American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 63 I am the Hive

"Open fire! Don't let those things get close!"

Sitwell looked with a tingling scalp as he looked at the densely packed parasites on the floor that were madly gathering towards him, and hurriedly ordered his men to open fire and fight back.

Da da da da da da!

Several Hydra agents raised their rifles and fired bullets like crazy.

These parasites look hideous and ugly, but their bodies are very fragile and they explode into pieces when hit by bullets.

But there were too many of them, and even if all the bullets were used up, it would not be enough.

"Sir, we have been tricked by Baron Stark!"

At the same time, Sitwell stepped back and reported to Pierce.

"There is no Hydra god here, only a group of disgusting bugs that feed on human flesh! We need to evacuate this place immediately!"

However, Pierce's answer made Sitwell stand still for a moment, and his heart sank to the bottom.

"No! Sitwell, I order you to stay where you are."

"What? Sir, what did you say?"

Sitwell couldn't believe it.

"In fact, you can't escape even if you want to, because I have installed a remote-controlled bomb in your submarine in advance."

As Pierce finished his words, the floor and walls of the base suddenly shook violently.

A dull explosion could be faintly heard in the distance.

Apparently, Pierce blew up Sitwell et al.'s submarine.

"why?"

Sitwell asked in a look of despair, looking ashen.

"Because the hive that Baron Strucker mentioned is the group of parasites you saw. They also need some nutrients and a host."

There was no trace of emotion in Pierce's tone.

At this moment, in front of Pierce, in addition to the live footage captured by the hidden camera on Sitwell's helmet, there is another screen.

Baron Stark's face was clearly visible on it.

"You've just used your loyal subordinates as fodder for the parasites, Pierce. Aren't you afraid that your subordinates will become insecure and have thoughts that they shouldn't have?"

"You've turned an entire experimental base into food for parasites, and you're no better than them."

Pierce snorted coldly.

On the other side, in the underwater hive base, a busy tone came from Sitwell's headset, and Pierce forcibly disconnected the two.

He has become a discarded pawn.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

At this moment, Sitwell heard the screams of several agents. He was shocked to find that the parasites that had just been shot into pieces by bullets were not dead, but kept wriggling and regrouping together, and attacked the Hydra agents at a faster speed.

The floor, walls, ceiling... every corner in sight was crawling with densely packed parasites. Even if the Hydra agents kept pulling the trigger, they still couldn't stop the approaching tide of parasites.

In the blink of an eye, the first parasite crawled onto the body of an agent. The parasite, which was originally very fragile and seemed to be crushed by a pinch, suddenly became extremely tough at this moment, and tightly wrapped around the agent's ankle, and could not be pulled off no matter what.

The parasite's body squirmed and tightened, and the agent's brain was struck by a piercing pain. More and more parasites crawled onto his body, his hands, feet, neck, waist, genitals and mouth. In an instant, several Hydra agents were drowned by countless parasites, and only the rough outline of a human figure could be seen.

The parasites that parasitized several agents only accounted for a small part, and the massive tide of insects continued to rush towards Sitwell.

Faced with the situation of certain death, Sitwell's heart suddenly became calm. He did not resist and did not intend to escape, because that would only delay the arrival of death.

"If my sacrifice can achieve the great revival of Hydra, I am willing to give up my life."

Sitwell raised his hands at a 45-degree angle, clenched his fists, and shouted loudly.

"Long live Hydra!"

The next second, countless parasites crawled onto his body.

Sitwell gradually lost his vitality.

Dense parasites were moving in and out of his body, wriggling continuously.

The strange thing is that they don't seem to simply eat Sitwell as food, but rather follow some kind of pattern to roam around in his body, invading his motor system, circulatory system, and nervous system, and eventually occupying Sitwell's brain.

It was unknown how long it had been, but the lifeless Sitwell suddenly stood up. His face was covered with a tangled mass of parasites, with many of their tails exposed, looking like human beards and hair.

Not only Sitwell, but also several other Hydra agents and even dozens of laboratory researchers who had died long ago all "came back to life".

“@#$^&%!$#……*&%￥&@34%#”

The awakened "Sitwell" suddenly spoke a string of completely incomprehensible language.

"Success. The hive has finally developed self-awareness."

At this moment, a screen suddenly dropped from the ceiling, showing two figures, Baron Stark and Pierce.

Baron Stark looked at Sitwell, who was controlled by the hive parasite, with excitement.

"Hive parasites can seize control of the host's body through parasitism and can also assimilate with the host's brain. But before today, the hosts they parasitized always acted according to unconscious instincts. They had no thoughts and no consciousness."

"So I guessed that as long as the hive is assimilated with enough brains and allows it to absorb human thinking patterns, perhaps one day they will be able to evolve a highly intelligent consciousness. And unlike humans, they share the same hive consciousness and do not have any individual meaning."

"★@▲※￡￥%￠￥ω&!"

At this moment, the hive that parasitized Sitwell stared at the display that suddenly appeared and uttered another meaningless word.

"What is it saying?"

Pierce asked, puzzled.

"That's the language of the hive. I've studied it for a long time. The general meaning after translation is—"

"I... am the Hive!"

Baron Strucker explained.

"So it's introducing itself to us?"

"You can understand it that way, but I prefer that it is establishing a temporary entity equipped with a hive consciousness."

"I don't care what body it wants to live in, I just want to know, how is this thing going to kill Harry Osborn?"

Pierce asked suspiciously, looking the hive up and down.

"If such a large group of parasites were allowed to invade the Osborn Corporation, not to mention parasitizing Harry, the whole world would know about it before they even see him, and then everyone would do everything they could to destroy the hive."

(End of this chapter)