Chapter 125: MD-Chapter 125 Where Exactly is This?
A pale blue light filled Arthur's entire vision, making the experiment pod before him appear transparent as the space around it twisted.
"It's an energy overload!" Dr. Connors shouted at Arthur, "Get out of here fast, it's going to explode!"
Banner's breathing quickened as he grated his teeth and said, "Everything was functioning normally. Why did this suddenly happen?"
"If it explodes..."
Arthur's voice suddenly cut in, "What will happen?"
His voice was eerily calm, showing no sign of panic despite the sudden crisis.
Banner, reaching his limit, still gritted his teeth and said, "The most likely outcome is that our entire lab, along with everything within a few dozen miles, will be blown to smithereens!"
Hearing this, Dr. Connors sprinted toward the energy device.
After a flurry of action, he shut the power off completely. "I turned it off!"
"But it doesn't seem to have helped."
Arthur exhaled slightly as the blue light in front of him continued to flicker, becoming more intense.
It seemed to be approaching a critical point. Glancing back at Dr. Connors and Banner, Arthur wondered if retreating now would allow them to escape unharmed.
It was then that Arthur realized he didn't feel much of an inner struggle.
With a hint of resignation, he said, "I knew that once I got involved with this thing..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was already walking towards the experiment pod.
"Oh my God..."
Dr. Connors was stunned as he watched Arthur's actions. "I always thought he was a supervillain."
"Roar..."
The response to Dr. Connors was no longer Banner's voice, but the roar of the Hulk!
Dr. Connors' face changed drastically, suddenly realizing that he might be the most vulnerable in this situation.
With the Hulk transforming beside him and the Tesseract's energy running wild in front of him, perhaps as the Lizard he might have had some chance of survival, but as himself...
By this time, Arthur had already revealed his steely form, grasping the cable with a firm hand.
The Tesseract's energy had permeated the entire circuit. As soon as Arthur touched it, the blue light surged wildly around his body, like flashing lightning bolts or fiery snakes.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh..."
With a roar, Arthur ripped the cable.
The surrounding energy abruptly shifted, forming a blue energy force field out of the chaos.
At the same time, the Hulk leaped into the air with a furious roar and slammed into the force field with a tremendous crash, but was unable to break through.
Sliding to the ground, the Hulk got back up and attacked the force field!
Arthur looked at the Hulk, feeling the flow of energy around him, the sensation of it surging over his body. Even though he hadn't been penetrated by the energy, the sense of danger hadn't diminished at all.
He looked at the Hulk and suddenly smiled before speaking, "Actually, I've always wanted to find a chance to have a real and proper talk with you... Hulk."
Hulk's attacks stopped. He looked at Arthur with a strange expression - part panic, part bewilderment, and mostly confusion.
"Unfortunately... it seems we won't get that chance."
Arthur sighed slightly and looked up as his expression subtly changed.
A blue beam shot straight up into the sky, and it seemed as if the cosmic stars were within reach.
"Could it be..."
Arthur's pupils narrowed as he suddenly saw Banner leap up and land right next to the power device.
With a roar at Dr. Connors, the force of which was so strong that it nearly blew his glasses off. Then Hulk grabbed the Tesseract, and the energy from the Magic Cube instantly coursed through his fingers.
It seemed to make Hulk feel like he was holding something scalding hot. After quickly switching the Magic Cube between his hands a few times, he suddenly threw it away with great force!
After that, the Hulk looked eagerly in Arthur's direction.
But all he saw was a blue light gradually fading away. The spot where Arthur had been standing, along with the experiment pod beside him... both had vanished without a trace.
The expectation in Hulk's eyes slowly faded like a dying flame, and his massive body slowly returned to its original form.
Banner's eyes were hollow as he looked around the ruined lab.
The intense electricity and force field had destroyed and paralyzed all the electronic equipment around them.
Banner's expression was blank: "It was my fault that he..."
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...
The world was spinning!
