The sudden appearance of Dr.
Banner eased the tense situation somewhat.
General Ross no longer looked at Ye Bai with such arrogance, and the killing intent in Ye Bai’s eyes gradually faded as well.
“Ye, I’m grateful for your help, but I don’t want to keep running from this anymore.”
“You’re right.
There isn’t much that could be worse than what I’m dealing with right now.”
Banner looked as though he had suddenly come to terms with everything, which made Ye Bai frown.
Clearly, Banner had made up his mind.
He didn’t want to keep running anymore.
Since he couldn’t escape anyway, he might as well accept his fate.
Besides, if Banner hadn’t stepped forward just now, Ye Bai would definitely have ended up in trouble.
That was also one of the reasons Banner had made this decision.
Looking at Banner, Ye Bai ultimately chose not to interfere.
So be it.
This was something Banner had to go through himself.
As for Ye Bai, he didn’t want his peaceful life ruined because of Banner’s problems.
General Ross also stopped confronting Ye Bai and instead turned around and ordered his men to take Dr.
Banner into custody.
Before leaving, he took one last look at Ye Bai, then turned and led everyone out of the villa.
To General Ross, Ye Bai was a troublesome figure as well.
After all, Ye Bai wasn’t an ordinary person.
He was a billionaire with enormous social influence.
Picking a fight with someone like that meant General Ross had to seriously consider the consequences, no matter how much influence he had within the military.
At the end of the day, the United States was a capitalist society.
Money talked.
Only after the military personnel had taken Dr.
Banner away did Ye Bai shake his head and return to the house.
He had definitely decided not to interfere in this matter.
There was no need to.
He couldn’t possibly kill everyone simply because he was friends with Dr.
Banner.
That wouldn’t be helping Banner.
It would be harming him.
“Everything okay?”
Hela had finished resting by then and walked out of the room to ask Ye Bai.
“It’s fine.
This has nothing to do with us in the first place.”
Ye Bai answered simply, completely putting Banner’s situation out of his mind.
With that kind of free time, he might as well make something delicious and give his wife a proper meal.
Ye Bai really did intend to pamper Hela a little.
She had certainly been through enough over those three days.
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After Dr.
Banner was taken away by the military, Ye Bai and Hela’s lives returned to peace.
He had to admit that the climate in the City of Angels was much better than that of the Big Apple.
It was also far more suitable for living.
Over the next few days, Ye Bai and Hela completely put everything else out of their minds and simply enjoyed themselves.
Sometimes they organized barbecue parties with celebrities, while other times they took the yacht out to sea for some fishing.
They even found time to attend a Lakers home game and watch Old Kobe brick shots for the entire game.
After all, he was the all-time brick king, the undisputed Iron Man.
As for Hela, she was somewhat unaccustomed to this kind of life.
It was simply too peaceful.
But she didn’t reject it.
Instead, she tried to fit into this lifestyle.
It was just that whenever she was around outsiders, Hela still maintained her cold expression.
That alone was already quite an improvement.
It showed that Hela had begun changing herself for Ye Bai.
There was once a saying that when you like someone, you hope that person will change for you.
But when you love someone, you’re willing to change yourself for them.
That was exactly what Hela was doing.
For Ye Bai, she was slowly changing herself.
The change was extremely gradual, and Hela herself hadn’t even realized it.
But after enough time had passed, when Hela looked back on everything, she might even be shocked by how much she had changed.
As for whether those changes were good or bad, the tenderness in Hela’s eyes already gave the answer.
While Ye Bai was enjoying his peaceful life, Dr.
Banner was enduring several days of inhuman treatment.
First, he was injected with a serum inhibitor to prevent the monster inside his body from emerging.
Then came repeated blood draws, experiments, and endless examinations of his physical data.
For those few days, Banner could hardly even be considered a human being.
He was nothing more than a lab rat on an experimental table.
The so-called human rights and freedom seemed like a joke under the military’s research program.
Banner deeply experienced the malice of this world and suffered the merciless beating of the system.
He often found himself wishing that he hadn’t been so naive back then.
The military really couldn’t be trusted.
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory of this secret base, an extremely dangerous experiment was about to begin.
“Colonel Blonsky, are you certain you want to undergo this experiment?”
“You should know that the risks are extremely high.
We’ve never tested it on a human subject before.”
A researcher in a white lab coat spoke to the soldier strapped to the experimental table, confirming his decision.
“Start the damn experiment already.
I can’t wait another second.”
“I believe I’ll succeed.
I will definitely obtain this power!”
Colonel Blonsky said with a ferocious expression, repeatedly urging the researchers to inject the Hulk serum into his body.
That’s right.
The purpose of this experiment was for the military to use the Hulk’s blood to create another Hulk.
If they succeeded, the military would possess the technology to mass-produce Hulks.
At that point, nothing on Earth would be able to stop the United States.
Their ambitions would reach for the stars.
“Understood.
The experiment is about to begin!”
The researcher gave instructions to the other assistants, and the experiment soon began.
Outside the laboratory, General Ross watched everything through the window.
His eyes glittered with a desire for success and terrifying ambition.
The origins of this experiment could be traced all the way back to the Super Soldier Program during World War II.
Back then, scientists had used the Super Soldier Serum to create America’s first superhero, Captain America.
The research into super soldiers was then forced to come to an end.
Not long ago, General Ross had restarted the project.
This time, he intended to create a super soldier even stronger than Captain America.
Dr.
Banner had originally been one of the project’s principal researchers.
The experiment had indeed succeeded.
But it wasn’t the kind of success General Ross and Dr.
Banner had envisioned.
They had created a super soldier far more powerful than Captain America.
The problem was that this super soldier couldn’t be controlled.
The Hulk.
A simple-minded brute whose thoughts revolved around smashing everything and getting angry.
That was the result of General Ross and Dr.
Banner’s experiment.
Now, General Ross wanted to use a serum created from the Hulk’s blood to produce a controllable Hulk.
“General, the experiment is about to begin.
I recommend that you leave immediately.”
“After all, none of us knows whether what we’re about to create will be a proper soldier or another Hulk.”
General Ross’s adjutant walked over after seeing the experiment begin.
The meaning was obvious.
He wanted General Ross to move somewhere safe first.
General Ross nodded and didn’t object.
Just as his adjutant had said, no one knew whether the experiment would produce an angel or a demon.
General Ross held a position of great power, and his life was far too valuable to risk by staying in such a dangerous place.
He would leave this matter to his adjutant and remain at the rear while waiting for the results of the experiment.