After Lin Rui suddenly departed, Eddie and Venom, who remained in place, exchanged glances, unsure of how to react. Phantom Knight’s unexpected visit seemed to be inconsequential; he merely inquired about the location of the extraterrestrial lifeform, Venom.
“Phantom Knight seems to have just left…” Eddie mumbled absentmindedly, scanning the surrounding waters several times but finding no trace of Phantom Knight.
For Eddie, Phantom Knight’s visit, although seemingly uneventful, had provided significant assistance. Phantom Knight’s absolute strength had frightened Venom into compliance, and they had reached a mutually beneficial symbiotic agreement.
Under this agreement, Eddie was confident that, with Venom’s help, he could successfully take down the Life Foundation.
Upon hearing Eddie’s words, Venom did not relax. It sent out a special lifeform detection scan, but Venom didn’t detect Lin Rui, who had already left. Even if Lin Rui were hidden nearby, Venom wouldn’t be able to detect him. Thus, Venom’s scan merely served to reassure itself.
Whoosh, Whoosh…
Venom, having found nothing, swiftly transformed from its teddy bear appearance back to its original terrifying form, complete with its bloodthirsty maw. After all, a dignified Venom couldn’t possibly maintain such a cute appearance as a teddy bear. However, this transformation didn’t sit well with Eddie.
“Hey, Venom, I agree that this look doesn’t suit you,” Eddie remarked calmly as he observed the reversion.
Swish!
Just as Eddie finished speaking, Venom instantaneously brought its face close to him, its horrifying maw looming over Eddie’s head. However, this time, Eddie remained outwardly composed, and his inner state was relatively calm.
“Hehe… So, Eddie, what kind of appearance do you like? I can transform for you!” After facing off with Eddie for a few seconds, Venom suddenly retracted its monstrous mouth and asked in a friendly tone.
At this moment, Venom appeared like a loyal pet, not only ensuring the safety of its host, Eddie but also trying to fulfill Eddie’s relatively modest requests.
Otherwise, Venom couldn’t predict when Eddie might call upon the exceptionally powerful Phantom Knight to eliminate it. Compared to its own life, being a loyal companion wasn’t an unacceptable role.
Upon witnessing Venom’s sudden change in attitude, Eddie maintained a calm expression on the surface but couldn’t help feeling secretly delighted. Before encountering Phantom Knight, Eddie couldn’t even guarantee his own life, constantly under Venom’s control.
However, now, although Eddie was still host to Venom, their relationship had shifted with Eddie taking the lead. This feeling was truly indescribable.
“Forget about teddy bears. How about transforming into a bigger dog?” Eddie suggested with a composed expression.
Whoosh, whoosh…
Following Eddie’s request, Venom rapidly transformed into the shape of a larger dog. Though entirely black, the dog-like form Venom had assumed was quite adorable, with a wagging red tongue.
“Not this type of dog, I meant a larger one…”
Venom’s inner thoughts: “For goodness’ sake!”
Without delving into the change in relationships between Lin Rui, Eddie, and Venom following their meeting in San Francisco, Lin Rui relayed the information about Venom’s extraterrestrial lifeform group’s dormant location in outer space to Tony and the others.
Lin Rui didn’t withhold his intentions regarding how he planned to utilize these unique parasitic extraterrestrial lifeforms.
Before this, Rogers and the rest were unaware of Venom’s existence. However, after experiencing numerous significant events, the presence of an extraterrestrial lifeform with parasitic characteristics didn’t seem to garner much attention from them.
After brief discussions, they unanimously agreed that Lin Rui’s proposal had a relatively high feasibility. After all, the “Venom” in Tony’s laboratory had been under research for a long time and must hold some value.
Once they confirmed that Phantom Knight’s proposal was feasible, Tony and the team temporarily set aside some of their ongoing experimental research and personally engaged in the plan to “mine” the Venom group floating near Mars.
According to Venom’s information, there were millions of its kind there. Therefore, necessary protective measures were inevitable and required multiple layers of preparation. After all, those beings were nothing like the blurred consciousness entity in Tony’s laboratory.
During the early stages of the Earth Federation’s establishment, Tony and his team had access to resources several times greater than before. Consequently, they quickly prepared everything necessary.
Next was to embark on the journey to Mars with the Spaceship. Given the performance capabilities of the Spaceship, this trip to Mars wouldn’t take too much time.
Phantom Knight, the one who proposed the plan, did not personally participate in the mission to drive the Spaceship to Mars. Lin Rui believed that this mission wouldn’t encounter any unexpected complications.
With all the preparations Tony and the team had made, even if Venom’s kind were much stronger than him and awakened prematurely, they still couldn’t pose a threat.
However, this didn’t mean that Lin Rui, who had no intention of accompanying the Spaceship into space again, had nothing to do. While Lin Rui had recently partnered with Loki to kick off a grand performance, he wasn’t directly involved in the “minor incident” between Eddie and Venom in San Francisco.
Nonetheless, Lin Rui received a special message during Eddie’s intense clash with the Life Foundation in San Francisco.
Sitting on a bench by the school’s playground, Lin Rui silently put away his communicator and then cast his gaze towards the playground. His communicator had just received a message from a mysterious African nation.
The message was sent by Bucky, marking the first time Lin Rui had heard from him since they separated. This single message, however, alerted Lin Rui to the fact that another event was about to unfold.
When Lin Rui had initially encountered the recluse Bucky, who was evading SHIELD’s pursuit and suffering from amnesia, he had spent some time with him. After learning about Bucky’s situation, Lin Rui helped him resolve his identity crisis and left him in the mysterious African nation of Wakanda.
Upon departing, Lin Rui had given Bucky a “Mission” that wasn’t officially designated as such. At the time, Lin Rui hadn’t placed much hope on whether Bucky could accomplish it. However, now, upon receiving this message from Wakanda, it appeared that Bucky had done quite well.
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