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[Superman] Chapter 40: The Brilliant "Star"
🕑 Added 2024-01-10 07:39:46 +0000 UTC"Hmm? It seems not everyone on Earth is so weak after all."
Grasping the hammer of Thor, looking at Captain America who could still block his powerful thunderbolts with his shield, Thor couldn't help but reveal a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
"Too bad, humans are still just humans, and can never compare to true gods!"
In the next moment, Thor's gaze instantly hardened.
The lightning released from the hammer of Thor also became more frenzied in an instant.
Under the terrifying rampage of thunderbolts, even ordinary people several meters away from the lightning felt a surge of frenzied energy.
They could only retreat again and again, completely handing over the battlefield to the two non-human existences.
However, although Captain America had the title of the strongest human, and claimed to be evenly matched with anyone,
his essence as a human had not changed after all.
Under the extremely frenzied lightning strikes, even though the sturdy shield could block and absorb some of the current,
the incredibly powerful impact still kept pushing him back again and again.
His feet left a deep trench in the ground.
"Ah..."
His powerful willpower kept Captain America persevering, even as his body kept retreating, his will did not relax one bit.
"Good! Human, you have an extremely resilient will, able to become my true opponent."
Seeing Captain America reveal such tenacious will under his onslaught, even Thor was moved at this moment.
"Next, I will use my great power to show you, that no matter how strong your will is, it will ultimately be unable to make up for the huge gap brought by the difference in strength!"
The serious Thor actually gave up continuing to use the power of thunder, but instead slowly gripped the hammer of Thor, staring intently at Captain America's body, with battle intent rising in his eyes.
"I'll send the same words back to you, humans will not submit to any arrogant self-proclaimed gods, it was like this decades ago, and will still be the same decades later!"
Gripping the all-too-familiar shield in one hand, at this moment, it was as if Captain America had returned to the battlefield decades ago, with unwavering determination in his eyes.
"Less nonsense, since I can't find that guy called Superman, I'll use you to warm up first!"
Thor hesitated no more, leaping several meters into the air, while at the same time gripping the hammer of Thor, and smashing it heavily towards Captain America.
Captain America reacted just as quickly, raising his shield the moment the hammer of Thor fell.
Boom!
The moment the hammer of Thor and the Vibranium shield made contact, a terrifying roar suddenly erupted.
Accompanied by a strong shockwave, sweeping towards the surroundings in an instant, the terrible power directly flipped several cars nearby.
However, there was no scene of Thor being bounced away by the reaction force of the Vibranium Shield like in the movies this time.
Instead, after retreating some distance from each other, they charged at each other again, swinging the shields and hammers in their hands, fighting vigorously!
...
At the same time, while Thor and Captain America were fighting fiercely,
in a secluded suburban laboratory in New York City, it was extremely lively at this moment.
Numerous science enthusiasts and some media reporters were invited here to visit what was said to be the greatest invention of the century.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are very lucky to be here today, because you are about to witness history."
"You will be recorded in history together with today's experiment."
In the center of the rather crude lab, a middle-aged man dressed simply, slightly overweight, was introducing himself confidently to everyone present.
"Energy has always been the bottleneck limiting human development, just like the famous barrel effect. The shortage of energy determines the upper limit of human technological progress."
"But today, you will be fortunate to witness history, and observe the most important moment in human energy history."
"After today, humans will no longer feel worried about insufficient energy."
"You will witness the birth of a new type of energy, a safe, sustainable, even permanent energy source, providing cheap electricity for everyone!"
Up until this point, Dr. Otto still had an extremely confident smile on his face.
"Next, let me first introduce my assistant..."
As he spoke, Dr. Otto slowly walked to the side, next to a device covered with a cloth, then suddenly pulled off the cloth.
"Wow...what is this thing?"
Seeing the special machine with four metallic tentacles, everyone except Peter couldn't help but gasp.
"Peter, you don't seem surprised at all?"
Even Gwen, who was Dr. Otto's intern student, standing next to Peter at the moment, was seeing these octopus-like mechanical arms for the first time.
But she was a little curious why Peter didn't seem surprised at all.
"Just some mechanical arms, what's there to be surprised about."
Peter answered calmly.
Indeed, if these mechanical arms were placed in the world he came from, there was no doubt they would be a great invention.
But in this Marvel world full of black technology, it could only be said that they were not amazing enough.
"These four mechanical arms were specially made by me for today's nuclear fusion experiment. They can withstand high temperatures, magnetism, and radiation."
As Dr. Otto spoke, he slowly took off his shirt, revealing his slightly obese upper body, and stood in front of the mechanical arms.
Then, the mechanical arms activated, and a mechanical spine-like fixture slowly attached to his back spine.
At this moment, Doctor Octopus was born!
"Ouch, just looking at that thing hurts!"
At this moment, even Peter had to admire that Otto in front of him, who had almost gone mad in order to complete the experiment.
One had to know, these mechanical arms were not just attached to the skin.
The fixing device behind it directly penetrated into the nerves of the spine, only this allowed mental control.
"Peter, do you think Dr. Otto will succeed?"
Looking at the situation in front, a bad premonition suddenly emerged in Gwen's mind, not spider sense, but something that made her even more alarmed.
She always felt something might go wrong next.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Although he said so, Peter's face was very calm, seemingly not worried at all about accidents happening.
"Everyone, open your eyes wide, because the climax is about to begin."
At this time, Otto, transformed into Doctor Octopus, had arrived in front of the laser ignition device.
"Oh yes, thanks also to Oscorp Industries for their sponsorship of the rare element - tritium!"
As the mechanical arms slowly placed the rare element called tritium at the center of the ignition device, the invisible magnetic field instantly fixed it in the most central position, slowly levitating in midair, and began to spin rapidly.
"Fasten your seatbelts, we're about to take off."
Putting on sunglasses, Otto slowly spoke while pressing the laser ignition device.
The next moment, several laser beams accurately struck the tritium element at the center of the device.
The terrifying high temperature instantly activated it, and a brand new miniature "star" slowly blossomed at the center of the device.
"Wow, could this be an artificial miniature sun?"
Although the intense heat and powerful radiation had been completely blocked by the magnetic field shield, the crowd still couldn't help but burst into exclamations.
"Sorry Gwen, I have to step out for a bit."
Just as Gwen was still mysteriously feeling that trace of anxiety in her heart, Peter next to her suddenly spoke up.
"Peter, what's wrong?"
Gwen wanted to ask more, but found that Peter had already decisively chosen to leave.
"Damn..."
Watching Peter's departing figure, then turning to look at the brilliant "star", Gwen eventually didn't chase after him, but retreated behind the crowd, and walked into a corner where others couldn't see.
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(End of Chapter)
To be continued...
