Chapter 675: Someone is Stealing Electricity and Didn't Bring Me! (Part 2)

While the "Four Squares of Lack of Morality" were discussing the specific plan, on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, in Eddie Brock's home, Venom sat on one side of the sofa, one hand supporting his knee, and said in a very serious tone:

"... The situation is roughly like this, so now I have a plan."

"Wait a minute!" Blue Spirit, one of the several symbiotes sitting on the opposite sofa, spoke up: "You're not going crazy anymore?... Oh, you've always been crazy. I mean, you're not as hyper as before?"

"Hmph." Venom snorted and said: "How long did you think that could bother me?... What? Coward, shut up, I'm talking about serious business!"

Venom fought with Eddie in his mind again. Thunder, sitting to the side, rolled his eyes and said: "You called us here, what exactly do you want to say? Hurry up and finish, we still have things to do."

"Things to do? What things do you have? Sliding around on New York's power lines? Or being a goalkeeper for a football team? Fighting in the ring at Kamar-Taj?" Venom's gaze lingered on Thunder, Green Thorn, and Blue Spirit respectively. The few whose daily activity patterns were exposed all coughed a few times, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Cosmic Agents? Yeah, once self-proclaimed righteous Cosmic Agents, now degenerating on Earth. Where are your great ambitions? Your grand ideals? Your righteous heart that sweeps away chaos in the universe?"

"You have no standing to accuse us, Venom." Blue Spirit said in a calm tone: "You are not one of us, and you were once our enemy."

"In this world, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. I know, the current situation of the Cosmic Agents is very awkward, especially in the Andromeda Galaxy..."

Seeing the expressions of the few Cosmic Agents, Venom knew he had hit the mark. Currently, the status of the Cosmic Agents was indeed a bit awkward. After all, after the Andromeda Galaxy experienced a reshuffling of forces, the entire symbiote race had almost broken ties with all surviving races in the galaxy.

Moreover, after the fact that a terrifying chaos monster was imprisoned inside their home planet became known to other races, the stance of the Cosmic Agents became less clear.

If they were truly an advanced and noble race, they should have first solved the bomb on their home planet. Leaving a creature that could endanger the entire universe alone while wandering around the universe, talking about upholding justice and maintaining peace, seemed a bit hypocritical.

However, the symbiotes also had grievances they couldn't voice. Knull was not an existence that could be killed. As long as this universe still possessed chaos power, he would never die. Even imprisoning him was extremely difficult.

But if they told this fact to all the races in the universe, those races would only be more panicked and more hostile toward them.

Moreover, the Cosmic Agents had imprisoned Knull. Knull must hate them to the bone, but those races that survived because Knull was imprisoned might not necessarily thank them.

They felt this was what the Cosmic Agents should do. Even if they let a part of Knull's power escape, these survivors would instead curse them, feeling the Cosmic Agents were derelict in their duties.

It could be said that this was a thankless job. Survival and competition between cosmic races were life-and-death, never talking about morality. Practicing morality and justice here was destined to be an incomparably difficult path.

"I know, you want to reverse this situation, but you think too narrowly." Venom said in a hoarse voice: "You are always thinking about how to completely kill Knull, but in reality, it's better to improve yourselves first."

"Honestly speaking, are Cosmic Agents strong?" Venom raised a question, and then he answered it himself: "Perhaps so. Among many ordinary races, symbiotes that can travel freely in the universe, change forms at will, and exert different effects according to the different specialties of their hosts are indeed a very powerful race."

"But compared to those cosmic Demon Gods who are born with the ability to use origin energy, endlessly accumulate soul strength, or possess their own dimensions, what do symbiotes count for?"

"Not to mention others, that Demon God who descended over the symbiote planet at that time... what was his name? Chthon? He almost brought disaster to the entire planet, and the symbiotes had no way to resist."

"When the battle reaches this level, whether it's Cosmic Agents or ordinary symbiotes, we are all powerless."

"But..." Venom narrowed his eyes and said: "Do you want this situation to continue? Or, when a turning point arrives, are you willing to take a gamble?"

"What exactly do you want to do?" Green Thorn's voice was always very heavy. He was the most steady among the Cosmic Agents, and similarly, he always thought about problems more deeply.

From the beginning of hunting Venom, he didn't have that much hostility toward this special symbiote. Even now, he believed that a newborn, in an ignorant situation, becoming crazy because of his host, was actually a dereliction of duty by the race. Therefore, he was more willing to listen to Venom's suggestions.

"In the previous event of dealing with Knull, I obtained a large portion of energy from someone. I used this energy to strengthen myself, and now, I can also use magic." Venom's words were shocking. Blue Spirit widened his eyes and looked at him. He asked: "You can also use magic, then why have I never seen you use it?"

"It's because you rely too much on magic." Venom said with some disdain: "You are symbiotes, not mages. The most fundamental strength of symbiotes lies in evolution, and you are stagnating."

