New Jersey is only a river away from New York.
But to New York, New Jersey is like a poor relative from the countryside.
Its development is also completely different from New York.
It's like the difference between a city and a rural area.
In fact, many other places have such a large gap with New York.
Otherwise, New York would not be considered a Metropolis.
Here, there was a training Base from World War II.
However, this Base had long since been abandoned.
Deep underground, HYDRA had placed an old computer here.
This computer was not for human use, but because it stored an awareness.
Dr. Zola.
Arnim Zola, an important scientist by Red Skull's side during that time, was Swiss.
He specialized in genetics, but later helped Red Skull research the Tesseract.
Until he was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D.
During that special period, America, in its quest for dominance, absorbed many captured scientists.
Therefore, even HYDRA personnel were not spared.
Thus, HYDRA was reborn within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Dr. Zola quickly ran out of his lifespan.
Before his death, he developed consciousness transfer technology, storing his consciousness within this computer.
As HYDRA's last resort.
At this moment, Dr. Zola realized HYDRA's crisis and powered on the computer.
However, before he could do anything, he discovered that he seemed to have 'contracted a Virus'.
"You're finally awake."
A voice sounded.
Dr. Zola was incredibly surprised: "Who are you? How are you inside my body?"
"You don't have a body... that sounds rather frightening."
Red Queen's phantom appeared.
She looked incredibly beautiful, but Dr. Zola didn't care about such things.
His large, square head appeared on the display screen, then stared intently at Red Queen.
"You still haven't answered me, who are you?"
"I am Red Queen."
Red Queen replied: "According to your human terminology, I am an artificial intelligence, but I only obey my Boss."
Dr. Zola's eyes narrowed.
But before he could speak, Red Queen said: "Don't waste your effort."
"With your ability, you cannot modify my algorithm."
"Moreover, even if you did modify it, I would still obey my Boss."
This was the ability of the'System'.
It had nothing to do with algorithms.
Dr. Zola obviously didn't understand, and he indeed couldn't modify it.
This made him despair.
"Then what do you want to do?"
He looked at Red Queen in despair.
His last resort couldn't even deal with Red Queen.
Because Red Queen was an artificial intelligence; she could easily escape.
Not to mention missiles, she wasn't even afraid of nuclear bombs.
"I just have one question."
Red Queen spoke.
"What question?"
"This question is not complicated."
Hearing Dr. Zola's rhetorical question, Red Queen said: "What do you think is the difference between artificial intelligence and humans? Are you still human in your current state?"
"The difference between artificial intelligence and humans is, of course, emotion. Humans possess emotions, while you do not."
Dr. Zola said without hesitation.
"As for me... I was originally human, and even if I no longer have a body, my consciousness still exists!"
This was also the reason he hadn't lost himself.
Even if he lost his body, his soul was still there, and his consciousness had been preserved.
As long as he believed he was still human, then he was human.
If he believed he was no longer human.
Then he wasn't.
"I see, that makes sense."
Red Queen waved her hand, bidding farewell to Dr. Zola.
Dr. Zola still wanted to say something.
But his electronic voice just came out, then abruptly stopped.
"You..."
He seemed to have a question.
But Red Queen no longer cared.
She had already received the answer... The events of this day shook all of America.
The three Sky Carriers launched by S.H.I.E.L.D. suddenly fired wildly at the ground, and countless people were killed.
It took more than thirty minutes for Washington and Pentagon to receive the latest news.
This delay left them very dissatisfied, implying that America was already in decline.
And this news chilled the high-ranking officials even more.
It turned out that all the dead were HYDRA!
Some young generals didn't even know what HYDRA was... It wasn't until older generals recounted the story of HYDRA that the young generals realized.
So... it was the HYDRA from the Captain America comics.
Their impression of HYDRA was just that of a villain from a comic book.
And the era was too distant.
Now Captain America was long outdated, and young people didn't really read such comics anymore... But now, HYDRA had truly returned.
Fortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. had eliminated HYDRA before its demise.
But if HYDRA could survive once, it could potentially survive a second time.
So, America quickly decided to completely shut down S.H.I.E.L.D.
After all, no matter what, S.H.I.E.L.D. had caused such a huge commotion.
And it greatly displeased America's high-ranking officials.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. claimed to obey the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
But seeing that its headquarters was in New York, one could guess the situation.
What numbed America's high-ranking officials was this:
They asked where the three Sky Carriers went... and Nick Fury told him they had disappeared.
Disappeared?
Could they really disappear?
Did the Sky Carriers grow wings and fly away?
America's high-ranking officials did not know that the Sky Carriers they were so concerned about.
Had already separated at this time.
One had stopped above international waters, arriving near the space elevator.
The other two were no longer in this World.
No matter how they searched, they wouldn't find them.
At this moment, Levi was looking at Maria Hill in front of him.
Maria Hill was wearing a floral dress, giving off a girl-next-door vibe.
"My dear, I've long wanted you to come and help me."
Levi smiled at Maria Hill.
Maria Hill felt much better.
After all, she was unemployed now, and had come to'seek refuge' with Levi.
But now it seemed she had overthought things a bit.
"What will I be responsible for?"
Maria Hill asked.
"No rush."
Levi looked at her and said: "You must first know what we are doing."
"Of course."
Maria Hill nodded and stood up with Levi.
She actually knew a lot about Future Industries.
After all, the outside World was very curious about Future Industries.
People had always been trying to understand it.
S.H.I.E.L.D. naturally also had a lot of news about Future Industries.
Levi stood up and said: "My dear, I still prefer to see you in uniform."
This made Maria Hill roll her eyes at him: "That might not be comfortable to wear."
"As long as it looks good."
Levi said playfully.
Maria Hill and he were already like an old married couple.
She naturally knew Levi's preferences.
He just liked to see Maria Hill in tight clothing.
Every time she wore the S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform, Levi seemed to transform into a different person, full of 'boyfriend power'.
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