Chapter 335: Harvest and Small Theater (Please Subscribe, Recommend, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket) 5500 Words, Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket

The Great Chicago Earthquake.

At least that's how the media defined this earthquake. But to put it another way, it's a shame to say that this earthquake was a major earthquake. In fact, after testing, this earthquake was only magnitude 5. Although the earthquake was clearly felt, it caused The damage was not great.

What surprised many earthquake experts was that the source of the earthquake they detected was actually in the center of Chicago, and Chicago was not in the seismic zone... Just when many experts were puzzled, a group of government officials and agents felt, and then... The headlines on the front page of the newspaper the next day were that an earthquake had occurred in Chicago, with a magnitude of 5 and a focal depth of 10 kilometers. So far, except for a small number of people injured due to panic, it had not caused much damage.

Then there is the standard daily routine of American imperialism, fighting against the government.

Many media began to question the government, why was it not detected in advance? Why was no evacuation reminder issued? Some winners even came up with some conspiracy theories, saying that the government developed some powerful bombs in underground bases that caused the earthquake.

In short, how to attract attention.

But in fact, this so-called major earthquake was more of a gimmick than reality. There were not many casualties or losses in total, it was just a lively media noise. Of course, this is also related to Chicago's geographical location. Chicago is not in an earthquake zone. It has not experienced an earthquake in hundreds of years, so it is natural to write a book about it if it happens so easily. And Chicago is an international metropolis, so its influence is naturally extraordinary. Everyone knows about this trouble.

Just when the outside world was busy, a group of Stark Industries rescue teams secretly entered the Calumet Industrial Zone under the escort of Chicago police.

In order to cover up the facts, the Chicago government, under the instruction of high-level officials of the federal government, not only diverted attention from the outside world, but also surrounded the Calumet Industrial Area, claiming to the outside world that the hesitation earthquake caused some of the disasters in the Calumet Industrial Area. The old building is in danger and must be blasted.

Stark Industries also entered the industrial zone in the name of a demolition team.

It's not that no one noticed something strange in the industrial area. After all, if such a big building collapsed, no matter what, someone would notice something unusual. So it is not that there are no media reporters running to find big news, but these people were stopped by people sent by the Chicago government. Many buildings in the old industrial area are in danger of varying degrees, and they must be seriously evaluated before they are released to the outside world. Open' grounds.

Just as Stark Industries' high-tech rescue team began to rescue the ruins of the building, Kai was looking at his golden finger with interest.

No way, the harvest this time was much greater than imagined.

I don’t know if it’s because of the special mental state of mental patients, but after Kai killed Joe, he gained soul energy beyond imagination!

One energy point plus half an energy bar!

This was the first time Kai had gained so much soul energy after killing a target. At least for the first time since he emerged from the grave.

Of course, although the harvest of energy points is good news, it does not make Kai so happy. After all, energy points can be accumulated by killing enough enemies as long as you are diligent. What really surprised Kai was that he got Joe's abilities!

shock!

Joe's ability is very abnormal. He can create vibrations of any frequency, similar to seismic wave effects. He can even cause earthquakes by creating concussive energy, and he is immune to damage caused by any vibrations.

This ability seems simple, but is actually very abnormal. After all, vibration can be said to be all-encompassing. For example, sound is essentially a vibration. Relying on this superpower, you can completely create infrasonic resonance. Once the frequency resonates with certain organs of the human body, the organs of the recipient will deform, shift, or bleed, thereby causing To achieve the purpose of killing the enemy. Modern scientific research has proven that large amounts of infrasound waves emitted with a frequency of 16-17 Hz can cause unbearable tremors in the human body, resulting in symptoms such as visual impairment, disorientation, nausea, and even internal damage or rupture that can lead to death. . →

Another example is earthquakes. This kind of ability that is close to destroying the world can also be realized by relying on this super power. Using vibration powers, the reflection and refraction of seismic waves can cause seismic energy to be concentrated in a geological structure, which can cause structural changes in matter. The final effect of changes and position movements is an earthquake!

