Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

Under Terra's advanced technological system, the most solid foundation is that the premise for daring to be corrupt is taking chances.

The problem is that Terra has artificial intelligence, so many accounts need to be recorded online, and there's the issue of backroom deals.

Artificial intelligence can detect any errors in the accounts after a single calculation.

Terra also established a dedicated auditing department.

These auditing departments have telepathic mutant members. No matter how well they are hidden, wouldn't a corrupt official be exposed if their memories were read?

Of course, this is a last resort; there will still be basic review and investigation procedures beforehand.

At the very least, the Terra government has a dedicated website for reporting such incidents, and a preliminary investigation will be launched immediately upon receiving a report.

No matter how powerful these companies are, they cannot directly influence these institutional levels. The senior managers of these departments have undergone detailed background checks and have sufficient faith.

Moreover, Terra treats these high-ranking officials quite well.

Compared to corruption, Terra rewards include serums that directly enhance the human body and focus on lifespan.

With each layer stacked up, internal corruption can be reduced to zero.

Most importantly, the Terra Empire operates under a theocratic system, relying on Matthew, the strongest individual. As long as Matthew exists, the entire Terra Empire will not deviate from its course.

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Chapter 356 The Tragedy of Bruce Banner (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Terra's development was slow and seemingly uninterested in expansion, but in reality, it had been secretly preparing for a complete unification in the future.

The most important thing is the management and subsequent development after taking over.

Unifying the Earth is not difficult.

It was the chaos that arose after unification, the construction, the purge of criminals, and many other aspects.

Do you really think Terra will grant a general amnesty after unifying the Earth?

impossible.

The things Matthew has seen and experienced along the way have been uglier and more disgusting than the last.

How many innocent people have been harmed or even died silently because of money and interests?

The number of unnatural deaths worldwide each year is far too many.

Why hasn't Terra launched a global unification plan yet, and why does it still maintain a complete external intelligence network that directly connects to the Starbeam, the Imperial's central secret database?

Xingju has always been actively developing, attracting, and cultivating talent.

Its development is no less important than that of the three major war groups.

The first thing is that they have already set up a global background check network, and all kinds of gangs around the world, criminals, serial killers and other related cases are recorded in the database.

When Terra begins unification, it will also mark the start of the Thunder Sweep plan.

No villain will be allowed to escape.

Terra's silence and strategic planning were not understood by the leaders and interest groups of other countries. Although they remained vigilant, they were somewhat relieved.

Many people naively believed that the emperor seemed to want to maintain the current status quo.

But they were unaware that the fate of each nation had already begun its countdown.

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Rio.

The warm sunlight bathed Rio, and the clear blue sky set off the city's rugged hills.

White-walled and colorful houses unfold layer by layer along the undulating slopes, coconut trees stretch along the streets, and the sea breeze carries a warm and humid atmosphere through the alleys.

In the distance, the Christ the Redeemer statue stands serenely atop the mountain, the coastline is crystal clear with blue waves, the aroma of fruit wafts from street stalls, and pedestrians stroll leisurely in light clothing; the whole city is vibrant and warm.

But this is a city that is considered by the world to be one of the best vacation destinations.

In fact, it has an astonishing number of slum communities, more than 1000, where about 22% of the city's population lives.

It is known locally as Favela.

The most famous is Rocinha, the largest single favela in South America, with a population of about 25. It is located next to Rio's affluent areas, creating a stark contrast between the rich and the poor.

In these slum communities, all sorts of chaos and crime naturally arise.

Of course, it also provides some convenience for certain special groups of people.

Take Bruce Banner, for example.

In a small, dark house, Bruce Banner was wearing a simple, old T-shirt and a brown suit jacket, with messy hair and glasses.

He was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, trying to calm his agitated emotions.

On the table in front of him was an old-fashioned television and a VCD player, which displayed a frozen image of three Astartes warriors battling demons on the border of hell.

The image of countless demons standing alongside three solemn and dignified Astartes warriors creates a poignant and tragic scene.

After a while, Bruce Banner opened his eyes, a flash of green appearing in his pupils.

He stared intently at the television.

"Tara, perhaps they can resolve the abnormality in my body."

He murmured to himself as if talking to himself.

A glimmer of hope rose in my heart.

Bruce Banner is 38 years old and 1.78 meters tall. He graduated from Caltech, a top global elite research university with a very high academic standing in basic science fields such as physics and astronomy, which is highly compatible with his research direction.

He holds seven doctoral degrees, and his research spans multiple cutting-edge fields.

His core expertise covers seven major fields: positron collisions, quantum physics, nuclear physics, gamma ray research, wormhole space theory, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. He is a rare all-rounder scientist who can make breakthroughs in multiple core disciplines at the same time.

It can be said that he is an extremely rare genius scientist in the world, and he is in no way inferior to Tony Stark.

Logically speaking, he should be entitled to treatment commensurate with his academic achievements.

