Inside the main control base, Sharon looked at the red self-destruct warning window that popped up on the computer, as well as the ten-minute countdown warning. Her face was tense and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Soon after the researcher who was shot dead was discovered at the virus research base and the search of the third underground floor began, a team member discovered the main control base and notified her.
But when she arrived and found the one with the countdown among the nearly 100 computers, it was too late. The base's self-destruct system had already been completely activated.
"How much time is left? Can it be lifted?" Steve's steady voice came from the headset.
Sharon moved the mouse and looked at the new pop-up window. She bit her lower lip and said, "There are still nine minutes and fifty seconds left. You can cancel it, but you need a password. But there is no one around me who knows the password."
Not to mention the people who knew the password, there wasn't even a single living person from the Jintek Group around her.
As for using hacking technology to crack the system, not to mention how difficult it is to crack the system in just ten minutes, the risks cannot be ignored.
In order to prevent other forces' assassins from obtaining the activation code of the self-destruct system and directly destroying all the bases, most of the base self-destruct systems will generally have a certain delay in the time of self-destruction, and there is another operation to cancel the base self-destruction.
But any random attempt would carry the risk of causing the base to self-destruct earlier, so she did not dare to try it casually.
On the other side, Steve heard Sharon's reply and once again turned his attention to Lei, who looked very happy to have someone buried with him.
Even though he knew that the chances of getting the information he wanted from the man in front of him were slim, the matter was of great importance, so he was still willing to give it a try.
Of course, due to time constraints, this is also the last time.
"What's the password to cancel the self-destruction?" Steve asked coldly.
"I won't tell you, Steve Rogers!" Lei smiled: "If I can drag you to die with me, I..."
"Kill them!"
Without waiting for Lei to finish, Steve waved his hand and gave the order after determining that there was no value in continuing the conversation with the enemy.
For a moment, there was a burst of gunfire, and the flames from the muzzles flashed here again.
As soon as the battle started, Lupin and the other two found a corner to hide. Fortunately, no one was targeting them. Although they looked a little embarrassed for a while, they were unharmed.
The loud gunshots lasted less than half a minute. The team led by Lei, who were standing before, fell down in the smoke-filled air, with blood flowing everywhere.
Steve tapped on his headset, his expression changing slightly.
He wanted to contact the people left behind to make preparations in advance, but the rustling sound in the headset made him feel uneasy.
“Hey! Don’t waste your energy.” Lei, who was shot in the chest but still had a breath left, watched Steve’s actions, holding back the pain, and sneered, “Once the base’s self-destruct system is activated, it will completely block all entrances and exits in the base. The same applies to any signal sent to the outside world. You will all die here!”
Natasha, who was following Steve, looked around with a cold and complacent look. She couldn't help but took two steps forward and sneered, "Then you can't see it either."
Peng!
There was a gunshot, and the bullet pierced Lei's heart.
"Hail Hydra!!"
The voice was not loud, but it was the last words uttered by Lei whose life had been extinguished.
Natasha and Steve, who were nearby, suddenly lowered their heads and their expressions changed drastically.
The SHIELD agents who were nearby also had subtle changes in expression.
Goemon, who was hiding in the corner, also heard these words because of his powerful senses. Looking at the S.H.I.E.L.D. people whose faces changed instantly, he asked his companions what these words meant.
"The wizard really was right, Lupin!" Jigen said solemnly as he listened to Goemon's retelling.
Long live Hydra, the iconic slogan of Hydra in the ** era was once again uttered by Lei, a security guard at the biological and chemical experiment base.
Before, he didn't care much about the Hydra that the wizard mentioned, but now, to be honest, he really regretted getting involved in this deadly trouble.
Lupin didn't say anything, but his eyes were flickering.
He always treated everything Colin Blake said with suspicion.
Now, although this cannot completely clear away the doubts in his heart, the importance of information about Hydra has suddenly increased in his mind.
"You should explain to me!" Looking at the two people talking to themselves, Goemon spoke in a bad tone when he was ignored.
Jigen was stunned for a moment and explained to Goemon in a low voice.
Next to the corpse.
Steve's expression froze for a few seconds, and he looked at Natasha, whose expression also changed, with a questioning look.
Hydra is just an outdated antique to people of this era, but to him, an antique as well, it was a mortal enemy a few months ago.
After arriving in this era, information from all sides told him that victory belonged to them and Hydra had completely become a thing of the past. He even felt emotional about it.
But what did he hear now
The familiar slogans and fearless style made him feel as if he had returned to the war years.
He didn't understand the sense of familiarity that he accidentally discovered during the battle before, but now when the slogan came out, he suddenly understood that the one he was fighting was his old enemy. No wonder it felt familiar.
"Captain, now is not the time to think about this." Natasha stepped forward and said.
The base is about to self-destruct. If you die here, no matter how much you know, it will be useless.
Besides, who can guarantee that what this person said is definitely true... Well, this possibility is not great. Before dying, especially when the other party believes that he and others will definitely die here and the news cannot be spread out, the possibility of misleading with false information is very small. In other words, the Hydra that they once thought was completely wiped out is really alive and has developed a considerable force.
However, no matter how important this information is, it will be useless if it cannot be passed on. The most important thing at the moment is to find a way to escape from this base that is about to self-destruct as soon as possible.
"I know." Steve nodded and gave the order to Sharon's team who were investigating on the third floor to assemble.
According to Sharon's information, there are about seven and a half minutes left before the base explodes, and it normally takes at least five minutes to get to the first floor from here. In other words, they must come up with a way to break the blockade within two and a half minutes, otherwise, all of them will be buried under this base.
"hello!"
Just as Steve and others gathered together to discuss, Lupin waved his arms in the corner.
Seeing their gazes converge on him, Lupin stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "If you just want to escape, we have a way here!"
(End of this chapter)