"Now we just wait for Banner to call." Noah closed the light screen, now he just had to wait for Banner to contact him. Before, General Ross only sent his army to pursue him, so he could avoid capture by fleeing to other countries, but now it was different. There were villains, seemingly the Leader, who had developed mutated monsters to pursue him. From this incident, it could be seen that the other party had mastered a way to track Banner's location, so if Banner wanted to live a stable life this time, he could only ask Noah for help.
As Noah got up, the screen in front of him dimmed. Noah was currently in his laboratory. Before Lissandra jumped the New Mexico news link onto the screen, Noah was still conducting experiments on Project. He hadn't fully mastered the Project technology that came with the summoned Project: Warwick, so he was currently continuing to advance this aspect of the tech tree.
The Battle of New York was approaching, and Noah was already preparing for the upcoming grand scene. Noah's current forces, besides himself, Lissandra, and Gwen, consisted of a Nano Robots army led by Blitzcrank No. 1. It couldn't really be called an army; Noah hadn't manufactured many Nano Robots so far, only a little over a hundred robots. After all, his current laboratory hadn't expanded too much, so he didn't think about manufacturing too many robots when he made them previously.
Of course, if needed, he could continue to manufacture them. Lissandra had almost streamlined the robot manufacturing process, and a wave of mass production could be initiated at any time. Of course, materials were a big problem. The robots Noah manufactured had Vibranium added to their materials, so it was difficult to achieve mass production.
But that didn't matter. After all, he wanted quality, not quantity. When the time came, he would equip the robots with powerful weapons, and one robot could be worth an army.
And the Project: Warwick he was currently researching was a very powerful mechanical construct. After all, Project technology combined magic and science, and its strength after being manufactured would be very powerful. So Noah had been rushing the "Warwick Project" during this time.
Noah had pretty much completed his work for the day. It was important to balance work and rest. After being interrupted by the "news" sudden event, Noah decided to call it a day.
Arriving at the Underground Laboratory elevator, Noah pressed the button for the first floor.
Two days had passed since he last went to Tony's house. He hadn't done anything big in these two days. After returning, he researched and cultivated, and then completed two C-level missions, earning 200 essence.
[Current essence: 3700 points]
He hadn't completed his missions for the day yet, because his exclusive mission monsters usually refreshed at night, so if there were no major events, he would put off completing his missions until night. Speaking of which, he had been grinding missions in Hell's Kitchen for so long, why did these guys still appear endlessly? This made Noah confused. Was there some special curse in Hell's Kitchen?
Thinking about which area to grind missions in tonight, the elevator arrived at the ground floor. Noah rarely used Teleport when he was at home, though it wasn't that he couldn't; there were no anti-magic zones in his Villa.
As Noah stepped into the Villa's door, a purple unidentified object flew towards him—it was the World Ender's Magic Hat. At this moment, it flew towards Noah at an extremely fast speed. Noah thought the Magic Hat was coming to greet him and was about to reach out to catch it, but who knew the hat directly dodged Noah's hand and flew out the door.
Why did it look like it was fleeing for its life? Looking at the Magic Hat's stumbling flight in the air, Noah couldn't help but have this thought. And when the Magic Hat flew by, Noah seemed to see a bow on it?
"Hat! Don't run!"
A clear voice came, and Noah looked back. Gwen held a blue magic needle in her left hand, with magic lines connected to its tail, and a piece of high-quality silk in her right hand, which seemed to be the same material as the bow on the Magic Hat just now.
Now Noah knew why the Magic Hat ran. Gwen only saw Noah at this moment and slowed down.
"Noah, good afternoon."
At this time, the sun was high in the sky; it was already noon. Noah nodded, then looked at the things in Gwen's hand with a strange look and asked:
"Gwen, what are you doing?"
"Hehe, I'm making Hat look prettier." Gwen raised the hand holding the beautiful silk and said.
"Pretty? Does a hat need to be dressed up too?" Noah was a little speechless.
"Of course, girls have to dress themselves up beautifully."
"Girls? Does a hat have a gender?!" Noah said in surprise, suspecting he had misheard.
"Hmm? Of course, Hat is a cute girl. Uh~ It's normal that Noah doesn't know, because I'm a seamstress, so I know these things."
It's strange for a seamstress to know such things, Noah's mind was racing. After Gwen's explanation, he learned some inexplicable information.
Hat? Weapon girl? Noah shook his head, shaking out those strange thoughts.
"Gwen, let's make clothes for Hat next time. Come on, let's go inside."
Noah pressed Gwen's shoulder, turned her around, and pushed her inside. Of course, it wasn't for anything bad, just to play video games with Gwen in the room.
"Eh?! Okay."
After the two entered the house, the Magic Hat flew back swaying. Its brim scratched its tip like a hand, then followed them into the room they were in. It also liked to watch them play games. Although that female Master was terrifying, it believed its Master would protect it, right?
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"Dr. Stern, you said you would bring Hulk back." In the New Mexico military zone, in General Ross's office, General Ross was on the phone with the Leader.
"Don't rush, General Ross, you've seen the power of those test subjects. This is just the first step, a test." The Leader's unhurried voice came from the receiver.
General Ross looked at the video playing on a tablet in front of him. The screen showed Hulk fighting two mutated dogs. And this wasn't footage taken by road surveillance, but directly from the center of the battle. It seemed the Leader had sent more than just two mutated dogs.
"I hope to see better results!" General Ross's tone was firm.
"Don't rush, General. These two mutated creatures are just initial test subjects. Later, I will send out more powerful test subjects to pursue Bruce Banner, and you just need to provide me with enough resources. Then Bruce Banner will fall into our hands sooner or later."
The Leader's sinister laughter came from the receiver. Ross snorted coldly and said:
"You'd better be telling the truth." After speaking, General Ross hung up the phone.
In a hidden area, there was an abandoned industrial zone from the war period. No one had been here for a long time, and the Leader had turned this area into his Base, conducting his experiments here.
The Leader put the receiver back on the landline, snorted, and turned to look at a test subject on a laboratory table.
A distorted humanoid object was fixed on the laboratory table. The test subject's muscles were twisted, and its original appearance was completely unrecognizable. The Leader had already begun human experiments, but the results showed that he had not succeeded.
The Leader watched for a while, then pressed a button. The failed product on the laboratory table was mechanically picked up and thrown into a giant pit. If an outsider looked down from the railing of the giant pit, they would find that the failed products in the giant pit had already piled up into a small mountain, some animal-like, and some human-like. These should all be homeless people the Leader had caught from various places.
"Failed again." The Leader's tone was flat, as if the failed product that had just died was just an ant.
Experimental failure was common for him. After all, the perfect integration of the flesh body with Gamma energy was almost impossible, only a few talented bodies were qualified to perfectly integrate Gamma energy, such as Banner, Bronski, and him.
And he was now trying to create more Gamma monsters. Although it was difficult to replicate individual cases like them, his current experimental progress was relatively smooth. His research on Beast test subjects was already quite mature.
"Hmph hmph hmph, Banner, your power will soon belong to me!"