Prepare the weapon you want to test, I'll be there in a while," Zhou Ye said, hanging up the communication.
"Hmm—should I try the power of [Masquerade]?" Nina bit her lower lip, hesitating, "Forget it, I'll take it with me. If the enemy is strong, I'll test the power of [Masquerade]."
On the other side, Zhou Ye had just put away the communication when he saw Betty's inquisitive gaze. "Who exactly is it? To actually have Nina test her armor? Is it related to the phone call Dad just received?"
"Yeah!" Zhou Ye smiled and kissed Betty on the cheek, saying: "Do you remember the green guy I told you about?"
"Are you talking about that ugly monster that can't be killed?" Betty covered her small mouth in surprise. You have to know that in Zhou Ye's description, that thing is said to be incredibly powerful.
"Uh—!" Zhou Ye was a little speechless. If he hadn't intercepted it, Betty would probably have become the first love of that unkillable ugly monster she mentioned... But forget it, since I've already intercepted it, I won't think so much about it. "That's right, it's him..."
"Then... can Nina really beat him?" Betty began to worry about her best friend. When Zhou Ye told them about the Hulk, he simply used his ability to see the future as a reason to briefly explain the Hulk's story... They didn't know who the Hulk originally was.
"Don't worry, although the Hulk is very powerful, Nina's machine armor is not weak either..." Zhou Ye said, adding in his mind, especially after Nina took away a lot of my X metal...
The two talked and ate, and soon, dinner was over... Zhou Ye directly drove Betty back to her home, and then bought a pizza at the best old pizza shop recommended by Betty in the city. After that, he found a deserted alley, opened the portal, and walked in.
"Honey..." Zhou Ye had just walked out of the portal when he was pounced on by a soft body. Nina gave Zhou Ye a deep, suffocating kiss with her mint-flavored small mouth.
"Nina, darling, are you planning to go out in this outfit?" Zhou Ye held the pizza box in one hand and supported Nina's little upturned butt, who was riding on him, with the other hand, and said dissatisfiedly.
Nina was wearing a sports vest on her upper body and sports shorts on her lower body. The image was incredibly sexy, and the two little white rabbits on top seemed to be about to burst out...
"What's wrong with wearing this? I always wear this at home..." Nina said, snatching the pizza box from Zhou Ye's hand, tearing open the packaging, grabbing a piece of sliced pizza, and eating it voraciously.
"I don't want you to go out dressed like this..." Zhou Ye said, directly shouting: "Anna, bring your young lady's sportswear."
"Okay, sir." Nina's electronic butler Anna replied. You have to know that in the permission list, Zhou Ye has the same permissions as her young lady.
"Okay, okay... old-fashioned..." Although Nina complained about Zhou Ye like this, she was actually very happy in her heart. After all, she knew that her man was jealous... In Zhou Ye's occasional words, it was, our things are not for others to see.
"Don't panic, there's still time..." Zhou Ye looked at Nina, who was gobbling down the food, and couldn't help but pat her on the back, he was really afraid that his woman would choke.
After finishing the battle in a few bites, Nina opened a bottle of water and drank it, saying: "Let's go, honey."
"No problem, but you have to change your clothes first." Zhou Ye wouldn't fall for that...
"Tch, I couldn't fool you..." Nina complained while quickly changing her clothes. In fact, she didn't change much, but directly put on the sports jacket on the outside. "It's okay now, let's go..."
"Okay, baby." Seeing that Nina had changed her clothes, Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction, directly raised his hand, and a portal spun open. On the other side of the portal was the scene of the New Mexico desert. "Are your things ready, baby?"
"I've been ready for a long time, this time I'm going to test it properly." Nina said, directly holding Zhou Ye's arm and stepping across the portal.
New Mexico Desert— — — — — — — —
As soon as Nina crossed the portal holding Zhou Ye, she felt the temperature drop sharply and couldn't help but arch into her man's arms, "Honey, where is the target you mentioned..."
"Just wait here, he'll be here soon." Zhou Ye said affirmatively, because he had already heard the voice.
"That's right, I also feel so cold." Nina said, directly pressing a few times on her left wrist. Soon, the watch on Nina's left wrist, which looked full of science fiction, spread towards her arm like metal scales... In just three seconds, Nina was wearing a full of technological sense of steel armor...
As Zhou Ye's woman, since Nina knows that Umbrella has space compression technology, how could she not use it on her armor? She always believes that what's yours is mine, and I'm all yours... This is the way to get along with her man without distinguishing between you and me.
"Honey, why hasn't the target you mentioned come yet?" After Nina put on the armor, she turned on the biological scan, but still found nothing. In this desert, except for the scorpions and sand rats under the sand, there were no other living things.
"Don't worry, he'll come... soon..." Zhou Ye patiently comforted Nina, who couldn't wait to test her armor. At this moment, Zhou Ye's ears twitched, and he smiled at his Nina baby, who was always in the south: "Look, he's here."
"Where, where..." Nina
Looking in the direction Zhou Ye was pointing—but besides a piece of darkness, she couldn't see anything, "Anna, turn on night vision mode, turn on infrared mode, connect to the Umbrella satellite, turn on data chain sharing mode."
"Okay, Miss…" Anna's voice echoed directly within the armor's space. Soon, Nina saw a figure like a flea, not because he was small, but because this guy really jumped incredibly high like a flea. "He really came…"
Chapter 628
"Honey, I'm going…" Nina said, activating the armor's jet propulsion device, flying towards the leaping Green Giant with a sonic boom… The distance between the two was a full two miles, but one was rapidly leaping towards this side like a flea, while the other directly took off and charged towards the opponent. In the blink of an eye, the two met in mid-air.
"Hi, big guy… how about trying this firework?" As Nina's voice sounded, two miniature electromagnetic cannons opened on each side of her shoulders. With the flashing of electric light, four thumb-sized electromagnetic projectiles were directly ejected from the gun barrels at an initial velocity of 11,000 meters per second—
"Bang—!" Four small sonic boom clouds formed behind the electromagnetic projectiles.
"Aww—!" The Green Giant Hulk only felt a jolt in his limbs, an unprecedented severe pain assailing him from all four limbs… "Ahhhhh…"
Rage—Anger—Extreme anger, Hulk had never been so angry. His eyes were already bloodshot, and the great pain made him unable to help but roar to the sky…
However, it was useless. Hulk, who had jumped to the highest point with no place to borrow strength, was directly knocked down by Nina's electromagnetic cannon…
And Nina couldn't continue to pursue, because the recoil of the electromagnetic cannon made her figure in mid-air somewhat unstable… As for why she ruthlessly attacked the Green Giant as soon as she came up? A very simple reason… She believed in her man, and for women… appearance is justice. You can't expect a cute girl to have any good feelings for the Green Giant, whose appearance is on the same level as an Alien. Just look at the Green Giant's appearance… Even Zhou Ye couldn't stand it.
It took a lot of effort for Nina to stabilize her figure in mid-air. There was a reason why electromagnetic cannons were used on large warships. After all, Newton's three laws of physics were not so easy to violate. Without a heavy base, just relying on the thrusters on Nina's armor, fighting was really a bit difficult…
"Miss, energy reserves have dropped to eighty percent…"
"Anna, activate the backup spatial giant Ark reactor to replenish energy."
"The backup energy device has been activated. Energy is expected to recover in ten seconds… Energy reserves have been restored."
Hearing her electronic butler Anna's words, Nina smiled slightly. In fact, she could also enter a linked mode for full power output, but that would be too damaging to the spatial giant Ark reactor, which would sharply reduce the lifespan of the giant reactor. So, she was now using a small Ark reactor to maintain the armor's daily operation, while the large spatial Ark reactor obtained from Umbrella was used for daily charging and energy replenishment during combat.
In fact, Zhou Ye only provided her with a palm-sized spatial container large enough to accommodate the giant Ark reactor. The giant Ark reactor was installed and debugged by Nina herself, guiding Umbrella's internal personnel…
Standing in mid-air, Nina realized that she had been standing here for almost a minute. Why hadn't that green-skinned monster rushed up yet? Could it be that… the guy was killed by her electromagnetic cannon? Impossible, since her man said she could test it to her heart's content, it meant that this guy wasn't so easy to kill.
"Anna, turn on the life sign search and let me see where that guy is hiding…"
"Infrared search device has been activated—"
At this moment, Hulk's heart below was collapsing… His limbs were broken at the joints by the electromagnetic projectiles. Although he also had recovery abilities, his recovery ability was not the super recovery ability of Wolverine after all… Small injuries were okay, but major wounds that injured bones and tendons would take some time.
"Ah ah… Hulk will kill you… You hurt Hulk." Even lying on the ground unable to move, the Green Giant was still roaring non-stop. His anger had exploded…
More than a minute later, the bones in Hulk's broken limbs finally healed. Ignoring the still bleeding wounds, he roared and kicked his legs, rushing towards the figure in the sky who had just knocked him down. "Ahhhhh—!"
Nina, who was looking down to find Hulk's whereabouts, didn't notice at all that Hulk had jumped over from behind her. By the time her electronic butler Anna reminded her, it was already too late… Her ankle had been grabbed by Hulk's hand.