However, this is very difficult. People like Joe died together, and the resulting earthquake only caused a magnitude 5 earthquake in the Chicago area. It is very, very difficult to really cause a major earthquake of that kind of devastating magnitude.

But it's not impossible, at least for Kai. Don't forget, Kai is a man with a golden finger. As long as he has enough energy points, he can completely reach the full level of this power!

Of course, this is too far away. At this stage, this ability can also bring Kai a rapid increase in strength. If nothing else, just relying on the shock wave created by this ability is powerful enough!

The vibration can be transmitted! In Kai's past life, as far as Kai knows, there was no material that could isolate vibrations. As for whether there is any material in this world that can truly completely isolate vibrations, Kai is not sure. There is no way. There are too many monsters and monsters in this world. Who knows? Something pops up.

And as far as Kai knows, Captain America's shield seems to have such a function.

What? Didn’t the author say that the protagonist hasn’t watched many American comic book hero movies? Why do you know Captain America's shield has such a function?

Nonsense, in this world, Captain America is more famous than Mickey Mouse! As far as Kai knows, Hollywood in this world has made at least thirty movies about Captain America! I don’t know how many comics have been published. There is even a Captain America museum in Brooklyn, New York, the birthplace of Captain America. That place is more famous than the National Museum of the United States. Thousands of people go there for pilgrimage every year.

Even many high school summer camps will be held there every year. After all, this is a ready-made patriotic education.

Just when Kai was thinking about these things, suddenly a vague voice came from his side.

"Hmm..."

Kai turned his head and saw that Pepper's eyelids were moving, and it seemed that she was about to wake up.

"Where... is this?"

"Hell!" Kai said faintly on the side.

"Hell..." Pepper was obviously not fully awake yet. After hearing the word hell, she pondered for a while, then opened her eyes and saw the narrow and dark space in front of her, so she opened her mouth reflexively: "Ah!!!!"

A scream that pierced the clouds and split the rocks could tear a person's eardrum.

Kai covered his ears and waited for a long time before Pepper calmed down.

Perhaps seeing Kai, Pepper calmed down a little from the panic: "Adam, where are we?"

Pepper is not an idiot, so she naturally knows that it was Kai who was scaring her just now. But now she has no time to bother him.

"You can call me Kai in the future, don't call me Adam anymore." Kai still feels a little awkward with the name Adam. After all, it always gives him a feeling of occupying the magpie's nest. "We are buried under the ruins now."

"Ruins..." Pepper didn't understand why they were under the ruins for a while. But soon, the vague memory began to become clear.

"We...the murderer..."

Although Pepper's words were not logical, Kai still understood what she meant.

"Yes, that's it."

"But..." Pepper never knew the existence of mutants and supernatural powers, so what happened last night was a bit too fantasy for her.

"No buts, it's just what you see." Kai once again confirmed what Pepper wanted to ask.

"But but... that's unscientific!"

"There are many unscientific things. One or two won't make a difference." Kai leaned against the concrete wall casually, with an indifferent expression.

As the secretary of the president of Stark Group, Pepper's ability to read people's expressions is a basic quality. She can see from Kai's performance that Kai is not surprised by such things.

"Have you... seen such things before?"

"I've seen it a few times." Kai didn't intend to say more. After all, he had signed a confidentiality agreement. If Pepper revealed it, he would be responsible.

Pepper didn't ask more questions. She needed to digest the information she had just received.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Pepper finally spoke again.

"Will we die?" She had already put aside the things she had encountered before. After all, the most important thing now was to leave this hellhole. After saving her life, she would find a way to understand the truth of those things.

"It's highly unlikely." Kai raised his phone and said, "I called the outside a few times before, and they are rescuing us. If nothing goes wrong, they are right above us!"

