Chapter 44

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Looking at Dr. Bruce Banner's eyes, which began to glow with a faint green light due to his anger, Liu Rui'an was filled with curiosity and a desire to explore.

"Dr. Banner, I already told you not to get angry, and the choice I offered is not as bad as you think," Liu Rui'an said, shrugging and smiling while suppressing the urge to dissect and study the other party.

"What would be considered worse?" Dr. Bruce Banner, whose bottom line and sore spot had been touched, barely suppressed his anger and asked.

"Dr. Banner, haven't you already experienced something even worse?" Liu Rui'an said, ignoring the anger in the other's eyes and smiling.

Faced with such a response, Bruce Banner, who had been trained to control his emotions to some extent, fell silent.

There was no way to describe his recent experiences as anything but terrible.

If it weren't for the realization of the困境 (困境 means 'predicament' or 'difficult situation') he faced during his conflict with the military, Bruce Banner wouldn't have agreed to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s "request" for his help.

He certainly wouldn't have made the decision to seek help immediately after learning about the Prophet and the Umbrella Technology Corporation.

"Dr. Banner, do you want me to tell you the other two choices?" Liu Rui'an asked, sensing the anger in the other's eyes quickly fading.

"I hope these two choices won't be as bad as the first one." Bruce Banner, who had just finished drinking a glass of mineral water in one gulp, said with a bitter smile.

"Dr. Banner, don't be so discouraged." Liu Rui'an, ignoring the Hulk's identity, walked up and patted the other's shoulder, then said:

"Have you ever thought that if the Hulk were no longer a burden to you but a controllable power and weapon, would you still be in your current situation?"

"Is this the second choice?" Bruce Banner's eyes lit up again, filled with surprise and disbelief rather than anger.

"Exactly. Without discussing the first choice, the ability to fully control your transformation is the most beneficial for you," Liu Rui'an nodded and confirmed.

"But..." Although Bruce Banner knew this was true, thinking about the results of his long efforts in training, his face was full of dejection.

"There's no 'but,' Dr. Banner. I know you've been trying to control yourself, or rather, control the Hulk," Liu Rui'an said, shaking his index finger before the other could finish.

"You even specifically learned yoga and other things. This approach isn't wrong, but it doesn't address the key and focus."

"Key and focus?"

Seeing the serious expression on the other's face, a glimmer of hope arose in Bruce Banner's heart.

Liu Rui'an, who had returned to the beach chair and poured another glass of pure water for the other, nodded and said:

"Exactly. The key to your transformation is not your body, which was exposed to gamma rays, nor the genes you inherited from your father."

"Then what is it?" Bruce Banner, who had always subconsciously believed that the monster's blood flowed in his body, asked eagerly.

"It's this." Pointing to his temple, Liu Rui'an revealed the answer.

"The brain?" Bruce Banner, after a moment of surprise, quickly realized that the person was not referring to the brain and said, "You mean consciousness?"

"Exactly, consciousness, or more precisely, your mental state," Liu Rui'an said, smiling and lightly clapping his hands to indicate that the other was smart.

With Bruce Banner's intelligence, he naturally understood the meaning of these words.

However, understanding is one thing, and being able to do it is another.

If it were that easy, he wouldn't be hiding like a rat, nor would he have caused so much harm to his loved ones and society.

"What should I do?" Bruce Banner asked after a moment of silence.

"In the East, there's an ancient saying: 'Blocking is not as effective as guiding.'" Liu Rui'an, pointing to the other's head and using a Chinese phrase, translated and continued:

"Suppressing it will only make the other side stronger. It's better to release it appropriately to wear down the other side's strength."

"But what about the disasters caused by releasing it? And can just releasing it allow me to control him?" Bruce Banner, who understood, shook his head in disagreement.

"No, no, Dr. Banner, it seems you still don't understand what I meant," Liu Rui'an shook his head and said.

"Please explain."

"You've always thought that you and the Hulk are two sides of the same coin, or two consciousnesses sharing one body," Liu Rui'an, who knew the other's past, said seriously.

