Marvel's Death Merchant

Led by the fake Captain 'Payton', Tang Tian left the cryogenic sleep pod and went to the front cockpit, which was the spaceship's control center and also Tang Tian's destination for plundering high-tech data. Everything was about to begin.

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Chapter 18 The Plunder in Progress

“I’ve been awake for over an hour, but I still can’t remember anything.” As Captain ’Payton’ was helped by Bauer to slowly move toward the ship’s control center, Tang Tian walked silently with his hands in his pockets, and no one could see anything in his eyes behind his sunglasses.

“If this really is our spaceship, then this room must be locked in a certain location, and the cockpit should be behind that door.” Captain Payton, after recovering, had walked to the cockpit door with Bauer.

"My God! Someone actually tried to get out of here." Bauer exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the parts at the cockpit door after arriving at it.

Captain Payton was puzzled and looked into the cockpit. Finding nothing, Tang Tian looked at the cockpit door with a strange smile, silently reaching into his pocket to retrieve a small, black, metal object resembling a USB drive from his storage space.

"Captain, all the trigger buttons are malfunctioning." After entering the cockpit and inspecting the situation, Bauer, a mechanical engineer, said.

“Yes, that’s true.” Captain Peyton said, taking a sip of the coffee that Bauer handed him.

“I think there should be a way to restore the cockpit, although not completely, but it will be enough to help us,” Tang Tian said at this moment. This was to dissuade Bauer from the idea of ​​restoring all the power and to remind Captain 'Payton' that he could turn on the cockpit power first.

“That’s right, we can at least restore the cockpit’s power first.” Captain ’Payton’ nodded, then activated the backup power source written in the center of the cockpit. After turning it a few times, the cockpit lit up.

As Captain Peyton turned his head, Bauer burst into laughter, clearly not expecting this method to restore power. Tang Tian looked at the cockpit, filled with the high-tech atmosphere, and nodded in satisfaction. It was obvious that the Deep Space Amnesia Dimension was far more advanced than the Apes Planet Dimension; the fact that virtual reality technology was fully utilized in the spaceship's cockpit demonstrated the power of their technology.

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Seeing that he was about to appear, Tang Tian took out the cloned Red Queen high-performance micro server and stuffed it into the interface. Captain 'Payton' and Bauer were very surprised, not understanding what this mysterious guy was going to do.

About five seconds later, Tang Tian watched as the screen of the cockpit's main unit turned red and said, "Red Queen, come out." "Mainframe, welcome to serve you." As the mechanical electronic synthesized voice sounded, Tang Tian was very pleased that his first plundering plan was a success. If all the choices were successful, then all the technology in this plane would belong to Tang Tian.

"Red Queen, your task is to connect to the cockpit computer and download all the data," Tang Tian commanded.

"Okay, welcome to work for you, Mastermind," the clone Red Queen said mechanically.

"Wait, what are you planning to do?" Bauer said quickly, sensing that something was wrong.

"I don't need you to tell me what to do. Captain 'Payton,' your mission is complete," Tang Tian said coldly. Then, Captain 'Payton' floated to the cockpit door with zero gravity. As the electromagnetic shotgun fired a deep blue bullet, Captain 'Payton's head exploded like a watermelon with a 'bang'.

"Alright, stop looking at me like that." Tang Tian ignored Bauer's anger. The person he killed was the culprit who had murdered his colleague and harmed the passengers—the young pilot Gallo. However, the creation of this dimension was also his masterpiece. As for the reason why Gallo's head had just exploded, it was actually part of the application of Tang Tian's gravity ability—gravity bombs are a kind of application of gravity.

Tang Tian ignored Bauer's angry glare. Bauer was immobilized by the gravity control and naturally didn't want to kill him for the time being. He could plan to make him the representative of this plane; Tang Tian had a fairly good impression of Bauer.

"I don't need to explain to you; you'll understand everything in the future. Alright, there's no need to say anything more. Red Queen, download all the spaceship data." Tang Tian said, seemingly to Bauer, yet also as if talking to himself.

