On the other side, at Parker Tower.
After obtaining all the information he wanted, Ryan casually sent Jia and Gravik—who had been tortured beyond recognition by Deadpool and Snake Cap—back to Talos.
And our kind-hearted Spider Monarch even left them with their lives...
He merely made it so they couldn't walk, pick anything up, hear, or see. Aside from that, the two could still be considered 'intact'...
He believed that with the methods of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Skrulls, if they wanted to, they could still forcibly keep the two alive.
That is, if those two really still wanted to continue living~
Usually, although Ryan was decisive in killing, he generally wasn't so cruel to people. But Skrulls aren't considered people, so they don't have human rights, do they?
Still in the conference room of Parker Tower.
During this meeting, everyone's mood was exceptionally heavy, including the usually unrestrained Tony.
They weren't afraid of an alien army they could see and touch, no matter how strong...
At worst, everyone would just work together and kick their asses!
But the problem was, the Skrulls weren't a conventional alien invasion. Their racial talent was too terrifying. If they intentionally hid, it would be impossible to distinguish who was human and who was a Skrull disguised as a human!
According to the information obtained from the two interrogated Skrulls, when these Skrulls turned into humans, it wasn't a simple change of appearance; even their internal DNA changed along with it.
In other words, if a Skrull who turned into a human didn't change back themselves, then from a genetic perspective, they were a 'true' human!
This was horrifying. It meant they couldn't use any technological means to identify Skrulls among humans!
The only method they currently knew to identify a Skrull was that an injured part of a Skrull would be unable to maintain its transformed state, and if a vital part was damaged, the entire body would revert to its original form.
But this method was clearly unsuitable for a large-scale search for Skrulls lurking among humans.
They couldn't just stab everyone they saw, could they?
So this identification method was better than nothing, but its actual utility couldn't be called significant...
Furthermore, they had tortured out a very important piece of news: the Skrulls had already kidnapped many high-ranking humans, indirectly gaining control over the ultimate weapons of multiple nations—the launch codes for nuclear weapons!
If the Skrulls really made a move, this would be a crisis for humanity far more terrifying than the Inheritor Family!
In the vast conference room, aside from Deadpool, who looked indifferent, perhaps only Ryan himself didn't feel a hint of panic.
After all, it was hard to say how much effect nuclear bombs would have on him now.
But Ryan was certain that even if he were at the center of the explosion, a nuclear bomb definitely wouldn't kill his current self.
Moreover, the speed at which a nuclear explosion spreads isn't necessarily faster than his current speed; the explosion wouldn't even be able to catch up to him.
And that's assuming the nuclear bomb could even detonate. In reality, if Ryan didn't want it to explode, it simply wouldn't explode in front of him.
Did they think the Time Stone and Space Stone were just for show?
With the Space Stone, he could easily teleport an incoming nuclear bomb to any corner of the Universe.
For example, the cosmic junkyard he had visited before, or the Grandmaster's arena—those would be good places to divert a nuclear explosion...
And the Time Stone was even more heaven-defying than the Space Stone. Even if a nuclear bomb exploded, it could reverse time to before the explosion and then send it back to its launch site the way it came!
So the so-called ultimate weapons held by the Skrulls weren't worth worrying about for Ryan at all.
Compared to nuclear bombs, he was more concerned about how to root out all the Skrulls hidden among humanity.
After all, that was a massive number—nearly a million...
Although his Spider-Sense and the Mind Stone could distinguish Skrulls, not everyone present had Spider-Sense, and even fewer had the Mind Stone.
There was only one of those in the entire Universe.
Ryan actually already had a method in mind, but before that, he wanted to hear if anyone else had any brilliant ideas or a better way...
"Speak up, everyone. What solutions do you have for these nearly one million Skrulls on Earth? Feel free to speak your minds..."
Dr. Samuel, who had always served as the mastermind behind the Spider Family, was the first to raise his hand: "BOSS, I believe our priority should be to deal with those high-ranking officials in the list who pose the greatest threat and hold the nuclear keys!"
"Then we can wipe out those hundreds of thousands of Skrulls in the abandoned nuclear Base in Russia, and finally slowly clean up those Skrulls lurking in various countries!"
Ryan nodded slightly upon hearing this.
This was indeed a method, and one that would keep losses relatively low.
But unfortunately, the drawbacks were also obvious. Although they had obtained the list of high-ranking officials the Skrulls were impersonating, even core members like Jia and Gravik couldn't possibly know the identities of all the numerous Skrulls hidden across various nations.
So even if they could take out those high-ranking officials, resolve the nuclear crisis, and wipe out the hundreds of thousands of Skrulls in the abandoned nuclear Base camp, there would still be hundreds of thousands of Skrulls lurking in various countries.
Once those hundreds of thousands of Skrulls saw the massive purge, they would surely start a desperate struggle against humanity for revenge and survival.
When that time comes, the entire Earth might fall into chaos because of it...
That was not what Ryan wanted to see.
So Ryan looked at the others again: "Do you have any other better suggestions?"
At this moment, Tony stood up from his seat and spoke: "I disagree with Dr. Samuel's method. The risk factor is too high. Even if we eventually win, humanity will surely suffer heavy losses from the Skrulls' counterattack. I have a method that can truly minimize losses and impact!"
Upon hearing this, everyone, including Ryan, fixed their gaze on Tony.
Not only could losses be minimized, but the impact could also be minimized—this was something they truly hadn't expected!
Ryan also became somewhat interested and gestured: "Then please start your performance, Tony."
Tony looked around at everyone, a smug smile curling at the corners of his mouth. He didn't say what the method was first, but instead snapped his fingers.
Snap—
In the next moment, except for Ryan, a holographic projection appeared in front of everyone present.
And in those holographic screens, it was surprisingly the information from all of their mobile phones.
Whether it was call logs, chat contents, movement trajectories, or even deleted browsing history, everything was projected without concealment under these beams.
For instance, Peter was currently looking at Harry's holographic projection next to him with a shocked expression, clutching his head and exclaiming:
"Holy crap! Harry, last night when we were halfway through a game, you said you were going back to your room to sleep early. You didn't sleep at all; you were actually secretly browsing adult websites in the middle of the night!"