Pepper raised her head and looked at the dark top of her head, as if she wanted to see the rescuers. After a while, she immediately asked about the situation of others as if she was electrocuted.

"The three people who were kidnapped with you are much luckier than us. They were sent to the hospital before the earthquake, so they are all fine. As for the others... I don't know. At least their luck is a little worse than yours."

In fact, after getting the vibration power, Kai used this power to explore, just like a radar, releasing a low-frequency vibration wave, relying on the feedback of the vibration wave to explore. The results of the exploration were not good. There were only six living people in the ruins, and Kai was not sure which six they were. They were not in any danger of life, and as for the other people in SHIELD... they were basically dead.

SHIELD suffered a big loss this time.

For this, Kai could only express regret. To be honest, although Kai was a little dissatisfied with SHIELD for acting alone without his knowledge. They obviously let Phil hold him back, and then secretly sent a group of people to catch Joe.

But that group of people had long been dead, and even if Kai was angry, he would not be angry with the dead.

Actually, Kai can understand SHIELD's approach. Kai has always been a supporter of justice, that is, as long as the result is good, he doesn't care much about the means used in the middle. In Kai's opinion, there is nothing wrong with SHIELD's move to recruit Joe. If such a mutant can serve the people, what's wrong? Didn't you see that Kai is hiding the Red Tank?

In this regard, SHIELD and Kai are the same.

As for being unhappy, that is inevitable, after all, Kai really wants to kill Joe. This does not conflict with understanding SHIELD's approach.

Now that SHIELD has gained nothing and lost so many people, Kai will naturally not be so stingy anymore.

"Have you... been doing well these years?" Perhaps it was the sudden silence between the two that made Pepper a little uncomfortable. So the woman spoke first. In fact, Pepper had always wanted to ask this question, but never had the chance.

Although the two of them were not in a confrontation before, they definitely did not get along well. At least Pepper thought so. She even thought Kai was too stingy. Wasn't it just that her father almost shot him? Is it necessary to remember it for so many years?

Hiss...

There is something wrong with this!

Kai immediately felt a terrible breath called dog blood rushing towards her. Could it be that this girl still has evil intentions towards Adam? But he is not Adam! This is a bit embarrassing.

But there were only two of them at the scene, and Kai couldn't find other topics even if he wanted to.

"Well, it's not bad... I served in the army for a few years." There was no way, Kai could only respond vaguely. I didn't want to talk more.

But Pepper didn't think so. She thought that Kai still had feelings for her, otherwise, he wouldn't come to save her at all costs. She is fine now, but Kai's leg was broken, which is the best proof!

"Is your mother okay?" For a moment, Pepper almost blurted out what she was thinking, but when she thought of a certain cocky and philandering bastard, she held back.

Pepper has always been a calm person, even when it comes to feelings. She just thought about it calmly, and she was not sure if she still had that impulse towards Adam, no, it should be Kai. After all, it was just first love... What's more, she knew very well how she felt about her president.

She could even hold back her feelings for that playboy, so she could naturally restrain this impulse now.

So she turned the topic to Adam's mother very abruptly.

"She's dead..." Kai and Adam's mother had no feelings, and it was difficult to express the sadness of losing a loved one, so the words were a bit bland.

But Pepper misunderstood again. She knew the feelings between Adam and his mother, and Adam's blandness just showed his attitude towards this matter, and he was unwilling to mention it. So Pepper naturally thought that she had said the wrong thing.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't..."

"It's okay." It's really okay...

Pepper was silent for a while. She and Adam's mother not only knew each other, but also got along very well. So she was a little ashamed that she didn't even know such important news.

"When did she... die?"

"Seven years ago."

"Then you..." Pepper really wanted to know how Adam spent that time. The last time she heard from Adam was when he was admitted to the pre-medical program. It should have been a few months after she left.

"Join the army."

This word softened Pepper's originally calm heart, accompanied by a burst of bitterness.

