In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 340 Fusion Hulk
"A senior executive of SHIELD? Me? Wasn't SHIELD just disbanded two days ago?"

Banner wondered.

"If nothing unexpected happens, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be reorganized before the end of the year, and I will be the director of the new S.H.I.E.L.D."

Banner: ???
How come you become the director?

However, it would be a good thing if Shimizu could really become the director of SHIELD.

He was originally worried that without the giant SHIELD, Ross and his people would come to cause trouble for him again.

Now that the water is clear, it should provide him with better protection.

As for taking a position within S.H.I.E.L.D....

"Forget about this Minister of Science and Technology."

Banner took off his glasses and shook his head.

"If you're worried about losing control, I can try to figure it out."

Qingshui touched the Eye of Water on his chest and said to Banner.

"really?"

Banner was a little excited, but quickly calmed down.

He has tried countless methods, including yoga, meditation, sitting in meditation, chanting, and he has also tried taking poison, jumping into a river, and jumping off a cliff, but none of them has succeeded.

In the field of scientific research, he has overcome countless difficulties, but he has not yet found a solution for Hulk.

He was numb from failure and no longer wanted to be disappointed like before. He even dared not to get excited and always suppressed his inner feelings.

Fortunately, he has a good temper and has learned meditation and chanting, so he has enough energy to cultivate.

"Would you like to know if you try it?"

Qingshui stretched out his hand and opened a teleportation aperture in front of him, and came in front of Banner.

The latter was not too surprised to see this.

He knew last month that Qingshui could perform magic, and he had studied it out of curiosity, but had not produced any results.

"Last time you asked me if magic could control the Hulk, I said at the time that it still needed research. As for now, with this, I am somewhat confident."

Qingshui walked out of the portal, raised the Eye of Vought hanging on his chest, and showed it to Banner.

"This thing is..."

"The Eye of Watt is a magical weapon I made. On Earth, this thing should be one of the two most valuable magical weapons. Even in the entire universe, it is also one of the top artifacts."

Banner put his glasses back on and looked at this beautifully shaped object with an inquiring look. It looked like an antique replica that had just been made last week. In fact, the Eye of Watt was indeed just made last Sunday, and it was indeed made to imitate the Eye of Agamotto, an antique that was thousands of years old.

Banner didn't understand magic, but after hearing Qingshui talk about how powerful it was, he couldn't help but feel a little hope again.

"Are you sure? If Hulk comes out, you should be able to open a portal and escape in time, but these equipment in the laboratory on this island..."

"It's not worth much, maybe two or three hundred million. Some of the equipment inside are retired equipment from Osborne, so it's not top-notch."

Banner pushed up his glasses and remained silent.

Isn’t two or three hundred million US dollars a lot?
It's not top-notch, but it's first-rate experimental equipment. There may not be enough 100 of them in the world. The money added up is enough to build a building in the city center of a first-tier city in the United States.

"As for the certainty, I dare not say it too absolutely, but if the Eye of Water cannot solve your problem, then the method that can solve your problem in the entire universe is probably..."

If even the Infinity Stones, which represent the strongest power in a single universe, cannot solve Banner's problem, and even the Mind Stone, which seems to be the most suitable stone, cannot solve it, then there is really no other way.

Unless you get a few more Infinity Stones.

Gather five or six Infinity Gems, install them on the Infinity Gauntlet and snap your fingers.

Even the universe can be changed, let alone a mere Hulk.

Of course, we have to try it first to know how it works.

Maybe it will succeed?

"Um... what should I do now? Are you going to draw a magic circle or something for me to sit on?"

Banner asked curiously.

"No, just relax and don't resist."

Qingshui shook his head, formed seals with his hands to cast a magic circle, opened the Eye of Water, and began to use the power of the Mind Stone to invade Banner's mind.

A soft yellow light shone into Banner's eyes. At a certain moment, Banner felt a strange feeling coming over him, pulling at his consciousness.

"here it is……"

Banner looked around in confusion.

There is a vast and desolate land under your feet. At the end of the horizon, you can vaguely see the vague shadow of a city, but it is illusory and elusive.

This represents Bruce Banner's inner calm yet loneliness. He longs to reintegrate into human society, but because he is worried about hurting others, he feels uneasy and can only exile himself.

"This is your spiritual world, your inner world. There is no time, no space, no matter, and no reality. Everything is based on your own memory and cognition. You personally and subjectively believe that time, space, and matter exist, so only then will there be time, space, and matter here."

Qingshui appeared beside Banner at an inappropriate moment and spoke.

Compared to the solid Banner, he looked much more illusory, like a ghost that would disappear with a gust of wind.

Because he only put a trace of his consciousness here.

"In other words, this is the embodiment of my personal will. If I die one day and completely lose my spiritual will, everything here will cease to exist?"

Banner pondered.

"it's not true."

Qingshui shook his head.

"From a magic perspective, death is not the end. Your spiritual will may not necessarily come to an end. If your spiritual power is strong enough, you can still exist in the form of a spirit, free from the constraints of the real dimension. If it is not strong enough, your soul and mind will still exist, but will return to tranquility. This place still exists, but it will not be the way it is now based on your cognition. Instead, it will return to its original appearance and become a chaos without time, matter, and reality, rather than nothingness.

Because in this universe, your mind, your spiritual will, and everything you left behind have truly existed, even if your soul disappears. The mind and soul are entangled with each other, closely related, yet independent of each other. "

Banner glanced at Shimizu.

"You're talking like a philosopher now."

"I'm not. Many mages seem to be deliberately mysterious and idealistic when they speak. That's actually because mages have truly done a lot of research on this aspect, have truly felt the existence of the soul and the mind, and have created magic related to them."

Qingshui shook his head.