"Okay, mastermind, initialization complete, begin releasing the virus," the clone Red Queen said mechanically.

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In fact, the movie's timeline is quite simple. After Earth's final destruction announcement, three pilots were the first to learn of it. One of the younger pilots, in a state of panic and despair, killed two of his colleagues and, in a state of mental instability, planned a cruel game. He awakened some of the passengers in the cryogenic chambers, locked them in the sealed cargo hold, and left the foodless passengers to kill and eat each other.

Finally, growing weary of the game, he retreated to a cryogenic chamber to continue his slumber. The passengers still in the cargo hold, in the brutal environment of survival of the fittest, gradually lost their civilized characteristics, multiplying and evolving over the long years into a savage, alien human species. This was the reason why Tang Tian killed the fake Captain 'Payton'.

"Master, in about half an hour, I will use the virus to completely control the spaceship and download all the data," Red Queen explained after connecting to the spaceship's mainframe.

"Half an hour? That's not a long time. Just enough to release the Lickers." Tang Tian said nonchalantly, then with a slight movement of his hand, an iron box fell out of the spatial rift. Needless to say, it was the same result as the last colony. However, this time, there was no need to release satellites; it could be controlled directly from the spaceship.

Tang Tian then spent his time contemplating the spoils of this interdimensional journey. Besides acquiring the new colony, the planet Tannis, he also expected to gain access to the entire technology tree of the Earth government. In the movie, Bauer retrieved an energy weapon from the arsenal—a sensor-based small particle beam weapon—and its power was quite impressive. This demonstrates the advanced level of energy weaponry in the *Deep Space Amnesia* dimension.

Tang Tian glanced at the spaceship's data and was slightly surprised. The Earth government's energy technology had reached its pinnacle; from small items like razors and flashlights to large weapons like pistols, rifles, tanks, armored vehicles, and space-based particle beam weapons, everything was extremely powerful. Therefore, coming to this plane was the right choice.

"Alright, mastermind, copy complete." Red Queen said calmly while Tang Tian was thinking, her expression cold because she was a copy.

"Okay, that's it. I think it'll be time to go back and fuse the virus soon. The cryo-chamber will solve the fusion problem during the virus injection. Once the fusion is complete, we can head to the Mechanical Enemy dimension." Tang Tian thought to himself.

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P.S.: The enhanced virus has officially begun. Your support is welcome.

Chapter 19 First Enhancement

Umbrella Biochemical Core Laboratory, Planet Ape Colony.

"Dr. William, is the G-virus still not finished?" Tang Tian asked Dr. William with dissatisfaction. After sending a large number of enhanced clones and mercenaries to occupy the new colony deep space amnesia plane, Tang Tian returned to the first plane to prepare to enhance the power of the virus.

"It may take a month, Chairman Donald," Dr. William said, seemingly helplessly.

"However, I'm curious, Chairman, may I ask if I may? Could enhancing multiple viruses at once cause mutations? You know, the virus Wesker was injected with was also specially manufactured by me," Dr. William raised his question.

“Very good. Speed ​​up the research. Don’t worry about the injection. My physique is very special, so fusing with these viruses won’t be a problem. Besides, the cryo-chamber we just got can slow down the rate at which the virus devours human cells, just like Alexia did.” Tang Tian explained casually. Dr. William was actually very lucky. His own abilities were relatively poor. Unlike James Marcus who invented the leech virus or Alexia who invented the Veronica virus, he was just very lucky to discover Lisa, who could fuse with any virus, and extracted the G virus from Lisa.

"The unfathomable evolutionary nature of the Progenitor Virus, the gradual evolutionary nature of the T-Leech Virus, the fire-generating abilities of the T-Veronica Virus, and the hereditary destruction caused by the extremely evil substance that invades the realm of gods." As long as Tang Tian is injected with these four viruses, his body may become an indestructible cockroach, with a recovery ability that is hundreds of times greater than Wolverine's, and immunity to all firearms would be very easy.

