A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Oh my God! Grant Ward, this madman, actually did it!"

Looking at the information that keeps rolling on the news channel, and countless celebrities, politicians, and wealthy people who were beaten to death or became prisoners, the resurrected Iron Man Tony Stark opened his mouth wide and showed an extremely shocked expression.

Because no one knows better than him that the other party's doing this is actually equivalent to directly purging the original upper ruling class in human society, which will definitely cause severe social unrest and chaos.

Especially the stock, financial and securities markets, which are bound to usher in an unprecedented bloodbath.

In addition, those manufacturing plants and companies will also fall into panic because the entire board of directors is wiped out.

As the saying goes, everything has a price.

It is certainly cool to directly purge the capital group whose hands are stained with blood and sin, but how to fill the gap left after their disappearance is the biggest problem.

You must know that trading and business are an indispensable and important part of any mature civilization.

Although the current productivity of the earth can fully make most civilians live well under the state of rationing.

But this is obviously not a long-term solution.

"Calm down, Stark. These evil guys should have died long ago. It is definitely a good thing for the whole human race to eradicate them."

Steve Rogers, the Captain America who was also resurrected, clearly expressed his support.

As a man who has one foot in the realm of God, he can clearly feel that none of these captured guys can be called innocent.

Especially those who often donate money to charity activities on the surface, all of them are flashing with the black and red camp aura that symbolizes extreme evil.

It is known without asking that most of these so-called charity activities are a cover for them to achieve their ulterior motives.

As for the secret, illegal organ trading, human trafficking, forcing children to provide special services for themselves, etc. are commonplace.

"Of course I know they are not good people.

But the problem is that this is too radical!

What the Human Union should do now is to appease the public sentiment and ensure social stability as much as possible without large-scale unrest.

But Grant Ward is the opposite.

What does he want to do?

Is he really trying to emulate Caesar and become a lifelong dictator?"

Tony Stark's tone was full of strong concerns.

Because this is equivalent to a military coup to some extent.

It's just that Grant Ward was originally a member of the highest decision-making level of the Human Union, so he does have the legal power to issue such an order.

After all, the evidence of crimes that have been announced is true.

Even if the formal legal procedures are followed, they are all enough to be sentenced to death.

You must know that since the introduction of the concept of soul currency, the abolition of the death penalty movement that was originally popular around the world has completely changed from human rights that originally occupied the moral high ground to a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats.

Especially the media controlled by capital, their attitudes have made a 180-degree turn almost overnight, and the speed of changing faces is the fastest in the world.

The reason is very simple.

The capital giants behind the media are in urgent need of souls in exchange for the advanced technology of Baator Hell, as well as various treasures that can cure diseases, slow down aging, and even prolong their lifespan.

In some areas, even minor crimes were sentenced to heavy sentences, and a large number of blacks and Latinos who were uneducated and could only hang out on the streets and join gangs were slaughtered like livestock.

In addition, under the matchmaking of some mercenaries from the ninth level of Baator Hell, some bureaucrats of the Human Union will encourage local governments to confiscate the bodies of death row prisoners and then secretly transport them to Baator Hell to sell them to those devils, demons and necromancers to earn "foreign exchange".

In short, as the contacts between the two sides become more and more frequent and closer, even many gray and even black industries are constantly upgrading, presenting a scene of vigorous vitality and competition.

Iron Man is now very worried that after the end of this great purge, the relationship with the ninth level of Baator Hell will deteriorate.

You know, they paid a huge price and finally established various trading channels.

Especially those scarce materials related to magic and supernatural power, there is no other way to obtain them.

"Tony, our Stark Industries Group should not be affected, right?"

Pepper Potts showed a nervous and worried expression on her face.

After all, this is a big purge of the entire ruling class and capital interest groups. She knows many of the families and has good personal relationships with them.

But now, these people who were originally high and mighty have either become prisoners awaiting trial or been directly exterminated for trying to resist arrest.

Yes, you read that right, extermination of the whole family rather than simply killing.

Because the Astartes Legion and the Hydra Elite Squad were responsible for this arrest operation.

The weapons used by the former are all bolt guns, melt guns, and decomposition weapons designed to deal with the most brutal space wars.

