T'Challa was dead.
Theoretically, he had killed himself.
The Vibranium claws on his right hand effortlessly pierced through his cowl, then into his head as if sticking into a block of tofu.
Instantly.
All anger, all unwillingness, subsided with the passing of T'Challa's life.
Thud!
The moment Hulk released his right hand, T'Challa fell to the ground, like the corpse of a Black Panther.
He calmly looked at T'Challa's corpse lying before him.
Was T'Challa wrong to seek revenge on him?
No, he wasn't.
Hulk was also not wrong to retaliate.
But T'Challa made one mistake.
It's fine to want revenge, but before possessing the absolute strength to succeed, even the greatest hatred must be endured.
Hulk did just that.
Years ago, the battle between Abomination and Hulk affected innocents, killing his sister Anya. Hulk at the time wished he could devour Abomination and Hulk alive.
But the idea was good, reality was cruel.
If he had directly gone after them back then, there would have been only one possible outcome: Abomination or Hulk would have torn him apart.
In a word.
Weakness is the original sin.
Such is the rule.
At least in this Marvel Universe, whether on Earth or in the Universe, the law of the jungle, championed by Western society, is followed.
If you're not at the dining table, you're on the menu.
It's that simple.
Hulk felt no guilt about killing T'Challa, nor would he say any nonsense about regret. Likewise, he felt no apology for having seized Wakanda's Vibranium at the time.
He just wanted to be at the dining table, not on the menu.
No grudges, no right or wrong.
Just as he had just answered T'Challa's question.
Your destruction has nothing to do with you!
So…
Hulk merely cast a calm glance at T'Challa's corpse, then withdrew his gaze, fixing it on the only intact palace before him.
The next second.
He raised his right hand and punched, and instantly, a collapsing sound emanated, accompanied by rising dust. This palace, which could prove Wakanda's past existence, crashed down into the dust.
Hulk had said that from now on, there would be no Wakanda in the world.
He kept his word.
Looking around, the only things that could prove Wakanda's existence, besides the Black Panther's corpse before him, were likely the Vibranium artifacts buried under a thick layer of white ash.
Vibranium teeth.
Vibranium rings.
And various Vibranium components used in Wakandan weapons.
And…
The former Vibranium Holy Mountain of Wakanda not far away.
However, whether this Vibranium Holy Mountain of Wakanda can still be called by this name in the future will depend on whether the Security Council wants to help change its name.
It will probably be renamed, and this place will likely become a forbidden zone in the future.
A military forbidden zone jointly managed by the Five Great Benefactors.
However, from a long-term perspective, with the Five Great Benefactors permanently stationed here in the future, at least the African continent within the artillery range radiating in all directions from Wakanda will certainly usher in an unprecedented era of peace.
So, from this perspective, he did a good deed.
Hulk thought to himself, watching the collapsing palace, then turned to leave.
But…
Just as he was about to turn and leave, his keen six senses suddenly seemed to detect something. The moment he shifted his gaze, he redirected it back to the palace, which had already become a ruin.
The next second.
Hulk stepped forward with his right foot, appearing directly in front of the collapsing palace. At the same time, psychokinesis enveloped several oddly shaped spheres buried in the ruins, causing them to float before his eyes.
The spheres were entirely blue, much like the color of the ocean.
No.
Not just the ocean, it was the ocean inside.
Hulk raised an eyebrow, extended his right hand, grabbed one of the blue spheres, looked at it, then threw it, and the moment it was thrown, eye impact directly detonated that sphere.
Instantly!
Whoosh!
The moment the blue sphere exploded, extremely high-pressure water streams erupted, like a bomb. This water stream, like a super high-pressure water jet, instantly cut through everything within the explosion's range.
"Oh!"
"Wakanda has this kind of technology?"
"It didn't appear in the movie, it seems."
Hulk's eyes lit up. Recalling the Black Panther movie he watched before his transmigration, he confirmed that such a miraculous water bomb had not appeared in it. He then looked at the remaining three water bombs with some novelty.
At the same time.
Maria Hill, currently in a safe zone, observing the silence after the white light, designated a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent team to re-enter the Wakanda region, which had just been urgently evacuated.
Upon sight.
It was like a vast, clean expanse of white land.
Forests gone.
Riverbeds dry.
Everything covered in a thick layer of white ash, but beneath this thick white ash, the Vibranium color, which could not be completely concealed, was faintly visible.
