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Meanwhile, on the street directly above the underground tunnel.
"Gwen, are you alright?"
As Lizard Peter carried Harry Osborn, chasing out of the abandoned subway station in a frantic rush, he hadn't run far before he saw Gwen standing still, staring blankly at the dark night sky.
Clearly, she hadn't been able to catch up to the Void Knight, who possessed the ability to fly.
However, in Lizard Peter's opinion, this might even be a good thing!
"Ah, oh, I... I'm fine."
Gwen shook her head slightly, but her voice carried a strong sense of disappointment.
Looking at the dark night sky, she finally suppressed the thought in her heart of exposing Eddie Brock's true identity through The Daily Bugle, thereby turning him into a 'public enemy'.
For no other reason, her Father's blood feud, she had to avenge it herself!
Eddie Brock, I'll let you live for two more days...
After making up her mind, Gwen turned to look at Lizard Peter, who had a face full of concern, and Harry Osborn, who was slung over his shoulder with an unwilling expression, and said softly:
"Peter, Harry, thank you... Since the Hyperspace Group has already taken over here, let's just go home!!"
...
Two days passed in a flash.
In a private mansion somewhere in New York.
"Void Knight, My Lord, I've sent people to inquire, and it seems the police haven't made any new progress!"
Deehar reported respectfully while prostrating on the ground to Eddie Brock, who was wearing the Symbiote: "And even The Daily Bugle hasn't reported any news related to the underground hiding place or the Beacon Tree for the time being..."
"Hm? How could this be?"
Eddie Brock frowned deeply upon hearing this, muttering to himself with a face full of confusion: "The Hyperspace Group has clearly discovered the existence of the Beacon Tree, so logically they would absolutely not miss such an opportunity to heavily publicize their strength?"
"Damn it, what exactly does that damned Karl Merks want to do?"
Previously, due to fear of 'exposure' leading to a full-scale manhunt, Eddie Brock came directly to Deehar's place for emergency shelter after successfully escaping the underground secret Base that night.
He had even planned to escape America first, develop and grow secretly in other countries, and then make a 'king's return' plan.
Although he had lost nearly half of the Loyal Symbiotes before, as long as he could successfully establish the Beacon Tree, he could still receive a continuous supply of troops from Nal.
But who would have thought, after hiding nervously for two days, he found that neither the Hyperspace Group, S.H.I.E.L.D., nor even the police showed any signs of looking for him.
This bizarre situation couldn't help but leave Eddie Brock completely bewildered.
"Wait a minute..."
Suddenly, Eddie Brock seemed to think of an extremely low-probability possibility, muttering with some uncertainty:
"Could it be that Spider-Woman hasn't revealed my true identity to others?"
"But this makes absolutely no sense?!"
Eddie Brock tried hard to recall the scene of his fight with Spider-Woman two days ago; even though she wore a mask, he could still clearly feel the intense hatred emanating from that young body.
It's no exaggeration to say that at that time, Spider-Woman clearly wanted to kill him.
So why is she keeping 'his secret' now?
Eddie Brock couldn't figure it out, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off, because this was simply too illogical, wasn't it?
Could it be that Spider-Woman has already told the Hyperspace Group about his true identity, and then that despicable and vicious Karl Merks has secretly devised some scheme and is now waiting for him to take the bait?
Just as Eddie Brock was feeling uncertain, his phone suddenly rang.
"You go down first... continue to pay attention to outside news."
Eddie Brock raised his hand and waved at Deehar, who was kneeling before him. After Deehar left the room, he returned to his normal state and quickly pulled out his phone from his pocket to glance at it.
"Hm?"
He didn't expect the call to be from S.H.I.E.L.D..
After thinking for a moment, Eddie Brock finally decided to answer the call, and Maria Hill's voice immediately came through the phone.
"Eddie Brock, where have you been the past two days? Why were you absent without leave? Didn't you study the relevant management regulations before you joined?"
"I must remind you, if you are absent without leave for more than three days, you will lose your year-end bonus this year."
Faced with Maria Hill's barrage of questions, Eddie Brock was initially bewildered, but then a hint of secret delight rose in his heart.
Because with Glendale's blessing, he could now accurately discern whether the other person's words were true or false just by her voice.
So that means S.H.I.E.L.D. temporarily doesn't know that he is actually the Void Knight.
This news was undoubtedly a great piece of news for Eddie Brock.
At least for now, things haven't developed in the worst direction.
That also means he still has room to maneuver with Karl and the Hyperspace Group!
Just as Eddie Brock was about to make up an excuse to brush her off, he heard Maria Hill on the other end of the phone speak again in a commanding tone:
"There's a shortage of personnel at the Insight Hangar recently, and we need to transfer a few Agents to help, and you are one of them... So no matter what excuse or reason you have now, you must come back to work immediately, otherwise you will be completely removed from S.H.I.E.L.D.."
"I kno... Beep beep beep!!"
Before Eddie Brock could reply, Maria Hill on the other end of the phone had already hung up.
There was nothing he could do; who made him always unpopular within S.H.I.E.L.D.?
"The Insight Hangar? This is truly heaven helping me..."
Eddie Brock's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and a look of undisguised excitement immediately appeared on his face.
You see, there was an unwritten rule within S.H.I.E.L.D..
That is, the personnel who could enter the Insight Hangar were almost all above Level 6, with sufficient seniority, and were 'old' Agents deeply trusted by Director Fury.
