Chapter 682

Su Quan’s residence in San Francisco is located on a slope at the only intersection of the road. The architect utilized the elevation difference of the terrain to arrange the entire house on a raised terrace. The whole courtyard is significantly higher than the road surface, and combined with the trees planted at the street corner, it gains a pocket of tranquility in the bustling city.

The view from the courtyard is excellent; it allows one to see the street scene while simultaneously blocking the gaze of passersby.

I can see you, but you cannot see me.

Excellent privacy!

This is not the first time Anne Weying has been here, nor is it the first time she has spent the night here, but her mood at this moment is completely different from before, because this time, she has officially moved in to live with Su Quan.

She is tireless in placing her belongings in every corner of the house. Several times, Su Quan wanted to speak but stopped himself, only to be rebuffed by her first, leaving him with no choice but to let it be and go to the sofa to act like a master who wouldn't even lift a finger if an oil bottle tipped over.

"Life One calling Foundation Control Center, sample collection complete, returning to base."

"Received, Life One, prepare for re-entry into the atmosphere."

"Understood, initiating re-entry procedure."

"Coordinates zero point four, one zero three."

"..."

Su Quan heard the dialogue between the control center and the Life One rocket transmitted from the Life Foundation base.

The rocket returns, the symbiote descends to Earth, and the plot of Venom should also be kicking off.

Su Quan squinted slightly, his X-ray vision piercing through the roof of the house and the brilliant night sky, locking directly onto the Life One rocket ship rapidly approaching from outside the Earth.

At the same time, his super hearing continued to monitor the communications of the Life Foundation control center.

"Oh, damn it, close it, seal it up..." The panicked shouts of an astronaut suddenly came from the Life One rocket ship.

"Calling Life One, signal is unstable, please respond."

"Mayday, Life One, mayday."

"Control Center calling Life One, please respond."

"Control Center calling Life One."

"..."

Amidst the worried calls from the control center, the Life One rocket ship, which had been perfectly normal, suddenly burst into raging flames and, having completely lost control, plummeted rapidly toward Earth.

A long red trail streaked across the night sky, and finally, with a bang, it crashed into a forest.

Fierce winds raged, flames spread, surrounding trees and flowers were burned to nothing, the ground was churned up, and a long trench was gouged out by the rocket.

Malaysia, Eastern region.

Sarawak State.

Sibu, twenty kilometers to the west.

The nose of the damaged Life One rocket ship was burning fiercely. At this location and with this sudden situation, it would take the local authorities and the Life Foundation at least half an hour to arrive at the scene.

"Falling directly from space to Earth, yet only the nose and the exterior of the hull are damaged; the Life Foundation's rocket ship is built quite sturdily."

Su Quan muttered, his gaze passing through the ship's hull, and he quickly discovered the four boxes under strict guard.

Of these four boxes, three were sealed tight, containing black, yellow, and blue symbiotes rolling and surging inside; the last box had already been opened, and the symbiote that had been inside was gone.

"The black one is Venom, the yellow one is Phage, the blue one is Lasher, and the last one that disappeared is Riot, who seems to be the ruler of the symbiote planet."

"Rather than saying the Life Foundation discovered the symbiotes, it's more like the symbiotes discovered the Life Foundation and discovered Earth."

"Riot's goal seems to be to use the Life Foundation to bring the symbiotes from his own planet to Earth and then rule Earth."

"Riot is quite strong; I can leave him for Venom and Eddie Brock to grind, and I'll just finish things off at the last moment. As for Venom, that guy who gradually likes to 'face the man,' I'll leave him to Eddie."

"As for Phage and Lasher..."

"With such flashy names, yet they died so sloppily; what a pity."

Su Quan's thoughts shifted slightly, and a mass of yellow 'liquid' instantly appeared out of thin air, hovering before him like a pool of stagnant, lifeless water.

"I am, after all, the first human you've seen since arriving on Earth; playing dead is pointless, isn't it?"

Su Quan looked at it with a smile, but it remained like a solid, dead object, without any reaction at all.

"Heh—"

"I don't know who you are, and I know what you are! You're treating me like a fool by acting like this, so don't blame me!"

As the words fell, two scorching flames appeared out of thin air in the palms of Su Quan's hands.

Illuminated by the raging flames, the previously motionless yellow symbiote instantly surged violently and began to change shape rapidly.

But no matter how it changed, it remained suspended in mid-air, unable to move even a fraction.

Su Quan smiled as he withdrew the flames: "You're called Phage, right? I don't know if you can understand my words, after all, you haven't bonded with a human on Earth yet and don't understand human language."

"However..."

"Although you symbiotes are not humanoid life forms with bodies or brains, and conventional psychic abilities don't work on you, I think you should be able to understand what I'm saying, right?"

"After all, my psychic ability is not a common, conventional psychic ability. Let alone a life form like you that has thoughts and mature thinking, even for life forms without thoughts, I can barely communicate with them."

Symbiotes are a type of life form with very obvious strengths and weaknesses; their abilities are very strong and comprehensive, and their unique structure can even play an unexpected role at certain times.

For example, symbiotes can be immune to psychic control and attacks. Even for Su Quan, he can only communicate with them, not control them. Attacking them is like Su Quan being able to communicate with trees and plants but not being able to control them to walk a few steps.

This has nothing to do with the strength of the psychic ability; it is simply the unique structure of the symbiote.

For another example, symbiotes can be immune to Ghost Rider's soul attacks. Ghost Rider's Penance Stare is one of his most powerful abilities. When he looks into someone's eyes, hellfire enters the other person's body, burning their soul.

But the symbiote's structure makes it one of the few life forms immune to this ability.

Soul?

What is a soul?

Symbiotes have no soul!

"Who—are—you?"

In Su Quan's psychic perception, Phage sent a response that roughly meant this.

Hearing its response, Su Quan smiled and said: "Who I am now is not important; what's important is who I will be in a moment!"

After speaking, Su Quan summoned Phage directly in front of him and flicked a finger at it.

"Ding!"

"..."