Chapter 7

Withdrawing his thoughts, Shen Mo came to Red Skull's vehicle.

This is a six-wheeled off-road sports car built with Hydra's technology. The thick dark appearance of it looked domineering. The slender and streamlined body contains surging strength and amazing speed. The enhanced chassis and six-wheel drive capability makes it good for off-roading.

Opening the car door, Shen Mo sat at the back while holding the box containing the Space Gem and the broadsword. "You! Soldier, can you drive?" Shen Mo asked a soldier who was standing in salute near him.

The soldier looked at Shen Mo with feverish eyes. He was obviously just a person with meager status and was brainwashed by Red Skull. Hearing Shen Mo, he shouted excitedly: "Yes Sir!"

Shen Mo nodded in satisfaction. "Very well then, you come and drive, let's return."

Shen Mo, who didn't know the way, sat in the back seat leisurely, while the Hydra soldier drove back to their base in Norway.

The Norwegian base of Hydra is located in the southeastern part of the Scandinavian Mountains. The terrain is dangerous and it is a strategic location to defend against enemy attacks.

After entering the mountain, the car returned to the base through a hidden road hidden within the dense forest. The car stopped in front of the base's building. Shen Mo handed the wooden box in his hand to the soldier, and got out of the car with the long sword.

"Bring this to my office."

Following the Hydra soldier who led the way, Shen Mo returned to Schmidt's office and motioned for the soldier to place the box on the table. Shen Mo looked at the Hydra soldier who drove for him.

He was a typical German young man with blond hair and blue eyes, he looked tall and strong, and his face is full of admiration and fanaticism. He can get close to the esteemed leader of Hydra "Red Skull". He obeyed his orders and worked for him, making him feel extreme honor and pride.

"What's your name, soldier." Shen Mo asked in the deep voice of the red skull.

"John Wolfe! Sir!" the young soldier replied excitedly, being asked by his name by the leader himself is the greatest honor he had ever received for himself.

"Very well, John, from now on you'll be my personal guard." Shen Mo doesn't really understand this place for now. It would be much more convenient if someone led the way for him. And according to Shen Mo's observation, John is just a simple soldier who only knows to follow orders. In addition, he has a fanatical worship of Red Skull, even if he showed some abnormal behaviors, he would not be suspected.

After dismissing the excited soldier, Shen Mo began to look through the documents in Schmidt's office one by one.

After a period of understanding and contemplation, especially with the unreserved trust and information given by the soldier John, Shen Mo has basically grasped the whole situation of the base. He was no longer kept in the dark, and the true strength of Hydra is also completely laid bare in front of Shen Mo.

As a secret scientific research organization under the Nazis, in the hands of Johann "Red Skull" Schmidt, after years of development, Hydra has long been more than just a scientific research organization, except for the core research departments and distribution in European countries. The secret bases of Hydra also have a huge intelligence system and a powerful mechanized army.

The internal framework of Hydra is actually more like a religion, things are all decided by Red Skull, and no one dares to object.

Each base is mainly used for production and research of weapon development to be used for war such as armored vehicles, tanks, and aircrafts, and there is also a large number of mechanized troops being created.

The weapons made by Hydra are far more technologically advanced than the United States, and the soldiers have their firm beliefs and are not afraid of death, so the combat effectiveness of Hydra troops is also extremely powerful.

Nevertheless, according to the original story, Hydra's many bases in Europe were still completely destroyed under the assault led by Captain America. It can also be seen that the effects of the super soldier serum is powerful, and the personal combat power of an individual will be superior to that of an army.

And even without Captain America, the allies would not let Hydra slip away. The only difference is the price to be paid in the process.

Shen Mo did not intend to lead Hydra to fight with the whole world. He is not Red Skull, nor Hitler. He does not have the ambition to rule over the world. Moreover, with Hydra's current power, it would also not be enough to fight against the whole world. Shen Mo is not that crazy and tries to blow up cities all over the world like Red Skull.

