Recaps

Chen Changsheng reached the Pacific Bug Nest, created three additional brain bugs, and absorbed its accumulated Biomass energy. He left the nest expanding and charging the gateway, with new bugmen prepared to protect Gwen and support him.

• Chen Changsheng sailed to the Pacific Ocean and dove into the depths to reach the bug nest.
• Chen Changsheng found that the brain bug had enveloped the gateway and accumulated vast quantities of Biomass.
• Chen Changsheng created three brain bugs named Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean in total, then ordered them to expand the nest.
• Chen Changsheng absorbed Biomass until he grew ten centimeters taller and gained two tons, then created twenty combat-type bugmen to protect Gwen and serve as energy reserves.
• Chen Changsheng learned that the gateway still needed a long time to charge, and left the flourishing bug nest continuing to gather resources.

Chen Changsheng joined General Ross’s hunt for Bruce Banner in Africa as the US Military prepared an ambush. After the troops opened fire on Hulk, he rose and began smashing the tanks, while Chen Changsheng watched from a transport plane.

• Chen Changsheng traveled to Africa with twenty insect-men after General Ross summoned him to help find Hulk.
• General Ross told Chen Changsheng that Bruce Banner had been spotted in a town and prepared an assault with nearly three hundred Tyrants and Chen Changsheng’s enhanced forces.
• The US Military surrounded Banner’s house and ordered him to surrender, prompting him to transform into Hulk and burst outside.
• General Ross ordered the troops to fire on Hulk, and the barrage drove him into a curled-up position beneath the smoke.
• Hulk recovered when the gunfire stopped, dented a tank with his fists, and chased the scattered tanks as Chen Changsheng watched from the plane.

Chen Changsheng tested Hulk’s strength by attacking him from an aircraft, then fought him on the ground after Hulk forced an emergency landing. The chapter left Chen Changsheng holding his own against Hulk as the enraged monster charged at him again.

• Chen Changsheng fired the aircraft’s autocannon at Hulk, whose injuries made him grow larger and stronger.
• Chen Changsheng pursued Hulk in the aircraft, but Hulk hurled a rock that damaged its tail and forced an emergency landing.
• Chen Changsheng and twenty insect-men transformed into armored forms and charged toward Hulk.
• Chen Changsheng kicked Hulk in the back, then blocked Hulk’s punch with a shield made from his armor.
• Chen Changsheng dodged Hulk’s next punch and struck the back of his head, knocking him down.
• Hulk got back up and charged at Chen Changsheng again.

Chen Changsheng and twenty enhanced insect men beat back the Hulk, who fled after recognizing their strength. General Ross took the Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum and, ignoring Chen Changsheng’s warnings, prepared to pursue the Hulk himself in a desperate bid to secure a victory.

• Chen Changsheng wounded the Hulk, gathered blood samples, and joined the arriving insect men in transforming into Lizard People.
• Chen Changsheng and the twenty insect men battered the Hulk, interrupting his roars as he grew stronger and larger.
• The Hulk recognized the odds against him and fled, leaving General Ross’s plan to capture him unsuccessful.
• Chen Changsheng changed back to a weakened human form before General Ross arrived, then warned him that the Hulk grew stronger during prolonged fights and that Lizard People needed substantial energy.
• General Ross accepted Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum from Chen Changsheng and the insect men, dismissed the warnings, and resolved to capture the Hulk with his soldiers.

Chen Changsheng found Hulk's blood useless to him and turned his attention to obtaining Vibranium from Wakanda. After General Ross's enhanced soldiers were crushed by Hulk, Chen Changsheng called Ross to discuss Vibranium and hinted at good news.

• Chen Changsheng had the Willow Tree analyze Hulk's blood and concluded that Hulk's genes offered him no useful benefit.
• Chen Changsheng thought of Wakanda's Vibranium and decided he might still gain something from his trip.
• Hulk killed twenty Lizard Gene-enhanced soldiers, and the US Military took General Ross away for questioning.
• General Ross received Chen Changsheng's call and agreed to help obtain a small amount of Vibranium if Chen Changsheng explained his request.
• Chen Changsheng sidestepped Ross's demand for an explanation and said he had good news to share.

Chen Changsheng persuaded General Ross to pursue vibranium by tracking down Ulysses Klaue, and the US Military captured Klaue and questioned him about Wakanda. After revealing Wakanda’s location, Klaue was released, while Chen Changsheng agreed to the military’s terms as they planned an invasion.

