Symbiotes

T'Chaka laughed in exasperation after hearing his son's words.

Didn't you just introduce yourself?

However, he didn't pay attention to these minor details. After glaring at T'Challa to remind him not to talk nonsense, he looked at Norman.

"Chief Osborn, thank you so much for helping Wakanda capture the criminal Ulysses Klaue."

"Wakanda is a poor, nomadic country in Africa, and has nothing to be grateful for..."

He looked guilty.

At this point, Norman said, "Mr. T'Chaka, let's have an open and honest talk."

He didn't want to drag things out with T'Chaka. With each passing day, the Chitauri army was getting closer to Earth, and their situation was urgent.

Norman said, "Wakanda isn't the tiny, poor country you all say it is, nor is it what the world imagines it to be, a country so poor it's not even worth enslaving, is it?"

Upon hearing this, both T'Challa and T'Chaka's expressions changed.

They became serious, and their gazes toward Norman darkened slightly.

"Relax, Mr. T'Chaka, put your claws away. This is H.A.M.M.E.R. headquarters. Even if you're Black Panther, you can't take on the entire H.A.M.M.E.R.."

Norman was being polite.

After all, Ben was also present.

He could subdue T'Chaka with just one hand, unless the old king could bring out the real Black Panther.

Not Super Hero, but Totem.

"Did Ulysses Klaue tell you?"

T'Chaka calmed down a bit. He realized that since H.A.M.M.E.R.. had captured Ulysses and even contacted him through Ulysses, they might have already obtained some information from that despicable person.

"I don't know what he said to you, but what he said may not all be true."

He didn't know how much the H.A.M.M.E.R. knew, so he knew that saying too much at this moment would only lead to trouble.

Upon hearing this, Norman shook his head.

Clearly, T'Chaka did not reveal his true colors based on just a few words.

At this point, Ben interjected, saying, "We've known about Wakanda for a long time, and we know you possess very rich Vibranium and advanced technology. However, you've always kept your Vibranium a secret from the world."

Ben's words made the old king's expression turn sour.

Now his past has been exposed.

"So—what you want is Vibranium too?"

That's nonsense.

Putting Vibranium aside, Wakanda really doesn't have anything that attracts Ben, but he can't say it directly unless he intends to go to war with Wakanda.

"Take a look at this first, Mr. T'Chaka."

He tapped a few times on the table at H.A.M.M.E.R. Bureau, which was also a supercomputer, and immediately brought up the data that Ben had compiled.

"In a few months, we will face a new enemy," he pointed to the sky, "Not from any country, but from the universe."

"If we could, we wouldn't want to disrupt the peace of Wakanda, but the situation is different now."

T'Challa and T'Chaka both stared at the screen in utter astonishment, momentarily unable to distinguish between reality and a movie.

After a while T'Chaka asked:

"Are all of these true?"

"Today isn't April Fool's Day," Norman said, rubbing his forehead.

"The crisis originating from the universe is not just about the fate of one or two countries, but also about the fate of Wakanda— "

"That's enough!" T'Chaka interrupted him abruptly.

How much Vibranium do you need?

One word: awesome!

T'Chaka didn't believe that Norman Osborn, the director of H.A.M.M.E.R., would lie to him about this, nor could he.

Because the timeframe is too short, less than a year, if it's fake, it will fall apart on its own.

"We can provide Vibranium," T'Chaka said, then shook his head, "But Wakanda will not participate in this war."

Upon hearing this, Ben and Norman didn't say anything, but T'Challa seemed a little unhappy.

He frowned and said, "Dad, we can't stand idly by."

"We can't, T'Challa," T'Chaka said, shaking his head seriously.

"Dad!"

T'Challa was still a little unhappy. "If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. This isn't just a problem for one country; it's about the safety of the entire planet!"

Wakanda is not ready.

T'Chaka looked sternly at T'Challa, understanding T'Challa thoughts.

T'Challa's long years of studying abroad have brought him closer to the world outside of Wakanda.

"You're too close to other worlds, T'Challa. That's not a bad thing, but you're too far from Wakanda."