If Arthur had to describe how he felt at that moment, it was as if he'd been stuffed into a washing machine on the highest spin cycle, spinning at full speed!
He kept colliding with something unknown, and if it weren't for his steely form, he thought he would have been smashed to bits.
In the end, Arthur had no choice but to grab the object and store it in the Disassembler space.
Opening his eyes, he found himself unable to see anything. Arthur even thought that if this spinning continued, it would only be a matter of time before his brain oozed out of his nose.
But just as that thought crossed his mind, the wild spinning came to an abrupt halt.
The sensation of falling through the air took over, and with a heavy thud, he felt as if he'd landed on something incredibly solid.
He opened his eyes, but the world was still spinning at a dizzying pace, so he quickly closed them again.
His hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even draw the Eye of Horus.
Reaching out to feel the ground, he tried to stand, but with a thud, he collapsed again.
He heard the sound of orderly footsteps approaching, along with the hissing sound of some sort of device. Then a loud voice boomed, "Whoever you are, you're under arrest. Stand up and don't move!"
Arthur wanted to stand, but he just couldn't manage it.
He tried to speak, but his tongue was twisted, and he couldn't get a word out.
"If you won't stand up, then stay down."
After that, Arthur felt two people come over, twist his arms behind his back, and place something around his wrists.
He struggled to open his eyes, and the world that had been spinning wildly began to calm down. But the people still appeared double.
Still, Arthur noticed that this place... seemed a bit ominous!
He was surrounded by a group of men dressed in black, wielding some very intimidating-looking weapons.
In the outer ring, a group of bizarre figures in yellow uniforms stood watching from a distance.
Hovering in the air were several flying devices, their muzzles extended and spewing flames. Without exception, every weapon was pointed directly at Arthur.
"Where... the hell is this?"
Arthur's vision blurred, and as dizziness overcame him, two men in black grabbed his arms and dragged him away...
*Emmmmmmm, since some readers keep thinking this is a crossover to another world, I need to clarify. This is still the Marvel Universe and will remain so. The book will only cover Marvel, and there will be no other worlds involved.
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Chapter 126: MD-Chapter 126 Maximum Security Prison
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Two hours later, Arthur was sitting in a room with his hands cuffed.
In front of him was a round table with seven chairs, but only one of them was occupied.
A tall, blue-skinned man sat across from him, holding a metal device in his hand. A virtual screen could be pulled out of the side of the device, displaying text that Arthur couldn't read.
The blue-skinned man looked at Arthur, then at the screen in his hand.
After a moment, he put the device down and fixed his gaze on Arthur's face.
"Earthling?"
What could Arthur do but nod? Should he really wonder why he couldn't read their text but understood their spoken language? It seemed that the whole universe spoke the same language...
Well, except in Afghanistan!
The dizziness he'd felt upon his sudden arrival had completely subsided by now.
His weakened limbs gradually regained their strength, and Arthur looked around the room with a curious expression on his face.
Then he heard the blue-skinned man speak again, "So, Earthling, why did you suddenly invade the Nova Empire's Kyln Maximum Security Prison?"
"Hmm, that name sounds familiar..."
Arthur blinked as he heard this name and his enhanced memory immediately searched for related information and found it.
Kyln Maximum Security Prison... Nova Empire?
Planet Xandar?
Guardians of the Galaxy?
As this series of familiar details came to mind, Arthur breathed out a small sigh of relief.
At least he wasn't completely clueless about his current situation anymore.
He silently thanked the Tesseract for not dumping him on some bizarre planet where even birds didn't bother to land, waiting for a giant purple guy to come and determine his true love.
"Please answer my question!"
The blue-skinned man's stern voice brought him back to reality.
Arthur looked up at him while thinking. 'What should he say?'
Should he tell him that he was experimenting with the Tesseract and was accidentally thrown across the universe?
Should he tell him that he ended up as an unwelcome visitor in their prison?
All these thoughts flashed through his mind in about two seconds, and then Arthur said, "Why don't you take a guess?"