• Chen Changsheng told General Ross that Ulysses Klaue knew where vibranium came from, and Ross admitted he had reported Umbrella Corporation’s Lizard Gene Enhancement Serum to the military.
• General Ross used his military connections to locate Klaue, and an elite unit captured him in a surprise attack.
• During a video conference, Chen Changsheng pressured Klaue to reveal Wakanda’s location, and Klaue confessed before being released.
• Klaue began planning to exploit the coming conflict, while Chen Changsheng agreed to the US Military’s terms for dividing any gains.
• The US Military began carefully planning its invasion of Wakanda, concerned about international interference and the risk of defeat.

Chen Changsheng drove The Hulk toward Wakanda, prompting T'Chaka to send T'Challa to divert him while keeping the hidden nation secret. T'Challa attacked The Hulk, but The Hulk charged back at him as Chen Changsheng recorded the fight.

• Wakanda's intelligence agency detected The Hulk and the US Military approaching, and T'Chaka ordered T'Challa to drive The Hulk away without exposing Wakanda.
• T'Challa put on his Black Panther armor and flew toward The Hulk aboard a Wakandan Stealth Fighter.
• Chen Changsheng continued harassing The Hulk from his aircraft, steering the eight-meter-tall monster toward Wakanda as General Ross worried about capturing him.
• T'Challa dropped from the sky and kicked The Hulk in the back, then prepared to strike again.
• The Hulk roared and charged at T'Challa, who believed he could handle the monster.

T'Challa fought The Hulk in his Vibranium Armor but retreated toward a Wakandan Stealth Fighter, which The Hulk damaged after its Sonic Cannon temporarily restrained him. Chen Changsheng sent a bugman to recover the crash-bound fighter and used his transport aircraft's cannons to drive The Hulk onward toward Wakanda.

• T'Challa dodged The Hulk's attacks and struck him repeatedly, but The Hulk eventually punched him dozens of meters away.
• T'Challa used The Hulk as a springboard to leap toward a hovering Stealth Fighter, and The Hulk jumped after him, destroying the fighter's optical camouflage in the collision.
• The Stealth Fighter's pilot fired its Sonic Cannon to drive The Hulk back and then restrain him, but the weapon ran low on energy.
• The Hulk broke through the fighter's wing, while T'Challa escaped on foot and the damaged aircraft began falling.
• Chen Changsheng sent a bugman to pursue the falling fighter for reverse-engineering research, then fired his transport aircraft's cannons to steer The Hulk toward Wakanda.

Chen Changsheng drove The Hulk into Wakanda, where T'Challa's army failed to stop him and T'Chaka activated the capital's shield. Hulk's blows revealed the hidden city beneath its camouflage, while Willow Tree began burrowing toward Wakanda's interior.

• General Ross told Chen Changsheng that Wakanda had protested to the United Nations over America's military entering its airspace, but Chen continued driving The Hulk toward Wakanda.
• T'Challa led Wakanda's warriors against The Hulk, whose repeated punches shattered their shield formation and sent him rampaging through their ranks.
• T'Challa hurled a Vibranium spear at The Hulk, then covered his warriors' retreat while Chen Changsheng fired the aircraft's cannons to distract Hulk and help T'Challa escape.
• Chen Changsheng sent Willow Tree underground to collect the scattered Vibranium spears and burrow toward Wakanda's city.
• T'Chaka sent Wakandan aircraft to drive The Hulk away, but their attacks failed, so he activated the capital's energy shield.
• The Hulk struck the shield, and its ripples revealed Wakanda's camouflaged city to Chen Changsheng.

Klaue destroyed Wakanda's shield generator, letting The Hulk and Chen Changsheng's aircraft enter the capital as Wakanda's forces scrambled to respond. Chen Changsheng's aircraft was shot down, and he steered its crash toward the city to create more chaos.

• Klaue led mercenaries through a secret passage into Wakanda and found the shield generator.
• Klaue's men fired a cruise missile that destroyed the shield generator, causing Wakanda's energy shield to vanish.
• Chen Changsheng ordered his aircraft toward the capital as The Hulk leaped into Wakanda's army and attacked its soldiers.
• T'Challa organized the soldiers into small energy shields around The Hulk while Wakandan fighters intercepted Chen Changsheng's aircraft.
• Wakandan fighters shot down Chen Changsheng's aircraft, and Chen Changsheng directed its crash toward the capital.

Chen Changsheng infiltrated Wakanda’s Vibranium warehouse after Klaue and Erik broke in, then used his Willow Tree form to steal the stored vibranium and carve an escape tunnel. Wakanda’s elite female guards arrived as Chen created a decoy resembling Klaue to face them.

