Six hours later, Hong Fei woke up.
It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly. After showering and changing into clean, refreshing casual clothes, he went downstairs and found Dr. Helen Cho sitting by the window, flipping through a magazine. Her long black hair hung down naturally, her thin gold-rimmed glasses reflected little glints of light, and the crimson on her lips looked even more vivid.
"Good afternoon." Hong Fei greeted her, and Dr. Helen Cho immediately beamed when she looked up.
She stood up, slightly shy, and said, "Mr. Hong, I intended to wait for you to come back last night, but I was just too tired."
Hong Fei waved his hand and walked to the opposite side of her. "It's fine, please sit. I didn't expect to return so late yesterday either; I have been a poor host."
"You are too polite." Dr. Helen Cho gently brushed her hair and continued, "I've already seen the news reports about what happened last night. Those two... strange creatures were truly terrifying. Fortunately, the Military acted quickly. Although using artillery in the city shocked many people, at least they kept the destruction within a controllable range. If those two creatures had really started fighting, the consequences would have been unpredictable."
Hong Fei's eyebrows twitched in confusion. "That's what the news said?"
"Yes. Mr. Hong, didn't you go to watch it last night? I personally don't recommend you do that again next time, because the risk is just too great, and it's completely uncontrollable."
Hong Fei smiled sheepishly. "How could I really get close? I stayed very far away."
General Ross was truly shameless, directly turning the actions of Hong Fei's unknown faction into his own credit. It seemed only in this way could he offset the negative impact of his successive failures to a certain extent. Hulk could be said to be an accident, but Abomination was almost entirely cultivated by him.
Dr. Helen Cho nodded slightly, then her eyes went slightly unfocused. "I suspect that the two creatures last night were both Military experimental products; one of them had appeared before."
Based on the analysis of last night's event, I think the Military wanted to create something capable of dealing with Hulk, it's just that their experiment went out of control again."
As she spoke, she shook her head gently with a sigh: "Poor humans."
Although this analysis was slightly different from the truth, it was not far off. If it weren't too early, Hong Fei would really want to take her directly to see Abomination; perhaps it could even inspire new ideas in her biological research path. However, there was no rush, because now Big Head could temporarily take on this work, and Dr.
Helen Cho focused all her energy on her Regeneration Cradle project.
Hong Fei turned to the side and pointed towards the open space outside the window. "Dr. Cho, look. That's where I said the laboratory would be. The greenery is excellent, there's also a natural small lake, and behind it is the boundary of the estate. If you need to expand in the future, you can, after all, there's no one else on this mountain except me."
Dr. Helen Cho's eyes lit up. "Can I go take a look?"
"Of course, no problem."
Hong Fei accompanied her out the door and waved over Number One, who was patrolling. "You accompany Dr. Cho to see the laboratory site and discuss the architectural design requirements. Dr. Cho, I still have some things to do, let's talk later."
"It's okay, you go ahead and get busy."
Turning around, Hong Fei went straight down to the third underground level.
Passing through the corridor and entering the surveillance room, several subordinates immediately stood up.
Hong Fei smiled. "How is it? Still not awake?"
"Yes, Boss. There hasn't been any movement from last night until now."
On the screen, Abomination lay motionless in the all-metal room. If it weren't for the fact that the vital signs monitoring data were fine, one might really think he was dead.
"You've worked hard, keep watching him."
"Yes!"
Afterwards, Hong Fei entered an empty room alone. With a turn of his fingertips, the green card appeared in his hand. With a light flick, the card turned into light and injected into the card slot.
Activating it again, waves surged rapidly in the card slot. Hong Fei felt the energy in my body quickly drain away, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, the amount of energy wasn't linked to his physical fitness, so there was no external impact.
The light emitted by the card became increasingly intense, until it was as emerald green as a gemstone, and the space in front of Hong Fei suddenly shook.
Immediately, a tank was rapidly generated from bottom to top; the tracks, armor, gun barrel, and other structures appeared one by one, finally forming a brand-new, flawless King of Land Warfare. Without any hesitation, Hong Fei climbed onto the turret and ran my hands along the thick gun barrel. Although it was still a 120mm caliber, this was a tank! Visually, Hong Fei naturally preferred this universally recognized King of Land Warfare. Entering the cabin, various display instruments and unknown operating structures made Hong Fei even more excited.
It was truly impressive, even if he didn't fully understand it all. He fiddled with it for a long time, touching things left and right. A short while later, his energy recovered a bit. Hong Fei tried placing his palm on the tank. With a thought, energy surged out rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he received information in his mind: as long as he wanted, he could fire the gun now. Could a tank that hadn't been started still fire? Hong Fei didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked. He hurriedly withdrew his energy and pulled his hand back.
After a long while, he reluctantly returned to the top of the turret. Sitting cross-legged, he took out his phone and started looking up relevant information. The M1A2 SEP was the U.S. Military's current main battle tank, and those with the SEP (System Enhancement Package) suffix were the newest and most advanced models among them. The observation, fire control, weapon, power, communication, and vehicle management system components left Hong Fei feeling a bit bewildered in addition to his happiness.
Overall, this was not the kind of head-on-crashing "iron dummy" that Hong Fei had imagined, but a very advanced digital tank. A moment later, he let out a soft sigh. The benefits of digitization didn't need to be belabored, but for a lone operator like Hong Fei—a lone tank, a lone soldier—lacking the support of external corresponding systems and the coordination of other combat units, the power and effectiveness that this so-called main battle tank could display would naturally be greatly reduced. Then the question arose: could this skill card only generate one tank?
It couldn't possibly generate them infinitely, right? Although he already had the answer in his heart, Hong Fei still wanted to try. However, the current energy recovery progress was not enough to let him use the skill a second time. Come to think of it, ever since his physical fitness broke through, the speed of his energy recovery seemed to have improved significantly as well. His gaze fell back on the tank, and Hong Fei pondered for a moment, changing his angle of thought. Those digital functions didn't seem as important to him as he had imagined.
After all, his goal wasn't to lead North Americans to overthrow the U.S. government. Just like currently, his battles were usually concentrated on a small scale, localized, and even the number of people involved basically wouldn't exceed a hundred; even fifty would be a stretch. In this way, one tank was enough, because this thing wasn't something just anyone had. Moreover, taking a step back, condensing one tank had already consumed all of Hong Fei's energy; he didn't even have an extra drop, so he could only passively wait for recovery.
Hong Fei was certain this tank could fire real shells, in addition to energy weapons. He needed to test the theory, but seeing its internal structure had given him confidence.
Tanks weren't like other weapons. Guns and ammunition could be bought on the street, mortars easily hidden, but a sixty-ton behemoth? Its appearance would cause a massive shockwave. The simplest point: this was the U.S.'s main battle tank. There was only one manufacturer in the world. Where did it come from?
So, either don't use it, or once used, it's best to try to kill everyone who saw it.