Such a picture kept appearing in her mind.

An excellent young man, just after losing his beloved, then lost his last relative. When he stood alone in front of the unmanned tombstone, he longed for his lover to come to him and give him support and warmth.

But he waited and waited...except for the cold rain, there was nothing. She did not attend the funeral.

So the disheartened young man chose to leave his hometown and join the army, relying on the excitement between life and death to make his dead heart beat again.

He finally came out of the heartache that he could not bear to look back on, but he met her again by chance.

He was very confused and angry, so he looked at her coldly and did not want to see her again

...

In short, a bloody tragedy was played in Pepper's mind. Perhaps because of her rich imagination, the scene that Pepper imagined was so touching that she was moved.

What Pepper wanted to do most now was to rush over and hug the injured man and let him be himself. She did not forget her, she did not mean it, she did not want to be with him, but... she did not know at all.

A pair of infatuated men and women, alienated because of misunderstanding, but fate made them meet again and experience life and death.

So touching! So touching.

? ? ? ? ?

Kai greeted with a full head.

What's wrong with this woman? Did she get a brain injury before? No way? It's just a bump...

Watching Pepper cry, laugh, feel regretful, and feel sweet... In short, she was full of emotions.

But from the outside, they would only think that this girl was probably stupid.

Just when Kai was considering whether to ask a psychiatrist to be prepared.

Crack!

The broken cement blocks on their heads suddenly loosened.

Now even Pepper couldn't care about the romantic drama in her mind. If she wanted to fall in love, she had to survive. Foreigners didn't like to turn into butterflies.

If the upper cement blocks collapsed, they would be in a bad situation.

After a while, a black wire stretched out from the gap between the stones above their heads! It's a search probe!

This is the search probe on the Stark Group's rescue robot, which can go deep into the ruins along the cracks to find any object with life reactions.

"It's them! We are saved!" Pepper was very happy.

Kai was relatively calm, but he was also in a good mood. Although this thing couldn't kill him, and if he didn't want to attract the attention of SHIELD, he would have a thousand ways to escape. Now that he can leave this damn place legitimately, he is of course happy.

…

After almost three hours, Kai and Pepper were finally rescued. Kai was rushed to the hospital because of his serious "injury". Pepper was supposed to go with him, but a helicopter came in the air. Just by looking at the logo on the helicopter, Pepper knew who was coming.

She watched Kai being sent to the ambulance hesitantly, and then looked at the helicopter getting closer and closer.

For a moment, she wished Kai could call her and tell her that he needed her.

As a result, Kai just closed his eyes and rested, without any movement at all.

At this time, the helicopter also landed not far away.

"Pepper!" A mustache man in a flashy suit jumped out of the helicopter and rushed straight towards Pepper.

"Tony!" Seeing Tony's eager look, Pepper's heart tilted again in an instant.

Tony Stark, the president of Stark Group, would never admit that he fell in love with his secretary. Although every secretary before Pepper eventually climbed onto her creation, Tony knew very well that these people only liked his genius and wealth, not him as a person.

Although he always felt that he represented these two things, of course he represented more than just these, such as handsome, humorous, good in bed, etc., he could represent them all. But Pepper was always different from others.

As for what was different, Tony didn't know.

Anyway, it was different!

He admitted that he was interested in Pepper, but he refused to admit that it was love, although he himself didn't know what love was. But he just didn't admit it, because that would make him feel that he was taken by Pepper, which was something that the arrogant Tony would never admit.

So when he saw that Pepper was fine, he immediately changed his expression and began to treat his secretary with his habitual venomous and proud attitude.

But soon he noticed that Pepper's attention was very inattentive, and she was always looking at an ambulance.

He looked over and saw Kai's ambulance door closed.

"Who is he? Your relative?"

Pepper turned her head and looked at Tony with a headache. In a sense, Tony was more of a jerk than Kai.

Why is the person I like always such a jerk?