• Klaue and Erik detonated a sonic bomb, broke into the Vibranium warehouse, and filled their backpacks with Vibranium bars.
• Chen Changsheng spotted the pair leaving, planted viruses in Klaue to learn his escape method, and transformed himself to resemble him.
• Chen entered the warehouse, destroyed its hidden cameras, and used Willow Tree roots to dig a tunnel and carry away Vibranium bars and other vibranium objects.
• Wakanda’s elite female guards arrived, and Chen squeezed a Klaue-like substitute out of his Willow Tree trunk to confront them.

Chen Changsheng, disguised as Ulysses Klaue, slaughtered Wakanda’s female guards and learned that Shuri was close to repairing the shield. He took Vibranium from the warehouse and escaped along Klaue’s route while Willow Tree tunneled away separately.

• Chen Changsheng used Klaue’s appearance and rifle to ambush the female guards, killing them while leaving the Guard Captain alive.
• Chen Changsheng knocked the Guard Captain unconscious and absorbed memories from the guards’ bodies, learning that Shuri was quickly repairing the shield generator.
• Chen Changsheng decided to leave before Wakanda was sealed off and took Vibranium bars from the warehouse to draw attention away from Willow Tree.
• Chen Changsheng transferred Biomass to Willow Tree, sent it tunneling toward the outside of Wakanda, and followed Klaue’s marked escape route.
• Chen Changsheng caused destruction as he left, making sure the Wakandans noticed Klaue and giving Willow Tree more time to escape.

Chen Changsheng rampaged through Wakanda as Klaue, while T'Challa's forces fought The Hulk and General Ross's US Military. Chen escaped with most of the vibranium, leaving Willow Tree hidden in the capital as Wakanda counted its losses and prepared for revenge.

• Chen Changsheng killed and absorbed pursuing Wakandans for Biomass, evaded fighter jets, and escaped through Klaue's secret passage.
• General Ross ordered an indiscriminate artillery attack on The Hulk, killing and injuring Wakandan soldiers and civilians as T'Challa ordered his forces to retreat behind the shield.
• The Hulk escaped the Wakandan army's formation but fought the US Military, which attacked him with a powerful tank-mounted sonic weapon.
• Chen Changsheng left Willow Tree and its vibranium cargo hidden underground in Wakanda's capital, while Wakanda executed Klaue's abandoned mercenaries.
• T'Chaka surveyed the damage and considered abdicating, while Wakandans deepened their hatred of The Hulk, the US Military, and Klaue.

After Wakanda focused on hunting Klaue, Chen Changsheng returned to General Ross’s command center and helped him find a way to avoid punishment for the disastrous battle. Ross left hopeful that his captured Wakandan equipment could turn his defeat into a victory.

• T'Chaka and his advisers decided to pursue Klaue first and postpone settling accounts with The Hulk and the US Military.
• Klaue celebrated his stolen vibranium, unaware that Erik was watching him strangely.
• General Ross feared his military losses had ruined his career, and Chen Changsheng returned to the command center pretending he had barely survived.
• Ross asked Chen Changsheng to look after his daughter, but Chen Changsheng refused and suggested Ross could be rewarded as Special Envoy for African Affairs.
• Chen Changsheng framed the battle as a victory over Wakanda and pointed to a recovered stealth fighter and scattered weapons as Ross’s spoils.
• General Ross became excited when Chen Changsheng promised the equipment could help clear him of blame.

After General Ross declared victory over Wakanda, Chen Changsheng collected Vibranium weapons and Kimoyo Beads while Ross underestimated their value. Ross and Chen returned to the United States, leaving the Sixth Fleet and Chen’s yacht in Africa as the Pentagon summoned them over the evidence of Wakanda’s technology.

• General Ross encouraged the demoralized US soldiers by claiming they had defeated Wakanda and injured The Hulk, and promised to request commendations for them.
• Chen Changsheng demonstrated a Vibranium spear’s power, then learned from General Ross that the soldiers had seized 2,872 spears and various Wakandan garments.
• Chen Changsheng tried to activate a Vibranium cloak but lacked the Wakandan tattoo and Kimoyo Beads needed to authenticate it, so he planned to have Tony Stark study the beads.
• General Ross let Chen Changsheng take more than 1,500 Vibranium spears, all the Kimoyo Beads, and other ornaments; Chen’s insect-men loaded the spears onto his ship.
• Chen Changsheng and General Ross flew back to the United States while the yacht and Sixth Fleet remained off Africa, and the Pentagon summoned Chen over his footage of Wakanda’s technology.

