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"Where's Reed?"
In the corner of the room, a hulking behemoth, whose body was covered in countless hard, rock-like scales, questioned Nick Fury without lifting his head.
Just like Reed Richards, who had just escaped, Ben Grimm, after transforming into Thing, also possessed an extremely high resistance to anesthetics.
Therefore, ordinary anesthetic gas could not make him fall into a state of extreme weakness or even unconsciousness.
However, since he was not yet familiar with his abilities at this time, his movements were a bit difficult.
"I know what you guys have been through, and I've seen many big guys like you…"
Nick Fury did not directly answer his question.
Facing this "big monster" that could erupt at any moment, his first priority was not to answer the question, but to take control of the conversation.
Only then could he use his most skilled method to gradually lead the other party into the pre-set conversational trap.
"Answer my question, where… is Reed?!"
"I regret to inform you, Dr. Reed just escaped. I don't think your friend will be coming back," Nick Fury said calmly.
"Listen, I know you must be very scared right now… but that's normal. I have a big green guy under me who is even bigger and stronger than you. He almost peed his pants after his first transformation, but I successfully helped him through the difficult time…"
"That's right, I'm sure you've already guessed who I'm talking about… He is Hulk."
"Ben, you must really want to cure yourself now, right?"
"Then join S.H.I.E.L.D.! We have the best medical and scientific research teams in the World. We can help you analyze what happened to you and find a way to solve it!"
It must be said that Nick Fury's rhetoric was very effective for those simple-minded guys, and Hulk's example was extremely convincing!
Ben Grimm slowly stood up from the corner, saying with a hint of anger and resentment in his voice, "I can join S.H.E.I.L.D., but you must help me find Reed."
Nick Fury grinned, revealing a row of stark White teeth, and nodded noncommittally, "That… is no problem!!"
...
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One week later.
Doom Group.
Inside a certain conference room.
The board members, led by Ned Sizzle, gathered again, quietly awaiting Victor Von Doom's arrival.
But unlike the previous forced resignation.
This time, they were here to negotiate… or rather, to beg Victor Von Doom!
The reason was simple.
Just five days ago, after testing by a professional inspection agency, the new green energy that Victor Von Doom and his three companions brought back from the "alien Planet" not only had no energy loss, but its energy intensity was at least ten times stronger than the new energy created by Tony Stark.
As soon as this news came out, it instantly caused a stir in the energy industry.
Doom Group's stock price immediately stopped falling and rebounded strongly at a visible speed.
Such a result made the board members overjoyed.
They called Victor Von Doom one after another, hoping that he would fully develop this new alien energy in the future.
However.
Victor Von Doom, who was currently engrossed in Tzeentch's Blessing, hoping to use it to decipher the alien text on the "mechanical book," had no intention of dealing with other matters.
So he simply handed over the lead of the Quantum Gate Project to the board to handle.
As long as these guys stopped bothering him, that was enough.
And after the board got the Quantum Gate Project, they first increased their external publicity.
They began to desperately praise the high efficiency and cleanliness of "alien energy," hoping to push Doom Group's stock price to an unprecedented peak.
At the same time, they tirelessly formed a professional geological exploration team, wanting to further explore how much energy reserves that Planet had in total.
But just as the board members were excitedly preparing to make a big splash, something strange happened.
The Quantum Gate Project, which was originally technologically mature, repeatedly encountered failures.
The dimension previously anchored using the quantum field effect seemed to have disappeared, and it was no longer possible to open a gap for fixed-point teleportation.
This made the board members anxious.
Because if they couldn't obtain more green energy, it would not only be a matter of whether the stock price would collapse.
It was very likely that the entire Doom Group would collapse as a result!
There was no way around it, who told them to hype it up too much before…
Although Ned Sizzle and the others were just major shareholders, who would truly be willing to watch a goose that laid golden eggs die like this?
So… they sought out that man again!!
Not long after, Victor Von Doom, dressed in a suit, wearing a black baseball cap, and looking a bit tired, pushed the door open and walked in.
He did not sit down, but directly asked, getting straight to the point:
"Ned, didn't I already hand over the Quantum Gate Project to you to handle? What do you want from me this time?"
"Victor, don't be so angry."
This time, Ned Sizzle's attitude was completely different from before, and he said with a smile all over his face:
"Our board of directors expresses our sincere gratitude for your contributions. You have fulfilled your promise and reversed the stock price using that new green energy, and…"
Victor Von Doom interrupted with a cold face, "It's called Adamantine Energy!"
