Chapter 291

"Oops! I'm stuck!"

Star-Lord suddenly had another mishap; his head was actually stuck in the gap because it was too big.

He pulled at his head with his hands and asked Nebula for help pitifully, "Sister... can you help me bend it a bit more..."

Nebula, however, rolled her beautiful eyes, seemingly too lazy to pay attention to him...

"Forget it... I'll do it."

Ye Li withdrew his hand, shook the moisture from his fingertips, grabbed the cell door bar, and easily pulled it open a bit more—

......... 0 0

—*Creak!*

Star-Lord finally squeezed out and expressed his gratitude to Ye Li repeatedly, "Great! ...I'm saved! Long live the boss!"

"Mm. ...There's nothing to stay here for, let's go outside."

Ye Li took the lead and walked out of the cell, chatting with Star-Lord as they walked, "Tell me... how did you get caught by Yondu?"

Star-Lord had already taken over Knowhere with Gamora and the others, and Drax was much stronger than the movie version; logically speaking... Star-Lord shouldn't have been so easily caught by Yondu.

"It's like this... Mr. Ye..."

Star-Lord said somewhat embarrassedly, "I was planning to take a private job at the time, so I went to Sovereign alone to negotiate, but I didn't expect to be caught by Yondu halfway..."

"Sovereign?" Ye Li caught this word.

He had some impression of this name—

It seems Adam Warlock... was created by the people of Sovereign...

Maybe I can go take a look when I have time later...

Earth.

Hydra remnants, a secret base.

"How is the research going?"

Baron Strucker came to the lab to review the progress of a robot development project.

After being smashed by Sandman at his lair in Sokovia last time, he had hidden away with the remnants.

Later, during the outbreak of the Hydra-S.H.I.E.L.D. incident, Strucker took the opportunity to gather some other Hydra remnants and temporarily defected to Hive.

"We lost Dr. Zola... this artificial intelligence aspect... is a bit difficult to overcome..." the white-haired old researcher said truthfully.

"Trash!"

Strucker cursed and smashed a mechanical bionic sample in front of him with one hand—*Bang!*

"I said long ago, don't waste time and funds on such useless projects! What use are these mechanical trash, that guy Hive just won't listen...!"

Strucker's eyes revealed an undisguised, surging ambition, "If he continues to mess around like this without doing anything, when will we in Hydra rise again! It would be better to let me lead!"

"Baron, watch your words..."

The researcher was someone brought by the Baron, and he reminded him upon hearing this, "We are living under someone else's roof now... when living under a roof, one has to bow one's head..." (PS: Don't get hung up on how to say Chinese proverbs; the meaning is just that. Don't foreign movie subtitles often use Chinese idioms too?)

"Hmph! That guy doesn't have more ability than me... isn't it just that he happened to grow a face like Hydra, like a monster!"

Strucker was still cursing, but didn't notice the mechanical "nine hundred" face he was pinching gradually lighting up with the glow of booting up...

"Eh... why did it start by itself? Did the program have an error?"

The old researcher discovered the abnormality and was about to check it—

*Click—!*

The robot moved at this moment, flicked its hand, and sent him flying.

"What's going on? Is the piece of junk broken?!"

Strucker was startled and let go, preparing to retreat.

But Ultron wouldn't give him this chance; it raised its metal arm, exerted force suddenly, and pierced through his chest in the blink of an eye!

*Zzzzt~*—!

Blood splattered!

"Uh..."

Strucker's eyes quickly lost focus, and he slumped weakly to the ground, simply receiving his lunch box...

*Zzzzt*—

Ultron pulled its hand out, looked around at the fleeing personnel, and emitted a cold electronic voice—

"This place... is now taken over by me... and I, do not need living people..."

Undersea Kingdom, Talokan.

"How about it, Lord Namor? Decided to join us?"

Victor Doom sat opposite Namor and slowly tempted him, "The purpose of our Illuminati is mutual help and support; as long as you are willing to join us and provide assistance, we will also help you obtain... the vibranium you want..."

*Tap tap tap...*

Namor tapped his fingers on the armrest and said expressionlessly, "How should I believe you, or rather... how should I believe you have the strength to cooperate with us?"

Hearing this, Victor Doom tilted his head slightly and glanced at Magneto beside him...

"Do it yourself, don't think about ordering me around..." Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) squinted his eyes leisurely and didn't make any moves.

Victor Doom turned his head back indifferently, held up a palm with his right hand, and magical lightning erupted from his palm, rapidly spreading and diffusing, electrocuting all the surrounding undersea creatures.

Namor stood up instantly, "They are all my friends!"

"Friends? Just another name for tools..."

Victor Doom closed his palm, "I have no interest in this kind of playful performance... we might as well be direct—

Will you join... or not join?"

Namor sat back down, lowered his head to think calmly for a moment, and said, "We can try to cooperate..."

"No matter... you will soon see our strength..."

Victor Doom flicked his green cloak, stood up, and said, "By then, I'm afraid you'll want to join us voluntarily..."

Namor nodded slightly, "I hope so."

[Victor...]

At this moment, Victor Doom suddenly heard Hive's voice; it was requesting contact with him...

*Whoosh~*—

Victor Doom waved his hand, and a magical projection floated in the water—

The function of this magic was similar to a video call, and the image in the projection was Hive, who looked a bit anxious.

[Victor... my base has been taken down!]

Hive said angrily: [I can't contact it at all now... I suspect it was the Avengers or the club people! There is a lot of important data and information in the base that absolutely cannot be lost!]

[You take people to check it out first; if you can't solve the problem, then contact us again...]

Victor Doom's voice was dull; clearly, he was unhappy that Hive had contacted him without finding out the specific situation.

[Victor! You can't... what if it's an enemy conspiracy!]

Hive continued to persuade, wanting others to help it scout the path first...

[Enough... give me the specific news, and I'll consider taking people to help you...]

Victor didn't have the patience to say more to it and waved his hand to close the magical curtain.

Namor had heard the conversation clearly from the side and said to Victor with a half-smile, "Looks like... your group isn't very united..."

"Each has their own thoughts..." Victor's voice was hoarse and dull.

After leaving this sentence.

He and Magneto left.

— Author's Notes —

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