Begin from the original form of torture and become immortal

Chapter 1787 Fighting
One of the escape pods was clearly severely damaged, with its walls severely deformed and caved inward, and a shocking crack through which icy seawater was continuously pouring in.

Then, Rumlow's gaze locked onto the face of the blue giant.

Despite the blue skin and mutated muscle texture, despite the abnormally prominent forehead and cheekbones, despite the inhuman blue light that shone with pain and rage in those eyes… the contours of those features, the determination between those brows, those tightly pursed lips that, even in their deformity, still retained a familiar curve…

Steve Rogers!

Captain America!

Shock exploded in Rumlow's mind like a depth charge!

Why is he here?

How could he have become... become like this?
A blue Hulk?!
Rumlow's jumbled memories included fragments of top-secret Hydra reports about Bruce Banner and gamma rays, but never any mention of Steve Rogers' involvement!
This was completely beyond his expectations.

Was it an accident? Or another trump card hidden by S.H.I.E.L.D. (or rather, Nick Fury)? A Hulk injected with the Super Soldier Serum? This is simply a crazy combination of science and power!

After a moment of shock came a surge of chilling killing intent!
opportunity!

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one that will break Nick Fury's heart!

Black Widow, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agent and tactical core; Hawkeye, an unparalleled sharpshooter and the pillar of long-range support; and... Captain America!
A spiritual symbol, a tactical leader, and an invincible warrior in close combat!
Now, all three of them are in dire straits.

Steve was clearly doing everything he could to save his teammates, but the severely flooded escape pod was like a ticking time bomb, threatening to sink Hawkeye into the abyss at any moment. Steve himself, despite his increased strength, was dragging two burdens in the deep sea, which greatly reduced his speed and caused him to expend a lot of energy. Moreover... he didn't seem to be fully adapted to his violent new body, and his movements had a kind of awkwardness from the loss of control over his power.

Beneath a thick layer of keratin, Rumlow's lips parted in a silent, grotesque grin.

The smile, distorted by his facial muscles, looked utterly terrifying.

Here... right here in this lightless, deep-sea hell... let's take care of them all!
There were no witnesses, and no support.

The deep sea itself is the best grave.

With the loss of these three key figures, Nick Fury's Avengers plan is doomed to fail completely!

A large portion of Hydra's obstacles will be cleared away!

And Rumlow will return to the world stage in a completely new and unparalleled manner. Both the remnants of Hydra and the world order will tremble under his terrifying power!
The plan took shape instantly in Rumlona's mind, a fusion of human cunning and animal instinct.

Steve must now concentrate on battling the water pressure, maintaining buoyancy, and protecting the escape pod.

This is his fatal flaw!
Rumlow's massive body silently adjusted its posture in the deep water.

Instead of surfacing directly, he used his thick, bony tail and the paddle-like horny structures on his limbs to begin a precise stealth. Like a apex predator truly adapted to the abyss, he skillfully used the currents, suspended debris, and the darkness of the deep sea as cover, avoiding the frontal direction that Steve might be wary of, and stealthily moved like a ghost to a blind spot below Steve, a blind spot for sight and perception.

His sharp, vertical pupils were fixed on the target: the damaged escape pod that was constantly taking on water and trapping Eagle Eye!
That's Steve's biggest weakness right now, and the most vulnerable link in the whole chain!
Attack it!
There's no need to directly confront Blue Hulk, whose power is potentially equally terrifying.

One strike, a precise and fatal strike, is all it takes to completely destroy that already shaky escape pod!
The moment the hull explodes, the enormous pressure difference and the rapidly rushing seawater will instantly kill Hawkeye inside.

Meanwhile, the shockwave and turbulent water flow generated by the explosion of the hull were enough to disrupt or even temporarily paralyze Steve's balance and perception.

That was the perfect moment for Rumlow to launch a deadly attack!
With the terrifying claws and teeth endowed by Godzilla's genes, tear apart his blue skin!
Use the brute force brought by the Hulk gene to break his spine!
Completely devour him with the Green Goblin serum's innate greed for energy and life!

A ghostly blue light surged through Rumlow's veins, and the stratum corneum on his skin throbbed slightly under the stimulation of excitement and murderous intent, as if breathing in the cold breath of death.

His massive body recoiled slightly in the deep sea, like a spring brimming with power. His thick hind leg muscles were taut, his tail steadily controlling his posture, and his sharp claws, covered with a metallic keratin layer, slowly opened in front of him, aimed at the broken sphere that symbolized fragility and despair, and the blue giant struggling behind the sphere.

The deep sea was shrouded in a deathly silence and oppressive stillness before the storm.

Only the cold whimper of the flowing water and the gurgling sound of the seawater constantly surging into the cracks of the escape pod, like a countdown to death.

Rumlow, this newly born deep-sea nightmare, his eyes blazed with a fierce light, like two eerie blue nuclear bombs about to explode!
The hunt begins!
Rumlow's build-up was like a fully drawn bow, his muscles taut like steel cables beneath a thick layer of keratin.

He did not hesitate for a moment, nor did he have the fraction of a second of deliberation that human warriors make before a life-or-death struggle.

His beastly instincts and ruthless killing intent were perfectly combined, driving his terrifying, ton-heavy body!
"call out--!"

No sound can effectively propagate through that instantaneous burst in the deep sea, but the trajectory of the water being compressed and displaced is clearly visible.

Rumlow, like a torpedo forged from flesh and keratin, launched a surprise attack from Steve's blind spot—slanted below!

His target was chillingly precise: not Steve's massive blue body itself, but the escape pod that he was clutching tightly in his left hand, which was severely deformed and flooded with seawater!
The giant claw, covered with a dark, metallic keratinous layer, tore through the water with an aura of annihilation, plunging straight into the menacing crack in the escape pod!

Boom—Crack!!!

It wasn't the sound of metal tearing apart, but a devastating explosion!

Rumlow's claws pierced the crack with precision, like a red-hot knife plunged into butter.

Immediately afterwards, his arm, which combined the brute strength of Godzilla and the ferocity of the Hulk, was empowered by the energy burst granted by the Green Goblin serum, and he ripped and tore it inward with a fierce jerk!
The escape pod, already on the verge of collapse, was subjected to a double attack from internal water pressure and external destructive forces, instantly reaching the critical point that the materials could withstand!

(End of this chapter)