Marvel's Death Merchant

"The modified NS-5 has already begun assembly in over three thousand fully automated steel factories. Because of the ample resources you provided in the previous plane, coupled with the abundant weaponry from the Ape Star colony, production can reach 1 modified versions and 2 civilian versions per day," Tang Xing said without hesitation.

"Excellent. The modified NS-5 with heavy weapons will help me conquer other planes faster, while the civilian version can speed up our construction of the Steel Empire. By the way, to popularize the emotional formula of the civilian NS-5, it would be best to do it like Sonny did, so that our cloned Dr. Lanning can accelerate the process." Tang Tian said with satisfaction, feeling pleased with his control over a large number of robots, and also with the development of silicon-based life concepts.

"Boss, what are your plans for the next world we travel to?" Tang Xing asked after thinking for a moment.

"First, send Dr. William to the Left 4 Dead dimension to develop and collect various types of infected in that zombie world. Of course, those modified NS-5s and some enhanced clones will help Dr. William develop even more powerful weapons. And of course, the next dimension could be either The Terminator or The Matrix, since the establishment of the Iron Empire requires these technological resources," Tang Tian said after thinking for a moment.

"That's right. Dr. William isn't particularly outstanding in the game; he's at most a second-rate biological scientist. Going to that zombie-infected world to develop new bioweapons wouldn't be bad. As for those two mechanical worlds, needless to say, we rose to power because of them," Tang Xing said enthusiastically.

"Alright, once we have 200,000 modified NS-5s, we can take William to the Left 4 Dead world. After all, there are billions of zombies in that world. We don't need to worry about weapons and enhanced clone armies; there's plenty." Tang Tian touched his nose and said calmly.

"Of course, I'll be prepared. You should also prepare for the next time you travel through the mechanical dimension," Tang Xing said confidently.

This time, Tang Tian temporarily transmigrated to the game world of "Left 4 Dead." The story describes a highly deadly and rapidly contagious rabies virus outbreak in a modern American city. Infected individuals not only become horribly disfigured but also mentally deranged, attacking anyone uninfected they encounter. With thousands of bloodthirsty infected already swarming the city, the four protagonists are among the lucky few immune to the disease. Through teamwork, they fight their way through a sea of ​​zombies to safety. These zombies are not "living dead" rising from their graves; they are neither slow nor stiff, but a fast-moving, cruel, bloodthirsty, and furious... extremely furious zombie horde.

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Chapter 37 Survival Journey

The Left 4 Dead game world that Dr. William was sent to is a world full of zombies. Unlike the slow-moving zombies in Resident Evil, the infected have a dog-like keen sense of smell, and you can even see their eyes glowing in the dark in the shadows.

The mutated rabies virus in the survival journey is also someone's target. After all, as a rapidly infecting virus capable of destroying the world, it could cause a global-scale zombie apocalypse or a new zombie outbreak. Perhaps even in the Marvel universe, an undead zombie universe like Zombie Heroes will emerge. Someone who obtains the Terminator's time machine, which allows travel to parallel universes, might go to those parallel Marvel universes and wreak havoc on those superheroes.

In the world of Survival Journey, humans are like living meat, with nowhere to hide in the noses of the infected. Countless hordes of zombies surge towards the survivors from all directions, their terrifying speed becoming a nightmare for them. Tang Tian also targets various types of infected, such as tanks and witches, which can be mass-produced biological weapons like the Lickers.

"Dr. William, your mission on the Road to Survival is to research those special infected individuals and create new biological weapons. I will deploy 20 modified heavy NS-5 weapons, 30 civilian NS-5 weapons, and 5 elite clone soldiers, including management personnel. A large supply of various canned luncheon meat, compressed biscuits, drinking water, and other supplies, including all kinds of daily necessities..." Tang Tian explained to Dr. William step by step in the conference room of the Steel Fist Empire Building in Colony No. 2.

“Okay, boss. Thank you for giving me another chance. I won’t let you down.” Dr. William’s face showed no fear of going to the unknown world, but rather excitement as he said happily.

It seems Dr. William's mission was complete after discovering the G-virus; he was unable to develop any new types of viruses. Forgotten for over a century, Dr. William was finally taken today by his mysteriously vanished boss to a high-tech steel city, a stark contrast to the eerie atmosphere of the biohazard base. Here, the air was thick with the aura of human intelligence. Soon, his boss ordered him to research new bioweapons in a world overrun by zombies. Dr. William agreed without hesitation; after all, having been ignored by the higher-ups for over a century, he still wanted to serve his boss.

