"Uh, are you sure this won't cause any trouble?" Dr. Banner looked around, asking with some uncertainty.
At this moment, Dr. Banner was no longer on Noah's island laboratory, but had returned to the forest in Mexico. However, Dr. Banner was not at the original awakening spot, but had moved to another location in the forest. After all, if he stayed in one place, the other party might become suspicious.
"Of course, no problem. You won't be in trouble. You just need to release some gamma energy from your body, but you might have to camp here for a while." Noah stood beside the Teleportation gate, took out some tent-building materials, and placed them on the ground.
Noah and Dr. Banner had already completed the gamma energy tracking device in the island laboratory, but perhaps because too much time had passed, and the gamma energy of the two mutated monsters was somewhat weak, the traces of gamma energy they left behind were slowly dissipating. This made it impossible to track their source, which was where the mastermind was located.
So Noah estimated that Dr. Banner could continue to be the bait, attracting the other party to search for Dr. Banner, which would provide new tracking clues. Moreover, the first attack by the other party failed, so they might send more or stronger mutated creatures next time, which would definitely leave larger gamma energy traces, making tracking easier.
However, Noah didn't know when the other party would make a move, so Dr. Banner needed to wait here. These camping supplies were prepared for him, and he also needed his emotions to be slightly unstable to emit gamma energy, allowing those guys to find traces of Dr. Banner.
"OK, what do you plan to do? Do I have to let Hulk out?" Dr. Banner's tone was somewhat reluctant, as he was very unwilling to transform into Hulk unless absolutely necessary.
"Logically speaking, probably not. Try to hold it in." Noah pondered for a moment and came up with a good idea.
"Hold it in?" Dr. Banner was still wondering when he saw a bright light appear in front of him.
"Zzz~"
Noah extended a finger, and a yellow electric current burst from Noah's fingertip, directly striking Dr. Banner, who was in a daze.
"Uh~~~~W~~~T~~~F?"
Dr. Banner was trembling all over from the sudden electric shock, and changes began to occur within his body. His body seemed to sense an external crisis, and the gamma energy within him began to riot. Noah's electric shock triggered Hulk's autonomous defense system. Dr. Banner's skin had already begun to turn green, and his body was showing signs of swelling. His clothes were about to burst at the seams, already showing signs of tearing.
"That's enough, that's enough. Now, let's try this." Noah looked at Dr. Banner in front of him and pulled out a bell, Michael's Blessing, from his system backpack.
Michael's Blessing
Of course, Noah controlled the power of the electric shock directed at Dr. Banner. If the power was too great, Dr. Banner might have been charred directly before he could even transform into Hulk. Just now, he suddenly had an idea: Dr. Banner's condition for transforming into Hulk was extreme emotional fluctuation, most commonly anger. One of the functions of Michael's Blessing was to make people calm. So, Noah wanted to try using the Blessing during Dr. Banner's transformation to see if it could interrupt his transformation.
"Clang clang~~clang~"
The clear and melodious sound of the bell rang out. Noah loved this sound. Every time he heard it, he felt his mood elevate and become very peaceful. He wondered if Hulk liked this sound? Noah looked towards Dr. Banner opposite him.
"Roar!!! Uh ah~"
Due to Noah's sudden electric shock, Dr. Banner's body reacted greatly. He knew Noah did this to provoke Hulk, so he wasn't actually angry, but the electric shock stimulated the gamma energy in his body. Hulk was uncontrollably trying to burst out of him. Just as Dr. Banner was about to lose his sanity, a clear and melodious sound suddenly came to his ears.
Clear, melodious, and... peaceful?
This was Dr. Banner's feeling at this moment. His heart felt an unprecedented tranquility. He hadn't experienced this feeling in a very long time. In his messy life over so many years, his mood had never been calm, let alone when he was transforming into Hulk. In his memory, the only emotion he felt when transforming into Hulk was anger.
"Hoo~ hoo~" Dr. Banner looked at his bulging body. These were Hulk's powerful muscles. Although they were slowly shrinking, Dr. Banner could still feel immense strength.
"What happened?" Dr. Banner cried out in disbelief. Based on past experiences, he should have already transformed into Hulk, then smashed things, and then woken up in a strange place with only his shorts left. But now, he didn't seem to have transformed into Hulk. No, it should be said that he transformed halfway, but not completely.
"How do you feel?" Noah looked at Dr. Banner's appearance, and his conjecture was indeed feasible. The current Dr. Banner reminded Noah of Dr. Hulk from Avengers 4, but he was a bit smaller now and was slowly returning to his original appearance.
"Incredible, how did you do it? How did you do it?" Dr. Banner was somewhat excited. Although he had briefly suppressed Hulk's power with Stern's help before, that was only temporary, because soon after, at General Ross's Base, Hulk's power again suppressed the medication and recovered.
And now he had once again recovered from Hulk form to normal human form, and his mind was very clear, without feeling any pain. This was a different feeling from before. Dr. Banner excitedly took a few steps forward, his body not yet fully recovered to human form, leaving several footprints embedded in the ground.
"Uh, don't get excited." Noah said, shaking the bell again.
"Uh, sorry." Dr. Banner once again regained his calm and rationality. Looking at his body gradually returning to its normal skin tone, Dr. Banner felt this experience was somewhat magical. He felt that magical magic might really be enough to restore his body, and he was looking forward to going to the magical holy land Noah mentioned.
Seeing Dr. Banner calm down, Noah pressed his nano-belt, and a projection appeared in front of him. Looking at the green part displayed in the projection, Noah nodded. These green parts represented the gamma ray energy emitted by Dr. Banner. Now, they just had to wait for the other party to appear.
Dr. Banner had now returned to normal. He shook the sand out of his shoes, which had gotten in from sinking into the ground, and then walked towards Noah. He saw the bell in the other party's hand, and the calming sound he had just heard must have come from it.
"This bell... what is it?"
"A divine artifact, Michael's Blessing." Noah said, shaking the Blessing. He was thinking about something now: if he rang the Blessing after Dr. Banner had fully transformed into Hulk, would Hulk directly turn back into Dr. Banner, or would he be like now, retaining Hulk's body while also regaining Dr. Banner's sanity? Wouldn't that be Dr. Hulk?
"Michael, the Angel from legends, indeed suits this name." Dr. Banner said, touching his chest. Then he looked at the tent on the ground that hadn't been set up yet:
"OK, let's set up the tent first, and then wait for those people to come. I haven't lived such a good life in the wild before."
Dr. Banner looked at the items Noah brought. Besides the tent, there were many daily necessities, because Noah speculated that the Leader's mutated monsters wouldn't arrive so quickly, and Dr. Banner might have to stay for a few days, so more preparations were made. Of course, Noah was also unsure when the other party would arrive, so Lissandra could only constantly monitor the gamma energy detector to know when the mutated monsters appeared at any time.
"Just press that." Seeing Dr. Banner still trying to prop up the tent, Noah walked over and pressed the button on the tent. The deflated tent immediately sprang up, completing its setup directly on the ground.
"Oh, that's quite convenient."
"OK, then Dr. Banner, you can wait here. If the other party appears in the forest, I will know immediately, and you don't have to worry about turning into Hulk." Noah was going back. He didn't plan to camp out here with Dr. Banner.
"Alright." Dr. Banner wasn't pretentious either. He nodded, watched the other party step into the Teleportation gate, and then the Teleportation gate shrank until it turned into a string of sparks and disappeared into the air.
Dr. Banner rubbed his hands, preparing to light the small stove on the ground first. This kind of solitary life had been his norm for many years; he had long been accustomed to it.