“The nomadic tribes abstain!… The River Tribe abstains!…”
After the tribal elder announced that each tribe could send a warrior to challenge T’Challa, the representatives of the tribes standing at the entrance of the cliff cave loudly declared their tribes’ abstention.
Just as the tribal elder was about to proceed with T’Challa’s coronation, a climax unfolded when the White Ape Tribe, residing in the frigid regions of Wakanda, issued a challenge.
“M’Baku! M’Baku! M’Baku!”
Amid the powerful cries of the White Ape Tribe’s warriors, their leader, M’Baku, and T’Challa, who had been stripped of the Black Panther powers bestowed by the heart-shaped herb, commenced a primitive life-and-death battle.
Although the robust M’Baku did manage to inflict some initial damage on T’Challa, he ultimately succumbed to T’Challa’s skills and had to concede defeat to save his life.
After the formidable M’Baku’s challenge ended in failure, T’Challa’s prestige reached its peak. Then, amidst the cheers of thousands of tribal members on the cliff, T’Challa was officially crowned as the new king of Wakanda.
As for the White Ape Tribe, they quietly left under M’Baku’s leadership, without attracting much attention, except from a certain outsider.
Standing behind the River Tribe members, Lin Rui shifted his gaze from T’Challa, who was receiving blessings from various tribes below to the direction where M’Baku and the White Ape Tribe departed.
Lin Rui didn’t find the fight between M’Baku and T’Challa particularly remarkable; it appeared to be a contest between two warriors slightly superior to ordinary men.
However, what intrigued Lin Rui more was the strange herb that T’Challa had consumed before the battle, as it could strip away the Black Panther powers conferred by the heart-shaped herb.
Although there was some distance between them, Lin Rui sensed the unique power of T’Challa suddenly vanishing.
“This M’Baku, who looks like an ape-man, seems to possess stronger physical attributes than T’Challa, even without the Black Panther powers. Although he was skillfully defeated by T’Challa earlier, it seems he may have held back. It appears the White Ape Tribe is not as rebellious as they portray themselves to be…” Lin Rui thought silently as he watched the White Ape Tribe quickly depart into a cave.
If Lin Rui’s guess about the challenge was accurate, it meant that the White Ape Tribe, or perhaps just M’Baku, had put on a performance during the coronation ceremony to help establish T’Challa’s authority. However, Lin Rui had no intention of meddling in the internal affairs of Wakanda, especially over such trivial matters.
“The coronation ceremony for the new king has concluded, and T’Challa is now officially the king of Wakanda… If we want to establish an alliance or cooperation with Wakanda, then it’s time to focus on Ulysses…”
So far, the Black Panther storyline has not deviated much, aside from the addition of two outsiders observing T’Challa’s coronation. Lin Rui had a plan for the upcoming developments. After all, he was genuinely interested in Wakanda’s black technology, and there was no reason to exclude this force from the Earth Federation.
“So… I can’t continue playing ignorant. We finally made it to the real Wakanda; we should show them that outsiders are not as inferior as they might think!” After quickly considering his next actions, Lin Rui muttered to himself before joining the tribal members in cheering.
After celebrating for about an hour on the cliff where the coronation took place, the gathered tribal members gradually returned to the river. The fissured canyon slowly closed, and the river resumed its flow.
Lin Rui and Bucky naturally followed the tribal members back to their respective tribes. However, as the tribal members returned to their tribes, Shuri sent someone to retrieve Bucky and Lin Rui.
Once again brought to the spacious laboratory, Bucky and Lin Rui were temporarily left there. T’Challa, who had just completed his ascension, was still quite busy.
In addition to consuming the heart-shaped herb again to regain the Black Panther’s power and visiting the ancestral realm of the Black Panther tribe, he had to meet with the tribal elders for his first post-coronation council as king.
The vast laboratory had most of its equipment locked away temporarily by Shuri, to prevent any mishaps caused by Bucky and Lin Rui, the two outsiders.
Bucky was naturally aware of the need to rest after participating in the primitive coronation ceremony, which had left him both awe-stricken and mentally fatigued from resisting the bursts of mental energy in the chants.
So, as he watched Lin Rui, who was still full of energy, wandering around the laboratory without purpose, observing various high-tech devices from close quarters, Bucky sighed in resignation.
After all, Lin Rui had achieved his goal of reaching the real Wakanda by leveraging his relationship with Bucky and T’Challa. As long as Lin Rui didn’t cause harm to T’Challa or Wakanda, Bucky didn’t intend to intervene, nor could he.
Under these unattended and unaffected circumstances, Lin Rui had already made significant progress in the laboratory. Although most of the equipment was locked away by Shuri, the advancement of technology followed certain patterns, and Wakanda’s technology was merely an elevated version of Earth’s technology.
Therefore, Lin Rui always found ways to pursue his objectives. For instance, now that Lin Rui had successfully reached the control console, he didn’t hesitate to extend his hand to it.
Hum!
As Lin Rui’s right hand extended just above the console’s surface, a faint and undetectable energy wave emanated from the black bead on his wrist. This energy wave carried information and seamlessly connected with the locked intelligent system of the laboratory.
Click, click, click~
In the next moment, the previously quiet console emitted the sounds of instruments powering up. Along with the illumination of rows of lights, Lin Rui had successfully unlocked Shuri’s restrictions on the laboratory.
Moreover, Lin Rui had achieved this by bypassing the black bead on his wrist, so even the laboratory’s intelligent system could only issue warnings and couldn’t strip Lin Rui of his current privileges.
After successfully opening the console, Lin Rui raised an eyebrow slightly. Then, he swiftly made a gesture with his hands in front of him.
Whoosh~
As Lin Rui’s hands moved, a semi-transparent holographic projection appeared before him, displaying the entire layout and structure of the laboratory. At this moment, Lin Rui’s actions had already ventured into the core secrets of Wakanda.
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