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Chapter 1752 Breakthrough
The blurry thermal images transmitted back by the submersible outlined a terrifying figure with a strikingly similar silhouette to "Connors," but with significant differences in details—a more ferocious dorsal fin, thicker limbs, and a body covered in special scales that were emerald green and could absorb all surrounding light.

"My God... another one?!"

Banner cried out in alarm, and the Hulk's power stirred subtly under the stimulation of the alarm.

Tony instantly accessed all external sensor data and quickly analyzed it.

"Its size is similar to Connors'... no, it might be larger! Biological radiation signature... homologous! Highly similar energy reading patterns! Damn, it also has strong nuclear reaction signals, although not as violent as Connors before its outburst, but... it's actively shielding its own radiation signature! It wasn't detected by the passive sonar array until it got this close!"

Tony's AI system quickly completed the comparison analysis on Friday.

"Target confirmed! Database match... Codename: 'Norman Osborn'! Threat level: Extinction!"

Friday's cold, synthesized voice delivered the final verdict.

Tony spoke rapidly, his hands gesturing across the virtual control panel as he activated the base's highest-level defense protocols. "All defense systems online! 'Wall of Sighs' enters highest level of airtight isolation! 'Eye of Neptune': Non-combat personnel immediately evacuate to the core refuge pod! 'Eye of Poseidon'... Damn it, we can't abandon Connors! Banner, I need you to analyze 'Norman Osborn's' energy weaknesses immediately! Its target is definitely Connors!"

Outside the deep-sea barrier, "Norman Osborn" has entered the final sprint.

Its dark pupils locked onto the steel fortress ahead, which was emitting faint energy fluctuations (mainly from the base's maintenance system and the energy leakage of the constraint field).

It could clearly sense the presence of the forcibly imprisoned homolog deep within the fortress—Connors's raging yet trapped energy core was like the most alluring lighthouse in the darkness to it.

"Roar--!!!"

This time, it was no longer a pressure on the soul level, but a real, terrifying roar that tore through the deep sea!
The powerful infrasound waves, mixed with high-frequency energy pulses, slammed into the outermost "deep-sea barrier" of the base like an invisible hammer.

The sturdy alloy armor emitted a tooth-grinding groan as the surface sonar-counteracting coating instantly overloaded and failed, exposing the metal body beneath.

At the same time, Norman Osborn opened his massive mouth, and a chilling, furnace-like, blazing white light shone from deep within his throat!
"High-energy particle stream detected! Target: Base outer shell! A precursor to atomic breath!"

The alarms sounded urgently on Friday.

"Active active defense matrix at full power! Concentrate deflector shields at the impact point!"

Tony yelled.

Om-!
On the outer shell of the base, dozens of pre-arranged energy nodes lit up instantly, forming a huge, semi-transparent energy shield.

Almost the instant the shield took shape, an incredibly thick stream of scorching plasma containing destructive power—its color a strange, eerie blue rather than Connors's blue and white—burst forth from Norman Osborn's mouth!

Boom——! ! !
A devastating surge of energy slammed violently into the deflector shield!

The shield, which was strong enough to withstand the pressure of the deep sea and conventional torpedo attacks, vibrated violently like fragile glass, and blue-white energy arcs jumped and annihilated wildly at the point of impact.

The shield thinned and flickered visibly. The base shook violently, and alarms blared incessantly. "Shield energy output 120%! Overload in progress! Estimated collapse time: T-3 seconds!"

"No! The intensity is too high! It's even more concentrated than the peak readings before Connors froze!"

Banner stared at the alarming readings on the energy sensor, his face turning ashen.

Click——!
Like a shattered mirror, the deflector shield shattered under the continuous impact of the azure atom breath!
The moment the shield shattered, the weakened but still deadly atomic breath, radiating a ghostly blue death light, slammed into the thick outer armor of the "Deep Sea Barrier" without any hindrance!

Zizz——Boom!!!

The point of contact instantly turned into a small sun!

The unimaginable high temperature easily melted through the fortress's outer shell, which was several meters thick and made of special high-density titanium-tungsten alloy and multi-layer nano-ceramic composite armor.

The molten metal was no longer in a liquid state, but rather exhibited a dazzling incandescent slurry state, like scalding blood gushing from a huge wound.

Under the terrifying pressure of the deep sea, these molten metals, which are thousands of meters deep, cannot flow freely as they would in the air. Instead, they are squeezed into viscous teardrops, which are then heavily peeled off and fall drop by drop from the edge of the breach.

As soon as they left the main body, they were immediately surrounded by dark seawater that was close to freezing point and had a pressure of up to a thousand times that of the atmosphere.

Hiss hiss hiss—hiss hiss—sizzle—!
The intense heat exchange caused a deafening roar! The molten metal instantly solidified, hardened, and cracked, releasing a massive amount of high-temperature steam.

These vapors are not ordinary water vapor, but a deadly cloud of mist composed of metal particles, seawater, and supercritical fluids.

They rapidly expand and cool under high pressure in the seawater, forming large, turbid clouds of gas with a pungent, burnt metallic smell and the odor of sulfur, like poisonous smoke spewed from the mouth of hell, completely dyeing the sea area near the breach into a chaotic, eerie gray-blue with a reddish glow.

A terrifying molten hole, more than ten meters in diameter, with its edges still shimmering with dark red embers, appeared starkly on the tough outer shell of the "deep-sea barrier"!
The edges of the opening twisted and rolled, and the solidified metal nodules pointed menacingly at the deep sea, silently recounting the destructive power of that instant.

"Outer structure severely damaged! Breach diameter 12.7 meters! Pressure sensor readings abnormal! Seawater is rapidly flowing back in! Repeat, seawater intrusion has begun!"

The damage control center's report was delivered in a frantic, strained voice, almost tearing the communication lines apart: "Isolation gates in areas B7 to B9 are being activated urgently! Activation delay of 0.8 seconds! Watertight doors are under extreme pressure!"

Norman Osborn—the colossal beast—did not pause for a moment, as if destroying the shield and melting through the barrier was nothing more than brushing away a speck of dust for it.

Its enormous body, covered in special scales as black as ink and shimmering with dark energy patterns, carved a violent trail in the deep sea.

It ignored the massive whirlpools formed by the surging, backflowing seawater, ignored the sharp edges of the damaged structure that protruded like fangs, and treated billions of tons of cold seawater as nothing.

It transformed its own body into the most primitive battering ram!

With unparalleled kinetic energy capable of destroying planets, it was like a black meteorite falling from the abyss of space, its target perfectly set, crashing violently into the wound that it had just torn open in the base!
(End of this chapter)