I'm working on Marvel's Spider-Man in American comics.

Chapter 731 Preparing to Welcome Velasco!

Let's return to the Stark-Roxon War, a conflict involving numerous factions but without any direct combat. First, it's worth noting that the significant drop in electricity prices unexpectedly led to a decrease in the cost of living, and it seems likely that electricity prices will fall further if the fighting continues.

Furthermore, the war led to the bankruptcy of numerous power generation companies, which were forced to be acquired by the two companies. This is a classic case of the eldest and second eldest brothers fighting, and the third eldest being eliminated.

"This illustrates from one perspective how outrageous electricity prices are in the United States, and how much actual room there is for them to decrease."

Captain America looked at the newspaper, shook his head helplessly, and offered his opinion. Tony, however, saw it differently: "The massive drop in electricity prices is entirely due to the cost reduction and efficiency improvement of the Arc Reactor, Captain. Of course, the other side's electricity prices dropped because they have a huge amount of high-quality, low-cost oil; without these two factors, electricity prices wouldn't have come down. And considering that Malekith is actually completely untrustworthy, so—in reality, it's technological progress that has improved our lives."

"Hydra's technology is also very advanced, Tony. Technology itself doesn't mean it can help people."

Tony nodded casually. "Yeah, yeah, so technology needs to be in the hands of the right people. What a coincidence, I'm one of them."

Captain America was getting a little tired of arguing with Tony. Tony Stark was an unequivocal futurist who advocated starting to design technology for the next hundred years right now, and his ideas were heavily influenced by technological [**********]. Although he didn't believe that technological progress could solve all problems, Tony genuinely believed that it could solve most of them.

The two had argued several times already, but neither could convince the other. Therefore, the captain decided not to continue arguing. Just then, Tony received new information and excitedly raised an eyebrow: "Looks like the Ultimate Team brought the Demolition Team to Cube Prison, planning to give them some gamma upgrades?"

When the captain heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

"Isn't the gamma experiment very dangerous, with a high probability of causing death?"

"Yes, but first we need to confirm whether they are conducting gamma experiments. Banner and Pym have gone to investigate this matter, and we'll have the results soon. At times like these, I always feel like we're short-handed. Sometimes I even miss the days when Ultron was around—at least we had a few helpers."

That's what they say, but Tony definitely doesn't want Ultron to actually come back. It's better for Ultron to be dead; nobody hates him then.

The captain shook his head while looking at the newspaper, and still had time to ask about the others: "Where's Spider-Man? What's that kid doing? I haven't seen him at all."

"They say it's to deal with Velasco and Mephisto."

"Mephisto? The devil from Faust?"

Tony looked at the captain with considerable surprise: "I didn't know you actually read 'Faust'."
-
In preparation for dealing with Velasco, Strange brought his team to Kamar-Taj instead of the Sanctuary of the New York City. He spread out a rough map of Limbo in the hall and began to explain the situation.

"Our plan is this: Magik will trigger her demonic form and push her towards a state of uncontrolled madness to see if we can bring out her dark side and find out who is sending demons to Earth through the border of hell. Then, Iliana's sanity won't completely collapse; she will call for my help. At that time, Scarlet Witch and Lady Bloodstone will accompany me to help her."

Both Wanda and Elsa were bait prepared for Velasco. Velasco was a follower of Sythorn, who had always yearned to control chaos magic. Furthermore, Velasco needed five Bloodstones from Earth-616 to summon Sythorn, and he was missing one. This time, he would have a chance to obtain one. At least, Strange would make him believe so.

"Then comes the second layer, the open ambush, which will be left to Ghost Rider and the King. You will be responsible for temporarily restraining and attacking any Velasco that may appear."

After Strange finished speaking, Iliana volunteered to explain: "Although I became the Sorcerer Supreme of Limbo, I'm sorry, I have almost no control over Limbo. I really don't like that place..."

Strange picked up where Iliana left off: "While most demons won't defy the Sorcerer Supreme, we have to consider some special cases. Every dimension has its own powerful beings, and the control that Dimensional Gods and the Sorcerer Supreme have over a dimension is different. The Sorcerer Supreme's control is weaker, especially for beings like Magik who don't manage a dimension at all."

Iliana felt a little embarrassed, but she didn't refute it, after all, it was the truth, and now it seemed that all of this was largely due to her neglecting her duties at the Borderlands.

“In other words, we first throw out the bait, then deploy the visible ambush troops, making the enemy think that's the end of it.” Peter summarized Strange’s meaning: “And at that moment, we immediately strike to stop Velasco?”

Strange nodded, but Peter felt a little uneasy: "That's Velasco, a dimensional demon god. Can we beat him?"

"First of all, Velasco is no longer a dimensional demon god. Of course, he is still a powerful dark mage, just not as powerful as before."

Simply put, Strange didn't think there was any problem.

Peter continued to ponder, actively embellishing the entire plan. Currently, Peter still had many questions about the plan.

For example, no one has mentioned the strength of the demons on the border of hell who are preparing to rebel, or whether they will cause the entire plan to fail.

For example, Limbo isn't protected by a strong wall like Earth 616. Limbo is like a public toilet; anyone can come in. Even Iliana can only sense when someone enters Limbo.

So here's the question: following this logic, it's possible that Mephisto himself could actually reach the edge of Hell.

Peter then asked Strange, "Do you have any ideas on how to deal with Mephisto?"

Strange honestly replied to Peter, "I have a few ideas, but the problem is I can't put them into practice. Alright, folks, we're getting ready to head to Limbo. Let's go!"

"Let's show Velasco what we're made of!"

(End of this chapter)