American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 508 T'Challa: Bant is about to eat all the vibranium!
night.

Wakanda.

Su Rui yawned as she worked overtime alone.

As one of the smartest people in the world, she is responsible for the safety of the group that will be going to the cancerous universe to carry out the explosion plan.

The cosmic fault line is not located near Earth in another universe, so it is conceivable that this is a long journey.

She had to act as a lighthouse, sending signals to Tony and the others, and responding promptly to provide support.

She has been doing this job for several days now.

Of course, this could also have been handled by artificial intelligence, allowing Azmis and Friday to connect and issue commands.

However, Su Rui had other things to investigate.

"Let me see who's stealing our vibranium!" she said through gritted teeth, keeping an eye on the situation in the cancerous universe while watching the vibranium vault in the lab via the monitor.

A few days ago, she discovered that the vibranium stored in the laboratory was decreasing.

At first, she didn't think much of it, assuming she had misremembered the number. But after a few days, the vibranium in the lab was almost completely used up, which made it impossible for her not to notice that a little mouse had sneaked in!

"The last time something like this happened was a few years ago with a guy named Ulysses!"

She got angry just thinking about that white man with white hair.

Ulysses Crow

For decades, he had been smuggling small amounts of vibranium out of Wakanda, which had already made him a wanted man worldwide. In the end, Norman caught the petty thief and handed him over to them for personal execution.

And now, there are actually people who are eyeing Wakanda's vibranium!
This is absolutely intolerable!
As she was thinking this, she suddenly saw the monitor screen flicker, and then a faint, semi-transparent figure appeared out of thin air, wandering around the laboratory as if sleepwalking.

"Wait, Bant Parker?"

Su Rui recognized the hero from the Bant Watch: "I think his name is Ice Ghost."

But what is the other party doing in the laboratory as an ice ghost?
Stealing vibranium?
Do not make jokes!
She dismissed the absurd thought from her mind.

Anyone in this world could steal vibranium, but Bant Parker couldn't.

Because the amount of vibranium the other side possesses has long exceeded that of Wakanda.

Several years ago, Wakanda lost a large amount of vibranium due to the Ultron incident.

Ultron was eventually defeated, but the Vibranium team was too embarrassed to ask Bant to return that portion of the vibranium.

After all, they didn't contribute anything to this matter.

Later, the Bant mined vibranium in Antarctica, and the total amount and types of vibranium exceeded those in Wakanda. There was no need for them to steal small things for the laboratory.

Trusting Bant, Su Rui chose to continue watching.

But what happened next made her start to doubt whether she was dreaming.

The icy phantom in the scene returned from the phase space, picked up a piece of vibranium in its physical form, and then stuffed it directly into its mouth, chewing it vigorously.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

Even through the screen, Su Rui could almost hear the metallic clang and feel his teeth ache.

Su Rui felt as if his worldview had been shattered three times in an instant.

The first time was when she discovered that the person who stole the vibranium was actually Bant. The second time was when she discovered that the person stole the vibranium not for technology or money, but actually for food.

The third time, Bant actually managed to bite the vibranium to pieces!
No, buddy?
That's vibranium, not rock candy!
You just crunched it up like that?
Is this right?
She quickly picked up the phone and dialed: "Hey, brother, something terrible has happened!"

"what happened?"

On the other end of the phone, T'Challa was still sleepy.

Su Rui immediately recounted everything she had seen. After listening, T'Challa was surprised, but not entirely.

“After all, it’s Bant Parker; he can always do things that we can’t do with ease,” T’Challa said.

"Let him eat, we're all brothers! Besides, how much can he eat? He's not going to eat us out of house and home, is he?"

"That's not what I'm worried about."

Su Rui shook his head and said that this amount of vibranium was really nothing: "I'm worried that he might get an upset stomach."

"Don't overthink it. He must have his reasons for doing this. Maybe he's just lacking some trace elements, like iron."

T'Challa gave up thinking and waved his hand like the Jade Emperor in Journey to the West.

Ignore him!

Su Rui's face turned black with anger.

Are vibranium and iron the same thing?
"Fine, since you've put it that way, I'm not going to bother with it anymore!"

She simply turned off the surveillance camera and hung up the phone.

Anyway, there's only so much vibranium in the lab, it won't matter if we eat it all.

If you have food-related problems, just don't blame her.

Given Bant's past practices, he still has some credibility.

While she was leaving things to her own devices, Bant had already devoured all the vibranium in the laboratory in the blink of an eye.

But this amount is still not enough for him.

Or rather, he couldn't satisfy the child in his womb.

The Frost Ghosts are a genderless race that reproduces once every eighty years. During this period, the wearer of the Omnitrix will uncontrollably and intermittently transform, accumulating nutrients for their offspring.

Generally speaking, the components of nutrients are metals, namely iron.

But in Wakanda, the Ice Wraith smelled an even sweeter scent and made sure the element was good for his children.

Yes, it's vibranium.

As for how he managed to crush the vibranium, that's thanks to the little broken watch.

