After three boring robberies and two fierce and exciting street fights, Eddie finally came to a bar in the N31 area of the kitchen based on the information provided by the two unlucky gunmen.
"I like this place." Venom exclaimed in Eddie's mind. He was now shrinking in Eddie's body and did not appear, because Eddie wanted to explore deeper inside.
After paying the entrance fee, Eddie entered the interior of the bar.
The bar's decoration is in a rough metal punk style, highlighting its undecorated style, as if it was just a little refurbished in an abandoned factory full of metal pipes and then opened for business.
The loud music and the swaying crowds merged into a torrent of sound, rushing through every space of the factory. A group of gang gunmen with blatant guns were acting as security guards, drinking in a corner and occasionally glancing at the chaotic atmosphere around them.
"What should we do? Start a scene?" Venom, a man who loves to stir up trouble, hadn't dared to mess around in Luke's lab. But out in the world, without Luke's control and the threat of the little Harpoon, his repressed nature couldn't help but spring to life. Besides, there were plenty of brains to chew on. While they might not taste great, he always had to eat first when he was out.
"No, wait, we have to find that Hawk first. What did those two people say?" Eddie Brock said.
"You don't look like a reporter at all now, but like a superhero who is ready to punish evil." Venom muttered, but still controlled Eddie's body and walked in a certain direction.
"This is private territory, the entertainment venue is over there."
As expected, when Eddie turned left and right and entered a secret corridor, he was stopped by two tall, strong thugs. The two men spoke in a bad tone and pointed to the noisy place outside, indicating to Eddie that he had taken the wrong way.
Eddie looked at the elevator not far behind the two thugs. The moment the two men pushed him, he summoned venom that instantly covered his body. His body suddenly increased to more than two meters. The thug who was a head taller than him before was now looking up at him with his guns in his hands.
However, Venom was quicker than them. With two demonic claws, he grabbed the two thugs' heads and slammed them together. The two burly men had no chance to resist. With a resounding thud, they collapsed to the ground, eyes rolling back.
The elevator door opened, and Venom walked in with a swagger. Outside the closed elevator door was a clean and empty corridor.
"I saw the camera when you took action just now." Eddie struggled, revealing half of his face.
"They can't see it." Venom took out a small black instrument and stuck it to the corner of the elevator.
"What is this?" Eddie looked at the disc-shaped thing that Venom had stuck on it, feeling a little puzzled.
"A device that interferes with the image. I had already interfered with the cameras in the corridor before we were exposed. All the surveillance footage is normal and looping. Of course, this looping image still has some loopholes, but as long as we are fast enough..." Venom stared at the rising arrow pattern of the elevator.
"Where did it come from? How do you have this thing?" Eddie was surprised. He found that Venom was really different from what he was familiar with.
"I made it casually. It's easy, as long as you know how it works," Venom said casually. Both Luke and Stark had taught him a lot. Now, he could be considered a scientific researcher among the symbiotes, and a self-sufficient one at that.
"Made casually? Where are the materials?" Eddie was stunned.
"I am the material myself! Do you think I am still the same Venom?" Venom expressed his dissatisfaction with Eddie who still looked at him with the old eyes.
Then the elevator stopped and the doors opened.
Outside the door was a large, luxurious room large enough to host a dance party for hundreds of people.
The two big men guarding the door looked at the empty elevator after the door opened, and sensitively took out their guns, pulled the safety, and loaded the bullets. After a glance, one of them walked in with the gun.
A dark figure flashed from the height of the elevator and easily dispatched the two gatekeepers. The entire process was agile, swift, and clean. The two gatekeepers were pinned between the waist and abdomen by the venom, and then they were released, dropping them to the carpet. The thick carpet absorbed the vibrations and noises of their fallen bodies.
At this moment, the elevator door just closed behind Venom.
"Look, what did I find? A little mouse that snuck in." A teasing, metallic voice rang out from the side. Eddie and Venom both turned their heads towards the source of the voice.
A man in pajamas, with his hairy chest exposed, a rough face, a sinister expression, and a black metal mask, was standing at the corner of the stairs, looking at them with cold eyes.
"Are you Hawke?" A rough voice came from Venom's bloody mouth.
"You came to my territory, but you don't even know what I look like? You look like you have undergone some kind of mutation? You didn't also mutate into a monster, and then want to fight crime like those superheroes?" Hawke took off the black metal mask on his face, revealing his full face.
Under the mask is a metal mouth. His entire jaw and mouth are made of metal, which looks scary.
Eddie was also frightened by the terrifying face revealed when Hawke took off his metal mask.
"What kind of monster are you?" Venom, who was in tune with Eddie, subconsciously asked what was in Eddie's mind.
"Of the two of us, you look more like a monster, right? I just underwent a major operation and am still in the recovery period." Hawke seemed to be in high spirits and did not do anything extreme because of Venom's abnormal appearance and invasion.
[He is stalling for time! ]
Venom drew on his experience to arrive at an answer. He planned to initiate the attack, capture and control the opponent, and then discuss the subsequent questions.
Two axe-like black blades snaked out from his arms. Venom bent his body slightly, and just as he was about to use his hind legs to rush forward, Hawke in the corridor suddenly took a deep breath and roared.
Transparent sound waves gushed out from Hawke's metal mouth in circles, rippling the air. The ripples of the sound waves spread to Venom at an extremely fast speed, encircling him tightly.
Eddie instantly felt the fear, disgust, and discomfort his body conveyed to him. Caught off guard, Venom was struck by the powerful sound wave and instantly paralyzed.