In fact, every successor to the Black Panther prince travels for a period of time. For example, T'Chaka's father was once a friend of Captain America.

T'Chaka also had travel experience, but he had long since returned to his country and ruled Wakanda as king for many years.

To be honest, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he knew Wakanda wasn't ready yet.

The people of Wakanda are now accustomed to a self-sufficient, closed-off lifestyle. Although he is the king, there are still many separate and independent tribes within Wakanda.

Although the tribal chiefs accepted his rule, there were still frictions among them.

If Wakanda were to rashly announce its contact with the world, it could incite public discontent and even lead to internal strife.

Even his decision to provide Vibranium to Norman was fraught with enormous risk.

T'Challa only saw the necessity for Wakanda to engage with the world, but failed to see whether Wakanda was currently prepared to meet the world.

Seeing that the two were about to argue because of their different opinions, Ben quickly said:

"We understand you, Mr. T'Chaka."

He certainly didn't care about the Wakanda's troops who used spears as weapons and whose fighting force was similar to that of tribal conflicts.

Vibranium is enough.

Of course, you have to say all the right things.

"Providing us with Vibranium is already the greatest help we can offer. Everything needs to be done step by step. We at H.A.M.M.E.R.. absolutely respect Wakanda's sovereignty and hope to achieve deeper cooperation with Wakanda in the future."

Then he looked at T'Challa and said, "Prince T'Challa wants to take on more responsibility for the world, and I think he can participate in that role personally."

"You mean...?"

"I believe Prince T'Challa must have heard of the Avengers."

Ben plans to bring Black Panther into the Avengers.

It's not that we don't want him to join the Galactic Plumbers, but the Avengers are more famous now.

Moreover, unlike the Avengers, the Galactic Plumbers are Ben's private team. Whether it's Harry, Peter, or everyone on Sakaar, they can all be considered his own people.

Revenge is merely an alliance.

The heroes are more independent. T'Challa, as the future king, is actually very opinionated and not suitable to stay in the Galactic Plumbers.

He is at least not suitable to be a core member.

Tony was the same; although Ben gave him a medal from the Galactic Plumbers, he didn't actually let him join the Galactic Plumbers.

Moreover...

The H.A.M.M.E.R. is essentially just a shell of the Galactic Plumbers; it doesn't really matter where it is.

"This..."

T'Chaka hesitated, unsure whether to risk his son's life.

But then he thought about it and realized that this might not be a bad idea. With T'Challa active in the world as Avengers, it would be easier for Wakanda to integrate into the world when it was truly ready.

However, before that, he needs to take T'Challa back to Wakanda and perform a ritual for him to obtain the power of the Panther God.

So they took Ulysses with them and left.

Now, once the Vibranium arrives, we can immediately begin preparations to establish the Galactic Plumbers Space Station.

Meanwhile, in the universe.

Dozens of ferocious Chitauri Beast advanced through the void.

They resemble a giant pod of void whales, swimming freely in the starry sea known as the universe.

However, the bodies of these creatures have been modified, and their interiors are like spaceships, capable of accommodating many soldiers and weapons.

Accompanying these behemoths was a massive army.

The spaceship and the giant whale's body were swarming with Chitauri like locusts.

This was not the main force of the Chitauri army, but merely an advance team.

The main army was too large, and the War Lord was very dissatisfied with their marching speed. Therefore, he specially dispatched an advance team to set off ahead of time and start the war.

Driven by a thirst for war, he, as the king of the Chitauri, was also on this advance team.

He wants to see rivers of blood!

However, before this Chitauri army even reached Earth, another ship that encountered them en route was the first to be destroyed.

A Chitauri Soldier rushed forward, knelt on the ground, and said in submission, "My lord, we have discovered a small spaceship in our path."

The War Lord was much larger than the average Chitauri. He sat atop the leading beast and slowly opened his eyes.

"Destroy it!"

The next moment, countless attacks shot out from the horde of giant beasts, heading towards the small spaceship.

Inside the spaceship.

Several clumps of sticky mucus of different colors were squeezed together.

"It's the Chitauri army!"