The terrifying power may not even leave a corpse if it is affected, let alone a life.

Therefore, once the fire was opened, it was basically impossible to leave any survivors, and often the entire building would be razed to the ground. Even the pets, cockroaches and rats inside would be buried with their owners.

As for the elite action team under Hydra, they advocate using any means to achieve their goals, and they don't care about accidental injuries at all.

In their eyes, this is a military action to organize and seize the highest power.

Therefore, every target on the list is an enemy or potential enemy, and they must strike hard to ensure that no one can escape, otherwise there will be big trouble in the future.

Guided by such extreme ideas, their style of doing things is almost the same as the Inquisition and Assassin's Court in the Warhammer universe.

Once resistance is discovered, the entire family of the other party will be uprooted immediately, and the blood and gene levels will be cleansed forever.

At present, the number of exchanges of fire mentioned in the report alone has reached more than 50, and the death list has reached a terrifying four-digit number.

As a member who has just entered this circle, how could Pepper Potts not be nervous and afraid?

But Tony Stark shrugged his shoulders and comforted him: "Don't worry, Grant Ward and Hydra won't touch me.

Because I am fundamentally different from them.

Stark Industries is the company with the highest investment in technology research and development, the highest output and conversion rate in the entire earth.

And there is no evidence of crime or black material at all.

What's more, my current identity is still a hero who fights for humanity to the last moment.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will contact me soon."

Before the voice fell!

A flying vehicle that can only operate in low-Earth orbit landed in front of the window of the Avengers headquarters.

Before everyone could react to what happened, the originally closed French window opened automatically, and then a black officer came out from inside and greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, Tony, long time no see. You look good, and you don't seem to be affected by the previous death, right?"

"James? My God! Look at your new uniform, are you promoted again?"

Iron Man walked straight up and gave him a warm hug.

Without asking, it is known that the visiting black officer is none other than his former military friend Colonel Rhodes.

However, he did not obtain the Iron Armor to become a war machine as originally intended, but was directly incorporated into the Human Union after its establishment and became a senior officer.

Later, for some reason, he was lured by Hydra to become the head of the equipment and logistics procurement department, mainly contacting technology companies and arms dealers with strong R\u0026D, manufacturing and transformation capabilities such as Tony Stark.

But today, he wore a military uniform with a rank as high as major general, and anyone who is not blind knows that he must have been promoted.

Rhodes also warmly hugged this friend with a genius mind and responded with a smile: "That's right! I have left the logistics department and was officially appointed as the chief of staff of the 17th Landing Operations Corps."

"So you came here today to show off your new uniform and new position to me? Or do you want me to help you hold a party to celebrate?"

Iron Man teased with a smirk.

As we all know, any party he holds must have two things.

One is a variety of expensive drinks, and the other is a large number of sexy and cool beauties.

Especially the latter, even after establishing a relationship with Pepper Potts, it is still the same, but he will no longer mess around with these party beauties.

Rhodes waved his hand hurriedly: "No, don't.

I didn't come all the way here for this.

I believe you have seen the news reports on TV, right?

To tell you the truth, the leader has decided to reorganize the Human Union into the Human Empire and establish a complete centralized system.

From now on, rich people's games such as political donations, revolving doors, votes, and charitable donations will all be banned.

But the land, resources and privileges that Stark Industries has obtained before can be retained.

In addition, the leader wants to meet you and talk to you face to face about the future of human civilization."

"Leader? You don't mean Grant Ward, do you?"

Tony Stark raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

Just from this title and the Human Empire, he can judge the huge political ambitions of this young Hydra leader.

Rhodes shook his head mysteriously: "No, the leader is just using Grant Ward's body temporarily.

You can only experience his greatness and selflessness, as well as his unfathomable wisdom and thoughts after you see him in person.

Believe me, he is the perfect ruler that mankind has always expected, and he will definitely lead us to build a strong and prosperous civilization, and even conquer the entire galaxy and the entire universe."

Looking at the admiration and fanaticism on the face of his former friend, Iron Man felt a chill directly from the soles of his feet to his forehead, and immediately cast several detection spells without making a sound, trying to figure out whether the other party was controlled by magic or brainwashed.

But the results were all negative.

