American Comics: Beginning with Luke the Maker

Chapter 169 Mechanical Body, Explosion
"what have you done?"

Killian looked angrily at the mechanical parts floating around him. His mutilated limb wounds were as hot as magma. A limb wanted to grow back, but failed under the influence of a certain force. .

Feeling that the extremis virus in his body began to sprout at a high speed, Killian was not only frightened and angry, but also had a kind of fear.

His Extremis virus itself is not perfect, and needs a special stabilizer to suppress its activity so that it will not explode itself.Originally, his mind was focused on how to perfect the Extremis virus, making it stable and perfect.He has not yet achieved this step.All he can do is to use stabilizers as much as possible to control the activity and outbreak of the Extremis virus.

All the people who have been injected with the Extremis virus stock solution have gained new limbs and powerful strength, but at the same time, they have also turned their bodies into unstable explosive kegs.They need to regularly obtain certain new Extremis virus stabilizers from Killian, so that their bodies will not explode like a dynamite pack in the next moment.

But this kind of stabilizer only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and the effect it can play is not 100%.There are always some accidents or their own factors that make the experimental subjects injected with this stabilizer still explode like fireworks at a certain moment during the effective period of the drug.

Originally, Killian could only wait for Maya Hansen, another creator of the Extremis virus, to solve the problem of stability, but an accidental formation of the Cosmic Cube in the laboratory during the Battle of Washington made Killian see to new possibilities.

Yes, as a direct contact of the Cosmic Cube, he was also infected by the mechanical virus.But the Cosmic Cube felt his desire, infected with a mechanical virus that gave him the ability to control his own energy.This allowed him to solve the problem that his Extremis virus was unstable and would get out of control at any time under unexpected circumstances.

With the ability given to Killian by the mechanical virus, the Extremis virus injected into his body is still dangerous, but it is no longer untamable.Two different viruses had formed a symbiotic cycle in his body.

He did not find a perfect solution to the flaws of the Extremis virus, but because of an accident, he temporarily freed himself from the threat of the Extremis virus.So Killian believed that the Cosmic Cube was a gift from heaven to him, and it was a powerful boost that could help him solve the defects of the Extremis virus and make the power he mastered to a higher level.

So Killian couldn't wait to use some means to find some "voluntary" experimental subjects nearby.The experimental results are not satisfactory. The mechanical virus and the Extremis virus exist alone, and both have certain defects. The coexistence of the two in the same host will increase the instability.In the end, Killian could only rely on his own research to improve the original stabilizer so that it would reduce the activity of the Extremis virus and allow the mechanical virus to take the lead.Although this is not a perfect solution, at least some Alienators can be produced stably.

Then he reached a cooperation with John Lake and his extreme factions, and obtained a huge amount of financial support, as well as other invisible, AIM and his desperately needed help.

Killian has always believed that he is the chosen one, that he is the only chosen master of the Cosmic Cube. He even thinks that one day he will be able to completely control the Cosmic Cube. Once he uses the power of the Cosmic Cube to change the entire human race, he will undoubtedly Will be the uncrowned king!

Those who gave him humiliation and despair would naturally feel his despair at that time.

Killian thought about a lot of follow-up things after he aroused the power of the Cosmic Cube, but the only thing he didn't expect was that he was hit at the very beginning.

First, the partner's betrayal, which he expected.After all, he knew exactly what kind of people his collaborators were.They are cold-blooded, cruel, don't care about life, and have no so-called morality.

The appearance of Steve and Flax from the American team was somewhat unexpected, but in Killian's view, it was not impossible to solve, it was just a matter of spending more time and manpower.

But Luke, who quietly appeared behind him, not only obtained the heavily protected Cosmic Cube, but also dismembered his mechanical limbs and broke the balance of his internal virus circulation with just a stretch of his hand, really surpassed him. expected.

"Are you an alienated person too?" Killian suddenly looked at Luke as if he understood something.Only in this way can it be explained that the opponent just moved his hand, and his mechanical limbs were uncontrollably dismembered into parts.This should be Luke's ability!His eyes scanned Luke's body, trying to find his alienated parts.According to his understanding of alienated people, a large part of alienated abilities are affected by alienated limbs or organs.

After scanning his whole body, he didn't find any signs of mechanization on Luke's body, so it could only be the mechanization of some internal organs?
"Machines: Hounds of Tindalos."

The fragments of mechanical parts floating out of Killian, under Luke's control, assembled a mechanical dog the size of a hunting dog in mid-air at a dazzling speed and with the unique beauty of mechanical assembly.

As soon as the mechanical dog landed on its limbs, it bared its teeth and rushed towards Killian who was close at hand.

Killian's whole body was like a red-hot charcoal fire. He opened his mouth, and a jet of high-temperature flames shot out, and the mechanical dog, which looked a little thin overall and had paper-thin skin, was cut in half.

puff.

A hot blood like magma sprayed out from Killian's waist and abdomen.Killian nearly fell to his knees.He just felt as if he had been cut with an ax in his waist and abdomen, as if he was going to be cut in half.

"This is?"

With the Extremis virus active, the wound on Killian's waist and abdomen healed quickly. He raised his head and saw the mechanical hound that he had just split into two pieces from head to tail. out of shape.No, it is still somewhat different from the previous form.On its thin metal body, there are fiery red lines that resemble the veins of human blood vessels.

Seeing the mechanical hound pounced on again, a flash of understanding flashed in Killian's heart.In order to confirm his guess, he once again used the power of the Extremis virus to attack the mechanical hound that rushed forward.

However, this time, although the attack of the same strength repelled the mechanical hound that rushed up, it did not cut it in half like before.The opponent seems to have a certain resistance to his high temperature after an attack!
The familiar wound also appeared on Killian's body again.Although he healed quickly under the power of the Extremis virus, Killian's heart was completely heavy.

