Kamen Rider ZZZ from the American comic book world

In the area where the hostages are being held, Ada, Nancy, and Jessica are engaged in a fierce battle with the Skrull forces.

"Mrs. Scott, to the right!"

Nancy pulled the trigger of the Dream Eater Claw Gun Mode, and a burst of light accurately hit a Skrull soldier who was trying to flank from the side, and the soldier fell to the ground.

Ada activated bullet time, making the Skrulls who attempted to ambush her appear incredibly slow. She moved with lightning speed, and the four psionic guns forming Scarborough Fair fired in turn, clearing out this wave of enemies. Then she turned and asked:

"Female knight, how are things on your end?"

Jessica was standing up from a group of Skrull soldiers, her purple wig stained with liquid, and her gauntlets and armor showing obvious scratches.

“To be honest, I feel like they’re much easier to deal with than the drone mechs from the expo,” Jessica said, shaking the dirt off her hands. “And they feel more solid to fight.”

"From now on, you'll fight Skrulls every day." Li Ai's figure appeared in front of them.

Jessica immediately shook her head and retorted, "Then forget it."

At this moment, some Skrull soldiers tried to reorganize their battle lines, but Li Ai raised his arms and a gravitational field rolled over them like an invisible millstone. These alien invaders were crushed to pieces on the spot, without even having time to scream.

Li Ai walked into the area where the hostages were being held.

These humans, replaced by the Skrulls, were lying in hibernation pods. Looking around, Li Ai recognized several familiar faces.

Justin Hammer, Norman Osborn (actually a projection clone), Rhodes, Pepper, and two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

"Hawkeye and Black Widow? They're here too?" Li Ai was slightly surprised. "Just how far has S.H.I.E.L.D. been infiltrated?"

Chapter 107 Return of Death? A Precognitive Dream!

Washington, D.C., America

Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Queen Veranco of Skrulls, who had replaced 'Black Widow' Natasha Romanoff, was trying to communicate with researchers at Base Three, but the signal wouldn't connect.

“I can’t get in touch with any of them…” Vilanco tried calling the other two bases, but received no response.

As things progressed, Vilanco realized something was wrong and immediately began to think quickly.

First, it eliminates the possibility of her subordinates rebelling. When selecting her core group, Vilanco only chooses radicals who, like her, hate humanity and yearn to restore the glory of the Skrulls.

If that's the case, then the only possibility left is that humans will launch an attack.

Although they didn't know exactly how the humans tracked down their base and launched the attack, Vilanco had very few options left.

Vilanco took out his communicator and shouted directly to his most loyal soldier: "Gravik, all three of our bases have been attacked. Head to the nearest base, Base 3, immediately and kill all suspicious personnel except our own comrades."

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Glavik replied immediately. “I will not allow the most important Base Three to fall into human hands.”

“By the time you arrive, it may be too late,” Vilanco said in a deep voice. “So I will activate the psychic pulse bomb in Base Three.”

Gravik, who was flying at high speed, paused noticeably for a moment, and after a brief pause, he asked hesitantly:

"Are you sure you want to use that first?"

The Mind Pulse Bomb is not Skrull technology; rather, it is a weapon that Velanko bought from a space merchant called the Collector while wandering the universe.

This weapon is not particularly destructive, but it is specifically designed to attack the mental level of intelligent life. According to Vilanco's estimates, the psychic pulse bomb could simultaneously pull all the humans in several cities of Earth into a psychic labyrinth.

“But if the conversion machines in the base are destroyed, our plan to revive our race will have completely failed.” Vilanko pressed her fingers to her forehead, concentrating as she prepared to remotely control the mind pulse bomb in Base Three.

"Furthermore, we must prepare for a full-scale war; we must first destroy humanity's first line of defense."

As soon as the words were spoken, a mental wave spread out from the conversion machine in Base Three. It silently penetrated the metal walls, ignored any physical defenses, and directly impacted the brains of every intelligent being.

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In the hostage area of ​​Base Three, the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder and blood. Mage Kaecilius was still maintaining the portal spell, and only a few hibernation pods remained that needed to be transferred.

Standing at the entrance to the corridor, Li Ai used a gravitational field to crush the last wave of Skrull soldiers who tried to rush in into mincemeat, but a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in her heart.

"Hurry up, I have a feeling something's not right."