"Oh, so you've already named it… Adamantine Energy? That name sounds great."
Ned Sizzle said with a cunning smile, "Undoubtedly, Adamantine Energy and that 'alien Planet' are the most important development projects at this stage, and they even directly concern the survival of the entire group."
Victor Von Doom interrupted again expressionlessly, "That Planet is called Holy Terra!!"
"Uh… well, well, Holy Terra?"
Ned Sizzle's face showed a hint of displeasure. As a major shareholder, few people dared to interrupt him repeatedly like this.
However, today, in order to achieve his goal, he endured it for now.
"I suppose you may have heard that there have been some accidents with the Quantum Gate Project recently. The researchers have been unable to establish a link with that… Holy Terra, and the next exploration mission has been repeatedly postponed."
"So we had no choice but to find you and ask if you have any suggestions?"
"Suggestions? What suggestions could I have!"
Victor Von Doom sneered mockingly, saying with an extremely perfunctory attitude:
"When I handed this project over to you, everything was operating normally. Now that there's a problem, I naturally have no solution!"
All his energy was almost entirely focused on researching how to refine Adamantine Energy and cultivating Tzeentch's magic. How could he have time to deal with these trivial matters?
Just two days ago, after a painful failure—permanently losing his thick black hair—he finally succeeded in learning the alien text from the "mechanical book" through Tzeentch's Blessing, without a teacher, and understood its content.
This book, titled terra log, was a record of what a "Magos Dominus" named Belisarius Cawl saw and heard before leaving the Planet named Holy Terra.
And just as Victor Von Doom had previously guessed, in the last part of this book, it indeed recorded how to convert demons into Adamantine Energy… or rather, "Demonic Alchemy" would be more appropriate.
…
The content of the book is roughly as follows:
In the year 31014 of the Terra Calendar, one day the Empire was suddenly invaded by a large number of demons with horns on their heads.
These creatures from the Hell Dimension swarmed in through a distorted spatial rift that appeared out of thin air within the Empire's territory.
Wherever the demons went, people and animals died, corpses lay everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers!
Although the Empire's warriors subsequently put up a brave and fearless resistance, and actively launched a counterattack against these otherworldly Invaders using their geographical advantage… it had little effect!
There were two main reasons:
Firstly, the number of demons was simply too vast. As long as the spatial rift could not be closed, there would be an endless stream of demons pouring out of it.
Secondly, ordinary mortal soldiers found it difficult to effectively kill these "high attack, high defense, high HP" demons; only powerful and loyal Astartes monks could inflict fatal wounds on them.
However, the number of Astartes monks was limited, so the Imperial army had more losses than victories from the beginning of the war.
But as time went on, the great Lord of Machines finally bestowed a revelation, allowing the priests of the Mechanicus to find records related to these demons in some ancient texts.
From these, they gradually understood the source of these demons' power.
It turned out that these evil Hell Dimension creatures contained the essence of Hell Dimension energy within their bodies.
So, even if their bodies were destroyed in the real World, they could still be restored to their original state in the Hell Dimension… it just took some time for the restoration process!
Fortunately, the books also recorded methods to deal with these demons.
That was to forcefully extract the Hell Dimension energy essence from the bodies and souls of these demons through a special transformation method.
This way, they couldn't revive again!
Moreover, the extracted Hell Dimension energy was called Argent Energy.
Argent Energy could not only be used to create powerful energy weapons capable of destroying the demons' physical bodies, but also as a highly efficient energy source!
So, in the following years, the Imperial army, relying on this method found by the Mechanicus, quickly turned the tide of the war, successfully driving these demons out of the cities and forcing them back into the spatial rift.
But the nightmare that truly led to the Empire's downfall began then…
This highly efficient and clean Argent Energy quickly caught the Emperor's attention.
This incompetent and muddle-headed ruler (Tzeentch: Hehehe, that's right, I wrote the script, False Emperor, I've long been displeased with you) even ordered the Imperial army to go to the Hell Dimension to plunder more Argent Energy!
Thus, tens of millions of loyal warriors, fearless of death, went through that spatial rift to the demons' lair.
Among them were also a large number of Tech-Priests from the Mechanicus and priests from the Imperial Cult, who accompanied the army.
They wanted to take the opportunity to better study this miraculous energy extracted from the demons.
In the following years, good news from the front lines kept pouring in.
Large quantities of Argent Energy were continuously transported from the Hell Dimension back to Holy Terra.
And within the Empire, due to the emergence of this cost-free, highly efficient energy, a massive transformation occurred in just a few years.
