An entire armored unit was annihilated by Lizardmen in plain sight. Adding insult to injury, the identities of the Lizardmen, who were former Navy SEALs, were leaked by opportunistic media outlets, leaving the Pentagon and the President reeling from public outrage and protests.
The Army's pathetic performance against the Lizardmen shattered the confidence of New York City's citizens.
Some residents began fleeing the Big Apple. Those who couldn't leave reduced their time outside. The once-bustling New York City began to show signs of decline.
Although the military knew the Lizardmen were likely hiding in the sewers, they were helpless.
New York City's sewer system was over a hundred years old. Years of repairs and expansions had created a labyrinthine underground network, even the original designers would get lost in.
After causing havoc on the surface, all the Lizardmen retreated into the sewers. The spacious and humid environment of the sewers was extremely comfortable for these Lizardmen, whose biology was shifting towards a reptilian state.
"Sir, we got it!"
Two Lizardmen carefully placed the stolen Gene Editing Device in front of Captain Johnson. The device was still stained with blood. They had just raided a laboratory at Columbia University Medical School.
The other Lizardmen had already set up the 35kW diesel generator and power lines. As the most elite special forces members on Earth, they had received the appropriate electrician training, which unexpectedly came in handy at this moment.
"Now, I've prepared everything you've asked for. Start manufacturing the Lizard Serum, ladies."
Captain Johnson's black scales were as dark as obsidian, reflecting the light. There wasn't a trace of emotion in his yellow-brown, vertical pupils, as he stared at Tessa and Gwen.
"What do you plan to do after you get the serum, turn ordinary people into Lizardmen and eat them?"
Gwen Stacy bravely met Captain Johnson's gaze. She had inherited many of her father's traits, and bravery was one of the most dazzling.
"No, we only eat the weak. If they are strong enough, I will give them the qualification to be our comrades."
Captain Johnson made a hissing sound, a characteristic of Lizardmen, from his throat. The human parts of him were diminishing, and even his mind was gradually shifting towards the alien. Human morality and laws were worthless to him.
Tessa tugged hard at Gwen's hand, signaling her not to do anything foolish.
"The Lizard Serum isn't a problem. We should be able to finish it in about two weeks. But after we've created the serum, I want you to let us go immediately. Otherwise, I won't make even a single dose for you."
She was stalling Captain Johnson. Tessa believed that Broly and Kayde would definitely come to rescue her. As long as she could survive, she would be able to wait for them.
"Why do you need two weeks? Colin Salmon clearly said it only takes thirty minutes. Are you trying to deceive me?!"
Captain Johnson's scales stood up on his back in anger. His cold, vertical pupils were chilling, and the sharp teeth in his mouth looked as if they were about to tear Tessa's delicate skin apart.
Tessa's heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to remain calm.
"This Gene Editing Device is different from the one at the Osborn Group. It's much less advanced. We need time to familiarize ourselves with it, and a lot of crucial experimental data is still at the Osborn Group. Recalculating everything will also take time. Two weeks is already the limit."
Captain Johnson's face showed a look of suspicion. He clearly didn't completely believe Tessa's explanation, but he had no other choice. Professor Connors and Dr. Ratha were both missing. The only ones who could create the Lizard Serum were the two high school girls in front of him.
He would inject them both with the Lizard Serum the moment it was created.
He steeled his resolve. Lizardmen were much easier to control than humans, at least they wouldn't have any strange stubbornness under the influence of an evil personality. They would actively submit under his pressure.
"I'll only give you ten days. I want to see the Lizard Serum in ten days, or I'll just pick one of you to eat."
A helicopter circled in the air, just one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s massive search teams. S.H.I.E.L.D. had assembled a fleet of over sixty helicopters at top speed. These helicopters were crudely equipped with airborne mobile radiation search systems.
This military-grade, high-power radiation search system could be used for α, β, γ, and neutron radiation measurements, i.e., to detect exposed radiation sources. S.H.I.E.L.D. borrowed them from the chemical defense forces and urgently sent them to North Dakota.
S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected that the Lizardmen had attacked the missile silos and stolen the missiles for the radiation source inside the warheads, so they used this search system to locate the potentially damaged warheads.
Peter Parker was in the helicopter cabin, his legs dangling out, watching the desolate prairie below fly by.
The experiences of the past few days felt like a dream to him. The grid search had been going on for six days with no results, and even these well-trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were starting to slack off.
Suddenly, the oscilloscope on the radiation search system began to shake violently, and strong residual radiation was detected in a grove of poplars below.
The helicopter didn't land, just hovered above the poplar forest.
Soon, several Quinjets appeared nearby, one remaining in the air for surveillance, while the others landed directly on the grassland outside the poplar forest.
Everyone was wearing isolation suits and gas masks to prevent inhalation of radioactive dust. Even Peter Parker and Bob Iger were no exception.
Although they possessed superhuman strength, they still couldn't withstand the damage from nuclear radiation.
Everyone was fully armed. Underneath their protective suits, they wore heavy body armor, and their weapons were no longer automatic rifles but shotguns and grenade launchers, which were more effective at stopping targets.
"From the sky, the radiation leak looks very serious. Large areas of trees have been killed by the radiation, but the radiation concentration detected by the measuring instruments isn't too high, not enough to cause such severe radiation pollution," Natasha Romanoff, "Black Widow," said, suspecting that the Lizardmen had absorbed the radiation.
"Everyone, be on high alert. We could run into the Lizardmen at any moment."
They cautiously entered the birch forest and quickly found the torn-open MK21 warhead. The warhead bore the marks of teeth, and the nuclear warhead inside was gone.
"Motherfucker, what kind of monster is this? It ate the warhead!"
A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent couldn't help but curse. In the center of the original woodland, a large pit had appeared. The bottom and edges of the pit showed signs of high-temperature ablation, with even crystalline substances present.
The outline of the pit was strikingly similar to a Lizardman, but this Lizardman's size was excessive. Without including the tail, its body length already exceeded three meters.
Inside the pit, the radiation levels suddenly began to spike.
Natasha Romanoff's expression turned extremely grim. During the missile silo raid, this Lizardman's size was definitely not so exaggerated, at most just over two meters. Evidently, after eating the nuclear warhead, its size had expanded dramatically.
The radiation source was practically like food for it; it was still growing!
"This is definitely not a Lizardman. What kind of monster is this? Immediately contact the Director, have him issue an alert, and have all nuclear power plants, as well as the security forces protecting ballistic missiles, increase their vigilance. The monster is very likely to attack again!"
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