Chapter Summaries

Professor Connors pinned Hulk down while Atomic Breath continuously burned through his skin, muscles, bones, and regenerative cells. Hulk’s body neared collapse as he struggled helplessly beneath the sustained beam.

• Professor Connors restrained Hulk with his powerful appendages, leaving him unable to escape Atomic Breath.
• Atomic Breath scorched Hulk’s skin until it turned black, cracked, and began to melt.
• The extreme heat damaged Hulk’s stem cells and overwhelmed his regenerative ability.
• Hulk’s muscles weakened and his bones began to crack as he struggled against the beam.
• Hulk recalled surviving General Ross’s nuclear attack, but Atomic Breath continued to erode his body until he swayed near collapse.

Chang Wei arrived during Hulk’s battle with Professor Connors and used his energy beam to interrupt the attack, giving Hulk a chance to escape. Professor Connors fled underground after weakening in the clash, but struck Hulk with his tail and sent him flying.

• A high-energy object approached Tony Stark, and Chang Wei appeared above him surrounded by deep-blue energy.
• Tony and J.A.R.V.I.S. identified Chang Wei and detected an unfamiliar energy surrounding him.
• Chang Wei attacked Professor Connors with an energy beam, forcing him to turn away from Hulk.
• Hulk broke free of Professor Connors’s restraint and charged at him while the clash drained Professor Connors’s energy.
• Professor Connors dug into the ground to escape and struck Hulk with his tail, sending him flying hundreds of meters away.

Chang Wei explained to the battered Tony that he had gained his unusual energy by injecting himself with an experimental Super Serum. Tony questioned the serum’s safety and development, while Chang Wei described his research into activating latent energy in human cells.

• Chang Wei landed near the injured Tony after the battle with the Lizardman.
• Tony admitted that he and Hulk had nearly died and that the Lizardman had overwhelmed them.
• Tony noticed Chang Wei’s fading blue energy and asked whether it came from new technology.
• Chang Wei revealed that he had developed and injected himself with an experimental Super Serum.
• Tony challenged Chang Wei for testing the serum on himself and asked whether it had undergone rigorous animal testing.
• Chang Wei said he had tested it on animals and developed it through research into cellular energy metabolism and other fields.

Tony, Bruce Banner, and Chang Wei discussed the risks of Chang Wei’s experimental serum before focusing on the Lizardman as their greatest threat. At the headquarters tower, Tony used J.A.R.V.I.S.’s reconstructed battle footage to investigate the radioactive isotope that transformed Professor Connors, but its source remained unknown.

• Chang Wei admitted that the serum was still in preliminary testing and that its long-term risks were uncertain.
• Tony and Bruce Banner agreed that they needed to investigate the Lizardman’s origins and abilities.
• Tony, Bruce Banner, and Chang Wei returned to the headquarters tower, leaving the aftermath to Tony’s foundation.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. projected a nanoscale reconstruction of the battle in the simulation hall, and Tony paused when the radioactive isotope appeared.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. traced the isotope’s trajectory to the air but could not identify its source, so Tony ordered a search across the city and a wider area.
• Tony continued the reconstructed footage as the three watched Professor Connors consume the radioactive isotope.

Tony, Doctor Banner, and Chang Wei investigated a Lizardman that ate a Radioactive Isotope and discovered it had an internal organ resembling an Atomic Furnace that absorbed radiation without emitting detectable signals. They decided to use Radioactive Material as bait, while Professor Connors had already found a nuclear waste burial site.

• Tony showed Doctor Banner and Chang Wei a reconstruction of the Lizardman eating a Radioactive Isotope and revealed its Biological reactor organ.
• Doctor Banner recognized that the Lizardman’s internal structure resembled an Atomic Furnace reactor and considered whether it was natural or deliberately created.
• Tony concluded that the creature absorbed and contained radiation, making it difficult to locate through heat or radiation readings.
• Chang Wei suggested tracking the creature by using Radioactive Material as bait, and Tony approved the idea.
• Professor Connors followed his instincts and found a nuclear waste burial site.