The US military focused on Wakanda after learning about its advanced technology, while General Ross gained a new role and Chen Changsheng covertly pursued vibranium and the Heart-shaped herb. Chen Changsheng accepted Tony Stark’s invitation to a Morocco race and invited Gwen to join him.

• US generals discussed Wakanda’s technology and its downed fighter, then classified the incident while weighing how to exploit the country.
• General Ross became Special Commissioner for African Affairs, and Chen Changsheng sent insect-men security teams to Africa to recover vibranium and had Willow Tree search for the Heart-shaped herb.
• Wakanda licked its wounds and searched for Klaue, while Klaue remained unaware that Wakanda would soon put a 1 billion US Dollar bounty on him.
• Tony Stark invited Chen Changsheng to a racing competition in Morocco, and Chen Changsheng accepted because he wanted Tony’s help with something.
• Chen Changsheng invited Gwen to Morocco, and she looked forward to their first trip together.

Chen Changsheng and Tony Stark were summoned to a government hearing over biological weapons and the Iron Man Armor. Tony rejected the demand to surrender his armor technology and ended the hearing by claiming that no one could replicate it for twenty years.

• Chen Changsheng attended Stark Industries' expo, where Tony Stark presented new plans and a video left by his father.
• A blonde state enforcement officer served Tony Stark and Chen Changsheng with subpoenas for a hearing the next day.
• Chen Changsheng arrived at the New York City Government building, where officials questioned him over research involving the missing Lizard People.
• Tony Stark arrived late and argued that the Iron Man Armor was a prosthetic limb when a senator demanded its manufacturing technology.
• Justin Hammer testified that the Iron Man Armor threatened public safety, and Tony retaliated by showing footage of Hammer Industries' armor research.
• Hammer cut the power to stop Tony's hack, and Tony declared that no one could replicate his armor for twenty years.

Chen Changsheng defended Umbrella Corporation at a public hearing, where the senator failed to force him to surrender its research data. After celebrating with Tony Stark, Chen visited Gwen and arranged a trip to Morocco with her, though George remained furious about their relationship.

• Chen Changsheng denied that Umbrella Corporation's research or the Lizard People incidents threatened public safety and presented records of his cooperation with the New York police.
• Harry Osborn and Killian testified in support of Chen Changsheng, while Chen privately resolved to seek samples of Killian's Extremis Virus.
• Chen Changsheng told the senator that Umbrella Corporation's projects were classified through its military cooperation, and the hearing ended without a decision.
• Chen Changsheng and Tony Stark celebrated outside City Hall as Peter Parker photographed them, and Chen recognized that his public profile would make it harder for authorities to target him openly.
• Chen Changsheng visited Gwen's family, announced that he and Gwen would travel to Morocco for a racing competition, and shared a meal with them.
• George grew jealous and drove Chen Changsheng away when he tried to spend the night at Gwen's house.

Chen Changsheng traveled with Tony Stark to a race in Morocco, where he impressed Tony with his ability to drink and watched him arrange an expo booth for Justin Hammer. Tony challenged Chen Changsheng to a race with the loser agreeing to do one thing for the winner, and the organizers sent them onto the track.

• Chen Changsheng and Gwen boarded Tony Stark's private jet, where Chen noticed signs of Tony's palladium poisoning but decided not to intervene yet.
• At the Morocco race, Chen Changsheng stayed with Tony Stark in the bar and drank dozens of glasses while shielding him from people seeking his attention.
• Justin Hammer asked Tony Stark for a booth at the Stark Industries Expo, and Tony promised to provide one if Hammer had products worth showing.
• Chen Changsheng sent Gwen away with Pepper and Happy after Tony secretly asked him to get Pepper out of the way.
• Tony Stark challenged Chen Changsheng to a race, and they agreed that the loser would do one thing for the winner.
• The organizers passed over two competitors and sent Tony Stark and Chen Changsheng onto the track.

At a race attended by Tony Stark and Chen Changsheng, Ivan Vanko attacked the track and targeted Tony. Chen Changsheng escaped the crash, changed into black armor, and watched as Ivan approached Tony.

