"But I remember the Inhumans incident should have happened two or three years later. Did it happen earlier because of my influence?"
With a hint of doubt, Li Chuan Apparitioned into the interrogation room of the residential area.
Over the years, too many changes had occurred due to his influence: Thor fell in love with literature, Loki was banished to Earth and became a small-time hoodlum, S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA tore off their masks prematurely, and even the Chitauri invasion happened several years earlier.
The butterfly effect had long since spread to who knows where, so the Inhumans launching their plan earlier didn't seem so surprising.
"Hello, I heard you're a fan of mine?"
Li Chuan smiled, looking at the beautiful Eurasian girl in front of him.
Skye's mother, Jiaying, was Chinese, and her father, Karl, was American, making her Eurasian.
"Yes, yes, yes, I did this because I like you so much. I didn't mean any harm, really!"
Skye, tied to a chair with thick ropes, looked pitiful with her big, watery eyes.
"Please, can you untie me and let me go? I promise I won't do this again."
She was originally an orphan. Due to her reclusive personality and her strong desire to find her birth parents, she was quite rebellious, leading to her being moved between different foster families multiple times during her childhood.
Later, she simply escaped from her adoptive family and chose to live alone.
During this time, she also met her boyfriend, Miles, a master hacker and a member of the Rising Tide.
The Rising Tide was a public welfare organization composed entirely of hackers from around the World. Their original intention was to unearth secrets hidden by governments and expose them to the public.
They believed that citizens had the right to know about any matter in this World, and that the government had no right to hide those secrets.
Under Miles's guidance, the gifted Skye became an even more formidable top-tier hacker than Miles himself. Through her hacking skills, she discovered that her background was related to an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D.
So she had been using her hacking skills to try to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.'s system.
A few days ago, she finally intercepted some files from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s system. Among these files were the true identity and home address of the Dark Warlock, the superhero who single-handedly wiped out the entire alien fleet during last year's alien invasion of Earth.
Out of curiosity and in line with her principles as a member of the Rising Tide, she secretly drove to the vicinity of the residential area.
Last year's alien invasion of New York caused a global sensation and made many people aware of the existence of Earth's superheroes, but the government did not explain why the aliens invaded.
They hid all information from ordinary people, always stating that it was under investigation.
Skye wanted to get this hidden information and make it public, and she believed that the Dark Warlock, Li Chuan, must know the secrets within.
However, she didn't expect that after only a few days of surveillance, she would be forcibly captured by the security guards in the residential area, who looked like bodybuilders.
And they even threatened to use those seemingly cruel torture instruments on her, which scared her into quickly spilling some information to gain trust.
"I heard you're an individual who, out of curiosity, hacked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. system and obtained some information about me?"
Li Chuan sat opposite Skye.
Skye nodded quickly:
"I'm just an enthusiast in this area, not very professional. My successful infiltration was an accident, an accident."
"An enthusiast who can break through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s system defenses? You're really quite impressive!"
Li Chuan smiled and gave Skye a thumbs-up.
"I thought you were a member of some Rising Tide organization, but it turns out you're not."
"What Rising Tide organization? I haven't heard of it. I'm just a computer enthusiast."
Skye's body stiffened at his words, and she showed a hint of an awkward smile.
Li Chuan didn't expose her; he reached out and pointed at the ropes binding her:
"Relaxing Charm!"
The thick ropes immediately loosened and fell away.
The Relaxing Charm, a spell that can cause ropes, chains, and other binding objects to automatically loosen. It can also be used on people, making them feel completely devoid of strength.
"That's amazing!"
Watching Li Chuan perform magic, Skye's eyes showed a surprised expression.
Although she had watched many videos online, seeing magic for the first time in reality felt different.
"I really admire your hacking skills. Are you interested in working for me? The salary and benefits are generous, and the working hours are flexible."
Li Chuan stood up and extended an invitation to Skye.
Recruiting Skye wasn't just because she was the future Quake; more importantly, it was her hacking skills. With a second-hand laptop won from a bet, she could hack into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database.
In terms of hacking skills, Skye should rank among the best on the entire Earth.
He just happened to be lacking such talent under his command.
Likewise, if he wanted to find the Inhumans, he would still need to use Skye.
Too much time had passed, and he only vaguely remembered that the Inhumans' current Base was in a place called "Afterlife," located deep in an inaccessible mountain.
And once a new Inhuman awakened their ancestral genes and gained powers, an Inhuman named Gordon at the Base could sense it, then use his teleportation ability to bring them to the Base.
At the same time, they were also searching for humans with Inhuman genetic material all over the World, bringing them to the Base to be screened and awaken their powers.
Skye's mother, Jiaying, had awakened the power of immortality and had lived for several hundred years, so she was chosen as the leader of this group of Inhumans.
This meant that he didn't know the exact location of the Inhumans' Base.
"Um, can I refuse? I don't like working for others."
Skye replied cautiously.
Li Chuan shrugged:
"Of course, I never force people. If you don't want to, you can leave now. Just remember not to secretly photograph my wife next time, even though she's very beautiful."
"Really... Then I'm leaving."
Skye seemed a bit disbelieving that Li Chuan would just let her go like that and tentatively walked towards the door.
Li Chuan smiled and made a gesture for her to go, not stopping her.
Seeing that no one was actually stopping her from leaving, Skye immediately quickened her pace, rushed out of the interrogation room, and then got back into her beat-up van as fast as she could.
"That scared the hell out of me!"
After catching her breath for a while and seeing that no one was chasing her, she stepped on the gas and drove away.
At first, with that kind of demeanor, she thought she was dead for sure today.
"Boss, are you just letting her go?"
In front of the surveillance monitor in the interrogation room, Li San looked at the van driving away in a flash, a puzzled expression on his face.
He thought Li Chuan was fishing, letting the girl go first, then sending them to follow her to find the organization behind her, but he didn't expect Li Chuan to actually let her go.
"Of course, it's not that simple."
Li Chuan smiled, reached out, pulled out his phone, and dialed a number:
"Is that Coulson? There's a girl named Skye who hacked into your system and found my information. Her license plate number is..."
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