There is always someone stronger, and one mountain is always higher than the next!"
...Some also say: most Marvel heroes are only as strong as their birth potential, and there's no such thing as diligent cultivation.
Those who diligently cultivate are all mortals; non-human beings are mostly innately powerful, and mortals are, after all, just mortals.
Even someone as powerful as Tony Stark, despite snapping his fingers, still couldn't withstand the immense energy of the six Infinity Stones and died!
...While Qi Jun found some truth in these statements, he didn't entirely agree.
Qi Jun himself didn't actually have much potential.
Especially before his transmigration, even with a ruthless streak, he had managed to do quite well, perhaps even surpassing some white-collar professionals.
But in the eyes of some important figures, he was merely a slightly larger ant.
Now, Qi Jun had transmigrated and gained a powerful golden finger—the [Mutated Gem].
Logically, his potential was higher than the entire universe!
But if Qi Jun didn't put in the effort, even an ordinary person could suffocate him!
Even someone as powerful as Tony Stark, who made Thanos bleed twice and eventually turned him to dust with a snap of his fingers.
But if Tony Stark himself hadn't put in the effort, he wouldn't even have become Iron Man and would have died in that cave!
However, in Qi Jun's opinion, Tony Stark's knowledge was simply because he dedicated all his energy to developing the physical technology tree.
If Tony Stark had delved a bit more into biotechnology, even Bruce Banner could turn himself into the Hulk; what could a mere snap of the fingers do to Tony Stark, who had developed biotechnology?
Of course, while that's true, Qi Jun had no reason or interest to guide Tony Stark onto the path of biotechnology, did he?
Tony Stark, who always followed the physical and mechanical technology route, was the 'best' Tony Stark in Qi Jun's eyes... So, in Qi Jun's view, nothing was absolutely predetermined.
Everything could be changed; it just depended on whether your efforts were strong enough to change it!
Take Qi Jun, for example; if he were to get the Infinity Stones right now.
Without mentioning anything else, with the infinite energy supply of the Infinity Stones, even if Qi Jun's knowledge wasn't comprehensive, he could still grow into an absolute top-tier powerhouse in a very short time.
Shattering everyone's worldview, making them question life! Question the world!
...The plot of "The Incredible Hulk" showed Qi Jun a shortcut!
Qi Jun knew that with the Hulk's ability to grow infinitely stronger with infinite rage, his energy wasn't enough to replicate that ability.
But apart from that, Qi Jun also discovered too many 'business opportunities' within it!
The Hulk vs. Abomination battle, with its off-the-charts destructive power, resulted in countless deaths of ordinary people and soldiers, which in Qi Jun's eyes, was 'golden' energy!
Mr. Blue, whose real name is Samuel Sterns, in his research on the Hulk, even replicated a room full of Hulk blood based on gamma radiation exposure! In Qi Jun's eyes, it was simply a massive 'treasure trove'!
Finally, Mr. Blue himself, under the plot's progression, evolved into the famous villain—the Leader, gaining a thousandfold increase in intelligence, as well as powerful telepathic abilities and immense willpower.
Of course, this is a plot point from the comics. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to the lack of a sequel, it's unknown whether the Leader will appear, only that Mr. Blue's brain did mutate due to contact with and fusion of the Hulk's blood.
But Qi Jun felt that he could completely control all of this and give it a try.
After all, with the [Mutated Gem] as his backing, Qi Jun never worried about being mentally controlled by others.
And telepathy was even more useless to Qi Jun.
If Mr. Blue successfully 'evolved' into the Leader, for Qi Jun, it would definitely be all benefit and no harm!
With the [Mutated Gem]'s strange abilities, even if Mr. Blue evolved into the 'Leader', he could still be easily controlled!
A biological tracking chip is only 3 points of energy; how much more would a biological control chip be?
Moreover, Qi Jun could even directly use the [Mutated Gem]'s reality-altering ability to make the 'Leader' absolutely loyal to him!
Qi Jun believed that with the Hulk blood samples Mr. Blue replicated, once recycled into energy, it would be enough for Qi Jun to achieve all of the above.
If Mr. Blue knew all this, would he dispose of all the blood plasma beforehand?
...Furthermore, there was also an 'Abomination,' which in Qi Jun's eyes, was also a huge 'golden' opportunity.
Although in the movie's plot, the Hulk did not kill the Abomination but instead crippled and restrained him.
But Qi Jun believed that with sufficient energy, influencing the Hulk to directly kill the Abomination would not be a problem.
He could even, while the Hulk was crippling and knocking out the Abomination, directly absorb him with the [Mutated Gem], no problem!
Analyzing from the perspective of ordinary people, there is a fourfold difference between a corpse and a living person.
So, the difference between a dead Abomination and a living Abomination wouldn't be worse than that of ordinary people, would it?
Even if the Abomination's soul was an ordinary human soul, leading to a greatly reduced value for a living Abomination, a living one would still have a greater recycling value than a dead one, right?
Of course.
Still, as the saying goes, unless absolutely necessary, Qi Jun did not want to recycle living people, not even the Abomination!
In Qi Jun's view, this was a bottom line!
Qi Jun even suspected that if he dared to recycle living people, the Great River Crab God, who transcends worlds and rules, would surely teach him a lesson.
Just thinking about it made him scared!
Chapter 23: There Must Be a Bottom Line!
Although he knew there were huge benefits hidden in the battle between Abomination and the Hulk.
However, Qi Jun was not in a hurry to 'pick up money' immediately.
Not to mention that the 'money' was right there, but General Ross's attempt to capture Bruce Banner, followed by failure, and the Hulk's escape.
Then waiting for the Hulk to revert to Bruce Banner, and then for him to meet Mr. Blue, there was still some time for all that!