Banner and Noah had returned to the island Base, planning to follow the original plan and track down the mastermind based on the energy traces detected by the Gamma Energy Detector.
However, Noah had told Banner upon their return not to have too high expectations, as the mastermind would likely escape before they could locate him.
"You mean he used some kind of mental power to possess a bird? Is that also magic?" Banner asked.
He had changed back into clean clothes after returning and was now standing in front of the detector.
"Not exactly magic; it should be considered a superpower, a superpower gained through mutation, similar to how you become the Hulk," Noah said.
The other party's mental ability was similar to the soul abilities cultivated by mages, but it wasn't magic; it was a superpower.
"Is that so?" Banner said.
There were still many things he didn't know about in this World; since mages like Noah existed, it wasn't strange for abilities like this to exist either.
Standing in front of the detector, Banner looked at the screen of the detector's scanning interface.
The forest he had been in before now had two additional red areas.
These two red areas were the two battlefields from earlier.
After killing a large number of mutated creatures, these two areas had become heavily contaminated Gamma radiation zones.
Banner zoomed out the detector's view to see a larger detection range, allowing him to see the paths these mutated creatures took when they arrived.
Then, based on their paths, he would try to see if he could find the guy who created the mutated creatures to cause him trouble.
"Let me see, this is..." Banner looked at the detector's scanning screen.
On the screen, the monsters from the two red areas seemed to have arrived at the forest via two separate routes.
The initial wave that Banner and Noah encountered came from the land, while the mutated creatures on Warwick's side seemed to have come from the ocean.
"How did they get from the ocean to the land? Does the other party have mutated creatures in the sea?" Banner was a bit puzzled.
"Probably not; I haven't detected any mutated creatures in the sea," Noah said from the side.
He also saw the detector's scanning screen.
The two Gamma energy routes on it, one of which did extend from the ocean, but they should all lead to the same destination, coming from the same starting point.
Noah first told Banner not to dwell on how the other party arrived, but to first find out where they came from.
Banner nodded, then began to follow the two Gamma energy traces, tracking them back to their origin.
"America? It's actually here."
Although some time had passed, these relatively faint Gamma energy traces would gradually dissipate, as these Gamma energies were not like the situation in those two areas of the forest, where they were left behind due to the bodies and flesh of mutated creatures, so they were relatively weak.
However, Banner eventually followed the traces and discovered that these mutated creatures actually came from the territory of America.
They passed through the border between America and Mexico from within the U.S., then avoided densely populated cities, and went directly to the forest where he was located from those sparsely populated areas.
Finally, Banner found the source of these mutated monsters.
They all came from New Mexico.
The batch that arrived from the sea also set off from New Mexico, then arrived at the XX City where they were located from the Gulf of California.
"Hmm, we've found the place.
Let's see what's there first," Noah said upon seeing the final location on the scanner.
He then called Lissandra, asking her to pull up satellite imagery of the location for them.
However, when the two looked at the satellite image provided by Lissandra, they were greatly surprised, because the displayed image showed a building that seemed to have exploded, burning fiercely.
However, from the wreckage, it could vaguely be seen that this building was originally a factory.
"Sure enough, the other party wouldn't foolishly wait for us to find him." Noah shrugged.
He had anticipated this possible outcome during the battle just now.
Perhaps his mission would have to be delayed a bit.
"Lissandra, can you pull up the images from before the explosion?" Noah suddenly thought.
If they could pull up previous images, they might be able to directly find the other party's true identity and whereabouts.
"No, Noah, this satellite does not have a real-time recording function."
"Is that so? Then there's no way.
America's satellites are really crappy, Lissandra.
In a while, we'll get our own satellite."
His idea was shattered, Noah shook his head.
He decided that his side also needed to get a satellite that could directly monitor the entire World, allowing them to see what was happening anywhere, anytime, and perhaps even add things like satellite weapons.
Banner was also a bit helpless.
He didn't know how to find this mastermind now.
The other party was too cautious.
After seeing Swift Wind Swordsman helping him, he directly abandoned his Base and fled.
Banner looked at Noah, wanting to know if Noah had any ideas.
"Li, what should we do now?
The other party is too cautious, and the scanner can't even find his escape route."
"Hmm... no need to rush." Noah was also pondering at this moment, but he felt there was something he could tell Banner in advance:
"Dr. Banner, I actually have a guess about the identity of this mastermind."
Banner looked puzzled upon hearing this, then waited for Noah's next words.
"This person, Dr. Banner, you should not be unfamiliar with him." Noah communicated with Lissandra, and then a screen appeared, showing a picture familiar to Banner.
"Dr. Samuel Sterns?"
Of course, Banner was familiar with this person, because Dr. Samuel Sterns was the 'Dr. Blue' who helped him back then.
At that time, he had used the alias 'Dr. Green' to seek help from this netizen online, and later went offline to verify him—no, he went to Reality to seek his help, and finally, with the other party's help, he temporarily suppressed the Hulk within him.
"Yes, I suspect he is the one who has been targeting you recently." Noah tapped the avatar of Samuel Sterns next to him.
"What? That's impossible!
Dr. Stern helped me a lot before; how could he want to harm me?" Banner frowned.
Of course, he didn't believe that Dr. Samuel Sterns would harm him, because they were friends before, and the other party had even helped him, and he had no reason to target him either.
"Li, why do you say that?" Banner asked.
He didn't know why Noah would suspect Samuel Sterns.
Did the other party know something he didn't?
Noah shouldn't fabricate facts out of thin air.
"Of course, I have a reason for saying this.
Look at this, Banner." Noah pulled out a few more pictures.
"watt, this is?!"
Banner's eyes widened, somewhat disbelieving what he saw.