Chapter 666
The Wilderness Continent
Chapter 666 The Wilderness Continent
Bullseye's original intention was certainly not to send Peter and Katie away, or rather, he planned to send them away in a different way.
Since Otto had already given Kingpin enough information about Spider-Man, Kingpin knew that Peter had a supernatural sense of perception that allowed him to sense danger. Therefore, Bullseye's target was Katie—he had already figured out that Shadowcat's blurring ability needed to be used actively.
Therefore, as long as you take advantage of the opponent's inattention, you may be able to eliminate them.
However, Peter's spider-sense had already evolved, so even if Bullseye actually threw something at him, it wouldn't matter. The problem was that Logan noticed Bullseye's movement in time and yelled—and then Katie subconsciously activated her ability, resulting in Peter and herself being sucked into some completely incomprehensible place.
The two suddenly appeared high in the sky and then crashed down to the ground. Peter tried to open a portal using the sling ring, but failed. He put the sling ring back in his pocket and looked down.
It was a dense forest. Peter reacted quickly, flying towards Katie, catching her in mid-air, and then transforming his suit into Iron Man armor, landing safely on the ground thanks to the anti-gravity system.
"I thought you were going to scream in mid-air."
"Although I'm a little nervous, the training environment in the danger zone is much more frightening than this..."
After being put down by Peter, Katie brushed her slightly disheveled hair aside, then looked around, seemingly realizing what had happened: "We were brought here by that portal?"
"Yes, the Hand uses Nornstone for teleportation. These stones are a specialty of Nornheim in Asgard... Now it seems that even if we can't confirm Hydra, Roxon Energy Corporation is indeed related to the Hand, since they were able to obtain Nornstone by cooperating with Malekith."
No wonder Peter and his team couldn't find the Hand's base. Their base could have been located outside of New York, or even completely physically isolated. All they needed to do was activate the Norn Stone with that device, and the Hand—no, Hydra—would have been able to connect to the rest of the world.
Katie hesitated, knowing full well that the two of them had accidentally ended up here because she had overheard Logan's words and chosen to use her invisibility to dodge. Otherwise, Peter would have been perfectly capable of pulling her out.
However, Peter made no mention of this.
So Katie wrote it down and then skipped over it, instead looking at the dense forest around her. The trees here were unusually tall, and she felt she had never seen them before: "Where is this?"
"I don't know either. I originally thought we'd arrive at some ninja village or a secret Hydra base, but it's just a deserted island. And the teleportation magic has stopped working, and we can't contact the Avengers' satellites..."
Considering the rumors about the Norn Stone, Peter momentarily thought that he and Katie had been transported to another universe, but his multiverse travel watch (which had been integrated with the storage watch of the nanosuit) showed that they were still in universe 616.
In other words, this place is most likely one of Hydra's secret bases, and considering the way the portal opened, it is probably not a trap deliberately set by Hydra.
There's no need to worry about the Avengers. Since he's missing, everyone can ask Cindy. Cindy is fully capable of sensing whether someone is still alive and whether they're in this universe. If the distance isn't too far, she can even sense their location.
Therefore, they must know they are alive, and Katie, or they probably know they are alive too.
"As for the approximate location, it's not particularly difficult to deduce. We can determine the general direction by analyzing the vegetation here..."
Peter suddenly stopped speaking. Katie, who was looking around, noticed his pause and looked at him curiously. "What's wrong?" she asked. "These trees... these aren't trees at all, or rather, they're not what we think of as trees. They're woody ferns, and not the tree ferns that exist on Earth..."
Peter glanced at the tree, which was about sixty meters tall, exceeding the normal height of a tree fern. Moreover, the other plants around it were also very peculiar.
For a moment, Peter suspected that he and Katie had traveled back tens of millions of years, but the problem was that the suit showed that the oxygen level in the surrounding area was not a problem, so that era should not have changed, and he had never heard of Norn Stone being able to travel through time.
"So we are..."
"Wait a moment, I'll probably go find some high ground nearby and climb up to take a look."
Peter quickly swung his web to the top of the tree, and from there, he looked out and saw a huge mountain in the distance, which had been transformed into the shape of the Hydra symbol.
"Alright, this lousy place is Hydra's base. Whether we've traveled back tens of millions of years or not, as long as we defeat these Hydras, we'll definitely be able to go home."
As Peter spoke, he began to observe his surroundings. He realized that his estimation of the area was completely wrong. According to the suit's measurements, the area was over 100 kilometers in both east-west and north-south directions, and there was no coastline in sight. In other words, this place was at least a super-large island.
Peter roughly understood where this place was, but he needed more evidence. His suit continued to scan and analyze, and finally he collected the roar and captured the right evidence.
"Is it because of the low oxygen levels? This dinosaur is only a little over four meters tall, much shorter than I imagined."
Peter landed on the ground while complaining. Katie quickly went over to ask what had happened, and Peter told her the truth, and also analyzed the other information he knew.
"This continent should be the legendary Wilderness Continent. This continent survived the natural disaster 65 million years ago and was completely unaffected, retaining its original appearance, including dinosaurs and plants..."
Peter didn't have time to finish speaking because Katie had already cheered, showing that dinosaurs were indeed popular.
"Wait, then why didn't anyone notice this place?"
"Hydra must have hidden it. The teleportation magic here is broken and the signal is cut off. In addition, there is Hydra Mountain in the distance. I can be pretty sure that the Hand is Hydra's people."
No wonder Hydra was able to rebuild its strength so quickly after World War II; it turns out they acquired an entire continent as logistical support.
"Then, we should explore this wild continent next."
(End of this chapter)