Industries, technology, medicine, and many other related fields all experienced vigorous development as a result, officially entering a new era.
Some even wanted to use Argent Energy to explore the possibility of "immortality"!!
Just as everyone was going crazy over this new type of energy extracted from demons.
Those who had secretly injected Argent Energy and its derivative medical products mutated quietly, degenerating into slaves and servants loyal to the demons!
So, they secretly poured large amounts of Argent Energy directly into the Empire's largest Argent Energy Tower, and with this intense energy explosion, successfully opened a dimensional rift connecting to the Hell Dimension in the heart of the Empire.
Countless demon armies poured out!!
The Imperial Palace was the first to fall, and the incompetent Emperor was impaled alive by demons on his Golden Throne…
This epic catastrophic battle lasted for 55 Sun days.
Ultimately, the Imperial side paid the tragic price of losing nearly 1.5 million mortal soldiers, seven full-strength Astartes legions, three complete Titan Legions of the Mechanicus, and countless civilians, to successfully curb the demon army's advance and close the dimensional rift.
However.
The disaster was not over yet!
The previous explosion of the Argent Energy Tower triggered a series of severe consequences—atmospheric degradation, land pollution, and massive land-sea shifts caused by the Planet's magnetic pole reversal, and so on.
Only then did people belatedly realize that Holy Terra was no longer suitable for survival!
So the remaining people decided to abandon Argent Energy, abandon Holy Terra, and travel to other colony Planets aboard starships…
…
It could be seen that this Belisarius Cawl, a Archmagos of the Mechanicus, wanted to preserve this valuable history in written form, to warn those who might stray onto this Planet and attempt to seize Argent Energy, that this impure energy would only bring endless suffering to humanity!!
But what was intriguing was this.
At the end, he specifically attached the "Demon Alchemy Formula" for creating Argent Energy using demons!!
What does this mean?
Was he testing human nature with this?
If he simply wanted to warn others, he shouldn't have done this, right?
Or… was he actually kindly providing a solution for future generations to deal with demon invasions?
But regardless of the other party's true intentions, Victor Von Doom, eager to save his mother at this moment, was no longer willing to waste time on such questions.
Because the appearance of the terra log was tantamount to helping him solve the biggest problem of "breaking through" Hell Dimension.
Next, as long as he mastered the method of refining demons, he would not only have the opportunity to successfully save his mother's soul, but also be able to use Argent Energy to open up a whole new World in his career.
It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone!
As for the warnings in the book by Belisarius Cawl, he completely disregarded them.
He even proudly believed that the reason Holy Terra fell was entirely because that muddle-headed Emperor was too stupid!!
Even if Argent Energy was truly "impure energy," as long as it was used properly, the benefits would still outweigh the drawbacks.
In any case, Doom would absolutely not walk the same path of destruction!
The reason Victor Von Doom was so confident was partly due to his arrogant personality, and partly because he now believed himself to be the "chosen one" favored by the Lord of Change!
The reason for this is that the most crucial step in the "Demon Alchemy Formula" is to use the magic called Invisible Sacred Fire to temper the demon's body and soul.
And his Tzeentch magic precisely contained the Invisible Fire of Tzeentch—an invisible Fire with a burning intensity far exceeding any mortal Fire, visible only to the most insane believers, and whispers from the gods could help those devout believers control these invisible Flames!!
Victor Von Doom firmly believed this was destiny, preordained in the unseen.
So, why not practice Tzeentch magic day and night, what are you waiting for?
However, the only Thing that caused Victor Von Doom immense pain was the permanent hair loss caused by his previous use of Tzeentch's Blessing.
This made him, who was extremely particular about his appearance, somewhat reluctant to appear in public, which is why he specifically wore a hat today to cover up.
It also made him realize that the result of a failed blessing, "triggering a permanent mutation," as mentioned in the Tzeentch's Blessing magic, was absolutely not just talk.
"Hmph!"
Seeing Victor Von Doom being so uncooperative, Ned Sizzle's good temper finally ran out, so he stopped pretending, his old face darkened, and he narrowed his eyes, threatening:
"Victor, you should understand that if the problems encountered with the Quantum Gate Project are not resolved quickly, the Doom Group will be plunged into an unprecedented public opinion crisis, and its stock price will plummet."
"Given your abnormal actions previously, the board now has reason to suspect that you tampered with the Quantum Gate Project to hinder our development of new energy."
"So… if you don't help us solve this problem immediately, then the board will officially remove you from your position as chairman."
"At that time, my investment advisory team will take full control of the Doom Group!!"