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"Of course, I hope you can develop more biological weapons for the company. Supplies will be delivered every month, so I hope you'll work hard." Tang Tian, ​​dressed in a suit, took out a Cuban cigar, took a puff, and said casually.

"Understood, boss." Dr. William, dressed in a white special protective suit, nodded and said solemnly.

"Alright, that's settled. You have one more hour. I'll take you to Plane 1 to say goodbye to your daughter!" Tang Tian said softly to Dr. William, looking at the microcomputer on his wrist and the assembly time of the clone army and supplies.

"Thank you, boss," Dr. William said contentedly. Speaking of which, Dr. William had neglected his daughter, Shirley, because of his research. This time, Tang Tian had asked Dr. William to say goodbye to his family, and this game dimension was indeed a bit dangerous. This was something a boss should do.

An hour wasn't a long time, but it wasn't short either. After Dr. William said goodbye to his family, Tang Tian, ​​having completed a series of preparations, had assembled a large number of modified NS-5s and over 5 enhanced clone soldiers. After Tang Tian used his will to control the 'Main God' system on his arm, everything was enveloped by the power of the counterfeit Main God, enveloping all the transmigrators and breaking through the timeline that marked the beginning of the path to survival.

In the Left 4 Dead world, a mutated rabies virus has been spreading for two weeks...

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of AWP sniper rifles with silencers rang out, and armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds, carrying immense penetrating power, struck the heads of the five special infected tanks in the Path of Survival. Of course, the other clone soldiers were using silenced M4A1s to attack the surrounding zombies, and the clearing was quickly completed.

On the rooftop of Mercy Hospital in Georgia, USA, at night, one of the elite clone snipers gave an "OK" sign to the four survivors on the ground, indicating that the special zombie had been eliminated. Several surrounding buildings were under control, with 500 elite clone soldiers deployed. Tang Tian, ​​who hadn't been reckless in the morning despite the zombie horde, used his spatial abilities to release military NS-5 missiles and elite soldiers from the rooftops of nearby buildings, allowing them to slowly regroup. However, after completing his mission, one person had already left this zombie-infested world.

“Bill, it seems today really is our lucky day. I didn’t expect to run into an entire army.” Zoe, holding two guns and wearing a red tracksuit, said seriously to an old man wearing a beret. Because the zombies were quickly eliminated, Zoe was able to speak easily.

"Hmm, it looks like there are more than five hundred people. That means we can rest for a while under their protection after walking for two days and two nights." The old man, Bill, wearing a beret, nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The M16 was slowly put back; the five-story Mercy Hospital appeared to have been occupied by the soldiers.

“Louis, that multi-tank guy must have been really nervous!” Francis, the burly, tattooed man in a black vest, laughed heartily.

"Fuck you, Francis, you scared me to death! You saw it too. Those things were terrifying," Louis, dressed in a white suit, said, patting his chest in shock.

"Alright, check the weapons and regroup the troops," said the most experienced Vietnamese veteran among the four in a deep voice.

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"Are you all alright? Lucky four." On the second floor of Mercy Hospital, a rope was lowered from a window, and a white elite clone officer spoke to the four people with a slight smile.

“Of course, we need it. No, what are you doing? Those things didn’t hurt me.” Louis saw the soldiers raise their weapons and aim at them, and he quickly raised his hands in surrender.

"Excuse me, but for safety reasons, please allow us to check." The elite AWM sniper took aim at them, and the remaining fifty or so men also raised their weapons. At this moment, Bill chose to trust them; after all, they were all human.

“Okay, congratulations, you show no signs of infection. Here’s your food.” Ten minutes later, the white officer smiled and brought out cans of luncheon meat for eight people, biscuits, and drinking water, then began checking the ammunition.

"How do you know who can be infected?" Louis scratched his head, looking puzzled as he asked the officer. But as he spoke, he swallowed hard, his mouth watering as he looked at the food; clearly, he hadn't had such food in a long time.

"Of course, this was told to us by Dr. William, our virus researcher," the white officer said with a smile. Indeed, this was the army Tang Tian had dispatched. Someone in particular wouldn't be going to the world of "Survival Road." After obtaining the Terminator and mechanical octopus technology, they could return to the Marvel universe and join the X-Men; the First Class storyline.

