Marvel: The Greatest Hero Era

As for why the others didn't come, it's because they're all still busy clearing out monsters in the mountains near the Monster Association headquarters. Don't forget, there are millions of monsters there. Even if Reinhard, Yugi, Dante, and Vergil, all S-class powerhouses, went all out to kill them all, it would still take quite some time.

"Jenos, go help our Black Panther King."

Standing on the edge of the broken balcony, Nick Fury casually sent Genos out with a single sentence.

then……

Genos, who had never been upgraded, was torn to pieces by Eric's claws, a truly gruesome sight.

Nick Fury's eyelids twitched as he pressed his earpiece and said, "Kid, I think you can come and help me out."

Child Emperor is currently engaged in the battle to eliminate a million monsters and is extremely busy. He has no time to go over there and earn energy points. Honestly.

"Genos got dismantled again, didn't he?"

"Yes……"

The way Child Emperor used the word "again" so skillfully made Nick Fury feel incredibly exhausted.

"Wait here. Keep his head safe. Once I've sorted things out here and get back, I'll get him a vibranium body so he won't get damaged by the enemy every time."

Nick Fury hung up the communication with Child Emperor. As he admired the beautiful scenery of Wakanda, the Ancient One suddenly appeared beside him with a look of astonishment.

"This is impossible!"

"Excuse me, mage, what's impossible?"

Nick Fury, sensing something amiss in the Ancient One's words and expression, felt a sense of foreboding. "I haven't even finished cleaning up the mess with the Monster Association yet," he thought. "Please, don't cause any more chaos. Earth really can't withstand the meddling of you big shots."

However, as Murphy's Law states, the more Nick Fury fears bad news, the more likely it is to come true!

His gaze seemed to reach the Ancient One, who was thousands of miles away, and he murmured, "I should go over there. After all, I have some connection with Odin."

"Excuse me, Venerable Master, who were you just talking about having a relationship with?"

Nick Fury received no answer, and then saw the Ancient One draw a circle in front of her, opening a portal.

On the other side of the portal, Nick Fury clearly saw a woman with smoky makeup, beautiful yet extremely gloomy, exuding an aura of death, emerge from a dark green spatial passage.

"Oh my god... how come there are strange people appearing again?"

“She’s not a weirdo, Mr. Fury. She’s a goddess, Odin’s eldest daughter, the goddess of death—Hela.”

After speaking, the Ancient One took a step and walked to the other side of the portal.

Nick Fury wanted to see more, but the Ancient One considerately closed the door for him.

"Shit!"

Chapter 242 The Monster Association, Temporarily Resolved

"Hela's coming out means Odin is dead?"

Inside the passage, Zhao Chen squatted down and stroked Boqi. Behind him was a massive, ravaged meteorite crater.

The indentations around the giant pit, when viewed from above, clearly reveal that the pit is shaped like a giant fist!

"Woof~~"

Bochi, with a large bump on its forehead, lay obediently (frightened) on the ground, its tail trembling.

Looking at the obedient dog that he had tamed (or rather, beaten) so badly, Zhao Chen stroked it and found it quite comfortable to handle.

"In that case, the story will turn into Thanos's story."

Zhao Chen casually made a collar and put it on Boqi. Having already taken Boqi as his pet, Zhao Chen stood up and said to it, "Let's go, lead the way."

"Wang!"

Boqi was initially too scared to stand up, but after Zhao Chen kicked its rear, Boqi jumped up immediately and started leading the way.

Zhao Chen, showing no sign of nervousness, had one hand in his pocket and the other holding Boqi's hand.

He looked so relaxed and carefree that you'd think he was just taking a stroll in his own neighborhood.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past me, leaving a strong body odor in the air.

Zhao Chen glanced casually behind him, pinched his nose in disgust, and said, "It's not your fault that you're ugly, but it's wrong of you to wander around like this."

Achoo! Achoo!

Bochi sneezed twice in a row, as if he were cooperating.

The echoes lingered in the passage, but they quickly faded away along with Zhao Chen's footsteps.

Meanwhile, at the end of the passage behind Zhao Chen.

On the wall, a large black, charred mark was pasted on the wall like a mural.

If you look closely, you can see that the black mark vaguely resembles a person, or rather, a large, obese one.

Looking at the steel gate in front of him, Zhao Chen stopped in his tracks, and Boqi also stopped and turned to look at him.

