Marvel's Death Merchant

On the third day after CEDAY was launched (the third day of the official outbreak), a major television station was recording a special program. The crew was risking their lives to gather information about the situation in central Georgia. Like other areas, Georgia was now teeming with infected people, and the virus was spreading at an alarming rate.

CEA was no longer able to control the rampant virus; in just three days, more than half of the Americans were infected. Survivors, on their escape, were in despair, constantly attacked by the infected. It all happened so fast; perhaps the person beside you in bed had become something else entirely. In downtown Atlanta, the quiet streets were occasionally punctuated by cries for help, the sound of shattering glass, and even desperate sobs.

A group of seven or eight television crew members are recording everything here. They are risking their lives to investigate the origin of the virus from CEDAY, but all of this is being done in secret—in other words, through wiretapping. This wasn't an order from their superiors, but they intend to provide everyone with accurate information in this short time, even though perhaps no one is watching television right now.

More than a week after the outbreak, CEDA's plans failed to control the epidemic, so the military has suspended CEDA's work. Checkpoints and evacuation points have been taken over by the military, and the use of force has been authorized to deal with any situation. The United States has been conducting all activities entirely by the military, including evacuating survivors, destroying dangerous buildings, eliminating infected people in certain areas, and handling matters related to safe house supplies.

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Chapter 54 leads into Terminator 3.

"Yorg, how's the bioweapon and base project going?" At 8 PM in Los Angeles, California, in a cozy French-style restaurant with a strong aristocratic feel, Tang Tian asked, looking at the Newtype captain he had left behind in the Terminator world. Yorg was also the person in charge and highest-ranking officer of this dimension.

“The plan is nearing completion. Following your orders, boss, we had the president assassinated, copied his memories, and created clones that obey our commands. Then we replaced everyone except Kate Bruce’s father. You could say the current US government and military are our puppets. And with the help of the US state apparatus, Umbrella has established vast territories and bases around the world over the past few years,” said Yog Sothos, dressed in a white suit, slowly and methodically across the table.

From 1997 to 2004, Tang Tian's pawn (Yorge Sothos), following his orders, first eliminated and replaced obstacles to the development of his power (high-ranking government and military officials). Then, under the guise of the military, for over a decade, they plundered large numbers of people around the world daily to manufacture large quantities of biological and chemical weapons. The missing persons mainly came from North America, South America, Central and South Asia, Australia, and other regions. Of course, the large number of missing citizens and talents in various countries also kept the governments of those regions extremely busy.

It's easier to abduct people in Africa and the Middle East; in war-torn regions, abduction goes unnoticed. Everyone knows that these areas are plagued by starvation and the elimination of local powers vying for territory, so missing persons go unnoticed. In preparation for the upcoming Terminator 4 storyline, someone has had Yog transform these people into real-life biological weapons, sacrificing their last light and warmth.

Besides plundering 'talent' as weapons, the remaining plundered population consists of scientists, engineers, and technicians—talents beneficial to the development of Tangtian Colony 2. This is also Tangtian's new development strategy, maximizing resource utilization. Of course, after controlling the United States, Yog also collected most of the US nuclear warheads and nuclear weapons materials. Other nuclear-armed countries, especially Russia, also had most of their nuclear weapons seized by Yog's forces. Given his immense global influence, it's not entirely incomprehensible that he would seize those nuclear warheads.

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"Hmm, how many underground bases do we have in North America now?" Tang Tian, ​​arms crossed, propped his chin up and looked intently at the composed Jorg. "I believe you won't let me down. Looking at the confident Jorg Sothos just now, I knew the mission I gave him was almost complete."

"Boss, there are over 100 underground bases in North America, each with underground cities and laboratories for mass-producing bioweapons. Various types of bioweapons, manufactured according to your chosen type, are capable of all-weather combat," Yog Sothos respectfully told his boss. Because Yog was mass-produced and all of them had their loyalty to Tang Tian implanted in their genes, these new human soldiers would never betray Tang Tian.

"Yes, that's excellent. It's far exceeded my expectations. Based on the types of bioweapons I need, I think you've almost finished producing all the bioweapons featured in Resident Evil 5," Tang Tian said with a smile, praising Yog.

“That’s right, but it’s what I should do, boss,” Jorge said modestly.

"Two medium-rare steaks, sausages, and a fruit salad, and finally, a glass of '82 Lafite." After gesturing for his underlings to eat with him, Tang Tian ordered two delicious dinners from the waiter so his men could also enjoy themselves. After all, the 'weakened' Judgment Day was just around the corner, and the world would never see such leisurely days again.

After arriving in the Terminator world, Tang Tian listened to Yog complete his initial plan. Tang Tian felt relieved, deciding to treat his subordinates to dinner as a reward from their boss. Someone shamelessly thought to themselves.

