When Li Yue reappeared, he was already on Earth, in the living room of Tony's villa.
"Mr. Li Yue, welcome!"
Jarvis's voice came, greeting Li Yue!
"Hi, Jarvis, what's Tony busy with?"
Li Yue said to Jarvis while waving his hand at the empty space in front of him. A sound like shattering glass came, and the space in front of Li Yue suddenly became like a broken mirror.
"Mr. Li Yue, Mr. Stark is in the underground lab. He instructed me to notify him immediately after you return! Please wait a moment!"
Li Yue placed the three-pointed, double-edged sword he was holding inside. He was still carrying that sword, he hadn't put it away!
After he finished these actions, Jarvis's voice came.
"Okay, I'll wait for him here!"
The three-pointed, double-edged sword could appear directly in his hand with a thought, so Li Yue wouldn't carry it with him. Taking such a weapon out would just make people stare at him like a monkey! It's good to keep it in the mirror dimension!
Then Li Yue waved his hand, closing the mirror dimension.
"Mr. Li Yue, Mr. Stark will be up shortly!"
...Li Yue didn't have to wait too long. Tony came rushing up from the underground lab!
"Hey, Li Yue, why haven't you been in touch these past two days?"
After Tony came up, he saw Li Yue sitting on the sofa, drinking a beverage and eating fruit.
He couldn't help but grab a can of soda from the fridge, sat opposite Li Yue, and started drinking.
For some reason, Tony found that in front of Li Yue, he seemed to become as casual as Li Yue, throwing all his wealthy upbringing, gentlemanly demeanor, and so on, to the back of his mind.
"Didn't I tell you when I left? I went to Asgard for a stroll!"
Li Yue answered Tony's question while stuffing fruit into his mouth.
"You have the nerve to say that! You ran off so fast, you didn't even wait for me to finish talking. I was actually quite curious about that Asgard place and wanted to go see it!"
Tony also picked up some fruit from the table and started eating it, complaining to Li Yue.
"Haha, let's not talk about that. What are you researching in the basement?"
Speaking of this, Li Yue felt a little embarrassed and could only change the subject.
"Of course, it's the nanotechnology you mentioned before. I'm putting all my energy into researching this technology now."
"Tell me the truth, did you see this nanotechnology from the future? Is it the armor technology developed by my future self, which you then copied?"
Tony didn't dwell on the Asgard matter but followed Li Yue's lead and started talking about the nanotechnology he was currently researching!
"Alright, what if it is!"
Li Yue knew he couldn't hide it from Tony, so he simply admitted it generously. It wasn't anything important anyway!
"I knew it! No wonder you always had reasonable suggestions when I was building the Iron Man armor, and you even made me build some Veronica system, which surprised me quite a bit! I even thought Veronica was your ex-girlfriend back then!"
"It wasn't until you came back last time and I saw that green monster that I understood. The F-HK series armor and the Veronica strategic support system you made me build were all to stop that green monster, right?"
...Tony said a lot of words in one breath, complaining about Li Yue's "deceptive" behavior.
Li Yue could only listen to Tony's complaints helplessly, remaining silent!
"Oh, tell me all the details about the nano-armor my future self developed, as compensation for deceiving me!"
Of course, Tony didn't blame Li Yue.
It was just a joke, but he still wanted to inquire about his future armor data to facilitate his current research.
Tony even started to like this feeling; he was plagiarizing his future self's ideas. His future self probably wouldn't come to his present self to demand royalties, right! Thinking of this, Tony found it somewhat amusing, and a smile involuntarily appeared on the corner of his mouth.
However, Tony didn't say this to Li Yue. If Li Yue knew Tony's current thoughts, he would definitely be unable to resist telling Tony: "That's not necessarily true..."
In the end, Li Yue still recounted all the details of the nano-armor Tony used in Avengers 3 to Tony, who nodded continuously and constantly praised his future self's wisdom.
"Haha, my future self is still so smart, truly the most genius scientist on Earth!"
Li Yue couldn't find a reason to refute Tony's self-congratulatory behavior.
"Alright, alright, you're the most genius, that's enough. I came to you for something serious this time; I need your help with something!"
"You're so awesome, a person who can come and go freely in the legendary realm of Asgard, a person who can freely know the future, what could you possibly need my help with?"
Tony was a little puzzled; what could Li Yue possibly need his help with!
"Forget it, don't mock me. I really do need your help."
"I need you to make me a smart butler like Jarvis, preferably portable, and with strong network intrusion capabilities! I wonder if you can make one?"
Li Yue expressed his idea. He felt that he really needed a smart butler like Jarvis now, and if it could be portable, that would be even better. And the only person Li Yue could find to make such a thing was Tony!
"Smart butler, portable, and able to intrude networks!"
Tony listened to Li Yue's words and fell into deep thought.
"A smart butler is easy; just copy Jarvis. Portability isn't difficult to solve either; it can be made into a wristwatch or phone. But the drawback is that it can't store a large amount of data!"
"The most difficult problem to solve is this network intrusion issue. Intrusion into ordinary systems is easy, but if it's a system like S.H.I.E.L.D.'s, it's impossible to succeed without a large number of servers supporting massive computations!"
Tony thought for a long time before slowly speaking.
"No need to intrude into the systems of large organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D., as long as it can intrude into some basic systems and modify data, that's fine!"
"Oh, in that case, it's very easy. I'll let you know in a few days when it's ready for you to pick up!"
Tony's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. He had thought Li Yue needed extremely powerful intrusion capabilities! It turned out to be just this, which was very easy for him, Tony!
"Okay, Tony, it's settled then! Thank you for your help! I won't bother you anymore. Remember to notify me when it's done!"
Upon hearing Tony say it was no problem, Li Yue couldn't help but stand up from the sofa and bid Tony farewell. He planned to go see Lois, whom he hadn't seen in days due to the Asgard matter.
"Oh, Tony, I hope you won't be constrained by your future self's thoughts. I hope you can become an even stronger Iron Man!"
"Alright, bye! Tony!"
After Li Yue finished speaking, he disappeared from Tony's sight. Of course, Li Yue didn't forget to take his sword.
"Constrained by my future self? Following my old path? Haha, I believe the future me you saw never got that kind of metal material!"
Tony listened to Li Yue's words, a faint smile on his lips, and the image of the pile of special metal fragments in the basement appeared in his mind!