Aaron hadn't specifically tested it, but he had a general idea of his strength.
Once he got serious...
Ten seconds!
To be precise, less than ten seconds.
In that time, he could reduce the hundred-story-tall Osborn Industries building to ruins.
The speed of his punches had definitely broken the sound barrier.
Supersonic running combined with supersonic punches, and a strength of at least several thousand tons—
Even if an aircraft carrier were in front of him, he could turn it into a mess in the blink of an eye.
Conservatively speaking, he could destroy a U.S. aircraft carrier fleet within ten seconds.
Compared to his strength, the increase in his defensive power was actually the most significant.
Aaron inferred something from the feedback of the primal furnace.
The Iron Body he had previously obtained from Deadpool, although it involved adamantium, was not the original version but a modified one. Although it was adamantium, in terms of hardness, it seemed inferior to the Vibranium he had just acquired.
Keep in mind, purely in terms of hardness, Adamantium is the hardest among the many metals in Marvel.
He guessed that Deadpool's sword must be a type of Carbonadium alloy, which is one of the imitation products of adamantium. However, this thing possesses another characteristic: it can suppress Wolverine's Super Healing.
'So I'm a Wolverine killer now?' Aaron thought with a strange feeling.
Compared to mere physical defense, the energy absorption that followed was the main benefit.
Any attack landing on him would first have a portion of its kinetic energy and other energies absorbed before causing injury. The power is greatly reduced.
This is equivalent to damage reduction in some games.
An output-type meat shield?
'No, I want to be a hexagonal warrior.' Aaron thought ambitiously.
As for Water Control and Air Control, these were two more elemental powers.
Adding the previous Temperature Control, Ice Control, Lightning Control, and Electromagnetic Control, he had already mastered six special powers close to the essence of the Universe.
"Felicia."
"I'm here."
"Come with me to the lounge, I have a good treat for you to enjoy."
"Huh? Now? Boss, you have other arrangements this afternoon, and Miss Skye is still waiting for you."
"Important business comes first. If there's something to do, do it quickly."
Aaron raised his hand and immediately granted Felicia Super Flexibility.
The primal furnace has a characteristic: he only needs to smelt the same species once to permanently store its data.
As an existence above concept, even when granting abilities to others besides himself, he doesn't need to smelt the same material. He can directly generate it out of thin air, born from nothingness.
It has no effect on Aaron nor does it have any effect on the primal furnace. Theoretically speaking, it can mass-produce superhumans of a similar level of existence to Aaron.
It can even create "monsters," "alien bugs," and "mutated beasts."
For example, if the characteristics of a Hercules beetle are fully granted to someone, that person might gain specialized large pincers, a hard carapace, and immense strength ranging from several tons to tens of tons.
Or, by granting the characteristics of a tiger to someone, he can create Tiger-Man.
He can even grant partial characteristics of a snake to others, resulting in a mutated body, creating the half-human, half-snake "Medusa."
It can be said that the upper limit of the primal furnace depends on the upper limit of Aaron's imagination and the upper limit of the objects being smelted.
The more data recorded, the more special test subjects can be created by even fusing these characteristics and concepts.
Therefore, with a single thought, Aaron could become a behind-the-scenes villain, mass-producing various monsters and starting a great chaotic battle in the Marvel Universe.
However, being a behind-the-scenes villain in Marvel usually results in a miserable death.
Aaron currently just wants to get stronger while dating women.
To properly experience a different life.
Of course, if necessary, he wouldn't mind creating some monsters and manufacturing some "accidents."
In the Marvel Universe, it's quite normal for dozens of Crocodile Men, gorillas, or Shark Men to suddenly appear on the road, right?
Aaron was actually thinking about whether he should create a team specifically for handling certain shady missions.
A Monster Squad, a Mutated Beast Squad, an Alien Bug Squad.
And he could put on an alias to specifically command this team and then break into S.H.I.E.L.D., or wipe out hostile forces.
On the surface, he is a rising star of Osborn Industries who possesses certain extraordinary abilities.
Covertly, he is the nightmare that makes countless forces tremble in fear.
Expanding on this idea, he could mold his Aaron identity into an elemental superhuman specialist.
While the Nightmare identity could be molded into a close-quarters combat expert specializing in physical strength and weapons.
He could also give this identity a strange appearance, different from ordinary people.
Or perhaps, an exoskeleton battlesuit? A Symbiote? A costume?
Aaron thought briefly, shook his head, and temporarily set the idea aside, keeping it in his heart.
Now, important business comes first.
Some highly difficult moves can finally be successfully developed.
While Aaron and Felicia went to the lounge to enjoy their treat.
Inside an Advanced confidential laboratory, a place with no internet, no signal whatsoever, and guards layered outside the passage.
Skye was waiting boredly for Aaron to summon her. Her mind was still recalling everything she had just seen and heard.
Initially, the private transaction between Aaron and the Military big shots for the U.S.'s most advanced fighter jets made her extremely angry.
But later, after she saw the biological reagents developed by Osborn that were capable of changing human history and benefiting all of humanity, Skye fell silent.
Osborn Industries wasn't conducting some monstrous human experiment. Instead, they were about to complete a great project that could benefit all sentient beings—the newborn project.
Yes, this was the newborn project, meaning everyone had the possibility of a new beginning.
Skye was easily fooled, but that didn't mean she was actually an idiot.
This was completely different from what the Rising Tide had told her.
If she had broken through the firewall and obtained Osborn's secrets, would the Rising Tide seize this data for themselves?
Or sell it to others at a high price?
Isn't this just a simple business war?
Skye felt like something was about to sprout in her head.
The fire of anger from being deceived grew hotter and hotter in her heart.
Until...
Half an hour passed.
"Why hasn't Aaron come yet?" Skye scratched her head in frustration.
An hour passed.
"Didn't Felicia say she would come find me soon?"
Skye thought of Felicia, who always wore a faint smile, and figured they must have been delayed by something.
Three hours later.
She thought of the terrible-tempered Aaron, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Could it be that I... have been imprisoned?"
Skye thought of many things.
It was said that certain influential figures with unusual hobbies would specifically create special rooms to detain young girls for their amusement. Some even bought entire islands.
Could she have run into such a person?
Oh my god! No!
In a flash, the fourth hour passed.
Finally, the door opened.