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In front of a clothing store window in Los Angeles, a spherical, lightning-shaped spatial distortion suddenly appeared. Immediately afterward, everything within that area was melted and vaporized by the intense heat of the distortion.

Shortly after, a naked blonde woman walked out of the broken shop window quite naturally. Her face showed no human emotion, nor any significant fluctuation in her mood.

Those who have seen the movie know that T-X is a beautiful and sexy Western woman with blonde curly hair. An ordinary person might not be able to connect her to the Terminator. Furthermore, T-X is more advanced than T-1000 because it is the most advanced killing machine created by Skynet in the original future timeline, thus giving Terminator T-X many advantages.

T-X glanced around blankly, and finding no one watching, walked in another direction on the street.

Just as T-X was walking over, a woman in a red leather jacket emerged from a store. She opened the door of a red sports car parked on the side of the road, got in, and fastened her seatbelt when she saw a naked woman walking towards her. "It has to be said that Skynet has excellent taste; the Terminators they send out are either handsome men or beautiful women," someone thought to themselves.

Seeing the unfamiliar woman, naked, walking over, the woman in the red leather jacket, thinking something had happened to her, called out to T-X with a puzzled look, "Oh my god, are you alright? Do you need help?" She asked this question because she saw T-X appear in this state.

The naked stranger ignored her words, and the woman in the red leather jacket continued, "Should I call the police?"

"I like this car!" T-X replied with a cold smile, seemingly ignoring the question. Then, the unfortunate woman in the red leather jacket and pants met her end.

In no time, T-X disposed of the unfortunate man's body, then put on the unfortunate man's red leather jacket and pants, and drove her sports car at high speed on the road.

While driving, T-X took an old-fashioned cell phone from the passenger seat pocket, entered a few numbers, and then began emitting a special frequency. Clearly, T-X had used the signal to hack into a Los Angeles database, identifying eight leaders of the future human resistance—who were, of course, her targets.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." Tang Tian, ​​who had just finished dinner, heard the sound from his wrist computer and knew that the plot had probably already begun.

"Master, we've detected the target infiltrating the Los Angeles database." With a flick of his wrist, Red Queen's holographic projection appeared before Tang Tian, ​​reporting this.

"Very good, I understand. Report any further developments," Tang Tian said casually.

“Yes, Mastermind,” Red Queen said simply, and then disappeared. There was no one else around, as this place was originally prepared as a welcome party for someone.

The targets this time are the T-X, T-850, and the original Terminator model, which is quite easy for someone. Playing a bystander is no longer interesting for Tang Tian; it's time to do what a time traveler should do.

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Chapter 55 The Chaser vs. The Terminator

Seeing T-X speeding down the street on his wrist computer screen, Tang Tian roughly estimated her combat strength. From the movies, he knew her power was terrifying. T-X was a semi-liquid metal robot capable of countless transformations and possessed abilities such as a plasma gun.

Upon seeing this, Tang Tian's heart stirred with excitement. A brilliant idea flashed through his mind, as if he had discovered something that interested him. After finishing his meal, he turned to Yog beside him and said, "Send a Terminator to the location where the T-X appears, release the Nemesis (movie version), and test the Terminator's reaction."

Yog withdrew the spiritual energy he had released around the restaurant, opened his eyes, and immediately replied to his boss's request, "Understood, boss. I will dispatch helicopters from the nearby base."

"Okay, go do it!" Tang Tian said softly to Yog, who had already transformed into a successful person.

In the plot of Terminator 3, Tang Tian learns that the first thing Terminator T-X does after returning from the future is to kill the main leader of the human resistance of Skynet in the future. Of course, in addition to the male and female protagonists in the movie, there are eight other unlucky guys.

Meanwhile, the T-X was speeding, attracting the attention of police cars on the street, but none of that mattered now. On the other side, as the T-X parked, the sound of helicopter rotors filled the air. A military-marked helicopter hovered above the T-X, and the unfortunate policeman, after being taken down by the T-X, retrieved his pistol.

"Bang!!" T-X heard a crisp metallic clang from the ground, clearly indicating that something had landed.

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T-X glanced at the iron box emitting white smoke on the ground. He didn't see the box on the ground ready to continue the mission, but a black 'coffin'-like iron box on the ground was also trembling slightly, as if something was about to appear.

Meanwhile, watching the helicopters rapidly approach the T-X, Tang Tian watched with great interest the impending battle between two top-tier weapons from different dimensions on his wrist computer screen, preparing for their engagement. As for the possibility of their battle being discovered by passersby, that was none of Tang Tian's concern. He had control over the upper echelons of the United States, so such a minor issue was irrelevant. Most importantly, the 'weakened' Judgment Day was fast approaching, and these other matters were now insignificant.

