Richard Rider awakens to discover he's the last remaining Nova Corps member. The Worldmind guides him to the Hub, where the Worldmind is preserved by uploading itself into Richard Rider. With the new power, Richard feels strong enough to take on the entire invading army, and tries to do exactly that. The Worldmind shuts him down before he overloads, but not before he draws the attention of Drax and Cammi (who survived their crash and the assault), and Annihilus (who noticed the loss of manpower).

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