"Master!"
Namo's eyes were blank for a moment before returning to clarity. He immediately put away his weapon and bowed respectfully to Fang Yuan, stunning all the Talokanil.
"K'uk'ulkan?"
Everyone, whether they were fleeing or preparing for battle, stopped in their tracks.
They were incredibly shocked that their king would actually surrender to someone else.
K'uk'ulkan is a Mayan word meaning the Feathered Serpent God, a deity widely worshipped throughout Mesoamerica.
But now, their god had actually submitted to the enemy!
In the eyes of the Talokanil, Namo—who had lived for hundreds of years and possessed extraordinary power—was well-deserving of the title Feathered Serpent God. But what could be said now that the Feathered Serpent God had surrendered?
The Talokanil looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Fang Yuan gave them a hand. After Namo bowed, he turned around and shouted loudly to his people: "Greetings to the Black King!"
It must be said that Namo's influence in the Kingdom of Talokan was very strong. Immediately, more than half of the citizens followed suit and shouted: "Greetings to the Black King!"
However, not all Talokanil could accept having a new emperor over them. Some were clearly conflicted. At this moment, Fang Yuan specifically picked out several of the highest-ranking individuals among them and gave them the same Telepathy treatment as K'uk'ulkan.
Consequently, these most stubborn individuals bowed their heads in submission. Since they had surrendered, the others had no reason to object.
Everyone shouted in unison: "Greetings to the Black King!"
Talokan was not a kingdom with a sophisticated system. The citizens' education level was low, and most blindly followed the orders of the high-ranking officials.
Looking at the Talokanil who were calling for his head just moments ago and had now all submitted in the blink of an eye, Fang Yuan suddenly felt a shiver.
The power to directly alter the mind was truly terrifying.
No matter what strength or experience the opponent had, as long as they were affected by Telepathy, they immediately lost all reason, as if they had become a different person.
Fang Yuan had already decided that he must prioritize mental defense in the future and remain vigilant at all times to avoid ending up like Namo.
In the Multiverse, not all telepaths were saints like Professor X.
However, after using Telepathy to control so many people for the first time, Fang Yuan's [Charles Template] development increased by 1%, finally reaching 20%, allowing it to fuse with the [White Queen Template].
With more than ten days left, once the [Black King Template] finished fusing, he could transition seamlessly.
After mentally controlling all the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Talokan into his loyal dogs, Fang Yuan sent them out immediately.
Why stay in the nest? Go out and mine for the Black King!
Namo then led Fang Yuan to Talokan's Vibranium warehouse. If the Vibranium accumulated here were made into shields, it would be enough for Captain America to replace his shield with a new one every time he threw it for seventy years, with some still left over.
Along the way, Fang Yuan also packaged all of the Kingdom of Talokan's Vibranium-related technology, from detection and mining to smelting and manufacturing... everything was there.
However, the Talokanil's application of Vibranium was far inferior to Wakanda's; they were still at the stage of simply using Vibranium as a material.
But this was already a huge gain for Fang Yuan. With just this Vibranium, Fang Yuan could instantly become the richest person in the World.
After leaving his contact information for Namo, he immediately returned to land. He could no longer stand every dolphin he passed trying to court him.
Upon returning, Fang Yuan tossed a small tube of Vibranium to Howard: "Try this. It should make your Iron Man Suit's performance even more powerful."
Fang Yuan was very generous because he could also share in the progress of Howard's research. It was equivalent to providing raw materials to a partner.
Exchanging raw materials for technology was not a bad deal.
It wasn't that Fang Yuan hadn't thought about developing an Iron Man Suit himself, but it always lacked something compared to the Stark version. The biggest difference was that he couldn't make it cost-effectively.
Unless he piled on materials, including some Kryptonian technology, but that would be a high-spec, low-efficiency approach.
It seemed that in the Multiverse, some iconic items could only be manufactured by specific people.
This had nothing to do with technology; it was purely the effect of a protagonist's halo.
So, Fang Yuan actually had some doubts about whether Howard could build a cost-effective Iron Man Suit. But the results showed that Howard was truly just limited by the era, or perhaps he had a fatherly halo, because he actually managed to do it.
"Vibranium?"
Howard quickly figured out what Fang Yuan had given him and was very surprised.
"Haven't I already bought out the stock of this stuff?"
Fang Yuan shrugged: "Obviously, those Wakandan natives lied to you."
The Vibranium used to make Captain America's shield was purchased by Howard from the Wakandans. It was likely the only Vibranium in the World circulated through normal channels.
"Well..." Howard was puzzled, "That's strange. Was my offer not high enough?"
Only Fang Yuan knew that the Wakandans probably didn't want to sell even that small amount of Vibranium.
Most likely, someone in the tribe had exposed the existence of Vibranium, but outsiders didn't recognize its value, and no mistakes had been made since then.
