579 [Your name is Add, too?] 】
San Francisco, California.
Under the lights of the night, a raunchy man walked silently down the street, he was disheveled, his beard was unkempt, his hands were in his pockets, he always walked with his head down, and he had a bitter face.
He seemed a little out of place with the bright pedestrians around him, and seemed to be in the process of evolving into a homeless man.
Eddie Bullock doesn't feel like a bum.
He felt that he might be a stray dog.
No wonder Eddie thought so, after all, he had just reached the lowest point in his life.
Because of his recent attempt to cover the Life Foundation scandal, he lost his job, lost his girlfriend, and went from a decent journalist to a destitute Luthor.
He now has to endure cramped dwellings and noisy neighbors every day, face overdue credit card bills every day, and sometimes even worry about eating.
Eddie Bullock, who fell to the bottom of his life, felt that he was definitely the worst person in the world, even a homeless man was more comfortable than himself.
At least one of the tramps he knew had a better time than he was, a "female tramp" to be exact, Maria.
Although Maria slept on the street, she always seemed to be in a good mood, much to Add's envy.
But today Mary somehow disappeared, her bed and many trivial items were still on the street, but the person was gone.
Add looked at the messy floor on the side of the street, and seemed a little surprised, but after all, he didn't think much about it, he thought that maybe Maria had something urgent to leave for a while.
He passed by Maria's shop, came to a small supermarket, talked to the owner and began to choose his rations for the next few days.
"Mr. Bullock." A hesitant female voice rang out.
Eddie looked up and saw a thin and delicate woman wearing glasses appear in front of him: "Who are you?" ”
The woman looked left and right, then nervously and carefully pulled him into the corner, and said in a low voice: "I'm Dora Scholes, a scientist from the Life Foundation, and I'm here to find you......"
Hearing that the other party was from the Life Foundation, Eddie's face suddenly pulled and he turned his head to leave.
"Wait, Mr. Bullock, listen to me!" Dora hurriedly grabbed him, and then said, "The rumors about the Life Foundation conducting human experiments are true, Drake is indeed doing illegal human experiments, and someone died because of it!" ”
"The Foundation took some poor people who couldn't resist it, made them sign an agreement they didn't know what it meant, and then combined them with the symbiote as guinea pigs!"
“…… What is a symbiote? ”
Dora hesitated for a moment, but still explained: "The symbiote is a special alien creature that must be combined with the host to survive normally, but after the combination, the host and the symbiote can show some amazing physical strength, far beyond ordinary people, and of course, there are more terrible side effects." ”
Eddie was silent for half a second, and then couldn't help but ask, "Why are you telling me this, and why should I believe you?" ”
Dora gasped slightly: "Drake is killing, I can't sit idly by...... But I don't have the ability, I don't have the courage to do it, and I still have children, so I think I can only ask you. ”
"Please? What can I do? I've lost everything, and if you had come to me three months later, I'd have slept there! Eddie pointed to Maria's shop on the street, a little emotional.
Dora motioned for him to be quiet, then said, "I'll find a suitable time to sneak you to the Foundation's lab, where you can take pictures and leave...... You're a good journalist and you know what to do next. ”
When Eddie heard this, he couldn't help but be silent for a long time.
"Please, Mr. Bullock." Dora said earnestly.
……
A few days later.
Another night, Eddie Bullock sneaks into the Life Foundation's laboratory under the leadership of Dora, with a camera that he has never discarded, no matter how poor he is.
"This is it, you hurry up and take pictures, I'll look outside." Dora admonished, then hurried out of the lab to keep an eye on Eddie.
Add didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the camera to shoot everywhere in the laboratory.
As Dora said, Drake, the owner of the Life Foundation, is indeed doing inhumane human experiments, and several horrific corpses are the best evidence.
As long as this evidence can be exposed, Drake will definitely suffer a major blow, and may even be imprisoned.
Thinking that he would be able to take revenge on the Foundation for Life soon, Eddie's heart couldn't help but feel a little happy, and the frequency of taking pictures became faster and faster, one after another.
"Add!" However, at this moment, a shout came from behind, almost completely cut off by glass.
Taken aback, Add turned his head to see that it was his old friend Maria, locked in a small glass cubicle.
"Maria!" Eddie was incredulous and hurriedly ran over, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"Save me, Add, get me out!" Maria slammed the glass wall like mad and shouted hoarsely, her messy hair flicking.
Add didn't expect his friend to be here, so he panicked and hurriedly pressed the device on the door.
As a result, this move not only failed to open the door, but instead set off an alarm in the laboratory.
"Alert! Intrusion Alert! ”
Dangerous sounds rang out everywhere, and multiple red lights flashed.
"Fack!" Eddie is devastated, and he tries to save Maria.
So he hurriedly reached out and grabbed a fire extinguisher, and smashed it into the glass with all his strength.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Under his slamming, cracks appeared in the glass. What he didn't expect was that Maria would break through the glass barrier and come over like a hungry wolf!
"What are you going to do!" Add was shocked, but Maria's strength somehow became so strong that he couldn't resist and threw him to the ground.
Then a scene that shocked Eddie happened.
At Maria's screams of pain, a number of golden, viscous objects surged out of her body, and then quickly melted into Add's body like a sponge into water.
As soon as the golden goo broke away from her body, Maria fell to the ground, never to move again.
"Don't move!" At this moment, two teams of men in black with guns rushed into the laboratory from various entrances, and they were about to surround Eddie and subdue him.
As if possessed by a god, Eddie did not hesitate to break through the blockade of the man in black.
Then he shot out like a cheetah sprinting with all his might, and in the blink of an eye, he smashed through the glass window and fell straight from the roof!
Looking at the falling height of dozens of floors, Eddie cried instantly.
What the am I doing?
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded: "Coward, your name is also Eddie?" ”
"Who are you?" Add, who was in free fall, was startled and couldn't find the source of the sound, which made him wonder if he had reached heaven.
But...... Why is the angel's tone and voice so rough?
The gruff voice didn't answer him.
In the next moment, Add's arms were suddenly wrapped in a golden viscous object like asphalt, becoming strong and powerful, shining with golden light, and then directly into the wall of the building without his control!
"Wow-"