When it comes to General Ross, Stark has a lot to say. Looking at his determined expression, it seems that he has witnessed General Ross hiding in the dark, making small moves that are not suitable to be exposed to outsiders.

In reality, the development of things is indeed the same as Stark expected.

Just after Stark and Shi Xiaolei talked about this topic, within a few days, Thaddeus Ross went to San Francisco without any trace and met a guy named Carlton Drake On the one hand, and in the next two days, I personally visited the company founded by Carlton Drake and several scientific research facilities under the company's name.

No one knows what the two talked about after they met, and no one knows what General Ross saw during the visit. In short, after this secret meeting ended, General Ross signed a contract as a military representative. An investment agreement allocated as much as $700 million to Carlton Drake's company.

Well, people living in the Marvel world can't perceive the surging undercurrent, but for the judges standing outside the fourth wall, the answer is actually not that difficult to guess.

Both the name Carlton Drake and the address in San Francisco are obvious clues. As long as you compare the movies you have watched in your mind, you can quickly lock in the target and match the plot with the characters.

That's right, this Carlton Drake who has a relationship with Thaddeus Ross is the Indian businessman in "Venom". The company he founded is called the Life Foundation, the company in Venom that captured the alien symbiote and conducted targeted research on it.

As for why the two had a relationship...

The matter has to start with the battle between Hela and the Valkyrie on Saka.

The sudden appearance of Yolanda stepped in, and the duel that was bound to divide life and death was interrupted halfway. Because they couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, the Valkyries temporarily terminated their plan, and were taken away from the duel field by Yolanda amidst the chaos.

By the time they figured it out, the Valkyries had already missed the opportunity to take revenge on Hela again.

Not only that, because Yolanda pulled many slaves, including the dark elves, and interrupted the duel by causing a riot, which caused both Gao Tianzun and the collector Difan to be implicated in the riot... After the situation calmed down, Including Yolanda, all the Valkyries were hated by the two elders.

One is that he wants to find another chance to continue to take revenge on Hela, and the other is because the two elders have issued arrest warrants, so they can no longer continue their previous life. So, the Valkyries packed their bags, left the star field where Saka was located, and rushed to the earth, which is also one of the nine realms.

To be precise, the final destination is the earth.

In the previous duel that did not result in a result, the Valkyries realized their own lack of strength. Therefore, in order to increase their chances of winning, they decided to go to other places first to see if they could find more powerful weapons or other ways to increase their combat power.

Herein lies the problem. If the Valkyries go straight to Earth after setting off, they may not encounter interstellar hunters who hear the news and want to earn bounties. After all, the earth is not well-known in the universe, and its location is very remote. In this star field, it is rare to see greedy interstellar pirates, and the bounty hunters who mainly hunt interstellar pirates, naturally I don't come here often either.

The places where the Valkyries went to find weapons to improve their combat power were all popular places with many people.

Not being exposed once doesn't mean they can keep hiding from others' sight.

In fact, this is also the case. When visiting the fifth location, the Valkyries were spotted by a sharp-eyed bounty hunter. Then, in order to catch the Valkyries headed by Horok, this guy secretly contacted many accomplices, ambushed the Valkyries on their way to the sixth location.

One side has a large number of people and has made sufficient preparations in advance, while the other side is unprepared and has no more than ten people.

Even though the Valkyries were all extraordinary in combat power, and their individual combat power far surpassed that of their opponents, they were still severely injured in this battle—three Valkyries were injured, and one of them was seriously injured. As a vehicle, the spacecraft was also riddled with holes, and it was only one step away from being scrapped.

It's not enough to describe it as a 'desperate situation', but for the Valkyries, the situation is indeed very bad.

As a last resort, they had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​continuing to search for powerful weapons, and took a spaceship snatched from the bounty hunter, turned around and headed directly to the earth.

In other words, it was slightly better than their original one. After a great war, the spaceship snatched from the bounty hunter also left some damage that could not be repaired quickly.

Just like a car with a small problem with the steering wheel, this spaceship is a bit difficult to control, and even experienced Valkyrie can't do it like an arm.