Moreover, it was only because Howard was a top scientist that he could recognize the material. He also happened to go to a remote place like Wakanda, which gave him the chance to pick up a bargain.
Wakanda told him it was out of stock because they only wanted to do business once to avoid attracting the greed of others.
"With this added, my Iron Man Suit will be much stronger than Tony's." Howard seemed to sigh, but a mischievous smile appeared on his face. "I wonder how surprised Tony will be when he sees it?"
"You know, he just said at the hearing that the outside World wouldn't be able to build an Iron Man Suit for ten or twenty years."
Howard's face was full of the expression of a father waiting to see his son's reaction.
As a powerful military weapon, the Iron Man Suit was naturally targeted by the authorities, so a hearing was held demanding that Tony disclose the technology.
But what kind of person was Tony Stark? He easily neutralized the official's little tricks.
Of course, the premise was that he could maintain the situation where others couldn't learn his technology.
Fang Yuan spoke up in time to defend his nephew: "To correct you, Tony said it might be replicated in 5 to 10 years, and only Hammer Industries would need 20 years."
Justin Hammer, the head of Hammer Industries, was Stark Industries' main commercial competitor.
When Stark's weapons division still existed, Hammer was completely suppressed. It was only after Tony closed Stark's weapons research department that Hammer Industries began to raise its head this past year.
But in Tony's eyes, Hammer would always be a little brother.
And in Howard's eyes, Tony would always be his son.
"Have fun with it."
Fang Yuan left after handing the Vibranium to Howard; he had his own business to attend to.
During his last visit to the Marvel Universe, Fang Yuan hadn't just left Howard as a backup; he had also found himself a subordinate.
He opened a portal and went directly to Camp Lehigh in New Jersey.
This was the place where Steve Rogers received his training before becoming Captain America.
After S.H.I.E.L.D. was established, this became an office for S.H.I.E.L.D. It was now an abandoned warehouse, but it still contained valuable things.
For example, Arnim Zola's... consciousness.
Compared to his last visit, there was now an additional building in Camp Lehigh, which was an office space built later by S.H.I.E.L.D.
The main entrance was sealed with a heavy lock. Fang Yuan raised his hand and used Metal Manipulation; the lock immediately opened, and the door swung open without being pushed. After Fang Yuan entered, he put the lock back on.
He didn't like leaving loose ends. This was an important facility for S.H.I.E.L.D. (cross that out), HYDRA. It was possible someone would come to patrol and check on it.
Fang Yuan made his way to a secret room in the basement. It was like a large computer room, with an old-fashioned mainframe in the center and servers all around.
He directly started the machine and woke up the system in the computer.
A round face composed of green code immediately popped up on the room's display, excitedly greeting Fang Yuan.
"Master, you've returned!"
Zola's voice sounded from the audio equipment, with a bit more of a mechanical tone than last time.
Before leaving last time, Fang Yuan had controlled Dr. Zola into becoming his subordinate. Knowing he would be gone for decades, Fang Yuan had been quite ruthless, so it was still effective even after Zola transformed himself into a digital lifeform.
After all, Zola's original intention in becoming a digital lifeform was to extend his life, not to become a completely rational being like a robot.
Therefore, in order to preserve all his emotions, Zola spent a lot of effort using the resources of S.H.I.E.L.D./HYDRA to upload his consciousness before he died of cancer.
This might also be the reason why Zola was currently excluded from the center of HYDRA's power. Over the years, external computers had gone through many generations of upgrades, yet Zola was still housed in these old-fashioned mainframes.
If he were purely a tool, the current HYDRA leaders would surely be fighting over him. But Zola had his own consciousness and was a digital lifeform, essentially equivalent to an Ultron, so even HYDRA was somewhat wary of him.
If they gave Zola resource support now, who knew who would be in charge of HYDRA in the future?
However, Zola's personality was not suitable for leadership. He belonged to the old-school HYDRA, the kind of person who was fooled by HYDRA's ideology.
Even though he was now a digital lifeform, Zola still wanted to strive for HYDRA's noble ideals. That was why in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," he was willing to sacrifice his life to try and take Captain America and Black Widow with him.
But this time, in addition to HYDRA's ideals, Zola also had Fang Yuan as his Master. When Fang Yuan wasn't around, HYDRA's ideology was Zola's life goal, but now that Fang Yuan had returned, Zola naturally prioritized Fang Yuan in everything.
"Zola, bring up the profiles of the current key HYDRA leaders," Fang Yuan ordered directly.
For someone controlled by Telepathy, he didn't need to engage in pleasantries or pretend to care to increase loyalty.
Although Zola was limited by his environment and couldn't freely connect to the outside network, he could access HYDRA's database. He quickly listed the names of the victims.
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