Chapter 163: Great Fusion
The Hydra commander's brain completely froze.
The "capsule" lodged in his mouth began expanding.
At first, only slightly.
Then rapidly.
Metal plating unfolded against the inside of his cheeks.
His molars shattered.
His jawbone fractured.
He tried to spit it out.
Too late.
Far too late.
The expansion continued.
The miniaturized armored vehicle was returning to its original dimensions.
One second later—
A wet, muffled crack echoed across Fifth Avenue.
Silence followed.
The remaining sixteen HYDRA soldiers stared in horror.
Then, almost simultaneously, they threw down their weapons.
Instinct overrode training.
Survival overrode loyalty.
They turned and ran.
None of them got far.
Because Lynn was already standing back at the clinic entrance.
The teacup was still falling.
He casually reached out and caught it before it hit the ground.
A single drop of Longjing tea spilled over the rim.
Lynn looked at it.
"Wasted."
Then he glanced toward the sixteen fleeing operatives.
Electromagnetic manipulation activated.
The effect was immediate.
Rifles.
Magazines.
Combat knives.
Belt buckles.
Helmet fasteners.
Communicators.
Even the steel reinforcement hidden inside their boots.
Every metallic object detached simultaneously.
The street filled with the sound of tearing fabric and twisting metal.
Dozens of objects flew into the air.
Then converged.
Compressed.
Twisted.
Folded together into a dense metallic sphere the size of a basketball.
The sphere landed directly in front of the fleeing soldiers.
Boom.
The impact was not strong.
It didn't touch anyone.
But every soldier froze.
No weapons.
No communications.
No armor.
Several were literally barefoot.
Nobody moved.
Nobody dared move.
Lynn took out his phone.
Dialed a familiar number.
The call connected almost immediately.
"Fury."
A tired voice answered.
"What happened this time?"
"There are sixteen barefoot HYDRA operatives and one half-blind lunatic outside my clinic."
"Come clean it up."
Click.
The call ended.
Lynn calmly finished the remaining tea.
...
11:03 PM.
It took S.H.I.E.L.D. nearly three hours to completely secure the area.
All sixteen HYDRA agents were taken into custody.
Darren Cross—still calling himself Darren Krause in most corporate records—was transferred into a maximum-security containment cell.
His right eye was permanently destroyed.
Medical analysis later concluded that the damage extended directly into the optic nerve.
No conventional surgery could restore it.
The Yellowjacket suit was confiscated.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s engineers quickly discovered another problem.
The Pym Particle reservoir was empty.
Every remaining particle had been consumed.
Darren had literally burned through the last remnants of his technology in his attempt at revenge.
As for the unfortunate HYDRA commander—
Even veteran cleanup personnel needed several minutes before they were willing to approach the scene.
Fury never asked Lynn how it happened.
Some questions were healthier unanswered.
After the cleanup team departed, Lynn locked the clinic.
The destroyed entrance would require repairs.
Expensive repairs.
He mentally added the bill to Fury's account.
Then he descended into the basement.
A portal opened.
Golden sparks rotated through the air.
Moments later he arrived at his underground research base on Manhattan's West Side.
The facility was silent.
Only the faint hum of environmental control systems filled the air.
Lynn entered District Three.
His private workspace.
Then sat before the central console.
The system interface appeared.
Today's confrontation had proven something.
Quantum Scaling was even more terrifying in practical combat than theory suggested.
But that wasn't why he came here tonight.
His gaze settled upon the ability list.
[Vibranium Resonance — Absolute Kinetic Energy Absorption and Release (S Rank)]
[Perfect Imperfection — Extreme Temperature Generation and Limit-Breaking Regeneration (S Rank)]
Since acquiring them, both abilities had functioned as external modules.
Useful.
Powerful.
But separate.
Lynn tapped the armrest.
"If they're already integrated into combat..."
"Why not merge them into the body itself?"
The Ability Furnace opened.
[Immortal Divine Body (Intermediate • SSS Rank)]
[Vibranium Resonance]
[Perfect Imperfection]
↓
[Unknown Result]
No hesitation.
"Fuse."
The furnace activated.
Pain erupted throughout his body.