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One month later, as lightning ripped through the dark sky, accompanied by churning and undulating clouds, as if darkness were sweeping in and swallowing everything, the strengthening process officially began.

No one knew that it would be the beginning of a new era—the era of the Death Merchants, the true arrival of 'peace' across multiple dimensions, and the coming of an era in which countless robots and bio-weapons would be deployed, searching everywhere for valuable high technology to satisfy the Death Merchants' insatiable appetite.

The core underground laboratory of the Ape Star Colony, the G-virus experimental base.

After investing a great deal of resources in Tang Tian, ​​Dr. William devoted himself to the experiment. Through his tireless research with Dr. Erskine on the G-virus, the G-virus was about to be successfully developed.

In the dimly lit underground laboratory, countless researchers were busy at work. Dr. William shook his head slightly, picked up a test tube of the G virus from the lab table, and nodded as he looked at the purplish-red liquid inside. Dr. Erskine was also very happy that the G virus he had been researching for more than ten years was finally completed.

"We've finally finished with William. The chairman will be very happy," Dr. Erskine said excitedly. The past ten years or so in the colony researching the G-virus with Dr. William were exhilarating.

"Yes, G is finally finished," Dr. William said with a sigh.

The terrifying aspect of the G-virus, developed by Dr. William, lies not only in its ability to alter the genetic material of organisms but also in its capacity to cause infected organisms to evolve and mutate at the genetic level, even passing these mutations on to their offspring. Even more frightening is its ability to resurrect the dead. It is yet another demonic creation that completely surpasses the T-virus.

The G-virus is based on biological evolution, compressing the mutation and evolution process that would normally take hundreds of millions of years into just a few hours. Of course, cells also need a lot of energy during the evolution process, and Tang Tian has prepared the energy batteries he obtained from Hydra in order to conserve enough energy for a more perfect enhancement.

Furthermore, after Dr. William completes his mission, Tang Tian will send him to the Survival Road world after his enhancement. The reason? It's quite simple. While Dr. William is a genius, he's not as talented as Alexia at age 10, nor as good as Marcus and the C-virus researchers. Moreover, Dr. William possesses a ridiculously high level of pride and possessiveness. Although the causal point modification has made Dr. William completely his man, in order to better develop the virus, he must be sent elsewhere. After all, after more than a decade of virus research, William has only discovered the virus, not truly researched it.

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"Tang Xing, how's the virus preparation going?" Tang Tian asked casually as he arrived at the underground laboratory, as if everything was ready. "Boss, you're here. Everything you asked for is done. Come in," Tang Xing said simply.

In the nuclear-proof underground biological and chemical laboratory, groups of researchers in white gowns were busy preparing for the enhanced Tang Tian, ​​with some occasionally observing the stability data of the cryo-chamber and the energy battery conversion device.

"This is an enhanced version of the Veronica virus, also known as T-02," Tang Xing said, pointing to a dark green double-helix liquid at one of the four needle gun launchers at the interface of the cryo-chamber.

"T-02, Kara Radme is developing it very quickly. She has developed an enhanced version of the Veronica virus, which is excellent," Tang Tian said with great surprise.

"Of course, it's fortunate that you found her when you left the real world, otherwise..." Tang Xingfeng said casually.

"Alright, when do we start the enhancement?" Tang Tian asked calmly, looking at Tang Xing who seemed ready.

“Of course, anytime, anywhere,” Tang Xing replied. “Alright, let’s begin.”

"Progenitor virus, G virus, T virus, enhanced Veronica is ready. Dr. William and Dr. Erskine, begin the injection." Tang Xing commanded as he watched Tang Tian enter the thickened cryo-chamber.

“Yes, boss.” After making the final adjustments, William and Dr. Erskine said seriously at the same time.

Tang Tian lay in front of the glass of the cryogenic chamber, observing the outside world. This cryogenic chamber was something Tang Tian had first had scientists decipher and research. It was an ideal ultra-low temperature environment for fusing viruses, and during the process, the energy of the Cosmic Cube could be slowly injected to ensure the cells received sufficient energy. Tang Tian's current situation was similar to Captain America's, except that Tang Tian was undergoing cryogenic enhancement, while Captain America was undergoing radiation enhancement.