A ball of black mud was forced out of Eddie's body by the strong sound waves. Without the protection of venom, Eddie faced the surging strong sound waves and flew backwards. His back hit the wall directly, and he fell to the ground with numb bones and pain all over his body.
The strong sound waves lasted for a full minute before slowly disappearing.
Hawke on the stairs coughed twice, adjusted his metal jaw with his hand, and then leisurely walked down the stairs at the corner, covering the venom that was wriggling on the ground and trying to return to Eddie's body directly under a metal cover.
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[Skin Anderson's robotic arm
Strength: Can easily lift objects weighing five tons. Maximum weightlifting is ten tons.
Ability: Possesses the ability to transform into a large number of cold weapons
Hidden dangers: Use consumes a lot of energy, and frequent use will rapidly deplete human lifespan and organ health.
"You dismantled it?"
In Luke's laboratory, Nick frowned as he looked at a familiar robotic arm placed on the robotic arm rack and some simple data information displayed on a virtual screen next to it.
Skin Anderson was one of the two mutant brothers, and it was he who asked Agent Coulson to bring the mutant's body for Luke to examine.
"It shouldn't be called disassembly, it should be called separation," Luke corrected. "As you think, someone must have tampered with him to transform him into his current state."
"So, he's been modified by some kind of mechanical technology?" Nick's face darkened even further. He couldn't tell if this was the best or worst case scenario.
Fortunately, there is indeed someone behind the scenes. As long as we find out and deal with the person, and as long as the follow-up measures are appropriate, this alienation storm will most likely be turned from uncontrollable to controllable.
The problem was that the person behind this was likely to have a complex network of interests. Nick even suspected the involvement of some notorious extremists within the military. In their pursuit of powerful super-soldiers, these individuals would readily undertake any brutal experiment.
"It's not necessarily a simple mechanical transformation. I prefer to call this technology mechanical infection." Luke corrected Nick again and gave his own opinion.
"Mechanical infection? It sounds like some kind of virus." Nick pondered for a moment and tentatively expressed his thoughts. Then he saw Luke nodded to him.
"You can think of it as a virus. Of course, in the eyes of those who created and used it, this virus might be more like a key to unlock a certain direction of human evolution." Luke answered simply.
"Transforming humans into machines bit by bit?"
"Modification isn't quite accurate enough; transformation is a more accurate description. A portion of the other person's flesh and blood has been transformed into a mechanical form under the influence of some energy or unknown ability. If you consider it an unknown virus, then its effect is to transform carbon-based organisms into silicon-based life."
As Luke explained, Nick shuddered. Was this the plan to completely transform humanity, a carbon-based life form, into silicon-based life? If that were to happen, what would the world look like? Nick wasn't opposed to mechanical technology, and certainly not to modifications like prosthetic limbs and organs, but what he couldn't accept was this kind of uncontrolled, large-scale conversion between species.
"But they only converted part of it." Nick looked at the familiar robotic arm on the shelf.
"This only shows that the other party's technology is still immature, and the mutation they caused can only mutate part of the body. But no one can say for sure what kind of capabilities the mechanical parts will have after the mutation." Luke pointed out.
"You should be able to decipher and reverse engineer its technology, right?" Nick stared at Luke intently. If he wanted to find a way to decipher this technology as quickly as possible, Luke was undoubtedly Nick's first choice.
Luke nodded. Forget reversing the principle, even coming up with a relatively perfect version that was several orders of magnitude better would be no problem. But the other party's technological product did intrigue him, and it would be very helpful in building his technical foundation.
"What terms?" Nick said decisively. He had completely given up on Luke working for nothing. He wasted no time in negotiating terms and compensation. If they could reach an agreement, everyone was happy. If not, they would find another way. This way, neither of them would waste their time and energy. Luke's great thing was that he always exceeded your expectations when he promised. This expectation of exceeding expectations was addictive.
"I want a piece of the action." Luke pointed to the robotic arm on the shelf. "Hyperion needs a share of your harvest. Of course, it's only for the initial stage. Whether S.H.I.E.L.D. seals this technology and the harvested items or conducts research, everything that happens afterwards has nothing to do with Hyperion. Likewise, the same goes for Hyperion."
"Yes. But we need to sign a mutually agreed-upon agreement on non-abuse of the technology." Nick pondered for a moment and nodded. Even if Heberon acquired the technology and optimized and upgraded it, its early buyers would only be S.H.I.E.L.D. and other government agencies.
"Are you going to take it?" Luke, who had reached an agreement with Nick, pointed at the robotic arm on the shelf as he saw Nick about to leave. "Although it's made from flesh and blood, we can reverse engineer the technology and create a similar robotic arm. Depending on the materials, the resulting robotic arm might not be as powerful as the original, but it'll at least be half as powerful."
"Thanks for the reminder, but it's unnecessary." Nick glanced at it without stopping. SHIELD already had a similar robotic arm. If he went back, who knew what would happen to Luke. It wouldn't be worth it.
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After Venom came out of the sealed metal box and regained his vision, he found himself imprisoned in a transparent tempered glass box again. At this moment, he didn't care about his situation because his eyes were completely attracted by an object outside the glass wall.
It was a black cube, with azure shimmering lines running through it. The energy it emanated felt both familiar and unfamiliar to him. Familiar because he had felt a similar energy from Luke and Becky many times before, and unfamiliar because he noticed that this black cube was also filled with another unfamiliar energy.