Megacorona

Megacorona was a sentient, mutated conglomerate of viruses designed by Dr. Victor Zolostene to "regulate" the human population. Designated with the sole purpose of worldwide infection, it spread a plague that would kill millions of lives. It was a minor yet important villain in the Terrachaoverse series.
Tier: High 4-C; Low 6-B when weakened
== Appearance ==
Megacorona appears as a spiky, golden, germ-like entity that hovers around & has no other discernible features. Its appearance does not go under any visible alterations when it is changed from small to big.
== History ==
=== A New Plague ===
Dr. Victor Zolostene has tried time & time again to regulate the human population for the sake of its future & succession, no matter how severe his methods may be. In the 1960's, he began a top secret experiment that not even all of his future Deep Creeps would know about until later, & this experiment was to combine every species & subspecies of Coronavirus into a superorganism that would become known as Megacorona.
In late 2019, Zolostene would set forth the right events to cause COVID-19 to turn into a global pandemic. As he would watch mankind's panic & paranoia rise as the virus would seemingly be incurable, he would make sure he'd have a backup plan in case the Irken Empire would find a cure first before the humans do. 
This would ultimately lead to Megacorona's completion on March 23rd, 2020, where he presented its current form to Bionic Hazard & MORTIS. Zolostene expressed the curiosity of making this creation, as he wondered what would happen if you were to take a microorganism & make it big enough to physically interact with your hands. Thanks to the Scepter of Pestilence, Megacorona was crafted into the perfect living plague. MORTIS wanted to release it immediately, but Bionic Hazard explained that Zolostene's endgame was to release it when it grows to the right size. MORTIS then left Zolostene to continue his experiments, to which the next one (suggested by Bionic Hazard) was to use the scepter to ensure that Megacorona's size & intelligence would increase simultaneously.
=== The Battle for Earth ===
After hearing about the Irken Empire creating a cure for the Coronavirus called Antidyasis, Zolostene felt he had to act quickly before his schemes would be thwarted. Luckily for him, Bionic Hazard was able to unleash Megacorona in time, fully grown & at its full power. Using a portal conjured by his scepter, Zolostene sent Megacorona to planet Earth from the Redimension with the objective of infecting everything in sight until all of mankind is ridden with the plague. Starting off in the United States, Megacorona unleashed a hailstorm of its Corona Beams, turning the sky to a hazy yellow & leaving a path of destruction & infestation. As the Almighty Tallest heard news of this, he readied a team consisting of Hazard Man, Kalokorus, & Ultraman. The mutants & the alien were tasked with taking down Megacorona while the Irken Emperor would deal with Zolostene personally. It was a long struggle, as Megacorona was like an invincible flying fortress. Ultraman was able to knock it back many times, but not even his light-based attacks were able to piece through its armored exterior. As time would pass, Hazard Man got an idea; since his body is immune to all known & unknown diseases, he requested that Ultraman would throw him as hard as he could into the body of Megacorona, where he would absorb its power from the inside out. Kalokorus showed much concern, as he believed the effort would kill him, but Hazard Man thought for others & not himself. If he would not step up to the challenge, they may never get the chance again. So, after awarding Hazard Man for his bravery, Ultraman yote Hazard Man at Megacorona, which actually was enough to get him right to Megacorona's core. Using all of his power, Hazard Man absorbed as much energy as he could, which shrunk Megacorona to a much smaller size, allowing Ultraman to destroy it in a single attack. Megacorona was eliminated. As for its infectious path of destruction, the Antidyasis was poured into the Earth's soil earlier, where it would then spread globally thanks to the power of the Reality Stone. From every plant on the planet would the Antidyasis come through airborne, & with Zolostene being defeated by the Tallest, the Coronavirus was no more.
== Personality ==
Megacorona does not emote, as it has no face, no voice, & therefore no real way of conveying emotions. However, it should be noted that Zolostene designed Megacorona to know how to interact with other lifeforms & gave it the ability to conceptualize. It followed Zolostene's orders without hesitation, so it is capable of true thought despite being a living virus. While it didn't have any special fighting techniques, it was able to recognize Ultraman as a threat & defended itself from him & his mutant allies. 
== Powers & Abilities ==
=== Physical Abilities ===
Monstrous Strength: Megacorona may not have any special fighting techniques, but it is still incredibly strong, able to fight off against Ultraman himself. It is strong enough to destroy an entire planet & even a star. Even its weakened form was still able to infect a small country if Ultraman didn't kill it right then & there.
Monstrous Speed: Megacorona was able to fly across the United States in a fairly short amount of time & quickly infected other nations as well, able to move at hypersonic speeds comparable to Ultraman, though its exact maximum speed is unknown. If its ability to fly is negated, it is motionless.
Invulnerability: Megacorona was created with an armored exterior that is almost impossible to piece through. None of Ultraman's or Kalokorus' attacks were able to visibly harm it. The only thing that can puncture its thick hide is a thin, focused attack with a small scope of energy dispersion (like throwing something really small but at an extremely fast speed). It is durable enough to withstand a supernova. 
Flight: Megacorona's only means of motion are flight, & its flight speed is comparable to its moving speed. It is unknown how exactly it has the means to lift itself off the ground, but it's possible that it could be through anti-gravity.
* Levitation: Megacorona rarely rests, which is why it is always seen hovering.
=== Special Powers ===
Disease Manipulation: Megacorona is a superorganism forged from an untold amount of viruses, & is therefore able to distribute diseases through physical contact, airborne spread, or some other means. Wherever it wasn't spamming its Corona Beams, it was spreading the Coronavirus through the air as it would fly across the land.
Cosmic Energy Manipulation: With the Scepter of Pestilence, Zolostene built Megacorona so that its core would be powered by the same energy that forges stars, fueling it with great amounts of power. Because of that, Megacorona can expel cosmic energy from its spikes. 
* Corona Beam: Megacorona's signature attack is a golden beam of lightning-like energy fired from its spikes that not only destroys whatever it hits, but whoever survives it is given the Coronavirus instantly. This is why Ultraman was best suited for fighting it, as he is both immune to diseases & electricity. It is unknown if Megacorona could fire a Corona Beam from all of its spikes at once or not.
== Weaknesses ==
Megacorona can only be destroyed from the inside, as its core is vulnerable to those who are capable of energy absorption. However, they can only absorb it successfully if they are also immune to diseases, mainly the Coronavirus itself. And even then, Hazard Man could only absorb so much before he would lose consciousness, which is why a weakened Megacorona is still more powerful than him. 
Another (potential) weakness of Megacorona's could be the Antidyasis, but it was never designed to specifically target Megacorona in particular. Still, a large enough dosage could potentially weaken its plague-spreading powers. 
== Trivia ==
* Megacorona is loosely based on the real-life virus of a similar name.
*Its main attack, the Corona Beam, shares the same name & sound effect of Spacegodzilla's signature beam attack.
== Filmography ==
# Dr. Zolostene's Plan for the Coronavirus
# The End of the Plague
# It's Been One (Literal) Hell of a Year (stock footage)
# A Return of Oddities (stock footage)
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