The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 444, 804, and 805: Virus Rampant, [Pulaka Parasite]

【Asgard】.

"I remember, my order was to capture her?"

Odin looked at Thor with a grim expression and asked in a cold, displeased voice, "My son, why did you let that impolite intruder go without my permission?"

“Father, she didn’t come here to cause trouble on purpose.”

Thor explained nonchalantly, "She just wanted to help S.H.I.E.L.D. get the Tesseract back..."

"Moreover, after I told her that the Tesseract was not in Asgard, she stopped fighting me."

Odin roared with displeasure, "But she offended my dignity before, shouldn't she be punished for that?"

Thor, looking rather silly, shrugged and said half-jokingly, "Then next time I see her, I'll definitely make her come and apologize to you in person!"

Odin was nearly driven mad with rage. He slammed the Spear of Eternity on the ground and roared angrily:

"You unfilial son, get back to your front lines right now. I don't want to see you in Asgard anymore."

"Alright, Father, I'm off now, but remember to give my regards to Mother."

Thor said with a smile, then swung Mjolnir and flew towards the teleportation hall of the Rainbow Bridge.

However, after leaving the Celestial Palace, he muttered to himself with some doubt, "Why does Father seem a little strange today?"

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Wakanda is located in East Africa.

"Fortunately, the Subspace Group intervened in the end and prevented the disaster from spreading."

The elderly King T'Chaka watched the special report from the Daily Bugle on the large screen, detailing the alien fleet's invasion of Earth. His dark face was filled with solemnity.

For some reason, he's had a feeling for the past two years that the Earth is becoming increasingly precarious.

And all of this seems to have started with the Battle of New York in 2012, triggered by a secret experiment conducted by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Perhaps influenced by the Daily Bugle, King T'Chaka doesn't seem to like the organization S.H.I.E.L.D. very much.

In his view, many of the previous disasters might not have happened if S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't been secretly causing trouble.

So in a sense, most of the time, S.H.I.E.L.D. is the real source of disaster!

However, for King T'Chaka, unless the crisis has reached a point of no return, he would never expose the true Wakanda to the world.

In particular, they must not be exposed to the gaze of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Because once targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D., they will do everything in their power to steal advanced technologies and techniques from Wakanda... especially the rarest of all, Vibranium, which can fetch tens of thousands of dollars per gram and is practically unavailable!

It's worth mentioning that, despite Wakanda's appearance as an extremely poor and backward agricultural country, that's just a facade deliberately presented to the outside world for self-preservation.

The real Wakanda is actually the most technologically advanced country on Earth, bar none!

However, in order to protect vibranium, Wakanda's monarchs throughout history have almost all chosen to close their country off from the world, unwilling to share their advanced technology with the world.

King T'Chaka was no exception.

However, as disasters have become more frequent and their intensity has gradually increased in the last two years, King T'Chaka's worries have also intensified.

Because he had realized that even Wakanda could not remain uninvolved when faced with a catastrophe capable of destroying humanity.

So King T'Chaka hesitated, wondering if he should find an opportunity to show the world the real Wakanda.
"Father."

Just as King T'Chaka was deep in thought, the burly Prince T'Challa walked in from outside. He glanced at the program on the big screen, then looked away with little interest, clearly not interested in the Daily Bugle's scoop.

Prince T'Challa knelt before King T'Chaka and said solemnly:

"Father, recently, several tribes and small countries in West Africa have been hit by biohazard attacks. How long are we going to stand idly by?"

King T'Chaka first shut down the news, then looked intently at his son and earnestly advised him:

"Child, every country and tribe has its own destiny, and we don't need to interfere excessively..."

"Right now, our first priority is to find a way to complete the commission from [Black Panther Goddess] Buster and find out the real reason that caused the complete disappearance of the [Egyptian pantheon] as soon as possible."

Although Wakanda possesses the world's most advanced technology and an intelligence agency, PRIDE, that is in no way inferior to S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, over the past few months, the truth behind the catastrophe that occurred in Egypt has still not been revealed.

King T'Chaka felt extremely guilty about this, because it was something that the Black Panther Goddess Buster had personally entrusted to him in her dream.

If it cannot be completed, it may anger the Black Panther Goddess.

If Wakanda were to lose the protection of the Black Panther Goddess as a result, then Wakanda would inevitably decline and perish... at least that's what he believed!

However, Prince T'Challa, who has not yet inherited the title of "Black Panther," has a completely different opinion on this.

After a series of fruitless investigations, the young man gradually lost interest in the task.

Compared to searching for those so-called "Egyptian gods," he was clearly more concerned about the backward "African" tribes and small countries around Wakanda that were frequently subjected to biological attacks.

After all, all black people are one big family, we're all brothers!
However, his father, King T'Chaka, did not want to prematurely expose the existence of Wakanda by rescuing these small countries.

They even said that once the news leaked out, besides those petty individuals who had long been greedily eyeing Vibranium, the first to target Wakanda would likely be the top-ranking member states of the United Nations. At that point, Wakanda would never have a peaceful day again!

Although Prince T'Challa deeply respects his father, King T'Chaka, he has been exposed to a more 'advanced' Western culture and earned a PhD in physics from Oxford University, making him a staunch supporter of open-mindedness.

He felt that his father thought too evilly of the world.

