alert.
Natasha Romanov first took out her ID card, then verified her iris and fingerprints before passing security check.
"Did the technical team find anything?"
She looked at the agents who were using scanners to scan every inch of the room.
"We tested for explosive residue and found traces of octochrome."
Octogen is the best explosive in the military today, but because of its high cost, it is usually used in high-power missile warheads. Ordinary people simply cannot get access to this advanced explosive.
"The attacker first concentrated three spherical bombs on the top of the launch silo cover and exploded them, creating a weak point. He then used his arm to directly penetrate the launch silo cover, and then controlled the spherical bombs to fly into the launch silo and detonate, blowing the entire launch silo up into the sky."
Agent Sitwell said they found these clues on the silo cover that was blown more than 20 meters away by the bomb.
When he talked about the launch silo cover being pierced by the attacker's arm, the corner of his eye twitched obviously. This world is becoming more and more strange. Even Captain America, the hero during World War II, did not have such terrible destructive power.
"We are currently pursuing the source through Octogen and believe there will be results soon."
Although the formula of Octogenin is the same in different factories, production lines and batches, the finished products will have very slight differences. Only by distinguishing the batches of explosives and tracing their whereabouts can the attackers' flaws be found.
Octotin is not a low-quality explosive that can be produced in a homemade workshop. The shipment volume is extremely small and very easy to trace.
Natasha observed for a moment the main body of the launch silo cover which still remained intact. The 105-ton reinforced concrete launch silo cover still remained main body intact, except for a large dent in the middle due to damage from the bomb.
"Can Colonel Johnson accomplish similar destruction?"
Natasha asked, she had not given up the guess that the attacker was Colonel Johnson. As a former Navy SEAL, Colonel Johnson had superb demolition skills, and it was not difficult for him to get Octogen.
"Impossible... Winston can't do it. If he could really punch through this reinforced concrete, he would have killed me with one punch in New York City."
Although Colonel Johnson is stronger than Bob Eagle, the gap between the two has not reached a qualitative change.
Even though a deep hole had been blown out of the sturdy launch silo cover, it was still impossible for Bob Eagle to break through it.
"It seems that a new lizard man has appeared."
Natasha's face darkened. These new humans created by lizard serum were more troublesome than mutants. At least a considerable number of mutants still had a sense of identity with humans. Only a very small number of them, like Bob Yeager, had eliminated their evil personalities. The vast majority of lizardmen had only pure malice towards humans.
The manufacturing technology of lizard serum must be destroyed to prevent new lizard people from appearing.
She informed the headquarters of the situation here, and asked the headquarters to mobilize agents to monitor all members of all cross-species gene transplantation projects, and issued a wanted order for Dr. Rada throughout the United States.
SHIELD's main concern is Professor Connors, the inventor of the lizard serum. He disappeared mysteriously after revealing on TV the negative news that the Osborn Group used veterans as experimental subjects to experiment with lizard serum.
"I want to ask, what is the motive of the Lizardmen to seize this nuclear warhead?"
Peter Parker raised his hand and asked.
"Who knows what he wants to do? Maybe he wants to threaten the US government to help them build a country belonging to the Lizard People. The probability of a nuclear warhead being detonated is only 0.1%, because multiple high-energy explosives inside the nuclear bomb must explode at the same time to make the warhead reach a critical state and cause a chain reaction. Without the launch procedure, the fuse cannot be detonated."
Agent Sitwell said.
"Even if there is only a 0.00001% chance, we must reduce it to zero. And the probability is not that low. If we have weapons-grade uranium, with the technology of the Osborne Group, it is not impossible to make a nuclear bomb."
Natasha was very dissatisfied with Agent Sitwell's mentality and said seriously.
"If they want to establish a Lizardman nation, why don't they threaten the US government or the United Nations?" Peter Parker said, "They have already taken away the nuclear warheads. This is the best opportunity for them to put forward their demands."
"How did you come up with this?"
Agent Sitwell looked at Peter Parker in surprise.
"Isn't that how it's played out in True Lies? So I find it a little strange why the lizard man who took the nuclear warhead hasn't shown up yet."
Peter Parker scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Although it's a movie plot, this is the first time we've encountered a situation where a nuclear warhead was hijacked. It's really strange that the Lizardmen haven't shown up yet. It would be too difficult for them to detonate a nuclear warhead, so they might as well use it to threaten the US government directly."
They could force the president to agree to any request simply by threatening to contaminate the Great Lakes with radioactive sources.
After all, this is an election year.
"What on earth do the Lizardmen want to do? Although a 475,000-ton nuclear warhead is extremely powerful, it is impossible to destroy all of humanity. It will only anger humans and completely exterminate them. There will be no possibility of compromise."
Human beings are one of the most tenacious life forms on earth. Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not become no-man's land because of the two nuclear bombs. Now Hiroshima has a total of 1.2 million residents and has even become a popular tourist destination for tourists from the East.
Judging from the current performance of the Lizardmen, after completely integrating the lizard genes, the Lizardmen have intelligence that is not inferior to that of humans. Although they are full of hatred for humans, they are not so desperate that they want to perish together with humans.
"Maybe he simply wants the radioactive material inside the nuclear warhead."
Natasha said.