Tang Tian stared coldly at the T-X display on his wrist computer screen and muttered to himself, "Don't disappoint me! This is Skynet's top-tier creation."

As the metal box opened automatically, a gigantic tracker slowly opened the box next to it and took out a rocket launcher and a rapid-fire Gatling gun.

“...t...x…” Under the control of the brain chip, the tracker roared as it identified its target.

He then retrieved a high-explosive rocket, skillfully attached it, and threw it. Simultaneously, T-X, after scanning, discovered the humanoid monster pointing heavy weaponry at him; T-X understood its intentions. He left his sports car and walked towards the pursuer.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Only seven seconds had passed since then, and the Tracker's rocket had already hit the T-X. The violent shockwave from the high-explosive rocket caused the T-X sports car to shake slightly.

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Since the events of Terminator 2, John Connor has lived a life of seclusion—no home, no credit cards, no phone, no job. There isn't even a record to prove his existence.

Meanwhile, John Connor, who was riding his motorcycle, was startled when a wild deer suddenly appeared on the road. He fell to the ground, sustaining serious injuries. Fearing being caught by Skynet, he dared not go to a regular hospital and instead secretly went to a pet hospital to steal painkillers. Coincidentally, he met his future wife, Kate Brewster, there.

"No need to bark, it's me." Kate Brewster, who had just opened the door after receiving a call for a pet emergency, heard the dog barking and said dismissively.

"A sick cat is coming," Kate Brewster muttered to herself. Little did she know, the veterinary hospital did indeed have a 'sick cat' that was considered a savior.

Upon entering the veterinary hospital, Kate Brewster turned on the light and saw empty medicine bottles on the floor. She thought they were drugs that addicts had taken and said helplessly.

“Beep beep beep!” Kate Brewster picked up the phone, ready to call the police.

"Please, please don't call the police," John said quickly, knowing his returning owner was about to do so.

Just like in the original movie, John Connor, fearing Kate Brewster would call the police, threatened her with a toy gun.

What John didn't know was that Kate Brewster, trained by her father since childhood, possessed top-notch intelligence and skills. As a result, she easily spotted the toy gun in John's hand and was then lucky enough to be locked in a pet cage by his future wife.

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T-X truly lived up to her reputation as Skynet's top-tier creation. When she was first directly hit by the Nemesis's high-explosive rocket, the mercury-like liquid metal on her body fell off, revealing her original metallic skeleton. The reason the Nemesis's first attack on T-X was successful was because it was a sneak attack; otherwise, how could T-X not have reacted to something so obvious? Tang Tian was taking advantage of the Terminator T-X's principle of prioritizing important targets and underestimating ordinary ones, because this was how the Nemesis succeeded. Tang Tian, ​​using the government's name, also prohibited police and government personnel from entering this area; someone wanted to push the two into an extreme battle, making the impossible possible.

"Special mutant human, discovered to be helpful to humanity, secondary end target." T-X reverted to its original form, its infrared electronic eyes scanning the tracker's situation before executing the temporary mission of elimination. The tracker, without further ado, launched a high-explosive rocket and then unleashed a barrage of 5000 rapid-fire Gatling gun rounds at T-X.

T-X ignored the pursuer's bullets, slowly stood up, and advanced, then accelerated towards the pursuer. T-X didn't have time for a slow, drawn-out fight; she still needed to eliminate several leaders of the human resistance. So, after killing the pursuer, she would go and take down those unfortunate resistance leaders. Therefore, she didn't have any more time to waste here.

The Nemesis continued firing as ordered, while T-X decisively gripped its mutated arms with both hands. The nearly 2-meter-tall Nemesis was slammed violently onto the concrete floor by T-X, the massive impact sending up clouds of dust and creating spiderweb-like cracks within several meters of it.

After being attacked by T-X, the Nemesis underwent a violent mutation, with multiple flesh-colored tentacles sprouting from its body. This was Tang Tian's way of imbuing the Nemesis with power from the game version; it was the Nemesis's second form. Its body and claws didn't change much, but the tentacles could attack from multiple angles.

T-X, using the mutated melee weapon from his arm, swiftly slashed at the mutated tracker with a blank expression. Of course, the tracker's tentacles caused T-X some trouble, but T-X was no pushover either. He grabbed the tracker's attacking tentacle and forcefully pulled the tracker in front of him.

Then T-X unleashed a barrage of blows to the Nemesis's head. The Nemesis's head, which was supposed to be a slightly weaker version of Iron Man, was smashed to pieces by T-X. He then discarded the Nemesis's body and left to continue his assassination mission.