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Chapter 38 Two-Front War

"The vast amount of high-tech knowledge we possess has essentially opened another forbidden zone for the gods. You clearly remember Zhang Min's technological prowess; our origins lie in his creation. He's a 'madman' who can easily send any civilization back to the Stone Age with a smile on his face, then laugh maniacally on the ruins without any pressure. We are not him; at most, we can only be considered his successors." After sending Dr. William and the clones and robot army on their path to survival, Tang Tian returned to the conference room at Colony 2 headquarters and spoke deeply to Tang Xing.

“That’s right, speaking of successors, I understand why you used your genes to copy me, and why I unconsciously use this name. And you used the final causal point to give me a soul. I also know that although you are not a technological guru, that’s not important. What’s important is that we have a new journey in Marvel, we will be the new future, and we will have our own steel empire.” Tang Xing said with a pure heart and a weathered face.

"Our future is not a good thing for people in other movie dimensions and parallel universes. Our future rise is built on the suffering of countless dimensions, but who cares? We must have our place in the Marvel universe." Tang Tian said solemnly and emotionlessly.

"You're right, we're all profit-driven. No matter what foundation our rise is built on, it only makes us stronger. After all, every developed country has a history of bloodshed and tears from other countries," Tang Xing said calmly.

"This time, I'll go to the world of 'Terminator' to plunder Terminator technology and Skynet, which is second only to the Machine Emperor. I've put all the resources I obtained by pretending to be an alien last time into a large warehouse. It's very easy for Wiki and Red Queen to manufacture weapons and assembly line robots." Tang Tian retracted his remark and stated the goal of this operation.

"I had a pretty good idea of ​​that too. But boss, our empire still needs a lot of technology and research samples in new fields, such as the highly advanced cloning technology and memory copying of The Sixth Day. Although our company has cloning technology, the memories are only those from before the copying. Moreover, The Sixth Day's technology can copy the brain's memories, which will be helpful to our research. And the Source Code world has machines that can change history, Endless has NZT-48, and Chronicle has superpower crystals..." Tang Xing said fluently.

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"Stop..." Tang Tian looked at himself, who was exactly the same as him but had a different soul, and said with a headache.

"What are you doing, boss? You know we're in the rising stage. We need a lot of technology, but you've been playing around in other dimensions for so long, and you still have the mood to pretend to be an alien..." Tang Xing ignored Tang Tian and ignored him. The countless voices of criticism were like Tang Sanzang chanting the mantra, making Tang Tian want to slap his other self to death.

"Alright, alright. Just tell me what you want to do," Tang Tian said speechlessly, looking at the person who kept talking on and on.

"As expected, the boss understands me best. To put it simply, I want to go to the movie dimension to help you plunder the technology you need, and also to become a destroyer of civilization." Tang Xing then revealed his purpose. This was a rare opportunity to discuss things with another version of himself, so he took the chance to help himself and his original self become stronger.

"I see! Tell me what you're thinking, I want to know." Tang Tian didn't agree immediately, but wanted to hear another side of his thoughts first.

"Of course, the planes I go to are all low-risk planes. They are of great help to our empire, which will accelerate the rise of the empire. And in the end, we can release the T-virus and T-Veronica virus into these planes to eliminate the natives, making that plane and the universe it is in our resource planes," Tang Xing said, making a lot of sense.

"That's certainly the case, after all, I can't handle it all by myself. To acquire more technology, we have to fight on two fronts, which is beneficial to both of us." Tang Tian listened as Tang Xing thought for a moment and then agreed, after all, he trusted another soul of his own. What he said was highly feasible; it would be a lie to say that the natives of the movie dimension wouldn't be destroyed under the virus attack.

"Hahaha... Boss, you actually agreed!" Tang Xing laughed wildly. After all, in the more than 100 years of boring time, all he did was develop and research. Going to the colorful world of movies was a pretty good choice.

"The key reason for this is that your biochemical technology, developed over 100 years, is quite impressive. The mild T-virus can create enhanced new humans, while the virulent T-virus can complete a full infection in just 5 seconds [truly an essential item for home, travel, and even world destruction, someone shamelessly thought.] surpassing the 12-second infection time of the virus in World War Z. And Dr. C's research on the C-virus has already begun; after the transmigration, he went to Dimension 1 and the Marvel main universe to obtain the necessary materials for C-virus development. Furthermore, the various biochemical weapons are also quite good, reaching the level of the game version of Resident Evil, including the Mech Tyrant, Veronica's Deformed Tyrant, the highly mutated Tyrant cultivated by the **virus, and various other special stable Tyrant models," Tang Tian said with satisfaction, clearly very pleased with Tang Xing's performance.

