Zero rose, his silver-and-black body reflecting an eerie sheen beneath the control room's dim lights.
He had no expression and made no unnecessary movements. He simply stood beside Chu Hang like a flawless statue.
Thor tightened his grip on Stormbreaker. Lightning raged across its blade, and the Six Infinity Stones blazed with dazzling light.
He stared at Zero, battle lust and wariness flickering in his eyes.
As Asgard's god of war, he had seen countless powerful creations, but the being before him felt entirely different.
Zero was neither a living creature nor merely a weapon, but something forbidden between the two.
Tony closed his holographic display. Before he could wipe the sweat from his forehead, Thor had already stepped up to Zero.
Clark tried to stop him, but Chu Hang raised a hand.
Behind the console, Reed held his fingers over the keyboard, ready to activate the emergency isolation procedure.
Wanda hugged Adam tighter, Chaos Magic dancing at her fingertips.
She could sense the pure urge to destroy inside Zero. It was more terrifying than any monster, because he had no fear, no hesitation, only the drive to carry out his orders.
The golden Third Eye on Strange's forehead worked at full power. In every branch of the future he saw, Zero's actions were as precise as a program that had calculated everything in advance.
The air in the control room grew heavy. Everyone waited for Chu Hang to speak.
Chu Hang merely watched Zero calmly, the perfect creation reflected in his gold-red and silver-white eyes.
He knew the real test had only just begun.
Zero needed combat data. He needed to prove he was more than a laboratory miracle—that he was the ultimate weapon capable of tearing apart Beyonders enforcers on the battlefields of the Multiverse.
Thor clearly understood