"Not good…" Zhou Ye said, and his whole person instantly appeared behind Nina. Just as he was about to punch Hulk unconscious, Nina moved.
"Million volts…" With Nina's scream, her armor, like a giant light bulb that had been electrified, emitted a dazzling light. In this light, streams of arm-thick electric current roamed all over her body, instantly repelling Hulk's hand that was grabbing her ankle, causing him to fall again.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Ye stopped his rescue action. He knew that this was Nina's ultimate skill specially used to defend against being approached, and it seemed to work well.
"Ah ah ah… disgusting me to death…" Apart from Zhou Ye and her father, Nina, who had never been touched by other men, felt like she was about to be disgusted to death by this green-skinned monster… She was already hysterical.
How terrible is a hysterical woman? Zhou Ye would soon find out.
"Anna, activate the [Masquerade] plan…"
"Okay, Miss, which module combination do you want to summon?"
"Activate the international chess module, summon [Queen]!"
Yes, Miss." As Anna's response faded, a satellite in near-Earth orbit, marked with the Umbrella Corporation's logo, slowly opened its front section. Then, activating its propulsion system, a shuttle-shaped container descended towards Anna in mid-air at eight times the speed of sound. In less than a minute, it reached the airspace where Nina was, hovering two hundred meters above her.
Meanwhile, Nina had already flown to an altitude of over a thousand meters, watching the hideous green-skinned monster below jump and roar incessantly, unable to reach her...
However, she was far from happy. Seeing that her equipment had arrived, she directly instructed Anna: "Activate the linking mode, initiate the [Empress] external equipment docking sequence..."
"As you wish, Miss." Following Anna's words, the spatial equipment container floating not far from Nina, like a treasure chest, rapidly ejected mechanical parts one by one.
Under Anna's control, these ejected parts activated their independent propulsion systems one after another, automatically flying to Nina's side. With a series of clanging sounds as the interfaces connected, a seemingly slender and elegant white mecha completely covered Nina's Iron Man armor in three minutes.
This pure white, feminine mecha, although appearing slender, had a height of fifteen meters. The ribbon-like objects floating on its shoulders were actually electromagnetic railgun pods composed of one hundred and sixty drones, and the winged crucifix scepter in its right hand was an even more powerful weapon.
Nina intended to give this ugly thing that had startled her a lesson it would never forget.
Chapter 629
Having completed her full armament, Nina directly commanded: "Lock onto that green-skinned monster and open fire with everything we've got!"
"Miss, at this rate, the reserve energy won't be enough..." Anna reminded her.
Already in a hysterical state, Nina ordered without hesitation: "Then activate the energy link to the spatial ark reactor..."
"This will reduce the lifespan of the large ark reactor. Confirm activation, Miss?"
"Activate, activate..." Nina was already hysterical; she didn't care about anything else. Her only thought was to eliminate this disgusting green-skinned monster. The Empress configuration was specifically designed for long-range strikes, and there were also the [Castle] module for close combat, the [Warhorse] module for speed combat, and so on... Of course, other configurations would not be introduced here one by one.
"Very well, Miss..." As Anna's voice faded, a loud buzzing sound echoed throughout the night sky. Immediately, the electromagnetic railgun pods behind Nina's [Empress] mecha emitted a dazzling electric glow, and the entire [Empress] mecha assembly was fully charged.
"Aim all long-range weapons at that green-skinned monster and open fire!" With Nina's command, the armor on the [Empress]'s body and leg guards opened to the sides, revealing rows of small missiles. Without the slightest hesitation, the missiles ignited one by one, rapidly smashing towards the green giant below...
The one hundred and sixty electromagnetic drone cannons floating on both sides of the [Empress]'s shoulders also began to unleash their power. With flashes of electricity, electromagnetic projectiles shot out rapidly along pre-calculated trajectories, avoiding the small missiles.
The muffled thuds of the electromagnetic drone cannons firing resounded continuously, and Nina's vision was quickly obscured by sonic booms.
Meanwhile, the green giant below, frantically searching for something to throw, was in a tragic situation... With the familiar muffled thuds, he couldn't help but panic. He hadn't forgotten the immense pain he had just suffered. He quickly rolled and jumped around... Although he did manage to dodge a few electromagnetic projectiles, more shells and missiles still struck his body...
Obviously, the green skin on his body couldn't stop these projectiles fired at an initial velocity of 11,000 meters per second. Soon... he was riddled with holes... However, he was not dead yet, still roaring desperately. As the green giant's anger increased, his recovery speed seemed to accelerate...
"Ahhh... Die, die, die..." Nina, already in a hysterical state, saw that this ugly thing still wouldn't die, and screamed in anger. She gripped the bottom of the scepter with both hands. With her movements, countless linking devices extended from the mechanical arms and merged with the scepter, providing it with enormous energy. The head of the scepter also began to emit a blinding light... "Ahhh—die!"
"Holy crap..." Zhou Ye was startled by Nina's action. He knew that the scepter in Nina's hand was something she called the Staff of Annihilation, which was no ordinary item. It was a miniaturized product of the Umbrella Annihilation Cannon... If Nina actually hit the Earth, his women on Earth would be finished...
But at this point, it was obviously too late to stop Nina. Helpless, Zhou Ye could only accept his fate and rush up to block the shot...
"Alas, such a hard life." With this sigh, Zhou Ye's figure instantly appeared on the path of the blood-red light emitted by the Annihilation Cannon, raising one hand high to block the light that was enough to destroy the Earth.
"Miss, your Staff of Annihilation hit Mr...." Anna kindly reminded her.
"What..." This immediately woke Nina from her hysterical state. She hurriedly stopped the action of transmitting energy to the Staff of Annihilation and looked down... Sure enough, her Annihilation Beam had hit her own man. Nina's heart was breaking, and she cried out: "Darling... Darling, how are you... Don't scare me..."
"I'm fine, I just feel a little hot in the palm of my hand..." Zhou Ye didn't want his woman to worry. Besides, although the Annihilation Cannon was very powerful, it couldn't do anything to him, after all, he had already obtained the Infinity Power Stone... This was the best item for enhancing physical strength and defense.
"Alright, honey, that's enough..." Zhou Ye said as he descended to the side of the green giant, who had been beaten into a pulp and was still howling madly. He lifted his foot and struck the guy's temple.
Instantly, the whole world was quiet. The green giant became a green giant who had fainted... "This thing is still useful to keep... Although it's a bit of a chicken rib, it's good to add some genetic reserves..."
At this time, Nina also floated down, swaying. Despite the fact that Nina's [Empress] mecha was fifteen meters tall when fully armed, the sound of her landing was not loud at all...
That's because this set of accessories is loaded with an anti-gravity device, so although Nina's size has increased, her flexibility has actually improved... As for why her personal mech, the Mark series, wasn't loaded with an anti-gravity device? The fact is that even after miniaturization, the Mark series can't carry that set of devices...
"Ka Ka Ka..." With a burst of mechanical sounds, Nina quickly jumped out of her mech and rushed directly to her man's side, nervously touching Zhou Ye's body with her hands. "Darling, are you really okay? Where does it hurt? Don't hold back..."
"I'm really okay... Nina, baby," Zhou Ye said while calling the Umbrella emergency team on his personal terminal.
However—before the emergency team he was waiting for arrived, his two personal maids arrived. "Master, you didn't call us again when you went out this time..."
"Cough cough... I thought I could be back soon, and it wasn't anything important anyway..." Zhou Ye explained awkwardly to Qiu and Zi:
It seems that this time he forgot to bring Qiu and Zi again. Zhou Ye couldn't help but think helplessly—habit kills!
"It seems we have to follow you closely in the future..." Qiu and Zi exchanged helpless glances. Facing a master who is so often used to being alone and who opens a portal to cross realms at the slightest disagreement, even if they have teleportation abilities, they are a little overwhelmed. After all, their teleportation abilities also have distance limitations and cannot cross realms... This is truly a sad story.
While everyone was talking, more than a dozen large stealth shuttles landed vertically beside them. More than a dozen teams of soldiers wearing Umbrella emergency unit uniforms ran down from above. They came to Zhou Ye's side and looked at Zhou Ye with extremely fanatical eyes. "Long live the Overlord, long live Umbrella!"
"Mm..." Zhou Ye nodded and then ordered: "Pack up this big guy on the ground and send him directly to the Umbrella Central Biological Laboratory. I'm very curious as to what caused him to mutate like this... Also, keep an eye on him and use special escort... I don't want such good experimental material to run away."
"Yes, Overlord." The leader of the emergency unit saluted and then started using his personal terminal to apply to his superiors for the special escort procedure.
Chapter 630
Soon, the emergency unit's application was approved by Red Queen. After all, Zhou Ye was there, and Red Queen knew what was going on after a little thought.
Soon, a team of special escort officers, whose genes were injected with teleportation genes from birth, were teleported to everyone. After they respectfully saluted their Overlord, they took out the x-metal restraints they carried and handcuffed the hands and feet of the Hulk, who had recovered to almost full strength. Then, after saluting their Overlord again, they teleported to Umbrella's central laboratory located on an unnamed island.
There, the Hulk will spend his tragic remaining years... The rich rely on technology, and the poor rely on mutation, but mutation is dangerous, the danger of death and the danger of being sliced up... Obviously, Dr. Banner survived the danger of death but did not escape the danger of being sliced up.