"Of course, with over 100 years of development, although what we've exchanged is a combination of the movie and game versions of Resident Evil, our biotechnology has become extremely advanced over such a long period. The highly virulent T-virus spreads through air, water, and bodily fluids, and it combines the easily mutated parts of the G-virus. This allows us to easily take over new resource dimensions," Tang Xing explained simply.

"That way I'll send you to the 'Sixth Day' dimension, while I go to the 'Terminator 2' dimension at the same time, so we can get more technology. As for the civilian and military NS-5s you need, bring tens of thousands of them. Of course, you can choose between biological weapons and viruses. I can bring you back after I complete the plundering mission." Tang Tian also explained the suitable plan.

"Understood, boss," Tang Xing replied simply.

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The general plot of the Terminator 2 universe is as follows: On July 3, 1997, at the end of the 20th century, Skynet, a global advanced computer control system developed by humanity, went completely out of control. Large numbers of robots developed their own will, viewed humanity as an enemy, and launched nuclear missiles to various corners of the Earth, killing billions of people. The remaining humans, under the leadership of a man named John Connor, united and used limited resources and weapons to fight against the powerful and sophisticated robots, gradually turning the tide of the war.

In an attempt to reverse their defeat, the robots sent the T-800 assassin robot back to 1984 in 2029 to kill John Connor's mother, Connor Sarah, before John Connor was even born. Upon learning this, John Connor sent human soldiers back to 1984 to protect his mother.

After a fierce battle, the T-800 was defeated. Unwilling to accept defeat, Skynet dispatched the more advanced liquid metal T-1000 to travel back to before the nuclear massacre of 1997 to directly kill 13-year-old John. John himself sent a programmed T-800 to protect his childhood self. After a dangerous and tense chase with the T-1000, John and Sarah finally believed that the T-800 was no longer the ruthless machine killer it was 13 years ago. To change the fate of humanity, John, Sarah, and the Terminator found Morse Dyson, the technical director of Cybertron, the researcher of the Skynet system, and destroyed all data related to Skynet. In the ensuing battle, they finally destroyed the T-1000 completely. To ultimately destroy all chips, the T-800 made the choice to sacrifice itself, sinking into molten steel. This was something Tang Tian had been relentlessly plundering from this dimension; it was something he absolutely needed.

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Chapter 39 leads into Terminator 2.

In the plot of *Terminator 1*, Skynet sends a Terminator T-800 back to 1984 to kill John's mother, Sarah Connor, in order to prevent John's birth. Although Skynet's operation fails, it leaves behind the T-800's chip containing Skynet's programming and its remaining mechanical arm, destroyed by hydraulic presses. These became an important part of Skynet's creation—the origin of the original timeline Skynet.

At the end of the first phase of the story, unsurprisingly, the police discovered the chip and the remaining mechanical arm, and the area was then taken over by members of the military scientists. After a thorough search proved fruitless, the wreckage of the T-800 was stored in a coded box and taken to Los Angeles, where it would be developed by Morse Dyson, the technical director of Cybertron, thus giving birth to Skynet.

Because *Terminator 1* is the origin of everything, that's why someone didn't want to destroy it. After all, although the origins of Skynet differ across the four installments, the story of *Terminator 1* is a crucial part of the narrative. Also, the T-800 couldn't satisfy someone's greedy appetite; Tang Tian wanted data on all Terminator models, and of course, obtaining the super AI Skynet would grant him everything.

"Los Angeles is truly a bustling metropolis, but unfortunately, it will be washed away a dozen times by Skynet's mushroom cloud in the future. However, it doesn't matter; how many people die is none of my concern. Of course, I want those nuclear warheads too; it would be a waste for Skynet to have them." In the darkness of Los Angeles, a month later, Tang Tian stood on the top floor of a newly built commercial building bearing the Umbrella Corporation logo, looking down at the brightly lit Los Angeles before him, and spoke to himself without any emotion.

Another version of himself had been sent to the low-risk dimension of "The Sixth Day." Tang Tian knew this other version of himself very well, and he would definitely use the highly virulent T-virus to destroy that dimension. Tang Tian also arrived in the "Terminator" dimension, and of course, he had prepared 30 elite clones, including talents in business, politics, military, and biological sciences, as well as 5 military-grade NS-5s stored in his private space. As for what these talents were doing, it was quite obvious from Tang Tian's perspective standing in the Umbrella Corporation building in Los Angeles.

