"What about you?" Luke turned his gaze to Tony beside him.
"Me? I'm just here to send Venom back. He misses home." Tony stretched out his hand, and a ball of black liquid reluctantly separated from his body.
To be honest, he actually enjoyed the time he spent with Tony. At least his brain was very much to his taste.
But Venom was still a little confused after being driven out of Tony Stark's body, because before leaving, he had not yet received the information from Tony Stark that he missed home.
At that time, Tony Stark's mind was full of thoughts about discussing the technology of symbiote materials with Luke, and showing off his latest unconventional Mark armor - the symbiote armor.
Venom originally wanted to watch the show, but Tony suddenly changed his mind and threw him out.
"Then I won't see you off." Luke watched Venom rolling forward on the ground, then climbing up to a high platform as if he was familiar with the place, collapsing and turning into a pool of mud, and ordered the two of them to leave.
He is indeed a bit pressed for time now.
"This is so sad." Tony, who received the order to leave for the first time, spread his hands awkwardly and looked at Nick beside him. However, Nick did not notice Tony's look. After receiving Luke's order to leave, he nodded immediately and walked out of the laboratory first.
This abrupt departure made Tony hold back all the words in his heart, and he could only follow behind depressedly and leave together.
After Nick returned, he quickly delivered the equipment used by the suspect. After an inspection, Luke gave his conclusion.
"It's been modified," Luke said confidently. He held the inspected Beast Series wrist in his hand, turning it over. Under Nick's gaze, he continued, "Although the modification technology is a bit crude, I have to say they do have some technical prowess. At least they've achieved a certain degree of reverse engineering."
Honestly speaking, anyone who can accomplish this in such a short period of time must either have a scientific research genius like Tony under his command, or have a technically strong team and a top scientific research laboratory.
I prefer the latter, because the changes lack any aesthetic appeal, more like a brute force hack followed by a bit of rote memorization. I believe Tony, a genius, could have done much better in many areas.
Unlike the current situation, where the limits have been broken but the proper purification is inadequate, the more often this modified beast-series equipment is used, the more likely it is to attract the attention of the beasts and be corrupted by their power.
Nick's face turned pale. He couldn't deny that SHIELD had secretly researched and simulated these devices, but none of them were deployed, and SHIELD had made all the necessary preparations to deal with any unexpected events.
The equipment used by the agents had never been subject to any research or backtesting. Yet Luke now claims it had been altered!
Nick must have believed Luke's conclusion because he had no need to deceive himself.
That's the question.
Who changed it?
Who has the technical ability to make changes to these equipments?
"You'd better check it out when you get back. If possible, it's best to send all the equipment back to Heberon for a 'physical examination'. Don't let your S.H.I.E.L.D. become Beast's S.H.I.E.L.D. without anyone noticing.
The members of the organization that maintains world peace have been corrupted and become the vanguard. Then the mages may have to carry out some kind of purge against you.
As a collaborator, being directly eliminated by the partner is too humiliating." Luke's tone was somewhat gloating, which made Nick's face even gloomier.
The possibility revealed in Luke's words made Nick shudder. He would not accept S.H.I.E.L.D. becoming another Hand.
"I'll do it," Nick nodded. Although he wasn't in the best of moods, he saw this as an opportunity to see how many people the organization, which haunted him like a shadow, had planted under his wing.
Any modified beast series equipment is a clear proof of rebellion!
It was either that hidden organization or that demon beast. Either way, they were both untrustworthy.
"If the worst case scenario really happens, that is, other SHIELD agents are corrupted by the beast and their minds are affected, do those mages have a solution?" Nick asked a question that he thought was very important.
"You'll need to ask the mages about this. The little information I can give you is that the influence of any dimensional demon's power is like a cancer on the bones, and it's difficult to completely eradicate it.
Of course, this statement is only true for those spokespersons who are the focus of the Demon God's attention." Luke still gave his own opinion.
"Perhaps I should ask the Mage King to come over," Nick sighed. As one of the three collaborators, he certainly had the Mage King's contact information. From his observation, the Mage King was a very knowledgeable and steady partner, a partner worth trusting in critical moments.
Nick, with a heavy heart, hurried away with the inspected Beast Series wristbands and its test report. Before leaving, he still raised the need for research and development of new equipment to Luke.
