If T'Chaka could hear his son's inner thoughts, he would surely tell T'Challa immediately: "My foolish son, haven't you heard the old saying, 'Those who submit to circumstances are heroes'?"
They managed to sneak into your living room without anyone noticing.
What else is there to say?
If you don't submit now, are you waiting for them to cut out your kidneys in your sleep?
The subsequent discussion was very simple:
Wakanda was willing to provide long-term Vibranium support to help Peter complete the special defense fortifications in America.
In exchange, Peter needed to provide the perfect arc reactor technology and offer long-term and stable armed protection for Wakanda.
It only took the duration of a meal for Peter to finalize this partnership.
Immediately, with a wave of his hand, and under T'Challa's gaze as if he were seeing a god, he used his storage ring to take away a full fifty tons of Vibranium.
This amount of Vibranium was more than enough to establish two super-large underground shelters in Brooklyn and Queens!
After accepting the Vibranium and agreeing to send people later for subsequent Vibranium trades, Peter didn't hesitate and used the eye of aurora to take Daisy and leave Wakanda right then and there.
As he left, he glanced at the dejected Shuri out of the corner of his eye.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking it was a pity.
Then, he couldn't help but ponder whether he should ask Harry later if he was into "strawberry Oreos"?
If he didn't mind, it would be possible to arrange a marriage between the Osborn family and Wakanda.
If Harry wasn't into that... hmm, that kid "The Prowler" Davis seemed to be single, right?
They have similar skin tones, so they should have plenty to talk about, right?
...
America, New York.
In the days Peter was away from America, development in America was going smoothly.
After half a month, the presidential election ended early.
The reason was very simple: George was just too strong!
In just half a month, his approval rating exceeded 80%. Even if the others tried their hardest, it would be impossible to compete with him.
Therefore, the least suspenseful election in history ended early.
George was elected as the new President of America by a high margin, and Norman became the Vice President.
After becoming President, the first policy George introduced was a ten-trillion-dollar project, using New York as a pilot to gradually build a high-energy defense system that could expand across the entire country.
And the general director of this project was none other than "Iron Man" Tony Stark!
The top-floor laboratory of Stark Tower.
At this moment, Tony was sleeplessly working on the design blueprints for the fortifications, with messy hair and two huge dark circles under his eyes.
"F*ck! Such a massive defense fortification, and the defensive performance needs to match the energy intensity of the previous battle in Hells Kitchen... Even if I built an arc reactor larger than the Statue of Liberty, it wouldn't be able to handle such huge energy consumption! This is an almost impossible task!"
Just as Tony was worrying himself sick over this huge problem,
The next second, a diamond-shaped portal abruptly appeared in front of him.
Tony was startled and instinctively fired a repulsor blast.
Boom!
The repulsor blast hit the target and caused a violent explosion, but after the explosion, Peter stepped out of the portal, dusting off his shoulders as if nothing had happened:
"Good grief, daring to use a repulsor blast on me, you're quite irritable!"
Hearing Peter's voice, Tony was stunned for a moment, then broke down on the spot:
"F*ck, you don't even use windows anymore, you've started jumping through space directly? F*ck! How is something like this possible?"
Seeing him like this, Peter gave a smile that was as infuriating as ever:
"Calm down, it's just a little bit of magic!"
Tony: ...
Resisting the urge to blast Peter again, Tony punched him in the chest, then said casually:
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to complain about you. Did you bring me a cheeseburger? I'm starving to death!"
"Of course I didn't forget yours!"
Peter's storage ring flashed, and the next second, a full plate of cheeseburgers appeared on the coffee table.
Seeing the burgers, Tony's eyes lit up, and he immediately pounced on them, devouring them like a whirlwind.
If Peter hadn't handed him a coke in time, this guy probably would have choked himself to death.
"Speaking of which, how are the defense fortifications coming along?"
"The problems are huge!" Tony sighed after catching his breath:
"Defense materials, energy consumption, offensive energy intensity, how to avoid accidental triggering—these are all problems!"
"Relax, look at this!"
As he spoke, Peter's storage ring flashed again, and a full fifty tons of Vibranium slammed onto the ground, nearly piercing the laboratory floor.
"Vibranium... this much?!" Tony was startled and almost bit his tongue:
"How much is this?"
"A full fifty tons! With this much Vibranium, it should be enough to build two underground fortifications, right?"
"Enough!" Tony exclaimed, then realized:
"Wait... underground fortifications?"
"Otherwise? If the buildings on the surface are destroyed, they're destroyed. Our goal is just to protect the people from harm, isn't it?"
Following Peter's explanation, a brand-new defense system was finalized.
Peter planned to build a three-layer defense fortification.
The first layer: daily solar protection.
Energy nodes spread throughout the city absorb solar energy, and at critical moments, through satellite positioning, they release a basic surface energy shield that covers key landmarks to prevent them from being destroyed.
This is sufficient to deal with daily criminal activities and small-scale superhuman incidents.
The second layer: wartime protection using the arc reactor.
Once a medium-intensity invasion occurs, like the Battle of New York, the large arc reactor in the city center will immediately activate, charging the underground Vibranium shelters, ensuring that the citizens who have evacuated underground remain unharmed.
The third layer: ultimate protection using the Tesseract.
This is the final trump card. Only when the enemy is powerful enough to threaten the survival of Earth will the power of the Tesseract be enabled, providing near-infinite energy to resist any enemy that cannot otherwise be stopped.
"This... your design is simply divine! But, that Tesseract thing, does it really have that much energy?"
"Don't worry, this thing is the Space Stone that was born at the beginning of the Big Bang; you absolutely don't have to worry about energy."
Tony trusted Peter to the point of blind obedience, so he never doubted the authenticity of the Tesseract.
He patted his chest loudly and said:
"With this blueprint, just you wait and see, I will definitely make these defense fortifications flawless!"
...
After finishing these national matters, Peter finally had some private time.
He felt he had been working too hard lately, so it was time to reward himself, and by the way... reward the important girls in his life as well.
As a qualified "master of balancing relationships," spreading his love equally was a basic skill.
He first found Gwen.
The girl was still fighting crime on the streets of New York, and when she saw Peter appear suddenly, she couldn't help but pounce on him in surprise.
"You're finally back!" Gwen hugged him, her tone tinged with a hint of coquettishness.
"I was just busy." Peter gently stroked her soft blonde hair, then, as if performing magic, took out an exquisite hairpin from behind him.
The hairpin was in the shape of a six-petaled snowflake, crystal clear, and emitting a soft light.
"What is this?" Gwen asked curiously.
"A gift for you."
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