Zhou Ye has never liked the Hulk...
If you ask which hero in Marvel Zhou Ye likes the most? He will tell you without hesitation, Captain America.
If you ask him which one he hates the most? Then Zhou Ye will also tell you without hesitation, the Hulk.
Not only is he ugly and not cute, but he also took so many good cabbages, of course Zhou Ye doesn't like him... Although his cabbage has already been intercepted by Zhou Ye, this doesn't prevent Zhou Ye from continuing to dislike him.
Not to mention the green-skinned hero who is destined to be tragic, let's just talk about the emergency unit left in place.
The green-skinned hero was escorted away, but this doesn't mean that the emergency unit has nothing to do. They still have a lot of things to do, such as cleaning up the traces left in the desert and disassembling Nina's [Queen] components... The emergency unit itself has support, battlefield cleanup, force deterrence, and trace removal, so they are naturally familiar with these tasks.
Soon, the fifteen-meter-high [Queen] mech was dismantled into components of various sizes, together with the space teleportation device, and loaded onto the emergency unit's shuttle. They will transport these things to Umbrella's logistics unit, where these components will be thoroughly inspected and reloaded into the space teleportation device, and then reloaded onto a satellite in near-Earth orbit by an aerospace shuttle, waiting for their mistress Nina's next summons.
"Darling, it's so good to have you..." Watching the ground being quickly cleaned up, Nina couldn't help but pounce into her man's arms. If it weren't for her man's Umbrella Corporation's technological support and logistical support, relying on her own research? She estimates that it would be difficult to reach this level in a few decades. Moreover, just using the [Queen] once looks very enjoyable, but the cleanup work afterwards can be troublesome to death. Without a professional logistics team, it would definitely kill her. Even with Stark Industries, she is not sure if the money in her hands is enough for her to toss around like this a few times...
"Okay, if you want to thank me, then... again..." Zhou Ye said, whispering something in Nina's ear.
"Ah... no... darling, I'll die..." Nina's face was almost red, and she was already a little weak in the legs just from hearing what her man said...
"As punishment for your defeat in today's first battle..."
"But I clearly beat that green-skinned monster like that..." Nina said somewhat unwillingly.
"The biggest taboo in battle is to lose your mind, obviously... hehe, so you can't escape this punishment, Nina, baby..." Zhou Ye said, directly opening the portal and walking in with Nina, who was already a little weak in the legs.
"It seems tonight will be a wonderful night." Zi and Qiu smiled at each other and followed.
This desert returned to calm again, and all the pits and bullet marks on the ground were cleaned up, as if there had never been a war here.
Two hours later...
General Ross and Glenn Talbot, who rushed back to the base overnight by helicopter, found that they had completely lost track of the Hulk...
Although a brief high-energy reaction had been detected by satellite in the desert five hundred miles away, they were told that the Umbrella Corporation was testing its new weapons there. As for green-skinned monsters? Never seen them... What weapons were being tested? Military secrets, can't say.
As one of the US military's arms suppliers, the Umbrella Corporation certainly had this right, and their application for a test site had long been approved, leaving General Ross helpless...
This is what it means to have someone in the court who can get things done, especially since those personnel are a clone army loyal to Umbrella. They could get such documents approved as early as they wanted, ensuring no one could investigate.
"Damn it... there must be something wrong with those Umbrella Corporation weapons testing plans," Glenn said unwillingly. He was actually just venting his anger because Betty's boyfriend, Zhou Ye, said he was with the Umbrella Corporation. If he didn't shift the blame now, when would he?
"..." General Ross glanced at the guy, not saying a word... Sometimes, you don't know too much until you reach a certain point. Obviously, Glenn, just a colonel, didn't know the horror of the Umbrella Corporation, but General Ross did... This corporation could be said to be an old American corporation, its history dating back to World War II.
"General, I request a military search warrant to block off that area and search it..." Glenn said unwillingly. In his eyes, the Umbrella Corporation was just a large corporation...
"If you want to die, go apply for it yourself, don't drag me down." General Ross was already somewhat dissatisfied with this ignorant fellow. He dared to provoke the Umbrella Corporation with his small stature? What a joke! With a word from them, this guy would immediately be transferred to a war zone as a military observer... Maybe he would be 'sacrificed' in a few days...
General Ross didn't want to pay attention to this guy whose mind had been muddled. He used to think highly of this guy. He turned his head and walked towards the office outside the base's simple airfield... He was now starting to consider whether he was really meddling too much in his daughter's affairs... How could he have been so dizzy before as to want to introduce such a guy to his daughter?
"General, wait for me..." Glenn saw that his future father-in-law was leaving and hurriedly chased after him. As he ran, he didn't even notice that a Mexican sculpture wood scorpion, the size of a fist, had climbed onto his foot at the bottom of his trouser leg... As soon as the scorpion climbed up, it unhesitatingly plunged the stinger at the end of its tail fiercely into his ankle, causing him to cry out in pain instantly. "Ah, what is it..."
A soldier behind him shone a tactical flashlight over... "My God, such a big Mexican sculpture wood scorpion?"
"Ah... save me... save me... I don't want to die..." Glenn also recognized this poisonous scorpion known as the desert killer... He had already begun to panic...
"Quick, get him on the helicopter, there's no special serum in the base..." General Ross hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him, not caring about being angry anymore.
"But, General, the helicopter needs to be refueled..." The helicopter pilot, who had just flown the plane, said with some embarrassment:
"What about the other helicopters?" General Ross asked sternly. A colonel killed by a poisonous scorpion in a desert base? This would be a big scandal, and he didn't want to take the blame.
"The other helicopters are undergoing routine maintenance and won't be available until tomorrow..." A sergeant in charge of maintaining the helicopters at the airport said cautiously.
"Then refuel quickly, hurry..."
With General Ross's stern shout, all the soldiers on the simple tarmac moved... Some went to drive the fuel truck, and some went to open the helicopter's fuel tank...
At this moment, Glenn Talbot only felt that he was having difficulty breathing, and the frequency of his heartbeat was also accelerating involuntarily... "I... I don't want to die... I haven't gotten married yet... I don't want to die..."
"What a disgrace to the American military..." Ross looked at this embarrassing guy and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He went directly to the oil depot to urge the oil truck...
Chapter 631
With General Ross's departure, only Glenn Talbot, waiting to be sent to a hospital outside the base for rescue, was left on the entire helicopter.
At this time, Glenn Talbot was not feeling well either. He only felt that the scenery in front of him seemed to be getting more and more blurred... "I don't want to die..."
"Mr. Glenn, my dear asked me to send his regards to you..." A woman in black appeared abruptly in front of Glenn, her appearance so abrupt yet so natural, as if she had always been there.
Although Glenn Talbot's vision was a bit blurry, he could still tell that this was an extremely beautiful woman. "You... your... dear... who is it?"
"My dear... hehe, naturally it's the Umbrella Corporation, the supreme master..." As the woman spoke, her beautiful eyes sparkled, indescribably charming, like a young girl showing off her lover. Seeing Glenn Talbot's pale face still with a puzzled expression, the woman touched her forehead and said: "Oh, right, I forgot to say my dear's name. Remember it well, I'll only say it once, my dear's name is Zhou Ye."
"Is... is him...?" Glenn couldn't help but glare, he already felt that this seemingly accidental thing didn't seem to be an accident...
"So, rest in peace, no one who has been stung by a wood scorpion has ever survived..." As the woman spoke, she slightly raised her right hand, and on the palm of her right hand lay a hideous scorpion, the Mexican sculpture wood scorpion the size of a fist that had just stung Glenn. This was a mutant species specially cultivated by Umbrella... It had the characteristics of being highly venomous, fast-acting, and secretly acting...
"You... you..." Glenn Talbot gasped laboriously, tremblingly raised his right hand, pointed at the girl, desperately trying to say something, but the venom had already attacked his heart, and he felt that he could no longer breathe. In the end, he didn't say anything, and his arm fell weakly... He had closed his mouth forever.
"What an easy task..." The woman said, stretching slightly, and with her movements, the graceful figure under the black tights was undoubtedly exposed... This woman was Zhou Ye's woman, his shadow guard—Ying Yi.
As Zhou Ye's shadow guard, Ying Yi naturally had to eliminate any targets who were hostile to her man as soon as possible. But acting in the restaurant was obviously not a wise choice, so she followed Glenn Talbot all the way back to the base and made everything look like an accident. Although it was a bit hard, Ying Yi was happy to do it. For her, this was her reason for existence. If her man had to do everything himself, what value would she have?
"Sigh, after running with them all night, it's time to go back. I wonder how my dear will reward me...? I'm really looking forward to it...?" As Ying Yi's voice gradually disappeared, she turned into a black mist and disappeared instantly from beside Glenn Talbot's corpse.
Meanwhile, after the helicopter was refueled and ready for takeoff, the others discovered that Glenn Talbot had already kicked the bucket... The final autopsy revealed that Glenn Talbot had an allergic constitution and lacked natural antibodies against the hemotoxic venom of these scorpions... So, it was all just an accident. But that's another story for another time.
—California—Malibu—Nina's villa [City of Freedom].