The chapter explained the hazards and disposal processes for low- and high-level nuclear waste, including the risks created when companies cut costs. Professor Connors’s sensitivity to radiation led him to a buried nuclear waste repository on the outskirts of the city.

• The chapter described how low- to intermediate-level nuclear waste was compressed, sealed in barrels, and stored at near-surface facilities.
• Workers cooled Spent Fuel in pools for five to eight years before assessing it for recoverable uranium-235 and plutonium-239.
• Technicians separated reusable nuclear materials and sealed the radioactive residue in containers for burial in deep underground repositories.
• The chapter explained that disposal sites required long-term stability and substantial funding, while outsourced companies often had little incentive to meet strict standards.
• Professor Connors followed his sensitivity to radiation and found a nuclear waste repository buried underground on the outskirts of the city.

Professor Connors broke into an underground nuclear waste warehouse and began consuming radioactive material to fuel his Godzilla-like body. As his body absorbed the waste, the chapter ended with the isotopes releasing high-energy particles inside his stomach.

• Professor Connors sensed radiation beneath an abandoned industrial zone and dug through the ground to uncover an underground warehouse.
• He entered the warehouse and approached the nuclear waste containers, drawn to the radiation.
• Professor Connors tore open a container and devoured the nuclear waste.
• His digestive fluid dissolved the waste and released radioactive isotopes and high-energy particles as his body absorbed their energy.

Professor Connors devoured all the nuclear waste in a warehouse, triggering dangerous changes and then falling asleep as his body rapidly evolved to absorb, store, and release nuclear energy. His transformation continued in his dreams, developing biological systems that could eventually produce Atomic Breath.

• Professor Connors's body changed as he consumed nuclear waste, darkening his skin and sharpening his senses while radiation built up inside him.
• Driven by hunger, Professor Connors tore open and ate every nuclear waste container in the warehouse, swelling and radiating blue-violet energy.
• Professor Connors became drowsy, retreated to nearby woodland, and fell asleep, with his radiation withering the surrounding trees.
• As Professor Connors slept, his body grew larger and stronger, and his stomach developed mechanisms to absorb, store, and reuse uranium.
• Professor Connors developed Energy-Storage Cells beneath his skin and Discharge Cells in his dorsal fin, which could channel stored energy toward his throat for Atomic Breath.

Professor Connors woke in a radiation-blighted wasteland and found that his transformation had barely increased his size. Frustrated by the limits of his genetic fusion, he devised a plan to activate his dormant Godzilla genes using serum made from eggs produced with a compatible female.

• Professor Connors woke amid the devastation caused by his body's intense radiation and found that he had grown only slightly.
• Professor Connors concluded that his body's functions and genetic capacity, rather than his ability to fuse genes, had reached their limits.
• Professor Connors recalled that repeated injections of the same serum could not activate dormant genes and that combining different serums risked genetic collapse.
• Professor Connors decided he would not accept his limited transformation and considered using eggs from a compatible female to create serum that might activate his dormant Godzilla genes.
• Professor Connors recalled the Mysterious Person's reference to Godzilla and considered extracting his genes to turn others into Unknown creatures.

Professor Connors extracted and activated Godzilla genes, then prepared a serum for his plan to create a Godzilla creature. He chose Norman Osborn as the intended mother matrix, believing the transformation could prolong Osborn’s life while giving Connors access to Osborn Industries’ resources.

• Professor Connors collected his blood and isolated a small amount of Godzilla genes in his laboratory.
• He found that the genes barely reproduced until he added trace amounts of Radioactive Isotope, which activated them.
• Professor Connors purified the active genes and produced pale green serum, storing it in refrigerated containers.
• He concluded that the serum required a compatible mother matrix with strong Life Force and no reproductive isolation.
• Professor Connors selected Norman Osborn, whose failing health might improve through transformation and whose wealth could help supply the Nuclear Fuel a Godzilla creature needed.

Professor Connors abducted Norman Osborn and injected him with Godzilla serum to make him a Mother Matrix. Norman’s body began transforming, but his family’s genetic disease interacted unpredictably with the Godzilla genes, leaving his condition unstable.

• Professor Connors lured Norman Osborn to a meeting by promising a breakthrough that could help his health.
• Norman arrived in Green Goblin armor, but Professor Connors overpowered him and carried him to his secret laboratory.
• Professor Connors restrained Norman and injected him with Godzilla serum, intending to make him the Mother Matrix for his experiment.
• Norman suffered intense pain as his body developed rough, scale-like skin and stronger muscles.
• Professor Connors saw Norman’s Retroviral Genetic Disease react with the Godzilla genes, causing the two sets of genes to fuse and repel each other as Norman’s condition fluctuated.

Professor Connors stabilized Norman Osborn’s failing condition with a genetic inhibitor, then continued altering Norman into a female Godzilla organism so they could produce offspring. The chapter ended after Connors successfully mated with the bound, transformed Norman.

• Professor Connors analyzed Norman Osborn’s genes and developed an inhibitor tailored to suppress the retroviral disease and support gene fusion.
• Professor Connors injected Norman with the inhibitor, stabilizing his vital signs and easing his pain.
• Professor Connors secretly used inhibitors and nutrient solutions to transform Norman’s body and develop a female Godzilla reproductive system.
• Professor Connors prepared to strengthen his own Godzilla traits and approached the transformed Norman, who was bound and unable to resist.
• Professor Connors struggled with their artificial reproductive incompatibility for several hours before finally succeeding.

Professor Connors confirmed that Norman was carrying Godzilla Larva and cut open his abdomen to remove their egg sac for his experiments. The larvae began losing vitality outside Norman's body, leaving Connors with the task of preserving them for his plans.

• Professor Connors monitored Norman's recovery and saw that his abdomen was swelling as the pregnancy progressed.
• Norman regained enough strength to curse Connors, who dismissed his threats and focused on the larvae developing inside him.
• Professor Connors decided to remove the egg sac rather than let the larvae continue developing in Norman, intending to use them to make serum.
• Professor Connors restrained Norman, cut open his abdomen, and tore out the egg sac.
• The Godzilla Larva's glow dimmed after they left Norman's body, and their vitality began to fade.

Professor Connors used the Gene Editor to make serum from Godzilla Larvae and swallowed six doses after realizing his hardened hide could not be pierced by a syringe. The serum awakened dormant Godzilla genes and let him absorb the Radiation Sources in his body, leaving him transformed and craving more Radioactive Material.

• Professor Connors drained three Godzilla Larvae to produce serum, discarding their shriveled egg sacs and leaving four larvae barely alive.
• Connors injected three more larvae to drain their life force and fed the remaining samples into the Gene Editor’s synthesis process.
• After the Gene Editor produced three doses, Connors swallowed all six doses because ordinary syringes could not pierce his hardened hide.
• The serum let Connors digest Radiation Sources stored in his uranium-fluid sacs, causing his bones, muscles, and body to grow rapidly.
• Connors’s genes were purified and more dormant Godzilla genes awakened, while he became intensely hungry for more Radioactive Material.

Connors threatened Norman with Harry’s inherited Retroviral Genetic Disease and forced him to procure Radioactive Material for Connors’s transformation. Norman secretly arranged for Osborn Industries to obtain it, while Harry sat distracted in his bedroom.

• Connors told Norman that Harry would likely develop the Retroviral Genetic Disease and offered to cure him in exchange for Radioactive Material.
• Norman agreed to Connors’s demand because he feared for Harry’s life.
• After Connors left, Norman planned to use Osborn Industries’ connections to procure the material secretly.
• Norman gathered key company members and assigned them to contact suppliers and arrange secure transportation.
• Harry sat at his desk with his workbook untouched, distracted by his thoughts.