At this point, even though Nick didn't understand what the power of the dimensional demons represented, after getting a lot of relevant information from the Mage King and the current erosion incident that made him sweat, he has become extremely wary of the power and items related to these demons.
If there is no choice, then Nick certainly will not throw away the abandoned beast series wrist equipment. At most, he will be more demanding and strict in its use and storage.
But there are alternatives now!
However, Nick didn't understand that the new energy was not as safe as he thought.
Luke shook his head and went back to reading.
He had previously produced two test tubes of dragon bone potion, and after Nick took them, it wasn't long before funds and official approvals began flowing into a new company. Groundbreaking for the new city was imminent.
The design drawings, construction machinery, and other preliminary preparations were all prepared by Heberon. It was precisely because of this high efficiency that Luke now felt a little short of time.
He had to be familiar with the materials from various dimensions before starting construction, and determine the area they would occupy based on their characteristics. As for Nick's new equipment request?
Then I can only let him wait a little longer. If that doesn't work, I still have a batch of brand new beast series equipment that I haven't been able to use yet, so it's not impossible to let him deal with it for the time being.
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Asgard.
Fairy Palace.
"Master Ancient One, you know that although I am the god of Asgard and the king who rules the Nine Realms, you know exactly how much water there is in this. There are enemies hostile to Asgard everywhere in the Nine Realms, and even within Asgard, there are those who oppose me."
Odin, sitting on the throne, rubbed his forehead tiredly.
Ancient One was not in a hurry to speak, she was patiently waiting for Odin's next words.
What Odin said was certainly true, but truth must be distinguished. There were indeed many tribes in the Nine Realms that were not very friendly to the Asgardian tribe, and some even waged war against Asgard for years.
But the situation was definitely not as precarious as Odin had described. Although the elderly Odin had long since begun to cultivate his character and become more gentle and kind, this gentleness and kindness was based on the prosperity and strength of Asgard!
If there really is a tribe that threatens Asgard, and the country he protects is at a critical moment of life and death, the old man sitting on the throne who looks old and worn out will probably pick up his spear the next moment and become the killing god that many tribes feared in his youth again.
The other party said this at the moment, and Gu Yi felt that he was more interested in negotiating terms with him.
As expected, Odin was silent for a moment, his expression as if reminiscing. He then said quietly, "As the King of Asgard, I am willing to cooperate with the Sorcerer Supreme. However, I need to test the other partner."
Odin said this, rising from his throne and descending the steps, his sacred spear, Gungnir in hand. The old man before him now looked kind, but his former power-conscious nature hadn't completely changed; it had simply been hidden and buried.
He respected the strong and believed that Ancient One, as the Sorcerer Supreme, had the status and qualifications to cooperate with him, but Odin was not satisfied with his other partner. If it were not for the Sorcerer Supreme's insistence, he would have preferred this cooperation to become him and the Sorcerer Supreme, Asgard and Midgard.
As for the other person from Midgard?
It would be nice to let him be a technology provider.
Ancient One knew that this was Odin's condition. She followed Odin to the gate of Asgard, looked at the scenery outside, bowed slightly, and signaled Odin to continue.
"In my youth, I was tyrannical and warlike, seeking to conquer and unify the Nine Realms by force. To this end, I committed many wrongdoings. Once, a cosmic race of unknown origin attacked Asgard, causing considerable damage to us. After defeating them, I used a terrifying binding spell to imprison them in a magical cage.
I thought this would lead to their gradual extinction, but what I didn't expect was that they had some special ethnic abilities and they integrated the group.
Now, they had lost their tribe and had formed an even more terrifying fusion form: a physical incarnation composed of the resentment and hatred of hundreds of millions of dead souls.
He can devour emotions such as hatred, fear, and love. As long as there is hatred in this universe, they can be said to be immortal.
He has now become a huge threat to Asgard. I won't force the Midgard collaborator to defeat him. Even I feel helpless facing him at this moment.
But I will send him to the Midgard collaborator. I want to see if he can use his technology to solve the hidden dangers of Asgard."
Odin stated his conditions.
In truth, Odin still didn't believe the Midgardian could pull it off, but he was going after the Supreme Sorcerer in the first place. If anything went wrong, the Supreme Sorcerer would have to clean up the mess for the Midgardian, no matter what. Odin would be happy to use the excuse of helping him and work with the Supreme Sorcerer to solve this problem once and for all, or at least semi-permanently, the problem that had been nagging him.