Golden sparks swirled and bloomed in the laboratory air.
Two HYDRA soldiers whirled around, their energy rifles instantly aimed at the suddenly appearing spatial gate.
"What..."
The tall soldier's exclamation was cut short.
Two crimson beams of Heat Vision shot out from the portal, piercing precisely through the center of their foreheads.
Their bodies didn't even have time to fall before they were carbonized by the high temperature, turning into two charred statues.
Xiao Han stepped out of the portal, his black combat boots echoing dully on the metal floor.
His cape billowed without wind, and the S emblem on his chest gleamed with a cold golden light under the laboratory's pale lights.
Wanda was curled up inside the glass enclosure, her scarlet eyes wide open.
Her lips trembled, and the energy of Chaos Magic pulsed uncontrollably at her fingertips, illuminating the entire glass enclosure blood red.
"Step back."
Xiao Han's voice was calm, yet held an undeniable power.
Wanda instinctively shuffled backward, her back pressed against the cold glass wall.
The next second, Xiao Han's eyes glowed with terrifying red light again.
Sizzle!
Heat Vision sliced through the reinforced glass like cutting butter, and the container shattered in response.
Wanda felt a sudden dizziness, and the energy of Chaos Magic surged out of her body like a breached flood.
A scarlet energy storm swept through the entire laboratory, tearing experimental equipment to shreds, twisting metal tables, and causing the light tubes on the ceiling to explode one after another.
"No... I can't control it..."
Wanda clutched her head in pain, a violent vortex of crimson energy forming around her.
Xiao Han's brow furrowed slightly, and his Biofield instantly expanded, restricting the uncontrolled energy within a certain range.
He strode towards Wanda, reaching out and placing a hand on her shoulder.
The moment their bodies made contact.
Wanda's vision was suddenly flooded with countless fragmented images.
She saw Xiao Han hovering above New York, his eyes shooting out destructive Heat Vision, slicing alien creatures in half.
She saw him carrying a nuclear bomb towards outer space, the bomb destroying the alien warship.
She saw him wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, a snap of his fingers turning the alien fleet to dust.
These images passed through Wanda's brain like an electric current, bringing a sharp sting.
She shrieked, and the energy of Chaos Magic suddenly erupted, pushing Xiao Han back half a step.
"You... who are You?" Wanda collapsed onto the ground, her voice hoarse, not sounding like her own.
Alarms blared throughout the entire Base, the red warning lights dyeing the corridors blood red.
Heavy footsteps echoed from all directions, as HYDRA reinforcements were assembling.
Xiao Han did not immediately answer Wanda's question.
He turned to face the laboratory door, listening to the approaching footsteps, a smirk playing on his lips.
"Inhale." He suddenly said.
Wanda was startled, and subconsciously took a deep breath.
Xiao Han's chest puffed out slightly, and then.
Whoosh!
An extremely cold frozen breath erupted from his mouth, the white cold current sweeping through the entire corridor like a blizzard.
The first six HYDRA soldiers who rushed in were instantly frozen into ice sculptures, their faces still fixed in expressions of terror.
The cold current continued to spread, thick layers of ice condensed on the walls, the alarms froze and burst, and even the moisture in the air turned into tiny ice crystals.
"God!"
Wanda murmured to herself, the white mist she exhaled condensing in front of her.
She had never seen such power, elegant, yet deadly.
Xiao Han turned, extending his hand to her: "Can You still walk?"
Wanda hesitated for a second, then trembled as she placed her hand in his palm.
Xiao Han gently pulled her, shielding her behind him.
"Stay close to me."
They walked out of the laboratory, the corridor already filled with heavily armed HYDRA soldiers.
The humming of energy weapons charging rose and fell, and red aiming lasers crisscrossed on Xiao Han's chest, forming a net.
"Fire!"
Dozens of energy beams shot out simultaneously, yet they hovered strangely a few centimeters from Xiao Han's skin, as if hitting an invisible wall.
A red light flashed in Xiao Han's eyes, and Heat Vision swept across, cutting the soldiers in the front row in half before they even had time to scream.
Wanda clutched Xiao Han's cape tightly, watching all of this in horror.
She had fantasized in nightmares that someone would come to destroy this hell, but she had never imagined it would be realized in such a bloody way.
Every time Heat Vision flashed, a group of soldiers fell.
And with abilities similar to hers, she saw Xiao Han simply raise his hand slightly, and all the bullets changed direction, flying towards HYDRA.
Xiao Han moved through the Base like the God of Death, leaving only shattered corpses and twisted metal in his wake.
"Baron Strucker..." Xiao Han's Super Vision penetrated layer after layer of obstacles.
"Turns out he escaped by helicopter."