In the large upstairs bedroom, Nina had been thoroughly punished by Zhou Ye and was babbling incoherently. This was where the benefits of having Zhou Ye's personal maids became apparent. Qiu and Zi rushed forward without hesitation to rescue their mistress Nina, even though they would pay a price for it.
The horns of battle sounded once more...
Just then, a cloud of black mist suddenly appeared behind Zhou Ye, who seemed completely oblivious as he continued to punish his two disobedient little maids...
"My dear, Glenn Talbot is no more..." The black mist quickly solidified into a human form, hugging Zhou Ye from behind and pressing her small face against him, saying with a face full of emotion, "What's my reward, darling...?"
"That's excellent news." Zhou Ye smiled slightly upon hearing Ying Yi's words, pulling her in front of him. "You'll get your reward right now..."
Zhou Ye was usually willing to reason with people, but... there were some bottom lines that could not be crossed. One of them was anyone who dared to make advances towards his women... That was absolutely, positively unforgivable. Glenn Talbot's intentions were so obvious during the dinner party, how could Zhou Ye let him off the hook?
Leaving aside Zhou Ye's wild escapades with Nina... let's temporarily shift our focus to Washington, D.C., to a certain secret base of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sharon Carter finally finished watching a satellite video that her subordinates had just sent over, rubbing her temples with a headache... "Sigh, Nina is really making a mess... Doesn't she know that this..."
"So what?" Natasha, standing beside Sharon with her arms crossed, said nonchalantly, "Anyway, we have people in Congress, even the President is one of us. What are you afraid of?"
"The problem is... we're not the only ones with satellites in space..." Sharon said with a headache. "At least three countries' satellites passed over that area at the same time. Don't tell me their satellites are blind and can't see Nina's conspicuous mechanical armor over New Mexico. They've probably already activated their sleeper agents here to investigate the cause of the incident over New Mexico..."
"So what if they have? Unless they want to start a nuclear war, won't they still have to play by the rules?" Having been raised by Zhou Ye since she was young, Natasha knew Umbrella's strength better than anyone. She wasn't afraid of starting a nuclear war at all. "Besides, isn't S.H.I.E.L.D. specifically in charge of this? If all else fails, we can just recruit Little Nina too. It's the perfect time to launch the [Avengers Initiative]..."
"But the World Security Council has been using the excuse that the world is peaceful to constantly cut our S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget..." Sharon said, feeling even more of a headache. She used to think it was so cool when her aunt was in charge, but why is it that everything is going wrong when it's her turn?
"You're just too soft-hearted..." Natasha shook her head helplessly. "Have you forgotten something that Darling often says? Once the birds are all shot down, the bow is put away; once the rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked..."
"Please speak English..." Sharon wasn't completely ignorant of Chinese, but she had trouble understanding overly concise idioms.
"It means that after all the birds have been shot down, even the best bow and arrow will be put away in the armory. And after the rabbit dies, the hunter might eat the hunting dog next," Natasha said. "So, we need to let those idiots on the World Security Council know that the world isn't that safe, and they still need S.H.I.E.L.D."
"What should we do?" Sharon Carter didn't doubt Natasha's words. Although they shared the same man, Natasha had been raised by him since she was young... She admitted that she couldn't compare to Natasha when it came to understanding her man's internal power structure.
"Watch me..." Natasha said, directly activating her personal terminal. After pressing a few buttons, Ophelia's image appeared in front of the two women.
Chapter 632
"Little Natasha, what brings you to Auntie Ophelia today??" Ophelia looked at the two women with a smile, as if she had discovered a new toy, causing Natasha to roll her eyes and become speechless...
The issue of seniority between the two was extremely complicated... It couldn't be helped. From Zhou Ye's perspective, the two were sisters... But there was also a bit of dark history between them.
When Little Natasha was still young, Zhou Ye had taken her to meet Ophelia, and Ophelia had used snacks and toys to entice her to call her Auntie Ophelia...
But as Little Natasha grew older and understood the relationship between Ophelia and Zhou Ye, she never called Ophelia Auntie again. After all... cough cough, I won't go into detail here. It's all Zhou Ye's fault in the end.
"Sister Ophelia..." Natasha naturally knew that Ophelia was teasing her, and she didn't mind. Besides, she needed her help now. "Isn't it time for the Hydra under your command to wake up from hibernation? The world is almost forgetting the prestige of Hydra."
"Why wake up now?" Ophelia smiled slightly, propping up her rosy cheeks with interest, looking at Natasha with a half-smile and saying, "I think it's good now. Although we're not making a big splash, Hydra has used the power of capital to control many institutions that we used to have to pay a huge price to control. Isn't that good? Just like Darling said, 'You're in me, and I'm in you,' that's the way to go..."
"Okay..." Natasha sighed helplessly. She knew that when facing her nominal sister, all her tricks were useless. Honesty was the best policy, but she still had to use her darling as a shield. "I admit, S.H.I.E.L.D. is in trouble... The World Security Council is cutting S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget under various pretexts..."
"So... what does that have to do with our Hydra?" Ophelia asked, unmoved.
"Darling Sister Ophelia..." Natasha knew that her sister wouldn't help without getting something in return. "You need to know... although there's no obvious mark, S.H.I.E.L.D. also belongs to Darling... Moreover, it's not that we're afraid of S.H.I.E.L.D. being disbanded, but we're most afraid of those guys using the budget as a big knife to tear S.H.I.E.L.D. apart, even kicking us out of S.H.I.E.L.D. That troublemaker agent Maria Hill is prepared for their plan... Don't tell me you can't see that."
This is a bit tricky…" Natasha had already made herself so clear, Ophelia could no longer pretend not to care. After all, no matter how they argued or fought internally, it was all a matter of the Zhou family. If internal strife allowed external forces to interfere and seize the territory that originally belonged to their own man, it would be a bit unreasonable.
Although losing the position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn't mean much to Zhou Ye, with the strength of the Umbrella Corporation, he could take it back in minutes. But Ophelia knew how much her man valued his reputation. Being undermined from behind when holding an absolute advantage would be too embarrassing. Her man would definitely throw a tantrum.
What would happen if Zhou Ye threw a tantrum? ———— Ophelia felt a spasm all over her body just imagining it, not out of fear… but stimulated by the feeling in her memory. It was a method that made her love him to the extreme and yet be extremely ashamed…
"Alright… for my darling, how do you want me to cooperate?" Ophelia had no choice but to soften. After all, she was the one who least wanted her darling to be angry. Besides, she really wanted to create a big news story recently.
"Anything will do…" Natasha smiled slightly. The fact that she had won a round against her sister made her feel very happy. Although she had won by flaunting her own man's tiger skin, a victory was a victory. For Natasha, who had been fighting with Ophelia for many years and still lost more often than she won, it was enough to make her beam with joy. "As long as Hydra revives again, and we prove that S.H.I.E.L.D. really has a reason to exist, then our goal will be achieved."
"Coincidentally, I'm planning to create a big incident in Africa recently." Ophelia said her thoughts without the slightest hesitation. After all, they were sisters, and their fights were just minor squabbles. Just like the awkwardness between sisters, she believed that her sister would not betray her plan.
"Africa? What is there in Africa that is worth your Hydra's attention?" Natasha was a little unable to react for a moment. After all, Africa was too poor, so poor that it was already registered internationally.
"Of course there is. Natasha, have you forgotten the mysterious African kingdom of Wakanda?" Sharon Carter, the current Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who was sitting next to Natasha, reminded her.
"Wakanda? Sister, are you plotting to seize their vibranium?" Natasha suddenly realized.
"Little Carter is still smart, much stronger than your aunt…" Ophelia praised Sharon with a smile, and then said to Natasha with a look of disappointment: "Useless sister, didn't you hear me say that I want to create a big incident? Although those vibranium are precious, they are not worth me creating a big incident for that thing…"
"If it's not vibranium, then what is it?" Natasha asked somewhat puzzled.
"Don't you… want to have a baby for our darling?" Ophelia asked quietly.
"Yes, I dream of it… But, didn't darling say…" Hearing Ophelia's words, Natasha and Sharon's beautiful eyes lit up. As women, how could they not want to give birth to children for Zhou Ye, but… there was really no way. "Could it be that Wakanda has the technology to solve the problem that darling can't let us conceive?"
"I never said that…" Ophelia smiled slightly and said: "I just got a little inspiration from Hela cutting her soul to give birth to darling's child…"
"So…?" The two women looked at Ophelia somewhat impatiently. They had forgotten what their original intention was, or rather, to them, the life and death of S.H.I.E.L.D. was far less important than giving their own man a child.
"So… I need the Soul Stone among the Infinity Stones." Ophelia knew that two more allies had boarded the ship.
"How do you need us to cooperate?" Natasha couldn't care less about S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore. To her, her own man was much more important than S.H.I.E.L.D.
"No, you don't need to cooperate. Our Hydra spies have already detected a trace of clues. I believe we will soon be able to get definite news. When that time comes… it will be the time for us to launch a fatal blow against Wakanda." Ophelia said: "Just right, when that time comes, it will also be the time for our Hydra to declare its return, and your crisis will also be resolved…"
"Hopefully everything goes smoothly by then…" Natasha and Sharon were now more concerned about whether Ophelia could succeed than the survival of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Believe me, soon…" Ophelia had a confident smile on her face. She believed that the Hydra spies she sent to Wakanda would not disappoint her.