"Boss, the experiment will definitely succeed, based on our conclusions from cloning your genes. However, fully integrating these viruses will require a lot of energy and time. According to Red Queen's calculations, your awakening will be in about 100 years," Tang Xing explained. Tang Tian nodded, saying nothing; after all, obtaining extraordinary power always comes at a price.

"Injection begins, countdown begins." With Tang Xing's voice, the enhancement experiment had fully commenced.

"Fives"

"Four"

"three"

"two"

"One"

As time ended, the different colored double-helix liquids, slowly propelled by the four needle gun launchers at the interface, were injected into Tang Tian's arm muscles. With the complete injection of the virus, Tang Tian felt four different sensations—cold, hot, and so on—creeping throughout his body like insects. Then, the temperature of the cryo-chamber rapidly decreased, and Tang Tian slowly closed his eyes. The true enhancement began in his sleep!

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P.S.: After the enhancement is complete, wait a while before going to Mechanical Enemy. The author is ready to sign a contract, so please feel free to add this to your collection.

Chapter 20 The Plane Plunder

"We've already occupied two colonies. Although they're not connected yet, I believe that once the boss awakens and obtains technology from other dimensions, we can achieve that connection. By the way, we also need a plan, since we can't get the help of the main god in the infinite cycle right now." Tang Xing stroked his chin and muttered to himself in the Empire State Building in the colony.

Since Tang Xing entered the viral enhancement phase, he has been thinking about how to reach the scale of the Iron Empire he once built. Although he now possesses advanced technologies such as biochemical technology, energy weapon technology, spaceship technology, and magnetic levitation technology, it is still too slow to fully develop them. Therefore, Tang Xing has been considering the planes in his mind that he can plunder.

In Tang Tian and Tang Xing's redesign, the Steel Empire combines elements from the Terminator, I, Robot, and The Matrix. The main system is planned to be a combination of 'Red Queen', 'Mechanical Emperor', 'Transcendence', 'Wiki', and 'Skynet'. Due to limitations in high-tech technology and resources, it can only produce a large number of high-powered weapons such as biological weapons, clone armies, laser weapons, and electromagnetic weapons.

Tang Xing and Tang Tian plan to travel to other worlds to obtain their knowledge and resources. For example, the first mechanical movie world Tang Tian will visit after waking up is "I, Robot," which contains items such as intelligent multi-functional civilian robots, Sonny with emotions, and the AI ​​Wiki.

Next, there are examples like Skynet, the super AI from the Terminator series; multi-functional military robots, including the T-1 battlefield robot and the T-X humanoid robot; as well as the giant five-meter Reaper, the Outer Key Reaper, and other powerful robots; time machines; hydrogen metal batteries; and ion weapons.

Virtual reality technology, the Matrix, and octopus robots from the movie "The Matrix".

The film *Men in Black* features numerous alien weapons, spaceships, galaxies, hypersonic vehicles, and miniature time machines. The film *Elysium* features an artificial space station, military robots, and medical machines. The anime *Naruto* features multiple shadow clones, tailed beasts, various ninjutsu, chakra, cursed seals, the Sharingan, the Rinnegan, various bloodline limits, and numerous forbidden spells like the Reanimation Jutsu. *Inuyasha* features the Shikon Jewel and the genes of various immortal demons.

The movie "Starship Troopers" features faster-than-light spaceships, Q-balls, and the Arachnid insectoid race.

The endless array of weapons and resources from movies and games such as *Lucy* (CPH4), *Limitless* (NZT-48), *Chronicle* (Crysis), *Predators*, *Back to the Future*, *The Time Machine*, *The Fifth Element*, *Left 4 Dead*, *Pacific Rim*, *Dredd*, *The Mummy*, *A.I. Artificial Intelligence*, *The Thirteenth Floor*, *War of the Worlds*, *Underworld*, *Blade*, and *Transformers*, along with various knowledge and useful genes, are all things that Tang Tian can plunder.