"It sounds like magic is another science."

"Yes, magic and science are just a way for humans to explore the nature of the world and understand the truth of the universe. Magic is not the truth, and science is not either, but they are both a way to approach the truth."

"Okay, let's stop discussing magic here. Don't forget why we are here. Where's Hulk?"

Banner looked around, took a few steps, and spread his hands.

"Hulk is here." "What?"

Banner reacted quickly and pointed at himself.

"I thought it was a split mental state, that my consciousness was separate from the Hulk's."

"Even if you are schizophrenic, you are still yourself, right? Think about what I just said to you?"

Qingshui said to Banner.

"Everything here is based on my understanding, so..."

Banner murmured and closed his eyes.

The next moment, a tall green figure walked out of Banner's body, looked around curiously, glanced at the clear water, and then put his big face in front of Banner.

"Hulk..."

Banner stared blankly at the green giant in front of him.

He and Hulk have existed together for a long time, but when Hulk appears, Banner no longer exists, and when Banner's consciousness emerges, Hulk will return to being dormant.

So Banner has never truly seen the guy who caused his current situation like he does now.

"Banner is weak, Hulk is strong, and Hulk doesn't like Banner."

Banner read contempt in Hulk's big eyes.

"What do I do now?"

Banner swallowed and said to Qingshui.

"Do what you want, don't forget how you just made the Hulk appear."

Qingshui said something to Banner lightly and slowly disappeared.

Outside, Qingshui, who had retracted his own consciousness, looked at Banner in front of him and raised the Eye of Water in his hand.

The passage of time in Banner's inner world is inconsistent with that in the outside world and is defined by Banner's self-cognition. However, when a trace of his own will invades Banner's inner world and is anchored by the Mind Gem as a bridge, the passage of time there becomes unified with that in the outside world.

Otherwise, it might be like Tsukuyomi, where three days and three nights passed inside, but only a moment passed in the outside world, or one day passed inside, but ten years passed in the outside world.

The reason why Shimizu took back his will now was because a conflict was about to occur in Banner's inner world.

It's not a physical conflict, after all, it's a spiritual world.

It is a conflict of will and spiritual cognition.

Hulk is Banner, and Banner is also Hulk. It is hard to say who will win or lose.

Although Banner is one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable humans on earth and has a deep understanding of the world, it stands to reason that Banner is superior to Hulk in the field of cognition.

But Hulk is also unreasonable. He can break anything with his strength, and when he gets angry he will smash and destroy anything.

You know, the upper limit of Hulk actually depends on the upper limit of Hulk's emotions.

Even Qingshui couldn't tell who would win between the two.

And because the essence of the two is the same person with different spiritual wills, Hulk is almost more like Banner's inner personality. The most likely outcome between the two is an endless fight until they are exhausted.

In that case, Bruce Banner would go from being one of the smartest people in the world to a mentally retarded person, or even worse, he might even become a mentally ill person.

Of course, if the situation really came to that, Qingshui would not make such a risky move.

The yellow light on the Mind Gem became more and more dazzling. Shimizu formed a magic circle with his hands, guiding the power of the Mind Gem. Relying on the traces left by the previous projected consciousness, he invaded the spiritual world again, strengthening Banner's spiritual power while weakening Hulk.

With the assistance and support of the Mind Gem's nearly unlimited psychic energy, Banner can suppress the Hulk and keep doing so.

As long as the Hulk can be suppressed at the beginning and can continue to be suppressed during the Hulk's first few waves of outbursts, interrupting his momentum of continued outbursts, then Banner's victory is only a matter of time.

And this time won't be too long.

A few minutes later.

Sensing that Banner's spiritual world had returned to calm, Qingshui also stopped what he was doing.

As the Eye of Walter closed, the color and light of the Mind Gem quickly disappeared.

Banner gradually opened his eyes, and the confusion in his eyes quickly faded away.

"Now that I have control over Hulk, can I control him at will?"

Banner looked at Qing Shui and asked.

"You'll know if you try it."

"How do I try? Can I become the Hulk as long as I want to?"

As soon as he finished speaking, as Banner thought about it, his body expanded rapidly and turned into Hulk. The clothes on his body were torn into pieces, leaving only a pair of large, elastic pants that were stretched out.

"Wow, this is really... a wonderful feeling. I feel like I'm full of power."

Banner looked at his hands, clenched his fists, and then controlled his body to turn around.

As a result, due to his large body, he accidentally knocked over an instrument next to him.

"Oh... no, Walter, tell me the price of this flow cytometer."

Banner covered his forehead and looked at the broken instrument.

"I'm not sure, but the market price should be between three million and five million. Don't worry, you don't have to pay for it. If you really feel bad and want to pay for it, don't forget that you are now the chief scientific advisor of the Osborn Group, with an annual salary of tens of millions. After you join S.H.I.E.L.D., you can get another salary."

"Uh... I forgot I have money here."

Banner scratched his head and looked at another petri dish that had fallen to the ground because he accidentally touched it.

"I should be able to change back."

So the next second, Banner turned back into his thin appearance.

Just naked, with only her butt exposed.

Banner's face turned red and he covered his important parts with a rag.

"I'm going to change clothes."

"Bring a few more pieces, and then find a place to test your current condition."

Ten minutes later, in an ice field in Antarctica.

A backpack containing several pieces of clothes was thrown in the corner. Banner looked at the vibranium blade equipped on the electric armor, and then looked at the quickly healing wound on his arm.

"This is the first time I see Hulk getting hurt. Has Hulk become weaker?"

"It's not entirely because you've become weaker. This knife is very sharp. You've worked in the military before, so you must know the existence of vibranium."

Qingshui said as he looked at the information he had sorted out in his hand.

(End of this chapter)