An Agent bent down and picked up a Vibranium tooth from the white ash, paused slightly, then handed it to Maria Hill nearby.
Maria Hill took it and looked at the Vibranium tooth.
At first, her expression was also somewhat confused, but soon, she seemed to think of something. She sharply looked at the ground covered in white ash before her, a terrified expression flashing in the depths of her pupils, then fixed her gaze on Hulk's back, standing before a pile of ruins in the distance.
Hill, with the Agents, left neat footprints on the thick white ash, arriving at what was once the Wakandan Royal Palace area.
An Agent discovered T'Challa's body lying in the white ash, as if surrounded by white snow.
"Officer!"
"…Bury him properly."
"Yes."
The Agent who found T'Challa's body nodded, then exchanged a glance with another Agent he was close with. Afterward, the two hurried to T'Challa's body, then lifted him, one in front and one behind, intending to transport the body out.
No choice.
They now understood what the white ash they were stepping on was, but the more they did, the more they felt an uncontrollable chill seeping into their bodies.
This was only during the day; if it were night, they probably wouldn't dare to walk in.
At least not until all this white ash was cleared.
Soon.
The two Agents carried T'Challa's body and ran outside. Hill, just like her previous visit to Africa, walked directly to Hulk's side alone again.
Hulk glanced at Hill standing beside him and chuckled, "No need for thanks. If you really want to thank me, just tell me where I can clone people."
Hill also laughed at his words: "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s clandestine research on cloning is second only to organ research. There really are no cloned humans."
Hulk looked at Hill.
"I believe you."
"Thank you."
Hill smiled slightly, then said, "Sharon has already reported to me. I have authorized her to visit Dr. Mallick in the Black Prison, who almost caused a major disaster with his cloning research a few years ago."
Hulk was curious upon hearing this.
"This Dr. Mallick can clone?"
"More than just that."
Hill chuckled: "He was even conducting research right under our noses, and he already had finished products. If we hadn't discovered it in time, there would probably be a lot of cloned people in society now."
Hulk's eyes lit up at the news, and he looked at Hill.
"Then…"
"Yes."
Hill didn't wait for Hulk to speak, directly nodding and saying, "But Dr. Mallick is very dangerous. He cannot be handed over to you. If you want to see him, it must be under Sharon's escort, and the experiment must also be under our supervision."
Hulk didn't hesitate: "No problem."
Anyway, he hadn't thought of using this cloning for anything else; he simply wanted to create a body for his sister and completely resurrect her.
So…
If S.H.I.E.L.D. supervises, then let them supervise. Anyway, he had no ill intentions and wasn't afraid of supervision.
Hill looked at the nodding Hulk, and her heart also relaxed.
Dr. Mallick was a true madman. According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intentions, Dr. Mallick would never see the light of day in his life.
After all, this guy, relying on being a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy instructor back then, collected the blood of various Agents, even Black Widow's blood.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and the cloning crisis was nipped in the bud.
Therefore, if Hulk really wanted to take Dr. Mallick away, it definitely wouldn't be allowed, but fortunately, Hulk did not reject their proposal for supervision.
Hill thought so, and smiled, saying, "Thank you for understanding."
Hulk smiled.
"The people are yours, and the equipment and materials might even need to be provided by you. Using your people and facilities to do my business, I should be the one saying thank you. If this Dr. Mallick can truly fulfill my wish, I owe you a favor."
"Then I wish you fulfill your wish."
"Thank you."
Hulk looked at Hill, thanked her solemnly, then said, "I'm leaving."
Hill's smile remained unchanged: "Goodbye."
Hulk said no more, looked up at the sky, and instantly vanished from Hill's sight.
The next second.
Hulk, appearing high in the sky and intending to go home, suddenly raised an eyebrow again, then seemed to think of something, lowering his gaze to the temporary joint forces encampment stationed near the Hell Passage.
Instantly, his figure once again vanished from where he was.
In the temporary tent of the joint encampment.
Director Alexander Pierce was conducting an online intelligence meeting with the other four Directors regarding the sudden incident in Wakanda.
The other four Directors listened to Alexander Pierce's description, their expressions instinctively surprised.
"What do you mean Wakanda is gone?"
"Define 'gone'."
"It's just gone, gone in a physical sense."
"…"
The expressions of the four Directors fell silent.
Just as Director Alexander Pierce was about to speak again, he looked up, saw Hulk suddenly appear before him, his eyelids flickered, and he temporarily pressed a button, cutting off the ongoing online meeting.
…
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