Rhodes was neither controlled by any spell nor brainwashed, and all his reactions came from the most sincere emotions in his heart.

To put it another way that is easier to understand, he was overwhelmed by someone's strong personal charm, and then developed a fanatical admiration.

This situation is also reflected in many celebrities in history.

For example, Napoleon, who could make soldiers and armies immediately switch sides with just a speech on the battlefield, or the failed art student who drove the whole of Germany crazy and was better at painting on maps than painting on canvas. …

What these people have in common is that they have a strong personality that is difficult to describe in words.

Anyone who comes into contact with it will be infected unknowingly, and will willingly sacrifice everything for it, even the most precious life.

What makes Tony Stark even more unbelievable is the sentence "The leader just borrowed Grant Ward's body."

You must know that after this coup and the great purge, this young Hydra leader has become a veritable dictator, controlling the highest power of the Earth government.

If he is controlled by unknown creatures of unknown origin, it will be a terrible disaster for the entire human civilization.

Thinking of this, Iron Man took a deep breath and asked, "Who is the leader you are talking about?"

"If you really want to know, then come with me. And you, Captain."

Rhodes turned his attention to Steve Rogers, who was also curious and vigilant not far away.

"I?"

Captain America was obviously stunned.

He remembered clearly that since the end of the last expedition, he had completely fallen out with these people in power.

Normally speaking, judging from the current actions of mankind in starting space colonization, people like him who uphold the spirit of justice, kindness, and bravery are not only not a help, but also an out-and-out stumbling block.

Because the so-called interstellar colonization is actually not fundamentally different from the Age of Discovery.

Anyone who knows a little bit about that period of history knows what kind of character these navigators, explorers, merchants, pirates and colonists from the European continent were.

It almost brings the selfishness, greed, bloodthirsty, coldness, and cruelty of human nature to the extreme.

But it was these dark sides of human nature that enabled them to replace the indigenous peoples of America and Australia to occupy large areas of fertile and resource-rich land, and establish modern world hegemony.

In the same way, when human beings carry out interstellar colonization, they also need the dark side of human nature to play a role, destroy as many civilizations as possible that occupy precious resources and suitable planets for human habitation, and then take these planets as their own little by little. .

Therefore, Steve Rogers does not feel at all that after the purge and replacement of the ruling class is completed, the top management will change their attitude towards him.

This is determined by interests and objective factors, and does not depend on the will of one or a few people.

"Including you, of course.

The leader said that you represent the noblest and most beautiful character of mankind.

It stands to reason that they should be absorbed into the imperial system and exert their power.

Never regard great leaders as the insects and capital spokespersons of the original AFC.

His mind is as broad as the sea. As long as you are truly for all mankind, he will be willing to listen to your ideas and entrust you with important tasks.

Otherwise, why do you think we soldiers would be willing to obey him and follow him? "

When saying these words, Rhodes' tone was full of excitement, pride and pride.

His reaction undoubtedly aroused the curiosity of all the Avengers present.

Even Doctor Strange, who didn't really want to deal with the government, showed an extremely surprised expression.

In this way, under the leadership of Rhodes, people who were interested in the political situation, including Iron Man, Captain America, boarded the spacecraft and flew with him to the direction of the headquarters of the People's Federation.

After about a few minutes, the aircraft landed on the highest platform.

Through observation, it can be found that the original ordinary guards here have been replaced by super soldiers wearing golden power mechas and nearly three meters tall.

They are obviously taller and stronger than ordinary Astartes, and the surface of the golden power mecha is decorated with a large number of gorgeous patterns and reliefs, and there is even a ray of red tassel fluttering in the wind on the helmet.

If the weapons and equipment weren't very advanced, it would even give people the illusion that they were a group of ancient fully armored knights.

"What troops are these? How come I've never heard of them?"

Tony Stark asked in an uncertain tone.

Because through the detector, he could clearly observe that these new varieties of super soldiers were far superior to normal Astartes in terms of bone density, muscle density, nerve conduction speed and strength.

Maybe they could crush the Astartes as easily as they slaughtered ordinary soldiers.

As a person with the power to freely enter and exit the ninth level of Baator Hell, Iron Man knew very well that there was no such item on the list provided by Zuo Si.

