Chapter 208: God Descends! (3)
Chapter 208: God Descends! (3)
"Strange has already told us their plan, I have to admit that it is beneficial to the development of the Sanctum Sanctorum, but for us, the benefits are still not enough."
Nick frowned, lit a cigarette with a lighter, and then held the cigarette in his mouth. "At this stage, I think all plans related to magic should be kept quiet, even those Wall Street wolves know that in the early investment stage, you can't rush for returns."
"I have patience." Nick's tone was calm and unhurried. He said, "Although everyone knows that I am very greedy, I am very clear that although short-term returns are tempting, the profits from long-term returns are more attractive."
"Then have you ever thought of taking it all?"
"What are you planning to do?"
"Not in a hurry, we still have one member who hasn't arrived."
Just then, Nick received a call. He said to the person on the other end of the phone, "What? Who?... Okay, let him in."
Two minutes later, Eddie Brock walked into the SHIELD office. Nick walked up to him and shook his hand, while Hill sitting on the side had a purple light flickering in her eyes. She twitched, and Schiller held her shoulder and said, "Calm down, Phantom."
Hill's voice became hoarse, and the Phantom that had just possessed her said, "Venom? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be stopping Riot?"
"Phantom, it's been a long time." Eddie's voice was also hoarse.Phantom was taken aback. She controlled Hill and looked up and down at Eddie. "Venom, what's going on with you? Have you completely gone crazy? The last time I saw you, you were still shouting about eating brains..."
In his mind, Eddie said to Venom, "Damn it! Have you really eaten brains?"
"Don't listen to her nonsense, I haven't."
Eddie did not sit down but stood beside the table. Venom turned to Schiller and said, "As you expected, Riot has gone mad."
Schiller smiled and did not answer. Nick, on the other hand, looked at Schiller and said, "It seems that it's time for you to tell a story again."
"There's no story to tell this time." Schiller shook her head and said, "I just had Venom go and provoke Riot, it's that simple."
"You let Venom go and provoke Riot?" Phantom said in surprise.
After speaking, she looked at Venom again and said, "Didn't you want to revenge against Riot? Weren't you shouting that you are Venom and you came for revenge?"
"Beating him up is the least professional way of revenge." Venom's voice had no ups and downs, but there seemed to be a unique rhythm from a special soul.
"You..." Phantom looked at Venom as if she didn't know him anymore. "You really surprised me, Venom, you seem to have changed a lot. Before, you only wanted to eat brains..."
"Still do."
"Then you..."
Through Eddie's eyes, Phantom saw Venom's soul. This was a unique ability of the symbiote race, which allowed them to recognize their own kind in a crowd. She saw a kind of coldness and darkness in Venom's eyes that she had never seen in any other symbiote. Then, she heard Venom say a sentence that made her hair stand on end:
"For symbiotes, what could be a better food than the brains of our creator?"
His calmness made Phantom feel frightened, as if she had never really known her own kind.
Now she was sure that Venom was really crazy.
"Let's talk about old times later." Nick turned to Schiller and said, "Tell us about your plan..."
"Asgard and the Sorcerer Supreme want to cheat on the power of Knull to attract the investment of cosmic gods and further establish the dominance of the Sanctum Sanctorum. Although their position is the same as ours, their interests may not be completely the same."
"Simply put, they are doing the long-term, and we are doing the short-term."
"Earth is like a hungry baby. Although it can't starve to death for a while, I still want to find something to eat now."
"This god of symbiotes has come, so he probably doesn't mind being divided by the gods and leaving Earth with a special product, right?"
Above Greenwich Village, Stark looked around and said in confusion, "That big black guy is gone, and Strange is gone. Where did they go?"
He looked up and saw a flaming chain flying past his Mech armor. Stark dodged to the side, cursed, and then said to the flaming skull, "What are you doing? Look carefully! We're on the same side!"
The flaming skull tried hard to turn his head back. Stark could tell that he was really trying hard, and he floated next to the flaming skull and asked, "You still haven't told me your name. Are you from the circus?"
The flaming skull made a hoarse voice, "I am the Ghost Rider, you sinner..."
"What?" Stark was about to get angry, but then he heard a loud noise from the ground. The red giant flew down from the sky and then jumped down. Steve knocked on his shield and said, "It seems difficult to break through its defense like this."
"Don't think you can use brute force to attack me," the red giant said. "I am Juggernaut, my power comes from the red gem of Cyttorak, so I can only cause damage to him by hitting the curtain, but you can't."
Steve was also helpless. Even though he didn't know much about magic, he could see that he couldn't cause effective damage to the monster that was mutating in mid-air.
Just then, the black curtain around Riot began to shrink, becoming darker and more intense. Some star-like dots appeared behind him, and ripples spread out along the starry sky. Suddenly, a dazzling halo emanated from the center.
In the extreme stillness, a huge shock wave silently spread out, and Stark, who couldn't dodge in time, was directly knocked out. J.A.R.V.I.S. inside his Mech armor sounded an alarm: "Warning! Warning! Mech armor damage level 45%, still rising, recommend evacuation..."
"Damn, why is the damage level so high?"
"An indescribable force is corroding the protection system. The Mech armor material cannot withstand the erosion of this force. It is rapidly aging. Recommend evacuation, recommend evacuation..."
Stark stabilized himself and said, "Evacuation is useless. My Mech armor can't resist the invasion of magical powers. Damn, I should have prepared earlier..."
