"The turmoil has begun!"
Artoria, who was developing in secret, looked at the satellite photos saturday had hacked into that day. On them, a giant green giant smashed a tank into a pulp with a single punch. Artoria's mouth twitched. The Hulk had already appeared; could Iron Man be far behind? She remembered that when Tony became Iron Man, he was in his thirties, the peak of a man's life.
"saturday, classify this matter as special encryption. Destroy it immediately if anyone attempts to intrude."
"Yes, master."
Rubbing her slightly aching head, Artoria was guarding against the artificial intelligence Zola. That fellow was no good. Although the Hydra doctor was dead, he had uploaded his personality and everything into a computer, becoming the Zola Algorithm. During the Civil War, this fellow played a crucial role.
This world was truly too difficult to handle. There were too many villains who were incredibly powerful, and it was hard to survive on just one thing. Fortunately, she had life-saving means. Recently, she had pulled some decent items from that unlucky pool: 'Chakra Cultivation Scroll', 'Craft Essence: Projection Magecraft', 'Magstorm: Slay', and finally,'Steel's Apology' etc. What surprised Artoria the most was that the power of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres seemed to be merging into her body, though not in particularly large amounts. Now, Artoria was at most only a bit stronger than an ordinary person.
"I still need to spend more money to increase my physical strength."
Artoria had a headache thinking about the situation. Although she had invested in the Sentry Serum, the success rate of this thing was simply too low, making it completely unreliable to use. Fortunately, many scientists had joined recently, all brought in by Artoria. This included Maya Hansen, the creator of the Extremis virus who once had a one-night stand with Tony and obtained a formula. She was also brought over by Artoria with a large sum of money. This female scientist's knowledge was definitely sufficient. Even with the incomplete formula Tony left behind, she could create an incomplete Extremis virus. Now, Artoria could say that she would definitely complete this virus perfectly.
"Maya, perhaps you could have a good chat with Dr. Connors; it might yield different results."
With the Curse of Knowledge, Artoria's learning ability was not much worse than Tony's, but she was lazy! Her attitude of not wanting to move if she didn't have to made her somewhat resistant to the hardworking scientists. Therefore, she let one scientist talk to another, as they would definitely have things in common. It just so happened that she also knew the famous 'The Lizard Doctor', so she could take Maya to chat with him.
"He's from a military doctor background, what could we possibly discuss?"
Maya looked at her little boss with dissatisfaction. She was just too lazy. She clearly had so many brilliant ideas, yet she didn't want to do anything herself and left everything to others. Her whole being exuded an air of'saltiness'. This was a far cry from the impression Maya had when she first met her. She had such an ethereal temperament, but how did she become like this after spending time together? However, she was also quite cute! Of course, Maya only dared to say such things in her heart.
"Don't look down on him. He definitely has talent in this area. I've seen his proposal; it's similar to your ideas, except you focused on plants while he focused on animals. Although the two equations are different, there are still merits to be shared."
The side effects were huge, potentially turning a person directly into a giant lizard, but Artoria couldn't say that out loud. The person in front of her was not much different from The Lizard Doctor; the half-finished Extremis virus directly turned people into repeating bombs. Compared to each other, they were about the same! Artoria muttered to herself.
"Well, alright then!"
In the end, Maya succumbed to Artoria's charms. Artoria had saturday make an appointment with 'The Lizard Doctor' Curt Connors, preparing to visit him with Maya for an academic exchange.
"I hope the results of you two don't turn into a major disaster."
Thinking of a giant lizard serum and a bomber virus combined, the image was so 'beautiful' that one didn't dare think about it. She hoped the Little Spider wouldn't be killed by this.
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