Mark did not realize that his shadow had grown slightly larger than before.
While he was gathering intelligence in the surrounding area, another shadow quietly slipped in through the overlapping shadows of the trees.
After a moment, the two shadows slipped away one after the other.
Mark looked at his own shadow in confusion. Did something just flash by?
Was it just his imagination?
A few hours later, Luke, who was showing Gwen around, paused slightly and gave a subtle nod.
Ever since the Antarctic incident, Luke had left a member of the Ninja Corps with Mark. This was to determine whether Umbrella Corporation and Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. had obtained cellular samples from the Thing or the Alien.
Those were things that absolutely should not be researched.
According to the Ninja Corps' findings, both Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. and Umbrella had dispatched teams afterward to conduct large-scale searches for any related remnants.
But they found nothing.
Instead, they captured something else—Calvin from Mars.
And it wasn't just one. They had captured several Calvins while eliminating the tripod mechs.
After realizing the unique nature of Calvin, Umbrella Corporation and Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. each launched related research projects.
As for the results, Mark had no idea.
After all, he was only a field agent and had no access to the organization's internal secrets. He didn't even know the location of the lab where the research was being conducted.
"What's wrong? You seem distracted. Did something happen?"
Gwen was very perceptive. Noticing Luke's brief lapse in focus, she asked curiously.
"It's nothing serious. Just a group of idiots trying to study things that should never be touched."
Luke let out a quiet sigh.
Calvin was the very creature that had destroyed Mars' ecosystem. Even the more advanced Martians couldn't deal with it.
Umbrella and Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. were practically dancing on the edge of a blade.
Gwen immediately understood and said helplessly, "Those crazy scientists again?"
"Should we stop them?"
Luke shook his head. "No need. Thor will teach them a lesson."
Thor had always been in charge of handling the Calvin issue.
Having Asgard give those fools a warning was entirely appropriate.
With Thor's strength combined with Heimdall's sight, finding a few Calvins wouldn't be difficult if they put in the effort. It was a good way to make use of available resources.
Just then, Luke sensed a special kind of fluctuation, a feedback from the Will of Earth, signaling the emergence of something that instinctively irritated him.
The direction seemed to be… the west?
Luke looked toward the horizon, following the faint fluctuation he felt.
This was a unique sensation derived from the Great Serpent and Godzilla templates. When certain events occurred on Earth, it would call out to him, the embodiment of its will.
Moreover, the feeling was quite unusual.
As Luke focused on it, he gradually locked onto the exact location and approximate distance.
Roughly 35 degrees north latitude, 139 degrees east longitude, nearly 10,000 kilometers in a straight line from New York.
"Isn't that Japan?"
Luke was slightly startled.
Could it be… MUTO?
After a brief moment of thought, Luke recalled the Titan known as MUTO from Godzilla.
MUTO was one of the key creatures in the MonsterVerse and a natural enemy of the Godzilla species. It existed in the same era as the atomic dinosaurs and also fed on radiation.
At certain times, MUTO would actively hunt Godzilla, and after killing its prey, lay eggs inside the corpse for its offspring to feed on.
It resembled certain insect-like collective species.
The male MUTO had wings and stood about sixty meters tall when fully grown.
The female MUTO, though incapable of flight, reached nearly a hundred meters in height, weighed around eighty thousand tons, and possessed strength comparable to an average atomic dinosaur.
When the two worked together, even Godzilla in the original story suffered significant losses.
Although MUTO lacked long-range attack capabilities, it possessed electromagnetic pulse abilities that could disable modern military technology. Even the male MUTO alone had enough destructive power to easily devastate human cities.
Furthermore, the MUTO species also includes the Queen MUTO and the Prime MUTO.
Among them, the Prime MUTO is the strongest of the species, capable of easily killing subspecies Titans of Godzilla, possessing overwhelming power.
As far as Luke knew, there was currently no Prime MUTO on Earth. However, there was a Queen MUTO that had successively submitted to Ghidorah and Godzilla in Godzilla 2.
"I didn't expect MUTO to appear as well… Heh, Earth is really lively. One after another, they just keep showing up. Do they really think I'm Ultraman Tiga?"
Luke shook his head, speechless. Although Godzilla would handle the MUTO, he still had to go for the anomaly points.
Even if ordinary male and female MUTOs weren't Alpha-level Titans, the anomaly points they provided should be no less than those from Behemoth in The Mist universe.
At the very least, it would be around 5,000 anomaly points, equivalent to one Thor. There was no way he could pass that up.
"Gwen, want to see a super explosive giant beast?"
"Super explosive? Giant beast?" Gwen snapped back to her senses, her expression turning odd. "Your world is seriously dangerous…"
She couldn't help but think that if her original world had encountered things like this, it might have been destroyed long before the Symbiote ever arrived.
She couldn't understand how this world had managed to survive for thousands of years without being wiped out.
It was simply unbelievable.
Luke shrugged. If he had the choice, he'd much rather be drinking wine, humming tunes, and traveling the world.
Unfortunately, this world was just that chaotic.
What else could he do? The only option was to fight.
Gwen pulled open her pink top, revealing the Spider-Suit underneath. Her figure was full and well-defined.
"Where are we going now?"
"Next… we're heading to Japan to admire the cherry blossoms."
...
The nuclear power plant in Juruo City, Japan.
As early as 1999, a bizarre nuclear leak occurred at the Juruo City Nuclear Power Plant.
It resulted in casualties among several staff members and turned the surrounding area for miles into barren land, no longer suitable for human habitation.
However, the people here did not know that the nuclear leak that year was neither an accident nor a technical malfunction, but a consequence of a newly hatched MUTO from a mine in the Philippines feeding on nuclear radiation.
In order to grow, this male MUTO entered the Pacific Ocean and came to the Juruo City Nuclear Power Plant, where it formed a cocoon and entered a dormant state nearby.
After the Monarch Organization discovered the MUTO's cocoon, they established an observation post here.
By now, the gamma radiation levels in the surrounding area had long since returned to normal.
What followed next was the moment for the male MUTO to hatch.
"What's the situation now? Why has this thing suddenly become active?"
Ishiro Serizawa rushed over from New York, travel-worn, and immediately took charge without resting for even a moment.
"Just now, an earthquake occurred nearby. Afterward, we observed that all readings from the cocoon began to rise, and the energy from the three nuclear reactors is being rapidly absorbed by it. We suspect the creature inside is about to hatch."
"Additionally… we have located Mr. Ford Brody, a member of the Marine Corps, and his father, Mr. Joe Brody, who was the nuclear plant engineer at the time."
"He informed us that the accident fifteen years ago was not random. It was a nuclear leak caused by this creature absorbing radiation."
Serizawa's expression changed drastically. Seeing the cocoon in front of him glowing brighter and brighter, he quickly issued orders.
"Damn it, activate the electric grid at full power immediately!"
"At the same time, initiate emergency fire protocol. All personnel evacuate Zone One at once!"
"The electric grid is in position!"
"Kill it!"
Professor Ishiro Serizawa's expression was grim. Although not all Titans were enemies, there was no doubt that the one before them was far from benevolent.
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