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Chapter 471 Illuminati Stereotypes

The saying that "a bad person's racking brains is no match for a fool's quick thinking" is not entirely accurate.

Sometimes, a clever person's flash of inspiration can bring about a greater disaster, except that this clever person must meet one condition: the "Illuminati".

Most of the time their actions are based on good intentions, but they often end up doing more harm than good.

For example, right now, Ant-Man, dressed in his Yellow Jacket suit, used a Pym Particle to shrink the Hulk to a size not much bigger than a little finger. According to Ant-Man's plan, he should stomp him to death.

However, he overlooked one point: although his size had decreased, his strength had not. And when the same force struck the ground, the smaller the area of ​​impact, the greater the damage.

When Hulk was three to five meters tall, his heavy punch to the ground only caused the earth to tremble. But when he was shrunk to the size of a little finger by Pym Particles, his punch of the same power went straight into the depths of the earth.

So much so that when Hulk punched, the ground around him cracked and exploded, sending the surrounding Sentinel robots and giant ants flying.

When an ordinary person's body suddenly shrinks, after the initial novelty, it is easy to feel fear. But this is Hulk, and the anger in his heart at this moment is so intense that his blood is about to boil.

With a whoosh, almost no one present could see Hulk's movements. A blurry green phantom flashed through the air, followed by the explosion of a giant ant's body.

Without any flying debris, the giant ant that died at the hands of the miniature Hulk turned into powder, its entire body vaporizing from its head.

Hulk didn't stop. He maintained the super speed brought by his super strength and began to shuttle between the Sentinel robots and the giant ants, with clouds of smoke exploding wherever he went.

Without the weight constraint of his size, Hulk was actually faster with the same amount of force. Ant-Man, flying in the air, scratched his head in frustration, realizing the consequences of his sudden inspiration.

"No, I have to catch Hulk and use Pym Particles to enlarge him again, otherwise this battle simply cannot continue."

Dr. Pym took a deep breath; it now seemed that he couldn't possibly complete this task alone.

He didn't even dare to linger at low altitudes, and could only try to rise as high as possible, lest Hulk leap over him and pierce his heart.

"Namo, I need support."

With only three members remaining in the Illuminati, Ant-Man chose to send a distress signal to Namor, the Lord of the Seven Seas, over Doctor Strange.

In the waters of Atlantis, Namor pressed a finger to the communication device on his ear and asked, "Support? Before I agree, you'd better describe what happened."

Starting a minute ago, Namor could feel a powerful, penetrating force emanating from the earth's surface and reaching its core. He strongly suspected that the situation wasn't Ant-Man defeating Hulk, but rather that some enormous change had occurred.

Ant-Man's expression shifted beneath his suit, and he forced himself to reveal the truth: "I've shrunk Hulk's size; he's now like a grasshopper darting around the battlefield, and I can't catch him at all."

Namor, inside the palace of Atlantis, imagined the scene Ant-Man had described and couldn't help but shudder.

"I have an idea, but have all the civilians in the city been evacuated?" Namor asked.

"Evacuate everyone, get moving as soon as possible," Ant-Man said hastily.

He continues to use giant ants to surround Hulk, temporarily trapping him in the city.

Meanwhile, the Sentinel robots were constantly being replenished, attempting to turn their bodies into something like mud to trap the Hulk, but with little effect.

"—What genius came up with the idea of ​​shrinking the Hulk so much?"

Connors, Polaris Lorna, and Allison Hyun stared in disbelief at the sight of dozens of giant ants being pierced by a green shadow.

"Even if I create an explosion, I can't lock onto the Hulk. He's too small and too fast," said Alison Xuanyin, looking troubled.

"Pym who ate shit," Polaris Lorna immediately began to insult Ant-Man.

"It fits my stereotype of the Illuminati," Connors commented.

Before he finished speaking, his body had already transformed into a diamond shape. At the same time, almost subconsciously, he used "Master of Lockpicking" to unlock the limiter, maximizing his physical strength.

After Connors finished doing all this, Polaris Lorna and Allison Hyun saw a blurry green shadow crash into Connors.

Hulk discovered the three people secretly observing him and launched an attack without hesitation.

Fortunately, Connors was already strong enough, and his physical abilities were even better than Superman's. Hulk's attack only made Connors' body sway slightly, and he did not suffer any real damage.

With his reaction speed, he could definitely dodge Hulk's attack, but while he could dodge, Polaris Lorna behind him would definitely be pierced through the heart. Therefore, Connors chose to take the hit head-on.

Lorna Polaris only realized she had just been on the brink of death when Hulk launched another attack, and cold sweat broke out all over her body.

"Huh? What's that?"

Ant-Man, who had been tracking Hulk in the sky, was stunned for a moment. This was the first time Hulk's attack had failed, so he quickly looked over.

"Connors? Great! Can you block Hulk's attack? Can you help me hold him off? I'll change his size back!" Dr. Pym spoke very quickly.

As he spoke, Connors took several more blows from Hulk.

"Hurry up," Connors said.

His current performance has already exceeded the strength that a diamond-like body like the "White Queen" should have. If this continues, it's hard to guarantee that Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror, who are hiding in the shadows and whose whereabouts are unknown, won't discover something amiss.

"Okay, hang in there!"

Ant-Man readily agreed and immediately took out a device from his belt, placing a tube of Pym Particles inside.

Next, all that's needed is to enlarge the device and bring the Hulk inside, and the Pym Particles will be able to restore the Hulk's size.

A rumbling sound came from afar, but Ant-Man didn't bother to look up; he simply dropped the device as planned.

With a loud bang, the device transformed into a semi-circular dome with a diameter of ten meters and landed on the ground.

"Connors, lure Hulk in!" Ant-Man yelled.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief; at least the Hulk hadn't continued to wreak havoc while still in his grasshopper form.

But a shout made Dr. Pym's heart leap again. The rumbling sound from afar was growing ever closer. Namor unleashed a tsunami, riding on waves tens of meters high as he swept in: "I'm coming to your aid!"

Ant-Man's heart skipped a beat.

Whoosh!

The tsunami raged, washing the semi-circular device away to an unknown location.