Here, he is just a passer-by. All he needs to do is to increase his strength enough for him to deal with the real crisis he's currently facing once he gets back, and to build his own power in the real world.

Under the alliance of world powers, Hitler will fail sooner or later, and Hydra would not escape the fate of it being destroyed. Shen Mo didn't plan to fight hard because naturally, he had other plans in mind.

In the base's control center, Shen Mo carefully looked at the map of Norway on the wall.

Norway is located at the northernmost part of Europe, west of Scandinavia, with a long and winding coastline from north to south. Although Norway has its superior geographical location, it has a weak national power, a simple domestic situation, and a population of less than three million. With the strength of Hydra, it can easily control the entire country in the dark.

The Scandinavian Mountains run through the entire Norway, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Arctic Ocean to the north. The mountains are steep and partly covered by glaciers. The other parts of it were close to the coast. There are also many hidden fjords that connect to the Atlantic Ocean. It was hard to find, so it was an ideal location to build a base.

Shen Mo was ready to give up more than half of the existing bases of Hydra and only retain the three most concealed and strategically located bases, including the Alps Headquarters, and re-establish a more concealed and larger base that was connected to the Atlantic Ocean underground headquarters.

With the incoming defeat of Germany, Hydra's many bases in Europe will soon be exposed. Rather than being destroyed by the Allies, it is better to give it up and preserve some of its strength.

Although the current Norwegian base is built on a mountain, it is close to the southeast and is not facing the sea. It does not have sufficient strategic depth and it was not fairly hidden.

After dispatching manpower to conduct field surveys, Shen Mo chose a steep mountain with an altitude of more than 1,800 meters near the west coast in the north of the mountain range.

To the east are rolling mountains covered with snow, and to the west are high cliffs and deep fjords. The base will be built in the depths of the mountain, using the hundreds of meters thick mountain to hide and protect the base. In addition to the concealed submarines and ship passages under the cliff in the fjord and the aircraft entrances hidden in the mountain wall, there will be several deep secret passages that are tens of meters underground that connect to hidden entrances from far away for personnel and material deliveries.

This top-secret base will serve as the new Hydra headquarters, accommodating the major core departments and most of the military forces of the whole Hydra organization. Its scale will far exceed other bases, as the entire project will be very large.

After selecting the most suitable location, large amount of resources and equipment began to be mobilized, along with a large number of capable personnel that were selected to secretly go to the depths of the northern mountains to start the construction of the top secret base in full swing.

At this time, Shen Mo met with Dr. Zola, the chief scientist of Hydra, an expert in biology and machinery and also Schmidt's right-hand man, who came from the Alps headquarters at the base control center. Of course, now he is Shen Mo's subordinate.

"Are all the equipment shipped? Dr. Zola" Shen Mo, who was sitting behind his desk asked coldly.

"All of the equipment for studying the Tesseract has arrived, the others should also be arriving soon." Dr. Zola stood in the field, a little at loss. He felt that the "Schmidt" standing in front of him who he hadn't seen for a while and was asking for the Tesseract's progress seemed to become even more unpredictable.

"Then immediately start your research, I hope to see the results as soon as possible, don't let me wait too long." Shen Mo's low and cold voice reached Dr. Zola's ears, making him shudder.

"Yes...Yes, I'll begin right away." Dr. Zola said, turning around and going out.

"You forgot this." Shen Mo pushed the box on the table forward and said in a cold voice. but he was a little helpless. Did he pretend to be a bit too much? Dr. Zola is his most important scientific researcher. He was not courageous, so he was easily frightened.

Shen Mo tried to put it into his space, but found out that it wasn't possible at all. It might be because it contains a more powerful power of space that exceeds his ability.

He can only bring Dr. Zola for further research. Because in the original story, he successfully transformed the energy from the Space Gem and developed a weapon that wields its energy.

After Dr. Zola went out holding the box, Shen Mo picked up a document on the table with the cover titled: "Super Soldier Project".

This is what Shen Mo is the most concerned about, as it was related to his safety after he returned to the real world.