Facts proved that he could not fight ten.
The speed from the beginning of the battle to its end was even faster than he had imagined.
Facing ten warriors clad in power armor alone, even if the other side had abandoned lethal weapons and he still had the support of that unknown power, the so-called two fists could not defeat four hands. After doing everything he could to kill six of them, Steve ultimately still lost.
The remaining four power armor soldiers placed special electric restraint rings on Steve, whose face was bruised and swollen.
This kind of electric restraint ring could release a voltage of several thousand volts in an instant. Ordinary people simply could not withstand it. Even super soldiers modified by the serum would be shocked until they wished they were dead, their whole bodies paralyzed as they fell to the ground and convulsed.
Do not ask how Steve knew this. If not for relying on the fact that he was still young, even his anal sphincter would have nearly been loosened by the electricity.
Then, like a dead dog, he was dragged all the way across the ground to HYDRA's base by one of the power armor soldiers in retaliation.
The secret base located eight hundred feet underground, with alloy defensive armor constructed from several layers of reinforced steel, possessed such high defense that it was enough to withstand bombardment from the most powerful weapon in the world today.
Calling it an indestructible steel fortress would absolutely not be excessive.
Steve was dragged all the way to the deepest room of HYDRA's base, his back of the head nearly shaken into a concussion.
Inside the huge, bright room, the walls were covered in science-fiction-like silver. Beneath an oil painting of considerable size, Red Skull sat in a chair with his legs crossed, currently sizing up Steve with a scrutinizing gaze.
"We finally meet, Captain America Steve Rogers."
Red Skull slowly rose from his seat, his gaze extremely aggressive as he wantonly sized up that trophy kneeling below: "Arrogance may not be a trait exclusive to Americans, but you embody it better than anyone else."
Steve, beaten until his nose was blue and his face swollen like a pig's head, raised his head: "Is that so? But after seeing you, I feel Dr. Erskine was right. You're a madman, a failure."
Even though he was now imprisoned, surrounded on all sides by wolves, tigers, and leopards, and his life could overturn at any moment, there was not the slightest trace of fear in his eyes, only the same unwavering firmness as always.
Such eyes and words deeply stabbed Red Skull.
On his already skull-like terrifying face, a chilling smile appeared, and the cold light glowing in his eyes seemed as though he wished to tear the man before him apart.
"You are wrong. He was jealous of me."
Red Skull's eyes were sinister as he coldly said: "Not only was he jealous of my extraordinary talent, he also tried to steal what belonged to me. Yet he was foolish to the extreme and gave everything to you instead. So answer my question, what is so special about you?"
"Nothing."
Steve chuckled and said: "I'm just a kid from Brooklyn."
Erskine had rather entrusted his hope and serum to a poor kid from Brooklyn than acknowledge him, Red Skull. In the end, he had even chosen betrayal, sharing what should have belonged to him alone with this lowly fellow.
Those extremely provocative words made Red Skull unable to endure any longer. He punched Steve heavily in the face.
"How regrettable, American soldier."
Red Skull moved his wrist and coldly said: "I won't let you die so easily. At least not before I figure out... that power. Take him away!"
Rumble!
Just as Steve was about to be dragged out, the entire base suddenly trembled.
Red Skull's expression slightly changed, and he sternly shouted: "Bazel, what happened outside? Has that ghost come?"
The main target of this plan was that wandering terrifying ghost. As for Captain America, he was merely a bonus included in the plan.
"Sir, a squad of people somehow infiltrated our base and is destroying things everywhere!" Bazel said.
Steve, who was bound, had his eyes slightly brighten. He knew those were the members of the Howling Commandos. He had not expected them to actually succeed, and even bypass all defenses to infiltrate HYDRA's base.
Actually, this matter still had to thank him.
If not for him shouting that he wanted to fight ten, Red Skull would not have mobilized all the power armors, allowing those descending team members to luckily survive and take the chance to infiltrate HYDRA's base.
It could only be said to be a strange coincidence. Steve's unintentional action had won him a slim chance of survival.
"Damn it, it's not Him!"
Red Skull roared furiously: "Kill these people immediately! Don't let them affect the plan, Bazel!"
"Yes, sir."
Bazel turned around and quickly walked out of the office.
However, after leaving the office, Bazel stopped in the corridor. The corners of his lips curved into a meaningful arc, his eyelids lowered as he murmured to himself: "He actually still hasn't appeared. Could it be that he discovered me?"
"No... he should not have discovered me."
Bazel pressed one hand against his chin, thinking while murmuring: "I have already stolen this man's time. With his current degree of awakening, it should be impossible for him to discover my existence. Then... what could the reason be?"
Suddenly.
An even more terrifying tremor swept through the entire HYDRA base.
The mountains shook and the earth trembled, as though the apocalypse had descended. The indestructible armor layer was pierced through by a single strike. A dazzling azure light arrow like divine punishment was hurled from above the nine heavens, carrying world-destroying might as it directly destroyed HYDRA's base defenses.
The military base located eight hundred feet underground was actually opened with a 'skylight.'
Cold wind surged in together with the blizzard, and the temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. Thin moonlight accompanied by a few scattered stars illuminated a thin and slender figure, who stood proudly high in the sky like a god among men, stepping upon invisible stairs.
Bazel gazed at that figure from afar, his face brimming with an eerie smile: "You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The ghost wandering Siberia, the Shinigami harvesting HYDRA... had finally appeared!
Red Skull endured the fear in his heart and roared: "Bazel, he has appeared! Hurry and awaken the 「Original Body」!"
But after he shouted more than ten times, there was no response from the communicator, only deathly silence.
Red Skull started to panic. Cold sweat seeped from his forehead, and the hand holding the communicator trembled slightly, with several ferocious veins rising.
"Hahahahaha...."
Steve looked at that figure and laughed wildly: "Although I don't know what your plan is, you're dead, Red Skull!"
At this moment, that figure seemed to sense something and slightly lowered his gaze.
At this moment, terrifying pressure like the collapse of heaven, carrying boundless violent airwaves, pressed down from high above.
Fear, fear, and still more fear!
The souls of Red Skull and Steve trembled, as if they were drowning, unable to even breathe.
He... was not human.
But a god... wandering through the world!