Chapter 633: Code Name: Chameleon.
"Hey, buddy, I can only send you here. Go through the valley ahead, walk about five hundred meters and you can enter Wakanda. Although the price you gave me makes me very satisfied, and I am also very willing to send you directly into Wakanda, but…" Ulysses Klaue, with a face full of stubble, said, pulling down his collar and pointing to the side of his neck, which had a mark that looked like a cuboid with several forks on top, said: "This thing will make me discovered by those guys once I get close to Wakanda… so sorry."
"Thank you very much." A young man standing next to him, wearing a well-tailored handmade suit, looking like a gentleman, said with a smile: "Then let's make the last deal."
"Oh? What deal?" As an African international arms dealer, although he was on the black market, Ulysses didn't mind earning some extra money, especially doing easy jobs like leading people to find the hidden African kingdom of Wakanda, which had no great danger and could earn a lot of money. He was most willing to do it. As for what would happen to this person after he entered? That was none of his business.
"I think, I still need their language…" The young gentleman said with a smile: "After all, even if I sneak in, if I don't understand their language, many things can't be done."
"Hahaha, then I can't help it." Klaue smiled and patted a strong bodyguard next to him and said: "I also relied on my brother's help to get those good things, but… I also paid the price. Especially here…"
"So, your good brother is a Wakandan?" The young gentleman asked with a smile.
"Of course, he used to be a Wakandan warrior." Klaue said, patting the big black man's shoulder and said: "Just dissatisfied with the country's system, so…"
"That's enough." The young gentleman smiled slightly, "I think, soon I will have a sufficient understanding of this hidden African country."
As his words fell, Klaue and his bodyguards, including the big black man who was called a Wakandan warrior, felt that their bodies seemed to become weak in an instant…
"You… what did you do to us, you bastard?" Ulysses Klaue, who had completely collapsed on the ground, asked unwillingly.
"Nothing…" The young gentleman still had an approachable smile on his face and said: "I just want your brother to teach me some knowledge, so that I won't be too conspicuous and expose my target after entering Wakanda…"
As the gentleman's voice trailed off, Ulysses watched in horror as the fingers of the man's right hand instantly transformed into octopus-like tentacles. The tips of the tentacles burrowed directly into his brother's brain through his nostrils, ears, eyes, and eye sockets…
As his brother screamed, the tentacles seemed to be sucking something, even making gurgling swallowing sounds. Clearly, he was sucking out his brother's brain matter… This discovery made Ulysses want to vomit.
"Oh, so that's how it is… Hmm… There's even a method like this… Oh… It seems the original infiltration plan needs some minor adjustments…" The young gentleman sucked on the Wakandan's brain matter while muttering to himself, his smile never faltering.
"You… you're a demon… Oh God…" As a black market arms dealer, Ulysses Klaue was naturally accustomed to life and death, but he had never seen such a bizarre scene before. He felt like he was about to pee his pants…
"Don't worry, it will all be over soon." By this time, the young gentleman had obtained all the knowledge he wanted. He casually took out a clean white handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the brain matter from his right hand, and looked at Ulysses and his bodyguards, who were lying on the ground unable to move, and said, "Actually, I didn't need to kill you, but your greed has doomed you… You dared to charge me 100 million US dollars just to lead the way. My superiors are very dissatisfied with you, thinking you are too greedy."
"No… don't kill me… I'll give you all the money…" Ulysses didn't want to die, not at all.
"Really? You are indeed a generous man, but alas…" The gentleman said, shaking his head with a regretful expression. "My superiors don't believe that someone like you can keep a secret, so, please die once, okay?"
Although the young gentleman's tone was very gentle, his subordinates were not gentle at all. A small military knife appeared directly in his right hand. In the blink of an eye, Ulysses and his bodyguards disappeared from this world forever.
Just as the young gentleman was carefully wiping the blood-stained small military knife with his handkerchief, a slight noise made him narrow his eyes. He arched his back like a cheetah waiting to pounce. "Who is it? Come out."
"Hail, Hydra." Four figures appeared out of thin air in front of the gentleman, standing less than three meters away from him, raising their hands and shouting the signature slogan of Hydra.
"Hail, Hydra." The young gentleman also raised his arm and shouted.
"The covert unit, Second Company, Fourteenth Squad, is ordered to support you, Lord Chameleon."
"Yes, I requested support for them." Chameleon pointed to the corpses at his feet and said, "I am ordered to infiltrate Wakanda, and these guys' corpses are still useful. They can become pawns we've planted, and may be of great use at some point. Transport their bodies back and send them to the incubation nest…"
"Yes, Lord Chameleon, we will convey your meaning to the higher-ups." The four members of the support team, each carrying two corpses, retreated into the depths of the dense forest… Soon, their figures disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.
"Alas, what a headache. If I wasn't afraid that Wakanda had some unknown means of monitoring nearby radio waves, why would I bother using the most primitive means of calling for help?" Watching the support team leave, he shook his head and turned to walk towards the depths of the canyon…
Codename Chameleon? He? She? Is the most terrifying spy in Hydra.
He? She? Is it a man or a woman? What is her true face? No one knows except the supreme leader of Hydra.
He? She? Has a 100% mission completion rate, and no one has ever surpassed it… And now, she? He? Has been sent to infiltrate the Kingdom of Wakanda. His mission is very clear: to find out exactly what is going on in the Kingdom of Wakanda, and whether their ancestral land is the Soul Stone among the Infinity Stones…
Chapter 634
Kermilian, also known as Chameleon. After watching the support team leave the jungle, he headed towards the canyon…
The distance of this canyon is not short, appearing to be about three kilometers long, and the giant trees are tall and the bushes are dense. It is completely a scene of a primeval forest… A road? Don't even think about it. It would be good to occasionally find a few animal trails.
Of course, this is not difficult for Kermilian. Dressed in a black suit, he walked through the branches of the jungle as if he were strolling in a courtyard. Nothing could hinder him… As he moved forward, he seemed to disappear completely into the jungle. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find him at all, and his black suit also changed to the same color as the jungle camouflage.
The distance of three kilometers is not far, nor is it close. Kermilian quickly reached the end of the canyon, but… he did not, as Ulysses Klaue said, cross five hundred meters into the Kingdom of Wakanda. Instead, he became more cautious, as if he had completely disappeared into the jungle. His face, hair, and even the hand that Luo Lou showed on the outside all turned into the same color as the jungle camouflage.
Chameleon, well, there are only wrong names, and no wrong nicknames. One of his abilities is to convert the pigment deposition on the body surface according to the external environment, just like a chameleon. This process only takes 0.001 seconds…
After entering stealth mode, Kermilian quietly climbed to the high cliff on the left side of the canyon. In a dark depression on the high cliff, a black man holding a spear-shaped unknown weapon was sitting there, vigilantly staring at the entrance of the canyon.
Kermilian slowly climbed into the pit, slowly circled behind the black man, and suddenly pounced on him, covering his mouth and nose with one hand, dragging his chin with the other, and twisting it hard. Only a [crack] sound was heard… The black man whose neck was broken died silently.
"Alas, I have to ruin my image again… This is really a sad thing." Looking at the dead black ghost in front of him, Kermilian sighed helplessly… "I hate black ghosts, why is this mission Wakanda…"
As the complaint fell, Kermilian stretched out his hands flat, making a posture like a cross. With his strange stretching movements, countless tentacles protruded from his body and wrapped around the black ghost on the ground. After those tentacles wrapped around the black ghost's corpse, they directly pulled the corpse up and pressed it towards Kermilian…
As the corpse of the 'Black Ghost' got closer to K'millean, more tentacles emerged from K'millean's body, making him look like a monster with a hideous, gaping mouth.
In the blink of an eye, K'millean was tightly bound to the 'Black Ghost'. The tentacles extending from K'millean's body entangled him and the 'Black Ghost', forming a bloody cocoon made of tentacles.
One minute later...
The tentacles forming the blood cocoon retracted one by one. As the tentacles disappeared, the entire blood cocoon opened... K'millean's figure was no longer visible inside. All that remained was the 'Black Ghost' who had just died...
But the 'Black Ghost', who should have been just a corpse, seemed to have come back to life.
"Burp..." The 'Black Ghost' let out a full burp, muttering to himself with a frustrated expression: "I still have to wait for the shift change... What a pain."
That's right, K'millean had devoured the 'Black Ghost' and obtained his life's memories... At this moment, he had transformed into this Wakandan warrior named 'Aka'.
The black market arms dealer named Ulysses Klaue said that after passing through the canyon, going forward five hundred meters would lead to Wakanda. Clearly, he had deceived him. But it didn't matter. K'millean was never one to be trifled with. He always approached those outside the organization with suspicion, especially after devouring Ulysses Klaue's memories. Everything in Klaue's mind was no secret to K'millean.
Therefore, K'millean knew that there was a sentry post in this place. This sentry post was actually secretly arranged by Erik Killmonger, who had contact with Klaue in the Kingdom of Wakanda, for the purpose of smuggling Vibranium... If K'millean had foolishly listened to Klaue's words and directly entered Wakanda, he probably would have been discovered before even entering the protective shield.