Even if they don't become billionaires, they will certainly be respected and admired by countless people.

But now he can only hide in the favela community of Rio de Janeiro like a sewer rat.

why?

It was because of that experimental accident that he ended up in this state.

Banner will never forget that day, April 16, 2005.

Because Banner was specializing in biochemistry, nuclear physics, and gamma radiation, he was at the time a colleague and lover of a woman named Betty.

Coincidentally, Betty's father was a general in the military, which is why the two of them were recruited together into the military-controlled laboratory.

Let's work together to research and develop an experimental project.

Ross did not reveal the true weaponization purpose of the project to him at the time, only telling him that the project was to develop protective serum to combat radiation poisoning. He joined the project based on legitimate scientific goodwill.

Banner hoped to use gamma ray technology to crack the formula for the super soldier serum left by Dr. Erskine and complete this groundbreaking cutting-edge scientific research. He ultimately chose to use gamma rays instead of Vita rays to conduct the experiment.

He only learned the name of the project later.

The Army Biochemical Force Enhancement Program, also known as the New Super Soldier Program.

Unfortunately, by the time he found out, the project was already nearing completion. Although he was very dissatisfied, Banner still chose to continue.

Because he might be able to use this to create a universal serum drug that can cure all kinds of human diseases.

Unfortunately, an unexpected incident occurred during the experiment.

In order to meet the military's weapons development deadline, General Ross, the project leader, kept pressuring him, skipping a large number of necessary animal experiments and safety verification processes, and directly pushing for human testing, which greatly increased the experimental risks.

Banner didn't want other innocent people to bear this risk, and coupled with his confidence in himself, these two mindsets combined led Banner to voluntarily use himself as a test subject, accidentally exposing himself to high-intensity gamma radiation far exceeding the safety threshold.

And so a monster was born.

He transformed into a gigantic green monster, violent, irritable, incredibly strong, and invulnerable to weapons.

Banner then completely lost his mind, and the military actually sent armed forces to try to capture him. Banner was slightly brought back to his senses because of Betty.

He escaped.

He fled, pursued relentlessly by the military. Finally, with nowhere else to turn, Banner went to the Arctic to commit suicide. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, something took control of his body and stopped him from taking his own life.

Banner, unwilling to give up, continued to attempt suicide, but each time he was stopped by the monster inside his body.

He actually put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger, but then he turned into a monster and spat out all the bullets.

Chapter 357 Banner Asks for Help for Terra and the Emperor (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Unable to commit suicide and unwilling to be captured by the military, Banner had no choice but to continue his escape.

During this time, he learned to control his anger while on the run.

He was also trying to get rid of the monster inside his body, and eventually he came to Rio.

They hid in the slum community of Rocinha.

He works in a cheap, old factory to earn a meager wage while carefully avoiding cameras and social media, just so he doesn't get caught.

Banner once tried to get rid of the monster inside his body using technological methods.

However, due to his need to evade capture by the military, he currently has no time, laboratory, or equipment to conduct research.

However, during this peaceful period of hiding in the favela of Rio, the Terran Empire rose to prominence, and the Terran Emperor, a god among men, appeared.

This gave Banner hope of returning to his original form.

Banner dislikes turning into a monster when he's angry, so he has to force himself to stay calm and keep his heart rate in balance when he's in his normal human form.

You can't get into conflicts with people, and you can't see anything that might provoke you.

She even had to try to forget the memories she shared with her lover, Betty.

He doesn't like it this way.

He just wanted to turn back into the old Banner and go find his beloved.

Just going to Terra?

Banner was having a bit of a headache. He was now too afraid to use any means of transportation, having spent years evading capture by the military.

There were no other gains, but two major ones: one was a significant improvement in my emotional control.

The second is counter-surveillance awareness.

At first, he would be quickly contacted by the military during most of his escapes because he did so poorly, forcing him to rely on the powerful force of the large green monster inside his body to push his way out.

But later, through practical experience and learning, he gradually developed excellent observation skills of the surrounding environment and counter-surveillance awareness.

The reason they were able to hide in the favela of Rio for so long was because they had very little access to modern technology there.

Too outdated.

The low prevalence of surveillance cameras here, coupled with the dense residential buildings and population, allows him to blend into the crowd and become inconspicuous.

He would even put on a little makeup so he could blend into the crowd.

For this reason, Banner doesn't even own a laptop, fearing that his computer might be hacked and its location locked.

But if he were to take any flight to Terra, he would probably be tracked down and intercepted mid-air as soon as he bought his ticket and boarded the plane.

Banner believed that those guys were capable of doing it.

In order to capture him, they might deliberately stage a plane crash and make him fall from the sky.

After much thought, he realized he might have two options: one was to take a risk and go to an unlicensed internet cafe to send his request to the official Terra website, hoping to get Terra's attention and assistance.

The second method is to smuggle goods to the vicinity of Terra and then release the large green monster to attract Terra's attention.