"I can't retreat now! J.A.R.V.I.S., increase output!"
"Warning, if you continue to increase output, there may be a risk of energy collapse in your body. Are you sure you want to release the highest level of security protocols?"
Stark didn't answer, but stared at the black hole in mid-air.
Riot's transformation continued. After the bright halo, a darker night shrouded him. A chaotic and crazy force formed countless shadows behind him.
Riot's body began to grow larger and larger, and the chaotic dark power lifted him up, covering him with layer after layer of armor. A long sword made of darkness also condensed in his hand.
A few seconds later, a towering monster of chaos appeared in the sky above New York.
His black power almost solidified, and no one could see Riot at the center of the overflowing power, but from the outside, he was already terrifying enough.
The starry sky above New York began to brighten, as if the universe could be seen through the night sky. A dark tornado rose from Riot's overhead, straight into the universe. When the starlight shone down, there was endless chaotic power projected onto Riot's body.
Mordo said, "The channel of Knull's power is open..."
The power of chaos began to spread, and Riot's figure gradually appeared in the black curtain. The power of those black curtains was sucked into his body, and a monster far more terrifying than before appeared.
He still maintained the appearance of the symbiote, but became larger, with many strange patterns appearing on his body. Countless huge tentacles made of chaotic power emerged from his back, each one thicker than the high-rise buildings of New York.
One of the tentacles swung, and Steve on the rooftop was knocked to the ground.
Juggernaut roared and rushed up, but was also thrown out by a tentacle. After the monster landed, the tentacles swept through, causing buildings to collapse and the ground to crack, and black mist spread from the cracks.
Then, Stark heard a human voice from Riot's mouth:
"See! The fragile human body is nothing! You can never compare to these great extraterrestrial powers! Humans will be corrected!"
"The Life Stone is the greatest plan for humanity!! I am the pioneer of humanity!"
"Iron Man??? Hahaha!"
"You are proud of your Mech armor? Look now! What can you do?"
"Humans can never compete with the great powers of the universe! In the face of such power, your Mech armor is as fragile as paper!"
"Do you think you can compete with me with this tiny Mech armor? You foolish ordinary human! You will never learn to be humble!"
"Your arrogance will eventually be shattered by the endless power of the universe!! Hahahaha!"
Drake laughed arrogantly as he controlled the tentacles behind him and whipped Stark's Mech armor, forcing him to constantly dodge. Stark took a deep breath and said, "J.A.R.V.I.S! Release the final security protocols!"
"Warning! Warning..."
Just as Stark was about to confirm, a familiar voice came from afar: "Iron Man! Catch this!!!"
Hearing Peter's voice, Stark instinctively turned around and caught what Spider-Man threw from afar. Stark looked down and saw a shimmering polyhedron in his hand, glowing with magical light.
Another tentacle smashed towards him, and Stark hurriedly dodged. Spider-Man shouted, "Look here!"
Stark turned to Spider-Man and saw him pointing to his chest. In mid-air, Stark looked at his own chest and then at the crystal in his hand, realizing that it was the "magic reactor" that Schiller had created.
"And also!!!" Peter's shout came again.
Stark hesitated for a moment, then without hesitation, inserted the crystal into the installation slot of the Mech armor. A large amount of blood flowed from the incomplete slot on his chest, and when the reactor replacement was completed, Stark heard Peter's voice echoing in his ear: "He asked me to remind you!!! The secret of magic is-"
"Think it, and it will be!"
In an instant, pure magical energy poured into the Mech armor, and peculiar patterns crawled up the smooth surface of the Mech armor. Looking at the crazy alien creature laughing hysterically, Stark murmured to himself, "Think it, and it will be..."
The night sky was silent for a moment, as if a century had passed.
Then, Iron Man disappeared, and the Mech armor that seemed so tiny in front of the alien creature disappeared completely.
In its place was an endless galaxy hovering over New York.
The brilliance of magic spread out, bringing a splendid curtain of light like the aurora. Each point of light scattered, forming stars that spread throughout the universe.
The shape of the stars began to change from scattered to regular, and the magic light began to move from mystery to order. Countless stars intertwined, and as the sound of industrial machinery rose, Mars rose, and the whistle sounded, the most beautiful melody of the industrial age began to roar.
In an instant, the sound of metal colliding was louder than thunder, the airflow of gears rotating was stronger than a storm, and the light of flames interlacing was brighter than the sun.
No one had ever thought of it, and no one had ever seen it. The ultimate form of mechanical civilization thousands of years in the future, along with the light of the magic galaxy, descended on this planet, bringing an unimaginable grandeur and magnificence beyond any biological imagination.
After just a few tens of seconds, in the quiet night sky around Earth, human infinite wisdom was turned into reality by magic, and a new possibility appeared in countless strange and absurd universes-
The chip Great Wall rose layer by layer, the circuit flowed with brilliant light, igniting the sun, welding the stars, and connecting the universe. The endless mechanical power descended.
The tiny Mech armor disappeared, and Iron Man left the battlefield he insisted on guarding. There were no longer any superheroes streaking across the sky like meteors above New York, and there was no longer Iron Man's Mech armor.
In its place was the great aggregation of endless machinery that enveloped Earth, the eternal creator of all steel and machinery, the eternal ruler of mechanical civilization-
The Steel Magic God Stark.