The next day, all major media outlets around the world were frantically reporting on what had happened in New Mexico.
If it was just Thor being unable to lift Mjolnir, it wouldn't have been a big deal, not enough to alarm the entire globe.
But coupled with Kaecilius's later duel with Loki, Magneto personally stepping up for a solo, and Duval's large-scale team assault, followed by his raising of the Thunder God's Hammer and subsequent wild wielding of Godly Power, triggering widespread meteorological changes...
This was not something that could be concealed.
Even fools knew that a major event had occurred in New Mexico, with superhumans of extraordinary strength involved, resulting in intense battles.
Now, globally, anyone with even a slight information channel roughly knew what had happened. With Magneto, a big shot, personally taking action and going all out, the rumors of Thor's descent to Earth were undoubtedly confirmed.
Scattered information about the Eternals and Deviants also began to circulate quietly.
"So, that's how it is. The news simply couldn't be suppressed." Coulson looked haggard, his body wrapped in bandages. "The special Serum they injected me with just now, won't have any after-effects, right?"
"In that situation, it was a miracle you came back alive. I was prepared to lose you, so don't worry about the Serum. Although it was an unfinished product, it only accelerates recovery, but it's enough to fix your terrible body."
Fury stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the window, his figure bathed in sunlight, yet unable to dispel the heavy clouds on his face.
Everyone knew that from this moment on, the world would head in another direction. The terrifying power wielded by superhumans could no longer be concealed.
As for suppressing the news as in the past... how could he suppress this incident? Tell people it was just an unusual global weather phenomenon? So unusual that all the abnormal weather, as if it had legs, traveled thousands of kilometers specifically to New Mexico before erupting?
"I have a feeling, Coulson, if we seriously explain this to the public, they'll just see it as a serious provocation," Fury said, his hands behind his back.
Coulson understood instantly: "Because we're trying to insult their intelligence. Then release a large amount of fake news, using a sea of junk information to squeeze the space for real intelligence, at least weakening the impact of this incident."
"That's all we can do, but I'm worried about Duval, that dangerous bastard! Motherf**ker! He's the biggest winner in this incident!" Fury was a very calm person, but the thought of the culprit behind this huge commotion still made him unable to hold back.
He looked at Duval's file over and over, unable to figure out what was going on with this guy after thinking about it for a day and a night. Why was he so capable of causing trouble?
"Sir, compared to his courage and ambition, we should first figure out another thing: intelligence shows that he always seems to know a lot of secret information. Maybe that's how he attracted Magneto, who was investigating information about the ancient Deviants, which led to a series of events," Coulson said.
The psychological model they built for Duval had a new conclusion: Duval was very good at taking advantage of various opportunities. Beneath that lazy demeanor hid a remarkable shrewdness. He could always quickly combine the chips he had on hand, like assembling building blocks, to create a combination that could maximize its value.
This report was fresh off the press, and might be useful in the future, but it was useless now.
It would only further increase Fury's anger. He breathed heavily, his chest rising and falling, furious.
"The way you're acting makes me suspect you've also been infected by a Xenomorph, becoming one of his people. I suggest you get an X-ray checkup," Coulson's expression became serious.
Fury glanced at Coulson. He knew that the senior agent's words were half-true, and since he said it, he really suspected it.
"I will. Not just me, everyone in the S.H.I.E.L.D. system will have regular checkups," Fury rubbed his forehead.
Parasitism... He remembered Coulson's description of Duval's crazy actions.
Stuffing a newly parasitized Chestburster into himself to obtain some of Thor's genes? And then taking the opportunity to lift the Thunder God's Hammer?
Honestly, if he didn't know that Coulson wouldn't lie to him, and that all the on-site monitoring records had been instantly cut off and destroyed by Magneto's magnetic field, he would have suspected that Coulson had drunk fake alcohol.
This was just too outrageous. Even if Duval had done it with magic? Or even more radically, even if he had sacrificed his Xenomorphs to some extradimensional demon on the spot to achieve this, Fury would have been more accepting.
