Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 375 The Devil Spy in Action

Of course, the so-called 'cannon fodder' was just Luca's casual remark.

Of course, Dunshan would never actually use Tony, a genius scientist, former world's richest man, superhero, and his young master's close partner, as one of those bio-clones that can be produced for a few thousand dollars.

Luca simply gave Shield Mountain a brief overview of Tony's situation and granted Tony considerable autonomy on the dimensional battlefield.

As long as it doesn't affect the overall operation of the dimensional war.

Regardless of whether he wanted to physically engage in combat to vent his inner emotions.

Or perhaps, having nothing better to do, he wanted to stay in the base and use his brain to upgrade the Hextech Legion's production lines and unit equipment.

These are all up to him to decide.

With the 'Super Capsule - Sabertooth Enhancement', Tony is basically guaranteed not to die from stray bullets or other accidents.

Upgrading weapons and equipment is fine; just communicate more with Dunshan, and you won't be afraid of him causing any trouble.

However, after Luca finished explaining this small matter to Tony, he was somewhat surprised to see Dunshan looking hesitant.

"What? Is Tony having a bigger influence on you here?"

Upon hearing this, Dunshan quickly shook his head.

"It's not about Mr. Stark, but about what you instructed me to do before, young master, regarding the exploration of the Hell Dimension."

Seeing this, Luca also became somewhat interested.

"Our troops are now capable of penetrating deep into hell?"

Dunshan nodded first, then shook his head slightly.

"We still need the help of the Kamar-Taj mages, but we have indeed obtained some information about Hell."

Then, Dunshan began to explain in detail to Luca.

As two sides in a dimensional war, it goes without saying that they want to learn more about the enemy.

Early in the war, Luca had instructed Dunshan to gather as much information as possible about the enemy.

However, due to the unique nature of the dimensional battlefield, although both sides are gathered at this border to fight, the 'units' under the Hextech Legion will only appear within the Hextech Dimension, even if they cross the battlefield.

Therefore, the initial so-called intelligence gathering actually relied more on the psychic abilities of Yuri Technology, using the control of these demons appearing on the dimensional battlefield to learn about the enemy from their minds.

However, most demons from Hell are not very intelligent. Even if they can occasionally control some demon lords with advanced intelligence, most of the time they only get fragmented information.

Fortunately, Luca wasn't the only one waging war on this dimensional battlefield.

Because of the Ancient One, Kamar-Taj also sent a number of sorcerers to be stationed there to provide assistance.

However, these Kamar-Taj sorcerers mostly do not participate in actual combat; they often serve as machines for Luca to open portals between Earth and the dimensional battlefield.

It wasn't until Dunshan, after a long period of contact, took the initiative to seek their help that these sorcerers, under the Ancient One's instruction, devised a method to open the 'Gates of Hell'.

"Because opening the gates of hell is taboo knowledge among mages."

"Of all the mages sent by Kamar-Taj, only one, named Kaecilius, has received the Sorcerer Supreme's approval and possesses this ability." "If we want to send equipment to explore the Hell Dimension, we must rely on him to open a portal for us."

Then Dunshan went on to explain the current difficulties.

Based on the information currently available.

With Mephisto imprisoned by the Ancient One, Hell, coveting the benefits of dimensional warfare, amassed a large number of demons to wage war.

In reality, it was just a 'coalition' composed of several demon lords who controlled the areas surrounding the dimensional battlefield that was launching the attack.

The nominal leader among these demon lords is said to be Mephisto's son, a fellow named Warheart.

Such a being, lacking absolute military strength, could not possibly have complete control over the entire Hell Legion.

However, having a nominal leader also means that this hellish legion actually possesses a certain degree of organizational capability.

Currently, within the Hell dimension, the areas controlled by this Hell Legion have begun to consciously target and attack all Hextech creations.

In previous instances, Dunshan sent reconnaissance troops through Casillas opening the gates of hell.

Whether it's intelligent machines or cloned cyborgs, very few of them are able to successfully complete the exploration and bring back intelligence 'alive'.

"Currently, we either need to use sheer numbers to push forward the exploration as much as possible by casting a wide net, or we must send out mind control units to sneak in and use mind-controlled demons as cover in order to barely gather any intelligence."

After hearing Dunshan's description, even Luca frowned slightly this time.

He wasn't too surprised that a group of lords in Hell had formed a legion. After all, when it came to experience in dimensional warfare, Hell was far superior to him.

However, the obstruction of this intelligence gathering made him feel somewhat troubled.

To put it bluntly, nowadays, of these two methods, "casting a wide net" is more likely to attract the enemy's attention, and the number of survivors who actually manage to gather intelligence is probably not many.

Sending a mind control unit to infiltrate is even more unreliable. The most basic aspect of Yuri Technology's mind control is that it requires a 'mental connection,' unlike other works where you can simply give someone a mental suggestion and they'll become your dog.

This means that Yuri's mental abilities are insufficient to control targets across different realms.

To put it nicely, they control demons to provide cover for infiltration, but when the enemy discovers them, even a large number of mechanical troops can't hide. What can one or two demons possibly cover?
"Would infiltrating Hell to investigate have a significant impact on the battle?"

Even Luca himself felt a little embarrassed when he asked that question.

That's a really stupid question.
Let alone delving deeper into the full picture of hell.

Even just scouting near the dimensional battlefield can provide early insight into how many troops the Hell Legion has amassed and what types of units they will deploy next.

This intelligence is enough for the Hextech Legion to prepare in advance, or even to conserve firepower and convert it into production lines to manufacture counter-units.

"Alright, I'll figure out how to handle this."

"Try to prepare some humanoid demons to keep and don't kill them. I also brought some power capsules with me this time. Let's see if the Skrulls can transform into disguised demons and fool the other demons' senses."

Despite saying that, Luca wasn't very optimistic about the Skrull capsules that couldn't be injected with genes to achieve a perfect transformation.

'Perhaps we could try creating a whole batch of demon warriors?'

(End of this chapter)