Ultraman Noah from Marvel

10. Steve's Desperate Dream

In Ji Yuan's perception, Steve's life fluctuations were very strange. His physical condition was very healthy, but his mental state was as if he was about to die.

"Mr. Ji Yuan, I'd like to introduce you," Fury said. "This is Steve Rogers, the hero who received the Super Soldier Serum during World War II."

"Steve Rogers?" Ji Yuan feigned surprise. "That World War II hero, Captain America?"

"Yes," Fury nodded.

"But World War II happened decades ago, and Captain America must be ninety years old by now. It's unbelievable that he's still alive," Ji Yuan said exaggeratedly.

Fury was very satisfied with Ji Yuan's performance, as if it was a pleasure to surprise this mysterious magician. He said, "Steve crashed his plane into the Arctic while stopping Hydra from using the doomsday weapon. He was frozen for seventy years. Our people found him in the Arctic not long ago. He is still alive because of the super soldier serum."

Ji Yuan crouched down to carefully observe Steve, and said without turning his head, "It seems this is why you recruited me; your technology can't awaken him."

"Yes." Fury didn't care at all about Ji Yuan's denigration of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s medical technology; all he wanted now was to wake up Steve and rally the people's hearts.

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s instruments show that Steve is in excellent physical health, but his brainwaves are in a strange state. Our experts believe he is dreaming, and having nightmares, but he is unable to wake up," Fury said with a question.

After sensing the situation, Ji Yuan figured out Steve's current state and looked at Fury seriously, saying, "Your experts are right, he is indeed dreaming, an endless dream. This is man-made, no, he is not human."

"Can you wake Steve up?" Fury asked.

Ji Yuan smiled. "Okay." Before Fury could be happy, his expression turned serious again: "But it's very dangerous. The one who trapped him in the dream is also a supernatural being. If we're not careful, Steve and I will be finished."

"This..." Fury's expression turned ugly, his already dark face turned even darker. He didn't want Ji Yuan to carry out such a dangerous mission. As everyone knows, the nanny is always the rear guard that needs the most protection.

"However..." Before Fury could make a decision, Ji Yuan drawled out, grinning, "There is a way to increase the success rate; the more of that stuff you have, the higher the success rate."

"What is that?" Fury's single eye gleamed.

US dollars.

Upon hearing those two words, Fury's face fell. He strongly suspected that this fake doctor could easily solve Steve's problem and was just being greedy, saying that on purpose.

Fury said, "Dr. Ji Yuan, could you explain why?"

Ji Yuan laughed heartily and explained in a serious tone: "US dollars are necessities. They embody people's beliefs and are imbued with human spirit, which greatly helps in pulling Steve from the dream world into reality."

Natasha and Fury blinked simultaneously upon hearing this, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense and was logically consistent, but something still felt off.

After thinking it over carefully, Fury said, "Okay, how much US dollars do you need? I'll send someone to get the cash right away."

"333 million," Ji Yuan answered decisively.

Upon hearing the number, Fury gasped. It was too expensive. But thinking of Steve, who was in dire straits, he nodded with difficulty and gestured for Natasha to get the money.

"No, there's no need to go get it." Ji Yuan stopped Natasha from leaving. "Just transfer it to my card. Coulson has my card number."

After he said that, Fury and Natasha's expressions became extremely interesting.

Fury, undeterred, asked, "Isn't it supposed to need some kind of popularity?"

Ji Yuan shook his head and said with a smile, "Fury, you're out of touch. This is the age of technology; online transfers are just like that."

Several veins bulged on Fury's forehead. He was now completely certain that Ji Yuan was simply trying to get money and was making up a lie.

From now on, Ji Yuan has another label in his mind: greedy for money.

"Oh, and one more thing. When you encounter things that science can't explain, remember to come to me. I really enjoy researching these kinds of things," Ji Yuan said.

Fury nodded; he couldn't be happier to have a free expert.

"I will enter Steve's dream in the form of consciousness later. Some strange phenomena are normal."

After saying that, Ji Yuan closed his eyes and descended into Steve's dream world.

The ability to enter a body with one's mind and to enter a dream is like a miracle to ordinary people, but for Ultraman, it is just a trivial ability.

In an extremely idealistic being like Ultraman, there is much more to be shown than just this.

On a grand scale, a single beam of light could blast away a star, allowing the physical body to traverse the universe and cross parallel worlds. On a smaller scale, it could enter human cells to combat diseases, or even be transformed into electronic data and transmitted over the network—truly slapping you across the face via the internet cable.

Although Ji Yuan is currently in the infant form of Noah Nexus and his abilities are not yet complete, entering dreams is still very easy for him.

In Steve's dream world, the sky was blood red, and a black sun stood silently above the dome, exuding an ominous aura.

Beneath the blood-red sky lay a devastated battlefield. Limbs and severed arms were scattered everywhere, thick blood oozing from the piles of corpses, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan couldn't help but give it a thumbs up. It was realistic enough; no wonder Steve couldn't get out.

"Waaaaah—"

The piercing sound of a train whistle rang out, and Ji Yuan's spirits lifted. Where did this train come from?

A blood-stained train was approaching in the distance. Ji Yuan spotted Steve sitting at the front of the train, but instead of acting rashly, he became ethereal and jumped onto the roof, silently observing this dream world.

The train wasn't particularly fast, but it was powerful enough that all the corpses on the tracks were crushed by its wheels, the sound of bones cracking echoing as blood splattered everywhere.

As the train rolled along, it soon arrived at a fork in the tracks. When Ji Yuan saw the figures on the two tracks at the fork, he couldn't help but curse, "Damn, whose subordinate is this? He created such a vicious dream."

On the two railway tracks, one on the left and one on the right, were the two people most important to Steve.

One was his first love, Peggy Carter.

One was his best brother, Bucky Barnes.

Then a handle appeared next to Steve, and he could only choose to make the train go in one direction.

"No! No! No—"

Steve roared, his eyes bloodshot, unwilling to choose either option.

He tried to close his eyes, but an inexplicable force forced them wide open, and he could only watch helplessly as the train veered randomly in one direction, crushing Carter to pieces. The mournful wail echoed in Steve's ears.