Chapter 186. Still So Much to Learn [Bonus]
~Yo! We've hit 200 Powerstones, here's your Bonus Chapter as promised!
~Next milestone: 300 Powerstones! Let's keep the momentum going!
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"It's done. I'm leaving. Tell Charles I said hello."
Nolan's voice was calm as always, even as the wind howled around them.
He didn't immediately absorb the sample from Shadowcat experience had taught him better. Not all abilities are integrated cleanly. If it was like Susan's psionic phase powers, his body might undergo sudden, violent changes.
When his existing powers, like the Red Hulk's radiation absorption, were enhanced, his body naturally optimized them.
The solar energy powers of Sunspot and Human Torch, for instance, had merged effortlessly into his cellular network both being radiation-based.
But when a completely new ability was introduced, like Susan's psionics, his body had to create an entirely new genetic structure. That wasn't just evolution.
That was reconstruction.
It was why his cells had learned to adapt. Symbiote-based [Adaptive Genome] tech allowed for this—a concept he'd dubbed: