An Old Unlucky Egg

Although it was determined that the Hulk would likely say goodbye to this world, just in case, Kraft had Angela confirm the locations of a few people he cared about. Seeing that they were all far from Bruce Banner, he continued to charge himself using the learning helmet.

However, this thing wasn't omnipotent. Inputting knowledge didn't mean Kraft could invent items that hadn't appeared in his dreams, like those scientists in his dreams. It only allowed him to understand the principles of existing items and make modifications to a certain extent. What those scientists were truly brilliant at were their wild and imaginative ideas.

Besides, Kraft couldn't understand inventions that completely defied logic, like those of Dr. Dongyun and Dr. Arale, no matter how much knowledge he inputted. This made him very curious about what kind of world those guys lived in.

Unfortunately, the dreams mostly only showed the production and testing processes. Other aspects could only be inferred by Kraft himself based on details like book content, indoor furnishings, and architectural styles.

It could be considered one of Kraft's little pastimes in his dreams.

After uploading some of the dream data into his head, Kraft took off the helmet and shook his slightly swollen head. After each infusion, he needed some time to digest the content. He really didn't know how Child Emperor in the dream managed to absorb the knowledge of an entire library in an hour.

Kraft slumped into the chair like a beached fish. On either side of the chair's backrest, mechanical arms wearing white gloves extended out, pressing against his temples and massaging them.

"There's a problem with Bruce Banner."

Just as Kraft was recovering slightly and about to put his newly absorbed knowledge into practice, Angela's phantom image reappeared before him.

Without waiting for Kraft to ask, Angela projected the scene from the other side onto the wall.

A yellow-green monster was wreaking havoc on the street. Its appearance was even more ferocious than the Hulk's, with distinct bone joints all over its body and a row of spikes on its back. If the Hulk's appearance was like a bodybuilder who came out of a gym, then this monster was a seasoned veteran of underground boxing matches.

"Hulk! Come out here!"

The yellow-green monster grabbed a car and casually hurled it at a military helicopter in the sky, roaring loudly.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Kraft's first thought was about the blood samples Bruce Banner had sent to Samuel Stern.

"Could this guy be that Mr. Blue? He's not even blue."

"From his previous conversation with the military, he seems to be the officer responsible for capturing the Hulk."

"Uh... so this is General Ross's trump card against the Hulk? But it looks like it's out of control too..."

When he was previously searching for information about the Hulk, he had indeed seen that General Ross was conducting research related to the Super Soldier Serum, but the location was not in New Mexico, so Kraft had dismissed it at the time.

"How did he manage to get the Super Soldier Serum to have Hulk-like effects?"

"It seems this officer privately injected himself with the Hulk's serum again at Samuel Stern's."

Angela promptly clarified for Kraft.

"...Alright... General Ross, that guy, is such an unlucky fellow."

His son-in-law turned into a monster, his subordinate turned into a monster. If his daughter or even he himself turned into a monster in the future, it would be hilarious.

Thinking this, Kraft's face showed a malicious smile. As the representative of America's hawkish faction, Kraft was naturally happy to see him make a fool of himself.

Just as ordinary soldiers couldn't stop the Hulk, they were completely unable to resist the monster that Emil Blonsky had become. Because it was in the city center, many heavy weapons couldn't be used. Therefore, apart from hiding in the distance and firing a few ineffective shots, they couldn't inflict any real damage.

However, judging by General Ross's past actions, this iron-fisted hawk probably wouldn't be able to hold back for long. After all, the guy currently causing destruction in New York was his subordinate. If he didn't deal with him soon, he'd likely be court-martialed. In fact, even if General Ross dealt with the monster now, he wouldn't get off scot-free.

In short... he's such an unlucky fellow.

Just as Kraft had guessed, after most of the civilians had evacuated, General Ross no longer cared about the surrounding damage and ordered his subordinates to start using heavy weapons like artillery shells. The shockwave generated by the violent explosion of gunpowder temporarily halted the monster's progress, but it also made him even more ferocious.

Blonsky, who had initially been focused on forcing the Hulk to appear, began to actively attack his former comrades.

The army, which had only achieved minor victories, immediately suffered heavy losses.

And then, the Hulk appeared.

Two green monsters clashed in the streets of New York. However, compared to the Hulk, who transformed from a researcher, Blonsky was much stronger in terms of combat skills. As soon as the Hulk charged forward, he was beaten soundly.

"Didn't you say the Hulk problem was solved?"

Kraft didn't care about the outcome of the fight between the two monsters. In his opinion, as long as America was willing to go all out, they could forcibly kill them.

"According to data analysis, the strength the Hulk is currently displaying is much weaker than before."

Angela presented comparative data and then released the research materials she had stolen from Samuel.

"The serum should have taken effect, but the Hulk's existence is more troublesome than expected."

"Hmm... This solution doesn't seem to have any problems."

Kraft carefully reviewed Samuel's research materials, nodding occasionally. To guard against things like zombie viruses, he had also absorbed a lot of knowledge in biological sciences himself, so understanding Samuel's materials wasn't difficult. According to what was described, it was theoretically possible to solve the Hulk problem.

Moreover, the fact that the Hulk hadn't appeared for a long time, and his current weakened state, clearly showed that this plan had taken effect. It was just that the mutation within Dr. Banner was much more tenacious than they had anticipated.

"So, does this mean Dr. Banner isn't dead?"

After turning into the Hulk, Dr. Banner chose to live in seclusion, which gave Kraft a slight positive impression of him.

However, the events of today seemed to be going against Kraft's expectations. Just as he had made this conclusion, he was proven wrong again.

"The Hulk's strength is rapidly recovering."

Angela once again brought up the combat footage. In the video, the Hulk had gone from being dominated by Blonsky to fighting him on even terms. The strength values calculated by Angela were also soaring.

"The strength the Hulk is currently displaying has far surpassed his previous records."

"Ah... I can see that..."

The battle in the video was completely different from the beginning. The arrogant Blonsky was now like a giant rag doll, held in the Hulk's hands and thrown around at will, completely defenseless.

"So, how did he achieve this?"

Is a knock-off ultimately no match for the genuine article? Kraft inexplicably felt like he was being subtly insulted.

"According to the data collected, Hulk's power seems to be related to his emotions. The angrier he gets, the stronger he becomes."

Angela, unaware of Kraft's inner turmoil, stated her analysis matter-of-factly and brought up a video of Hulk calming down because of Betty Ross.

"It's actually emotions... What kind of third-rate sci-fi romance movie plot is this..."

Kraft clicked his tongue. He suddenly felt that the technology in his world wasn't quite as logical as he thought.