American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 67: Hive sacrifices his life to save the Winter Soldier?
"Winter Soldier, what did the Osborn Group do to you? What did you tell them?"

Hive asked, staring into Bucky's eyes.

"I don't know. They seemed to be trying to do some kind of experiment on me. I haven't woken up since I was put in the cryostat."

Bucky replied expressionlessly.

"Well, it's clear that they are trying every possible way to brainwash you and turn you from a loyal and honorable Hydra warrior into a sinister and evil traitor."

Not far away, a guard who was parasitized by the hive said while looking at the computer screen behind the cryochamber.

In fact, the information in the computer is relevant data of Dr. Otto's research on how to solve the brainwashing of the Winter Soldier. Harry deliberately placed it here. Of course, this is a carefully castrated version, in order to make Hydra think that their research has made some progress, but has not been completed.

Harry quietly came to the warehouse every once in a while, and actually entered the data into the warehouse's computer in batches in the form of periodic records, creating the illusion that they were really studying the Winter Soldier.

In the eyes of Hydra, all these signs indicate that the brainwashing effect of the Winter Soldier is still there, and his reaction when reciting the secret words is also normal, so their vigilance against Bucky will be greatly reduced.

Drip—drip—

Just as Bucky was talking to Hive, an alarm suddenly sounded in the empty freezer.

"It has been detected that the freezing chamber has been opened without authorization. The self-destruct device has been activated. The explosion countdown is five seconds..."

Hearing the alarm, Hive's eyes were startled. "I was careless. I didn't expect they would install an early warning device in the freezer!"

"My consciousness can be connected to parasites all over the world at any time, so even if the 'me' in the warehouse dies, it will not affect the real me, but the Winter Soldier will probably die in the explosion."

Hive thought to himself that Hydra's experimental base on the bottom of the Indian Ocean has now been turned into a nest, which is home to hundreds of parasites. No matter how it roams in the outside world, it will never truly die.

It won't suffer any substantial damage from the warehouse explosion, but it's different for Bucky. The Winter Soldier's human enhancement technology is not invincible. He can't even protect his body from bullets, let alone explosions.

"I promised Pierce to rescue the Winter Soldier..."

Hive remembered Pierce's instructions, and the memory of Sitwell in its mind unconsciously emerged, making Hive immediately determined to rescue Bucky.

It happened in a flash. The hive's thinking speed is much faster than that of ordinary humans. Within a few tenths of a second after the alarm sounded, it had already made a decision.

All the parasites that were originally attached to the warehouse guards rushed out and gathered together at the fastest speed to form a huge tentacle.

The tentacles rushed towards Buggy and wrapped tightly around his waist in front of the latter's astonished gaze, easily lifting up Buggy and the dozens of kilograms of mechanical arms.

Then, the tentacle made a throwing motion and threw the Winter Soldier out of the warehouse door with all its strength.

The tentacle was so powerful that Bucky crashed into the door like a cannonball, knocking a big hole in it and rushing out of the warehouse.

Fortunately, the Winter Soldier's body was strengthened by Hydra's super serum, and he had an indestructible mechanical arm to block his head, otherwise, if a normal person were to do this, he would probably be stuck to the door panel.

As for the tentacle itself, it remained in the warehouse.

thump!
In the open space outside the warehouse, Bucky flew a long distance and then rolled to the ground. His bones were aching all over his body, and even though he had been through many battles, he couldn't help but grimace.

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion inside the warehouse. The explosion affected a large area and the entire warehouse collapsed. The ground within a radius of several thousand meters shook for a long time before it calmed down.

The beehive in the warehouse and the bodies of dozens of guards were all burned in the explosion.

Bucky resisted the severe pain in his body and got up from the ground, his eyes full of confusion and puzzlement. It was not because of the seemingly sudden explosion, but because of Hive's act of saving him.

"Did that weird monster just now sacrifice himself to save me?"

Bucky thought incredulously.

But the next second, he realized that he was overthinking.

"Don't just stand there. The explosion in the warehouse will soon attract the police and people from the Osborne Group."

A woman with a ferocious face suddenly appeared in front of Bucky, reminding him that it was not advisable to stay here for long.

“Who are you?” Bucky asked warily.

Hive then remembered that he had not yet had the chance to introduce himself to the Winter Soldier.

"I am Hive. Baron Strucker created me, and Pierce made a deal with Baron Strucker. Saving you was part of the deal."

Tiny tentacles emerged from nowhere and enveloped the woman's entire head, just like the guard that Bucky had seen not long ago.

"honeycomb."

Bucky secretly noted the name, and was also shocked that Baron Stark was still alive.

"Steve and I clearly saw Strucker's body with our own eyes. Could it be that he faked his death?"

As a secret killer of Pierce's faction, Bucky had no contact or understanding of the other heads of Hydra, so he was unaware of the fact that Baron Strucker was still alive.

Hive pulled Bucky up from the ground, and the two quickly left the explosion site.

Just after the two left, a black device the size of a fingernail quietly lit up at the place where Bucky had just rolled.

A few minutes later, several figures riding individual flying vehicles landed here. They were none other than the terrorist mobile team.

The leader of the team was Connor. He was not at all surprised by the explosion in the warehouse. He picked up the device on the ground as soon as he landed, as if he had known about the existence of this device.

That's exactly what happened.

Connor picked up the device and led the team back to Osborne Building.
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"...Hive. I didn't expect Hydra to have created the Hive so early. And looking at its parasitic ability, it's obviously not the version from the movie universe."

Harry sat in the office, watching the images playing on a virtual screen in front of him. The content of the image was all the processes that Bucky saw after coming out of the cryochamber, including Hive's self-introduction.

The source of this virtual screen was naturally the device that Connor had just brought back.

In Harry's impression, the most difficult thing about the Hive is its ability to survive. As long as there is a parasite alive in the world, it can be reborn infinitely. In the comics, the Hive is killed only when countless people commit suicide by invading the Hive's underwater nest and blowing it up in a mutually destructive way.

As for the parasitic ability that seems troublesome on the surface, the android army is naturally able to restrain the hive, and poses little threat to Harry.

"It was indeed the right decision to let the Winter Soldier go undercover in Hydra. He got such important information at the very beginning."

Harry's eyes flashed, "The next plan is Alexander Pierce."

(End of this chapter)