"We agree."
Winter Soldier Bucky shot and killed the zombie trying to crawl through the portal, being the first to agree to Samuel's proposal.
The others also had no objections.
Just as Samuel said, no one was sure if the trains at the New York station could be used, and they had even less confidence in successfully boarding a train and heading to New Jersey with the city full of zombies.
The risks along the way were even more needless to say.
The danger of finding gold was much smaller.
They just needed to get the location of the gold based on intelligence and ensure they wouldn't face large-scale zombie hordes.
The most dangerous transportation problem became the least dangerous thing under Samuel's portal.
Doctor Strange and King are both dead; the Kamar-Taj lineage should be considered broken.
Samuel might be the only one in this World who can use portals!
"Swish—"
The portal disappeared.
The survivors split into two groups; Winter Soldier Bucky, Sharon Carter, Happy, and Kurt went back to the car to determine the location of the vault.
Okoye and Spider-Man went to check the surrounding environment to ensure no zombies would enter Bleecker Street.
Wasp went to talk to Samuel; her purpose, of course, was simply to learn more about Samuel.
Samuel didn't mind; if they wanted to talk, they could. In this zombie apocalypse environment, it would be quite boring if there wasn't even someone to talk to.
Besides, he also had ideas about Pym Particles.
After chatting for a while, Wasp was called over by Sharon Carter.
"How is it?" Wasp asked after getting into the car.
"We've confirmed a few locations where gold is stored; it shouldn't be a big problem. How about You?"
Wasp shook her head, "We only know his name is Samuel; his identity, origin, and other abilities are temporarily unknown."
"Samuel—" Sharon Carter first shook her head, indicating she hadn't heard of him, then looked at the others.
The others thought for a moment and all shook their heads.
Sharon Carter checked the equipment again, but still shook her head, "Nothing, there's nothing."
Winter Soldier Bucky said, "We know he can emit high-temperature rays and use portals. These two abilities can ensure he survives, so I don't sense any despair or urgency from him."
"He gives me the feeling that he's on vacation, or playing a game, a zombie game."
"Isolating a safe camp and collecting supplies does feel a bit like that, but what does he want gold for?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I feel this person is very mysterious."
With You saying one thing and I another, the few people quickly turned the topic back to the matter of obtaining gold.
Not long after, the few people got out of the car and came before Samuel.
"We've selected a bank vault. Can You send us there to check out the environment?"
"Okay."
Sharon Carter told Samuel the address, and Samuel casually opened a portal directly into the vault.
The vault had not lost power; the bright lights shone on the neatly stacked gold inside, which was exceptionally dazzling.
Since it was a sealed environment, there was no risk inside.
"How long can this portal last?" Winter Soldier Bucky asked.
Samuel raised a finger.
"One minute?"
"Happy, shrink the car and drive it in. Spider-Man, You come in with me."
"After half an hour, open the door."
Winter Soldier Bucky assigned tasks, then nodded to Wasp and the others, and was the first to walk in.
Samuel glanced at Winter Soldier, then lazily lowered his finger, "My meaning wasn't one minute, but always!"
One minute?
Who are You looking down on!
"..."
Winter Soldier Bucky in the vault seemed to have stepped on something and almost slipped.
The portal remained open.
Happy drove the car in, and Winter Soldier Bucky and Spider-Man were responsible for loading it.
Wasp also controlled the ants to grow larger and transport things out through the portal again and again.
When the car was full, Happy would shrink it and drive it out, unload it, then shrink it again and go back in to continue loading.
With this orderly coming and going, the vault was quickly emptied.
By visual estimation, there should be over a hundred tons, worth at least several billion U.S. dollars.
Several billion U.S. dollars doesn't sound like much?
Truly · I don't have several billion U.S. dollars, but I don't think several billion U.S. dollars is a lot!
"Do You know how much the United States' total gold reserve is?" Samuel asked curiously.
Sharon Carter thought for a moment; she actually did remember.
"Over eighty million tons, I think."
Now that sounds like a lot!
It's impossible to get all over eighty million tons; cut a bit, fifty million tons, that would be over two thousand trillion.
Over two thousand trillion, not over two hundred billion!
Black Panther, who possesses Wakanda and can mine Vibranium, is considered the richest person in Marvel, but his assets are only ninety trillion U.S. dollars!
As long as Samuel takes this gold back, what Iron Man, what Black Panther, in terms of wealth, You are all juniors.
Oh right, I almost forgot there's also Vibranium!
Black Panther is probably dead, and it's hard to say about Wakanda; it's protected by a shield, so it might be the only remaining safe haven.
Samuel glanced at Okoye, thinking he would go to Wakanda to check it out after dealing with the gold matter.
"Let's continue. As long as You help me empty all the vaults, I won't just send You to the Caspian Sea Camp, I'll also go with You."
Winter Soldier Bucky and the others exchanged glances. Let's move it!
Anyway, it just takes some effort and isn't too dangerous. Although it will take some time, it's not much different compared to taking a car to the Caspian Sea Camp.
Moreover, if Samuel goes too, the safety will be even higher!
After a short break, the survivors' 'brick-moving' life began again.
The move took a full three days.
...
Aside from time for eating, resting, and sleeping, they barely stopped.
The one who put in the most effort wasn't Winter Soldier Bucky, nor was it Spider-Man, but rather the ants controlled by Wasp.
In three days, they emptied more than twenty vaults of various sizes, obtaining at least three thousand tons of gold.
Although it was much less than Samuel had expected, the locations of national gold reserves were definitely top secret, and finding all of them was impossible.
If they had time and manpower, they could probably find quite a bit more by searching slowly, but Winter Soldier Bucky and the others were already on the verge of collapse.
There were too many resources in an entire World; with so few people and only a few days, achieving this much was already good.
Anyway, they could come back here anytime in the future, and just slowly collect the rest.
Following the usual practice, Samuel put the gold into the Mirror Dimension.
Since there were no other mages in this World who could open the Mirror Dimension, it was perfect for use as storage.
After resting for a day, they prepared to head to the Caspian Sea Camp.
"Swish--"
A golden portal opened, this time directly inside the fence of the Caspian Sea Camp.
Everyone passed through the portal one after another, and were suddenly surprised to find that the zombies outside the fence were acting strangely.
They were too quiet!
The densely packed zombies stood motionless in front of the fence.
It was clearly a flimsy wire fence that couldn't possibly stop so many zombies, yet they weren't taking any action.
Seeing them, these zombies didn't show the excited reaction other zombies had upon seeing living people.
This was very unusual!
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