Looking at the three intertwined, merging, and ultimately infinitely expanding giant mushroom clouds on the display screen, everyone present had extremely grim expressions.
In just a moment, the tremors from the nuclear explosion outside Washington had already reached them; even though this location was tens of kilometers from the blast, the entire house continued to tremble slightly.
Outside, the refugees, already somewhat numb in the temporary shelters, became alarmed and chaotic again due to this sudden 'earthquake'.
"Those HYDRA bastards!!"
Thor roared in anger, directly spinning his hammer, breaking through the roof, and flying out.
Harry Osborn, his face full of rage, followed closely, instantly transforming into his full Venom form, leaping out through the hole Thor had made, spreading his wings, and chasing after him.
Even Tony clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, as he put on his remote control glasses again.
He was clearly controlling those few drone mechs to rush towards the location of the nuclear explosion.
Although the Avengers members and Carol were not yet very familiar with each other at this time, they were, after all, comrades-in-arms in the same camp. With the other party being attacked by 'HYDRA', everyone was in a state of furious rage.
"Uh, this…"
Lucca, so embarrassed he felt his toes curling, first secretly glanced at Steve, who was covered in wall dust from the ceiling, then looked at Gwen beside him, who was gritting her teeth, wishing she could also 'fly' out.
He had originally intended to explain a few things, but he decisively gave up, pretending to agree.
"Damn HYDRA!"
Fortunately, Lucca's embarrassment did not last too long.
In just a moment, Thor and his group, who had just rushed out, along with the somewhat disheveled Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, flew back together.
Steve and Gwen, seeing that Carol seemed unharmed, were surprised but also slightly relieved.
Lucca, however, looking at Carol's tattered battle suit and the scorched marks on her hair, secretly clicked his tongue while also turning his head away, feeling a bit awkward.
But Carol didn't notice Lucca's expression. Whether she was pretending to be calm or truly didn't care, she just said with a serious expression and a calm tone:
"There's nothing at the explosion's epicenter. No enemies, no buildings, or HYDRA Base…"
At this point, Carol's tone became somewhat hesitant.
Logically speaking, although her performance in assisting S.H.I.E.L.D. in clearing out those interdimensional fugitives during the New York chaos was very impressive, it might have attracted HYDRA's attention.
However, given her flight speed and the impromptu decision to go to the Washington explosion site to check the situation, HYDRA should not have had time to prepare in advance and set up a nuclear bomb ambush for her.
Initially, the moment she was knocked down by the nuclear bomb, although she was incredibly angry, she still suspected that there might be some secret HYDRA Base there, and the enemy had simply activated some self-destruct program to cover up evidence or something similar.
However, after flying back to investigate, she still found nothing, as if three nuclear bombs had simply appeared out of thin air in an ordinary wasteland.
"Did HYDRA master some kind of spatial transfer ability, allowing them to instantly deliver and detonate nuclear bombs at a designated location?"
"During the battle to destroy the Sky Carrier, HYDRA seemed to have many superpowered individuals under their command. It's not impossible for a super-powered individual with teleportation or instantaneous movement abilities to appear!"
"Or, is it directly some kind of super-powered individual capable of causing nuclear explosions? Like those Extremis soldiers before?"
Everyone spoke one after another, analyzing the possible scenarios.
But without exception, the more they talked, the worse their expressions became.
If HYDRA could truly unleash nuclear explosions anywhere at will, then the entire World would be under constant threat of death.
"Ahem… It shouldn't be that bad. If HYDRA really had this ability, this place would probably have been blown up long ago… It's also possible that this was just a coincidence."
Lucca, his eyelids twitching at their wild guesses, forced himself to speak calmly, still hoping to pull everyone's emotions back a bit.
Unfortunately, these people didn't seem to take Lucca's 'analysis' much to heart.
'Coincidence or something?' These superheroes always seemed to like to consider things in the worst possible light.
However, given the current situation, everyone truly couldn't analyze anything useful, and in the end, they could only give up with worried expressions.
"I will re-verify the background information of everyone on the Sky Carrier. For now, I'll leave things here to you."
Nick Fury said this with a dark expression, then immediately hung up the phone.
As a veteran Agent, the thing he believed in least was coincidence.
Carol had departed from the Sky Carrier, so if her route was pinpointed by the enemy, it was highly likely that there were still HYDRA moles on the current carrier.
Now that the original Triskelion had been completely destroyed, although S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Agent intelligence was saved from being leaked, it also meant that HYDRA had also gone into hiding along with it.
Although many HYDRA members had directly exposed their identities when they made their move earlier, Nick Fury also could not maintain complete trust in the remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.
After temporarily setting aside the minor matter of Captain Marvel being bombed by a nuclear weapon, everyone's attention returned to the current situation.
Treating and housing refugees, and quelling unrest in various places, could all be done slowly.
Colonel Rhodes had already arrived at the nearest military Base to Washington, preparing to forcibly take over and dispatch a portion of the army to assist Stark Industries in housing refugees.
And Osborn Medical and Orange Group had also sent people to help treat the injured.
In fact, in New York, the mass-produced White robots had already become an indispensable main force in disaster relief.
However, what the Avengers and their group most needed to focus on, or rather, were most eager to resolve, was still HYDRA, the culprit.
No one believed that HYDRA's high-ranking officials would honestly stay in that nuclear explosion to be buried with Washington.
"Lucca, I remember you mentioned before that in Sokovia, HYDRA also wanted to seize your company, right?"
Tony, who was flipping through documents, suddenly looked up at Lucca.
"Ah? Uh, yes, that's right."
"But I only guessed they were HYDRA, and at that time, these people only attacked tentatively, then immediately retreated. Now I don't know where they ran off to."
This kind of thing was inherently difficult to hide, so Lucca basically didn't hold back much when he said it.
Tony pondered upon hearing this, then spoke to the screen.
"Jarvis."
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