"The value of the Xenomorphs is beyond our imagination. We can now conclude on a possibility we've been speculating about: newly parasitized Chestbursters can be removed surgically, and the host can basically be confirmed to survive," Coulson said.
Fury asked, "What about the Xenomorph in Duval's body? He probably used the Xenomorph Chestburster's genes to gain super strength, but he was able to remove the Xenomorph Chestburster that had been parasitizing him for a long time and exchange it with the Chestburster in Thor's body."
"Maybe Duval can control the Chestburster to stop developing. But after the Chestburster bursts out, the host is likely to die, because the high-quality genetic material in the body is plundered by the Xenomorph. Combining our test results on the Abomination's remains, this is the most likely outcome."
"Even the host's self-healing ability fails..." Fury's face darkened even more. If that was the case, this thing was simply the nemesis of all superhumans, but in his eyes, there was also a deep, burning desire.
He resented Duval, and even more resented that he hadn't discovered the power of the Xenomorphs in time and acted sooner. What he resented most was that he wasn't Duval, controlling this terrifying race and using it for his own purposes.
But that wouldn't be the case soon.
Fury finally turned around: "But that's not necessarily the case. Xenomorph Chestbursters take away the host's high-quality genes. But the question is, how does the host's remaining genes determine the Xenomorph that leaves the body? If it's recognized as part of itself, then the self-healing ability will of course fail, because 'self-healing' cannot create a second set of body organs out of thin air. There must be unknown secrets that we haven't cracked."
If life forms didn't have this recognition mechanism, wouldn't that mean that if they suffered a small injury, the body would heal normally, but new brains, hearts, arms, legs, and other things would grow out of the wound in minutes?
The body cannot "self-heal" things that shouldn't exist or a second set of "organs." So, if the host consciously manipulates their super self-healing ability, or if there is external force to interfere with the genes, could they "create" a second set of organs? Like the internal organs in the chest cavity that were taken away by the Xenomorph?
No, there's still a problem here: does the host's self-healing ability have this variability? Even if it does, can the remaining genetic material complete this behavior?
Fury and Coulson exchanged glances.
Coulson looked suspicious: "Sir, I think your condition is a bit off. Either you're not Nick Fury, or you've embarked on a crazy adventure without my knowledge. This is a valuable action for you, which is why you have this excited performance."
"What do you think?"
"I've already guessed what it is, but my intuition tells me it's not that simple. Duval wouldn't leave such obvious loopholes, and most importantly, the Xenomorph Queen is always by his side."
The two fell silent simultaneously.
...
Duval returned with his spoils: Thor, Makkari, and seventeen Deviants.
Of course, he went back on Tony's plane.
The cost was extremely heavy. More than half of the Xenomorph army he brought was dead. He himself was seriously injured several times. In the end, he joined forces with Magneto to exhaust Kaecilius and used Thor's life as a bargaining chip to briefly force Loki back.
If there was anything unsatisfactory, it was undoubtedly that an old man was always trying to communicate with him.
"...Got it, okay, goodbye, don't bother me."
"Peace? Yes, long live peace, I love peace, and I will practice peace with practical actions..."
The X-Men were late and missed the battle, but Professor X was really annoying, with his telepathy that could cover the globe.
Duval's head hurt at the thought of Professor X wearing Cerebro, having the power to massacre the globe, killing hundreds of millions of people.
This old man was really fierce, and now he was staring at him, constantly trying to communicate with him, which was a real headache.
"Finally gone." Duval carefully sensed and confirmed that Professor X's mental abilities were no longer around.
If it came to mental links, Duval could do it too, but it was limited to him and all the Xenomorphs. However, because of this, he had a certain resistance to Professor X's mind control, and could even mobilize the consciousness of all Xenomorphs to build a mental network to resist any form of mental intrusion.
However, the current scale was not enough to resist Professor X.
"After all, he is one of the bipolar mutants. He has been fighting with Erik for most of his life," Raven said, looking at Duval.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You did it on purpose. You used Erik again."
"You call that exploitation? It's clearly a transaction. Erik has already obtained all the information he wanted about the Deviants. Where would he have gotten this without me? The information I provided helped him formulate his next action plan. The fact that he left immediately after getting the information is proof."
