Recaps

Du Mu and the Spider-Men searched for the missing Spider-Men while investigating a string of gruesome disappearances. A quest led Du Mu, Peni, and Spider-Man Noir to a meat-processing plant, where they uncovered moving, corpse-like figures feeding on bodies.

• The Prowler reported that Doomsday Spider-Man and Spider-Demon Patton had committed brutal murders, and Du Mu secretly injured Spider-Demon Patton while the other Spider-Men pretended to reprimand him.
• The Spider-Men agreed to find the remaining unseen Spider-Men and split into teams: Du Mu, Peni, and Spider-Man Noir would investigate, while Peter B, Gwen, and Porker went after Kingpin and the Super-Collider.
• Du Mu received a Charm TM and used it on Max, whose forced attempt to use Charm looked more like a taunt and made Du Mu want to attack him.
• Peni and Spider-Man Noir found evidence of disappearances and possible killings in Brooklyn and Hell’s Kitchen, and Du Mu received a quest to stop a cross-dimensional plague.
• Du Mu led Peni and Spider-Man Noir to a meat-processing plant in Hell’s Kitchen, where they found corpse-like figures devouring bodies.

Du Mu, Spider-Man Noir, and Peni fought their way through a processing plant overrun by zombies and discovered a zombified Hydra Spider-Man. After learning the infection came from another Spider-Man who planned to use the Super-Collider to reach more worlds, Spider-Man Noir recognized the threat to the multiverse.

• Du Mu shot down the attacking zombies while Spider-Man Noir and Peni restrained them, and the three agreed to clear the plant before the infection spread.
• The group found a zombified Peter Parker from Earth-839755, a Hydra Spider-Man who could still speak and think.
• Du Mu overwhelmed the Hydra Spider-Man, severed his head, and threatened to abandon him unless he explained how he had been infected.
• The Hydra Spider-Man said another Spider-Man had bitten him and was seeking more food across the multiverse.
• Spider-Man Noir realized the other Spider-Man was targeting the Super-Collider.

Peter B, Gwen, and Porker infiltrated Fisk Tower and discovered that Zombie Spider-Man planned to use Kingpin’s Super-Collider to hunt for food across the multiverse. As the collider activated and zombie villains attacked, Du Mu and his allies arrived to help defeat them.

• Peter B, Gwen, and Porker entered Fisk Tower disguised as dinner staff and found Zombie Kingpin eating a researcher in the basement laboratory.
• Zombie Spider-Man revealed that he intended to use the Super-Collider to reach countless universes and feed on their inhabitants.
• As the collider began activating, Zombie Spider-Man left Kingpin, Rhino, Lizard, and Vulture to attack the three Spider-Men.
• Max appeared and electrocuted the zombie villains, while Du Mu shot Zombie Rhino and arrived with Spider-Man Noir and Peni.
• Du Mu told Peter B that Max had joined Team X after he gave him a large sum of money.

Du Mu and the Spider-People fought Zombie Spider-Man and the zombie heroes as they tried to reach the Super-Collider’s controls and close the portal. Just as Du Mu moved to use the override Key, Zombie Thor emerged from the Quantum Portal.

• Du Mu explained how to destroy the zombie corpses and used system-produced hydrofluoric acid to dissolve the remains.
• The Super-Collider began opening a portal, so the Spider-People set out to use the override Key while Max cleared the laboratory of zombies.
• Zombie Spider-Man revealed that he had summoned zombie heroes from his universe, and they attacked the Spider-People.
• Du Mu killed Zombie Black Widow, fought Zombie Iron Man and Zombie Luke Cage, and tricked Zombie Falcon into grabbing a bomb that exploded.
• As Du Mu headed for the control panel, Zombie Thor stepped out of the Quantum Portal.

Du Mu used a Bile Bomb to turn the Zombie Heroes against Zombie Thor while he seized control of the Super-Collider and closed the Quantum Portal. The surviving zombies regrouped and targeted Du Mu as the greatest threat.