"I don't appreciate your sense of humor!"
The blue-skinned man remained unmoved and simply stated, "In fact, your intentions are already quite obvious. This is merely a formal interrogation in accordance with the Nova Empire's basic rights for all species. It's also your only chance to exonerate yourself. If you continue with this attitude, you're looking at a minimum of twenty years in prison!"
Arthur shrugged when he heard this. It wasn't that he didn't want to cooperate.
The truth was, no matter how much he cooperated, it wouldn't help.
The bottom line was that Arthur couldn't explain the situation.
He couldn't talk about the Perfect Serum experiment, and he certainly couldn't mention the Tesseract or God forbid the Space Stone.
He couldn't just tell them that he was an interstellar traveler who, while passing through a certain galaxy, happened to run into a wild Thor and got drunk all the way to Kyln Maximum Security Prison, could he?
Who would believe such a ridiculous story?
As he casually drew the Eye of Horus, Arthur felt a strange sensation pass over him, it was as if the colorless energy in his body was momentarily blocked by something.
But it was only for a moment, and then everything returned to normal.
The Eye of Horus immediately activated, allowing Arthur to observe the situation outside the room. Meanwhile, he said, "All right, all right, I'm willing to cooperate. Just please don't throw me in jail..."
"Then your name."
The blue-skinned man, unaware of Arthur's subtle actions, picked up the metal device on the table again and opened the screen to record the information.
"...Hmm, Chen Arthur."
Arthur didn't bother to hide anything, since no one here knew who he was anyway.
"Chen Arthur...?"
The blue-skinned man frowned, almost twisting his face into a knot. "I don't understand the logic of earthlings. How could a normal person have such a strange name?"
Arthur's face darkened upon hearing that. He could tolerate people making fun of his name on Earth, but even out in space, he had to put up with this? Was there no escape?
"Age."
The blue-skinned man's confusion quickly passed as he moved on to the next question.
"23 years old," Arthur answered.
"Do all earthlings live that long?" The blue-skinned man looked at Arthur in disbelief. "You're only two years younger than me?"
"..."
Arthur had the feeling that this conversation was going nowhere.
But obviously it wasn't going to end just because Arthur was frustrated.
After a series of strange questions about his name, age, height, weight, mental history, and even his love life, the blue-skinned man finally got serious. "All of your information has now been uploaded to the Nova Empire's criminal database! You can now start defending yourself against the charge of 'Prison Break.' Of course, you can also hire a lawyer - if you have the money."
"Will US dollars work?" Arthur asked.
"What is this? A weapon?"
"A powerful tool to do whatever you want!"
"Weapons are not recognized as currency here." The blue-skinned man replied seriously, "Now you can defend yourself."
As he finished speaking, the previously empty chairs around the table were suddenly occupied by holographic projections of six colorful figures who seemed to be physically present.
Arthur thought for a moment, then said, "With all due respect, everyone here is garbage!"
There was no way he could defend himself. It wasn't like he had read any law books.
He didn't have the money for a lawyer. Obviously, the only option left was to break out of this place.
As soon as he finished speaking, the handcuffs on his hands disappeared.
In an instant, he disappeared from where he was and reappeared right next to the blue-skinned man. With one of his hands resting on the man's shoulder, while the other held a gun to his head. "I really didn't want it to come to this, but why are you forcing me to explain something I can't even begin to understand?"
As he spoke, Arthur fired a shot at the door of the room.
An energy blast!
The door, made of an unknown metal about fifteen centimeters thick, was blown wide open with a single shot!
The blue-skinned man stared in shock. "You better not point that thing at my head!"
"That powerful?" Arthur was surprised himself. He fired two more shots, completely shattering the door, then grabbed the blue-skinned man by the collar. "What's your rank?"
"I'm the warden!" The blue-skinned man yelled. "How dare you..."
Before he could finish, Arthur interrupted cheerfully, "Perfect, you're just what I need.
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