In fact, after realizing the newcomers were Coulson and the others, Clark had already decided to first ask them why they had come and whether they knew what exactly had caused the change in the barrier.
However, since Clark now had Diana with him, flying above the Airbus and entering from the top would be a bit inconvenient. So, after seeing where the plane was about to land, Clark and Diana simply waited there for Coulson and his group to come out.
"Clark, what are you doing here?!" To be honest, Coulson's first reaction upon seeing Clark wasn't surprise, but fear.
After all, this island was no ordinary place. Coulson and his team had relied on information provided by the Monarch Program to find it, and had entered as soon as the island opened.
But looking at Clark and Diana waiting outside the small hut, Coulson felt they didn't look like they had just arrived. Instead, it seemed like they had already been here for some time.
"I should be the one asking you—how did you get here? And do you know why this place suddenly changed?" Clark pointed toward the distant storm wall.
"Changed?" The moment Clark said this, Coulson immediately caught onto a key word—Clark's phrasing meant that he had seen those changes.
Although Coulson himself didn't know what had happened inside before they entered, if Clark had seen the changes, it meant that he and Diana had arrived on the island before the anomaly occurred.
But how was that possible? Coulson found it hard to believe, because before they had entered, the island had already closed. They had tried to get in before, but it was impossible.
Now, from what Clark was saying, they had come in before the island even opened. That left only two possibilities: either there was another way onto the island, or Clark and Diana had a way of getting in even when it was closed.
Whichever the case, it meant Clark and Diana could enter the island at any time.
"Yes, before this area's borders were intact, and then suddenly it turned into this—and that's when you showed up. Coulson, do you know what's going on?"
Hearing Clark's question, Coulson hesitated for a moment before deciding to tell Clark the truth. After all, if he said nothing, the friendship they had worked hard to build might fracture. And for S.H.I.E.L.D., maintaining their relationship with Clark was far more important than Skull Island itself.
Since Clark wanted to know, Coulson didn't think too long before explaining the situation in detail.
"I'm not sure how much you know about this island, so I'll keep it simple—it's called Skull Island, a legendary place said to contain creation that even God has yet to complete.
But decades ago, people had already set foot here—one of them being our Director, Nick Fury."
"Wait, what? You're saying Nick Fury landed on this island? When was this?" Hearing that Nick Fury had once been here, Clark immediately thought of something. The problem was, most of the characters from Kong: Skull Island seemed to be played by Marvel actors.
Clark thought, This can't be a coincidence. Could the captain have been Nick Fury? And what about Captain Marvel and Loki—were they having a great time together back then?
"What's the matter?" Coulson noticed Clark's surprise and was puzzled. Hadn't Nick Fury been here before?
But since Clark asked—and it wasn't exactly a secret—Coulson continued, "Nineteen seventy… maybe. But back then, the Director wasn't the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. In fact, he hadn't even joined S.H.I.E.L.D. yet.
At the time, he was an Air Force captain, tasked with protecting a group of scholars conducting research on this unknown island. Unexpectedly, they encountered a series of monster attacks after arriving. In the end, the Captain learned it was all a scheme by Monarch.
They claimed to be collecting data, but in truth, they deliberately lured out the island's guardian to prove monsters were real. From then on, the Director never had a good impression of Monarch's people."
"…" Listening to Coulson, Clark was now certain—Nick Fury really was the Air Force captain crushed by Kong in the original story.
"All right, so your Director has quite a grudge with Monarch. Go on."
"After that, the Director wanted to find the island again, because according to Monarch's analysis back then, the island's base was hollow. Inside the hollow space beneath it could be a group of massive, dangerous creatures that could threaten humanity.
So S.H.I.E.L.D. has always wanted to locate the island to find out how big that space is and where it leads. If necessary, our plan was to bury the island and the creatures below it forever.
But due to certain special properties of the island, we were never able to pinpoint its location.
The reason we could come here this time was because Monarch secretly put a MUTO into a nuclear waste storage site last time, causing massive destruction. As compensation, we were given information about the island.
As for the changes outside, I think it's because the island has opened. It opens for a certain period of time at fixed intervals, during which people can enter.
So, Clark—how did you get in?"
The conversation continued, and aside from certain sensitive details, Coulson told Clark everything he could. Then he posed his own question—he was curious how Clark had entered Skull Island before it opened.
Because if Clark knew a way, then in the future they wouldn't need to wait for it to open at all. That would make exploring it much easier.
After hearing Coulson's explanation, Clark realized that Skull Island was normally closed and only opened at specific times. Knowing this, he suddenly had an idea.
On a whim, Clark reached out and drew a circle in the air—and sure enough, a portal to their home appeared.
"As I thought—the island's opening lifts the spatial lock." Looking at the portal, Clark waved his hand and closed it again. After all, he had only opened it to test the theory, not to actually go back.
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