• Zombie Thor attacked Du Mu, but Du Mu's Whiplash Armor absorbed Thor's lightning and restored its energy.
• Du Mu blinded Zombie Thor with light spells and tried to attack him with Loki's Daggers, but Thor blocked him with a lightning barrier.
• Du Mu threw a Bile Bomb at Zombie Thor, causing the Zombie Heroes to attack and devour him.
• Du Mu inserted the Override Key, locked the Quantum Portal, and changed it to allow travel in only one direction, stopping more zombies from entering.
• Zombie Thor recovered from the Bile Bomb's effect and killed many of the Zombie Heroes before the survivors argued about their next move.
• Zombie Wolverine identified Du Mu as the biggest threat, and Du Mu mocked Wolverine for being short.

Du Mu and his allies fought the invading Zombie Heroes while the Super-Collider threatened to overload. After Du Mu and Max disabled most of the zombies, Peter B lifted Thor's Hammer as Zombie Thor prepared to unleash his next phase.

• Du Mu blinded Zombie Wolverine with Loki's Daggers and blew him apart with Explosive Tags, injuring the other Zombie Heroes.
• Zombie Thor's lightning repeatedly struck Max, who absorbed the electricity and retaliated with powerful blasts while Du Mu eliminated the other zombies.
• The Spider-Men subdued Zombie Spider-Man, and Du Mu beheaded him as Zombie Thor and Max fought to a stalemate.
• Du Mu used a Powerful Magnet to pull Thor's Hammer away, and BT caught it and claimed to be Thor.
• Du Mu and the Spider-Men severed Zombie Thor's hands, but Thor's Hammer flew back to him and he caught it in his mouth.
• As Zombie Thor prepared to attack, Peter B took Thor's Hammer from his mouth and revealed that he had lifted it before.

Du Mu defeated the Zombie Heroes, helped the Spider-Men return to their universes, and destroyed Fisk Tower’s Super-Collider before collecting the battle’s spoils. He spent his remaining time in the instance raiding villains, earning the name Bully Spider-Man, and prepared to leave after asking Prowler for his gear as a keepsake.

• Du Mu killed Zombie Thor after Peter B wielded Thor’s Hammer, then received rewards for completing the plague mission.
• Du Mu sent the friendly Spider-Men home with Peter B’s promised payment, then forced the evil Spider-Men through the Quantum Portal with bombs attached to them.
• Du Mu received rewards for completing the instance, raised his Strength to 100, and collected the Zombie Heroes’ weapons and equipment.
• Du Mu activated the Super-Collider’s self-destruct sequence and evacuated Fisk Tower with Max and Prowler before the tower exploded.
• Du Mu scavenged equipment and valuables from Super Villains, earning the underworld’s nickname Bully Spider-Man.
• As his time in the instance ran out, Du Mu told Prowler he was leaving and asked for Prowler’s gear as a keepsake.

After returning from a parallel universe, Du Mu learned Wanda had discovered his enchanted fishing rod and enlisted her Chaos Magic to make Baron Strucker loyal to him. With Strucker under his control, Du Mu took command of Hydra's Sokovia research base and ordered its scientists to study and reproduce advanced technology.

• Du Mu returned to the Main Server after several days and told Peter about alternate Spider-Men, leaving Peter devastated by the grim futures he described for Peter and Mary Jane.
• Du Mu reunited with Wanda, who had discovered the Automatic Fishing Rod and become a celebrated angler in Sokovia; he gave her the rod and asked her to alter Strucker's thoughts.
• Du Mu lured Strucker into a private room and used electric shocks to weaken his resistance while Wanda changed his loyalty with Chaos Magic.
• Strucker pledged himself to Du Mu, who gave him advanced equipment to study and ordered him to keep all Sokovia operations secret from Hydra's other leaders.
• Strucker announced that Du Mu's orders carried the same authority as his own, giving Du Mu control of the research base; Du Mu then considered assigning routine missions to Team X.