This attack confirmed his guess. This mechanical hound, which was made up of the mechanical body separated from him, still had some kind of mysterious connection with him.The other party is still a part of his limbs!So even if the other party separated and attacked it, it was still equivalent to attacking Killian himself.

Coupled with the reorganization characteristics of the opponent, it makes it tricky.Not everyone can keep the Extremis virus in a highly active period in a short period of time like him.

His eyes looked at the mechanical hound that was hit by the high-temperature stream and collapsed on the ground.Under his gaze, the mechanical parts on the hound's body were reorganized again, and the lines like red blood vessels on the body became more and more conspicuous.Even faintly, a little high temperature leaked from the opponent's body.

It's evolving!

Highly Adaptable Evolution!

A suffocating horror flashed through Killian's mind.The opponent adapts to his attack in the reorganization again and again, and finally becomes immune to his attack!Killian didn't know how this was done, but he knew very well that if this continued, he would definitely die under the hunting of this mechanical hound.

And all of this was caused by Luke in front of him!
Yes, Luke!
Killian suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Luke who was standing ten meters ahead. In any case, since the mechanical hound was created by the opponent, as long as the opponent is eliminated, the hound will lose control and be able to recover. , re-turned into limbs and returned to him?

Killian didn't know whether this idea was correct or not, but in this situation, he was willing to give it a try.

"Catch him! You can kill him if necessary!" Killian pointed to Luke and gave an order to the alienated alien who was a little bit at a loss.Killian's words woke up the aliens who were a little dazed by the sudden change.Almost without hesitation, the opponent split a part to rush towards Luke, and the other part protected Killian against the mechanical hound.

"Poor choice."

Luke looked at the alienated people coming up, and stretched out his hand again.

Lion, hound, mouse, beetle, owl, snake.

One by one, the mechanical creations were separated from the mechanical bodies and organs of the alienated ones, and then they all attacked their original masters.The worst thing was the steel alienator who was fighting the green monster named Vraks brought by General John. His body had the largest alienated area, and the mechanical creations he separated were also larger.It was a majestic metal lion.

"Damn! What the hell is this! Why are our mechanical limbs separated? Why do they turn into such beasts and attack us?" An alienated person was created by his own mechanical limbs - a silver-white metal The snake was wrapped around his body, and its winding power was even comparable to that of a boa constrictor. He felt that he was struggling more and more difficult.The Extremis virus's high lethality to metals does not have much advantage over these mechanical creations.Even the opponent's resistance to high temperature is getting higher and higher.

"What have you done?" Killian's eyes were tearing when he saw this scene, and he looked at Luke angrily.It was clearly only ten meters away, but this short distance seemed like an insurmountable moat!Any alien who wants to rush to Luke will be frantically attacked by his own mechanical creation.

A group of mutilated and strange-looking aliens retreated in front of Killian, terrified and confronting the mechanical monsters that slowly surrounded them.

"It's just a trivial little technology. I separated them, constructed them, and released some of their consciousness data." Facing Killian's fury, Luke explained seriously.

"Release?" Killian once again repulsed the mechanical hound that rushed forward, ignoring the opponent's faster and faster reconstruction time and increasingly difficult evolution. Now he only wants to get the mechanical hound from Luke an accurate answer.

"Didn't you find out? There are some subconscious minds inside the Cosmic Cube! If you leave it alone, it will eventually digest and absorb those fragmented consciousnesses, and then give birth to its own consciousness! This is something you have always wanted Items that I don’t understand and can’t control.” Luke stretched out his hand while talking, circling his Cosmic Cube floating like a satellite, slowly shifting the route under the eyes of Killian and others, Suspended above Luke's palm.

"It's just a dead thing!" Killian lied to himself.He finally knew where his weird sense of communication with the Cosmic Cube came from.

"It is indeed a dead thing. But its formation absorbed the consciousness of too many dead Chitauri. Although these consciousnesses are fragmented and unsystematic." Luke first affirmed Killian's words, and then refuted.In fact, the essence of tracing back to the source is still the power of his promotion and overflow, the power of the cosmic cube, and the most important emotional/spiritual power, as well as some accidents in Killian's research, which led to the containing collection of the cosmic cube Three special items of mighty power appeared.

Killian didn't discover the real usefulness of the opponent at all.In other words, he didn't display the true ability of the Cosmic Cube at all.He uses the Cosmic Cube in the same way Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the Cosmic Cube.

"How could you know this?" Killian still didn't want to believe Luke's words.

"These mechanical bodies made of mechanical materials separated from you have a strong desire to possess your body. They will share damage, life, and death with you.

If you don't die, they won't die, let alone stop.They are like the hounds of Tindalos in the legend, they will hunt down their prey until they are completely dead. "Luke didn't answer Killian's words, but just watched the most primitive killing scene of the mechanical body in front of him. However, Killian and the others couldn't care less about listening to Luke's words seriously. They reorganized after being damaged again and again. , has gradually become overwhelmed under the attack of the mechanical body that has become stronger and stronger.

After repelling his mechanical hound for the last time, without waiting for the opponent to rush up again, the whole body was covered with healed wounds. Killian, who had realized something in his heart, looked up and met Luke's calm eyes. The high temperature After showing an inexplicable smile on his face as red as charcoal fire, he stopped trying to control the increasingly active Extremis virus in his body, but kept pushing it higher and higher!
In the end, like an erupting volcano, all the energy in his body exploded violently in an instant!
The violent explosion and the surrounding aliens drove the Extremis virus in their bodies, which was also in an extremely unstable state, and successive explosions occurred one after another.

(End of this chapter)