"North."
Xiao Han turned his head, facing Wanda: "Close Your eyes."
As soon as Wanda closed her eyelids, she felt a sense of weightlessness wash over her. Xiao Han's Biofield enveloped her.
Then
Boom!
A huge hole was smashed through the ceiling, concrete and steel bars shattering like paper.
Wanda felt herself rising rapidly, cold wind whistling past her cheeks.
When she mustered the courage to open her eyes, the entire HYDRA Base had become a tiny speck of light below her feet, the flames of explosion burning within the Base.
This Base, which had harmed countless people, was completely destroyed.
"Hold on."
Xiao Han's voice was still clear in the wind.
Wanda felt her heart skip a beat, they were flying at an unimaginable speed!
The clouds retreated rapidly beside them, and the scenery on the ground blurred into patches of color.
A few seconds later, she saw a small black dot moving in the air in the distance.
"That's Strucker's helicopter." Xiao Han's voice held cold certainty.
His eyes glowed red again, and two beams of Heat Vision cut through the sky, precisely hitting the helicopter's tail rotor.
Black smoke immediately billowed from the fuselage, and the helicopter began to spin and descend.
"Please don't kill him, I want to do it myself!" Wanda suddenly grabbed Xiao Han's arm.
Xiao Han nodded, then changed his flight path, diving towards the falling helicopter.
The moment the helicopter was about to hit the ground, he supported the fuselage with one hand, gently placing it on an open space.
Baron Strucker crawled out of the twisted cockpit, his face covered in blood.
When he saw the black figure standing before him, his face instantly turned pale.
"Su... Superman..."
His voice trembled almost inaudibly, "This has nothing to do with You... This is an internal HYDRA matter..."
Xiao Han sneered, directly grabbing his neck and lifting him: "When You experimented on me back then, why didn't You think of this?"
A trace of cunning flashed in Strucker's eyes: "Le... let me go... I'll tell You all the secrets..."
Crack.
Xiao Han broke his right arm without hesitation.
Strucker let out a pig-like howl.
"Next time it's Your left arm."
Xiao Han's voice was terrifyingly calm, "Then both legs. You have one chance."
"Don't think about getting anything out!" Strucker cried and snot flowed in pain.
"Hail HYDRA!"
Xiao Han, controlling him with Telekinesis, then turned to Wanda: "I've rescued everyone else in a few seconds, they've gone directly through my portal to where they should go. As for him, he's Yours."
Wanda was stunned, tears shimmering in her eyes under the moonlight: "Finally... is it over?"
Wanda controlled her Chaos Magic, ending Baron Strucker's life.
Xiao Han didn't speak, two beams of Heat Vision as fine as hair shot from his eyes.
Precisely igniting the helicopter, a huge fireball rose into the sky, illuminating half the sky.
"Let's go."
Xiao Han again enveloped Wanda with his Biofield, flying towards the direction of New York.
New York
The lights of the Long Island Villa seemed particularly warm in the night.
When Xiao Han landed on the terrace with Wanda, the smart home System automatically adjusted the indoor temperature and light, and soft piano music flowed from the hidden speakers.
Wanda stood barefoot on the soft carpet, unable to believe her eyes.
The spacious living room, the Atlantic Ocean outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the priceless artwork on the walls.
All of this was in stark contrast to the HYDRA cage she had been in for three years.
"This is... Your home?" she asked softly, her voice hoarse from disuse.
"It's Yours temporarily too."
Xiao Han pressed the S emblem on his chest, and the nanite armor receded like a tide, revealing the black combat suit underneath.
"There are empty rooms on the second floor, You can choose one Yourself."
Wanda looked around cautiously: "Why... why did You save me?"
Xiao Han walked to the kitchen island, pouring two glasses of Water: "I heard Your cry for help."
"Thank You." The images of the bodies sliced by Heat Vision reappeared in Wanda's mind, and her stomach twisted in pain.
Xiao Han handed her the glass of Water: "Those people experimented on children, they deserved to die."
Wanda took the glass of Water, her hands still trembling slightly.
The feeling of warm Water sliding down her throat was so unfamiliar, she only then realized how long it had been since she had drunk a clean sip of Water.
"You saw my memories." Xiao Han suddenly said, "The moment we touched."
Wanda looked up sharply: "Those... are they real? Did You really defeat aliens? Carried a nuclear bomb?"
Xiao Han nodded: "I've been to other places. Here, I choose to do what I want to do."
He paused, "Including saving You."
Gratitude flashed in Wanda's eyes: "Thank You, without You, I don't know when I would have been free."
Xiao Han pointed upstairs, "You need to rest tonight. There are clean clothes and toiletries in the bathroom."