The lightning in the sky poured down like a flood dragon.
Boom!
The endless sea of thunder roared and surged!
Thor's figure was quickly swallowed up by the lightning.
The surrounding land and rocks shattered into powder from the impact, but only the Bifrost of the Tenth Realm remained firm as a rock.
After a full tens of seconds of lightning baptism, the thunder sea slowly faded, and crimson arcs still flickered across the ground.
Thor, the God of Thunder, who once lived by the lightning, lay scorched like a lump of coal. His battle armor was broken to pieces.
He opened his mouth.
Puff!
With a thud, the war god of Asgard collapsed heavily.
Loki's face turned pale. Even with just half of the Reality Stone, his power had almost been completely drained.
The dark elf leader Malekith once held the entire Reality Stone, yet he seemed weaker than Loki with just half. Why?
Because this was the Reality Stone.
Its strength depended on the power of the user's will.
Anything imagined, as long as it was not beyond the Stone's nature, could be made real.
"Master, the gene code sequence of the Extremis Virus has been fully decoded. The related data has been integrated into the database."
At this moment, 001's voice rang in Saitama's ear.
With super intelligence and a mechanical heart, she was not only a weapon but also the most advanced analyzer.
"Oh? Not bad." Saitama said.
[Ding~ Detected that Saitama has successfully survived in the Marvel World, passing this system's stage assessment. Do you wish to return to the One Punch World?]
The system prompt suddenly sounded.
Saitama then remembered—this time, coming to the Marvel World hadn't carried any particular mission. The only requirement was survival.
But after all these days, whether it was the infinitely replicating Dr. Genos through seawater, or Malekith wielding the Reality Stone, they were all top-tier beings.
Yet it was pointless… Saitama was simply too strong.
So much so that this so-called "stage assessment" didn't pose even the slightest difficulty.
"Loki, I'll leave things here to you. Take care of Asgard if you have time." Saitama said.
Now, Loki's strength was almost comparable to Odin. With his sorcery and his youth's potential for growth, Loki's achievements might even surpass Odin.
It had to be said, this third princess was quite a potential stock.
"Please rest assured. Loki will not fail. I too wish that one day, I can catch up to Saitama-sama's footsteps."
The mischievous princess pressed his hand to his chest, performing the warrior's pledge of loyalty.
He had witnessed Saitama's battle with Malekith. He now knew what it meant when they said "there is always someone stronger."
Even with half a Reality Stone's power, strong enough to rival the All-Father level…
But at this level, Loki finally realized:
If in the past, he had thought of Saitama as a lake while he was just a cup of water…
Now, with his new power, he finally sensed that the strength within Saitama was something even the Reality Stone feared.
That was an ocean as vast as the sunlit sea.
His heart was filled only with awe.
"Well, I'm off then." Saitama said.
Before Loki's astonished eyes, Saitama's figure slowly disappeared.
Darkness returned once again.
This time, there had been no true mission.
But it was not a wasted trip.
At least he had gained Loki, stabilized the Tenth Realm, and… the Extremis Virus.
Quite a good find.
Dr. Killian's flesh had been annihilated when passing through the dimensional gate.
It seemed this black hole could not allow living organisms through.
As for Saitama?
Having broken the limiter, perhaps he was no longer even a "living being."
But 001 had already parsed the Extremis Virus completely. Even in the One Punch World, it could be reproduced through genetic recombination technology.
It seemed… even in a world full of monsters like One Punch, this thing still had its uses.
Back in the Quantum Research Lab, the little boy was busy studying, ignoring Saitama completely.
001 quickly returned to 76th Sale's body, merging again.
In the afternoon, Saitama asked her to pass the Extremis Virus sequence data to Bruce Banner's Evolution House.
With super scientists… yes, three of them:
001, Bruce Banner, and the geneticists.
Because of their past work with the T-type gene serum, the Evolution House already possessed top-tier genetic technology beyond even the Marvel World.
Thus, cracking the Extremis Virus was only a matter of time.
According to Bruce Banner, the Extremis Virus and the T-type serum each had their strengths. But the virus carried too many flaws.
It burned lifespan, feared seawater, and could overheat to the point of explosion.
And reproduction isolation.
This gene could not be passed down by reproduction, only mutation.
In other words, it would not create a bioweapon-level disaster.
It could only be injected manually.
As for such matters?
Saitama couldn't care less. He left it to Bruce Banner and the others. He himself preferred to live like a salted fish.
Every day he enjoyed the care of Ore, Christina, and 001. Occasionally, Tatsumaki came by under the excuse of visiting her "stupid little sister."
But every night, she always seemed reluctant to leave. What was up with that?
Fortunately, Saitama was kind-hearted and never urged her.
If she wanted to stay, so be it.
But every time Tatsumaki stayed over, hearing Christina squeezing into Saitama's bed filled her with inexplicable anger!
Life remained calm as usual.
The weather was clear.
Boom—
Suddenly, a house collapsed!
Terrified screams erupted as countless people fled.
Recently, monster activity had calmed, but…
Among the panicked crowd, one figure was especially strange.
He wore a light blue hoodie, hands in pockets, a cap on his head. His golden short hair peeked out, and under the brim were faint, hideous claw marks.
Even as the people panicked, this man walked calmly down the street.
Rumble—
Buildings crumbled, rubble flying, pedestrians screaming. Several professional heroes rushed over at the commotion.
With a loud boom, the ground shook violently.
A massive, burly metal figure blocked the path of the hooded man.
Its scarlet electronic screen flickered with data, scanning the man before locking onto him precisely.
From within the nearly six-meter-tall giant mech came a cold, mechanical synthesized voice.
"I've been searching for you a long time. I am the organization's data-testing G4 Mecha God. And you are…"
(End of Chapter)
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