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A few days after Tang Tian arrived in Los Angeles in 1997, he easily established connections with the US government and military, using the all-powerful lure of gold as a stepping stone. Within a week, the military conducted clinical trials on drugs that could cure various incurable diseases and on the inexpensive T-virus bioweapon that could be used for military purposes. This allowed Tang Tian to become a special advisor to the US Department of Defense, and the condition that bioweapons could only be manufactured by the military. Meanwhile, the personnel he brought with him and the Umbrella Corporation respectively gained official positions from the US government and a company with military ties.

Of course, Tang Tian isn't stupid. If he were to sell high-tech weapons in the Terminator universe, then Skynet's weaponry would also be extremely advanced. However, inexpensive biological weapons technology is something Skynet cannot completely replicate. Perhaps in the future, biological weapons could even give the Terminators a chance to recover. Of course, the so-called universal stepping stone, gold, is all harvested from colonies; for Tang Tian, ​​money is absolutely omnipotent in solving certain troublesome matters.

Over the next month, Tang Tian's private spy network spread throughout Los Angeles, primarily to gather intelligence on the home addresses of the protagonist mother and son in this world, as well as Morse Dyson's Skynet researcher, in order to better plan his strategy. Having obtained the information he wanted, he engaged in the same monologue he had just made at the Umbrella Corporation in Los Angeles; the T-1000 was also a current target for plunder. In the future war between biological weapons and Terminators, the outcome of biological vs. mechanical warfare is uncertain, as biological weapons are cheaper and have more advantages than Terminators.

The next day, the Terminator 2 storyline had already begun. First, the T-800, emerging from the time machine, stylishly "obtained" the clothes and weapons he wanted at a bar. The T-1000, after arriving, killed a policeman and discovered the address of 10-year-old John Connor's adoptive parents and John Connor's key information. The T-800's mission was to protect John Connor, who would grow up to become a leader, and his mother, Sarah Connor. Meanwhile, the more advanced T-1000 would also pursue them. Both Terminators shared the same goal, while the T-1000 was something someone else desired.

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"Bang bang bang..." In a wealthy suburban villa area of ​​Los Angeles, with the rhythmic knocking of T-1000, an uninvited guest arrived at John Connor's adoptive parents' home. He was the one who ended Skynet's first target for elimination, John Connor.

"Are you John Connor's legal guardian?" T-1000 automatically activated a lifelike smile and spoke softly to John Connor's adoptive father, Todd, as if he were a police officer investigating a case and handling official business.

"Yes, officer, he's caused trouble again?" Todd looked at the policeman in front of him without surprise, as if it wasn't the first time he'd encountered such a situation, so he spoke calmly.

"Can I talk to him?" T-1000 looked at Todd, still wearing the programmed smile, and asked without giving himself away.

“If he were home, of course he would be fine, but he went out on his bike this morning. I don’t know where he went,” Todd explained after a moment’s thought.

"So, do you have a picture of John?" T-1000 asked casually.

“Yes, wait a moment.” John’s foster mother went back to her bedroom and retrieved John’s photo from her handbag after hearing that the police needed it.

"Can you tell me what happened?" Todd, who was nominally John's father, asked anxiously, his hands in his pockets.

“I just want to ask him a few questions,” T-1000 replied casually, then, holding the photograph of John that his foster mother had given her, she looked up and said in a sunny tone, “He’s really handsome. You don’t mind if I keep his picture, do you?”

“No, of course not.” John’s foster mother quickly shook her head, indicating that she didn’t mind.

“Someone came looking for him this morning too,” John’s foster mother said casually, glancing at the photo in T-1000’s hand.

“Yes, that big guy on the motorcycle. Is he involved in this?” Todd asked the T-1000 with a puzzled look, unaware that it was scanning photos.

"No, don't worry about him. Thank you for your cooperation." T-1000 gave John's adoptive parents a deep look, said politely, and left. It was clear that T-800 had already gone to find John Connor, so T-1000 left after saying goodbye; after all, John Connor was T-1000's primary assassination target.

"Please insert the stolen debit card." John Connor said, looking at the letters on the ATM, while his friend kept watch nearby. Soon, the computer automatically began cracking the PIN of the stolen debit card.

"Hurry up, this is taking too long. Keep going!" John said to himself, clearly having been caught many times.

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Chapter 40 John Connor