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A former superhero asked curiously and with obvious disdain. Hawkeye glanced at him and said calmly.

"I know you look down on me, an ordinary person with super powers. But here I am the leader, and you must obey orders!"

The guy who spoke acted as if he had kept his mouth shut, but judging from the way he kicked away the pebbles at his feet, it was clear that he was still unconvinced.

"Manhattan Island is the only land in the United States that is still clearly infested with demons."

Hawkeye warned seriously

"And as far as I know, there are not only demons and radioactive creatures wandering in this land, but also omnic legions and... some extraterrestrial things."

"I can be your team leader not because I am good at fighting, but because I have survived this land!"

Yes, Hawkeye is actually quite confident in his combat capabilities. He is an archer with good eyesight and accurate shooting, and of course, he may also be a warrior with good martial arts skills.

But that’s about it.

At least among the superpowers under Nick Fury, his abilities are not only not outstanding but even the lowest.

But when it comes to experience and ability to survive in the wilderness, Hawkeye dares to say that there are no more than five people in the world who can surpass him!

"Remember what I said, don't believe anything that comes to your ears when you get in here. Not even my voice, because I certainly won't say a word to you!"

Before entering Manhattan, Hawkeye gave them one last stern warning.

"If you make a mistake and die here, I will never help you!"

"Correct your attitude, this is not underground! Your opponents will not talk to you first before striking!"

After speaking, Hawkeye said nothing more to these rookies and headed towards the mist without looking back.

To be honest, Hawkeye is not very experienced in Manhattan.

He came once and followed an entire elite expedition team at that time, but in the end he was the only one who left alive with his wife and daughter.

He cannot be said to be very experienced, but although his breakthrough from zero to one cannot be said to be groundbreaking, it is still better than nothing.

Hawkeye buried his head into the foggy Manhattan. Before he had taken a few steps, the sound of gunfire and fighting came from behind.

But Hawkeye didn't look back for a second, and didn't pay any attention to the sound behind him.

As he said, never believe anything you hear in this fog.

It’s not that behind these sounds is a hunter using them as bait to fish, but the sound itself has a special ‘magic’

In this realm filled with light and mist, you will hear many different voices. But when you choose to ‘believe’ that voice, what it represents will happen.

Just like if you hear the roar of a beast and look past it, then in your heart you have admitted the fact that you 'believe' in the existence of the beast, and this magical fog will make the falsehood of belief become a reality.

Then, a beast will really appear there.

In this place, you can't trust anyone, and you can't communicate with any companions, because you don't know whether they are real...

To be honest, Hawkeye actually felt that it would be better for him to do this task alone than to bring these people with him. Maybe it would be less burdensome.

Hawkeye put aside the shrill screams behind his head and closed off any organ he believed in except his vision.

He hurriedly followed the signal transmitted by the signal catcher in his hand and rushed deep into the fog.

Until a tall demon guard appeared in front of him.

Without hesitation, Hawkeye pulled out the explosive arrow from his back and shot it at the demon's head, shattering half of his head amidst the roar of the tall demon guard.

He nimbly dodged the demon guard's ax blows and continued to hit more explosive arrows.

As he said before, you can never trust your own perception in this place, but vision is inevitable.

If they are just shadows in the fog, they will not exist if you don't see them. If you see something, no matter whether it is real or not, it will become real.

329.The light of vanity

"There must be some mysterious power beyond our knowledge covering Manhattan Island."

In the Central Administration Office of Underground Washington, Nick Fury, then the leader of humanity in what is now Underground Manhattan, said categorically

"Those mist...must represent a power we don't know yet!"

Raging demons and crazy omnics are the main culprits that have caused humans to hide underground like rats today.

But Manhattan, which was attacked by aliens earlier than any other place in the world, now has a different picture.

Whether it was the search drone or the people who went to explore the road, all they saw was a white mist that filled the entire island of Manhattan, and nothing else.

And whether it was omnics or demons who stepped into it, there was no trace of them coming out.

Although I don’t know when Manhattan became like that, in Nick Fury’s view, that is most likely another problem in addition to the two problems of the earth today.

That's why he sent Hawkeye there.

"What if that's another Ultron?"

Natasha asked calmly

"Are you just pushing Clinton into what is most likely the new hell... just for the slightest chance?"

"...You know, Natasha, I have been regretting my original decision in the past few years."

Nick Fury was silent for a moment. He crossed his arms and sat down. In a few years, the former king of secret agents seemed to have aged by ten years.

"I have always regretted killing Stark. I don't want to say whether what he did was right, but...if he had been there, we would never be like this now..."

Nick Fury's tone was painful and regretful, as he said himself, he now feels extremely regretful about the decision he made.

Look at them now, hiding underground like a group of groundhogs. They look like the people of Zion in The Matrix!

In just a few years, a quarter of the more than 200,000 people who finally entered the underground city have disappeared. Nick Fury knows that if this continues, the number of people will only become smaller and smaller...

Maybe there are other human settlements around the world, or maybe they are the last human settlement left in the world.

This bad reality always forces Nick Fury to want to commit suicide, but his sense of responsibility forces him to continue living.

