Soul Stone

Director Daisy was off Earth, and intelligence support had dropped considerably.

They could not mobilize many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents at all. Forget Black Widow—even Hill's orders were ignored by a whole group of agents. The Avengers did not realize what connection there was between the space shuttle crash and the Symbiote Dragon they had just dealt with, and soon went home one after another.

The Life Foundation's headquarters was in San Francisco. They had always sought alternatives for when Earth's resources ran out—searching for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets. That had been the Foundation's original purpose.

The space shuttle had not entered its designated orbit and instead crashed in Southeast Asia. This brought condemnation upon the Foundation's leader, Dr. Drake, from all sides. Many compared him to Victor von Doom, who had gone bankrupt after the Space Station crash and returned home in disgrace.

Dr. Drake was resilient. He silently endured the accusations of upper management and investors, sold off his personal property, and finally made up for the Foundation's enormous financial shortfall, because he had found extraterrestrial life.

Eddie Brock, that loudmouthed bastard, ran into a wall again. He insisted on bringing up what others wanted buried and planned to expose the Life Foundation's secrets, angering Dr. Drake.

He was far more petty than Daisy. He forced the San Francisco media group to fire Eddie Brock. Then Eddie Brock's girlfriend was implicated and dismissed as well, followed by the entire industry blacklisting him.

Being knocked down twice in a row shattered Eddie Brock's resolve. He hated those rich people. Why could a single sentence from them cost him his job? He drank his sorrows away every day, trying to find his glorious days in drunken oblivion.

Eddie Brock fell into complete ruin. Meanwhile, Daisy and Adam's battle had reached its