Does This Feel Familiar?

Ke Chen had never expected Kingpin to build the legendary Quantum Collider and bring his wife and son over from another world.

Something Ke Chen had believed only magic could accomplish had actually been achieved through science.

Of course, he also guessed that the sudden block of ice was likely an effect of the Quantum Collider.

Some Captain from another world had been brought here and would awaken years ahead of schedule.

After seeing all this, Ke Chen felt that Kingpin truly was a madman.

He dared to imagine it, and he dared to do it.

Kingpin was truly a complicated man. As an underworld boss, it was somewhat unbelievable that he held such an immense obsession with his wife and son.

All that could be said was that Kingpin was human too.

And as long as someone was human, they had weaknesses.

"Do you have any last words?"

After learning everything, Ke Chen spoke.

Kingpin was a madman. Since he had provoked one, Ke Chen had to deal with him completely.

"Don't kill Vanessa and Richard."

Kingpin looked at Ke Chen, as though he wanted to carve Ke Chen's appearance into the depths of his soul.

After all, he had only just found his wife and son again, only for Ke Chen to destroy it all.

What kind of pain was that?

"I won't kill them."

Ke Chen nodded.

But he would not send them back either.

The Quantum Collider had already been destroyed, and no one knew whether anyone else could build another one.

He made Kingpin meet his gaze, and his eyes turned crimson.

Bzzz!

Powerful Heat Vision burst from his eyes, piercing directly into Kingpin's. At a temperature beyond measure, it instantly vaporized Kingpin's brain.

Kingpin let out only one scream before collapsing limply to the ground.

This time, even his soul was gone.

Ke Chen appeared utterly cold as he finished. He had long expected this day to come.

After gaining power, he had in fact become somewhat indifferent toward human lives.

When one possessed a weapon, murderous intent naturally arose.

Homelander's version of Heat Vision was inferior to Superman's and could not reach temperatures close to the sun's core.

But in this world, it was still practically invincible.

"Dad!"

Richard leaped straight down from the helicopter.

Vanessa jumped down as well.

They were both somewhat helpless. With Kingpin dead, they had effectively lost their support.

But neither dared to hate Ke Chen or Lorna. The gap in power was simply too great.

Lorna gave them a pitying look, then hugged Ke Chen and vanished from the spot in an instant.

By the time S.H.I.E.L.D.'s people finally climbed up, they saw only the helicopter flying away in the distance, while Vanessa and Richard held Kingpin's corpse where they stood.

They immediately went over and found that Kingpin had died horribly. His eyes looked as if they had been burned, and not even a trace of brain matter remained.

Nick Fury obtained the surveillance footage and learned what had happened here.

Kingpin had built the Quantum Collider for his wife and son, bringing Vanessa and Richard from Parallel Worlds.

Even Nick Fury thought Kingpin was insane...

Unfortunately, the Quantum Collider had been destroyed, and all those scientists were dead. Otherwise, he could have immediately had S.H.I.E.L.D. build another one...

Now, he could only haul the damaged Quantum Collider back and see whether they could research anything from it.

It had truly opened a passage to Parallel Worlds. Nick Fury was somewhat excited.

What he considered was greater profit, not the science itself.

"Nick, these are the two people who did it."

Coulson approached Nick Fury with a video clip.

After watching it, Nick Fury fell silent. "Green hair again."

Judging from Lorna's display, it was probably her.

"Perhaps we can recruit her."

Lorna was very powerful, and Nick Fury wanted her to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

That was assuming they could find Lorna.

The United States was an open country, and plenty of people dyed their hair green.

Especially because of St. Patrick's Day, many Christians liked green, believing it represented vitality and health.

So forget hair—other places might be green too...

"Nick, don't you think this man looks familiar?"

Coulson asked at that moment.

Nick Fury immediately replied, "You think so too?"

Though the footage showed only Ke Chen's back, agents could easily remember a silhouette they had seen before.

They simply could not recall, for the moment, where they had seen that back.

They only had a vague impression of it.

That also meant the figure had not been important to them at the time. Otherwise, their memories would not be so blurry.

"Look into it."

Nick Fury said, "Take all the valuable things here back with us. Also, examine Kingpin's wife and son to see whether they carry viruses from another world."

His expression was grave.

Kingpin was not a professional, so he naturally did not understand how dangerous this was.

If people from another world carried pathogens their world did not have, things would become very interesting.

Any terrifying virus could take tens of millions of lives in this world.

This was no joke.

Especially given the reaction speed of Western countries...

Capitalists were best at screwing over the poor. Americans in particular had once used free vaccinations as a pretext to inject Black people with syphilis.

And it had not happened just once or twice. After it happened enough times, Black people had grown smarter.

Free? Then it had to be a scam.

That experience might not always be right, but at least they would not get burned.

So once a virus began to spread, one could imagine what the United States would become. It would surely turn into a hell on earth—a spectacular sight.

Very soon, Nick Fury saw Kingpin's corpse.

Among all the dead at the scene, Kingpin's body was the only one still relatively intact.

He walked over for a look and saw wisps of heat still rising from Kingpin's eye sockets, while an indescribable stench of burnt flesh filled the air.

Even an old agent like Nick Fury found it hard to endure.

He had not yet gone to the top floor. That level was even more spectacular; the entire floor reeked of burning meat.

"What kind of ability is this?"

Nick Fury took a deep breath of fresh air, then asked Maria Hill as she approached.

Maria Hill did not look any better than he did. Her expression remained grim.

"Kingpin's wife and son said that terrifying man shot red lasers from his eyes, and Kingpin ended up like this."

Hiss!

Nick Fury drew in a sharp breath.

That was one ruthless man.

He had been planning to send people to find those two figures, but that thought had now faded.

Ordinary superheroes would never go for the kill. Even those mutants were not this ruthless.

Perhaps this was merely a straightforward revenge killing, not an act of justice.