Chapter 214 - 196: Marvel’s Cyber Psychosis

Rhino stopped.

The massive and seemingly invincible Rhino Armor had been halted, a baffling event for all of the Heart Demon Gang.

Lille hadn’t even left many marks on the Rhino Armor, and the only wound was blocked by a mechanical claw—

Even if the claw was removed, only a small crack could be seen.

Technology was the Achilles’ heel for many, but not for Lille.

Turning his greatest skill into a weapon to overcome his enemy, the quieter it was, the more professional and perplexing it seemed.

Withdrawing his arm, Lille looked around—

The Heart Demon Gang quickly retreated, and across the street, Lille and Martin exchanged a silent glance.

It seemed Martin’s self-destruction of his superpower wasn’t far off—then, it might be possible to explore whether Negative Energy could cure his condition.

But his problem wasn’t cancer, so the results were uncertain.

Looking at Rhino again, the Rhino Armor itself was also a form of Neural Connection Armor, but there were few parts of the exoskeleton, mostly covered by the armor.

The core part was still the brain-machine interface, which created the conditions for the Biological Armor to work properly.

For Marvel here, brain-machine interfaces and neural connections were still new technologies, and theoretically, it was possible to burn out circuits or even nerves through hacking techniques.

After all, only a few test subjects had appeared, who would have thought Lille was already so proficient in this area...

Rhino’s displayed state was actually quite close to cyber psychosis—only the driver inside was a destruction maniac, which made him seem less crazy.

In other words, a youthful version of Adam Hammer.

He was the second cyber psychiatric case in this world, Scorpion being the first.

As for why they weren’t truly cyber psychotic... it was of course because the prosthetics and neural equipment they used were not perfected, purely experimental, and in some ways could even be considered mutated.

Gwen landed nearby, marveling at the exoskeleton on Lille’s body.

"That’s... really impressive, where did you get that?"

"Got a few powerful friends—armor unlocked, but it’ll take some strength to pull the person out, better hurry, or the guy inside might suffocate."

Hearing this, Gwen hurriedly jumped up and started pulling at the armor.

Because flexibility was needed, there were some gaps left between the outer layers of the Rhino’s armor for joint movement.

Lille had destroyed the power control system, and the hydraulic system naturally relaxed, making it no problem for Gwen to pry open the armor with her strength.

The process was much like peeling an onion—except, in the end, it wasn’t the smell that made Gwen tear up, but the heat from the armor.

After the armor ceased operation, the heat generated by the engine, the power system, and the burned circuits was no longer expelled through the cooling system outside the armor, causing quite severe heat buildup.

Finally, Gwen used Spider Silk to pry open the cockpit, and sure enough, the driver inside had already passed out—

His clothes had burned through, exposing scorched skin.

Lille pulled a hose from a nearby fire truck and sprayed water inside, instantly filling the area with steam.

Gwen asked anxiously, "Is he... still alive?"

"Hard to say, might be saved, but just might not die."

When Lille hacked into the Rhino, he encountered very strong network defenses.

Their clash was swift, Lille deployed his full strength to gain the upper hand and cleanly drove the enemy out, but that didn’t mean the opponent was weak.

Had the enemy focused a bit more... Lille might have had to consider increasing the dosage of Lizard Potion, which would have been troublesome.

The brief clash inflicted mild damage on both parties, but Rhino Man suffered terribly in the battleground, with his armor burned, system crashed, and nerves attacked.

Even if he woke up, he would definitely suffer brain damage, either losing language abilities or motor functions.

In terms of network warfare, the enemy’s cyber defenses were strong, at least relative to this world.

However, firewalls for wireless controls were inherently at a disadvantage in cyber warfare.

The moment Lille accessed the system, he locked onto the wireless modulator, then took advantage of the enemy’s slow response to transmit Magic Doll.

Once Magic Doll transmission was complete, it would occupy the servers on the enemy’s side and attack back, not high in intelligence, but focusing on a blitzkrieg approach.