Casually putting the 'Black Ghost's' ornaments and weapons, which had fallen to the ground, back on himself, K'millean began to wait patiently... As a top-notch spy, he was never lacking in patience.
Time passed by, minute by minute, until night fell, and K'millean finally waited for his replacement...
"Hey, Aka, anything unusual today?"
"If there was anything unusual, I would have contacted you guys. I've been watching the forest here all day, and there's nothing."
K'millean had devoured all of Aka's memories and was naturally familiar with the guy who came to replace him. "Alright, I should go back and rest for a bit. See you later..."
"See you later..." The 'Black Ghost' who came to replace him greeted K'millean and then sat in Aka's previous position, took out an item like night vision goggles, put it on his head, and continued Aka's work.
K'millean silently walked to the side... Even the most solid fortress can be breached from within, especially when there is a force of opposition within... It seems that the inside of Wakanda is not monolithic. This needs to be recorded and reported upwards.
While thinking about things, K'millean skillfully walked out of the hidden watch post. After walking along the cliff edge for a while, he entered another hidden pit. In this pit, which could barely allow one person to pass through, he bent over and walked forward for about a thousand meters. K'millean entered a small, empty room. Opening the room door, he walked out...
"Hey, Aka..." As soon as he walked out the door, there was a hall of over a hundred square meters. In the hall, a dozen people were either squatting or standing, and it could be seen that these guys were carrying strangely shaped weapons in their hands. Their eyes had been fixed on the door, and they only relaxed their vigilance after seeing K'millean walk out. After all, K'millean's image now was their comrade Aka.
"I'm going back to get a good rest." K'millean greeted these guys in Aka's tone and then walked out of this larger room...
"This is so interesting..." Walking out of the room, K'millean found himself entering a brightly lit, extremely modern, no, or rather, a somewhat sci-fi city... Hundreds of meters of buildings, flying vehicles traveling in mid-air, and everywhere... Uh, 'Black Ghosts'.
"Let's begin..." K'millean turned his head to look at the room built on the hillside where he had just walked out, smiled, and walked down the mountain along the road in front of the door. Soon, he walked into the crowd of this city. Of course, he wouldn't really go back to Aka's house to rest. He still had to complete his mission... With his ability, as long as there are intelligent beings, he will be like a drop of water Integration the sea, traceless... Infiltration for him is simply easy, because he is Hydra's strongest spy, Chameleon.
Chapter 635
At the same time that Ophelia was plotting the Kingdom of Wakanda—
In New York City, Manhattan, in a high-end apartment, a bald old man was sitting on the sofa, watching TV. He kept pouring high-proof whiskey into his mouth, seemingly not caring about the damage these high-proof liquors were doing to his body.
[Stark Industries Group has once again won a military order. This is already the third military order that Stark Industries Group has won this year. Some people say that there must be some shady dealings behind it. John, what do you think of these questions?]
[I think this is what Stark Industries Group should get. After all, the Stark family is good at producing geniuses. From Howard Stark in the past to Natasha Stark now, their Stark family's genes seem to be closely related to genius...]
"Dogshit... It's all dogshit..." The bald old man waved his hand hard and smashed the whiskey bottle in his hand hard on the TV screen that was playing the interview program. "That should have been mine... It's mine..."
This bald old man is Obadiah Stane, who was bought out by Zhou Ye with money and kicked out of Stark Industries. After receiving the high price offered by Zhou Ye, he turned around and opened an industrial company... In his opinion, with his social skills, he could definitely get a share of the arms market, and at the very least, he would have to steal some orders from Stark Industries.
However, the gap between reality and ideal is huge... When it comes down to it, the arms business still depends on technological content. Without Howard Stark's genius brain, no one wants the garbage he produces.
Even with Obadiah Stane's skillful maneuvering to sell his company's products abroad, the reality was that high technology equated to high added value. He was, at best, an international arms dealer. His grand ambitions had not been successfully realized; instead, the company was gradually spending more than it earned.
With Stark Industries blocking his path ahead and Hammer Industries unscrupulously encroaching on his low-end international arms market from behind, Obadiah Stane was running out of options. Stane Industries finally declared bankruptcy this year.
"No, I absolutely cannot let that little brat get away with this…" Obadiah Stane, having smashed the television, was still not appeased. In his view, Stark Industries should have been partly his, but now it was in Nina's hands. Jealousy burned fiercely within him.
Obadiah Stane shakily took out his phone and dialed an international call. "Dubai, my brother, long time no see… No, no, this time I'm not recommending any weapons to you, but I have a big deal for you. I don't know if you're interested. How big? Ha, as much as tens of billions of US dollars. Interested? Ha… I knew you would be interested… Then, I'll see you in America. Remember to bring more manpower… This deal is worth the risk, isn't it? Good… See you in three days…"
Obadiah Stane hung up the phone contentedly and leaned back on the sofa to ponder for a moment. Then, he dialed another number, a broker who specialized in providing various information.
[I need Natasha Howard's private residence address and her itinerary… Don't tell me you can't get it. I know this is difficult for others, but it's easy for you… Okay, I accept the price… When can you give me definite information? Okay… That's settled then.]
Having made the two calls, Obadiah Stane leaned back on the sofa with satisfaction and let out a long breath. He believed that soon the so-called genius girl Natasha Howard would become history, and he would earn enough for his retirement.
Meanwhile, Nina, completely unaware of this, was in her Liberty City underground laboratory, improving her Iron Armor. For her… the battle with the Green Hulk, although won effortlessly, had exposed many of her own shortcomings.
For example, she herself was not good at close combat, which was why she went berserk after being approached by the Green Hulk… Now, she was writing a software that could help her with close combat…
In fact, Zhou Ye's intention was to have Natasha train her a little, but Nina, who had a psychological shadow over Natasha, refused to be trained no matter what, or rather, no matter who the instructor was, she didn't want to be trained.
In her words: "Honey, do you like seeing me fighting hand-to-hand with others?"
In this regard, Zhou Ye could only let it go… After all, Nina was not Tony; women have their own reservations. Although fist-to-flesh combat is a man's romance, it is a bit too barbaric for women. Not many women like to fight with others…
"Well, after adding the leg movements of Thai boxing, it seems that there are some unsmooth operations here… It seems that it needs to be modified further…" Nina programmed the action programs collected from Kung Fu masters into the program on the screen, while adding judgment factors into the program, such as what kind of reaction the Iron Armor should make in what situations…
Five hours later—the program was completed.
After virtually running it on the screen, Nina found that there were no problems, and then she felt relieved… "Well, it seems that I need to find someone to test it again… But who should I look for?"
"Miss, Mr.'s communication is on the line." Anna's voice rang, making Nina's eyes light up. "Connect quickly."
"Nina, baby, have you forgotten what day it is today?" Zhou Ye's image appeared directly in front of Nina. "Everyone is waiting for you… Baby, aren't you coming over yet?"
"Ah… I forgot that today is Reunion Day…" Nina suddenly realized that today was the once-a-month Reunion Day. According to the custom, she was going to spend it at her man's manor on Long Island. But thinking of the inspiration that had just appeared in her mind, she quickly straightened her face and said to her man with a smile: "Honey, I'm sorry, I've been testing a software…"
"Now? Should it be okay now?" Zhou Ye asked helplessly. Of course, he knew that once his goddaughter was immersed in research, she would be unable to extricate herself.
"It's roughly done now, but… there are still some small problems…" Saying this, Nina gave Zhou Ye a charming look, and even deliberately pulled her shoulder strap down a little. "Honey, I need you… to help me test this software."
"But… the big party is about to start…" Zhou Ye said with some embarrassment.
"Trust me, honey, it won't take long." Nina said firmly: "I promise it will be soon, come on… please…"
To say who is the safest to test the software, of course,
It's looking for your own man…
Of course, she could also go to find the physical expert Natasha, but Nina was unwilling to find Natasha. If there were any undiscovered problems with this software, Natasha would definitely laugh herself to death… So, the best choice is still her own man.
Zhou Ye sighed helplessly. Faced with his goddaughter's coquettishness, he really couldn't ignore it. "Okay, I'll come find you."
Chapter 636
New York—Zhou Ye's Long Island Manor—
At this moment, the manor has changed from its usual quietness, and everywhere are girls holding wine glasses and walking around. Here, they have abandoned all their identities outside, what lawyers, what strong women, what PhDs… are useless. Here, they only have one identity, Zhou Ye's woman, the mistress of the Zhou family.
"Hi, Sister Ophelia…" Natasha was holding champagne, followed by the second-generation Captain America, Sharon Rogers.
She went up to Ophelia and the White Queen Emma behind her as soon as she saw them. After all, there were still some small transactions between the two…
"Why didn't I see little Angel…" Natasha asked with a smile.
My little baby is chatting with her two friends over there…" Ophelia smiled and pointed slightly to a small circle not far away, consisting of Angel, the Inhuman Queen Medusa, and her sister Crystal, and said, "You didn't come just to ask about my daughter, did you…?"
