Prototype: Devouring the Marvel Universe
Chapter 36

Escape

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Hulk turned and threw a punch, but the fully alert Blonsky easily dodged it.

Several more punches followed. Hulk's sledgehammer-sized fists howled through the air, but Blonsky evaded every one of them, as if he could predict them in advance.

Blonsky savored his newfound agility as he casually dodged Hulk's punches. Finally, he leaped several steps back, putting distance between them.

"Is that all you've got?"

Seeing Hulk's frustrated expression after failing to hit him, Blonsky became even more arrogant and disdainful. He slowly approached Hulk and met his gaze.

Blonsky looked mockingly at Hulk. Though Hulk was much larger than him, he did not care in the slightest.

After their brief exchange, Blonsky felt that Hulk was nothing special.

"Blonsky! Fall back!"

Ross's voice came through Blonsky's earpiece, and he impatiently removed it.

Hearing Blonsky's mocking tone and seeing his expression, Hulk angrily let out a heavy breath before suddenly lifting his foot and kicking Blonsky.

Bang!!!

Blonsky flew more than ten meters as if he had been hit by a train, slammed into the trunk of a large tree, and went still.

"Helicopter! Attack!"

Seeing that Blonsky was no longer moving, Ross frowned and hurriedly made the next arrangements.

Less than half a minute after he spoke, a helicopter roared through the rainy night, its two blinding lights sweeping over the area.

Hulk raised an arm to shield his eyes, easing the glare slightly.

When he saw what was flying overhead, a series of beeps began to sound.

A bright laser dot moved back and forth over his body. When the beeping stopped, a rocket came roaring toward him.

Hulk narrowed his eyes at the incoming object. As the rocket reached him, his pupils suddenly contracted, but it was too late to dodge.

Boom!!!

The explosion engulfed an area several meters wide in flames. Hulk staggered out of the fire, somewhat dazed as he patted at his body.

When he came to his senses, he threw back his head and roared furiously at the helicopter.

Then he ran to the armored vehicle he had smashed earlier, grabbed its wreckage, and hurled it at the helicopter in the night sky.

Bang!!

An explosion flashed across the night sky. The helicopter instantly became a ball of fire and spiraled down toward Hulk.

Watching the helicopter fly toward him, Hulk snorted disdainfully, then threw a punch and smashed it to pieces.

The flames scattered into countless fragments across the ground. Hulk stood amid the wreckage like a god of war.

"Bruce!"

Betty broke free from the soldiers beside her and hurried toward Hulk.

Hearing her voice, Hulk thought someone was attacking him again. He turned and glared furiously at the approaching figure.

But he saw Betty, her face streaked with tears as she looked at him with concern.

Hulk froze, and his eyes softened considerably.

He stared blankly at Betty for a moment before carefully extending a hand.

Seeing this, Betty reached out as well. She gently placed her hand on Hulk's huge palm, then wrapped both arms around his hand.

Hulk's gaze became even gentler and calmer, but there was still no sign of him changing back.

He carefully picked Betty up, then bent his legs and leaped.

His massive three- to four-meter body shot up from the ground like a cannonball and vanished into the pouring night rain.

"Let's go to Brooklyn."

Lin Feng watched Hulk disappear into the night, feeling slightly excited.

Then his gaze fell on Blonsky, who had been kicked half to death by Hulk. This was his target.

"Is that really a human? He's even stronger than zombies. Even the Zombie King probably wouldn't be his match."

Uncle Yu had truly had his eyes opened tonight. He stared incredulously in the direction where Hulk had vanished, still unable to believe what he had seen.

If he had not turned around and seen the ravaged street, Uncle Yu would have thought he was dreaming.

"It was caused by scientific experiments. Mutated superhumans like this can't be explained by common sense. There will be many more like them in the future."

Hulk's birth had mainly been the result of Gamma Rays, along with that vial containing Captain America's serum. Both were incredibly fantastical black technologies, and together they had naturally created a monster like Hulk.

Lin Feng quietly withdrew with Uncle Yu. Meanwhile, Ross looked over the devastated scene, and it felt as though half the money in his wallet had vanished.

All of his equipment had been purchased from Stark's company, and none of it had been cheap. Yet not a single piece had proved useful.