Venom's words hit the point: "I am pursuing endless possibilities, not trapping myself on the path of magic."

Blue Spirit was silenced by his words. Then, he heard Venom say: "Magic is not the point. What I want to say is, because I can use magic, I noticed the abnormalities happening to me early on."

"Just when I was meditating before, I saw a part of that bat totem, and at the same time heard the prayers of certain people to it."

"I discovered that because of these people's prayers, I could harvest faith power. This is also why I became very hyper before. This power is extremely active, which will greatly increase the soul activity of my host and will also affect me."

"So what?" Thunder asked.

"I discovered that I can respond to their prayers, and once they pray more focused, I can harvest more faith power, and then I can convert this power into energy that symbiotes can use."

When he said this, the other symbiotes looked at each other. Light lit up in Blue Spirit's eyes, and he asked: "Can the magical energy I use also be converted?"

"Of course, and it can be converted into a lot, much more than you imagine..." Venom said, separating a sticky tentacle and touching Blue Spirit's arm. Instantly, magical brilliance lit up, and Blue Spirit widened his eyes in shock.

The other two symbiotes looked at him. After Blue Spirit recovered from the shock, he slowly nodded and said: "If that's really the case, then isn't this faith power very precious?"

"That's right, but I am willing to share it with you, but the premise is that you must help me." Venom put forward his ultimate goal.

The other symbiotes looked at each other and exchanged a few words in a low voice. Then Blue Spirit spoke: "You tell us your plan first. If it's feasible, it's not like we can't help you."

"When I respond to the prayers, they will provide me with more faith power. In this process, I noticed that they seem to have other purposes, not because they truly believe in the totem that they pray."

"Perhaps they want to control this newborn totem and then use this totem to obtain more power, but as long as they have something they want, it's easy to handle." Venom concluded.

"People driven by interests are much easier to deal with than people who truly have faith." Venom's tone at this moment was very much like a human. He said in that low and hoarse tone: "They will be blinded by greed and lose their reason..."

"As long as they see hope for success, they will definitely increase their investment. And when they discover that all of this is a scam, because the investment is too high and the cost is too great, they can only bite the bullet and keep going..."

"So, as long as I give them a response, keeping the faith power at a level that can almost control the bat totem, and every time they are about to truly control the totem, I withdraw the power, then for the sake of that final push, they will definitely crazily increase their investment..."

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Blue Spirit nodded, indicating he understood the plan. He said: "Then, what do you need us to help you do?"

"According to my previous observations, perhaps their race is relatively special, or perhaps they have special methods to extract this faith power, but in short, the speed at which they provide this power is very fast."

"Power will accumulate in a short period of time, and I, or rather my host's body, cannot accept so much energy in a short period of time. That is to say, when I extract this energy, you must help share it to ensure that I and my host will not be blown up by excessive faith power."

Thunder moved his fingers and touched the tentacles behind him. He said: "Then, what about our benefits?"

"I will absorb as much faith power as possible, and the part you need to share is your reward. But you must promise me that you must split half of the power you get and give it to all the symbiotes."

When Venom said the first half of the sentence, the eyes of the other symbiotes lit up, but when they heard the second half, they were a bit puzzled. Blue Spirit asked: "Split it among all the symbiotes, why?"

"I already said, compared to those truly superior races, the individual strength of symbiotes is too weak. If we don't unite, carry out collective evolution, or completely change our life form to seek more possibilities, then one day, we will be eliminated by this universe."

Venom's tone was very deep, carrying a bit of emotion, not like him at all. He continued in this tone:

"Humans are very weak, right? I think when you were in contact with humans, you must have all thought so. The body and soul of this race are so frail, almost collapsing at a touch."

"But, the thing that truly allows them to stand in this universe, besides wisdom, is one more thing, and that is endless ambition."

"Greed, a trait that doesn't sound very good, is the most critical trait for every race when they embark on the path of competition and transcendence. If there is no greed for power, no obsession to become stronger by exhausting every ounce of strength, then there is only the fate of being eliminated."

The air in the room was silent. This atmosphere lasted for a long time. In fact, the symbiotes seemed to be thinking, where exactly is the future of the Klyntar race?

An ancient god-created race, gifted but also very unique. Over the long years, their evolution has been very slow. Although they can undergo different adaptive changes due to different hosts, the root has not changed.

The universe is changing, and no one knows when the tide of the new era will come. These things that happened in the Andromeda Galaxy sounded an alarm for this group of ancient creatures. When facing the various dangers of the universe and other powerful lives, they are no different from those ordinary races, and they have no power to resist.

Thinking of this, the other symbiotes felt the pressure increase. Because besides facing competition between cosmic races, the Cosmic Agents also had a bigger enemy, and that was Knull.

Once this ancient chaos creature wakes up, and they don't have enough power, their fate can be imagined.

After a long while, Blue Spirit looked at Venom and said:

"We are willing to help you, for the future of Klyntar..."

Venom also looked at him and said:

"For the future." ===== CHAPTER 676 =====