Ophelia didn't believe Natasha hadn't seen little Angel, nor did she believe that she came up just to chat with her…
"Alright…" Natasha thought for a moment, feeling it would be better to be honest with this sister. "Actually, I'm more concerned about how your plan is going…"
"Everything is going smoothly…" Ophelia smiled and winked playfully at her little sister Natasha. "Could it be that little Natasha is already impatient to give darling a child?"
"I want to, I really want to…" Natasha's straightforwardness caught Ophelia off guard. After considering for a moment, Ophelia said, "I just have an idea, I'm not sure if it will work or not…"
"Don't lie to me, would you try to get Wakanda's attention if you weren't confident…?" Natasha looked disbelieving. She knew that her nominal sister would never act without a purpose.
"Even if there is only a tiny possibility, I will do my best to grasp it…" Ophelia said, a fanatical and pious expression on her face. "Only in this way can I give birth to offspring for darling as soon as possible… Imagine, the crystallization of love between me and Daddy… Ah, what a wonderful thing…"
"No, no… Where do you put little Angel like this? What will she think?" Natasha unhesitatingly poured cold water on Ophelia. Although she also wanted to give birth to darling's bloodline, she was far from as fanatical as Ophelia.
"Little Angel will also want to have darling's flesh and blood…" Ophelia said nonchalantly, "This is the deepest wish of us mother and daughter…"
"Okay, you mother and daughter are both broken…" Natasha felt that she couldn't chat anymore and turned away with her best friend. "Just say if you need any help, I will spare no effort to help you…"
"Mocking me while sparing no effort to help me? Little Natasha, you are really a tsundere…" Ophelia smiled slightly. She didn't doubt at all how much help she would get from her sisters if she promoted her plan in her man's harem.
Not to mention those goddesses outside the Marvel world who had already followed darling, just the mother and daughter from the Nova Empire and darling's slave race—those crazy women from Sovereign, would definitely mobilize heavy troops to Earth at all costs… So, it's better to come secretly, otherwise, even if you get the Soul Stone, the order of use will be difficult to say. It would be ridiculous if there was another internal war because of the uneven distribution of spoils…
Then her own man would definitely be furious… Maybe she, the instigator, would be in big trouble, so it's better to sneak into the village and don't alert anyone…
Uh? Thinking of her own man, Ophelia looked around, but didn't see her own man Zhou Ye's figure. Shouldn't he be staying here obediently at this time? Where did he run off to?
California—in Natasha Stark's [City of Freedom].
"Nina, baby, are you sure you want me to help you test this software?" Zhou Ye stood in the laboratory, which had been temporarily cleared in the middle of the field, and looked helplessly at Nina, who was wearing an Iron Man suit.
"Of course…" Nina, wearing the Iron Man suit, said, "But, darling, you are not allowed to hit me… You can only dodge, not fight back…"
"Okay, okay…" Zhou Ye spread his hands helplessly. It seemed that his role today was to be a punching bag. "Come on."
"I'm coming…" As Nina spoke, the vector nozzles on the Iron Man suit spewed out scorching flames. With the power of this acceleration, Nina rushed towards Zhou Ye…
"The speed is okay, but the flexibility is a bit lacking, Nina baby." Zhou Ye dodged with a slight sideways movement.
With the help of the fighting software, Nina predicted Zhou Ye's movements based on the movement of the muscles on Zhou Ye's body. The vector nozzle directly and quickly sprayed flames forward, offsetting Nina's inertia, and then swept a punch towards Zhou Ye's head. "Try this again, darling."
"I still don't think it's flexible enough." Zhou Ye smiled and moved lightly, bypassing Nina to her back.
"How about this?" Nina kicked backwards with a scorpion tail leg, without even turning her head…
"Wow, that's cruel… Nina baby, if you break it, your sisters will curse you to death…" Zhou Ye smiled and jumped upwards, directly into the air…
Although Zhou Ye easily dodged this time, Nina was tragic… The program, based on the information transmitted by the sensors, determined that kicking the scorpion tail leg upwards was the most perfect solution, so it directly activated the vector nozzle to change the move… But, don't forget, Nina is a homebody, she doesn't have that good flexibility…
"Ah… my ligaments…" Nina froze on the spot in a face-up split form… The whole person was like the letter h… hands on the ground, right foot facing the sky…
"Pfft—!" Zhou Ye almost burst out laughing… "It seems, Nina baby, that although your software is very good, it doesn't sense what its owner can do…"
Zhou Ye said as he jumped down from mid-air, helping Nina sit on the sofa… With Anna's help, he removed the Iron Man armor from Nina's body. "Nina baby, I still think you should learn fighting skills from Natasha."
"Absolutely not…" Nina gritted her teeth and endured the pain of the strained ligaments, and said unwillingly: "At worst, I'll practice yoga and jiu-jitsu… but I will never go to Natasha to learn fighting…"
"Okay, whatever you want…" Zhou Ye said as he used time magic to restore Nina's body to the way it was a few minutes ago, so that the ligament strain no longer existed. "Let's go, baby, your sisters are waiting for you…"
"Magic is really useful. Should I make a magical iron battle armor?" Nina thought as she followed Zhou Ye into the portal leading to the Long Island manor in New York.
"Babies, I'm back…" As soon as Zhou Ye walked out of the portal with Nina in his arms, he saw his women looking at him eagerly. He smiled slightly, raised his arms high, and shouted, "Then, let's start our carnival…"
"Oh——!!"
The Zhou family's monthly reunion day carnival began…
Chapter 637
One week later — — — — — — — —
Nuevo Laredo is a northeastern border city in Mexico. It is located on the right bank of the Bravo River, facing Laredo, a border city in the United States, across the river.
This is the most chaotic city in Mexico, and also the most rampant city for Mexican gangs. People smugglers from all over the world gather here, surrounding the Mexican gangs, sharing the cross-border passages they have established for smuggling gambling products…
Jerome Warren is a subordinate of a people smuggler. Today, he received a message from his superior to go and [pick up goods]. Of course, the goods here do not refer to gambling products. He doesn't have the guts to get involved with those goods. Once the Mexican gangs in the city find out, in this city where an average of five people die every day, he might become one of those five people…
The goods he is going to pick up are naturally the illegal immigrants contacted by his superior. He is the last stop in the smuggling chain. He is generally responsible for transporting the goods to the United States…
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Jerome drove his truck towards a residential area outside the city… Not long after, he arrived at the residential area and stopped in front of a somewhat old two-story building.
"Hey, Lymes, hurry up and load the goods. Later, I will take advantage of the coast guard's shift change to send them over…" Jerome said carelessly to the person acting as a lookout at the door.
"Shh…" Lymes looked around nervously, walked up to Jerome, and whispered, "Be careful, this batch of goods is different from the past. These guys look like they have come down from the battlefield… Pay attention and don't anger them…"
"I think I understand what you mean…" Jerome looked at the dozen or so burly men walking out of the two-story building, and somewhat understood what Lymes meant. Although they didn't look very strong, Jerome had only seen the kind of indifferent eyes in the bodyguards beside a Mexican gang boss…
It is said that the boss's bodyguard is a veteran who survived from the battlefield, and the blood on his hands is countless.
"Hi, friends… Please come here." Jerome hurriedly opened the car door and got out of his truck… He walked up to the leading man somewhat diligently, "My name is Jerome, and I am your guide for the last leg of your journey to the land of freedom… I hope this journey will make you feel physically and mentally happy."
"…" The bald man in the lead just glanced at him, didn't say anything, and with a wave of his hand, the dozen or so bearded men behind him boarded Jerome's truck in an orderly manner, while he sat in the passenger seat of the truck without any politeness. "Drive quickly…"
"That…" Jerome sat in the car somewhat awkwardly and said, "According to the regulations, you can't sit here…"
"No, I can…" The bald man revealed a hideous smile that was enough to scare a child and said, "I will never entrust my safety to a guy I'm meeting for the first time, so I can sit here…"
"Okay, okay…" Jerome stared at the bald man for a long time, and finally had to compromise helplessly. He slowly backed the car out of the small courtyard and headed straight for the smuggling port.
I really don't know what my boss is thinking, how could he introduce such troublesome goods… If things really get big, then my line might suffer, and the most important thing is that the free country on the other side might close this border. By then, without the FBI bothering him, the Mexican gangs who have suffered losses will devour him alive.
While thinking about things, Jerome drove towards the smuggling port. He had already made up his mind that after sending this batch of goods away, he would find an excuse to go on vacation in Europe, and come back when there was no noise here…
Money is important, but life is more important… Having made up his mind, Jerome slammed on the accelerator, wishing he could send these troublesome grandpas away immediately… As for directly tricking these grandpas, he didn't have the guts. Not to mention the sturdy bald brother sitting next to him, even the superiors on the same line could eat him.
After thousands of prayers, Jerome finally drove the car safely to the banks of the Rio Grande… After matching the secret code with the guy responsible for transporting people across the river, he couldn't wait to send these guys onto the ferry…
The bald brother, oh no, Dubai stood at the bow of the ferry, looking at the American border city of Laredo, which was getting closer and closer. In fact, his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface.
As one of the highest leaders of the Afghan [Freedom Fighters], Dubai had to come… His troops lacked ammunition and weapons. To put it bluntly, he was short of money… And Obadiah Stane, an American arms dealer he used to know who often sold him weapons, said he had a big business to introduce to him… This was a considerable temptation for the Freedom Fighters who were in trouble due to lack of funds… So, he came.
