Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 336 is all bad news.

"Hundreds of thousands?!"

Upon hearing Luca's explanation, everyone present was shocked and bewildered, with Harry, who knew all too well how formidable these green-skinned monsters were, exclaiming in surprise.

Seeing this, Luca could only shake his head helplessly.

"Yes, and this guy doesn't know the exact number either, but the total number should not exceed one million, and most of the Skrulls on Earth are lurking in the United States."

Upon hearing this, the corners of their mouths twitched involuntarily.

'It shouldn't have exceeded a million? It's probably only a few hundred thousand then?'

This number doesn't seem like much at first glance.

It's important to understand that the total population of the United States is only around 300 million. Even if there are only 500,000, let alone hundreds of thousands, that's roughly equivalent to one Skrull among every 600 ordinary humans.

This proportion of 'spies' is enough to make the country nowhere to hide in any aspect.

And don't forget, these Skrulls' ability to disguise themselves is a racial talent, and in the current situation, it's very likely that most of the Skrulls who have gone into hiding are still in high positions.

At this moment, they all had only one thought in their minds.

'America is doomed.'

However, at that moment, Dr. Banner, who had barely spoken throughout, suddenly noticed the key point in Luca's words.

"Wait, Luca, you just said the Skrulls on Earth? Do these aliens have extraterrestrial inhabitants?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone froze, turning to look at Luca.

"Yes. But we can't call them extraterrestrials, but rather these Skrulls. Well, you could call them their headquarters, though they're not on Earth."

"It is a large space station hidden in low Earth orbit, which is currently inhabited by at least tens of thousands of Skrulls."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

As soon as Luca uttered those words, Dr. Banner immediately interrupted him, sounding somewhat agitated.

"Even if the Skrulls had that level of technology, they couldn't possibly build a super-large space station capable of housing tens of thousands of people without making a sound! No country on Earth would allow something like that to sit on their head! Besides, as you said before, they're just an exiled race, where would they get so many resources?!"

Dr. Banner spoke with absolute certainty, his face filled with disbelief.

However, Luca's single sentence brought him back to reality.

"What if I told you that this space station was originally built by Nick Fury using S.H.I.E.L.D. resources without his knowledge?"

At that moment, the entire venue fell into an eerie silence.

However, the truth is that when Luca finally discovered this information from the head of the guy disguised as Rod, he was utterly speechless—speechless to the core.

Although Nick Fury spent over a decade building this space station, his original intention was not simply to provide a shelter for the Skrulls.

More importantly, they wanted to build a space base for S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, S.H.I.E.L.D. itself does not have this technology, and in many places it uses alien technology brought by the Skrulls. In addition, due to security considerations, there are not many Earthlings who can pass Nick Fury's loyalty certification and meet the conditions for being sent into space.

So in essence, this so-called space base belonging to S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been built and used by the Skrulls.

As for S.H.I.E.L.D., their role was primarily to provide resources and cover.

Yes. The vast majority of these resources were embezzled by Nick Fury under various pretexts and secretly transported into space.
This meant that when the Skrulls actually decided to rebel, the few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents scattered across the space station were completely unable to mount any effective resistance. Hearing this, Natasha, the only S.H.I.E.L.D. alumna, covered her face with her hands, utterly unable to bear watching.

Unfortunately, this is still not the most serious problem.

"By the way, according to this Skrull's understanding, the space station built by Nick Fury has the means to directly attack Earth, but the specifics of those means are unknown to Skrulls of his level."

"This"

This left even Dr. Banner speechless.

Given the current infiltration capabilities of those Skrulls, it's already an unknown number of high-ranking officials in the entire U.S. military who might have been infiltrated and replaced.

Perhaps these aliens already have a lot of nuclear launch buttons in their hands.

The current methods of striking from multiple locations seem insufficient. Insufficient my foot!
Any space-based attack, even just dropping some space debris, would be enough to level most of the cities on Earth!
"in addition."

Seeing that no one spoke, Luca decided to speak again.

However, the moment he opened his mouth, everyone's expression fell.
"There's more."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Luca could only shrug helplessly, but unfortunately, he still had to say what needed to be said.

"Another one is the Skrulls' ability to disguise and transform."

"You've all witnessed their ability to transform into any human they see."

Everyone nodded in unison.

"However, it is worth noting that the Skrulls' talent for directly transforming into others can only disguise their appearance."

"But."

Harry immediately looked puzzled upon hearing this.

He had already witnessed the Skrulls' transformations before, but those Skrulls who transformed into his father, Norman the Elder, clearly possessed super-soldier-level strength, while the other Skrulls seemed to have physical attributes that were only slightly better than ordinary humans.

Seeing his expression, Luca simply raised his hand.

"Hear me out."

"Although the Skrulls' innate ability can only change their appearance."

"But now they can use their own biotechnology to extract the genes and memories of other humanoid beings. After extracting and implanting them through this method, the Skrulls can then transform and obtain all of the target's memories, fingerprints, biological information, and even special superpowers!"

"That's why these Skrulls always try to capture us alive when they're facing us."

Upon hearing this, no one knew whether to feel fortunate or fearful.

Fortunately, this seems to mean that those Avengers members who were captured are likely still alive and well.

However, this also means
"Those who have been confirmed to be captured so far include the two super soldiers, Captain and Norman, as well as a super shooter like Clint."

"This means that all Skrulls have the potential to transform into Captain America and gain all of his abilities."

"The worst-case scenario is that we might be facing hundreds of thousands of Captain Americas."

(End of this chapter)