Duval swung Mjolnir, tossing it from his left hand to his right, and then from his right hand to his left.
Lightning constantly emerged from the hammer, but it didn't hurt Duval at all.
Raven looked away, staring at Mjolnir, still looking incredulous, feeling that all this was too absurd. Duval, a human, went out with an army, and came back as a "god"? "The real Thunder God wasn't killed by you?" Raven pointed to Thor, who was unconscious on the ground.
"Your expression is interesting. It makes me feel like I'm a bootleg. Also, I can actually feel your respect for me. I'm honored. This at least shows that my efforts are real and useful."
Duval stood in front of his own heavy iron gate, looking at the bullet holes and a hole that was obviously blasted out by heavy weapons. He looked up at the scarred building and finally glanced back at the corpses scattered outside.
Tsk, in the few hours he was away, there were indeed some guys who weren't afraid of death who came to his door.
"The other party is well-trained, and it is impossible to directly determine who they are, but they are very familiar with the surface structure of the building. Maybe it's S.H.I.E.L.D.," Raven replied.
"Do you think Blade revealed it? It's also possible that they have the architectural drawings of this building."
Duval didn't take it to heart. There were many people who coveted him, but there were few organizations with the courage and ability to organize a heavily armed force in such a short period of time.
"I'm relieved that you two are alive." Duval looked at Elektra, who was lying inside, with one of her thighs missing, and said with relief.
"Boss, you should give me a raise. I've never done the job of fighting against heavily armed forces when I was in The Hand," Elektra grumbled as she tried to repair her broken leg.
She also showed off her broken blade, as if she was complaining or boasting.
In response, Duval expressed his cordial condolences, saying that minor injuries such as broken arms and legs were not worth mentioning, and solemnly promised to do better next time.
"As you ordered, they were allowed to steal a Xenomorph egg. I really don't understand what you want to do," Elektra said, very puzzled.
"To expand the army. Anyway, those guys have already obtained Xenomorph blood. I've fought so many battles with vampires, and the blood left behind by Xenomorphs after being injured is scattered in various vampire strongholds in New York City. It's not difficult for them to get it. I'm just trying to speed up their process."
Duval said something they didn't understand, and then looked at Thor lying on the ground.
The big hole in Thor's chest had stopped bleeding. It had to be said that the vitality of the Son of Odin was ridiculously strong.
Of course, it was also because Duval stripped off the Xenomorphs as soon as possible, minimizing the damage to Thor's body. If it had developed normally to the Chestburster stage, Thor would probably have died—it depended on what Odin in this universe was thinking.
Most likely, there would be external intervention, using magic or other means to repair Thor's chest cavity.
"Elektra, bandage this prince. I've already contacted Tony Stark. He will send a group of doctors over. This is an opportunity to study the offspring of gods. He's very interested," Duval casually instructed.
He really couldn't let Thor die just like that. Even if Thor had only a breath left, it would be fine, but if he really died completely, that would be a major event.
No one knew what Odin's attitude would be, and the runaway Loki would also go crazy.
Duval first selected a Xenomorph egg and parasitized Makkari, the speedster, to ensure that his army would have someone who could quickly transport troops in the future.
Tony's efficiency was very high. Before long, a helicopter transported several internists and advanced medical equipment over.
"Is this the Thunder God of internet legends?"
"How did he become like this? A small part of his internal organs is missing, but the remaining parts still have functional indicators far exceeding those of humans!"
"Mr. Duval, we even reattached his severed hand, and we've done our best, but for some reason, he just won't wake up," a doctor said finally.
"Don't worry, I have a way."
Duval picked up Mjolnir and placed it on Thor's body.
*BOOM!*
A bolt of lightning struck Thor.
Godly Power was quickly absorbed by Thor's body.
"Son of Odin, you were ultimately not parasitized by my power, so there's no need to fight me to the death for dignity. Then the two of us can have a chat. I think you have a lot to say to me."
Duval said slowly, "Why don't we talk about why you were exiled to Earth by God-King Odin? And lost your Godly Power? Maybe you should listen to my idea."
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