Du Mu took control of Hydra in Europe, ordered an investigation into Wakanda and its Vibranium, then accepted a S.H.I.E.L.D. promotion quest to investigate a vampire blood factory in Los Angeles. He teamed up with Blade to destroy the factory and ended the chapter claiming he belonged to a church demon-hunting squad.

• Du Mu ordered Strucker to consolidate Hydra’s European forces and have its members work as citizens in Sokovia, easing Zemo’s staffing concerns.
• After hearing about Wakanda and its Vibranium, Du Mu ordered Hydra’s intelligence division to investigate the country.
• Maria Hill gave Du Mu a quest to investigate an active vampire organization in Los Angeles and offered him a path to Level Eight clearance.
• Du Mu found that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had removed every steering wheel to stop him from stealing cars, so he stole one from a citizen’s car and fitted it to a S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle.
• Du Mu met Blade outside a vampire blood factory, agreed to team up with him, and the two fought their way through the vampire guards.
• Blade asked about Du Mu’s powers, and Du Mu claimed he was part of a church demon-hunting squad.

Du Mu and Blade uncovered an Eternal Night blood factory and began destroying the organization’s other facilities. As the elders prepared to unleash the Reapers and considered summoning the Blood God, Du Mu and Blade reached a bar concealing another factory, where an overpriced bill delayed their entry.

• Du Mu and Blade found humans being drained for blood at a factory, and Du Mu learned it belonged to the Eternal Night Organization and supplied vampires with different grades of blood.
• The factory manager revealed that vampires had turned to buying blood after the New York vampire factions were wiped out and S.H.I.E.L.D. began targeting them; Du Mu killed the managers after questioning them.
• Du Mu and Blade decided to destroy the remaining Blood Factories, and over the next few days they destroyed several despite the Eternal Night Organization sending reinforcements.
• The Eternal Night elders met after seven factories were destroyed, and Damaskinos ordered the Reapers released while revealing that the organization possessed the complete Book of Blood and could summon the Blood God.
• Du Mu and Blade reached a bar hiding another Blood Factory, surveyed the room for the basement passage, and Blade was confronted with a two-thousand-dollar bill for their drinks.

Du Mu and Blade uncovered a Blood Factory full of Reapers, and Du Mu used light magic to destroy the horde and clear the facility. They moved on to destroy more factories, but the Eternal Night Organization offered almost no resistance, leaving Du Mu suspicious that something was wrong.

• Du Mu led Blade into an underground Blood Factory, where they found empty pods and were ambushed by Reapers.
• Blade explained that Reapers were powerful, rapidly regenerating vampire variants, while Du Mu discovered that his energy and light magic could kill them.
• Du Mu fought through the horde with light-infused attacks, then used Illumination to burn away the Reapers surrounding him and Blade.
• Blade asked whether he could learn Du Mu's light abilities, but Du Mu told him he was a promising talent with dark powers.
• Du Mu and Blade found and killed the remaining Reapers in the factory before heading to other locations on the map.
• The pair destroyed more Blood Factories with little resistance, and Du Mu suspected the Eternal Night Organization had given up for a reason.

Du Mu and Blade reached the Eternal Night Organization’s castle, where modernized Vampires ambushed them before Du Mu destroyed the attackers with his supernatural power and guns. They entered the inner hall to confront the Five Ghost Elders, and Du Mu immediately shot one, insisting there were only four.

• Du Mu and Blade cleared the Eternal Night Organization’s remaining Blood Factories and followed the mission marker to its hidden castle.
• Vampires equipped with RPGs and ultraviolet-resistant armor ambushed Blade, who struggled until Du Mu arrived and killed the attackers.
• Du Mu claimed Heaven’s will had returned to the mortal world, then used his protective light and Golden Desert Eagles to defeat the Vampire force.
• Du Mu and Blade entered the castle and met five Vampire elders in the inner hall.
• Du Mu called the group the Four Ghost Elders and shot a gaunt elder who pointed out that five of them were present.

