Tree of Life Foundation Research Base
Dan glanced at a warehouse full of Hulk blood cell samples and said with a smile, "Now it's finally time to put these materials to use."
Under the control of the Kamen Rider Chronicle, the Hulk's blood cell samples were combined with various preset plant and animal genes, giving birth to genetic sequences possessing immense power and an intense desire for battle. Then, Kuuga-homologous dark power was injected into them.
"In this way, the prototype of the Grongi race is complete." Dan clapped his hands and looked with satisfaction at the many Grongi embryos he had created by combining multiple materials through the Rider Chronicle.
"Next, we just wait for these embryos to mature and develop consciousness.
Once that happens, the Grongi race can appear in the world.
But how should the Grongi be introduced?" Azu watched the Grongi embryos incubating, her blood-red lips curling into a sinister smile as she asked.
Dan snapped his fingers. "I've already written the script. Strange natural phenomena suddenly appear in a forest in North America. An expedition team follows the clues and discovers the ruins of a mysterious, ancient prehistoric civilization.
Once the ruins are opened, the Grongi race—sealed away since ancient times—revives, restarting the hunting game once again—the Gegel Game.
At the same time, the belt that once sealed the Grongi—the source of power of the fierce warrior Kuuga—reappears.
Thus, the unfinished great battle of ancient times continues."
The Grongi civilization ruins would naturally be newly constructed. With the Tree of Life Foundation's technology, it was easy to secretly build a simple stone ruin.
As for aging it, by using the reality laws analyzed by the Rider Chronicle combined with the recently acquired time laws, the newly built ruins could be made to possess a genuine history spanning tens of thousands of years.
All the Grongi-related settings could also be directly implanted into the Grongi race while their consciousness was still incubating.
"By this time, Coulson will have already salvaged Captain America," Dan Dao continued. "Next, we just wait for the Grongi to finish developing and awaken their individual consciousness."
With a wave of his hand, Dan used spatial power to directly transfer the Grongi race—still incubating their awareness—into the completed ruins.
The background had been fully set. Now all that remained was to let the story unfold naturally.
"Ark, how is the construction of the space station and its related equipment progressing?" After handling the Grongi and Kuuga script, Dan asked Ark.
"Everything is proceeding smoothly. All matters on the space station are being handled by Ray. The energy collection device is preparing for experimental operation," Ark replied.
Dan Dao nodded. With a flip of his palm, a stone-like object that seemed both metallic and jade-like appeared.
Using uru metal dismantled from the Destroyer Armor as the base, combining it with the ancient godly law runes replicated and analyzed from the Destroyer Armor, and fusing it with Earth's core informational consciousness—
Thus was created the King Stone.
"I'll send the King Stone directly to the space station and use the station's energy collection device to absorb sufficient solar power and cosmic energy for it.
Only then will the King Stone be truly complete."
"Understood," Ark replied.
"All the law runes on the Destroyer Armor have been recorded, and samples of uru metal have been collected.
It's about time to hand it back to the Ancient One so she can return it to Odin," Dan said with a slight smile, recalling the current state of the Destroyer.
New York Sanctum
The Ancient One looked at the Destroyer Armor, now missing more than half an arm, and felt a faint headache coming on.
"Sorcerer Supreme, when we woke up this morning, we discovered this strange armor appearing inside the New York Sanctum. We don't know who delivered it," a guardian mage of the New York Sanctum stepped forward to report.
Then, with some confusion, he asked, "However, we can sense an extremely terrifying energy contained within the armor. May we ask what its origin is?"
The Ancient One shook her head slightly. "This is armor forged by the All-Father of Asgard. It was accidentally left on Earth earlier."
"The armor of the Asgardian God-King? Who could damage the God-King's armor to such an extent?
And who delivered it to the New York Sanctum?" The mage was visibly shocked.
The Ancient One shook her head again. "There's no need to ask further or investigate this matter.
The loss of the Destroyer Armor on Earth involves the succession of Asgard's throne—this is not something we should interfere with.
As for this armor, I will return it to the Asgardian God-King."
"We will heed your warning, Sorcerer Supreme," the mage said with a slight bow. Since it concerned Asgard's royal succession, it was indeed not something he should question.
Shocker Base
Dr. Zola disconnected from his communication with Pierce.
His eyes flickered slightly.
"So, No1 has appeared? And the SHIELD director has learned of Shocker's existence and is mobilizing intelligence agents to search for our traces?"
Zola gave a disdainful chuckle. "Is Pierce trying to test Shocker's strength?"
"Still, No1 seems to have obtained new power from the hammer of the Norse god of thunder.
That does pique my interest.
Perfect timing—the modifications to the Winter Soldier have just been completed. Let the Winter Soldier take a trip and see exactly how strong Number One is now.
I really am curious how powerful the strength from Norse mythology truly is.
Don't you think, Dr. Sterns?" Zola turned his gaze toward Sterns beside him.
"Mythological legends actually exist?" The Leader—Dr. Sterns—was slightly surprised.
"If we were to place the powerful enhanced humans we've created into an ignorant, barbaric civilization," Zola said indifferently, "wouldn't they also be regarded as gods?"
Dr. Sterns nodded in agreement. "That makes sense.
But from the information Pierce provided, those Aesir gods from Norse mythology are extremely powerful.
Long-distance interstellar teleportation technology, control over thunder and storms, and weapons that surpass current understanding."
"The stronger they are, the more research value they have—don't you agree?" Zola said, looking at the image of Kent manipulating lightning on the screen.
"The brand-new Winter Soldier we've created may not necessarily defeat the Norse god of thunder shown in the video.
But dealing with Number One should be more than enough."
Dr. Sterns smiled confidently. "If it's merely an additional ability to control lightning, Number One is absolutely no match for the Winter Soldier.
Vibranium is indeed an extremely unique and powerful metal.
Using gene memory, I fused vibranium with the Winter Soldier's entire skeletal system, allowing him to absorb and store the force of enemy attacks and amplify his own strikes.
The vast majority of energy and physical attacks will be converted into the Winter Soldier's own power."
"And with the Extremis virus integrated into his cells, the Winter Soldier can unleash tremendous energy at any time," Zola added.
The Extremis virus had been taken directly by Zola from Killian's research data online.
Hydra had always been monitoring experiments worldwide that could potentially create super-powered soldiers.
The Extremis virus was among those being observed, but since it was unstable and prone to spontaneous explosion, they had never acted on it.
However, with Dr. Sterns' gene memory technology, stability was no longer an issue. He could directly integrate the Extremis virus into experimental cells.
Moreover, with vibranium cellular bones, the Winter Soldier could perfectly absorb the power of the Extremis virus and convert it into combat capability, with no risk of losing control.
(End of Chapter)