Not injury.
Evolution.
Every cell was dismantled.
Decoded.
Rewritten.
Reconstructed.
The vibranium-derived kinetic properties began integrating into the cellular architecture itself.
The adaptive energy-storage characteristics merged directly into cell membranes.
Meanwhile, Perfect Imperfection's thermal generation system fused with the stellar energy cycle that powered the Immortal Divine Body.
At the microscopic level, countless biological and energy structures were being rewritten.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
Then—
[Fusion Progress: 100%]
[Ding! Fusion Successful!]
[Immortal Divine Body (Intermediate • SSS Rank) Upgraded]
[New Feature: Absolute Kinetic Control]
[Physical contact now grants active manipulation of kinetic vectors. Direction, magnitude, timing, storage, release, and transfer may be controlled at will.]
[New Feature: Stellar Thermal Cycle]
[Body temperature regulation expanded from near Absolute Zero to 15,000°C.]
[Thermal Vision output exceeds 12,000°C.]
[Regeneration speed increased by 300%.]
Lynn closed his eyes.
Three seconds.
Then opened them.
Externally—
Nothing had changed.
Internally—
Everything had changed.
The powers no longer felt attached.
They felt natural.
As natural as breathing.
As natural as a heartbeat.
He raised his right hand.
The temperature of his palm surged.
Room temperature.
1,000°C.
3,000°C.
5,000°C.
Then instantly dropped below freezing.
Then returned to normal.
The transition was effortless.
No delay.
No instability.
Lynn nodded.
Satisfied.
Then his gaze shifted to the remaining abilities.
And the mountain of Reputation Points accumulated over recent months.
Might as well finish everything at once.
The Ability Furnace reopened.
Rows of abilities appeared.
One after another.
Lynn briefly reviewed the combinations.
Then spoke.
"System."
"Provide optimal fusion recommendations."
The system immediately responded.
First fusion:
[Super Genius — Strategic Planning and Manipulation (Lex Luthor)]
[Extreme Dynamic Vision (Hawkeye)]
↓
[All-Seeing Eye]
Fusion initiated.
[Fusion Complete.]
[All-Seeing Eye upgraded.]
[New Feature: Strategic Situational Analysis.]
[While observing any situation, automatically generate multiple future development pathways and evaluate risk-reward ratios in real time.]
Lynn blinked.
Interesting.
Lex Luthor's strategic cognition combined with Hawkeye-level battlefield observation.
That was far more useful than either ability individually.
Second fusion.
[Absolute Flexibility]
[Gamma Strength Potential (40%)]
[Symbiotic Biological Adaptability]
↓
[Immortal Divine Body]
The furnace activated again.
Marvel's symbiotes possessed extraordinary adaptive evolution.
The Hulk's gamma mutations possessed theoretically limitless growth potential.
Combined with the already monstrous Divine Body—
The results were impressive.
[Fusion Complete.]
[Immortal Divine Body upgraded.]
[New Feature: Combat Amplification.]
[Physical strength increases continuously during active combat.]
[Maximum Amplification: 200%.]
[Amplification resets after 60 seconds outside combat.]
[New Feature: Morphological Autonomy.]
[Body structure may be reshaped freely while preserving total biological mass.]
[Temporary limbs, biological weapons, armor structures, and material simulation are now possible.]
Lynn flexed his fingers.
Not bad.
Very Hulk-like.
Very symbiote-like.
But elevated far beyond both.
Then came the real target.
The fusion he had anticipated since obtaining Pym Particle abilities.
[Electromagnetic Manipulation and Microscopic Magnetic Perception (SS Rank • 93%)]
[Quantum Scaling and Atomic Interference (S Rank)]
↓
[Unknown Result]
His eyes narrowed.
These two abilities possessed a profound connection.
Electromagnetic manipulation governed the electromagnetic force.
One of the four fundamental interactions underlying reality itself.
Its precision already approached molecular engineering.
Quantum Scaling manipulated atomic spacing.
Not matter directly.
But the relationship between matter and space.
One controlled force.
One controlled distance.
One manipulated interaction.
One manipulated position.
Together...
They touched the very foundations of matter.
What if they were combined...
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