Du Mu rejected Damaskinos’s offer and learned that the vampire elders were meant to fuel a ritual to summon the Blood God. As Damaskinos absorbed their sacrificial power, Du Mu revealed that Damaskinos might be destined to serve as a sacrifice too.

• Du Mu refused Damaskinos’s offer to join the vampires and demanded to know their plans.
• A female vampire elder explained that the vampires had found the complete Book of Blood and planned to use human blood in a ritual to gain the Blood God’s power.
• Du Mu pointed out that the complete ritual required vampire blood and pureblood vampires, and Damaskinos admitted he intended to sacrifice the elders.
• Damaskinos began absorbing the elders’ blood, while Du Mu used Holy Light to purify the female elder and the others.
• Damaskinos claimed the ritual could not be stopped and that Du Mu’s actions had only made the sacrifices easier, but Du Mu asked whether Damaskinos himself was also on the sacrifice list.

Damaskinos’s failed ritual resurrected Dracula, who rejected Du Mu’s offer and attacked him and Blade. Du Mu’s holy bullets wounded Dracula, but Dracula healed and prepared to continue fighting.

• The Blood God Power consumed Damaskinos, and Dracula formed from the resulting mass of energy.
• Dracula drained a maid Vampire, learned that Frost had stolen part of his power, and offered to make Du Mu his descendant and general.
• Du Mu refused to help Dracula conquer humanity without a quest, so Dracula attacked him and Blade.
• Dracula shattered Blade’s silver sword and badly wounded him, while Du Mu fired holy bullets that burned Dracula.
• Dracula searched the maid Vampire’s memories, healed his wounds, and grew furious when Du Mu suggested he become an actor.

Du Mu fought Dracula with magic, swordsmanship, and his Golden Desert Eagle, while Dracula repeatedly healed and transformed. Dracula ended the chapter hovering above Du Mu with bat wings, claiming he had transcended life and death and could not be killed.

• Dracula dodged Du Mu's energy bullets until they curved back and struck him, then his attack failed against Du Mu's magical shield and Du Mu knocked him through a wall with an elbow strike.
• Dracula regenerated from his injuries and entered a more powerful phase, while Du Mu told Blade to escape; Blade pretended to leave and hid nearby with his passive invisibility.
• Dracula blocked Du Mu's bullets with a blood-red sword and fought him to a standstill, but Du Mu mixed gunshots into their sword duel and wounded Dracula with a shot to the forehead.
• Du Mu blinded Dracula with Holy Light and hacked his body apart, but Dracula's pieces turned into blood and bats that re-formed into his body.
• Dracula spread enormous bat wings and hovered above Du Mu, declaring that he had transcended life and death and could not be killed.

Du Mu battered Dracula through his Vampire and Werewolf forms, resisted his hypnosis, and faced his lightning magic. The chapter ended with Du Mu releasing Max and ordering him to use Love Software.

• Du Mu parried Dracula's attack, cut off his wings, and relentlessly battered him after Dracula transformed into a Werewolf.
• Dracula reverted to his Vampire form, then tried to control Du Mu with hypnosis, but Du Mu resisted with Super Armor and slapped him across the face.
• Dracula healed and summoned lightning from the sky, forcing Du Mu to dodge a bolt that struck the castle.
• Du Mu threw a Pure Iron Poke Ball, released Max, and ordered him to use Love Software.

Du Mu and Max defeated Dracula, completing the vampire quest and unlocking three system features. After testing the Recycle System and looting Dracula’s castle with Blade, Du Mu left without raising either Blade’s or Max’s favorability enough to use the new Skin System.

• Max redirected Dracula’s lightning attacks, and Du Mu used Holy Light to weaken him until Dracula escaped as a swarm of bats.
• Du Mu used homing energy bullets to bring Dracula down, then had Max restrain and electrocute him while Du Mu burned away his health with Holy Light.
• Dracula died, completing the quest and raising Du Mu’s S.H.I.E.L.D. (Hydra) clearance to Level 8, which unlocked Face Customization, Skin, and Recycle Systems.
• Du Mu recycled unused equipment for experience, then discovered Blade’s favorability was only 85 and failed to raise it enough to obtain a skin card.
• Du Mu and Blade searched Dracula’s castle for valuables, but Du Mu collected nearly everything before Blade could grab more than a canteen.

