Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 182 Peanut Village is finished!
"Wardfa?"

While Crossbones and Sitwell were still shocked that the 'person' they were waiting for with Pierce was such a monster, another Hydra agent beside them was clearly even more impatient and actually exclaimed in surprise.

Although his exclamation may simply be because the monster in front of him looked too much like their Hydra symbol.

However, in such a context, it would be easy to be misunderstood as disrespectful.

Sure enough, the next moment, the octopus-headed monster who had just stepped out of the elevator glanced at the person who had spoken, and then slightly raised his hand.

Large swathes of yellowish-brown mist gushed out from the octopus-headed monster's hands.

Instantly, the agent who had spoken was enveloped and covered.

Immediately afterward, to everyone's horror, the person didn't even have time to scream before being corroded and swallowed by the yellowish-brown mist, leaving only a broken skeleton on the ground that looked like melted flesh.

This scene sent chills down the spines of everyone around, even Crossbones, an elite agent who had been through countless battles and had fought many superhumans, instinctively took two steps back.

Only Alexander Pierce, standing at the very front of the group, seemed to have anticipated this outcome, his expression remaining respectful and humble.

"Lord Hive, the plan has progressed to its final stage, and we are just waiting for you to personally usher in this new era!"

That's right, the octopus-faced monster in front of us is the Hive, Hydra's original faith.

He was also the progenitor of the Inhumans, exiled to outer space by the Kree, the creators of the Inhumans.

In fact, the organization Hydra originally evolved from a society composed of nobles who worshipped the legend of the hive.

However, while it's true that the other side was Hydra's original faith, it's not entirely accurate.

As mentioned before, Hydra's internal structure is extremely complex.

For example, the European faction led by Baron Strucker was essentially a continuation of the will of Red Skull, the leader of Hydra during the Nazi era.

However, the so-called Hydra led by Red Skull was actually a 'new organization' that Red Skull himself found by consulting ancient books, discovered the name of the mysterious organization Hydra, and then used it as a shell to establish a public company.

For example, the Serpent Shield faction led by Alexander Pierce has an even more complex composition.

Initially, it was because the US's Paperclip program brought in a large number of Hydra remnants to join S.H.I.E.L.D., which is essentially a legacy of Red Skull.

However, after Dr. Zola, the Hydra scientist, died, he uploaded his consciousness into a computer, becoming an alternative intelligent life form.

This further strengthened the infiltration capabilities of Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D., and subsequently, other remaining Hydra entities from outside merged with each other, gradually expanding, which eventually evolved into the Hydra-H.I.E.L.D. faction, or subversive faction, that now seeks to overthrow the government and control the world.

Of course, besides these more well-known factions, there are many more secretive branches within Hydra. Even the leaders of Hydra themselves have a hard time figuring out exactly how many Hydras there are in the world.

However, the reason I've said so much is simply to make one point.

Although Hydra is closely connected, the various factions originally did not have a clear affiliation, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a disorganized mess.

However, the Returnists, through their collaboration with Loki, managed to acquire some space teleportation technology.

After successfully bringing the Hive, the progenitor of Hydra, back from outer space.

Relying on his symbolic significance and the powerful force brought by the Inhumans' abilities, the Returnists, who were once insignificant among the Hydra factions, seem to be showing signs of regaining control of all Hydra.

At least for now, Alexander Pierce seems to be completely convinced.

Alexander Pierce humbly guided the Hive to the deck of an aerospace carrier in the center of the underground hangar, while also carefully introducing it to the crew.

"Lord Hive, this is the core of the Eye of Insight Project, the Space Carrier." As he spoke, the ceiling directly above the Space Carrier slowly parted to the sides.

If you looked down from the sky at this moment, you could see that the artificial lake outside the Tri-Wing Building had been split into three huge cracks, as if the entire lake was a super-large dock prepared for the space carrier.

As the space carrier's engines started, the enormous roar instantly swallowed up Pierce's voice.

Even so, Pierce continued his introduction with utmost respect, while Hive remained calmly standing at the forefront of the space carrier's deck, as if she could truly hear Pierce's narration.

The deafening roar gradually subsided only after the engine had made its initial start-up sound.

Hive ignored where Pierce had gotten to and said in a flat tone.

"Let it take off. I think the fireworks will be even more beautiful from up there."

Upon hearing Hive's words, Pierce sensibly stopped his own introduction and respectfully led him toward the bridge command room.

With the ion jet engines of the three space carriers operating at full power, the enormous thrust immediately lifted the carriers vertically into the air.

This time, however, Captain America was not there to stop these three war machines that were about to cause massive carnage from taking to the skies.

Once the space carrier reached its designated altitude of 3000 feet, the pre-prepared Insight Project satellites quickly integrated into the space carrier's fire control system.

In an instant, all the ground-attack weapons on the three motherships were deployed.

Unsurprisingly, all of these weapons, powered by threat algorithms, precisely locked onto every enemy that posed a potential threat to Hydra.

“Boom boom boom—”

The mothership's machine guns opened fire instantly.

Countless bullets, like raindrops, poured down from the space carrier high in the sky onto the ground.

In an instant, countless threats identified by algorithms in Washington, D.C., were precisely hit by bullets falling from the sky, leaving them dead on the streets.

As the core of American power, the White House in Washington, D.C., was directly identified by the algorithm as a threatening building.

Even without the need for those political figures to be exposed to satellite surveillance, they were instantly riddled with holes by this terrifying barrage of artillery fire from the sky.

However, the damage caused in that instant was indeed horrifying.

But this terrifying barrage seemed to last only a moment.

In fact, before the first wave of bullets even landed, all the ground-attack cannons on the three motherships completely fell silent and began to swing aimlessly in place.

Upon seeing this, Alexander Pierce, who had been so confident just moments before, suddenly changed his expression. He rushed to the Hydra operators on the bridge, grabbed one of them by the collar, and roared with eyes blazing with fury.

"Why the ceasefire? Why the ceasefire?!"

However, the operator whose collar he grabbed was sweating profusely and had no idea how to answer.

Instead, another operator who was still checking the system whispered a reminder.

"Secretary-General, it seems... it seems our system has been hacked!"

(End of this chapter)