After Liu Xiu joined, Meng Ran's team officially changed its name to the Hexagram Alliance, and it stuck.
The next morning, the television was filled with news about the Iron Monster and Iron Man.
Although Meng Ran was watching over the fight last night, preventing it from spilling onto the streets, it was still a city area, with many people around.
When the explosions and the huge roars first began, many people had already turned their attention there, and the New York police had also dispatched officers to surround the area.
If it weren't for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents cleaning up after Tony and negotiating with the police, officers would have rushed in during the fight.
After extensive media coverage, everyone was speculating about who the giant Iron Monster and the red and yellow Iron Man were, and what exactly happened yesterday.
This morning's television also broadcasted Colonel Rhodes' official explanation of yesterday's events. Tony Stark would also appear to personally explain and provide a definitive answer to what happened in the Stark Industries' Arc Reactor laboratory last night.
Meng Ran's family ate breakfast while watching the television news. Zhao Li and Meng Huo discussed the matters of Stark Industries, and it was said that Stark Industries' stock had begun to rise again after a period of decline.
Meng Ran and Liu Xiu exchanged glances. Of course, they knew what the news about Iron Man on TV was about. They figured Tony was probably preparing his explanation for last night.
Meng Ran took a sip of his tofu pudding, thinking to himself, I wonder if Tony will just admit he's Iron Man, just like in my memories.
Regardless of the state of this world, or the impact of Meng Ran's presence, Meng Ran had already noticed some differences between this world and the movie world he remembered.
However, Meng Ran believed that even with the differences, the events from the movies should still occur.
After all, events from the movies were already happening and continuing to unfold.
Just as Meng Ran was pondering this, Tony Stark was already standing in front of the microphone on the live news broadcast.
"Long time no see, everyone. I suppose I'll just read from the script this time."
Tony's opening line made the media in the audience chuckle. He was as humorous as ever.
"Some people suspect I was involved in last night's fight at the Stark Arc Reactor research center."
Tony had barely spoken a sentence from the prepared script when a reporter in the audience interrupted him and began to ask a question.
"Excuse me, Mr. Stark, do you really expect us to believe that it was one of your personal bodyguards, wearing armor, who just happened to be there?"
"And in fact..."
"I know it sounds a little far-fetched." Tony interrupted the female reporter and continued. "But questioning the official statement is one thing, and casually speculating, or hinting, that I'm a superhero is another."
The female reporter also challenged Tony directly, retorting, "I didn't say you were a superhero."
Tony raised an eyebrow and said, "Didn't say it? Well, that's great. Otherwise, it would be a bit of a fairy tale."
"It's pretty clear I'm not cut out to be a hero. I have a lot of character flaws, and I've made a lot of mistakes, most of which you all know about."
Hearing this, Colonel Rhodes, who was standing next to Tony, felt that the situation was a little bad. He quickly leaned to Tony's ear and whispered, "Just read from the script, Tony."
Tony also immediately replied, "Okay, okay."
After whispering to Rhodes, Tony stood up straight again, stood in front of the microphone, picked up the sticker in his hand, looked at the words on it, and then said aloud, "Actually, the truth is…"
Tony suddenly stopped speaking after saying half a sentence. He suddenly became determined, then put down the sticker in his hand, looked at the reporters below, and said loudly, "I am Iron Man."
The reporters below were instantly excited and stood up, rushing towards the stage.
The scene immediately became noisy, filled with all kinds of questions. The flashes of the cameras kept flashing with a click-click sound.
Meng Ran's family, who were watching the news in front of the TV, were also stunned.
Zhao Li and Meng Huo started discussing again, wondering how the world had come to this. Why weren't those entrepreneurs and capitalists focusing on making money, but instead getting into these things?
"It's just as I expected," Meng Ran thought to himself, though his expression remained unchanged, as all of this was within his expectations.
"It seems the movie's plot has begun to advance. The Battle of New York isn't far off, maybe two years at most. I need to prepare as soon as possible," Meng Ran thought, his eyes fixed on the television.
Night fell, and Meng Ran was still standing in the sky above the city, overlooking it.
In the blink of an eye, his form flickered rapidly as he sped away towards the distance.
Tonight, Meng Ran decided to find Tony Stark. His main objective was to use Venom to possess him and see what abilities he could gain.
Ever since Meng Ran started using Venom to possess others, his physical abilities had continuously improved, and Venom had also evolved with each possession.
The current Venom was no longer interested in ordinary people, and Meng Ran couldn't gain any more improvements from them.
Both of their current targets were extraordinary humans, whether they possessed exceptional intellect or extraordinary superpowers; these individuals were their targets.
As for why he wasn't currently possessing Liu Xiu, it was mainly because Meng Ran felt that Liu Xiu's abilities were just beginning to develop and had significant room for improvement.
If Meng Ran were to possess him now, he would only gain Liu Xiu's current level of ability, which would be a disadvantage for Meng Ran.
Meng Ran estimated that what he could gain from Tony would likely be extraordinary intellect.
To be honest, for a long time after obtaining the Venom system, apart from a significant boost in his intellect after possessing Peter, possessing others hadn't helped his intelligence much, only a slight or negligible increase.
Meng Ran had also carefully considered this issue. His final conclusion was that in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, he probably wouldn't gain much intellectual improvement from anyone other than those few brilliant minds.
The only characters Meng Ran knew well in his mind were Iron Man - Tony Stark, Hulk - Dr. Banner, Spider-Man - Peter Parker, Doctor Strange - Stephen Strange, and the first Ant-Man - Hank Pym.
These were all the highly intelligent people Meng Ran had found by searching his movie memories.
Actually, there's another person Meng Ran thinks has a very high IQ, and that's the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme. But the Ancient One is too mysterious, so Meng Ran felt it wasn't necessary to include her on the list.
Meng Ran teleported while riding the waves, and soon arrived outside Tony Stark's villa.
To prevent being discovered by Jarvis, he directly activated Ghost Stealth, and then teleported into Tony's home.
Meng Ran quickly arrived at Tony Stark's bedside. It seemed his trip to Afghanistan had changed him a lot; the current Iron Man was sleeping alone.
Meng Ran directly reached out his hand, hovering it over the sleeping Tony's head. Then, a liquid-like Venom flowed from his hand and seeped into Tony's body.
Venom quickly completed the possession. Now, the evolved Venom's possession speed was getting faster and faster, especially when the target wasn't that complex.
Because Tony didn't have any other special abilities besides his super-smart brain, the possession speed was also very fast.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new ability!"
"Obtaining Extraordinary Intellect!"
"Significantly enhances the host's intellect and mental strength."
Hearing the system's electronic voice in his mind, Meng Ran also thought to himself, "Just as I expected."
After possessing Tony Stark, Meng Ran did indeed gain a significant boost in intelligence, just as he had anticipated.
At that moment, Meng Ran suddenly sensed the arrival of others in the villa.
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