---------------------------------- Divider ---------------------------------- "As expected, the Empire is lacking in everything right now. Tang Tian, ​​when are you going to wake up and get up to plunder resources?" Tang Xing said without any regard for his image, having just had the Red Queen download his plan to plunder other planes from his mind.

The initial establishment requires 1000 million tons of steel, 550 million tons of oil, and more than 500 million tons of copper, zinc, lead, aluminum, and mercury. Of course, if it were a mechanical octopus, the required steel resources and various metals could be obtained in just a few days. Although the Ape Star Colony now has tens of millions of people, it is definitely not as fast as the mechanical octopus in mining. However, resource mining in a colony is not controlled.

All of Umbrella's scientists and technicians have now been moved to the colonies, while clones of these individuals remain in the real world. The end of World War II accelerated the pace of the Marvel universe. First, the plot of Wolverine 2 had just begun, and the world was nearing the end of the war in 1945. When Tang Tian reappeared, it was during the Cold War era with the X-Men. At the start of World War I, he understood the unique genes of those mutants, and to have more powerful followers, he had to constantly plunder.

Tang Tian's comprehensive capabilities, stemming from his continuous pursuit of scientific advancement, are formidable. Possessing the ability to travel through time and space, Tang Tian can wreak havoc with impunity, acquiring powerful henchmen and advanced technology in different dimensions. After plundering vast amounts of high-tech technology, he sells it to the US government during the Cold War, further strengthening Umbrella's power and enabling them to make even more strategic deployments.

Tang Xing was speechless at the thought of all the bizarre characters in the future Marvel universe. For example, Sentinels and Superman were superheroes, while Thanos and Galactus were villains—it was all just baffling. Moreover, to become powerful, one needed to constantly sell weapons to achieve better development.

Meanwhile, the real world had progressed from December 1943 to 1945, a day of equal significance. Firstly, President Roosevelt, who had served four terms and helped the US recover from the economic crisis, was about to step down from his political post. It was certain that Truman, a representative figure of the Cold War era, would become the next president.

In June 1942, the U.S. Army began implementing the Manhattan Project. Its principal investigator, Howard Stark, developed the atomic bomb before Nazi Germany and dropped one on the island nation to hasten its collapse. With the covert support of Umbrella's influence and the right-wing military, Roosevelt decided to launch another nuclear attack on the island.

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"Represent President Roosevelt." The clone, also known as Tang Tian, ​​at the New York City headquarters gave the order. In fact, Tang Tian's original body left behind a pawn after leaving the real world, with the purpose of attacking certain countries and collecting various metals. As a result, the successful World War II over the past few years has resulted in the collection of more than 500 billion tons of various metal resources. Once the high-tech technology is fully acquired, the Steel Empire plan can begin.

It must be said that the president's call was answered very quickly. A relaxed voice came through the phone: "Mr. Donas, this is Roosevelt. We can agree to your request, but we need some of your technology."

Tang Tian, ​​the clone, paused for a moment before quickly speaking, "Then, Mr. President, what technology from my company do you need?" Tang Tian said calmly after pretending to think.

"We need supersonic warship technology and cross-magnetic levitation technology," Roosevelt said bluntly. What he didn't know was that Tang Tian had deliberately provided this information through his spokesperson. Furthermore, Roosevelt wanted Howard Stark to establish the Department of Homeland Security and a strategic department, which required a secure location to command what would become the future airships, thus necessitating Umbrella's classified technologies.

"No problem. Besides this, we also need a large amount of metal resources. The price is negotiable," Tang Tian said easily after hearing Roosevelt's agreement.

"Very good, Mr. Donald, it's a pleasure doing business with you." Roosevelt said happily on the phone, as if he had finally gotten a good deal from Umbrella Corporation. In fact, it wasn't so easy to get a good deal from Umbrella. Tang Tian's principle in selling things was that most of what he sold to others were watered-down versions, and the difference in quality between them and the original was not small.