Just then, Jessica suddenly groaned, swayed, and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"A female knight!" Nancy exclaimed.

Before they could react, an indescribable, excruciating pain struck everyone present without warning.

It felt like countless steel needles were piercing the brain at the same time, and then being put into a blender. The images in everyone's vision began to distort, and consciousness gradually blurred.

Nancy and Ida knelt on the ground, their vision beginning to darken.

Even the mage Casilla on the other side of the portal was affected, causing the portal to cease functioning.

Li Ai, clinging to her last shred of consciousness, sent out a distress signal over the communication channel: "Base Three needs rescue."

"Team C? Team C, please respond!" Steve shouted into the communicator from inside Base One, but there was no response. He immediately activated the reserve assault team.

"Agent Kennedy, immediately lead your commando team to Base Three to provide support, and find Team C at all costs."

"Received!" Leon's decisive voice came through the communicator.

Master Wang also helped them open the portal, and ten assault team members equipped with exoskeleton armor immediately assembled and followed Leon into the portal that Master Wang had just opened.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Ai regained some consciousness. During this time, he could vaguely hear a lot of noise: explosions, metal clashing, and painful screams. These sounds kept ringing in his ears.

But his vision was constantly occupied by the scene he least wanted to see.

Only when the noisy sounds gradually faded away and disappeared, and the surroundings became unusually quiet, did Li Ai catch a familiar voice in the darkness.

"ZZZ, if only you could fight alongside me every day and never came to this base that hides psychic pulse bombs, but alas... the revival of the Skrull civilization is more important than anything else."

Li Ai recognized the voice as belonging to the Super Skrull who had seemingly copied Captain Marvel's abilities during the Expo incident.

With a hint of regret, Gravik stood beside Li Ai, slowly raising his right hand. Golden energy condensed in his palm, radiating a destructive aura.

"Hmm? You're still conscious? You truly are a human warrior I acknowledge. But you won't have the chance to stop us."

As soon as he finished speaking, he placed his hand, which contained all his strength, on Li Ai's chest without hesitation.

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"not good!"

Li Ai, who was sitting in a booth with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. His pupils contracted sharply, his chest heaved violently, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

But when Li Ai looked down, Nancy was gently holding his hand, looking at him with a worried expression, clearly startled by his reaction just now.

A profound sense of separation kept assaulting him.

Even though she had been killed by the enemy a second ago, Li Ai woke up the next second and clearly remembered what had happened inside Base No. 3.

This situation sounds a lot like saving and loading or returning from death in a game, but it's actually completely different.

Li Ai just had a 'precognitive dream'.

This precognitive dream was different from the excuses he used before; it was a genuine dream in which he clearly experienced every detail of what was about to happen.

At first, the mission went smoothly, then an invisible psychological shock made him faint.

Although it was unclear what the noisy sounds she heard during her coma were, based on Gravik's declaration of victory later, Li Ai could roughly guess that a very fierce battle had taken place during that time.

"What's wrong?" Nancy's worried voice reached Li Ai's ears. He turned around to look at her and said with a smile:

"At first, there were some things that bothered me, but now they are gone."

The dream mentioned a crucial piece of information: a mysterious weapon that directly attacks the mind is hidden within Base Three.

That mysterious weapon was the direct cause of the failure of the mission in the precognitive dream.

Thinking of this, Li Ai changed her mission and silently recited in her heart:

"The real task this time is: Don't make my dream come true."

Chapter 108 Lightning

At this point, Steve began explaining the tactical arrangements to everyone and boosting morale.

But for Li Ai, he had already heard these words twice.

The mages opened a portal, and Li Ai, Ada, Nancy, and Jessica arrived at the entrance of Base Three once again.

At the beginning, just like the first time, they used a decoder to interfere with the Skrulls' security.

After the door opened, Li Ai temporarily lent the surging capsule to Nancy and instructed her:

"Once we find the place where the hostages are being held, we'll use this capsule to send them all away in one go."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Jessica asked from the back of the group.

These words reminded Li Ai of the painful scene in his precognitive dream. He frowned slightly and said in a serious tone:

"because……"

After organizing the information from his precognitive dream, Li Ai recounted everything, including his speculation about Gravik sabotaging the mission.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Since you're still standing here, there's still a chance to change things." Ada's voice was soft yet weighty, landing on Li Ai's heart.

