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Three hours after meeting Tony Stark, Rox stood on the roof of a run-down motel in Queens, eyes locked on the holographic map the System had projected in front of him.
At the center of it glowed a blue dot pulsing with faint energy.
> Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Storage Site-0
Object: The Tesseract
Status: Contained, Low Surveillance
Risk Level: Extremely High
Success Rate: 100% (Due to Fixed Luck)
Rox smiled to himself. "I'm about to break into S.H.I.E.L.D., and the universe is fine with it. Wild."
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🌀 [Mission: Obtain Tesseract Sample]
> Reward: Permanent Stat Boost (Energy Affinity)
Bonus: Unlock Cosmic Path Tier-1
> Outcome: Guaranteed Success
Alert Status: None (Luck Interference Active)
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Nightfall – Site-0, Arctic Bunker
S.H.I.E.L.D. thought it was hidden—buried under tons of snow and rock, guarded by a few agents and drones.
But to Rox, it was an open door.
Drones malfunctioned as he approached—one short-circuited mid-air and fell into a snowbank. A motion detector "forgot" to activate. A guard on patrol stopped to answer a phone call that never actually rang.
Within minutes, Rox was inside the bunker.
Steel walls. Fluorescent lights. And there—behind three inches of reinforced glass and a biometric scanner—floated the Tesseract, glowing with cosmic calm.
> "System, analyze."
> [Tesseract: Housing the Space Stone. Energy class: Cosmic Tier]
[Direct contact not advised. Extracting harmless resonance… Stand by…]
Rox pressed his hand to the glass. A surge of cold-blue light pulsed out, flowing into his palm like liquid lightning—but it didn't hurt. It felt… right.
> âś… [Tesseract Fragment Absorbed]
→ Passive Ability Unlocked: Spatial Sense (Lv.1)
→ Perk: Can sense portals, rifts, and teleportation events within 200 meters.
→ Resistance to space-based attacks: +50%
> 🔓 [Cosmic Path: Tier-1 Unlocked]
You are now eligible to absorb, influence, or redirect cosmic forces. Further upgrades available via System.
Rox staggered slightly. His vision flickered with stars—whole galaxies dancing behind his eyes.
He laughed.
> "I just stole cosmic energy from a Space Stone without anyone noticing. This world's screwed."
Then the alarm did go off.
A red light began to flash.
But the System whispered:
> "Don't worry. Luck is still in effect."
A blizzard struck the compound outside at that exact moment, freezing satellite signals and forcing all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to evacuate for extraction.
Rox calmly walked out through the emergency exit.
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Elsewhere...
Inside a dark SHIELD control room, Nick Fury stared at a fuzzy screen.
> "Sir, Site-0 lost connection for 43 seconds. No damage, but… something touched the Tesseract. We ran a full scan—it's stable."
Fury narrowed his eye.
> "Find out who. Someone just got close to a god's power, and I want to know their name before they use it."
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Meanwhile… Rox stood on a skyscraper overlooking the city.
> "Tony's about to get kidnapped in Afghanistan. The Avengers are years away.
The Infinity Stones are scattered.
I've got time, power… and perfect luck."
"Let's build a kingdom."
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