The pale blue secondary serum was steadily injected into Su Zhou's body. The moment it came into contact with his blood,
it transformed into pure energy in an extremely short time. His heart had only beaten twice
before that pure energy traveled throughout his body and began absorbing the energy already inside him,
remodeling Su Zhou's body!
But this energy was nowhere near as gentle as the physical enhancements the system provided. Instead, it acted like a back-alley doctor,
brutally tearing apart Su Zhou's muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, then sticking them back together with superglue.
With [Super Vision], Su Zhou could clearly see the changes taking place throughout his body,
but this brutal process of transformation inevitably brought him pain beyond what an ordinary person could imagine!
Su Zhou: (メ｀ロ´)/
In ancient times, Lord Guan had poison scraped from his bone. Today, I, Su Zhou, courted death by getting an injection!
If I'd known remodeling my body would hurt this much, I wouldn't have wanted this piece of junk!
Just as the energy stored inside Su Zhou's body-the little fat he had-was completely consumed by the serum,
the electric chair beneath his backside suddenly kicked into gear!
Electric currents of an unknown voltage flowed into every part of his body, producing visible arcs across his skin,
and the serum, which had turned into energy, seized this sudden influx of electrical power,
turning it into another back-alley doctor that continued brutally remodeling Su Zhou's body!
The current forced Su Zhou's teeth tightly together, and saliva dribbled uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth.
Su Zhou: (º﹃º)
This won't do. I need to find some way to ease this!
Otherwise, even after the serum enhancement is done, I might end up drooling whenever I talk!
"System, use character experience card: Chan Ka-Kui!"
An invisible light flashed before Su Zhou's eyes, and Chan Ka-Kui's own attributes were layered onto his body.
Now it was as though two people were bearing the electric chair's current together, instantly easing the strain considerably.
But the serum's remodeling of his body did not stop because of that. Instead, it became even more unrestrained.
The host himself doesn't care about the pain anymore. Just get on with it!
The most terrifying thing was that it wasn't just the serum thinking this way-even the electric chair beneath him seemed to agree!
An even stronger current appeared, and even the lighting in the operating room seemed affected,
flickering on and off. It nearly fried Su Zhou's brain outright,
only for the serum to keep repairing it. Words could hardly describe that exquisitely agonizing sensation!
[Telepathy]!
Su Zhou truly couldn't take it anymore and hurriedly pulled his mind out,
diving straight into Crossbones's head for refuge while taking a look at his little secrets along the way!
[Character experience card: Chan Ka-Kui duration ended!] [New skill acquired.] [Stunt Master: Parkour, stunt driving, somersaults. Go ahead and court death-the ambulance is really fast!]
Su Zhou: (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!!
This thing's pretty good!
Although the skill description was as unreliable as ever, Su Zhou was already used to it.
This was a combination skill, including at least three stunt effects: parkour, stunt driving, and somersaults.
We Chinese kids have our own superheroes. Uncle Jackie is a living legend,
and he earned that title through those seemingly impossible movie stunts. Police Story alone had so many iconic scenes:
that jump in the mall, flying over the city hanging from a helicopter's rope ladder, fighting on top of a train...
Even if this skill is probably a watered-down version, it's still better than nothing!
Electricity still danced across his physical body as Su Zhou looked through Crossbones's eyes at himself sitting in the electric chair.
It was an incredibly strange feeling, like going from a first-person game to a second-person game.
There was a strange sense of detachment from reality, along with a sense of insight into this world!
But the feeling was hard to describe. Perhaps only the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj could understand him?
Thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Su Zhou had only managed to look through the past month of Crossbones's life
before he saw the electrical arcs disappear from the chair. Presumably, the remodeling process was over.
Su Zhou's consciousness returned to his own body, and the pain from before turned into exhaustion.
All he wanted now was a good shower, followed by some sleep in bed!
The restraints on the electric chair automatically released, and Su Zhou struggled to stand up.
Feeling the explosive strength within his body and looking at the handprints he had unconsciously squeezed into the armrests,
Su Zhou smiled in great satisfaction and tried clenching his fists again.
Even without a character card, he would no longer fear facing that Winter Soldier from earlier head-on.
The operating room door was pulled open from outside, and Crossbones walked in, clapping!
"Su Zhou, you have the strongest will of anyone I've ever seen.
Not only did you withstand the pain of the secondary serum's remodeling, you even endured the high-voltage current!
Hydra has conducted countless internal experiments, and not a single member could keep their thoughts intact.
Most Hydra members couldn't even last three minutes, but you held out for a full thirty!"
"It's nothing to be proud of. After all, the serum I used was only a secondary product.
Captain Steve Rogers used the complete version of the serum back then. He's the one who truly deserves admiration!"
Su Zhou made no attempt to hide his admiration for Captain America, even though Captain America probably hadn't been fished out yet.
For all he knew, the Steve of this Marvel Universe might secretly be the Hydra Captain!
"It's just a shame that old fossil disappeared decades ago.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have to inject the secondary serum obtained from the Winter Soldier.
Besides, not everyone can use the original Super-Soldier Serum.
Otherwise, that bulletproof big green guy who can tear tanks apart with his bare hands wouldn't exist!"
Crossbones handed Su Zhou his clothes while connecting to the radio at his ear.
Su Zhou's hearing had become excellent too, and he could hear Crossbones's radio very clearly.
"A yellow Hulk has been spotted on Broadway, and he's rampaging through the vehicles on the street.
All S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces are to deploy immediately in support. Keep casualties to a minimum!"
Su Zhou: (✧∇✧)
Work's here!
That was the Hulk's nemesis, Abomination!
Sure, I couldn't kill him, but if I could defeat him, the justice points probably wouldn't be meager!
Crossbones said a few words into the radio, then looked at Su Zhou's expectant face.
"Your chance to prove yourself is here, Su Zhou! Director Alexander wants you at the scene immediately.
As long as you perform well enough on this mission, the director guarantees that you'll be reinstated.
Then you'll be able to join that Avengers Initiative as one of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
"Sure, but I need to head back and grab some equipment first!"