Wakanda possesses the world's most advanced technology and medical care, and therefore should shoulder more obligations and responsibilities on the world stage.

The old King T'Chaka, however, was conservative and only wanted to protect Wakanda and vibranium, living in seclusion in this paradise for generations.

The problem is that the spread of those biochemical viruses has become increasingly severe.

In those turbulent countries, countless Black people are infected with an unknown virus every day, turning into mindless zombies.

Prince T'Challa was extremely anxious.

Aside from the citizens of Wakanda, it's hard to say whether other Black Lives Matter are valuable or not, but even the most inferior 'Mo' is still a human life!

However, out of filial piety, even though Prince T'Challa did not contradict his father as usual, he secretly made a plan in his heart.

He couldn't just stand by and watch those Black men die!
Afterwards, upon returning to his palace, Prince T'Challa immediately summoned Okoye, the captain of the Royal Guard.

Normally, every king of Wakanda and members of the royal family are protected by the Royal Guard, composed entirely of female warriors skilled in various weapons.

The members of the Royal Guard are all female warriors carefully selected from various tribes in Wakanda.

Furthermore, in addition to serving as the royal family's personal guards, these members of the guard also have a high probability of becoming the top candidates for the position of princess.

From a certain perspective, the fact that these female warriors, carefully selected from various tribes, voluntarily became members of the guard was not simply because they were loyal to the current king.

This is also a special form of intermarriage competition among various tribes to consolidate their political positions.

But for Prince T'Challa, who had received a good Western education, he naturally could not regard the members of the guard as his lovers or candidates for princess.

"Okoye, how's the thing I asked you to do coming along?"

Holding a vibranium spear, Captain Okoye, with his dark skin and muscular build, didn't directly answer Prince T'Challa's question. Instead, he asked with some concern:

“T'Challa, His Majesty the King will definitely not agree to us doing this…”

In Wakanda, as the most senior captain, Okoye has the right to speak with the prince on equal terms.

"Don't let my father know about this for now."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Prince T'Challa interrupted urgently, "I simply cannot stand by and watch so many of my fellow Africans die tragically from the effects of the biochemical virus. We must teach those bastards hiding behind the scenes a lesson!"

“Okoye, don’t worry, even if my father finds out about this, I will take full responsibility.”

Okoye rolled her eyes upon hearing this. Her prince was good in every way, except that his ideas were sometimes incredibly childish.

Although Wakanda is located in Africa, it is fundamentally different from those backward and poor countries.

Therefore, she strongly approved of the old king's role, believing that Wakanda had no need to care about the lives of those countries.

However, as the captain of the Royal Guard, she could only do her best to fulfill any request Prince T'Challa made, even if the request sounded incredibly childish...

“A few days ago, while the world’s attention was focused on the war in the sky, I took a few members of Dora’s Guard and secretly went to a tribe that was experiencing a bio-virus outbreak, and captured two abnormal infected individuals infected with an unknown virus... or should I call them ‘living corpses’?”

Okoye calmly recounted, "Subsequently, through anatomical experiments, we discovered that both infected individuals had a special parasite called the [Praca Parasite], which had been genetically modified."

"However, this [Plagas] is fundamentally different from the [T-virus] and [G-virus] you previously guessed."

"Although these [Praca parasites] can carry these viruses and, like these viruses, have similar modes of transmission and symptoms of infection."

"But the most fundamental difference between the two is that parasites are multicellular organisms, while those two viruses are 'acellular biological macromolecular complexes' that have no cellular structure at all..."

"Stop, stop, stop right there!!"

Prince T'Challa interrupted awkwardly, "Okoye, could you please say something I can understand? I'm a PhD in physics, not biology."

"As you command, Your Highness."

Okoye grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, and then continued to explain:
"Experimental analysis shows that after ordinary humans are parasitized by the [Pulaca Parasite], they will selectively lose a portion of their rationality. At the same time, the special virus released by the parasite will also cause the host to lose self-awareness."

"But at this stage, the parasitized host can still maintain the normal thinking ability and behavior pattern of a human, and will not lose its language and hearing functions for the time being. It will also follow its original logical consciousness to do some daily things, such as eating and sleeping."

"They can still feel pain when attacked, and they can die from their injuries..."

"And unlike the [T-virus] and [G-virus], although the host's nervous system is also controlled by the [Praka parasite] and can directly issue attack commands, it does not significantly promote metabolism."

"Therefore, these infected people look no different from ordinary people, which means that they will be even more difficult to detect and be identified during the incubation period..."

"In addition to the characteristics mentioned above, we have also found that hosts infected with the [Praca parasite] exhibit extremely strong aggression after the incubation period, and ordinary attacks are completely ineffective against them unless they are subjected to a fatal attack."

"But this is not because the pain disappeared due to the control of the nervous system; it is simply that the [Praka Parasite] has enhanced their physique and resistance to blows to some extent."

"According to the latest data we retrieved from the BSAA organization's database, the Plaka parasite appeared in a small village in Spain more than a year ago. Based on its manifestations, the BSAA organization has simply categorized it into three types: subordinate, dominant, and queen!"

"Both the [Dominant] and [Queen] types possess the 'leader' attribute, allowing them to manipulate other [Subordinate] infected individuals..."

"This also makes terrorists who attempt to use innocent civilians to build their own army quite interested in this kind of biological weapon."

(End of this chapter)