"I never expected to encounter these locusts here. If only we could fight them now..."

"Our spaceship won't last much longer..."

We must escape the locusts' attack range as quickly as possible.

Are there any habitable planets in nearby star systems?

"There's one... wait, it looks like Earth."

One of the clumps of slime conjured up a star map of the spaceship, in which a blue planet appeared before the Symbiote.

"Great! Earth is the territory ruled by the Asgardian Thor Thor the Symbiote Dragon Grendel, and he can defeat the Chitauri army too! Let's head to that planet!"

Once, when all the Symbiote were under Knull's control, they gathered power from different races across the universe for Knull.

Until several hundred years ago, the Symbiote Dragon Grendel came to Earth and was defeated by Thor.

Perhaps it was the lightning, or some other reason, but in any case, all the Symbiote lost contact with Knull after that battle.

Since then, the Symbiote has stopped working for Knull and instead transformed its homeworld into a massive prison, imprisoning their creator.

It has to be said, this was truly a display of filial piety that caused quite a stir.

Afterwards, the Symbiote formed an organization called Agent of the Cosmos, choosing to coexist with noble warriors and bring peace to the universe.

The blue Symbiote was about to press the button on the spaceship to perform a jump escape when a clump of black slime rushed out and squeezed directly into the blue slime.

In an instant, the two clumps of slime began to spin as if they had fallen into a blender.

"Venom, what are you doing, you lunatic?!"

"Don't run away! We should find a few Chitauri to possess, then control their bodies, eat their heads, and stuff their promotion devices into the War Lord's dermal tubes! Let them know how powerful we are!"

Shut up, you idiot!

The blue Symbiote finally managed to squeeze the Venom out of its body, but then several clumps of slime surged up and instantly controlled the Venom.

Venom is a complete lunatic.

They really couldn't understand what was going on in this guy's head.

"I really don't know how you became Agent of the Cosmos; you're the worst one ever."

"This brings me to my story."

Venom wore a look of disgust on his face, as if just thinking about that host made him feel nauseous.

But no one wanted to listen to his painful past.

The priority now is to escape the Chitauri pursuit.

Just as the blue Symbiote was about to press the spaceship's warp button, the next moment—

Boom!!

An explosion rang out, instantly causing the spaceship to shake violently.

Several clumps of Symbiote slime instantly clumped together, then separated, and all the instruments in the spaceship began to sound alarms.

"This spaceship is unusable! Get to the escape pods!"

Several clumps of slime moved instantly and squeezed into different escape pods.

The next moment--

Boom!!!

The spaceship exploded like fireworks, completely turning into cosmic dust.

The War Lord remained remarkably calm upon witnessing this scene.

It was just a small spaceship, nothing more than a little firework before the real war began.

Soon, billions of lives on Earth will be at his Carnage!

At that moment, a phantom and blurry figure appeared before him. The figure stood in the darkness, making it impossible to see its face, but it was tall and thin, clearly different from the Chitauri around it.

How much longer do you want me to wait?

"That's what the shadowy figure asked."

The War Lord opened his eyes and sneered:

"It'll be soon. What, are you getting impatient, or are you afraid to stay by that person's side?"

"Shut up!"

The dark figure roared angrily.

"You're nothing but Thanos's stray dog, how dare you be so disrespectful to me?"

Upon hearing this, the War Lord mocked, "Thanos defeated me, so all the Chitauri naturally worship him as their king."

"You call me his stray dog? Then what are you?"

"A pathetic wretch who's been controlled?"

"Even your mind doesn't entirely belong to you; you only need to do what you're supposed to do!"

Having said that, the War Lord raised his battle axe and fired a purple laser at the dark figure.

The light instantly shattered the illusion, but before it did, it also illuminated the face of the shadowy figure.

--Loki.

I wonder if anyone guessed that Loki was an undercover agent. Actually, I did give some hints, such as Loki's behavior: when he first arrived on Earth, his first instinct was to retrieve the Tesseract instead of immediately seeking out Thor; Ben lied to him, saying he was nervous when Heimdall was mentioned...