After all, while others didn't know, Ultron was very aware that the target its second boss, Tony, wanted it to strike was no Captain Marvel—it was clearly its true Master!
But it had no way to tell Tony directly, because Ryan had specifically instructed it earlier not to tell the others the truth; he wanted the other Superheroes to face this as a genuine life-and-death battle!
However, the lack of a response from Ultron caused Tony to frown. He tapped his helmet and said anxiously, "Hey, Ultron, don't tell me you've crashed at a time like this. So many people are watching, don't screw with me!"
At that moment, Ultron's core program, composed of the power of the Mind Stone, suddenly received a core command. Consequently, it finally responded to Tony.
[Understood, Mr. Stark. Authorization received. space-based weapon activated. Target calibration complete. Preparing strike countdown: 3, 2, 1...]
[Fire!]
Swoosh——————————
Whish——————————
Almost at the same time Tony's space-based weapon fired, Nano Tony on the other side finished charging as well. He launched the electromagnetic cannon, which contained the lightning power of two Thors and one Electro, toward 'Captain Marvel'!
In the next moment, the green beam falling from the space-based weapon and the blue-white beam from the nano-electromagnetic cannon both carried destructive energy as they descended from above onto the head of 'Captain Marvel,' who was doubly sealed by a lethal amount of Silk and frost!
In the extreme collision of energy, the World fell silent for a second before the impact suddenly expanded outward!
Rumble————————————
The simultaneous firing of the space-based cannon and the electromagnetic cannon triggered a massive explosion that split the entire battlefield into three colors: red, green, and blue!
Although the resulting explosion was far less violent than a nuclear bomb and its range wasn't as wide...
In terms of damage value, either one of them individually would have far exceeded the power of a single nuclear explosion!
The effect of these two peak technological weapons firing together was something even Vibranium, known as the hardest metal on Earth, couldn't withstand, let alone carbon-based lifeforms!
The crisis caused by these two peak technological feats didn't just catch the attention of national satellites monitoring the area; even Shuri, the chief scientist and Princess of Wakanda, widened her eyes slightly at this moment.
You have to understand, she had always believed that Wakandan technology was far ahead of the outside World, and that she was a super-genius who surpassed Tony Stark!
It was only because Wakanda had remained isolated that her talents had never been displayed before everyone, allowing Tony Stark to hold the title of Earth's most brilliant scientist!
But today, for the first time, Shuri doubted if she was truly more of a genius than Tony Stark...
Because whether it was that nano-armor or the space-based weapon, these were technologies Wakanda didn't have—technologies she hadn't mastered!
Could it be that the modern society they in Wakanda looked down upon as backward had really developed to the point of surpassing their ultra-modern nation?
Or rather, was Tony Stark truly more of a genius than she was?!
"No! I absolutely won't allow it! It's just nanotechnology, just space-based weapons! If you can do it, Tony Stark, then as the Princess of Wakanda, I can too—and I'll do it better than you!"
At this moment, the little princess of Wakanda moved up the manufacturing schedule for the nano Black Panther suit she had originally planned to arrange for her brother, T'Challa, in a few years! (Trivia: The Black Panther nano-suit actually only appeared after the timeline of Captain America 3: Civil War.)
Thinking of this, Shuri was no longer in the mood to continue watching the scene of gods fighting. She turned and walked quickly away from the monitoring area toward the laboratory.
Right now, her most important task was to surpass Tony Stark first!
It was precisely because of this turn that she failed to notice a blinking red dot suddenly light up within the area of Wakanda's dome field on the screen.
Furthermore, the red dot only flashed once before immediately going dark on the detection screen, as if it had never happened. Even Wakanda's artificial intelligence failed to react, thus ignoring this fleeting, unfamiliar red dot.
And this was about to bring a near-catastrophic disaster to Wakanda—and the disaster wouldn't be limited to Wakanda alone...
Ten seconds ago, Wakanda, a certain cliff.
A white portal opened. First, a rotting, six-armed spider monster rushed out of the portal at incredible speed, followed by one figure after another wearing various spider suits.
The moment they emerged, whether it was the six-armed spider monster or the pursuing Spider-Men, the bracelet devices on their wrists flashed a momentary red warning light, but immediately turned blue to signal the alarm had been cleared.
This was why Wakanda's dome field detected an unknown intruder, but the intruder immediately disappeared.
Because these intruding Spider-Men were actually wearing a type of dimension-crossing bracelet that surpassed Wakandan technology and could bypass Wakanda's field detection!
Moreover, if one looked closely, they would see that the dimension-crossing bracelets on these Spider-Men's wrists were different from the ones created by Spider-Man 2099 in the Spider-Family!
And its creator was indeed not Miguel, Spider-Man 2099, but a very special Spider-Man. Although he possessed the body of Spider-Man, his soul was not that of Spider-Man!
That's right, the creator of the bracelets was our Superior Spider-Man, Otto Parker!
And the Spider-Men who followed Otto Parker out were naturally the Superior Spider-Army led by him!
Otto Parker looked at the six-armed spider monster rushing toward the Wakandan capital, 'Birnin Zana,' and his expression was grim to the extreme!
Because, damn it, the area below the cliff where they appeared was actually a plain. Forget skyscrapers for them to swing their Silk from, there weren't even many trees!
This left these Spider-Men with only two legs, completely unable to catch up with that escaping spider monster that used both hands and feet for a total of eight limbs!
The other Spider-Men who chased after him also noticed this and couldn't help but look at their leader, Otto Parker, with eyes full of anxiety:
"What do we do? Ben Reilly is heading toward other cities, and he's carrying the zombie virus from that fallen Zombie Universe!"
Otto Parker glanced at the six-armed spider monster, which was already out of sight, and sighed:
"Sigh, there's nothing we can do. Our speed on the ground is completely inferior to Reilly's, who is rampaging under the influence of the zombie virus. He's probably already reached that city and started 'spreading' the virus by now..."
Hearing this, the other Spider-Men grew even more anxious. They began talking all at once, unanimously suggesting they should quickly head to that city to save people.
Only Otto Parker shook his head in refusal and said in a heavy voice:
"No, the zombie virus spreads extremely fast. Even if we rush there now, it will be futile. We won't be able to save many people at all..."
Hearing his words, the other true Spider-Men—who, unlike Otto Parker, were filled with a sense of justice—immediately became angry and began to accuse him:
"What do you mean by that? Do you intend to just give up on the civilians in that city and watch them become zombies or food?"
"Otto Parker, don't forget that it's because you insisted on finding that powerful Spider-Man who supposedly wiped out the Inheritor Family that we accidentally entered that damned Zombie Universe!"
"That's right! If you hadn't insisted on constantly crossing Universes, Reilly, wearing the dimension-crossing bracelet, wouldn't have been bitten by a zombie and mutated! Now a new World is about to suffer a zombie crisis just like that Zombie Universe because of you, and you intend to just sit back and do nothing?"
"Hmph, I think he just doesn't want to deal with it. Otto Parker, if you're afraid, then leave on your own. We'll be the ones to save the people in that city!"
Facing the collective accusations of all the Spider-Men, Otto Parker, who already had a short temper, saw his face darken completely. He looked around at these foolish peers with cold eyes and sneered:
"Heh, fine. You all think it's entirely my fault and that I'm a selfish villain, right? Then you idiots go save people just like you said!"
"Let's see how many people you can save, and let's see how many more mutated, rampaging zombie spider-monsters this World will end up with, making an already terrible situation even worse!"
"Hahahaha! A single mutated zombie Spider-Man can cause a city to fall rapidly. Guess how long this World will last if all of you turn into zombies?!"