"Alexander Pierce, Baron Strucker, Gideon Malick, Daniel Whitehall..."
Zola recited several names in a row, all of whom were powerful leaders in contemporary HYDRA.
Fang Yuan knew them all as well.
Pierce went without saying; he was the Secretary of the World Security Council and the boss of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s boss.
Baron Strucker was most famous in the plot for creating Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
Gideon Malick was a key figure in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. After the fall of Pierce and others, he emerged as the winner of the HYDRA power struggle, representing HYDRA's last glory.
Until he was replaced by the "eat shit" Ward, and HYDRA went into complete decline.
As for Daniel Whitehall, his power couldn't compare to those above; he could only be a mid-level leader, and those below him weren't even worth mentioning.
HYDRA was currently at its peak, hidden beneath S.H.I.E.L.D., frantically absorbing nutrients to grow, and was about to bear fruit.
For Fang Yuan, this was the perfect time to reap the rewards.
"Pull up their locations. After next month, I'm going to visit them one by one."
Fang Yuan didn't need to play mind games with these villainous leaders. He planned to directly mind-control them after the fusion of the Professor X and White Queen templates was complete, and then have the Black King become the new leader of HYDRA!
He had played mind games with Stan in The Boys World mainly for fun, but in Marvel, where treasures were everywhere, Fang Yuan had too many things to play with. So, for HYDRA, simple and crude was more convenient.
He had just mentally controlled too many Talokan people; otherwise, the Black King would have already ascended the throne in HYDRA by now.
Since he used permanent control, it was quite a burden on his abilities. It would be easier to wait until the fusion was finished.
Fang Yuan then took out a pre-prepared storage disk and plugged it into the interface on Zola's mainframe.
This was something Fang Yuan had custom-built using Kryptonian technology, capable of quickly accessing and storing Zola's consciousness.
He was going to upgrade Zola with better equipment and let him help manage the New HYDRA in the future.
"By the way, organize all the data related to consciousness uploading," Fang Yuan ordered again.
In his eyes, the most valuable thing Zola possessed was actually the consciousness uploading technology. This was black technology that was even further ahead of its time than the Iron Man Suit!
Krypton had similar technology.
But then again, what kind of equipment did Kryptonians have compared to Zola?
Being able to perfectly upload consciousness using 1970s computer facilities—even Kryptonians couldn't have done that.
Fang Yuan's situation was actually somewhat similar to Howard's decades ago: he had Kryptonian technology but lacked the infrastructure to implement it.
It was fine in the Marvel Universe, as the Universe had countless civilizations that could help Fang Yuan manufacture things, but in the X-Men World, there was no way.
Although the X-Men World also had aliens, they were far fewer than in Marvel. It would take forever before he could encounter any.
So, before he could transfer resources across Worlds on a large scale, he still preferred black technology because it could be used when traveling to most Worlds.
After obtaining the consciousness uploading technology, Fang Yuan returned to Kamar-Taj. While researching black technology, he also continued to learn magic from the Ancient One.
If nothing unexpected happened, a few days before the Stark Expo next month, a certain "First Mage of the Nine Realms" carrying two daggers would come to visit. As a representative of Earth's sorcerers, Fang Yuan naturally couldn't let his side lose face.
Though he might only need to open two portals to hard-control the "First Mage of the Nine Realms" for an entire day.
[Template fusion complete, please name the new template!]
More than ten days later, Fang Yuan finally received the panel notification.
The fusion of the Black King and Impact Character Templates was complete!
"What should I name it?" Fang Yuan thought carefully. "The Black King was already strong, and with Impact's ability, it's even more powerful."
"How about calling it World's Number One Impact?"
"Ahem, that name is unlucky." Fang Yuan shook his head and stopped the idea of using a meme.
Ultimately, Fang Yuan made a decision: "Let's just keep calling it the Black King Template. I can't forget my Good Big Brother."
[New template named—Black King.]
[Black King Template: Grade A+, Development 39%.]
Because the original Good Big Brother template was already Grade A+, it didn't rank up after fusing with the Grade A- [Impact Template], but the development level didn't decrease much either.
"Great, I won't need grenades anymore." This was the first thought that popped into Fang Yuan's head.
He could finally stand tall in front of Kara.
The new [Black King Template] was just as he had expected; he could now charge himself, no longer needing to find a group of people to beat him up every now and then like Shaw did.
Of course, the backlash of the new template was also greater than before, but Fang Yuan had the [Wolverine Template] to recover from injuries, only needing to consume physical energy.
And the [Black King Template] just happened to be able to replenish energy on its own.
What is this, a perpetual motion machine?
Subsequently, Fang Yuan didn't waste any time and immediately threw the Professor X and White Queen templates into fusion.
[Fusion time required: 17 days 15 hours. Development reduced by 5 days. Current requirement: 12 days 12 hours. Fuse?]
12 days?
Perhaps because the two templates were so similar, the fusion time was unexpectedly short, which made Fang Yuan very satisfied.
