Science Changes Life

Ten minutes ago.

Snap!

The moment Bruce Banner followed Yusuf Atta Mohammed into the Gamma Ray instrument room, a place he wasn’t supposed to enter, and prepared to stop him, before the protective door had even closed, Yusuf had manually pressed the instrument’s switch.

The next second.

The instrument instantly whirred to life, and a green glow immediately appeared.

Damn it!

Bruce Banner cried out in his heart. Outside, the experimenters who were participating in this experiment but had no say in the matter collectively froze as they witnessed this sudden event.

Whirr, whirr, whirr!

It only took three seconds for the Gamma Ray instrument to go from stationary to its peak speed. In almost an instant, with a bang, Bruce shoved Yusuf, who was on the platform with his arms spread wide and a look of madness on his face, out of the way.

The next second.

The instrument spun at full speed.

Boom!

Bruce Banner was directly hit by the wildly emitted rays. Yusuf, who had fallen to the side, was blown directly against the silver wall.

This isn’t the set dosage!

Bruce Banner, unable to move, roared inwardly, instantly realizing that Yusuf had secretly altered the originally set dosage.

This is full power.

As expected.

With a tremendous boom.

Boom!

The Gamma Ray instrument instantly erupted, emitting a burst of fire and black smoke. At the moment of the explosion, like a final burst of glory, Gamma Rays ten thousand times the set dosage erupted.

Rumble!

The laboratory’s protective door had not been closed. The shockwave from the explosion directly blasted through the gap in the door. The shockwave, like a rampaging storm, mercilessly pushed everything in the laboratory outwards.

Bang, bang, bang!

Outside, Lake and the others watched the third floor of the experimental building. The moment the glass on the third floor shattered, the sound of the explosion instantly echoed out.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Five or six experimenters who were participating in the experiment, swept away by the shockwave and crashing out of the window on the third floor, screamed as they fell heavily onto the ground.

One experimenter was lucky enough to land directly on Anthony DiNozzo’s car. With a bang, the car’s roof instantly caved in, and the experimenter let out a weak groan.

But the other experimenters were not so fortunate.

Let’s just say.

There were now several patches of red and white stains on the ground.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

"Quick, retreat!"

Lake and Gibbs snapped back to reality and immediately shouted, quickly ordering people nearby to move away from the experimental building. At this moment, no one was bothering with any rules about entering or leaving the building.

The piercing sound of an alarm blared throughout the entire experimental building.

Some experimenters on the upper floors of the laboratory swarmed out of the building in an orderly fashion.

The gamma green light from the Gamma Ray laboratory on the third floor was still erupting with its final glory.

Others could escape, but Bruce Banner, who was in the Gamma Laboratory and had been directly hit by the rays, and Yusuf Atta Mohammed, who was pinned against the wall, had nowhere to run.

Moreover…

They couldn’t even utter a word. The Gamma Rays were like rampaging madmen, gripping them tightly with their hands, making even breathing a luxury.

This was no longer a simple experimental accident.

Although Bruce Banner was still alive, he was as good as unconscious. His clothes had instantly disintegrated as if weathered by time, and his not-so-well-exercised, slender body was undergoing a different kind of change.

Bruce Banner’s body was transforming, as if a small, weak man was preparing to build himself up. Except, what others would take three to five years of consistent effort to achieve, under the irradiation of the Gamma Rays, this time seemed to be infinitely compressed.

Puff!

Puff!

Puff!

Along with the green lines coursing through Bruce Banner’s entire body, his cells were exploding and dividing. Green cells were being generated, causing Bruce Banner’s body to swell like an inflated balloon, as if he were being force-fed growth. Even Bruce Banner’s appearance had changed.

He looked younger, perhaps?

Yusuf Atta Mohammed, pinned fiercely against the wall, was also undergoing some kind of change. However, unlike Bruce Banner, who was fully embracing the rampaging Gamma Rays, Yusuf Atta Mohammed was only experiencing them sporadically when he happened to remember.

The rampaging Gamma Rays arrived quickly and left just as fast.

After losing their continuous effect, after unleashing their final brilliance, they vanished in an instant.

Outside the experimental building.

Lake and Gibbs exchanged glances with the others.

What happened upstairs?

Should they go up and check?

Together?

These three questions arose from the exchange of glances between Lake and Gibbs, and immediately, they reached an agreement.

