Chapter 190: War (Part 1)
In the starry sky, the war had already begun.
With the arrival of heroes like Steve Rogers and the support of Primus's numerous Iron Soldiers, Tony was suddenly rescued from the Chitauri army.
The energy shield around his body was still active, but visibly, his battle armor already bore scratch marks.
"Are you alright, Tony?"
Steve asked loudly while punching the head off a Chitauri Soldier.
Clearly, he wasn't accustomed to fighting in battle armor.
"You could have come a little later," Tony said grumpily, "that way you could have collected my corpse."
"Don't say that, Tony."
Rhodey had also arrived.
"Rhodey?" Tony recognized his good friend's voice, and then asked with some displeasure, "Why are you wearing Primus's battle armor?"
"Don't blame me, your old battle armor doesn't have an oxygen system," Rhodey said helplessly.
Hearing this, Tony clicked his tongue. "Alright, my bad."
"I'm saying—"
Peter shouted. He was currently surrounded by a swarm of Chitauri Soldiers, who were raising energy weapons and firing purple energy blasts at them. "Can't you guys chat later?"
It was the first time he felt that talking while fighting wasn't a good idea.
"Did you hear that, old man?"
Tony brought his hands to his thighs. "Don't keep the kid waiting!"
The next moment, flames erupted from his palms, and he charged into the dense Chitauri army like a missile once more.
Instantly, only countless energy blasts flickered in the cosmos.
Then, all the heroes charged forward, but even so, the Chitauri far outnumbered them.
Even if Steve and the others could fight a hundred to one, it was still like a drop in the bucket.
Fortunately, he hadn't planned on a direct confrontation.
"Proceed according to plan."
Captain America said, then pierced into the depths of the Chitauri army like a long spear. In an instant, he disappeared into the surging crowd like a tiny pebble.
Tens of minutes later.
Boom!!
A deafening explosion.
Steve blew open the skin of a massive Chitauri Beast and quickly rushed inside.
Then, his battle armor opened, and Steve emerged from it, pressing his finger to his earpiece.
"This is Steve Rogers, infiltration successful."
On the other end, Natasha's voice immediately came through, "Natasha, infiltration successful."
"T'Challa, infiltration successful."
"Wait, wait, wait, I'm having some trouble here—" Peter yelled over the comms, "A few aliens have targeted me—I can't shoot my webs—"
He chattered for a while, then everyone heard a loud explosion.
Afterward, Peter let out a sigh of relief and patted his chest. "Spider-Man, infiltration successful. Oh god, I can finally take this thing off..."
"Is there anyone else who hasn't infiltrated?"
"I can't break through from my side, Captain!" Falcon immediately said.
Rhodey, Barton, and Tony Stark were in the same situation.
"I'd bet I've taken at least 30% of the firepower, and those Chitauri are still chasing me, damn it!" Tony yelled while maneuvering in space.
T'Challa said, "You're too flashy, Stark."
He was right.
Primus's Iron Soldiers were primarily practical, mostly in dark colors. Only Tony's battle armor had always been garishly gold and red, standing out in space like Steve's shield, a complete taunt.
Seeing him, the Chitauri naturally chased him like bulls chasing a red cape.
"I'll support you."
Rhodey, seeing Stark in danger, immediately abandoned his infiltration and began clearing the pursuers behind Tony.
Inside the Chitauri Beast.
The dispersed heroes began their operations.
Inside the giant monster, countless Chitauri warriors continued to charge out into space.
They hadn't realized their own side had already been invaded.
Steve sprinted rapidly through the passageway, taking down every enemy in his path with a single move.
Many Chitauri were still preparing to attack. The moment they rounded a corner, they saw a disc hurtling towards them like a red lightning bolt!
The shield ricocheted back and forth in the narrow space, instantly clearing a path for Steve.
So, stealth means killing every enemy who spots you.
He thought.
Then, he spoke into his earpiece: "Let's meet at the control room, Ms. Eunice—"
Eunice's voice came through the earpiece:
"Please wait a moment, the scan results for the giant Chitauri Beast will take another ten seconds. 10, 9... 7... 2, 1. Scan complete. Data imported. We will provide you with the route forward."
Thus, a projection of a giant whale appeared before everyone's eyes. Eunice had used the scan to display most of the internal structure of the Chitauri Beast, including the passage to the control room.
"Warning, within the control room, there is an individual with an extremely high life energy level."