"But in reality, there are no two sides or two consciousnesses. You are the Hulk, and the Hulk is you!"

"Are you saying I have a split personality?" Bruce Banner, who was not scared by this statement, said calmly.

It's not surprising. Despite the initial anxiety, fear, helplessness, and suspicion, after being the Hulk for so long, with Bruce Banner's intelligence, how could he not understand his own condition?

"Compared to a split personality, I prefer the term multiple personalities," Liu Rui'an shook his head and said.

"Do you mean that by releasing it, my other personality can be normalized or controlled?" Bruce Banner, who knew it wouldn't be that simple, asked.

"Of course not. Appropriate release only serves to wear down the strength of your other personality," Liu Rui'an waved his hand and said:

"Only by completely absorbing the other personality can you truly control yourself like moving your arm."

Liu Rui'an, using another idiom, had to spend some time explaining the four-character idiom in detail to make his point clear.

Bruce Banner found this theory easy to accept. After all, as the person involved, he knew the Hulk's situation better than anyone else.

Seeing that the other had proposed this idea, he believed there must be a corresponding solution. He then asked:

"What do you think I should do?"

Sensing the urgency in the other's words, Liu Rui'an avoided answering directly and smiled:

"Dr. Banner, don't you want to know the third choice?"

"Is it necessary?" Bruce Banner, who clearly knew the second choice was the most suitable for him, asked.

"Of course it is," Liu Rui'an nodded and explained: "The second choice, though the most suitable, is also the most difficult to implement among the three."

"Compared to the second choice, I actually prefer the third choice, which is why I put it last."

"Please explain." Bruce Banner, curious, puzzled, and hopeful, said.

"The third choice is to use a certain technology to transfer Dr. Banner's consciousness from the current problematic body to a new body."

"In a sense, it's like changing clothes. This way, Dr. Banner can be completely freed," Liu Rui'an, without keeping the suspense, revealed the answer.

Although Bruce Banner is a nuclear physicist, it doesn't mean he knows nothing about other fields.

On the contrary, during his time as the Hulk, this nuclear physicist has gained considerable expertise in biology and chemistry.

Especially in human genetics and genomics, he may not be as good as the masters in those fields, but he is definitely much better than ordinary scholars.

Because of this, Bruce Banner understands how difficult it is to transfer a person's memory from one body to another.

Not to mention whether such technology is even possible, it certainly won't be as simple as changing clothes.

"Prophet, are you joking?" Even Bruce Banner, who is usually calm, couldn't help but look at the other in disbelief.

"Dr. Banner, do you think I would joke about something like this?" Liu Rui'an, not surprised by the other's reaction, shook his head and said.

After confirming that this was not a joke, Bruce Banner fell into silence.

"What are the drawbacks of the third choice?" After a long silence, Bruce Banner asked.

"Drawbacks? Of course there are." Liu Rui'an nodded and continued: "Memory transfer technology involves the most mysterious aspects of the human brain and mind."

"During the transfer, there are some dangers, but the biggest issue is, what will you think when you see another version of yourself?"

"Another version of myself?" Bruce Banner, after a moment of surprise, asked: "The new body is also me?"

"Of course, you don't think I would simply transfer your memory to another body, do you?" Liu Rui'an, understanding the other's meaning, smiled and said.

"Are you saying to clone a new body and then transfer my memory to it?" Bruce Banner, who quickly understood, asked.

"Exactly. Only by doing this can the memory and body be in harmony, and the risks of memory transfer can be minimized."

"However, before that, I need a small amount of your pure blood from before you became the Hulk." Liu Rui'an confirmed with a nod.

"Pure blood?" Bruce Banner, repeating the phrase, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Come on, Dr. Banner, you were a nuclear physicist, a high-level talent of the state," Liu Rui'an, who had anticipated this reaction, said in feigned confusion:

"Even if there's no pure blood sample, a pure genetic sample would also work."