Higher-dimensional resonance, hidden cosmic-level energy
Lynn's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand.
Dark Gold flames leaped wildly in his optic nerve, burning his eyes until they were dry and stinging. Deep in his eardrums, the system's emotionless mechanical voice was ripped into a shrill air raid siren.
[WARNING! Out-of-specification energy fluctuations detected!]
[Unknown Cosmic-Level Mental Imprint remains within the target Genes sample!]
Extreme heat seeped from Lynn's bone marrow. The Chaos Magic belonging to Wanda within him was like a ignited gasoline can, rampaging through his veins. The temperature at the edge of the marble Kitchen Island instantly soared, and the Ceramic Coffee Cup that Susan had just placed there shattered with a "crack," the scalding brown liquid evaporating into a pungent white mist before it even hit the ground.
"Boss!" Natasha whispered, her right hand instinctively reaching for the Vibranium Gun at her waist.
But she couldn't pull it out at all.
A terrifying pressure descended upon the Dining Room without warning. It wasn't physical gravity, but rather a kind of mental pressure that transcended three-dimensional space.
Susan grunted, her high heels leaving two charred marks on the floor as she was forced back three steps. Her proud Molecular-level Invisible Force Field activated automatically, but under this invisible pressure, it cracked under the strain, its surface covered with spiderweb-like cracks.
Gwen Stacy sprang to her feet like a cat with its fur standing on end. She crossed her arms over her chest, letting out a low growl like Beast, and stood firmly to Lynn's left.
Wanda reacted the most strongly.
"Get out!"
Wanda let out a shrill and violent scream. Her dark red leather coat fluttered wildly under the surging magic. The capillaries around her eyes bulged, Scarlet Chaos Particles, like boiling magma, gushed out from her body, instantly enveloping Lynn in an absolute defensive barrier.
She stared intently at the Genes Double Helix on the Holographic Screens, codenamed "Unnamed-001".
A woman's most intuitive sixth sense, combined with the keen perception of Skyfather-level magician, allowed her to instantly grasp what was hidden behind the Data Stream.
A gaze.
A gaze filled with inquiry, greed, and even a kind of condescending destructive desire.
What drove Wanda even crazier was that the gaze didn't even look at her, nor at Susan and Gwen Stacy. It pierced through physical defenses and was fixed on Lynn.
"Who allowed you... to look him in the eye!" Wanda's voice had completely changed, filled with a venomous resentment that wanted to tear the other person's soul apart. She suddenly grabbed forward with both hands, and the materialized Chaos Magic transformed into two huge Scarlet Ghost Hands, fiercely pinching the Holographic Screens in mid-air.
Lynn didn't move.
He let Wanda's magic rage around him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, forcibly suppressing the boiling blood within him. The self-healing ability provided by the Super-Soldier Serum was frantically repairing the cells burned by the high temperature.
He stared at the string of flashing red code on the screen.
A cosmic-level spiritual imprint.
That idiot Stryker had no idea what he had extracted. He thought it was just a highly promising Omega-Level Mutant, unaware that the owner of this Genes harbored Ancient Deity capable of burning the entire solar system to shards.
Jean Grey.
The Phoenix Force.
A dangerously smirk appeared on Lynn's lips.
He originally thought that the most Shura Field on Earth were Wanda's Chaos Magic and the Ancient One's Time Stone. Now, the upper limit of power has been forcibly raised.
This did not frighten him; instead, it made his heart pound with excitement.
He needs this strength.
If he could extract the Phoenix Force from that Red-haired Woman, or... turn that woman into a mad dog kneeling at his feet, then what would he need to fear from the Celestials? What would he need to care about the Time Variance Authority?
Absolute power is the only truth that can crush all rules.
"Uncle... your hand is bleeding..." Gwen Stacy's trembling voice came from beside her.
Lynn lowered her head.
Due to the resonance of two Higher-Dimensional Energy within his body, a large area of capillaries on the back of his right hand ruptured, oozing a layer of fine blood droplets. The smell of blood instantly permeated the air under the high temperature.
The smell of blood became the final straw that broke Wanda's back.
You hurt him.
The Scarlet in Wanda's eyes had thickened to the point of being almost bloodshot. She turned her head and stared intently at the Holographic Screens.
The Dark Gold Psychic Power did not retreat despite Wanda's warning. On the contrary, it seemed to have developed a great interest in the Chaos Magic within Lynn's body. Following the network node that Susan had cracked, it greedily coiled around the energy fluctuations emanating from Lynn like an invisible venomous snake.
It's testing the waters.
A higher- Dimension being instinctively probes another higher -Dimension container.
"I said... get out!"
Wanda went completely berserk. She didn't care where this Psychic Power came from or how powerful it was. In her logic, anyone who dared to touch Lynn, or even just glance at Lynn, had to be eliminated.
She clasped her hands together abruptly.
A muffled groan echoed through the entire top floor of the Baxter Building.
"Wanda, stop." Lynn finally spoke. His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable command.
If Wanda were allowed to erupt here, the entire building, along with the Supercomputer Matrix beneath it, would be instantly Oblivion. He still needs this Genes bank.
"Boss..." Susan gritted her teeth, enduring the immense pressure to prevent the Holographic Projection from being torn apart, "That energy is tracking our physical coordinates in reverse!"
"Let it chase." Lynn sneered.
Instead of retreating, he took a step forward. His slender fingers passed through the Crimson Barrier set up by Wanda and pressed down on the "Unnamed-001" Genes map that was floating in mid-air without any warning.
Buzz--
The moment they made contact, a violent stream of Dark Gold energy rushed from Lynn's fingertips straight to his head.
He saw a sea of fire.
A colossal Firebird, composed of pure Psychic Power and a destructive desire, burned in the endless depths of space. The Firebird opened its eyes in the Abyss, its Dark Gold pupils fixed on Lynn's soul. It sensed the Chaos power within Lynn, a power of the same origin as its own, yet entirely different.
It yearns.
It wants to devour him, or... be devoured by him.
This extremely brief exchange of ideas lasted less than half a second in reality.
Lynn withdrew his hand, a lingering burning pain remaining on his fingertips.
The ambition in his eyes was completely ignited.
Found it.
A springboard to a higher level.
But Lynn's act of actively touching that Psychic Power drove Wanda behind him into an unprecedented frenzy.
In Wanda's eyes, Lynn not only did not avoid the unknown woman's prying eyes, but also took the initiative to reach out and respond to her!
betray.
The extreme rage of having one's territory violated.
"You're not allowed to look at her!"
Wanda let out a hysterical scream. She shoved Gwen Stacy aside, who was blocking her way, and plunged her hands directly into the dark blue Data Stream on the Holographic Screens.
She didn't attack Lynn; she didn't dare.
She unleashed all her murderous intent upon the being on the other end of the internet cable.
The Scarlet Chaos Particles, following the physical nodes of data transmission, transformed into countless sharp magical blades, flowing upstream. She intended to transcend spatial distances, following this Mind Link, to shred the being who dared to seduce her man, along with his soul, into fragments.