With this hack, Lille confirmed the person assisting Osborne in network defense, even monitoring NYPD, was Dr. Zola,

a top Hydra scientist during World War II, who, after surrendering, participated in a scientific study that transferred his consciousness into electronic devices.

And he had been secretly operating Hydra’s global surveillance program at a hidden military base.

Knowing it was Zola, Lille did not push further but simply pinpointed the unlimited modulator inside the Osborne Group and completed the hack, breaking the connection between the two.

They could reconnect via the internet.

But Lille might not be confident in defeating Zola in a direct network confrontation, handling him through the internet was still feasible.

Hydra... also considered a staple villain in the Marvel World.

But to be honest, Hydra shouldn’t have the leisure to get involved in this and that with their finances.

Lille was particularly sensitive to the financial state of maintaining a large organization.

Many people have no concept of the finances involved in large organization activities—for example, one dollar per person, a global contribution of 7 billion, is a lot of money for an individual.

But for the operation of a super-large organization, it’s merely a drop in the bucket.

Hydra had many assets, including a variety of hospitals, mines, factories, banking, and high-tech industries...

But their platform was also vast, spreading across the globe, not just the Federal Government but also the United Nations, organizations under the United Nations, and some terrorist groups, etc.

Military and political investments were very costly, and this type of spending was very, very different from production investments.

They attached themselves to the United States and United Nations organizations, but many military units were stationed overseas, their international behavior was very aggressive, but on American soil, the tactics inherited from World War II were not very effective.

Acting so recklessly was actually abnormal.

There must be partners involved, and those partners were very rich, extremely, extremely rich.

But no matter what—the Osborne Group had to be dealt with first.

Once the Osborne Group was out of the way, the International Genetics Cooperation could shed much of the negative news and, seizing this good opportunity, step in front of the public...

Lille looked towards the nearby hospital building...

Finally taken care of...?

Phew!

The wind howled, a giant bird... a bird-man circled in the sky!

...

minutes earlier.

In Adrian’s underground lab, Norman was contemplative.

"Dr. Tums, I really don’t understand your thinking, to let such a human resource be crushed by morality."

The installation of the Vulture Battle Suit was taking a long time.

Compared to the completely experimental nature of the Scorpion Battle Suit and the overly mechanical design of the Rhino Armor, the Vulture Battle Suit balanced external prosthetics and body modifications, making it the most perfect design among the three.

The Flight Wings were also covered in sharp metal blade wings over the lightweight biomimetic materials, enhancing individual firepower, and Norman had installed his own designed turbochargers to it.

The entire flight apparatus operated by direct neural linkage with the exoskeleton, allowing one to truly swoop down on ground units like a mighty eagle.

And... his partner helped perfect the electronic control system.

Theoretically, the pilot would, due to the erosion of the nerves by electronic signals, become a confused puppet controlled by electronic signals.

This was a technology born to serve in wars, creating the perfect soldier.

Adrian’s sparse hair began to fall out, his eyebrows gradually whitened, and the neural interface on his back began to protrude, flesh covering the mechanics...

Man and machine, fused as one.

"Remote control system... activated."

Norman pressed a button, and under the stimulation of the electric current, Adrian’s eyes opened—

Cornea expanded, pupils dilated, lens swelled.

Just like a real eagle awakening.

"Now go kill that damned old bald man, then fly high, let our friends see what this thing can do..."

Sss—

Electricity flashed, highly unstable electronic signals emanated from the equipment on the Vulture, destroying the lab’s circuits all along the way.

The basement went dark.

In the darkness, Adrian’s gaze was fixed on Norman—

"What’s happening..."

Norman stepped back two paces...

The system had malfunctioned... what’s going on?

The soldiers instinctively raised their arms...

The turbo engines roared to life, and the huge wings slashed through the breeding tank in one swing...

The wind roared wildly!

Bang!

A fierce explosion ripped through the basement, and the Vulture’s claws seized Norman and soared into the sky!