As a result, when passing near Mars and about to reach Earth, the spacecraft slightly collided with a group of passing meteorite fragments.

There was no time to repair the new spaceship, because this time the collision became more difficult to control. Even if the Valkyries tried their best, they could only barely adjust the direction of the fall, avoiding the solid ground and letting it fall into the Sea.

And as the spaceship fell, another meteorite was also entrained and fell to the ground... Unlike the spaceship that had Valkyries helping to adjust its direction, this thing fell in a straight line and hit a certain barren hill outside San Francisco .

One front and one back, that is, the distance between the front and back feet.

The plume of smoke pulled out when the spaceship fell was obviously more eye-catching than a small meteorite. Therefore, after noticing this strange scene, whether it was civilians who happened to pass by the nearby waters or various institutions with official backgrounds, they all focused their attention on the sea area where the spaceship crashed.

However, the meteorite that fell on the outskirts of San Francisco has not received much attention.

Only people from the Life Foundation paid attention to that meteorite.

It's not that Carlton Drake is so clever, he did the opposite with the idea of ​​"a bird in hand", and took the initiative to target the meteorite. In fact, it was just a coincidence... Not long ago, the Life Foundation just bought a piece of land in the suburbs, planning to build another larger laboratory. More than 100 meters less than 200 meters away.

As for the laboratory, it is a matter of course that there are scientific research experts on site to supervise the construction.

After the meteorite fell, these scientific research experts had to lean over to take a look at the situation.

And as scientific experts, it is impossible not to notice the symbiont attached to the meteorite—although it was tortured enough by the friction and heat generated during the fall, it fell into a half-dead state, and temporarily lost its parasitic ability. However, as a special form of life, symbionts still exhibit some active reactions that are different from dead ones. For example, slight wriggling, tiny tentacles spreading out like sea anemones at the edge... For these scientific research experts, these characteristics are enough for them to make a judgment.

In this way, the scientific research experts immediately called an action team wearing protective clothing and a sealed container, and transported the meteorite, together with several symbionts attached to it, back to the headquarters of the Life Foundation.

At this point, the symbiote fell into the hands of Carlton Drake.

And the reason why Thaddeus Ross came to him...

The spaceship that the Valkyries were on had already attracted the attention of various institutions, including the military, when it fell.

Although this incident did not cause much commotion, it was because the place where the spaceship crashed was tens of nautical miles away from the coast, and ordinary people could not get close to it immediately except for a few folks who happened to pass by by boat~lightnovelpub.net ~ And the area was blocked immediately after the official entry, and the leak and spread of news were cut off.

In other words, ordinary people didn't pay much attention to it because they couldn't get follow-up news, and quickly forgot about it. The official agency that went to the scene for the first time paid great attention to this matter because they had found the wreckage of the spacecraft that had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Whether it is SHIELD or the military, all the official agencies involved hope to get more information and thoroughly figure out what happened.

And with the style of the official organization, it is certain that on that day... no, it should be said that including the day of the incident, all the anomalies that occurred in the days before and after the incident must be gathered together for a detailed screening.

Although there was little movement when the meteorite fell, it still made a sound like a cannon fire. Other agencies may not be particularly concerned, but for the military, it is impossible to easily miss the movement similar to the sound of artillery.

The chief officer in charge of investigating this incident happened to be General Thaddeus Ross.

Aside from the mistakes he made, and simply comparing the number of times he has had contact with aliens, he is the one who has had the most contacts and has the most experience among all the members of the military. Therefore, from the standpoint of the military, it is only logical that he be photographed to be in charge of investigating this 'spaceship crash' incident.

All in all, General Ross's contact with Carlton Drake was actually to collect information about the "alien spaceship crash".

It's not that he got the inside information at the first time, knowing that Carlton Drake got a few symbiotes, and then felt that those things could be used to promote the progress of the 'Super Soldier' ​​project and achieve his long-standing ideals, so Cai took the initiative to contact Carlton Drake with a plan.