From American comics to becoming the mastermind behind the scenes

Today is the Osborne Industrial Building's twice-yearly open house.

On Open Day, Osborne Industries invites students from various schools to visit, aiming to discover outstanding students with potential and providing an opportunity for many students to showcase themselves.

But today is not a good time.

Peter Parker looked at the sign hanging at the entrance that read "Open for business only, new opening date to be announced" and wasn't in a good mood: "I did all my housework and mowed the lawn before I got twenty dollars to come to the open house."

Gwen Stacy didn't seem to mind, patting Peter Parker on the shoulder and comforting him, "It's okay, with your intelligence, you'll eventually get into a big corporation, or even create your own! Become someone like Tony Stark."

Peter Parker's mood immediately improved: "Really?"

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning ripped across the sky. Peter Parker looked around curiously and saw a figure on the top floor of the Osborn Industrial Building, but upon closer inspection, he couldn't find it.

"A hallucination?" Peter Parker scratched his head.

"What are you looking at? Mary Jane is over there," Gwen teased.

Peter Parker shook his head: "I didn't see her..."

Just then, a bald, one-eyed black man wearing a long black overcoat led several oddly dressed people toward the Osborne Industrial Building.

"Why are there children here?" Ayou frowned. "Tell them to stay away."

Peter Parker stared at Nick Fury, a strange feeling creeping into his heart: "They look like secret agents from a movie. What are they doing here?"

Gwen asked in confusion, "Oh? It seems that the reason why Osborn Industries is closed today is related to them."

Thinking of this, Gwen suddenly said excitedly, "Parker, I know a place where we can sneak in."

"This isn't a good idea," Peter Parker scratched his head. "The building is definitely locked down because something happened inside. If we sneak up like this and something happens..."

"Aren't you curious? Maybe it's some kind of Hulk-like creature."

Peter Parker's eyes widened immediately: "Then we should stay even further away!"

……

"All surveillance has been integrated into the S.H.I.E.L.D. system, so we must proceed with extreme caution." Nick Fury took a deep breath, his legs still throbbing slightly.

The only people who had actually seen Xie Yali were him, Ayou, and Constantine.

"These are noise-canceling earplugs. I suspect that Xie Yali's words are magical and related to what she said. Wearing these should stop it." Nick Fury handed out the earplugs to everyone.

Daredevil was speechless. He was already blind, and if he wore earplugs, he would be both blind and deaf.

The elevator stopped with a ding, and the doors slowly opened.

This is the top floor of the Osborne Industrial Building. On the helicopter landing pad, there is a mahogany altar, a pure gold incense burner, and many other offerings needed for worshipping heaven.

Xie Yali sat cross-legged on a futon with her five hearts facing the sky, with one person standing on each side of her.

"You've finally arrived." Xie Yali opened her eyes, her pupils rotating to reveal them.

However, what shocked everyone even more was not Xie Yali, but the person next to Xie Yali—Zhao Guizhen, whose spine had been pulled out by the zombie!

Jessica Jones exclaimed in horror, "He's dead! His head and spine were pulled out of his body, how could anyone survive such injuries!"

"twin?"

"No, there's a wound on his neck, it's him!"

Zhuge Qing chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, it seems the problem is more serious than those old fogies at the police station imagined."

Wang Ye rubbed his stomach: "Sigh, I should have eaten more hamburgers this morning, otherwise I won't have the energy to fight later."

Zhuge Qing curled his lip: "At a time like this, all you think about is food."

Wang Ye shrugged: "Even if you die, you should die with a full stomach. If we wait until now to call the police to send someone, it'll be too late."

Seeing Zhuge Qing and Wang Ye chatting and laughing so easily, Nick Fury, who couldn't understand Chinese, felt a little more confident. However, this confidence was far from enough when facing someone who could bring the dead back to life.

Xie Yali stood up: "The auspicious time is almost here, what are you all waiting for?"

"She's urging us to take action," Ayou said through gritted teeth.

Upon hearing this, Nick Fury gave a wry smile: "Looks like she wants to get rid of us as soon as possible so she can ascend to heaven."

"That's not actually the case," Wang Ye explained. "Humans who aspire to immortality must undergo tribulations, and we are her tribulations."

"Words are useless, let's fight." Zhuge Qing took a step forward, and the Bagua formation appeared.

Wang Ye followed closely behind, rotating the Bagua formation with himself as the center.

At this moment, Zhao Guizhen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly sneered: "You think you can stop our master from ascending to immortality?"

After saying that, he clapped his hands, and many monsters that looked just like the zombies that Ajiu had killed before suddenly appeared.

"These are the bodies we couldn't find," Nick Fury frowned. "Were they zombies created from vampires?"

"Go!" The ugly, bat-like vampire let out a strange cry and pounced on the group.

Xiao Zizai stood in front of the crowd and unleashed a palm strike.

"The Palm of Great Compassion!"

The force of his palm strike surged like a whirlwind, instantly blasting away all the vampires blocking his path.

Zhao Guizhen sneered, "Xiao Zizai, you've been chasing me for so long, but now that I have the master's help, I'm going to kill you right here today!"

Having said that, Zhao Guizhen charged forward.

The vampire zombies that Xiao Zizai had overturned quickly got up and rushed towards the crowd along with Zhao Guizhen.

The Defenders immediately took action, with the four of them working together to eliminate the vampire zombies, leaving Xiao Zizai and Zhao Guizhen to fight alone.

The moment Zhao Guizhen made contact with Xiao Zizai, his clothes shattered: "Seven Fiends Gather!"

The wails of seven wronged souls seeped from the scars on Zhao Guizhen's body, faint and indistinct, yet they had a way of shaking one's mind.

However, Xiao Zizai remained unmoved. Just as Zhao Guizhen's fist contorted into a ferocious expression, about to strike Xiao Zizai, Xiao Zizai grabbed him with one hand and, with a simple grappling move, pinned Zhao Guizhen to the ground.

Then, he grabbed Zhao Guizhen's face with one hand and tore a hideous face off Zhao Guizhen's body.

"How dare you..." Zhao Guizhen's face showed fear. He swung out a Maoshan Shangqing Five Warriors Talisman, and the five warriors turned into black shadows and shot towards Xiao Zizai.

With a single wave of his hand, Xiao Zizai shattered the talismans of the five warriors.

"My skills are still lacking." Xiao Zizai pushed up his glasses. "Since you can resurrect, then I'll be more careful."

"Croak... Don't come any closer!"

Compared to the great battle between Xiao Zizai and Zhao Guizhen, the battle between Wang Ye, Zhuge Qing, Ayou and Xie Yali seemed rather unremarkable.

The four people simply stood there, seemingly doing nothing to outsiders. However, only those who were well-versed in the Bagua formation knew that the Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and Seventy-Two Symbols beneath their feet were operating wildly, colliding and clashing with each other. Although there was no direct physical contact, the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind were constantly evolving and annihilating around the four people.