The End of the World: Chaos

Lu Yu is a weird guy who can stay in his room for several days, dozens of days or even dozens of days without going out. He is full of nerdy aura, and it doesn't seem so unique to have such a friend around him.

"I still have some things to take care of, so I won't take you upstairs to see him. He's in Room 301 on the third floor. You can find him yourself." After Lorna Dane helped the middle-aged man open the security door, she left him alone.

For Lu Yu, she was not worried at all whether this middle-aged man might do anything out of line.

The middle-aged man was not dissatisfied with this. After all, they just met by chance, and it was not easy for someone to lend a helping hand. Following Lorna Dane's instructions, he went up to the third floor, came to the door of Lu Yu's room, and knocked gently.

The door creaked open, but there was no one at the door. A strange thought flashed through the middle-aged man's mind: Is it haunted?

Just then, a familiar voice came: "Bruce Banner? Is that you?"

It was Lu Yu's voice, and there was obviously a hint of surprise in his tone. The middle-aged man - Bruce Banner - was certain that this was Lu Yu's room, and it might not be haunted, at least for now.

Lu Yu's voice sounded again: "Come in and chat."

Bruce Banner followed the sound into the room and heard another creaking sound, which made him nervous: Is this really a haunted house? Don't scare people!

When he hurried forward, he saw Lu Yu sitting cross-legged on the sofa. Feeling a little bit of the breath of worldly life, he felt relieved.

"Why are you scared?" Lu Yu got up from the sofa, looked at the cold sweat on Bruce Banner's forehead, and asked puzzledly.

Bruce Banner rolled his eyes, thinking that anyone would be scared if they had such a supernatural experience.

Lu Yu realized what was happening, smiled, and changed the subject, asking, "What would you like to drink?"

"Just clean water." Bruce Banner replied.

Lu Yu poured two glasses of water, handed one to Bruce Banner and kept one for himself, and then started talking about business: "Is there something wrong with the suppressor in your hand?"

"Actually, not!" Bruce Banner turned the ring on his finger with a satisfied look.

During this time, with the suppressor, Bruce Banner lived a very stable life. He no longer had to worry about nightmares causing his transformation at night, and he did not have to be tolerant even when arguing with others at work. However, he always had a problem with his split personality.

Recently, Bruce Banner consulted several psychologists and was diagnosed with potential split personality after professional testing. He originally hoped to solve the problem through psychotherapy, but unfortunately the results were minimal. The doctor told him that it was unlikely to solve this problem in a short period of time, and it might take years of psychotherapy, and there was no guarantee of complete cure.

So Bruce Banner had no choice but to ask Lu Yu for help. After listening to Bruce Banner's story, Lu Yu asked a question:

"Aren't you afraid that there will be other consequences after I eliminate your side effects?"

"I am actually quite scared, but I can feel the changes and I am worried that some new problems will arise."

Bruce Banner shuddered as he spoke, using the word "it" to describe the thing he feared.

"I understand your situation," Lu Yu replied, and after a pause, he continued, "But if you want to completely eliminate your split personality, it will probably take some time, if you are not afraid of becoming an idiot or something like that."

"What price will it cost me?" Bruce Banner asked pragmatically.

"As usual, I want your knowledge, not only what you have now, but also what you will have in the next twenty years. Every once in a while, you need to re-input your knowledge, and in these twenty years, you must constantly update your knowledge reserves."

"No problem!" Bruce Banner agreed without hesitation. Twenty years of knowledge in exchange for the disappearance of his split personality was a great bargain in his opinion.

"Do you have a place to stay?" Lu Yu asked after confirming the intention of cooperation.

"No." Bruce Banner thought for a moment and answered. He might not be able to live in the place where he used to live. His ex-girlfriend and his acquaintances were not suitable for him to stay with. Although he was very low-key when he returned, the strength of the army should not be underestimated. If they wanted to find him, they might not be able to find him.

Now he really had nowhere to go, especially to his ex-girlfriend. She might not betray him, but her father was always keeping a close eye on her and the surveillance had never slackened.

"Then let's live here first. There are plenty of empty rooms." Lu Yu said.

"But I'm still being hunted by the military. Is it safe to live here?"

"I have been listed as a key target of attention by SHIELD. It's still unclear who is more unsafe!" Lu Yu said lightly.

Bruce Banner was confused after hearing this: "What is S.H.I.E.L.D."

The danger he posed was not high, so there was no need for him to say anything more.

And so, he stayed!

However, this is not a free stay.

After he moved in, he was responsible for all the trivial matters in the apartment, such as unclogging the pipes, repairing the appliances, ensuring the power supply, and dealing with conflicts between neighbors.

