American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

"Words are cheap. Let's see what kind of support we can offer you first." Harry opened the sealed metal laboratory door and walked in first.

Inside the door was a spacious, gray space. As soon as Strange stepped into it, he sensitively sensed a kind of destructive spatial power from all around. It seemed as if the surroundings were filled with spatial rifts and instability, and that one wrong step would plunge him into a dangerous spatial turbulence.

"Don't worry, the power here isn't as dangerous as you think. It's just a simulation of the environment, similar to human greenhouse cultivation against the environment. The path we are walking on now is safe." Seeing the change in Strange's expression, Harry took the initiative to explain.

"Don't tell me you're raising some kind of creature in this environment." Strange touched the levitation ring on his finger, relaxed a little, and followed Harry forward, saying.

Faced with Strange's inquiry, Harry just smiled. After bypassing an area, it was as if he had been teleported to the inside of a dilapidated hall. Against the walls and on the open space of the hall were placed black oval cylindrical encapsulation bodies, stacked up like goods, neatly arranged.

"Brood. Not a subspecies, but the most promising original form. When we obtained it, we were once amazed that there was such a near-perfect life form in the world! They have almost infinite evolutionary potential. In addition to their own power, they can acquire all the knowledge and power of the host through parasitism. If they also possess intelligence, they would be even better than the so-called Skrulls, even far surpassing intelligent races." As Harry walked, he reached out and gently stroked these neat oval cylinders, his tone so soft as if he was afraid of waking the life inside the cylinders.

"Of course, these are all carefully selected and stored embryos. Since Osborn Industries obtained the Brood's habitat, it has issued a massive number of tasks through the Time Variance Authority, dispatching a large number of warriors to capture them.

Then they spent a long time observing and understanding them, and finally used Osborn's biotechnology to optimize them time and time again. You need to know that optimizing a creature that is already close to perfect is a highly difficult challenge in itself. Osborn did it! And what is stored here is the crystallization of success. They can even parasitize powerful dimensional beings comparable to some demon gods."

"Sounds perfect," Strange echoed.

"No, no, no, their combative and cruel nature is still difficult to change. They are clever, cunning, but keen on hunting. There is no perfect race in this world." Harry shook his finger, repeatedly denying. "I've learned some information about the Annihilation Wave, so you and I both know that unless your power is strong enough to a certain extent, it's difficult for you to solve this big problem on your own. Otherwise, the Sorcerer Supreme wouldn't have needed to ask you to come here, right?"

"You mean, you want me to take your Brood to fight the Brood from another universe?" Strange had already guessed Harry's intention in bringing him here, and now he simply asked it outright.

"You could say that." Harry nodded. "Although, judging from the information, the Brood may still have a gap in strength compared to the Annihilation Wave, this gap is not insurmountable. As long as the Brood is given the opportunity and time, they will become a super-Brood comparable to, or even surpassing, the Annihilation Wave."

"Sounds good. You have not only obtained specimens and materials from the Annihilation Wave, but also obtained a terrifying super-Brood through killing and evolution. But the question is, if it's really as powerful as you say, how are you going to control it?" Strange was well aware of Harry's intentions, but he didn't refuse. According to his cramming and understanding these days, even without him, the Harry in front of him would have other ways to achieve his goals. He probably contacted himself through this universe's Stephen more out of consideration for Stephen's sake.

As a former doctor, he knew too well the lawlessness of these biological technology behemoths. Harry in front of him had a temperament and style that he was once very familiar with.

"The Brood is a clearly divided race. They have warrior and manager classes." Harry was not at all surprised by Strange's question, and simply gave an answer calmly.

"Queen?" Strange raised an eyebrow.

"Brood Queen." Harry repeated Strange's speculation and gave an affirmative tone. "The Queen has absolute control over the Brood under her command. Controlling a Queen is equivalent to controlling a Brood race."

"Would you like to meet your future partner now?" Harry looked at Strange, put his hands in the pockets of his lab coat, and asked softly. Influenced by Heberon, this kind of monotonous research uniform has become the internal standard configuration from top to bottom for all inter-universe enterprises.

"You said that they are cruel by nature and keen on hunting. I would also like to know what means you used to tame them." Strange took two steps back indifferently, giving Harry space.

"Yes, they are difficult to tame. But knowledge and technology can always create miracles, can't they?" Harry stretched his right hand out of his pocket and snapped his fingers lightly in the air.

A hazy light curtain rippled like water behind Harry. Then, a huge bug with multiple eyes and an abdomen and tail occupying two-thirds of its body appeared behind Harry. Its ferocious mouthparts were hanging over Harry's head, and Strange was very worried that the big bug would lower its head and swallow Harry whole.

But Harry obviously didn't realize this danger, or he trusted the Queen behind him very much.

"Ophelia, a collaborator of Osborn Industries." Harry turned sideways, pointed to the Brood Queen behind him, and then pointed to Strange opposite: "Stephen Strange from another universe, a new member of the Strange Academy."

"The third Strange? I hope he's as interesting as the first two." Ophelia extended a huge forelimb towards Strange.

"Wow, you understand human language and can communicate with people?" Strange shook the forelimb that Ophelia handed over, which was bigger than his body, and exclaimed at the gentle female voice that appeared in his mind, and gave Harry a confused and puzzled look.

Didn't you say that the Brood are cruel, barbaric by nature, and love hunting and killing? How come he didn't feel any killing intent or threat from Ophelia's voice and body?

"The Brood have a certain degree of intelligence, but compared to intelligent races, they are more inclined to beasts. Ophelia has gained intelligence and calmness with our help, and is a relatively human-friendly and mild-tempered Queen. Our cooperation has always been pleasant. Strictly speaking, the embryos here all belong to Ophelia's children, and she naturally has absolute control over them." Harry understood Strange's eyes and gave the answer.

"Please rest assured, I have cooperated with members of the Strange Academy, and I understand your rules. I will cooperate with you in this mission, as long as you don't stop me from devouring the genes of the Annihilation Wave. I competed with other Queens to get this opportunity." Ophelia's voice was still gentle, like a kind lady. "They will allow me to evolve to a new level and widen the gap with other Brood Queens."

(End of this chapter)