After personally killing the heretic Black Panther, T'Chaka heard the gunfire outside the abandoned factory growing sparse. Knowing that the mercenaries would soon be eliminated by the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., he did not linger. He swiftly rushed back to the rooftop and called for his daughter.
"Shuri, descend and open the hatch."
Shuri was still unconscious, foam at the corner of her mouth. Lin Hao, who had received the call, lowered the aircraft and opened the hatch.
Who said waiting by the stump for a rabbit was useless?
Hadn't he just caught a big black rabbit?
Seeing the aircraft descend and its hatch wide open, T'Chaka did not hesitate. He bent his knees, kicked off the ground, and leaped aboard.
The moment he entered the cabin, Conqueror's Haki crashed into him head-on.
Thud.
T'Chaka, clad in vibranium armor, slammed onto the floor. His armor could only absorb kinetic impacts; it could not ward off an attack that struck directly at the mind.
"Using Conqueror's Haki to knock people out from behind is so convenient!"
The more Lin Hao used it, the more he liked it. For someone with an agent identity like him, Conqueror's Haki's ability to render people unconscious was truly handy.
Against targets like T'Chaka wearing vibranium armor, bricks and baseball bats were completely useless. But with Conqueror's Haki, as long as the target's own strength was insufficient, no matter how thick their armor or how deeply they hid, one blast would put them down.
Not to mention that Conqueror's Haki could also create special effects and boost attack power.
Having caught this big black rabbit, Lin Hao piloted the aircraft toward the Pacific. After flying more than four thousand kilometers, he spotted a floating Ring Fortress at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
After receiving Lin Hao's message, Zheng Xian had piloted the Ring Fortress here to wait.
Because of Lin Hao's involvement, S.P.E.A.R.'s Ring Fortress was now more advanced than in the original story. Its propulsion relied not only on jet engines, but also on levitation technology from the Dragon Ball World.
It not only flew faster and more steadily, but also made very little noise. With its energy shield and optical camouflage activated, it was completely silent and impossible to trace.
The aircraft entered the fortress's landing platform, where Zheng Xian was already waiting with medical personnel.
Ivan, covered in blood, was taken away by the medical staff. Lin Hao personally hauled T'Chaka and his daughter Shuri down from the aircraft.
"Yu Zhen, take some people and dismantle the aircraft." Lin Hao instructed the deputy director of the Technical Development Department. "Its engine, power source, operating system, and stealth technology all have merits worth studying."
"Understood. We'll learn it as quickly as possible." Yu Zhen led a group of lab-coated technicians carrying all sorts of tools and pounced on it. Before long, Wakanda's aircraft had been dismantled into components.
"Are you really going after Wakanda?" Zheng Xian asked.
"Do you know how much vibranium Wakanda has?" Lin Hao answered his own question. "An entire mountain range of vibranium ore, and of exceptionally high purity."
"We'll do it the usual way later. I'll play the villain and you'll play the hero. I'll go up first and put on a little show about a 'black ship attack.' Then you'll come in afterward and call out, 'Spare him!' Then we'll sign a leasing agreement, and from now on, we split the vibranium mines seventy-thirty..."
"You want thirty percent?" Zheng Xian asked in surprise.
"Thirty percent for them. If I went through all this trouble just for thirty percent, wouldn't I be begging on my knees?" Lin Hao put on an expression as if giving them thirty percent was already an act of immense generosity from Lord Lin.
"Would they agree to that?" Zheng Xian wore the exact expression of an old man staring at a phone on the subway.
"If they refuse, I'll wake their Black Panther God and expose what this old bastard just did in San Francisco." Lin Hao shook T'Chaka, whom he was carrying in his right hand.
For someone who would even deceive the god he worshipped just to preserve his power, Lin Hao was confident he could make him give up a pound of flesh. Otherwise, they could simply put another tribe in power.
"What did he do?" Zheng Xian had not seen what happened inside the abandoned factory outside San Francisco.
"This old bastard covered his ears while stealing a bell and went to San Francisco to kill a Black man who could transform into the Black Panther," Lin Hao replied.
"Will Fortson?" As the director of S.P.E.A.R., Zheng Xian naturally knew about the recent racial discrimination controversy in America. He looked at Lin Hao questioningly. "Part of your setup?"