Du Mu looted Dracula’s castle, found a Darkhold reproduction, and destroyed the castle after leaving with it. Dracula revived and was captured by a powerful bald stranger, while Du Mu returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. and received a Level 8 agent badge.

• Du Mu and Blade searched Dracula’s castle, and Du Mu found the Darkhold (Dracula Edition) among the hidden room’s ancient books.
• Du Mu skimmed the Darkhold, learned that it contained several black magic spells he could study, and stored it for later.
• Du Mu planted high-explosive charges in the castle and escaped before the blasts reduced it to ruins.
• Dracula revived from blood hidden underground and vowed to build a vampire army, but a bald stranger restrained him with scarlet chains.
• Hill awarded Du Mu a Level 8 agent badge at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and Du Mu stored it in his Game Inventory.

Du Mu accepted Nick Fury’s secret mission to copy Project Insight files from the hijacked Lemurian Star. After completing the download, he was confronted by Steve and revealed a face identical to Bucky’s, claiming to be Bucky’s twin brother, Kiba.

• Nick Fury told Du Mu about Project Insight’s three Helicarriers and asked him to secretly copy the satellite launch files from the Lemurian Star.
• Du Mu accepted the mission and infiltrated the hijacked ship, using a USB drive to copy its confidential files.
• While the files copied, Du Mu watched Steve defeat the burly man who had been fighting him on deck.
• Steve caught Du Mu at the console and ordered him away, but Du Mu removed the USB drive and caught Steve’s thrown shield.
• Du Mu revealed his face to Steve, who mistook him for Bucky, and Du Mu insisted that he was Bucky’s twin brother, Kiba.

Du Mu disguised himself as Bucky, fought Steve, and escaped before S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assault team arrived. After reporting Nick Fury's plans to Pierce, Du Mu learned that Pierce was secretly leading Project Insight to eliminate Hydra's potential enemies.

• Du Mu used the Game System to transform into Bucky and denied his identity while Steve demanded the stolen files.
• Du Mu overpowered Steve with his enhanced strength, then escaped when S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assault team arrived.
• Nick Fury discovered the satellite launch files were heavily encrypted and asked Du Mu to investigate the tampering and mole behind Project Insight.
• Nick Fury said he would ask Alexander Pierce to delay Project Insight, and Du Mu immediately reported this plan to Pierce.
• Pierce admitted that he had secretly altered Project Insight to identify and eliminate anyone who could hinder Hydra once the three Helicarriers launched.

Du Mu learned that Pierce planned to use Project Insight to eliminate Hydra’s enemies and potential threats, so he decided to stop it and protect Nick Fury. After saving Fury from Hydra’s assassination attempt and defeating Bucky, Du Mu earned Fury’s renewed trust, while Pierce’s plan remained in motion.

• Du Mu judged Pierce’s Project Insight dangerous to his future missions and decided it could not succeed.
• Pierce agreed to postpone Project Insight while secretly sending Hydra agents and Bucky to kill Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury survived the attack on his vehicle and fought his way out, but Bucky’s explosive weapon overturned the car and left him trapped.
• Du Mu, disguised to look like Bucky, intercepted the Winter Soldier and claimed to be his twin brother named Jiba.
• Bucky attacked Du Mu, who stopped him, accidentally tore off his metal arm, and knocked him down.
• Du Mu pulled Nick Fury from the wreck and revealed himself, convincing Fury that he was not the mole.

Du Mu rescued Nick Fury from Bucky and revealed that Alexander Pierce was Hydra, then handed Fury a whitelist of trusted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and claimed everyone else was a Hydra mole. With S.H.I.E.L.D. effectively overrun and a purge too dangerous, Du Mu proposed taking control of Hydra from within.