Steve glanced at the route map and had it completely memorized.
Although he wasn't highly educated, his enhanced brain was very useful.
"A special individual. I'm afraid this is the ruler of these Chitauri."
On the other side, Peter had also memorized the route map. Compared to Steve, he was genuinely choosing to infiltrate.
At this moment, he crawled on the ceiling like a spider. Several groups of Chitauri Soldiers walked beneath him without noticing his presence.
Of course, it wasn't because they were blind, but because Ben had added new gadgets to his battle suit.
To be precise, this was developed by Connors.
By controlling a single mutation of a species' ability using a variometer, his research had gained very broad prospects.
This time, the technology he brought out was the mimicry ability taken from a chameleon.
Then, using biological materials, he created a battle suit that could change color, which was enough for Peter to remain hidden when visibility wasn't very good.
The easiest infiltration was by T'Challa.
The son of the Black Panther, relying on his Vibranium Battle Suit, directly entered berserk mode, killing every enemy he encountered.
"Mr. T'Challa, your route forward has an issue," Eunice reminded him.
"I don't think so."
According to the Chitauri Beast's internal structure, it should have taken the fork on the left and navigated through several layers of routes to reach the control room.
But T'Challa had a shortcut.
He directly used his claws like a long spear and stabbed into the inner wall of the beast's partially modified body. Then, like a blade, he carved an opening directly into the beast's body.
"This way is faster, don't you think?"
Eunice was silent for a moment, then said, "Recalculating your route. You will arrive at the control room before everyone else."
"Then let me meet that guy first."
He was fearless.
Meanwhile, Natasha was heading in the opposite direction of everyone else.
Eunice had given her another mission.
"According to the scan results, there is a hatchery in the Chitauri Beast's abdomen. Chitauri Soldiers are being hatched there continuously. We need to destroy it first."
"I hate these kinds of soldier-breeding facilities the most,"
Natasha said.
At this moment.
The War Lord had discovered that several fleas had appeared on the giant Chitauri Beast he was on.
He wasn't sure how many, but he didn't care.
Those Earthlings were coming to their deaths themselves, so what did he have to worry about?
He even ordered the Chitauri warriors not to stop them, intending to let these people come before him.
His battle axe had been craving blood for a long time!
"Come on, my prey!"
On the other side.
The battle line in space.
As more and more Chitauri appeared, Stark and the others were finding it increasingly difficult to hold on.
Out of thousands of Iron Soldiers, at least a portion had been destroyed by the Chitauri Soldiers, and the front line was retreating steadily.
Tony had already fired all the missiles in his battle armor; only the energy beams were still usable.
"Hacker, haven't you finished yet?"
He shouted.
Through the communicator.
Seeing the Chitauri army gradually approaching Earth's atmosphere, Tony was now extremely anxious, like a king in a hurry.
Those smaller Chitauri Beasts had also started moving.
Although called small, they were still several times larger than those that appeared during the Battle of New York.
At this moment, a giant beast directly charged at Tony Stark.
*BOOM—*
As if a skyscraper had crushed him, Tony screamed and was sent flying.
Jarvis's voice sounded: "Left arm damaged, sir."
Feeling the pain in his left arm, Tony rolled his eyes with annoyance.
"I can feel it!"
Through the communicator, Ben's voice came: "Hold them off for another half hour."
"You might as well just kill me!"
Tony took a deep breath and cursed.
Despite his words, Tony immediately turned and charged at the Chitauri Beast again. He directly plunged into the mouth of a small Chitauri Beast and blew it up from the inside.
*BOOM!!!*
The beast let out a wail.
"Tony!" Rhodey shouted worriedly.
Immediately after, Tony's battle armor flew out from the explosion's flames, looking battered.
At this moment, his battle armor had sustained multiple damages.
"Sir, battle armor damage has reached 35%, and the energy emitter is abnormal," Jarvis's words made Tony's expression even more serious.
But he remained relatively calm.
"Activate Veronica."
As soon as he spoke, on Earth, the top of Avengers Tower opened up a huge platform.
Then, a massive red device instantly shot towards space!
Veronica—also known as the Hulkbuster Armor.
However, Tony now called it the Four Arms Buster Armor.
And its debut performance would be dedicated to those Chitauri Beasts!
The battle armor flew against the sky, soaring towards space. Along with the battle armor, another thing was also heading towards space.
—Venom!
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