This way, he could finish before Thor arrived, which was very beneficial to his plan.
After inspecting the new [Black King Template], Fang Yuan went to find Howard. The Monaco race started today, and as important uninvited guests, they had to be well-prepared.
By this time, Howard's Iron Man Suit was finally finished.
It was a set of blue armor, with an appearance roughly similar to Tony's Mark Armor, but the contours of Howard's version were more angular, giving it a bit more of a killing aura.
After all, compared to Tony, Howard, who had lived through the war era, was much more martially inclined.
Therefore, this suit, named the Iron Guardian Mark I, was equipped with a very rich weapon system, ranging from palm cannons and lasers to various mini-missiles.
To Fang Yuan, it looked like a combination of the Mark Armor and the Iron Patriot.
Because time was tight, putting on this suit also required a platform. Although Howard didn't have an artificial intelligence, the Athena supported by Fang Yuan served as a perfect replacement and would assist Howard in battle.
So, this Howard version of the Iron Man Suit was equipped with a more advanced Arc Reactor, a more advanced AI, and even top-tier materials.
Tony's confidence was likely to be shattered.
An Iron Man Suit made by Iron Man's dad is truly Dad-tier.
"When do you plan to put it on?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Wait... until after Tony makes his appearance." Howard looked extremely awkward. "I haven't figured out what to say when I see Tony yet."
As soon as his son was mentioned, Howard lost the high spirits he had during his research.
"Fine, then take your time thinking. I'm going to the venue first." Fang Yuan waved his hand and left.
They were currently on a small island near Monaco, and the Iron Guardian Mark I had also been moved here for Howard's convenience in putting it on.
He didn't offer Howard any advice at this point; anyway, once an emergency happened, none of it would be useful.
Fang Yuan put on a high-end suit and arrived at a high-end cocktail party at the racing site.
Such large-scale World events were usually gathering places for big shots, especially since the owner of Stark Industries, Tony Stark, had long announced he would be present.
For instance, Justin Hammer had sniffed his way here. He was about the same age as Tony, maybe even a bit younger.
As a young talent who, like Tony, had taken control of a large corporation at a young age—at least that's what Hammer thought—he felt he and Tony would have a lot in common.
So, for a long time, Justin Hammer had a desire to be close to Tony.
However, everyone knew Tony Stark's personality; he was detestable to strange men and had always looked down on Hammer Industries for its lack of technical depth. Thus, Hammer's feelings for Tony quickly turned into jealousy.
So, after the Iron Man Suit debuted, Justin immediately had Hammer Industries start making imitations. He was also a main force at the hearing Tony attended, but unfortunately, both efforts ended in failure.
Jealousy aside, business was business.
Justin didn't come with Tony this time to cause trouble, but to secure a booth for Hammer Industries at the upcoming Stark Expo.
For a World-renowned event like this, if Hammer Industries could participate, it would be worth more than hundreds of millions in advertising.
Clearly, Justin Hammer didn't know how to ask for favors; after all, Fang Yuan had never seen anyone start asking for a favor by showing off.
"This is Christine, a reporter from Vanity Fair," Justin bragged to Tony, pointing to the blonde beauty beside him. "She said she wanted to do an interview with me."
Men always seem to find a sense of superiority through women.
However, Pepper Potts saw Tony's impatience and interrupted from the side: "Yes, I know. She just did an exclusive interview with Tony last year."
When she said "did," her tone was clearly emphasized.
Because Tony's exclusive interview with this beautiful reporter was done in bed, and it was Pepper herself who saw the reporter out the next morning.
Tony's eyes looked up unnaturally. Back then, he and Pepper hadn't confirmed their relationship, and his wild behavior was entirely due to genetic influence.
That's right, it was all Howard's fault. He heard his old man was also a playboy when he was young.
Thinking of this, Tony couldn't help but force a smile. His old man lived to be over 70, but he was going to die young at 40.
Because of the attack, Tony had many shrapnel pieces in his body and had to rely on the Arc Reactor to stay alive. However, the palladium element that powered the reactor was giving him intense radiation.
The thing saving his life was also killing him. This was Iron Man's current predicament.
That was why he wanted to find all sorts of thrills in his remaining days.
Like dangerous car racing.
Just as Tony slipped out to prepare for the race, Fang Yuan also walked into the party, and the two happened to run into each other at the door.
"Huh?"
Tony stopped in his tracks after seeing Fang Yuan.
"Have I seen you somewhere before?" he asked.
Fang Yuan replied with a smile, "This should be our first time meeting."
Tony frowned, but without saying much, he left directly.
A man wasn't worth his further investigation.
Fang Yuan walked inside and immediately attracted the attention of many people present.
After all, his appearance was too outstanding. This place was quite close to France, and several noblewomen had already planned how to have an affair with him.
However, a beautiful woman on the floor wearing a red dress with a curvaceous figure saw him, and her expression instantly changed.
"No... that's impossible, right?"
"Fang Yuan?"
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