Marvel's Kamen Rider Chronicles

“Stark, you’re a smart man. Join me in the glorious evolution.” Reed extended a sincere invitation to Tony Stark.

“You’re really crazy! I would never turn into a disgusting bug.” Stark refused without hesitation.

After saying that, he summoned the Insect Instrument, transformed into Silver Fighter, and intended to take down the already possessed Reed.

Reed's smile faded, and he shook his head slightly: "What a pity. I thought that as the smartest person on Earth with the closest IQ to mine, you would be different from others and be able to understand me."

The insect device flew into Reed's hand, and the Golden Bucket Armor was fully donned.

Two figures, one gold and one silver, collided at lightning speed. In a short instant, the laboratory was a complete mess, ravaged by the aftershocks of the battle between the gold and silver figures. The high-strength titanium alloy floor and walls were also riddled with holes and broken.

During the battle, Reed's Gold Bucket form displayed an overwhelming advantage, completely surpassing Stark's Silver Bucket form in both strength and defense.

It can almost completely ignore Yin Dou's ordinary attacks, only attacking without defending, without needing to dodge, and each attack, if it hits, will cause Yin Dou considerable damage.

Stark was completely unable to fight head-on and could only choose to fight on the move, prioritizing dodging.

However, this could not last long. Not long after, Stark was hit by Golden Bull several times and could not hold on any longer. He withdrew from his Ascendant transformation, deactivated his transformation, clutched his chest, and knelt on the ground, unable to fight any longer.

“How could this be?…” Stark was somewhat incredulous; the power Jin Dou was displaying was completely different from what it had shown before.

"See? This is my power after evolving into a protozoan," Reed proudly boasted to Stark.

"The user's own strength determines the power that the Knight System can exert; the protozoan body is completely superior to that of humans."

"The era of protozoa has arrived, and this is an inevitable trend. Any attempt to stop this tide is futile."

Stark glared at Reed, sneering disdainfully: "So for the sake of so-called evolution, you betrayed your roots and sided with the Protozoa, you traitor who has forgotten your ancestors!"

“I have simply chosen a better path for humanity,” Reed said solemnly, unmoved.

"Evolution is an instinct and pursuit of living beings. Haven't modern humans evolved through countless iterations to become what they are today...?"

"Humanity's future should be chosen by them, not by you!" Stark interrupted Reed without any politeness.

"It shouldn't be that they were forcibly transformed into some kind of nonsensical protozoan by a group of bugs that came from outer space."

Reed shook his head slightly: "I've just come to terms with reality. Since a large number of humans have already been transformed into protozoa, it's impossible for us to eliminate all the protozoa. We can only accelerate the process."

Seeing Stark's undisguised hostility, he sighed with a hint of regret.

He picked up a syringe, ignored Stark's resistance, and injected it into Stark's body.

“That way, you’ll soon be one of us, and then perhaps you’ll understand me,” Reed laughed heartily.

It is clear that the injection Reed gave Stark was capable of transforming humans into protozoa.

Stark immediately understood, his face turning extremely grim.

"I'll be going now." Reed blasted through the wall and quickly left.

"Stark, are you alright? Did Reed really defect to the Protoss?" Not long after, Coulson and Black Widow, who were staying at the base, transformed into Queen Bee and Scorpion and rushed to the scene after receiving Stark's notification.

Stark gave a bitter smile: "Actually, he's already transformed himself into a protozoan, and I was also... "

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"What should we do now?"

"At this rate, the vast majority of humans on Earth will soon be transformed into protozoa, and then Earth will belong to the protozoa, with humans becoming a minority." Quicksilver was clearly anxious. With Mr. Fantastic Reed joining the team, Gravik was quickly able to mass-produce more portable and effective protozoan genetic converters.

The efficiency of human-to-protozoan transformation is greatly improved.

Unlike the previous large-scale devices that a few knights could quickly destroy, there are now too many to completely destroy.

"They even ignored us!" Captain Carter's resentful tone was tinged with a sense of helplessness.

The protozoan faction's main focus now is on eradicating the alien insects on Earth, completely ignoring the actions of the human superheroes.

If the enemy doesn't react to your actions, it means you pose no threat whatsoever, which is the worst-case scenario.

At this point, in the eyes of the protozoa, all humans would eventually be transformed into protozoa, while the aliens were considered outcasts and needed to be completely eliminated.

"How is Stark?" Nick Fury sighed silently and asked Captain Carter.

"Tony used his own body as a test subject to study the transformation of humans into protozoa, trying to find a way to reverse this process." Captain Carter shook his head with a heavy expression.

"Even with the help of Mordo's magical power, it can only delay and pause the process of transforming into protozoa; there is still no clue as to how to turn back into a human."

“Karmar-Taj possesses time magic, and can even reverse time, so how can it be powerless?” Peter asked, puzzled.

The Insect Transcending Time Device, capable of transcending time, was created with the help of Mordo's magical power.

“What Stark wants is a mass-producible, universal method to turn protozoa back into humans,” Captain Carter explained.

"Relying solely on the power of magic is simply not a universal solution."

There are only a handful of mages with sufficient skill, and they can only restore so many people.

Moreover, the spells cast by Kamar-Taj sorcerers all come at a price, so they can't actually use many spells.

"So, we're really helpless?" Quicksilver said, sounding somewhat dejected.

Everyone remained silent, and the atmosphere became incredibly heavy and oppressive.

“Unless we stop Gravik’s plot beforehand,” Ben Riley said meaningfully.

"How is this possible? Could it be that you can travel through time and go back to the past to change history?" Quicksilver was somewhat confused.

Peter's heart stirred, and his eyes lit up: "Perhaps, it really is possible to travel through time."

"To surpass Kabuto's speed and time, to go back in time, and to stop the protozoa's plot ahead of time."

"Are you sure?" Nick Fury looked intently at Peter.

“We have no other choice.” Peter’s tone was resolute, as if he had nothing to lose.

When we defeated the Zerg-transformed Skrull Queen, we did briefly cross time, but it was only for a very short period of time, almost an instant.

Now we need to go back to before Gravik activated the protozoan conversion device, which can be calculated in days.

The difference is thousands of times greater, and the difficulty is unimaginable.

However, this is the only way, and we must try our best. (End of Chapter)