Leading mankind to regain new hope, this is what he has always done.

It's just...he doesn't have this talent.

The King of Agents has a clear understanding of his role and talents. He will be a qualified sweeper, order enforcer, and even executioner.

But he will never be a qualified leader.

In his mind, the person most suitable to take on this responsibility should be Captain America!

However... his whereabouts have long been unknown.

Then the second suitable person is undoubtedly Tony Stark. Maybe he is a playboy who looks out of place, but his talents and abilities are all better than mine.

However, the former disappeared, and the latter was killed by Nick Fury.

Now that there are alien invasions and omnic crises, the whole world may have been destroyed, and Nick Fury doesn't see any way to make mankind great again.

His so-called leadership is just to let people continue to live in this terrible cesspit.

That's why he grasped at the last straw.

If they are Zion here, then they need a savior, Neo. Nick Fury doesn’t mind being that Murphy, everyone is black anyway.

"We picked up extremely short transmissions in Manhattan, right inside the original Stark Tower."

Nick Fury continued to talk about Hua, his eyes were empty and his tone was very ethereal.

"Although it is somewhat impossible, what if Stark is really alive? What if he really still has... hope of a comeback?"

"Are you asking someone who has indirectly destroyed the world to save the world?" Natasha sneered.

"Nick, do you think the others would agree?"

It is not only the demons from outer space that have destroyed the entire human civilization on the earth, but also the raging and crazy omnic legions.

No matter what Ultron's purpose is and what achievements he has made in the war against demons, he is indeed the culprit who destroyed more than 90% of the world today!

Even among today's survivors, the name of Tony Stark, who single-handedly created Ultron, has become extremely stinky.

Nick Fury's move is as nonsense as trying to resurrect Hitler and let him lead Germany again during World War II when East and West Germany split.

Apart from anything else, if this matter is exposed, the unscrupulous people below will be the first to refuse to agree!

"...We don't need their agreement." Nick Fury was silent for a moment, and his tone became colder.

"I don't want to comment on whether Stark is right or wrong anymore. The important thing is that we need him now, and that's enough."

"What I have done in the past and what mistakes I have made, none of it matters now!"

"I just want Stark to tell me that he has a way to turn everything around!"

Natasha looked at Nick Fury who was getting closer to madness and remained silent.

…

This glowing mist is such a magical thing. It will turn your thoughts into reality, reverse reality and illusion, and make things that do not exist exist.

Hawkeye's memory of this place is actually quite vague.

He only remembered that he followed a group of people into this place, and when he left here, he had taken his beloved wife and daughter with him.

Then again, why did he know his wife and children were in Manhattan?

Don't think about it, Hawkeye never thinks about this problem.

If living a difficult life in this world is already very hard, then continuing to think about these painful things will only make your life worse.

So, don’t think about it, just don’t think about it…

Hawkeye no longer remembers what he did when he walked into the glowing fog.

As he slowly went deeper into it, the fog around him became thinner.

He heard the roar of people.

He took a step forward and stepped on familiar yet unfamiliar bricks. A giant electronic billboard played footage from the Super Bowl on a loop.

The Kansas City Chiefs faced off against the San Francisco 49ers, and everything seemed to be stuck in 2020.

Hawkeye, wearing a radiation-proof suit, looks so out of place here.

He stared at all this with wide eyes, and in the strange eyes of the people around him, fear that came from nowhere spread in his heart.

Where is this place? Why is he here?

The people around him were pointing and whispering at him and fled away screaming as Hawkeye raised a homemade pistol. Not far away, the police holding the gun roared at this weirdo and told him to put down his weapon!

Where is this place? What exactly is going on? !

This subversive difference almost destroyed Hawkeye's sanity. He didn't know what he was seeing was real! Still fake!

Is it an illusion created by this psychedelic fog, or is it real...

bump! ! !

Seeing that Hawkeye had no intention of putting down his weapon, the two policemen shot him without hesitation. However, before hitting him, Hawkeye instinctively dodged the two bullets.

Without hesitation, he raised his gun and shot the two policemen with his bare hands, while the people around him were screaming and running away in confusion.

The feeling of killing is so real, none of this is like an illusion of nothingness...

"Drop your weapons, Mr. Clint."

A complicated figure sounded in the back of Hawkeye's head. He turned around suddenly and his eyes widened when he saw the speaker.

"Are you...Ms. Pepper?"

What appeared in front of him was the little pepper that had disappeared over there! But why did she appear here? !

Could it be that she is just a phantom, a deception created by this psychedelic mist!

"I'm not an illusion, I'm a real person." As if seeing through Clint's hesitation, Pepper opened her hand and said calmly.

"Nick Fury asked you to come here. In that case, come with me."

"Everything you see is real."

330.Light of existence

In the garden before creation, the white gardener and the black winnower played their never-ending game.

Their game distinguishes the rise and fall of species in countless universes, and this game has no meaning at all, or in other words, everything is meaningless to this tide of power.

Even their own meanings have no distinction between good and evil at all in relation to each other.

They are just two components of the dualism that creates all things. Just like if you see water and fire, can you say which one is righteous and which one is evil?