• Justin Hammer's interview with Leslie Bibb was interrupted when Tony Stark appeared on the race entry list, drawing everyone's attention.
• Ivan Vanko entered the track, revealed his crude exoskeleton and electric whips, and split a spectator and a race car in half.
• Happy confessed to Pepper that Tony was at the race and in danger, so Pepper dragged him away to find Tony; Gwen was left behind.
• Chen Changsheng sped away after Tony's car flew into the air and broke apart, then changed into black armor on a raised platform.
• Ivan approached Tony with his whip as the crowd watched, believing Tony was about to be defeated.

Ivan Vanko overwhelmed Tony Stark with his electrified whips, and Happy and Chen Changsheng intervened to save him. Chen was badly burned by Ivan’s whip but survived long enough to demand an Iron Man suit from Tony, who promised to build him one.

• Ivan Vanko battered Tony Stark with electrified whips and declared that he would kill him.
• Happy rammed Ivan with his car, but Ivan recovered and split the vehicle in two with his whip; Happy fled with Pepper after throwing Tony the armor case.
• Tony struggled to put on the portable Iron Man Armor while Ivan prepared to strike him.
• Chen Changsheng jumped between Tony and Ivan and caught Ivan’s whip, but the electricity badly burned him.
• Chen asked Tony for an Iron Man suit, and Tony recognized him as Jack and promised to build one once they returned.

Chen Changsheng intervened as Ivan Vanko nearly killed Tony Stark, then defeated Ivan and took his counterfeit Arc Reactor. With Moroccan police approaching, Chen left Tony to handle the aftermath after Tony promised him a replacement reactor.

• Ivan’s charged whip struck Tony’s shoulder after Chen tugged at Ivan’s feet, giving Tony time to finish putting on his armor.
• Ivan wrapped his whip around Tony’s neck and overloaded the armor, while Chen watched from hiding.
• Chen knocked Ivan unconscious, removed his Arc Reactor, and freed Tony from the electrical restraint.
• Tony scanned the counterfeit reactor, took it from Chen, and crushed it as Moroccan police approached.
• Tony promised Chen a better Arc Reactor, and Chen walked away while considering whether to recruit Ivan.

Chen Changsheng traveled to New Mexico to see Mjolnir, while Tony Stark faced his worsening palladium poisoning and decided to prepare an Iron Man suit for Chen. After S.H.I.E.L.D. sealed off the hammer, Chen found Thor and knocked him down while disguised as a tattooed Black street punk.

• Chen Changsheng read about the hammer in New Mexico and decided to visit it, while Justin Hammer stayed in Morocco to arrange the Russian attacker’s release.
• Tony Stark returned to New York, worried about his palladium poisoning, and decided to upgrade his armor and build Chen Changsheng a suit as a possible successor.
• Chen Changsheng dropped Gwen off, traveled to New Mexico with his insect-men bodyguards, and tried unsuccessfully to lift Mjolnir.
• Agent Coulson arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and sealed off the area around Mjolnir, so Chen left to avoid getting involved.
• Chen Changsheng encountered Thor in a nearby town, transformed into a tattooed Black street punk, and knocked Thor flat.

Chen Changsheng collected Thor’s blood and discovered that Asgardian genes had a triple-helix structure, then accepted Tony Stark’s invitation to a scientific discussion. He left the genetic map unfinished and prepared to visit Tony’s seaside villa.

• Chen Changsheng and his insect-men beat Thor, then took blood samples while Jane Foster tried to intervene.
• Jane Foster helped Thor up, and Thor blamed his defeat on Odin sealing his powers.
• Heimdall watched Thor recover and leave with Jane Foster, then decided not to interfere.
• Chen Changsheng sent insect-men to follow Thor and watch Mjolnir before returning to New York.
• Chen Changsheng found that Asgardian genes differed greatly from human genes and had a triple-helix structure.
• Tony Stark invited Chen Changsheng to his seaside villa for a scientific discussion, and Chen Changsheng accepted.

Tony Stark's drunken party spiraled into a fight after Rhodes took an Iron Man Armor and tried to force Tony to stop. As Chen Changsheng watched from outside, Natasha approached him to investigate his connection to Stark.

• Chen Changsheng arrived at Tony Stark's crowded villa, where Tony was drunk and Pepper failed to persuade him to end the party.
• Rhodes went to the basement, put on an Iron Man Armor suited to him, and charged into the party as War Machine.
• Rhodes drove the guests out and began fighting Tony, while Chen Changsheng found a distant vantage point and recorded the battle.
• Natasha noticed Chen Changsheng and approached him under the pretense of asking about his appointment with Stark.
• Chen Changsheng told Natasha that Tony had invited him and kept his distance from S.H.I.E.L.D.