Some people say: In the Marvel Universe, as long as you are not invincible, it doesn't matter how powerful you are.
Because there's always a way to deal with it, because there are always weaknesses.
Even a powerful being like Hulk, possessing explosive strength, is always outsmarted due to his mental issues.
An anti-Hulk armor beat Hulk until he cried for his daddy, although Hulk had not fully matured at this stage.
But even the later Hulk was beaten into a state of self-isolation by Thanos. There's always someone stronger, and one mountain is always higher than the next!
...Some also say that most Marvel heroes' potential is determined at birth; there's no such thing as diligent cultivation.
Those who cultivate diligently are always mortals; non-human entities are mostly born powerful, and mortals are, after all, just mortals.
Even someone as powerful as Tony Stark, despite snapping his fingers, still couldn't withstand the immense energy of the six Infinity Stones and died!
...Regarding these statements, Michael felt there was some truth to them, but he didn't entirely agree.
Michael himself didn't have much potential.
Especially before his transmigration, even with his ruthlessness, he managed to do quite well, perhaps even outperforming some white-collar professionals.
But in the eyes of some important figures, he was just a slightly larger ant.
Now, Michael had transmigrated and gained a powerful Golden Finger—the mutated gem.
Logically, his potential was higher than the entire Universe!
But if Michael didn't work hard, even an ordinary person could suffocate him!
As powerful as Tony Stark was, he made Thanos bleed twice, and finally, with a snap of his fingers, turned Thanos to dust.
But if Tony Stark himself hadn't worked hard, he wouldn't even have become Iron Man and would have died in that cave!
However, in Michael's view, Tony Stark's knowledge was only because he focused all his energy on developing the physical technology tree.
If Tony Stark had delved a bit more into biotechnology, even Bruce Banner could have transformed himself into the Hulk. What could a mere snap of fingers do to Tony Stark, who had mastered biotechnology?
Of course, while that's true, Michael had no reason or interest to guide Tony Stark down the path of biotechnology, did he?
Tony Stark, who always followed the physical and mechanical technology route, was the 'best' Tony Stark in Michael's eyes... So, in Michael's view, nothing was absolutely predetermined.
Everything could be changed; it just depended on whether your power was strong enough to change it!
Just like Michael, if he were to get the Infinity Stones right now.
Among other things, with the infinite energy supply of the Infinity Stones, even if Michael's knowledge wasn't comprehensive, he could still become an absolute top-tier powerhouse in a very short time.
He would shatter everyone's worldview, making them question life! Question the World!
...The plot of "The Incredible Hulk" showed Michael a shortcut!
Michael knew that with the Hulk's ability to grow infinitely stronger with infinite rage, his energy was insufficient to replicate that ability.
But apart from that, Michael also discovered too many 'business opportunities' within it!
The Hulk's battle with Abomination caused immense destruction, with countless ordinary people and soldiers dying. In Michael's eyes, that was 'golden' energy!
Mr. Blue, whose real name is Samuel Sterns, in his research on the Hulk, even replicated an entire room full of Hulk's blood after gamma-ray exposure! In Michael's eyes, it was simply a massive 'treasure trove'!
Finally, Mr. Blue himself, under the plot's progression, evolved into the famous villain—the Leader, gaining a thousandfold increase in intelligence, powerful telepathy, and immense willpower.
Of course, this is a comic book plot. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to the lack of a sequel, it's unknown if the Leader will appear. We only know that Mr. Blue's brain did mutate due to contact and fusion with the Hulk's blood.
But Michael felt he could completely orchestrate all of this and give it a try.
After all, with the mutated gem as his backing, Michael never worried about being mentally controlled.
And telepathy was even more useless against Michael.
If Mr. Blue successfully 'evolved' into the Leader, it would be absolutely beneficial to Michael, with no harm whatsoever!
With the mutated gem's strange ability, even if Mr. Blue evolved into the 'Leader,' he could easily be controlled!
A biological tracking chip is only 3 energy points; how much more would a biological control chip be?
What's more, Michael could directly use the mutated gem's reality-altering ability to make the 'Leader' absolutely loyal to him!
Michael believed that with the Hulk's blood Mr. Blue replicated, once recycled into energy, it would be enough for Michael to achieve all of the above.
If Mr. Blue knew all this, would he dispose of all the blood plasma beforehand?
...Furthermore, there was also an 'Abomination,' which, in Michael's eyes, was also a huge 'golden' opportunity.
Although in the movie plot, the Hulk did not kill Abomination but crippled and restrained him.
But Michael believed that with sufficient energy, influencing the Hulk to directly kill Abomination would not be a problem.
He could even, while the Hulk was crippling and knocking out Abomination, directly absorb him with the mutated gem, without any problem!
Analyzing from a normal human perspective, there's a fourfold difference between a corpse and a living person.
So, the difference between a dead Abomination and a living Abomination wouldn't be worse than that of ordinary people, would it?
Even if Abomination's soul was an ordinary human soul, leading to a greatly reduced value for a living Abomination, a living one would still have a greater recycling value than a dead one, right?
Of course.
Still, the same old saying: unless absolutely necessary, Michael didn't want to recycle living people, not even Abomination!
In Michael's view, that was his bottom line!
Michael even suspected that if he dared to recycle living people, the Great River Crab God, who transcends Worlds and rules, would surely teach him a lesson.
Just thinking about it makes him a little scared!