Are they crazy? Go up?

That’s the nuclear physics lab up there. If they go up, do they think they’ve lived too long, or what?

Let’s go.

Just a quick look.

Soon.

The emergency response and rescue team from the base arrived, fully armed and heavily covered, holding various equipment as they entered the experimental building.

After all, the lucky person who was carried away on a stretcher had provided crucial intelligence: Dr. Bruce Banner and Dr. Yusuf Atta Mohammed, important assets of the base, were inside when the outbreak occurred.

Although their chances of survival were slim.

But…

For any important asset of the base, finding them alive or dead was the most basic requirement. Langley operated like this, the FBI operated like this, and the military even more so.

Soon.

The rescue team reached the third floor. At this moment, the interior of the laboratory was like a hurricane had passed through. Not only was the ceiling blown off, but the floor was also covered in countless debris from the building and equipment.

"Watch out for the glass shards on the floor!"

"Understood."

The rescue team, seeing the glass fragments scattered everywhere, reminded each other, and their hopes for the survival of Bruce Banner and Yusuf Atta Mohammed were reduced to zero.

They were wrong.

The rescue team, looking through the shattered, super-reinforced glass, saw the two of them lying on the floor inside the laboratory, still emitting a faint green glow.

"What the f***!"

"This is…"

The rescue team exclaimed at the bizarre scene before them and then hesitated to approach, their radiation detectors and gamma counters were almost off the charts.

Even…

After reacting, the rescue team quickly signaled to each other to retreat. With this level of radiation, even they, as a rescue team, wouldn’t dare to go in.

One rescue team member, losing his footing, fell to the ground with a thud, glass shards embedded in his back, letting out a scream.

The others pulled him up and dragged him out of what was no longer a doorway.

Yusuf Atta Mohammed, who was unconscious inside, was awakened by the scream.

But…

The moment Yusuf Atta Mohammed awoke, his eyes snapped open, and he let out a scream that was completely disproportionate to his volume and lung capacity.

Ah!!!!!

Outside the experimental building.

Lake and the others were startled by the scream.

The next second.

Yusuf Atta Mohammed’s body began to shake violently. Along with the fading green glow, he started to inflate wildly like a balloon being overfilled.

Bang!

The laboratory floor seemed to be subjected to immense pressure, emitting a muffled sound before cracking. Along with the destroyed Gamma Ray equipment and the still unconscious Bruce Banner, the floor gave way, and they fell directly from the third floor to the second, and then the second floor couldn’t support the weight either, and they fell again to the first floor.

Rumble!

The dust and shockwave from the collapse once again blew out the first-floor windows, and the blast wave even overturned several cars parked near the building.

Anthony DiNozzo’s car, with its caved-in roof, was completely totaled in this blast wave.

If Mackey hadn’t held DiNozzo tightly, DiNozzo would have probably rushed to his ruined car and started wailing.

Just then.

An unknown roar echoed from the dust-filled first floor, a roar filled with anger and brutality.

What the hell?

The soldiers waiting outside exchanged uneasy glances.

Just then.

A scream echoed out.

With a whoosh, an unidentified object shot out like a meteor, crashing onto the concrete ground outside with a thud.

Everyone looked.

A paramedic, no, a paramedic who had been reduced to a bloody pulp.

This is…

Everyone looked up at the laboratory building, their eyes filled with terror.

Lake snapped back to reality and directly shoved Betty, who refused to leave, to a soldier. "Take her away."

Betty struggled. "I won’t."

Her boyfriend was still inside, his fate unknown.

Lake looked expressionlessly at the soldier. "This is an order."

Two soldiers nodded immediately, forcibly dragging Betty into a car. They then sped off towards the entrance of Quantico Military Base.

At this moment.

Soldiers from Quantico Base, alerted by the alarm, were also rushing over, fully armed. Even several tanks from the base had been deployed.

Inside the laboratory building.

The remaining paramedics ran out of the laboratory building, screaming and crying. Their speed was as if they were fueled by a rush of adrenaline.

But the last one, after a shriek, was dragged back into the smoke and dust by a massive green hand that suddenly emerged.

After two dull thuds, the screaming ceased.

The smoke and dust cleared.

Then…

Accompanied by a series of booming sounds, as the smoke and dust dissipated, a monster, at least two and a half meters tall, emerged into view, tearing through the walls as if they were made of tofu.