Ross had still underestimated Hulk's strength. He had not expected Hulk to be this powerful.

He stared darkly in the direction Hulk had left for a long while without saying a word.

Several days later, Brooklyn.

After arriving here, Lin Feng chatted warmly with several foreigners.

Uncle Yu stood nearby holding a foreign newspaper while an elderly Black man who had learned a little Chinese did his best to communicate with him.

"Hey, everyone, my friend and I have something to do. It was great meeting you tonight."

Just as Lin Feng was enjoying the conversation, Blonsky's figure suddenly appeared within his Pulse Vision. He quickly said goodbye to the foreigners.

"Uncle Yu, let's go."

He walked over to Uncle Yu, said that, and turned to leave.

"Xiao Lin, I want to talk with him a little longer. He's the first friend I've made here."

Lin Feng had not expected Uncle Yu to be moved by the foreigners' warmth. Despite his poor impression of foreigners, he had actually made a friend.

His gaze fell on the elderly Black man across from Uncle Yu. The man warmly greeted Lin Feng, smiling happily.

Lin Feng returned the smile and said, "Uncle Yu, be careful later."

Uncle Yu silently nodded. He understood what Lin Feng meant.

That was also why he did not want to go with Lin Feng, because he wanted to protect these people.

Lin Feng would most likely only care about accomplishing his own goal and would probably not concern himself with these people, so Uncle Yu chose to stay behind.

Lin Feng was not worried about Uncle Yu staying here alone.

His physical abilities were enough for him to trade a few blows with Hulk. If he encountered agents from S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra, he would have more than enough ability to deal with them.

Lin Feng arrived on a Brooklyn street and watched the recovered Blonsky standing across the road, overseeing the special forces soldiers' operation.

Captain America's serum was truly formidable. Even a half-finished knockoff version could restore Blonsky to normal in such a short time.

The way he moved gave no hint that Hulk had kicked him into paralysis just a few days ago.

Lin Feng looked toward the second-floor glass window. Through the fluttering curtains, Blonsky and a team of special forces soldiers quickly captured Bruce.

Then Lin Feng saw the other soldiers, apart from Blonsky, escort Bruce and Betty downstairs.

Blonsky, meanwhile, remained on the second floor, forcing Dr. Blue Stern to inject him with Hulk's serum and expose him to Gamma Rays.

The muffled roars coming from the second floor attracted the already curious people on the street.

Ignoring the military's attempts to stop them, they all raised their phones and photographed the second floor.

Bang!!!

Thud!!

Suddenly, a yellowish-white figure leaped out from the second floor, landed heavily on the ground, and roared at the sky.

Lin Feng looked at the yellow monster covered in spikes and completely naked, an excited smile appearing on his lips.

He had finally appeared.

Lin Feng did not rush to fight the monster. Instead, taking advantage of the chaos on the street caused by Abomination's appearance, he quietly entered the second-floor room Abomination had jumped from.

Following the view provided by Pulse Vision, he saw Stern lying on the floor inside the room.

Stern lay on the ground with a wound on his head where Abomination had struck him. Hulk's blood happened to be dripping onto it.

His head had also begun mutating, becoming somewhat misshapen.

Seeing Lin Feng suddenly appear, the excitement Stern had felt over his mutating head gradually faded.

"You're Lin Feng? The Lin Feng who researched the New Element with Stark!"

This really was Marvel World's signature trait. A single drop of blood could cause a mutation.

"You know me."

Lin Feng was initially puzzled, but then he understood.

This man was also a brilliant scientist. Lin Feng's name had become fairly well-known in scientific circles recently, so anyone active in that field would know it.

"You're a genius, a genius people envy. But now it seems you aren't human either."

The advantages of Stern's mutating brain gradually began to show. Merely by examining Lin Feng with his eyes, he could gather a great deal of information.

Naturally, he also noticed the unusual traits of Lin Feng's body and discovered that there was something abnormal about him.

"Looks like I came to the right place."

Lin Feng smiled faintly, stretched out a hand, and transformed it into a sharp claw before easily grabbing Stern off the ground.

"You're going to kill me? You can't do this! I can help you a lot. We can research together and become famous!!"

Stern's understanding was still limited to that of an ordinary scientist. He had no idea what Lin Feng truly needed.

