Marvel's Dark Knight

Chapter 169: Changes in Astrophage (Please subscribe)

But just when Jessica and Gwen came out of the store, two figures suddenly fell in front of them from the air.

There was a man with a golden light all over his body and a man with a silvery white light all over his body.

Jessica has an impression of these two people.

One is the Silver Glider who once visited Earth, and the other is Rick Jones.

But before the interest card could ask them what happened, what they saw was a huge mechanical insect suddenly appearing in mid-air.

"Oh my God, what kind of guy did you mess with?"

Jessica looked at the big bug in the sky and expressed her doubts to Rick Jones and the others.

Jessica can guarantee that this kind of thing is not from the earth, because there is no record of this thing in the SHIELD information that Jessica has access to.

"This is impossible."

Rick Jones looked at the bug that appeared here with horror.

He witnessed with his own eyes the Kree's use of chain reactions to destroy the entire galaxy at that time.

But even that kind of explosion and energy can't completely destroy these guys?
Looking at Rick Jones's appearance, Jessica also understood that it was obviously impossible to expect this guy to tell her where these things came from.

Jessica couldn't help but prepare to fight back at this time, and Gwen had already begun to contact Bruce.

"I think you can contact the old bat at this time."

At this moment, Jessica was talking to Gwen, and Gwen turned to look at Jessica.

"Well, I knew you'd be a little traitor."

Jessica curled her lips, she shouldn't have any confidence in Gwen.

This little guy definitely sent a signal to Bruce when they put on their suits.

Not to mention now.

The sudden appearance of bugs in the sky over New York City also attracted the attention of most people, including naturally the attention of SHIELD and the Ultimate Team.

There was even a person who had never come out of the previous chaotic situation, who reappeared in front of the public.

As Captain Marvel, who has always been protecting the safety here on Earth, he also put on his own armor at this time and quickly headed towards New York.

At this moment, the Ultimate Team has almost all assembled in New York City. They are very cautious in dealing with the sudden appearance of the mechanical bug.

Bruce's bat wing also appeared in the sky, but Bruce did not launch an attack immediately.

"There are really more and more weird things in this world now." Captain America said helplessly as he looked at the bugs in the sky.

"I've long been used to it, Captain. After all, this world is always full of freaks and geniuses." Stark didn't think there was anything surprising about the appearance of mechanical bugs.

He has long since maintained his composure and is not surprised by anything that happens on the earth.

"Then what are we waiting for?"

As Captain America asked this question, the members of the Ultimate Team rushed towards the giant mechanical bug in an instant.

In Alpha One, Monica is now searching SHIELD information to see if there is any information about this mechanical bug.

Nick Fury, who had not yet boarded the plane, quickly rushed to the control room and came to Monica.

"Did bugs come to our earth?" Nick Fury asked directly to Monica.

Monica nodded. Now this matter is already known to almost everyone, and it is impossible to hide it from others.

"Now, listen to me and explore the outer universe to see if there are a large number of mechanical bugs coming towards the earth."

Nick Fury gave instructions to the current Monica.

Although the current commander of SHIELD is Monica, Nick Fury's previous prestige cannot be underestimated.

And now Monica really doesn't know what the insect is.

Naturally, he would listen to Nick Fury.

After giving the order, Monica looked at the current Nick Fury and wanted to ask what happened.

Nick Fury had never been so nervous before.

What's wrong with this now?
"I think you'd better explain the current situation."

Bruce's voice suddenly came from the command room of Alpha One. He needed to know all the circumstances of this matter.

Before Bruce questioned Nick Fury, Bruce had already used his Batwing to scan the mechanical bug in the sky and compared it with SHIELD's information.

It was indeed Bruce who found some clues.

Although the information had been manually deleted and even cleaned up numerous times, there were still traces left that Bruce was able to find.

What is known is that the people who participated in that operation include the dead Professor X, Charles Xavier, and Reed Richards, who is now imprisoned in a cubic cage.

The initiator of this operation was none other than Nick Fury.

The source of the invasion news is a super robot called Vision.

"That thing came to Earth once before, but it was scared away by us." Nick Fury knew what he should do now. He should tell everything he knew before.

"I believe you already know about Vision."

Nick Fury I don’t think Bruce doesn’t know Vision exists.

Bruce didn't answer him, and Nick Fury continued his explanation.

"More than 100 years ago, Vision, an alien creation, a robot used to remind various civilizations of the arrival of Astrophag, landed on the earth. Originally, he planned to remind us at that time that there would be an Astrophag attack. But he The spacecraft malfunctioned in low-Earth orbit and crashed."

"It wasn't until a few years ago that we completely fished her out. She also told us about Astrophag."

"It was just that there was less than a week left before the Astral Phage invasion. I contacted Professor X and his student Jean Grey, and asked Reed Richards to find a way to deal with the Astral Phage."

"In the end, we used the method of detonating a new universe to make these bugs abandon the earth. But the bugs we forced back at that time seemed to be very different from the bugs we see now."

Nick Fury looked at the bug that was now projected on the big screen, his eyes were very cautious. "I understand."

Bruce also cut off communication at this time.

At the same time, news from SHIELD was received, that is, there is no large-scale race of astral phagocytes in the outer space of the earth.