As Noah's Ark, which exists to perpetuate the intelligent race, it seems to have determined that the Ice Specters need to consume vibranium to replenish their nutrients, and therefore has made some minor enhancements.

At this moment, the Ice Ghost, having consumed all the vibranium in the laboratory, became increasingly agitated.

He looked around; all he saw were various metals, but none of them were vibranium. Having tasted this metal, he no longer cared about these mundane things. So he passed straight through the wall, following the scent of vibranium, and flew towards the vibranium mine within the mountains of Wakanda.

……

Tchala slept soundly all night until his father, Tchaka, sent someone to wake him up, at which point he groggily walked to the palace.

Seeing his father, mother, sister, and everyone else with serious expressions, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Why do you all look like the sky has fallen?"

"It's more terrifying than the sky falling down!"

His mother said.

Tchaka was in tears, his majesty gone, replaced only by guilt towards his ancestors: "I never imagined that Wakanda's legacy of so many years would be destroyed in my hands! How can I face my ancestors, how can I face the great panther god!"

"What happened?"

"See for yourself!"

Tchaika sadly pulled up the surveillance footage, and Tchaika watched it repeatedly, but couldn't figure it out.

"Nothing?"

"Yes, but before this morning, this was the world's second-largest vibranium mine! Until some spendthrift told his sister, 'It's okay, let him eat it!'"

T'Challa: ???

"Wait, what did you say? This is a vibranium mine in Wakanda?"

His eyes widened.

Such a huge vibranium mine, and it's all been eaten up?
"That's not true."

Tchaka then changed the subject: "What's being eaten so far is the outermost layer of the vein, which accounts for about one percent of the remaining total."

The vibranium mine is not a complete whole.

When vibranium fell from the sky, the high temperature caused by atmospheric friction made it less solid, and it broke into many fragments upon impact.

But even one percent of an entire mine is an extremely terrifying amount.

"Moreover, the other party's appetite is constantly increasing. A few days ago, the little bit of food in the lab was enough to satisfy him, but now he has eaten hundreds of tons in one night... At this rate, it will only take him a few days to eat up all the vibranium."

"I can't believe it," Su Rui said in despair.

"He must be stopped!"

T'Challa said firmly, "Sure, report this to Norman Osborn, the security officer of the Celestial Guild, immediately and request assistance. We are no match for Bant on our own."

A few minutes later, Norman Osborn, having figured out what had happened, summoned the remaining agents on Earth.

This also includes Felicia and Ruma.

Luma crossed her four arms, racking her brains but still couldn't figure out a problem.

She asked, "Why should I help you deal with the younger class?"

"As Xiao Ban's future wife, no matter what he does, I will stand by his side. So, you'll have to get past me first!"

She picked up the magic hammer.

"Felicia, come over here too!"

T'Challa was numb and looked at Norman Osborn with a hint of resentment.

Brother, I asked you to find some help, not to find help for Bant!

Fortunately, Felicia was still quite clear-headed and quickly said to Luma, "No, Luma, I'm worried that something might have happened to Ben."

Norman added, "Yes, Ben's behavior is very abnormal right now, and T'Challa and the others have tried to communicate with him, but Ben hasn't responded at all."

That alone is enough to worry them.

"it `s just normal."

Luma shook her head and said, "That's how the Nakfuge aliens are. Ben must be entering their egg-laying period now. During this time, he needs to replenish a lot of metal."

As the princess of the Red Peak Empire, an interstellar civilization, Luma has a considerable understanding of the well-known races in the universe.

"Laying! Egg! Period!?"

Felicia was so frightened she almost collapsed to the ground.

"Is my little class going to be all girls?! I don't want that!"

"And if they really do lay eggs, whose child will it be? Mine? Yours? Or perhaps Mary Jane, Eunice, Wanda, or Helen Zhao…"

Felicia frantically recited the names of the dishes.

The sheer number of names that came out of her mouth made even the decadent capitalist Norman and the even more decadent tribal chief Tchaka feel ashamed.

This relationship is such a mess!
"I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out!" Felicia clutched her head in anguish.

It's just that there were too many people at those nights.

“It has nothing to do with you, it’s asexual reproduction,” Ruma said, shaking her head. “It happens once every eighty years, but we can all be godmothers.”

Felicia calmed down.

"That's good."

Even if it means getting Xiaoban pregnant, she has to be the first one!
Peter, relieved to hear that Bant was alright, couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's hilarious! So I'm going to be an uncle soon? Unbelievable, Peter! That sounds great! I wonder how happy Uncle Ben and Aunt May would be if they knew they were going to be grandparents."

"Stop laughing."

Luma glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "Your watch also has Nakfuge DNA, so you'll have to give birth to one someday."

"Walter?"

"But, but this is a copy."

“But the genes are real,” Ruma shrugged.

"Oh my god!" Peter exclaimed, cupping his face in his hands, "Does that mean I'll lay eggs too? What do you think I'll get if I lay eggs? Will they be moths or spiders?"

“You asked me, and my advice is to take off your watch,” Norman said succinctly.

"That won't work!"

(End of this chapter)