"Sorry, but what I need is your brain."

Lin Feng apologized, and his other hand instantly transformed into a claw before plunging fiercely into Stern's chest.

Then countless thick tentacles extended from his body, each one stabbing into Stern's flesh.

A few seconds later, Stern let out several miserable screams before falling silent, his entire body completely devoured by Lin Feng.

The moment Lin Feng finished devouring Stern, an intense reaction surged from every part of his body into his brain.

Countless wondrous energies flooded into his consciousness. In an instant, Lin Feng felt as though his awareness had taken flight.

The invisible burden that had always weighed on his mind seemed to vanish. Lin Feng felt his thoughts accelerate several times over, while everything around him became extraordinarily clear. Countless pieces of information in the air looked like black dots on white paper before his eyes.

All sorts of flashes of insight continually sparked in his mind. Countless strange and fascinating ideas erupted like the Big Bang.

Lin Feng excitedly experienced it all. Only now did he understand what it felt like for Tony to be a genius.

To Tony, that Iron Man armor was like a thin window paper within reach.

As long as he needed it, the corresponding inspiration would naturally spring into his mind for him to use.

Lin Feng slowly digested the changes for a while, absorbing Stern's memories along with them.

Stern's twenty to thirty years of scientific knowledge were also absorbed. At this point, Lin Feng's store of knowledge finally matched the identity he had fabricated in Marvel World.

"Abomination, it seems this guy is just a brainless brute. He'll be easy to deal with."

With his super brain, countless plans for dealing with Abomination instantly appeared in Lin Feng's mind.

Listening to the continuous explosions outside, he ran his hands through a layer of tentacles, transforming them into a pair of black muscular arms.

Brooklyn streets.

Abomination was like a human entering a LEGO city. Every step and every punch caused immense destruction to the street.

Cars he flipped over flew more than ten meters away, while people he struck as he ran died on the spot.

Abomination was like a tank racing at full speed, utterly unstoppable.

"Who else can fight me!!"

Abomination kicked over a police car, then planted his spiked foot on its body. The piercing siren let out a few whimpering cries before falling silent.

He looked arrogantly and wildly at the fleeing crowd around him and shouted without restraint.

Thud!!!

Before Abomination could enjoy himself for long, Lin Feng descended from the sky. With both hands clasped into a hammer, he brought them down onto Abomination's head.

The tremendous force smashed Abomination's head into the concrete, driving his entire four- to five-meter body headfirst into the ground.

Lin Feng landed on the ground and, before Abomination could react, grabbed his back and leaped high into the air.

A human barely over 1.7 meters tall, carrying a four- to five-meter monster, suddenly jumped more than ten meters into the air.

Everyone fleeing through Brooklyn saw the scene and thought their eyes were playing tricks on them.

Even General Ross, several hundred meters away in the air, thought he was dreaming as he watched the footage transmitted by his soldiers.

Ross frowned, his mouth slightly open as he stared at Lin Feng in the footage.

Then he glanced back at Bruce, who had returned to normal, and asked, "How many people did you perform experiments like this on?"

"I didn't do this. I don't know that person at all. That monster is your man. It has nothing to do with me!!"

Bruce had been blamed for no reason, and of course he refused to take the blame. He too stared at Lin Feng in the footage with astonishment in his eyes.

Yet deep in his heart, he also felt a trace of longing and envy.

Lin Feng looked like an ordinary human, yet possessed power capable of shaking monsters at Hulk's level.

Judging from the footage, this person could even remain calm. It was simply unbelievable.

"Go back!"

Ross looked at Lin Feng, an ordinary human with such terrifying power.

In an instant, his desire for Hulk shifted entirely to Lin Feng.

He shouted at the pilot, his gaze fixed tightly on Lin Feng as he fought Abomination evenly in the footage.

"Uaaaaaah!!!!"

Abomination roared furiously after being planted headfirst into the ground for no reason. He flung Lin Feng off, grabbed a car beside him, and smashed it toward him.

The several-ton vehicle tumbled across the street several times, nearly engulfing Lin Feng's figure and blocking all of his escape routes.

The car came too fast, and Lin Feng had no intention of dodging.

His right hand instantly transformed into a spiked warhammer, and with one punch, he smashed the car apart.

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