As everyone chimed in, finishing Luca's unspoken thought, the room fell into a terrified silence.
Hundreds of thousands of Captain Americas...
Such a scenario was unimaginable even for the United States in its prime.
The US military and various bio-tech companies had struggled for decades, trying to mass-produce Super Soldiers, but they never succeeded.
And remember, Steve Rogers, Captain America, wasn't just an ordinary Super Soldier.
His combat skills and tactical prowess were among the absolute best on Earth.
The Skrulls not only copied his abilities but also his memories.
Even if they couldn't perfectly replicate 100% of Steve's combat effectiveness after transforming, just the thought of it was terrifying enough.
However, everyone soon turned to look at Bruce Banner, who wore a bitter expression.
At this moment, everyone had the same thought.
"Thank god Dr. Banner wasn't captured..."
Gwen voiced what everyone was thinking.
If "hundreds of thousands of Captain Americas" was enough to make everyone despair...
Then "hundreds of thousands of Hulks"...
Might as well quit the game, pack up, and run for their lives.
However, just as everyone was staring at Dr. Banner, making him uncomfortable, Luca poured another bucket of cold water on them.
"I advise you not to celebrate too early."
Everyone's heart sank, and they turned back to him in unison.
Luca said with a helpless face:
"Who said only Cap and Norman, these two super-humans, were captured..."
"Huh?? Who else??"
Everyone looked at each other.
After all, the Avengers only had a few members.
Although Tony and Rhodes were also taken, they relied essentially on armor for combat. Impersonating them offered convenience, but in terms of pure combat power, they might not even match Hawkeye without the suits.
And that was indeed the case.
The Skrulls impersonating Tony and Rhodes previously only did so to deceive Luca and the others.
At most, they used Tony's clearance to shut down the "smarter" JARVIS, and then relied on F.R.I.D.A.Y.—a newly completed AI lacking human emotional discernment—to control Stark Industries and the suits Tony built.
To say these green goblins possessed Tony's genius creativity just because they had his memories was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
However...
"Don't forget, S.H.I.E.L.D. has imprisoned quite a few supervillains."
"Since Nick Fury has fallen, the supervillains he secretly imprisoned somewhere have naturally fallen into Skrull hands."
"I even suspect that the place where that bastard Fury kept these supervillains was that unknown space station!"
With Luca saying this, everyone realized the severity of the problem.
In this world, due to other-worldly invasions, the number of supervillains was many times higher than in the original MCU.
And among these other-worldly villains, many possessed formidable strength purely from genetic mutations.
If all of them fell into Skrull hands...
Then they might face not just "hundreds of thousands of Caps," but potentially "hundreds of thousands of Sandmans," "hundreds of thousands of Rhinos," or even "hundreds of thousands of Absorbing Men"...
"This..."
At this moment, for some reason, everyone looked at Dr. Banner again in unison.
Thank god Dr. Banner wasn't captured!!
Clap clap clap~
Luca clapped his hands lightly, drawing everyone's attention back.
"There's one more thing. According to this guy, the Skrull Queen, G'iah, is implementing something called the Super Skrull Project."
"Although it's just a rumor circulating among a few Skrulls, it's said that if this Super Skrull Project succeeds, it could allow modified Skrulls to possess multiple superpowers simultaneously and use them freely."
"What?!!"
With so much bad news dropping consecutively, everyone thought they were numb to it.
At least Hulk wasn't taken!
But hearing about this "Super Skrull Project," everyone broke down again.
"It's just a rumor, but... I guess it's nine out of ten likely true."
"So my point is, if we want to deal with the Skrulls, we must act fast!"
"If they really create a swarm of Super Skrull monsters, I'm afraid even gods won't be able to save us!"
Actually, to be honest.
With the Skrulls' current level.
Whether it was the super space station or the hundreds of thousands of green-skins scattered around the world...
Even if they all turned into Caps or Sandmans, Luca wasn't afraid of a frontal confrontation.
He knew his own strength.
He had the balls to charge into Hell itself; would he be afraid of some green goblins?
Although fighting on two fronts would inevitably pressure his forces and expose production shortages...
If pushed too far, don't forget Luca held the remnants of most of Hydra.
He could mobilize Hydra's resources in Europe and turn the entire continent into his production base.
Even the tricks Skrulls played—disguise, infiltration, memory reading, stealing superpowers—which one couldn't Luca replicate?
It would just be more troublesome. Mass-producing Transformation Watches, or clones, reading memories with Yuri tech, copying superpowers with the [DNA Infuser Gun]...
Luca simply didn't want to, not that he couldn't. Going down that path would inevitably make him a public enemy of the world.
What truly made him hesitate was the hostages held by the Skrulls and the nuclear launch capabilities they controlled.
Otherwise, if it came to a fight, Luca could just wreck the US, forcibly deploy his "Psychic Beacons" worldwide, and drag every single Skrull out with a carpet search.
However, if the Skrulls managed to create an organized army of "Super Skrulls"...
That could tilt the balance of power instantly. Even Luca couldn't guarantee he could fight a swarm of monsters with stacked superpowers.
"So speed is everything!"
"Regardless of how far their Super Skrull research has progressed, we must resolve this incident completely before they finish!"
However, just as Luca said this, Hakimi suddenly sent him an emergency message.
"Sir, there's breaking news. I think you might need to see this!"