Rubbing his chin, Zhao Chen felt he might need a password to open this metal door, which he didn't know was incredibly thick.

But does he really need it?

"Of course not!"

Reach out, grasp the handle of the steel gate, and then pull gently.

Just like opening the door when he came home, Zhao Chen forcefully pulled out the solid iron door weighing hundreds of tons, along with the walls on all sides.

With a loud bang, the noise startled Pochi so much that his fur stood on end.

Tossing the 'door' aside, Zhao Chen looked at the huge space inside and nodded in satisfaction: "You guys really know how to hide. I think you should just stop calling yourselves Hydra and start calling yourselves Earth-Drilling Tigers."

Currently, apart from the Hydra unit on Earth that was destroyed along with S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters—the largest one led by Alexander Pierce—there are three remaining Hydra units!

Their leaders are Baron Strucker, Daniel Whitehall, who survived World War II by using Inhuman abilities, and Gideon Malik, a U.S. congressman who worships the original Hydra leader, "The Hive."

The place Zhao Chen has arrived at is the headquarters of one of the three Hydra bases.

This secret Hydra base, located beneath the city of Sokovia, is the lair of Hydra led by Baron Strucker, although it has been taken over by the Monster Association.

Even Baron Strucker himself has consumed monster cells and become one of the monsters.

The moment Zhao Chen violently ripped open the laboratory door inside the base, a piercing alarm immediately blared throughout the entire base.

"Enemy invasion detected!!"

"Combat troops, move in! Capture him!"

Upon entering the laboratory, Zhao Chen was astonished to find that it was the same laboratory from Avengers: Age of Ultron.

However, in the original story, there was a Chitauri whale-shaped spaceship here. Since the alien invasion battle in New York from Avengers 1 didn't happen, there is no alien spaceship here.

But the absence of alien spaceships doesn't mean there's nothing else here.

For example, there's a strange king sitting there like a statue. Orochi!

"Woooooooo..."

Faced with the unfathomable power of the Monster King Orochi, Pochi lay prostrate on the ground, trembling with fear.

Zhao Chen's expression remained calm and composed. The Monster King Orochi's mere mid-to-high Super Dragon level strength might be terrifying to Boros, but in Zhao Chen's eyes, such a trashy monster could be instantly killed by any white blood cell in his body.

"The Intruders"

"Shut up and die."

The appearance of Hela, the death of Odin, the destruction of Asgard, and the impending arrival of Thanos's army.

In the face of these cosmic-level catastrophes, can the problems the Monster Association is creating even be called problems?

Just kidding, in front of the real big shots, they're not even considered little brothers.

Having lost interest in continuing to mess around with the Monster Association, Zhao Chen, with just a single sentence, reduced Monster King Orochi to ashes at the molecular level. ...Please give me flowers.

After dealing with the monster king Orochi, Zhao Chen then 'cleaned up' the monsters in the laboratory.

They were originally all human, but since their leaders all submitted to the Monster Association and became monsters, how could they, as their subordinates, remain untainted? So, as the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black."

After cleaning the lab by taking a walk, Zhao Chen found his target: cell viruses.

This cellular virus, extracted from the cells of a freak, has an astonishingly high infection rate.

It's much faster than creating monsters one-to-one with monster cells. One monster cell can extract hundreds of milligrams of cell virus, which can then be spread out in the form of a spray, infecting at least thirty to fifty people!

Although cell-borne viral infections spread rapidly, this approach has one drawback.

...0 That is, humans infected with the cell virus will not immediately become monsters, but will become half-monsters.

There's nothing we can do about it; the 'medicinal effects' of the monster cells have been diluted.

If this cell virus is actually sent into space by the Monster Association using a rocket, Zhao Chen will be in for a headache.

For a short period of time after becoming half-freaks, humans will not change much in any aspect. The most obvious change is that they become stronger and grow horns, insect limbs, scales, fur, etc. on their bodies. Their behavior is no different from that of ordinary people.

But as time goes by, in about seven days to half a month, the weirdo's thoughts will completely take over his brain.

At that time, they will forget their humanity and begin to fight each other, devouring each other's flesh and blood, in order to evolve into true monsters.

The Hydra scientist who developed this cell virus, Dr. Lister, the eccentric scientist, even stated bluntly.

Once infected with this cell virus, the patient will eventually either become a monster or die; there is no way to save them.