Chapter 18: Breakthrough
vibranium?
Ling Xiao couldn't help but frown. Why was it vibranium? How did vibranium end up at Stark Industries, and how was it stolen by Kingpin? Furthermore, how did the Japanese know about this item?
Everything felt like a huge mystery, and Ling Xiao seemed to sense that he had stumbled upon something extraordinary.
According to Ling Xiao, there are three types of vibranium in this world. The most abundant and frequently appearing type is Wakandan vibranium.
Wakanda is a small country in Africa, and the vibranium found there was named Wakandan vibranium. Wakandan vibranium can absorb nearby vibrational energy.
The molecules of vibranium itself do not significantly expand when absorbing mechanical energy. External vibrational energy is stored in the molecular bonds that make up the vibranium. The result is that if vibranium absorbs a considerable amount of vibrational energy, it becomes extremely hard. However, the upper limit of the amount it can store is unknown. If there is an upper limit, then it should explode and release the absorbed energy, and once this energy is released, the consequences would be terrifying, possibly even exceeding the power of a nuclear bomb.
For example, the oil corporation Roxxon Oil discovered that a small island in the South Atlantic Ocean had a foundation composed of Wakandan vibranium. Roxxon Oil Company tried to destroy the island with a bomb, but the vibranium successfully and completely absorbed the explosion, as well as the sound of the explosion.
The second type of vibranium is much rarer. It is called anti-metal, also known as antarctic vibranium.
antarctic vibranium has so far only existed in a natural area separated in Antarctica, known as the Savage Land. It is also called anti-metal due to its opposite effect. antarctic vibranium, through an unexplained mechanism, emits vibrations that weaken the atomic and molecular bonds in other types of metals nearby, leading to the liquefaction of nearby solid metals.
In Ling Xiao's view, these two types of vibranium are actually two sides of the same coin. If these two types of vibranium could be combined, a special metal could be created that could both freely absorb attack energy and controllably release the stored energy.
Of course, this was merely Ling Xiao's personal hypothesis, but it was not without basis. During World War II, Dr. Myron Maclain of the United States inadvertently combined vibranium with a special element, creating the world's only adamantium, which is Captain America's shield.
This material was called Proto-adamantium because Maclain could never replicate it due to not knowing the exact composition and proportions.
However, Maclain later removed vibranium from the formula and created true adamantium, also known as True adamantium.
However, adamantium is not limited to these two types. Because creating true adamantium is very difficult and expensive, researchers found a more cost-effective way to replicate it, creating another type of adamantium at the cost of quality and durability.
This alternative version, known as Secondary adamantium, can be deformed or even broken by sufficiently powerful weapons or biological attacks.
Of course, these adamantium are no longer related to vibranium.
Speaking of the third type of vibranium, this vibranium, whether in terms of strength, toughness, or energy absorption, cannot compare to the first two types of vibranium. This vibranium, known as Reverbium, is an artificial variant created by Sania Jeffrey. Due to flaws, it could not absorb vibrations to be used as a weapon and was later destroyed, with only a portion remaining in Horizon Labs.
At this point, Ling Xiao remembered that he had something else he needed to test, so he tidied up a bit and returned to the second floor.
It was already past eleven at night, and for Gan Jing, who considered sleep the best beauty treatment, she had long since fallen asleep.
Ling Xiao didn't disturb the endearing girl. From the depths of the refrigerator, he took out the only sample of Hulk's blood, taking advantage of the rare Awakening of the god and demon list to get a clear answer.
Ling Xiao returned to the third floor, went to the god and demon list, and placed the blood sample on the altar.
Then, the moment Ling Xiao placed the blood sample on the altar, the god and demon list, just like when it had absorbed countless lunar essences in mid-air before, immediately shot a moon-white light onto the blood sample.
This time, Ling Xiao didn't need to control it at all; everything seemed to be the god and demon list's own action. Ling Xiao could feel its infinite craving for this item. However, at this moment, Ling Xiao frowned tightly, sensing an unexpected, or rather, a pre-arranged change occurring within the god and demon list.
When the moon-white light disappeared, the glass bottle on the altar was empty. The blood sample that was originally inside had vanished, and the god and demon list in mid-air was constantly swirling with light.
Slowly, all the light gathered in the center of the god and demon list, and three ancient characters appeared in its center. Although Ling Xiao didn't know how these three characters were written, he clearly understood their meaning in his heart.
The next moment, below these three ancient characters, a row of text reappeared. Ling Xiao also inexplicably understood the meaning of these characters, but if he were asked to write them, he would be completely unable to do so.
Six slightly smaller characters—God, Immortal, Buddha, Devil, Demon, and Witch—appeared side by side below the three large characters on the god and demon list. Before Ling Xiao could look any further, a somewhat unsurprising name appeared below the last character, Witch: Robert Bruce Banner (Titan).
So it was the Awakening of the Titan Bloodline. Ling Xiao understood a little. No wonder he had felt Hulk's appearance was somewhat familiar earlier. All this time, he had only thought it was a Bloodline mutation after exposure to cosmic rays.
Yes, Bloodline mutation—isn't this one of the fundamental aspects of the Titan Legacy?
In Western mythology, at the beginning of creation, the Titan Giants were the primordial life of the entire Universe.
The Norse God Race, the Greek God Race—the Bloodline origins of these God Race are all Titans.
And these people are the ancestors of modern Europeans. It is not surprising that they possess a trace of the Titan Bloodline Legacy in their blood. Among billions of Europeans, only a few individuals can truly Awaken.
Such a Bloodline mutation, Ling Xiao gently shook his head. It seems that Bruce Banner's wish to kill Hulk is simply impossible, at least Ling Xiao cannot do it now. Unless he becomes powerful enough in the future and finds a way to Seal Hulk, for now, Banner can only find a way to control him himself.
With everything displayed, the characters on the god and demon list gradually disappeared and then slowly began to roll upwards. However, before it finally descended, a colorful beam of light shot into Ling Xiao's glabella, and then it slowly settled onto the altar.
At this moment, Ling Xiao was lost in a trance. Inside the spacious three-story quiet room, apart from dozens of pots of flowers and plants gently swaying under the moonlight, only Ling Xiao sat before the altar.
No one knew what was happening. Slowly, Ling Xiao's aura underwent intense changes, like boiling hot water. Wisps of heat also rose from the top of his head, looking out of place in the serene environment.
Time slowly passed. A night went by, and the first rays of sun appeared on the horizon. At this moment, the previously quiet god and demon list unfolded again. After absorbing enough primordial purple Qi, it suddenly shot a purple light into Ling Xiao's glabella.
The next moment, Ling Xiao's whole body trembled. He instantly sat even straighter, his entire body shaking continuously. After just three breaths, Ling Xiao finally calmed down. Finally, he slowly opened his eyes.