• Du Mu escaped with the injured Nick Fury on Bucky's motorcycle, leaving Bucky without his vehicle, metal arm, or weapons.
• Du Mu told Nick Fury that Alexander Pierce had ordered the assassination and was Hydra's chief shield inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Du Mu gave Nick Fury a whitelist of trusted agents, including Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, and Phil Coulson, and claimed all agents not listed were Hydra spies.
• Du Mu explained that he identified Hydra agents by shouting “Hail Hydra,” then received mission rewards and allocated three attribute points.
• Nick Fury realized that purging Hydra could cripple S.H.I.E.L.D. or trigger a counterattack.
• Du Mu proposed killing Hydra's decision-makers and taking their place to control Hydra and reclaim S.H.I.E.L.D.

Du Mu persuaded Nick Fury to let him exploit Hydra’s loose command structure to take control of its spies inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and stop Project Insight. After Pierce ordered a renewed hunt for Fury, Du Mu ambushed him and revealed that he had betrayed Hydra, leaving Pierce in his grasp.

• Du Mu convinced Nick Fury that Hydra agents would obey anyone who used their slogan, and explained that Pierce planned to use Project Insight to eliminate Hydra’s potential enemies.
• Nick Fury assigned Du Mu to stop Project Insight and capture or kill Pierce, while ordering him to keep the Hydra infiltration secret.
• Pierce blamed the failed assassination of Nick Fury on the Winter Soldier’s supposed twin brother and ordered Hydra to search for Fury.
• Du Mu attacked Pierce’s car, dragged him out, and ignored Pierce’s Russian activation code for the Winter Soldier.
• Du Mu revealed that Nick Fury knew Hydra’s plans and that Du Mu himself had betrayed Hydra, then declared, “Long live S.H.I.E.L.D.!”

Du Mu completed his Hydra mission, disguised himself as Pierce, and ordered Sitwell to cancel Project Insight so S.H.I.E.L.D. could recruit superheroes and prepare for threats to Earth. He ended by banning Hydra slogans inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and declaring that anyone who shouted “Hail Hydra” should be beaten as a spy.

• Du Mu knocked Pierce unconscious, received Hydra-themed rewards, and spent the Poison Tooth for experience points.
• Du Mu tied Pierce up, copied his appearance, and convinced Sitwell and the Hydra agents that he was Pierce.
• Du Mu returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters with Sitwell and learned that Project Insight was ready to launch in five days.
• Du Mu ordered Sitwell to cancel Project Insight, citing Earth’s powerful guardians and the danger of interstellar and world-ending threats.
• Du Mu told Sitwell to keep Hydra hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D. and recruit capable people, including the Avengers.
• After Sitwell shouted “Hail Hydra,” Du Mu ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to shout “Long live S.H.I.E.L.D.” and beat anyone who used the Hydra slogan.

Du Mu consolidated control over Hydra’s S.H.I.E.L.D. network, installed Pierce as his loyal subordinate, and announced plans to expand Sokovia’s power into space. He then appointed himself to lead the Hydra forces within S.H.I.E.L.D. and convinced Sitwell that Nick Fury had secretly been a Hydra agent all along.

• Du Mu persuaded the World Security Council to postpone Project Insight, then used Wanda’s Chaos Magic to turn Pierce into his loyal subordinate.
• Du Mu gathered Pierce, Strucker, Zemo, Wanda, and Quicksilver and declared that Sokovia would eventually expand into space, beginning with a plan to conquer the moon.
• With Pierce’s help, Du Mu took control of Hydra’s forces inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and arranged for the agents to follow him as their new leader.
• Du Mu told Sitwell he was stepping down from his position and ordered him to obey Agent Du Mu unconditionally.
• Du Mu introduced Nick Fury to Sitwell as a Hydra member and persuaded Fury to shout “Hail Hydra,” convincing Sitwell that the claim was true.