It seemed that the mechanical bug that appeared above New York City could only have got lost accidentally, but Bruce knew clearly that the arrival of this thing was definitely related to the two guys on the ground.

"Mother fucker!" Stark shouted angrily.

Under his attack, not only was the bug unharmed, it even began to grow in size.

The insect that was originally only a dozen meters in size has now expanded to dozens of meters.

At this moment, Thor had already flown into the sky, triggered the thunder, and struck the insect hard.

But when the dazzling light of thunder and lightning flashed, what they saw was not the corpse of the insect that had been swallowed up by the lightning, but a bug that had become huge again.

The mechanical bug at this moment is nearly 100 meters long.

At this time, if they don't know what this insect feeds on, then the Ultimate Team can really be disbanded.

But the problem is if they don't use such energy attacks, how can they deal with this bug?

Before they could think of a countermeasure, a figure appeared beside them.

That was Captain Marvel in his armor. At this moment, he was evolving an energy cannon and aiming it at the bug.

"No no no!"

Stark wanted to stop Captain Marvel's movement, but he was still a step too slow. Captain Marvel had already pulled the trigger and blasted into the bug's body.

The huge energy beam arrived in front of Astrophag in an instant and hit the body of Astrophag.

Before Stark wanted to condemn Captain Marvel's behavior, they had already seen the Astral Eater cut into pieces in the majestic energy and fell to the ground.

That thing can indeed swallow energy to make itself more powerful, but it obviously has an upper limit on the amount of energy it can absorb.

The energy contained in the energy cannon that Captain Marvel just blasted out has exceeded the upper limit that Astrophago can withstand.

At this moment, Rick Jones and the Silver Glider on the ground also recovered and looked at the superheroes gathered in the sky.

Rick Jones was at a loss for a moment.

"I think you should explain now what exactly happened." Bruce had jumped off his batwing and landed firmly next to Rick Jones and the others.

As for Jessica and Gwen Bruce, they just glanced at them and didn't say anything.

Jessica naturally saw the look Bruce was looking at them, but now she had not completely calmed down, so she turned away.

"Are you Batman?"

Rick Jones looked at Bruce's appearance and was obviously quite surprised. He remembered that when he left the earth, Batman should still be a character that only existed in comics. Could it be that even Batman has appeared in this world now? ?
"What you need to do now is tell us the truth, not ask about my identity." Bruce's words finally made Rick Jones come back to his senses.

"We were originally on the battlefield between the Kree and Chitauri, and Astrophage attacked the ships of both sides at this time."

"But at the same time we felt a huge energy fluctuation, and I felt like I saw countless versions of myself."

When talking about this, Rick Jones still clearly remembered the figures he saw at that time, those figures wearing different uniforms.

Especially that kind of pain is simply unforgettable for a lifetime.

"Then we saw a huge purple figure, who didn't know where it came from, and appeared directly on the battlefield at that time."

"At that moment, the Astral Eaters stopped attacking the ships on both sides and rushed directly towards the purple figure. It seemed that they liked the energy of the purple figure more."

"But the problem is that instead of being completely swallowed by the Astral Devourer, the purple figure feels that it has completely controlled the Astral Devourer swarm."

"Astral Eater is no longer even what it was before. It has completely changed into something similar to that purple figure, which is the appearance of the bug you just dealt with."

Rick Jones explained everything he knew to Bruce.

The members of the Ultimate Team had already arrived around Bruce when Rick Jones began to explain the situation. They were a little surprised when they heard the purple figure.

After all, what kind of thing can easily subdue these energy-eating insect swarms?
What Rick Jones said was also transmitted to Alpha One in real time. After hearing Rick Jones's words, the uneven lines between Nick Fury's eyebrows became a little deeper.

Nick Fury clearly remembers what Vision said to them at that time. No one can control the Astral Swarm and no one can fight against them.

But now a guy who can control the swarm of astral worms has appeared.

This simply goes against all their knowledge.

"It seems we need to have a serious discussion now." Captain America looked up at Bruce and said this.

"I need to take them back again." But Captain Marvel doesn't think so. He thinks that he and Rick Jones, combined with the Silver Glider, can deal with that guy.

But at this time, Rick Jones stood up from the ground and looked at the current Captain Marvel with a look of fear.

"I can't do this. I can't destroy that guy. That guy is too scary."

As he spoke, a golden portal opened behind Rick Jones. At this moment, the boy planned to leave here to keep himself away from this dispute.

"So you're just trying to escape? Maybe the Watchers really aren't that smart."

"terribly sorry."

After Rick Jones apologized to Captain Marvel, he glanced at the members of the Ultimate Team who had begun to leave, and then completely entered the portal he had built.

Looking at Rick Jones who had completely disappeared, Captain Marvel didn't know what to say. He could only focus on the silver glider aside.

When Rick Jones returned to his home, he discovered that a sculpture had been erected not far from his home.

Looking closer, I found that it was a sculpture of Spider-Man, surrounded by wreaths and candles expressing condolences to Spider-Man, as well as Spider-Man dolls.

But what attracted Rick Jones most was not those things, but the photo embedded on the base of the sculpture.

"Peter Parker is Spider-Man?"

(End of this chapter)