Energy Interfering with Matter

Old Wang did not linger.

In less than two minutes, he was back in the deepest part of the power plant.

"Wang, how are things? Let me see if you're hurt!" Skye rushed over and started feeling him up.

Wrong place. A little ticklish.

Before Old Wang could refuse, she let out a "Huh?" and looked up at him with suspicion. "You smell like a woman. Strongly!"

She casually plucked a curled strand of blonde hair from him.

Skye, are you part dog? Quake has that ability too...? Old Wang spread his hands and explained helplessly, "I just saved Black Widow's life... Yeah, there was some physical contact. It's not what you think. You know, I couldn't possibly be that fast. It's been less than five minutes. I'm fine. What's the situation now?"

Skye ignored his last question and rolled her eyes.

I don't know. How could I possibly know?

And that was such a lame attempt at changing the subject. Wang, you're terrible at this!

"Hydra has retreated. The S.H.I.E.L.D. people are cleaning up the battlefield. Both sides got hit pretty hard, but S.H.I.E.L.D.'s losses were a bit worse than Hydra's."

Skye said, "Most of the surveillance cameras were destroyed, so I don't know the specifics either. Wang, what are you holding? A mechanical arm?"

"The Winter Soldier's. We'll talk about it later."

Old Wang swept his gaze around. "Where's Robbie?"

"A few Hydra agents tunneled in from another side. Robbie said they'd all committed crimes, so he went to get revenge," Skye answered.

Old Wang nodded.

Hydra had people inside S.H.I.E.L.D.

That was why Hydra knew every move S.H.I.E.L.D. made.

If he had not intervened this time, everyone S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent here would probably have been wiped out by Hydra. Natasha definitely would not have escaped, and Coulson would probably have died too.

So I'm S.H.I.E.L.D.'s benefactor?

Too bad I'm so noble. I do good deeds without asking for anything in return. Not only do I leave no name behind, I even leave someone else's name.

I wonder how many more years it'll take for that weakest Iron Fist in history to return to New York from K'un-Lun. What an embarrassment to K'un-Lun.

Apparently, many years ago, the strongest Iron Fist, Wu Fengji, had defeated part of the Phoenix Force. That was seriously badass.

Compared to her, the current one was pathetically weak. He had fallen to the level of a street hero. Shenlong Shou Lao's immortal power could only be channeled into one fist, and he was constantly bullied by ordinary people. He was not even as good as Li Li, an underage Pandaren. Pitiful.

Maybe I should take a trip to K'un-Lun, steal Shenlong Shou Lao's power, and become the Iron Fist myself!

Old Wang quietly made his calculations.

Although it had been a spur-of-the-moment idea back then, he had considered it for several seconds. There was a reason for it.

Maybe it would have an unexpected effect...

Of course, that was a matter for later. For now, he still needed to deal with Lucy and the other three little ghosts as soon as possible.

The Winter Soldier had been badly wounded, so Hydra would definitely retreat.

Egghead was clever, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was still formidable on the surface. Reinforcements would arrive soon.

Natasha was seriously injured, but Coulson would probably lead people to track the Winter Soldier, only to be ambushed by Hydra. That guy had incredible luck, so he would most likely survive.

Besides, Natasha would tell Coulson and Egghead what had happened.

Actually, she did not even need to tell them. The tiny camera and communicator on her had been on the whole time. Coulson and Egghead already knew everything that had happened here.

They probably would not barge in. After all, this "Kunlun Iron Fist" and "Ghost Rider" were simply beyond their ability to handle. It was not as though they could just send bombers to carpet-bomb the place. That would be hard to explain to the public.

This was not after the Battle of New York in Avengers 1, when they could blame everything on aliens.

Besides, saving Natasha was a gesture of goodwill. Egghead was not some idiot brainwashed by patriotism and lofty ideals. He definitely would not casually provoke an uncontrollable martial arts master like him.

Even if there was some scheme, it would not be put into action so quickly.

Time was short, but there was enough.

Heavy footsteps sounded.

Robbie walked over, dragging a chain behind him.

There was no blood on him, not even the smell of blood. It had all been burned away by Hellfire.

Ghost Rider was seriously awesome. He could destroy corpses and erase all traces, leaving behind not even hair or blood at the scene. DNA testing would be useless.

"All taken care of?" Old Wang glanced at him and found that the Spirit of Vengeance had grown a little stronger than before.

That thing fed on the desire for revenge!

A Ghost Rider taking revenge for himself counted as revenge, and taking revenge for other victims counted as revenge too.

Simply put, as long as someone committed a wrong, there would be victims. As long as the wrongdoer was eliminated, the Spirit of Vengeance would gain power and grow stronger.

Once it became strong enough, it could even go toe-to-toe with Doctor Strange.

Hopefully Robbie could keep it under control.

Otherwise, Old Wang would have no choice but to be impolite!

"It's taken care of," Robbie answered.

Then he walked behind Eli, seemingly lost in thought.

Inside him, the Spirit of Vengeance stirred restlessly, but in the end, it did not dare make any reckless moves.

Because it saw Old Wang take out that magical crystal bottle again—the one even it coveted—and take a small sip.

The energy in his body shot upward.

Not only had what he had consumed earlier been fully replenished, there even seemed to be some overflow.

His physique had become stronger.

His strength had become greater.

And it seemed that, even now, it still could not beat him...

Half an hour later.

"It's done!" Eli shouted as the final wire connected, unprecedented ecstasy appearing on his face.

Old Wang calmly glanced at Lucy. "Check it."

Lucy hurriedly did as he said.

A few minutes later, she nodded, unable to suppress her excitement. "That's right, exactly right! We can finally become human again. This is wonderful! I've waited nearly... a month for this day!"

Old Wang smiled. "Then let's begin."

The four little ghosts drifted into the room-sized Quantum Generator.

It activated.

The entire power plant's electricity was fed into it.

Old Wang raised an eyebrow.

He sensed concentrated energy, and it was actually related to shadow.

That made sense.

The Quantum Generator was opening another dimension, a Dark Dimension known as "Hell." The power there was dark power, and in essence, it was no different from shadow—Void energy.

All Hells fell under the category of darkness, including Dormammu's home.

So-called dimensions were, in fact, a state of being.

Their energy forms had already transformed into those of Hell creatures, yet they had failed to enter Hell.

Like ghosts lingering in the human world.

And now, the Quantum Generator was changing that form.

This was the conversion of energy into matter. Some spells could accomplish it easily, such as those from the school of Evocation, but very few scientists had managed it so far.

Captain America counted as one.

Having the Super Soldier Serum did not automatically make someone Captain America.

The serum had to be absorbed with the help of a special device, and it also required an enormous supply of electricity.

Back then, helping Captain America absorb it had directly caused a massive area to lose power.

The final result had been astonishing:

The scrawny Captain America had grown taller and more muscular, and even gained a considerable amount of weight. That was energy being converted into matter.

Now, Lucy and the other three needed even more electricity to transform from nearly weightless ghosts into humans of flesh and blood.

Fortunately, the power plant could provide enough.

It was a very short process.

Before Old Wang had even finished thinking, Lucy and the other three had appeared inside the Quantum Generator in human form.

They even had the clothes they had worn in life.

Old Wang was a little disappointed.

How boring.