Eddie Brock had previously had the idea of entering the Insight Hangar to secretly do some small things, but because his permission level was insufficient and he had never gained Nick Fury's trust, he had always been unable to achieve it.
And now, 'Nick Fury' suddenly allowed him to enter the Insight Hangar; even if it still couldn't prove that the former already trusted him enough, it could at least indirectly verify that Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. temporarily didn't know that he was the Void Knight.
This way, he could not only 'lie low' in the Insight Hangar but also take the opportunity to do some small things on the three new generation Sky Carriers currently under construction.
"Heh heh, it's really like someone brought me a pillow just as I was feeling sleepy."
Eddie Brock licked his dry lips and said to Glendale, whose small dragon-like head poked out from behind him:
"Now, besides those Titan Hunter Mechas, we'll have three more big flying toys!!"
...
S.H.I.E.L.D.
After hanging up the phone, Maria Hill stared at the page belonging to Eddie Brock on the list of personnel who met the relevant requirements, filtered by the 'Insight System' intelligent algorithm on her iPad, and couldn't help but show a strange expression on her face.
"How strange, is it a coincidence or did the system algorithm make a mistake? How could a useless guy like this be qualified?"
"But... should I tell the Director about this?"
After thinking about it, Maria Hill finally decided not to provoke her Boss at this time, after all, he hasn't been in a good mood these past two days.
If she were to rush over to report now, she might get inexplicably scolded again.
However, neither the doubtful Maria Hill nor the self-satisfied Eddie Brock realized that Eddie Brock's inclusion in this selection list was not a coincidence, but rather the work of Dr. Arnim Zola.
At this moment, deep within the data network connecting Maria Hill's iPad and the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., the figure of Dr. Arnim Zola, formed by countless streams of azure data, was using his 'Insight System' administrator privileges to closely monitor every move of S.H.I.E.L.D..
This naturally included the Titan Hunter Mecha Project, a collaboration between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the PPDC Organization, as well as... the Ultron System that Tony Stark and Reed Richards were building.
"Heh heh heh, flesh is weak, machine ascension, the gears of fate have begun to turn, and the great Lord of Change has long since seen everything..."
...
...
In the vast and boundless Universe.
An asteroid formed by the convergence of tens or even millions of Symbiotes was quietly floating in a dark region where no light could reach.
And this Planet, composed of "living matter," was the prison that held Nal - the Symbiote homeworld, Klyntar!!
Suddenly, a beam of azure light pierced through this dark void, and then rapidly expanded outwards from a single spark, completely enveloping the entire Klyntar Planet in the blink of an eye, forming a special domain filled with Space Power around the Planet.
The next instant, the Klyntar Planet, under the effect of powerful and irresistible Space Power, vanished from this dark void, directly teleported to another special dimensional space isolated from the physical Universe, where all physical laws, and even the concepts of time and space, ceased to exist, constructed from pure Psionic Energy.
Inside the Klyntar Planet, Nal, whose entire body was firmly bound to the throne by countless flowing black Symbiote tentacles, seemed to sense something unusual and suddenly raised his head to look upwards.
And around the throne, nearly a hundred tall monsters with heads like ants possessing two pairs of large pincers, mouths full of sharp teeth, six slender abdomen legs like those of an arthropod, hard shells on their backs like those of a turtle, and three narrow, spiky tails, also suddenly became somewhat restless.
These strangely shaped monsters are called Exocytes; they are Nal's true trump card.
Exocytes are fierce by nature and possess incredibly strong explosive power; a single charged jump can cover a distance of nearly a few kilometers.
At the same time, they also possess extremely terrifying tracking abilities; even from a thousand miles away, they can accurately locate their target and reach the destination at the fastest speed after locking onto it, so almost no prey can escape its pursuit.
In addition, these Exocytes also possess extremely strong defense and self-healing abilities; the shells on their backs are incredibly hard, and ordinary weapons cannot even break through their defense.
And their self-healing ability is even more terrifying; unless their bodies are instantly and completely annihilated, even if they are cut into pieces, they can reassemble in a very short time.
This ability makes Exocytes almost impossible to kill completely in battle.
But the most powerful aspect of the Exocyte is its long-range support ability.
If their combat strength is at a disadvantage or falling behind, they can summon their counterparts from other Planets far away to provide support by opening long-range teleportation portals.
At the same time, they can also release powerful sound waves that instantly cause all Symbiotes within a certain area to lose their combat capability and separate from their hosts, thereby ensuring their own safety.
And this powerful species was a killing machine specifically created by Nal to deal with disobedient Symbiotes.
No matter how powerful a Symbiote is, in front of this group of Exocytes, they can only obediently wait for death.
The only drawback is that the number of Exocytes is very limited, with only less than a hundred of them.
"Huh? What's with this... no, these many sudden powerful presences? Could it be that Dimension Gods are passing by Klyntar?"
"But that's not right either, how could so many Dimension Gods be passing by at the same time, and... they seem to have gathered together?"
Nal showed a hint of confusion on his face; clearly, he had sensed the changes outside the Klyntar Planet, but such bizarre changes truly left him baffled.
Just then, he felt the entire Klyntar Planet... no, to be precise, all the Opposing Symbiotes that made up Klyntar, suddenly began to tremble violently for some unknown reason, and the entire Planet faintly showed signs of being on the verge of 'disintegration'.
Even the Symbiote tentacles that had bound his body for thousands of years became fearful and restless along with it.