"Yes. A tool." Lin Hao admitted.
Zheng Xian did not ask any further questions.
"Director, if I really wake the Black Panther God, you'll have to bring the Holy Spear over to cover me." Lin Hao grinned shamelessly.
Zheng Xian shot him a sidelong glance, seemingly seeing through his little scheme, but ultimately nodded.
Vibranium had countless effects, broad applications, and immense value. Every year, the five great powers fought until their heads bled over the tiny amount Wakanda let slip out. Intelligence agencies around the world had tried every possible means to investigate Wakanda, yet their conclusions always matched Wakanda's public claims.
Now that they had finally discovered Wakanda had been concealing something, and S.P.E.A.R. had caught them by the sore spot, how could Zheng Xian remain indifferent?
Zheng Xian quickly reported to his direct superior and received authorization for the operation.
Through this test, Lin Hao had also finally confirmed that the "Spear of Imhotep" Zhang Heng had mentioned had truly been kept by S.P.E.A.R. all along.
With the Holy Spear backing him up, Lin Hao would have much greater confidence when taking risks in the future.
The Ring Fortress then flew southwest, crossed the Pacific into the Indian Ocean, and headed straight for East Africa.
Zheng Xian returned to the director's office and informed all agents aboard the fortress: "From this point on, Level Nine Agent 'Great Demon Lord' will assume command authority over the fortress. All departments are to cooperate fully."
S.P.E.A.R.'s hundred and fifty thousand agents could not all stay aboard the Ring Fortress. For this mission, Zheng Xian had brought only a group of absolutely reliable personnel, ensuring there were no moles planted by other forces.
Upon hearing that the Great Demon Lord had appeared again, whispers spread throughout the fortress.
"The Great Demon Lord is out on assignment again?"
"Who's the unlucky bastard this time?"
"Poor kid. Of all people to offend, he had to offend our Great Demon Lord. Doesn't he know the Great Demon Lord holds grudges?"
Putting on a metal mask, Lin Hao adjusted his voice and issued an order to the fortress through a holographic projection: "Set the engines and shields to maximum power. Everyone, prepare for impact."
And so, the massive Ring Fortress plunged downward with unstoppable momentum, unleashing a move called Earth Drop as it smashed toward the energy shield over Wakanda's capital.
The two transparent energy shields collided with a tremendous roar, louder than thunder on a clear day.
The Ring Fortress's energy shield flickered continuously, and Wakanda's energy shield fared no better. The image disguising it as a desolate grassland trembled constantly, occasionally revealing the skyscrapers within.
Piercing alarms rang out across Wakanda's shielded capital. The citizens looked up one after another and were stunned to see an enormous fortress in the sky.
With King T'Chaka and Princess Shuri absent, Queen Ramonda and Prince T'Challa stared in alarm and uncertainty.
"This fortress..." Ramonda found it somewhat familiar, yet she could not recall where she had seen it. She seemed to remember seeing it once on her husband's desk.
Wakanda possessed the most advanced technology of the current era on Earth, and its surveillance satellites gathered intelligence from around the world.
The genius scientist Princess Shuri had developed a unique Wakandan technological system by exploiting vibranium's special properties, pushing Wakanda's technological level forward by a great leap.
"Mother, the radar gave no advance warning. The enemy's camouflage is highly sophisticated."
Although T'Challa had secretly consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb with his father's tacit approval, he was unfamiliar with technology and could not operate the central control system designed by his sister. He could only let the system defend and counterattack according to its preset procedures.
"Father and Shuri are both absent. We must hold the capital."
Ramonda decisively ordered, "Send word to the five tribes. Have them redeploy their forces to defend the capital."
Yet before they could complete their defensive preparations, a thick laser beam descended from the sky and struck Wakanda's shield. After several dozen seconds of deadlock, it forcibly blasted open a gap.
This turtle shell is fucking tough. No wonder Director Thanos could only pile up cannon fodder against it... Lin Hao muttered inwardly.
Once the gap opened, seven-meter-tall Pacifistas leaped down in formation from the fortress's opened hatches.
Director Lin had arrived at the gates of the "Beacon of Africa."
The Pacifistas would bring true peace to Wakanda.
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