Lu Yu also specially gave him the identity of an apartment manager and paid him a corresponding salary.

Before this, Lu Yu did have someone in charge of managing the apartment, but due to the S.H.I.E.L.D. incident, the original manager resigned.

So, the job naturally fell to Bruce Banner, who had seven doctoral degrees. For him, even the production line could be repaired, so handling these odd jobs was naturally a piece of cake for him. It could even be said that it was a waste of talent.

In order to prevent this from happening and to better explore the value of Bruce Banner, Lu Yu had a series of special exchanges and discussions with Bruce outside of his work. The topics involved included the impact of gamma rays on biological genes, the possibility of using gamma ray beams to create Type 01 weapons, and whether gamma ray bombs could destroy a planet.

Lu Yu did gain a lot, but Bruce Banner looked at him strangely, obviously worried that something ominous would happen.

After all, the topics they discussed were too dangerous.

Fortunately, Lu Yu had no intention of putting it into practice. Otherwise, Bruce Banner might not dare to stay here any longer, because Lu Yu's actions were too dangerous.

Although it was dangerous, Bruce Banner had to admit that Lu Yu had a lot of knowledge and some pretty crazy ideas.

These ideas may seem unrealistic to some extent.

At least, that's what Bruce Banner thought, but on the other side, especially in the underground space, Lu Yu was standing here at the moment, with a bright silver spear in front of him, about half a meter long, similar to a submachine gun, but larger in size and full of high-tech feel.

He was carefully examining the gun in his hand. Behind him, there were many similar items on the exhibition stand. If Bruce Banner were present, he would definitely find that the things derived from his and Lu Yu's many unrealistic ideas had been realized here one by one, quietly displayed on the exhibition stand, exuding a dangerous atmosphere.

"Is this what you call a gamma ray bomb? It doesn't look like anything special." Skye had a rare moment of free time and came here, holding a bomb the size of a grenade in his hand, and asked Lu Yu.

"It really doesn't look special, but this bomb is enough to blow up half of New York, and it will also produce some radiation afterwards, making the blown-up half of New York uninhabitable."

When Skye heard this, her fingers trembled slightly, and she almost threw the seemingly ordinary bomb. She tried her best to suppress this instinctive reaction, carefully put the bomb back to its original position, and stepped back more than ten steps before stopping, with beads of sweat on her forehead.

Lu Yu glanced at her and said, "If it really explodes, no matter how much you retreat, it will be useless."

Skye thought silently, "You only know this now?"

"Can you come up with some protective measures? I can't feel at ease sleeping on top of a pile of bombs like this!"

"You slept on other bombs, but I didn't see you feeling much!"

"Other bombs?" Skye was stunned.

"Yes, we have many kinds of bombs of this power here!"

Skye thought to himself: "So we are sleeping on a bomb? You are so careless!"

Skye began to think about whether she should move to another place. At this time, Lu Yu saw her thoughts, glanced at her and said, "If these bombs are detonated together, the whole New York will be gone. If some of the things I hid are detonated together, the whole United States and even the whole earth may be affected. Where can you live?"

After hearing what Lu Yu said, Sky couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to faint. I've never seen anyone play like this before.

"You just said we are not a terrorist organization, so why do you make so many exaggerated weapons?"

“It’s just a byproduct of the research process.”

So what the hell is your research about?

Skye's body and expression stiffened involuntarily.

"Relax, nothing serious will happen. We have complete protective measures here."

Why didn't you tell me earlier that there were protective measures? Skye looked at Lu Yu with resentment in his eyes. Why couldn't he mention the latter first and then the former?

You know, many people have been deceived to death or scared half to death in this way.

"Swoosh--" Just as Sky was about to say something, a special sound was suddenly heard. A ray of light shot out from the muzzle of the gun in Lu Yu's hand, accurately penetrating the metal target a hundred meters away.

"Is that gamma rays?" Skye asked.

"Yeah!" Lu Yu adjusted the gun in his hand and responded casually.

“Is there still radiation?”

"A little bit!"

After getting Lu Yu's affirmative answer, Skye turned and ran, using the power of the ring to instantly disappear into the underground space.

After Skye leaves, Lorna Dane shows up.

"I just saw Skye return to the room in a trance. What happened?" Lorna Dann walked in and asked Lu Yu directly.

"I was just scared, don't take it to heart. Why did you come down here suddenly today?"

"I noticed some suspicious people outside, and my ability detected that they were carrying weapons!"

"Oh."

With just this one "Oh", Lu Yu stopped paying attention to the gamma ray gun and turned to look at Lorna Dann.