The smuggling boat quickly arrived on the other side—
Dubai led a dozen or so good hands from the army and jumped off the ferry directly. He knew that Obadiah Stane would come to pick him up…
Sure enough, as soon as he got off the boat, four car headlights lit up opposite him…
"My brother, long time no see…" Obadiah Stane's figure temporarily obscured the car lights, allowing Dubai to see his slightly fat body.
Stan, what's this big deal? Why did you insist I come all the way to the States to discuss it?" Dubai asked, embracing Obadiah Stane.
"A very, very big deal, big enough to turn your freedom fighters into a fully armed force," Obadiah Stane said, putting his arm around Dubai's shoulder and walking towards the car. "But weren't we supposed to meet in three days? Why the delay?"
"I couldn't help it, many countries wouldn't let me cross their borders…" Dubai said, somewhat helplessly. "So, I had to take a big detour, crossing half the globe to find you. I hope this big deal you mentioned will satisfy me."
"Of course… I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Obadiah Stane said, leading Dubai to his car, while Dubai's soldiers boarded another bus.
"Take a look at this information, and then tell me what you think…" Obadiah Stane said, handing Dubai a file-folder of information after raising the partition in the back seat.
"It's a beautiful girl…" Dubai said, pulling a document from the folder. The first thing that caught his eye was a beautiful girl with long black chestnut hair. "Natasha Stark??? The owner of Stark Industries??? This is the big deal you're talking about?"
"Of course. You should know, her net worth is over tens of billions… Don't you think this is a golden opportunity? Moreover, besides the two maids who take care of her daily life, there are no security personnel at her residence. If this isn't an opportunity, what is?" Obadiah Stane's seductive voice made Dubai's heart flutter…
"Moreover, she is also a genius scientist… If you can get her, maybe she will become the chief scientist of your army?"
"I'm in…" Dubai said without hesitation. "Are all the equipment ready?"
"Of course, have you forgotten what I do…?" Obadiah Stane said with a smile. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to his goal… "I have also prepared some small surprises for you, I hope you will like them…"
Chapter 638
Three days later—California—Malibu—Inside [City of Freedom].
Underground Laboratory—
Nina was making the final improvements to her combat program—
"Nina, honey, when are you going to start practicing Jujutsu?" Zhou Ye asked helplessly, half-lying beside Nina, watching her completely immersed in her world.
"No rush, I'll set the program completely first…" Nina said without looking up, typing quickly on her computer.
This time, the completely revised program added conditional judgments on her physical condition, which can basically be said to have reached a fool-proof mode… She is confident that even a weak girl can wear the armor and take on ten people.
Of course, to better exert the effectiveness of this program, it is still necessary to practice Jujutsu. After all, the flexibility of the body determines how many enemy-defeating moves you can use.
It's just that recently, her man has been using the name of supervising her Jujutsu practice to… ahem… Jujutsu, as the name suggests, is a kind of exercise that makes the body's flexibility better.
However, considering that this exercise can unlock more positions, the person most concerned about Nina's Jujutsu practice is not Nina herself, but Zhou Ye.
"Okay…" After Nina entered the last command line, she saved and closed the program, and directly ordered: "Anna, simulate what would happen if I, loaded with the combat program, faced Natasha."
"Okay, Miss." As Anna's voice fell, the lights in the entire laboratory dimmed, and then in the middle of the laboratory, the figures of Natasha and Nina appeared.
Of course, this is not real, but just a realistic reproduction through 3D projection.
Natasha and Nina each took a stance, cautiously looking for each other's flaws…
Natasha was the first to attack. She rushed to Nina's side, clenched her small hand, and threw a straight punch at Nina's face. Nina slightly tilted her head, grabbed Natasha's wrist with one hand, and pulled it back, while quietly extending her foot and tripping Natasha.
But Natasha didn't panic, jumped slightly, and clamped Nina's slender waist with her legs. Her whole body slid behind Nina like a boneless body, and her left hand directly strangled Nina's neck…
Nina fell backward with all her strength, trying to smash Natasha away, but obviously Natasha started faster, tightening Nina's neck early, and with a force… game over.
"Hahaha, Nina, honey, it seems you still can't beat Natasha." Zhou Ye said, half-lying on the sofa, teasing with a smile.
"That's not fair." Nina directly burrowed into Zhou Ye's arms, and said dissatisfied: "I rely on steel armor to fight, so I must load my Mark series armor, otherwise it's not fair."
"Okay, since you want fairness, then Natasha must also load her abilities…" Zhou Ye smiled indifferently.
"Tch—forget it then, it's boring…" Nina curled her small mouth. Natasha's ability? Her ability, like Peggy's, was strengthened by the X-gene ability of Quicksilver from the X-Men world. In Zhou Ye's words, it is [Superspeed Space].
Natasha entering a superspeed state… Nina, let alone fight, even seeing her is a luxury. After all, her current armor cannot transcend time…
"Nina, honey, I think you should accept the implantation of the super-healing gene."
"No way, I'm not a masochist…" Nina curled her little lips, dissatisfied. She knew what happened to some of her sisters who accepted the super self-healing gene… Every night was like the first time… Every time it hurt… Hurt to new heights, turning them into masochists.
"Then… how about a mental power gene, or a teleportation gene?" Zhou Ye asked, unwilling to give up. He really wanted to prepare some life-saving tricks for Nina.
"No, I'll rely on my mechanical battle armor." Actually, Nina was afraid of the severe pain during gene modification. Just looking at it made her feel like she'd rather die… Although those abilities were indeed cool, the thought of enduring the pain during the modification made her retreat.
Just as the two were arguing, Anna suddenly warned: "Miss, unidentified armed personnel of unknown origin have broken in…"
Following Anna's warning, a surveillance image appeared in front of them. Three old cars were driving towards the villa. After checking the license plates, it was revealed that these vehicles had been stolen recently.
The people in the cars were all carrying real guns and live ammunition, and many of their identities couldn't be found online… Only the bald man in the passenger seat of the first car was listed as a wanted criminal in multiple countries, the head of a terrorist group called the Freedom Fighters in Afghanistan.
"Haha…" Seeing these unfriendly guys, Nina was not surprised but delighted, "Looks like someone is here to help me test the program…"
Saying this, Nina hurriedly instructed: "Anna, what are Sayuri and Rin doing?"
Sayuri and Rin were maids sent by Zhou Ye to take care of Nina. Although Nina was a technological genius, in reality… well… she was a bit lacking in life skills. Perhaps this is the legendary saying that when God gives you a special talent, He will take away another one.
Anyway, Zhou Ye felt that if it weren't for these two maids, Nina would probably become a complete shut-in… For example, not changing her clothes for days… For example, not remembering her social security number, etc.
"Miss, Sayuri and Rin have already discovered the intruders, they are about to…" Anna was interrupted by Nina before she could finish speaking.
"No matter what they're going to do, have them come back immediately…" Nina didn't want the targets that had finally come to her door to be eliminated by the maids. You have to know, those maids are not only good at housework, but with their abilities, killing an entire fully armed Navy SEAL platoon would only take a fraction of a second.
However, a few seconds later, Nina didn't receive Anna's report on completing the task, but instead received a call request from Sayuri.
"I'm sorry, Miss Nina, we are under the master's orders to take care of your daily life, which naturally includes dealing with these uninvited guests, so please forgive us for not being able to execute your order." A beautiful girl appeared in front of Nina. Obviously, she didn't accept Nina's order conveyed by Anna. After all, for her, there was only one master, and that was Zhou Ye…
"Alright, Sayuri, you guys come back. Nina just wants to test her new equipment." Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"As you wish, Master." Seeing her master speak, Sayuri said with a smile: "Then I will wait with anticipation for Miss Nina's performance."
"…" Although Nina was a little annoyed that the two maids didn't listen to her orders, she wasn't really angry. After all, the two maids had been taking care of her since she was very young. In a way, the two maids could be said to be her elders…
It's just… in Zhou Ye's harem, seniority and such are all fleeting clouds… Fleeting clouds, you understand.
Chapter 639
Dubai Harouin stopped his car and ordered his soldiers to get out after he spotted the villa in the distance, waving his hand.
"Everyone be careful, it's too quiet here…" Dubai said, switching off the safety of his automatic rifle. "Advance with tactical movements… Pay attention to safety, and be sure to capture Stark alive."
"Yes…" The dozen or so people behind him formed three tactical teams in groups of three or five, cautiously heading towards the luxurious villa built on the cliff…
For the 10 billion deal that someone promised, Dubai brought the most elite soldiers in his team. Although they were terrorists, or rather, they called themselves freedom fighters, many countries secretly provided them with weapons and soldier training for various purposes.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have grown so strong…
The three tactical teams moved with great skill, showing that they had definitely received training from regular forces. They were the most elite part of their freedom fighters…
As they slowly advanced, Nina's luxurious villa was already close at hand… However, there was still no reaction from the villa, not even a maid could be seen…
Dubai hesitated for a moment. Although he felt that the current situation was a bit too strange, the lure of money was irresistible… Seeing that the first group acting as vanguards had already passed the fountain in the courtyard… Dubai finally couldn't help it, "Go, finish the battle in five minutes…"