On the other side, Tang Tian observed the outcome of the Nemesis vs. Terminator match and became increasingly satisfied with T-X's strength. Then, seeing that the Saviors' situation was also quite good, he began to prepare for the next step of his plan.

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Chapter 56 The Changed Plot

After T-X eliminated the Nemesis and left, Tang Tian also sent people to retrieve the Nemesis's body. The Nemesis in the movie version was an intelligent bio-weapon created by intracranial injection of the R-virus. In someone's eyes, the Nemesis in the movie version was the worst of the worst (Note: In the game, the Nemesis is a type of Tyrant, an ultimate intelligent weapon with three transformation forms). These bio-weapons in the movie version are the real consumables.

On the edge of the desolate desert, where the desert rattlesnake had passed, a sudden ball of lightning signaled what was about to appear—T-850. However, unlike his encounter with T-800, he wasn't so lucky; he was captured by Tang Tian's New Human forces using telekinesis. After extracting T-850's chip, Tang Tian, ​​having obtained his spoils, simply tossed him into the space he had created.

"The future hasn't happened yet; destiny is in our own hands. I believe in your words, John Connor. Because I am the one who will change the future." Tang Tian, ​​about to board a helicopter at the Umbrella Tower in Los Angeles, said to himself as he looked at the dark night sky.

"Robert, I want to know if the network infected by the computer virus has been restored." Tang Tian, ​​who had boarded the helicopter, directly connected with Robert Brewster, the father of the female protagonist in Terminator 3, through the Red Queen on his wrist computer.

“I’m very sorry, General, the new computer virus is extremely powerful. It has infected half of the civilian network and some military computer programs.” Robert Brewster’s helpless expression quickly appeared on the wrist computer screen, because this young Asian man was the general personally awarded by the president and the officer in charge of this super virus infection incident.

"Well, what about the inventory management system and the main defense system?" Tang Tian said to Robert Brewster on the other end of the phone with an Oscar-worthy, deliberately displeased tone.

"The firewall is still very strong. The Pentagon wants us to use artificial intelligence to scan the system core and eliminate the virus. But I think it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito," Robert Brewster added on the phone, seemingly not very confident in artificial intelligence.

"Of course, I agree with your view. I'll have 'him' postpone it on the president's side." Tang Tian said coldly, watching the location getting closer and closer to John Connor. Skynet was still the same Skynet, the sample Tang Tian left for the military after leaving Terminator 2, while the real Skynet had been shamelessly taken over by someone.

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"Thank you, General, for agreeing with my views on artificial intelligence, especially since computer programs control defense satellites and nuclear weapons, even though it's the most intelligent computer in history. Also, I will handle this virus incident well." Robert Brewster looked at the Skynet documents in his hand, speaking with a mixture of pleasure and seriousness.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. Also, I need to review all the Terminator data and samples from the original Terminator program. I need to report the progress of the Terminator program to the President," Tang Tian said simply. In reality, no one knew that the nominal president had become a puppet, and Tang Tian easily obtained the original model Terminator from the person in charge of Terminator weapons using his name.

“Yes, I understand, General. I will send someone to deliver the samples and data to you,” Robert Brewster replied crisply.

Because it was in the president's name, Robert Brewster said nothing and handed over the original model Terminator he was in charge of. Of course, if it weren't for the fact that the female lead's father in the movie was a decent person, and for the sake of the plot, Robert wouldn't have become Tang Tian's subordinate.

"Very good," Tang Tian said calmly, and then turned off the communication on his wrist computer.

Meanwhile, after eliminating the Nemesis, Terminator T-X arrived at the entrance of a restaurant called Jim's Burger, intending to assassinate several future leaders of the resistance. Of course, all of this was being monitored by Tang Tian; from the moment the battle ended until T-X eliminated his targets, Tang Tian did not intervene.

"Welcome, what would you like to order?" At the entrance of the burger shop, an employee greeted the new customer, T-X, who was driving a sports car, with a professional demeanor.

"Jose Barella?" T-X said coldly, expressionless. The next unlucky guy to be killed by the Terminator had appeared.

“That’s me,” Jose-Barella replied. However, after the T-X scan confirmed his identity, the future leader of the resistance was tragically killed by the T-X.

"Damn, the T-X is really efficient." Tang Tian couldn't help but complain when he saw the situation on his wrist computer.

Of course, Tang Tian had a clear view of the situation here. It was true that the T-X was a professional Terminator machine, comparable to the movie *Looper*, both eliminating future enemies. However, the Terminator was even more efficient than the former Looper.

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Next, the female customer who had made an emergency appointment for her pet arrived. Kate Brewster asked her to wait a moment and then returned to the iron cage of the tragic savior John Connor.