Harrington County, outside the temporary relief point.
The Boxer slowly descended from the sky, carried by four mechs.
However, the landing of this giant mech did not alarm anyone inside the relief station.
Or rather, it did, but at this moment, these fleeing civilians no longer cared about such things; everyone just looked on numbly, then lowered their heads again, continuing to await their fate.
Compared to these people whose bodies had been eroded by radiation and who didn't know what their future held, Luca was much luckier.
Although he had faced the direct impact of the nuclear explosion, thanks to the excellent performance of the 'E-Carbon' itself, and the fact that the mech's cockpit seal was not breached, the actual radiation damage he sustained was not too severe.
As the outer layer of the mech was cleaned, he stepped out of the cockpit and saw the sunlight again.
However, just as Luca's feet touched the ground, two small creatures, one white and one green, bounced and hopped to his front.
"Luca, Luca~"
"Luca, Luca~"
He glanced at the two little things, Five Haro and four haro, at his feet, showing no signs of damage.
Then he looked at the two Haro mechs in the distant hangar, completely destroyed beyond recognition, and Luca's mind was filled with huge question marks.
'No, the knock-off Haro shouldn't have the concept of indestructibility, right?? How are you two completely fine???'
Clearly, when the nuclear bomb exploded, the mechs these two little things were piloting were not far from him.
Yet, in the end, the two Haro mechs were scrapped, and the Boxing Mecha was mostly destroyed, but these two things are still alive and kicking?
'Could it be that Haro's own structure has some stress mechanism I haven't figured out yet?'
However, while Luca was pondering these thoughts, Gwen had already rushed over.
She first gave Luca a big hug, then whispered with a choked voice,
"It's good that you're okay. Everyone is waiting for you in the command center."
At this moment, Luca's survival not only made Gwen happy and relieved, but it also somewhat dispelled the heavy and oppressive atmosphere that these refugees had brought upon her.
Seeing that Gwen seemed a bit emotional, Luca didn't say much. He just gently patted her, then took the three little guys and the four haro mech, which had also been cleaned, and walked towards the temporary command center.
In this temporary command center, there were only Steve, Harry, Thor, and Tony.
Since Luca had already spoken with them on the way back, he knew that Clint and Natasha had taken Dr. Banner to New York to assist S.H.I.E.L.D. with the follow-up work, so he wasn't too surprised.
And precisely because they had already had a brief conversation earlier, apart from Gwen, the others' emotions were relatively normal upon seeing Luca.
Only Harry Osborn in the corner, seeing Luca swaggering in front of him, had an inexpressibly awkward expression on his face.
"Hey, amateur hero~"
Seeing Harry Osborn's expression, Luca, knowing what his classmate was thinking, almost made him lose his composure with just one sentence.
But Luca's attitude, in turn, actually eased the heavy atmosphere in the room by a few points.
Steve and Tony both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Luca didn't show too much self-blame or sadness after the nuclear explosion and seeing the Washington refugees.
However, their worries were actually a bit excessive.
Luca was fundamentally different from these superheroes.
Although he couldn't bear to see casualties among ordinary innocent civilians, he had no particular affection for America, and secondly, he didn't consider himself a superhero saving the World.
He wouldn't attribute any casualties to himself or feel much guilt because of them, so at this moment, he was actually the most normal-minded among them.
He casually dragged a chair over and sat down, then kicked Five Haro, who was always trying to get close to him, a little further away.
Only then did Luca look back at Tony in front of the computer and proactively asked,
"The signal was too poor just now, and communication was inconvenient. So, what's the situation now? The leader of HYDRA? Have they been captured? And what about that 'bling-bling' you mentioned earlier?"
Upon hearing Luca's question, the expressions of the people in the room also became more serious.
However, before Tony could begin to explain in detail, Jarvis, from the computer, suddenly interjected,
"Sir, Nick Fury is requesting a call."
Seeing this, Luca shrugged at Tony, indicating that urgent matters came first. Tony didn't waste words and immediately connected to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s communication.
Immediately after, Nick Fury's bald head appeared on the computer screen, and his first words upon appearing were,
"Tony, Carol has already departed, but she plans to go to the nuclear blast center first to take a look."
As he spoke, the screen shifted, showing a golden-haired woman radiating a white-gold glow, dressed in a red and blue tight-fitting battle suit, already ascending directly from the Sky Carrier.
'The 'bling-bling' Tony mentioned, is it Captain Marvel? Fury is really desperate, he even called her back.' Luca thought to himself.
However, what he thought did not affect the conversation between Tony and Nick Fury.
Tony, hearing Nick Fury say that Captain Marvel was going to investigate the nuclear blast center, immediately frowned.
"I already sent an unmanned combat armor to check the nuclear blast center at the very beginning; nothing was left there."
"HYDRA didn't just detonate one nuclear bomb. According to traces, one of the nuclear bombs was detonated inside the nuclear fallout shelter."
"Including the underground server you mentioned before, everything was destroyed in the nuclear explosion."
However, after listening to Tony's explanation, Nick Fury didn't explain much.
He didn't say whether he didn't trust Tony's inspection or if he had some other purpose.
He just shrugged his shoulders, putting on an innocent expression.
"Carol just wants to take another look. Don't worry, those nuclear radiations won't have any effect on her physique."
As he spoke, Captain Marvel in the video had already quickly flown out of New York.
Although she didn't seem to be flying at full speed, in just a few short sentences, she was already approaching Washington.
However, when Luca noticed the somewhat familiar wilderness in the video, and the rapidly spreading rain curtain around Washington, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
'It couldn't be such a coincidence, could it?'
The next moment.
"Boom——————"
A deafening roar pierced the screen, and the entire satellite surveillance view was completely filled with the explosion's firelight.
And on the ground outside Washington, three entangled mushroom clouds rose into the air once again.
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