"They are the Forbidden Army created by the great leader through special methods. They are the most perfect and powerful form that humans can achieve. Okay, don't make a fuss and follow me."

Rod held his head high and informed the captain in charge of security work about his identity and purpose, and was then released.

You don't need to ask to know that the Lord of Mankind has begun to copy and build the team that was in the Warhammer Universe, and directly copied the most powerful and terrifying Custodes.

And it is even more powerful and terrifying than the original one. It is an out-and-out killing machine.

Because with the blessing of various technologies and magic collected and developed by Zuo Si from time and space and even the universe, the bio-alchemy technology originally used to create the Forbidden Army has been upgraded countless times.

It also includes the blood of demons and Kryptonian genes from the Sanctuary world.

The Lord of Mankind even thought that if he could ensure that they were not affected by the warp, he only needed 10,000 such super-upgraded and enhanced versions of the Imperial Guards to achieve a more brilliant result than the Great Crusade.

After all, these new versions of the Imperial Guards not only have a body and spirit that never tires, but can also draw strength from the light of stars, awaken all kinds of incredible supernatural magic powers, and even achieve flight across astronomical scales without the help of any external equipment.

It can be said that there is no shortcoming from head to toe.

It is estimated that the only weakness may be the slightly fragile magic resistance.

However, in this universe without the influence of the warp, this small flaw is obviously nothing.

Passing through the corridors and tunnels that have been transformed beyond recognition, the group finally arrived at the heavily protected hall deep underground.

When everyone, including Tony Stark, saw the figure sitting on the golden chair, they immediately understood what Rhodes had said before.

Because no one would think that this man radiating golden light all over his body was Grant Ward.

The temperament, habits, eyes and momentum of the two are completely different.

"You are finally here."

The Lord of Mankind stood up from his chair, with a flash of nostalgia in his eyes.

Because in his opinion, these most outstanding humans on Earth are just like the original sons he created back then. Although there are various problems, they are undoubtedly very excellent.

Especially Steve Rogers, who has already stepped half a foot into the threshold of demigod, made him vaguely see the shadow of Saint Jarles.

Both of them are equally brave, fearless, loyal, powerful, and perfect. They also chose to die generously even though they knew they would die.

"Who are you? Why do you want to occupy Grant Ward's body?"

Doctor Strange was the first to break the silence and ask.

After all, as the Supreme Sorcerer, one of his duties is to prevent dimensional demons and various dangerous creatures from entering the earth.

And the terrifying psychic energy overflowing from the Lord of Mankind is no different from the breath of dimensional demons.

"I have had many names, and I have been worshipped like a god.

But now you only need to call me leader or emperor.

Because what I will do next is to lead mankind to build a huge interstellar empire spanning the entire galaxy.

In another universe, I have done this once.

By the way, it was Soth who invited me to do this.

So you don't have to worry about me doing anything bad to mankind."

The Lord of Humanity did not hide anything and openly revealed his identity.

"What?!"

Everyone present was stunned.

Obviously, Zuo Si had repeatedly pulled mankind and the earth back from the brink of destruction, which was enough to prove that he had no hostility towards mankind.

Only the opposite!

This great demon has been using a whip to drive human civilization to become stronger and stronger, and actively expand its power outward to become a powerful force in the universe.

Only when the number of humans continues to grow and the scope of rule continues to expand, can he continuously obtain more souls.

Similarly, the originally weak human beings on Earth can also continue to grow and develop under Zuo Si's protection and help, and use all kinds of incredible advanced technology and magic power to improve productivity and make ordinary people live better.

It can be said that the two sides are consistent in terms of interests, although the relationship may not be so equal.

The Lord of Humanity smiled and said, "Don't be so surprised.

You should know that Sos has the ability to travel through different time and space and universes.

For him, such operations are nothing.

And I can teach you how to establish an interstellar hegemony and deal with relations with other alien civilizations.

Don't worry, I won't stay on Grant Ward for too long.

I will choose to leave after the framework is set up.

Because in another universe, I still have a lot of things to deal with.

Maybe when I complete my mission, I will consider reincarnating into this world and meet you again.

Well, let's stop here for the self-introduction and greetings. Now let's talk about the system construction of the future human empire..."