Harry noticed that Norman had become more delicate, hesitant, and emotionally changeable, but he did not know that Connors had transformed Norman into a reptilian mother body with lasting feminized traits. When Harry asked whether something had happened, Norman denied it and changed the subject to Harry’s grades.

• Harry noticed Norman’s altered manner and wondered whether his father was ill or whether he was imagining things.
• The chapter revealed that Connors had changed Norman into a Godzilla life-form and a mother body, altering his hormones, body, emotions, and sense of identity.
• Norman struggled with shame and fear that Harry would reject him, while his indecision caused him to miss a major company investment opportunity and anger shareholders.
• Harry entered Norman’s study and asked whether something had happened to him lately.
• Norman denied that anything was wrong and asked Harry about his grades instead.

Harry stopped Norman from using his influence to pressure the school over Harry’s grades, while Norman secretly sought a way to reverse his Godzilla transformation. In the underground lab, Connors demanded locations of nuclear facilities around New York City so he could absorb more energy and grow stronger.

• Norman began calling Harry’s school to complain about his education, but Harry took the phone and ended the call.
• Harry told Norman he would take responsibility for his studies, and Norman agreed not to complain for now.
• Norman secretly researched ways to restore himself, but he concluded that the changes caused by Mother Matrix Godzilla were likely irreversible.
• Norman supplied Connors with radioactive materials, including Yellowcake, but Connors grew into a ten-meter-long monster and wanted more energy.
• Connors ordered Norman to find nuclear power plants and ballistic missile bases near New York City, and Norman grew uneasy about his plan.

Connors forced Norman to locate nuclear facilities by threatening Harry, then prepared to act alone against the missile bases. Norman’s intelligence revealed the locations and defenses of several Minuteman III bases, while Connors focused on the lightly staffed missile facilities.

• Connors rejected Norman’s offer to buy more Yellowcake and threatened Harry to make Norman help with the plan.
• Norman agreed to investigate and used Osborn Group records and intelligence networks to find nuclear power plants and missile bases near New York City.
• Norman uncovered locations of several intercontinental ballistic missile bases through the Osborn Group’s Pentagon maintenance records.
• Connors decided to carry out the operation without Norman, and Norman felt relieved to be excluded.
• Connors reviewed the Minuteman III bases and learned about their security forces, missile silos, and limited staffing.

Connors approached Minot Air Force Base in his enormous Godzilla form, where the 91st Security Force guarded the base’s bombers and Minuteman III missiles. The chapter described the base’s defenses and equipment as Connors drew near, leaving the confrontation yet to begin.

• The chapter described how fake silos helped obscure the locations of real missile silos and how heavily reinforced silo hatches protected them.
• Connors arrived at Minot Air Force Base without attempting to hide, leaving deep footprints as he approached.
• The chapter outlined the 91st Security Force’s responsibility for guarding Minot’s strategic bombers and 150 Minuteman III missiles.
• The 91st Security Force relied on UH-1N helicopters and machine-gun-mounted Hummer vehicles to respond to emergencies.

Connors approached Minot Air Force Base in his Godzilla life form, and the 91st Security Force detected him and dispatched armed soldiers. Their heavy machine-gun fire could not pierce his G-cell-adapted exoskeleton, leaving Connors unharmed as the confrontation began.

• Connors approached Minot Air Force Base without hiding his movements.
• The base’s reconnaissance system detected Connors and relayed his presence to the Command Center.
• The 91st Combat Brigade and 90th Security Guard Brigade mobilized in Hummers armed with heavy machine guns.
• The soldiers arrived near Connors and opened fire despite their fear.
• The bullets bounced off Connors’s thick exoskeleton, which his G cells had adapted to withstand earlier attacks.