The Price of Becoming Stronger

With Quake's Inhuman Ability awakening, she immediately triggered a Magnitude 7 Earthquake. The entire Brooklyn area shook violently, and many old houses were cracked by the tremors.

The relevant earthquake departments immediately launched an investigation. At first, they thought it was a naturally occurring earthquake. Although New York did not often experience earthquakes, it was not as if they had never happened before. At most, it was merely shocking.

However, as the investigation went deeper, they were astonished to discover that the earthquake's epicenter was actually above the surface. That was highly abnormal.

Just as they were preparing to investigate further, one department made its move first.

"Director, we've located the epicenter. It's Skye. Her ability has awakened!"

Coulson wore a safety helmet and was dressed like a construction worker. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents around him were dressed the same way. At that moment, they were digging through the ruins, and within the portion of the collapsed house they had already cleared, the unconscious Skye lay there safe and sound.

What astonished Coulson and the others even more was that although all the rooms around her had been shaken into a complete mess, the space within roughly three meters of Skye was completely undamaged. Even the operating table beneath her had not warped in the slightest. It was utterly unbelievable.

"The military and the FBI are already on their way. Bring her back before they get here. Leave the rest to me."

Nick Fury had always been forceful when it came to taking things. Although the FBI and the military were the real local powers on United States soil, S.H.I.E.L.D. still did not give them the slightest consideration.

Coulson had long grown used to his superior's style, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to carry Skye out and place her inside a modified ambulance. Then, amid a wailing siren, they drove away. By the time the FBI and military personnel arrived, all that remained was a yard full of ruins and a pile of smashed experimental equipment.

Since Wang Khan had already packed up and taken away all the experimental data, the things here were completely worthless.

At that moment, Wang Khan was organizing the experimental data from earlier. Skye's successful transformation in particular proved that his Meditation Experiment was completely correct. Next came his own enhancement.

A green bottle and a red bottle sat on the bedroom table. They were the Green Goblin Serum and the Quake Serum.

Wang Khan attached several sensors to his body. Red Queen then used those sensors to obtain complete data on his physical condition.

"Guardian, if all the experimental data you provided is accurate, then your probability of successfully evolving after injecting the serum is ninety-eight percent. I recommend verifying the experimental data in reality before proceeding with the injection."

"No need. My Meditation Experiment perfectly simulates reality. It can't be wrong. Inject it."

Red Queen said no more. She controlled the surgical robotic arms, dividing the two bottles of serum into eight syringes and injecting them simultaneously into Wang Khan's limbs, abdomen, neck, spine, and other vital areas.

As the serum entered his body, Wang Khan began to show a stress response. First came slight spasms, followed by violent trembling. Finally, he thrashed about like someone suffering an epileptic seizure, his reaction even more severe than Skye's had been.

"Hold... me... down!"

Under Red Queen's control, several robotic arms pinned Wang Khan's body to the bed. No matter how violently he convulsed, the range of his movements could not become too large.

Streams of sweat poured from Wang Khan's body. At the same time, handfuls of hair fell away, covering the entire bed.

Wang Khan stared at it in alarm.

"What the hell? None of the hundreds of thousands of experiments ever went wrong. Don't tell me I happened to hit that one-in-a-hundred-thousand chance."

Before he could even say "fuck," his brain's protective mechanism forcibly knocked him unconscious.

When she saw Wang Khan lose consciousness, Red Queen panicked a little. But there was nothing else she could do. She could only continue monitoring his bodily data through the sensors and begin emergency treatment immediately if any life-threatening changes appeared.

It was a full five hours before Wang Khan woke up. His first feeling upon awakening was discomfort.

His entire body was sticky, as if he had spent several hours steaming in a high-temperature sauna, then been forced to put on a fur coat without washing afterward.

"Damn~~ This smell is intense. It's gone straight to my head."

The body odor nearly made Wang Khan lose consciousness a second time. He hurriedly got up and tried to go to the bathroom to rinse himself off. But the moment his hand pressed against the mattress, the springs inside deformed violently, producing a teeth-grinding "screech, screech, screech." Then, with a loud bang, one of the bed legs actually snapped.

Wang Khan lost his balance and fell toward the floor. His body instinctively caught itself with one hand, then he performed a somersault and landed smoothly. Execution rating: 9.9.

"This is... some incredibly developed motor coordination. Did the Green Goblin Serum take effect?"

"Guardian, your muscle strength has increased sevenfold, your nerve reaction speed has increased fivefold, and your skeletal strength has increased threefold. At the same time, your internal organs and other bodily systems have also improved to varying degrees. Clearly, the Green Goblin Serum has taken effect. The experiment was a success!"

When Wang Khan heard this, he could not care less about the overpowering stench covering his body. He clenched his fist hard. As his muscles and finger bones compressed, they actually produced a sound like a steel cable twisting violently.

He turned and snatched up a metal baseball bat from the side. Gripping both ends of the bat with both hands, Wang Khan then exerted force and bent his arms inward.

"Screech, screech, screech, screech."

Amid the tooth-grinding sound, the metal baseball bat directly became a hula hoop.

"Hahahaha, it worked! It really worked! From now on, I count as a superhuman too!"

Wang Khan tossed the hula hoop aside, went to the bathroom to wash away the foul sweat covering his body, and changed into loose clothing. He then went to his private gym and, with Red Queen's help, conducted a comprehensive test of his body. The results left Wang Khan extremely satisfied.

Although he did not know Captain America's exact physical stats, judging from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where Captain America fought Spider-Man and still did not fall behind, the two should have roughly comparable physical strength.

Green Goblin had also been able to fight Spider-Man hand to hand without losing ground in the movie. In other words, Wang Khan's physical strength had already risen to Marvel's fifty-fifty level.

"My physical strength is about the same as the data from the Meditation Experiment. Next, let's see what my Inhuman Ability can do."

"Guardian, Quake Skye has been secretly taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. They must already be investigating Quake's superpower, so you need to be careful. The moment any unusual Shockwave appears, it will definitely be discovered."

Wang Khan nodded slightly.

"Red Queen, your analysis is sound. S.H.I.E.L.D. must be monitoring all of New York like a pack of hunting hounds. We can't walk straight into their sights. In that case, let's build a soundproof room first. We can test the Quake ability after it's finished."

After saying that, Wang Khan reached up and wiped the sweat from his head. Instead, he felt something soft and fleshy.

In an instant, Wang Khan's expression changed dramatically. He rushed into the bathroom at a speed that could have broken the world hundred-meter record and stood before the mirror. The next moment, a scream rang out.

"Where's my hair? How come not a single strand is left? No~~~"

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