Chapter 59: Makes One Shudder Upon Further Thought! Return Mishap [seeking Follow-up Reading!]
It was like the emergency measures had been triggered.
However.
“What’s the situation?”
Ian looked around.
He found that the staff were all very calm.
“Nothing, a small problem.”
Digital Tony chuckled lightly, and an image appeared on the screen—a massive green body was pounding its chest furiously in a sealed transparent room.
That was.
Hulk.
Or rather, Hulk’s corpse had been animated. Although the top of his skull had been cut open and his brain removed, this body, dead for who knows how long, still exhibited a state like a living creature.
He was madly smashing everything he could see around him.
“Are you planning to raise a zombie?”
Ian was extremely shocked.
“We need a sufficiently powerful existence capable of snapping the fingers we require.” Digital Tony explained, his tone carrying a hint of lament.
“But it seems Doctor Betty still underestimated the madness of the superheroes. That poison has already permeated their bodies.” Digital Tony didn’t seem regretful about this.
The gaze projected from his screen stayed fixed on Ian. But Ian didn’t notice this; his attention was on the image presented by Digital Tony.
There.
A group of soldiers armed with firearms rushed into the laboratory room along with Gwen, seemingly trying to rip off the tubes from Hulk’s body. However, the soldiers’ fire support was just like tickling Hulk’s remains.
Seeing these wasted bullets made Ian heartbroken.
It would be so much better if they were all shot at him.
“My family education tells me that facing the plight of the weak, a pure and kind person like me cannot stand by and do nothing!” After saying that, Ian bolted toward the direction where Betty had disappeared.
The access scanner beeped and let him through.
The door slid open.
What came into view was a huge laboratory—the transparent cell in the center held Hulk’s remains wildly swinging its fists, while Gwen dodged and weaved like a nimble cat in the gaps between attacks.
Her skills were really impressive.
However.
Facing the massive and unusually agile green fatty.
This girl was also starting to struggle to cope.
“Don’t panic! Hold on!” Ian shouted to Gwen in the room while running toward the door. “Think about family! Think about bonds! I’m coming to save you right away!”
His intention was to buff Gwen a bit.
However.
No sooner had the words left his mouth.
Hulk’s fan-like giant palm slammed down with a boom. Gwen, who was like a dashing assassin, was smashed to pieces on the spot, splattered on the ground like a flattened mosquito.
“I told you to think about family! Mutter something about bonds and friendship…” Ian’s heart sank, but thinking that all this was just remnants of the past, he just sighed.
“Is this the small problem you mentioned?” Ian looked around but didn’t find Betty. However, he saw Tony Stark’s digital face on a small screen on the room wall.
“Mm.”
Digital Tony nodded calmly.
“Whoa.”
Ian was greatly shocked.
“Looks like there’s really a madman in this room, but I won’t say who.” He ran to the alloy door at the laboratory room entrance, scanned his face, and passed through without issue.
“Others fight the Great Sage’s remains, I fight Hulk’s remains—everyone has a bright future.” Ian stretched his body, and at that moment, Hulk had also noticed him.
Originally.
Ian wanted to use the fallen soldiers’ guns first to hone his 【student】 profession experience, but as soon as he picked up a gun, Hulk punched at him without any martial virtue, taking advantage of his youth.
“Bang!”
Ian also wanted to dodge and weave.
But he had truly underestimated Hulk’s speed and overestimated his physical quality, which was eight times that of a normal person—perhaps partly due to Captain America’s ability to go back and forth with anyone.
“No way! Can Captain America fight this thing?” Ian was smashed flying, but in this world he wouldn’t get hurt. When he got up, Hulk’s fist was coming at him again.
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +3】
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +2】
……
“Okay, okay, I’ve been smashed into a groundhog, and it still counts as studying fighting—not bad, my system bro.” Ian’s raised hand block was utterly meaningless. If he weren’t immune to all damage in this world, he’d probably be lining up with the soldiers and Gwen on the ground to become meat patties.
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +3】
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +3】
……
Ian had been smashed so hard that his whole body was embedded in the ground.
However.
“Actually, it feels pretty good?” Ian simply chose to enjoy it. He ran in here for upgrades anyway—upgrading is upgrading, however it happens. He was just that kind of superhero who accepted his fate. Of course, as a superhero, Ian wasn’t protecting nothing; he at least shielded the firearm in his hand, which he could use to practice catching bullets, from being smashed.
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +3】
【You seriously studied fighting, 【student】 profession experience points +3】
……
Symbolically raising his hand to block.
Experience points kept coming in succession.
Ian was overjoyed.
But.
This joy didn’t last long.
Suddenly, Hulk’s movements paused, and he collapsed to the ground without warning. Ian was just about to shout that the power was out and to recharge the young green hero when he saw a figure standing in front of him.
“What are you doing? Don’t you know it’s dangerous here?” It was that familiar crisp female voice. While Ian was a bit dazed, Gwen in leather pants pulled him out of the big pit.
“Your head is really hard…”
Gwen exclaimed upon seeing Ian’s intact head.
“What?! Gwen?”
Ian rubbed his eyes and looked at the indescribable mush on the ground nearby. The cracked, Olly-give leather pants confirmed that the one smashed into meat paste was indeed Gwen.
Ian stared at the unscathed maiden in front of him, doubting his understanding of the concept of “remnants of the past.” But the next moment, his super intelligence really kicked in.
【My database records every life in this world…】 Digital Tony’s voice appeared in Ian’s mind. He was just about to speak to confirm the absurd guess that popped into his head.
“Dong~~~~”
The bell sound of return had rung.
Opening his eyes again.
Ian found himself back in his familiar bedroom, on his familiar bedding. Ian shot up from his small bed, his mind still replaying the bizarre experience from earlier.
“That Marvel Universe! No!”
Ian felt like he had discovered something quite terrifying.
However.
Before he could think too much.
A hard object in the quilt was poking him uncomfortably.
“Hm?”
Lifting the quilt.
Ian’s pupils shrank instantly.
There.
A sci-fi styled firearm was quietly lying in his arms.