“Let’s go, let’s change that future together.” Nancy clutched the surging capsule she had been temporarily lent to her and immediately turned to walk towards the hostage area of ​​Base Three.

Li Ai gave her a victory sign, then turned and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Meanwhile, in another corridor of the base.

Maleki, a super-Skuru who had copied the Wendigo's abilities, strolled leisurely with a patrol, cold frost spreading across the ground with each step. He irritably shook his antlers and muttered in dissatisfaction:

"I'd like to see which insect dares to invade this most heavily guarded base!"

“No matter who the invaders are, they are no match for Lord Maleki,” a Skrull soldier nearby quickly chimed in.

"Hmph, that's for the best." Maleki snorted and snapped his fingers, instantly forming a thick layer of ice on the wall. "If any humans dare to come, I'll freeze them into ice sculptures and hang them in the base as decorations."

Just then, a mechanical voice suddenly came from the back of the corridor.

【Good Morning! Rider! Z?Z?Z! Gravity! 】

Just as Maleki and the others turned around, the mechanical voice stopped, and a dark purple figure they had never seen before appeared in front of them.

“ZZZ?” Maleki hesitated for a moment.

Gravik did share information about Kamen Rider ZZZ with his fellow countrymen, but the information did not mention that ZZZ had a black and purple form.

Upon seeing this, several Skrull soldiers raised their blaster guns and immediately pulled the triggers without hesitation.

But before the energy bullets could even leave the muzzle, a powerful force of gravity descended from nowhere, crushing the Skrull soldiers and turning their weapons into scrap metal.

Only Maleki, the super Skrull, could barely maintain his standing posture. His legs trembled, and veins bulged on his forehead, as if every step required a great deal of effort.

Maleki heard the cracking sounds of bones and flesh bursting under the immense pressure, and his eyes widened in fury as he tried to retaliate.

But Li Ai didn't need to stall for time this time. He released an anti-gravity force with his left hand, propelling himself to stand in front of Maleki in the blink of an eye. His right fist, radiating purple gravity fluctuations, slammed into Maleki's face, instantly smashing the super Skrull's head through.

With the threat eliminated, Li Ai removed the gravity field, and Maleki's headless corpse naturally fell to the ground.

Although we don't know where the Skrulls hid the weapon, as long as we use the power of gravity to crush the entire base, we'll eventually find the target.

Li Ai's figure moved through Base No. 3. Wherever he passed, walls cracked, ceilings collapsed, metal frames twisted and emitted a piercing scream, and concrete fragments rained down.

Soon, Li Ai arrived at the area where the Skrulls stored the conversion machines.

The space above the conversion machine has been hollowed out. By simply opening a few partitions, the machine can release conversion mist over a large area on the ground, and can convert the residents of a city into half-Skuru in just half a day.

"A harmful thing." Li Ai stretched out his right hand toward the conversion machine. With the opening and closing of his five fingers, a wave of gravity was released, and the huge conversion machine was instantly crushed into a flat iron disc.

At this moment, as if a container had been broken, an invisible mental fluctuation spread out. Perhaps because there was no controller to activate it, the mental pulse bomb was far less powerful than the one in the premonition dream, and only affected Li Ai.

The roar of men, the screams of women, the whistling of whips, the lightning flashing outside the window, the soaked floor, the child huddled in the corner... Li Ai once again thought of the stormy nights he hated most.

The mental pulse bomb, whose power was not maximized, did not render Li Ai incapable of fighting; it only made him constantly recall a night from his past life that he least wanted to remember.

In a daze, the sounds became clearer, and when Li Ai opened his eyes again, he was standing in a dimly lit room.

The room wasn't very big; a wardrobe, a single bed, and a set of blue table and chairs took up most of the space.

It was pitch black outside the window, with flashes of silvery lightning every now and then. The booming thunder made the window tremble slightly, frightening a little boy who shivered in the corner.

The boy was also quite thin for his age, dressed simply, and clutched tightly in his hand a bootleg Kamen Rider Kuuga doll that was starting to fade.

"..."

Li Ai stared at the boy for a long time, unable to say a word.

Because this boy is his own past life, this is his psychological world, and it is a mental impulse bomb that has stirred up the past that Li Ai least wants to recall.

In the living room, just a door away, a man and a woman were arguing, their voices so shrill they could penetrate the door.