An entire armored unit was annihilated by the Lizardmen in full view of the public. Some gossipy media even exposed the identities of those former Navy SEALs. The Pentagon and the president were overwhelmed by public opinion and demonstrations.
The army's vulnerable performance against the Lizardmen caused the citizens of New York to lose confidence.
Some citizens began to flee the Big Apple, and even if the rest could not leave, they subconsciously reduced going out. The once prosperous New York City began to show signs of decline.
Although the military knew that the Lizardmen were most likely hiding in the sewers, they were helpless.
New York City's sewer system has a history of hundreds of years. After years of repairs and expansions, even the original designers would be dizzy by this intricate underground sewer system.
After a big fight on the ground, all the lizardmen fled to the sewers. The wide and moist sewers made these lizardmen who were shifting towards reptiles feel very comfortable.
"Sir, we got it!"
The two lizardmen carefully placed the stolen gene editing device in front of Colonel Johnson, with blood still on it. They had just attacked the laboratory of Columbia University Medical School.
The other lizardmen had already installed the 35kw diesel generator and the transmission line. As the most elite special forces on Earth, they had received the corresponding electrician training, but they didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.
"Now, I have everything you asked for. Let's start making the lizard serum, girls."
Colonel Johnson's black scales were as dark as obsidian, reflecting the light. His brown vertical pupils showed no emotion as he stared at Tessa and Gwen.
"What are you going to do after you get the serum? Turn ordinary people into lizardmen and eat them?"
Gwen Stacy looked at Colonel Johnson bravely. She inherited many traits from her father, and bravery was the most dazzling one among them.
"No, we only eat the weak. If he is strong enough, I will give him the qualification of a companion."
Colonel Johnson let out a lizard-like hissing sound from his throat. The human part of him became less and less, and even his mind gradually shifted towards that of an alien species. Human morality and laws were no longer worth anything to him.
Tessa tugged at Gwen's hand, suggesting that she not do anything stupid.
"Lizard serum is not a problem. We will be able to complete it in about two weeks. However, after the lizard serum is produced, I hope you can let us go immediately. Otherwise, I will not be able to produce even one bottle of serum for you."
She was paralyzing Colonel Johnson. Tessa believed that Broly and Cade would definitely come to rescue her, and as long as she survived, she would be able to wait for them.
"Why does it take two weeks? Colin Selmon clearly said it would only take thirty minutes. Are you trying to trick me?!"
The scales on Colonel Johnson's back stood up in anger, his cold vertical pupils were chilling, and the sharp teeth in his mouth seemed to be ready to tear Tessa's delicate skin at any time.
Tessa's heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to calm down.
"This gene editing device is different from the one used by the Osborne Group. It is much more backward. It will take time for us to get familiar with it. In addition, many key experimental data are left at the Osborne Group. It will also take time to recalculate them. Two weeks is already the limit."
Colonel Johnson showed doubt on his face. He obviously didn't completely believe Tessa's words, but he had no choice. Professor Connors and Dr. Rada were both missing, and the only two high school girls in front of him who could produce lizard serum were left.
When the lizard serum is produced, it will be injected into both of them immediately.
He made up his mind. Compared with humans, lizardmen are much easier to control. At least under the influence of evil personalities, they will not have any strange persistence. They will voluntarily surrender under his pressure.
"I will only give you ten days. After ten days, I will see the lizard serum. I might as well choose one of you and eat it."
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A helicopter was hovering in the sky. This was just one of the huge search teams of SHIELD. SHIELD quickly assembled a fleet of more than 60 helicopters. These helicopters were crudely equipped with airborne mobile radiation search systems.
This military high-power radiation search system can be used for alpha, beta, gamma and neutron radioactivity measurement, that is, to find exposed radiation sources. SHIELD borrowed it from the chemical defense force and sent it to North Dakota urgently.
SHIELD suspected that the Lizard People attacked the missile silo and took away the missiles in order to find the radiation source inside the nuclear bomb, so they used this batch of search systems to find nuclear warheads that may have been destroyed.
Peter Parker was in the cabin of the helicopter, with his legs stretched out, looking at the desolate grassland passing by quickly below.
The experience during this period seemed like a dream to him. Six days had passed since the dragnet search, but still nothing was found. Even these well-trained SHIELD agents began to become a little lazy.
Suddenly, the oscilloscope on the radiation search system began to shake violently, and strong radiation residues were found in the poplar forest below.
The helicopter did not land, but just hovered above the poplar forest.
Soon, several Quinjet fighters appeared nearby, leaving one to monitor in the air while the others landed directly on the grassland outside the poplar forest.
Everyone wore isolation suits and gas masks to prevent inhalation of radioactive dust, even Peter Parker and Bob Yeager.
Although they possess powers beyond those of ordinary humans, they are still unable to withstand the damage caused by nuclear radiation.
Everyone was fully armed, wearing heavy bulletproof vests under their protective suits, and the weapons in their hands were no longer automatic rifles, but shotguns and grenade launchers with more powerful stopping power.
"From the sky, the radiation leakage is very serious. Large areas of trees have been killed by radiation. However, the radiation concentration detected by the measuring instrument is not too high and will not cause such serious radiation pollution."
"Black Widow" Natasha Romanoff said she suspected that the lizard man absorbed the radiation.
"Everyone be on your guard, we could run into a lizardman at any moment."
They carefully entered the birch forest and soon found the torn MK21 warhead with marks of sharp teeth on it, and the nuclear warhead inside was missing.
"What the hell is this monster? It ate the nuclear warhead!"
A SHIELD agent couldn't help but curse. A large pit appeared in the center of the original forest. There were traces of high-temperature ablation at the bottom and edge of the pit, and even crystals appeared.
The outline of the big pit looks very much like a lizard man, but the size of this lizard man is too big. Not counting the tail, its body length is more than three meters.
Inside the pit, radiation concentration suddenly began to soar.
Natasha Romanov's face turned very ugly. When attacking the missile silo, the lizard man's body was definitely not so exaggerated, at most only two meters. Obviously, after eating the nuclear warhead, his body swelled dramatically.
The radiation source is like his food, and he is still growing!
"This is definitely not a lizard man. What kind of monster is this? Contact the director immediately and have him sound the alarm. Let all nuclear power plants and security forces protecting ballistic missiles be on high alert. The monster is very likely to attack again!"