Spider-sense wasn't limited to detecting malicious intent.
As long as something had the potential to threaten Chu He—whether it had already happened or was about to happen—spider-sense would immediately trigger a warning.
A perfect example was the situation during the battle against Thanos. The moment Thanos's spaceship arrived near Earth, Spider-Man had sensed the danger almost instantly.
Even when Thanos snapped his fingers, Spider-Man had survived for a few seconds longer than most people because spider-sense warned him before the event fully unfolded.
Spider-sense.
Time stop.
Teleportation.
High-speed movement.
Disposable substitute bodies.
As Chu He reviewed his own ability set, he suddenly realized something surprising.
His strongest ability wasn't offense.
It was survival.
After completing the series of tests, Chu He finally answered Tony's earlier question.
"Very good," Chu He said calmly. "My physical strength increased about fifty times compared to before the enhancement. Spider-sense is still active. As for regeneration… the improvement is minimal, which makes sense. My regeneration ability was already stronger than Deadpool's."
Tony stroked his chin thoughtfully while analyzing the results.
"Wade experienced a ninety-fold increase, while you only got fifty times," Tony said slowly. "That suggests the stronger the subject is before injection, the weaker the proportional strengthening effect becomes."
"No kidding," Chu He replied while rolling his eyes. "If the serum boosted everyone by ninety times regardless of their starting strength, even idiots would rush to inject it."
After a short pause, Chu He continued.
"Since everything seems stable, why don't you inject yourself too?"
Tony clearly looked tempted.
The desire for power was an instinct shared by nearly every human being. Tony was no exception. Although the Iron Man armor gave him extraordinary defense, terrifying speed, and immense destructive capability, it was still just external equipment.
No matter how powerful it was, it wasn't truly his own strength.
Tony remained silent for a moment, weighing the idea.
In the end, he shook his head.
"Maybe later," Tony said. "Pepper and I just got married recently. If I suddenly gain superhuman strength… well, she might not survive it."
Tony rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.
"You know what I mean."
Chu He immediately raised his middle finger in response.
"Pathetic."
Then he added casually, "You could also give Pepper the evolutionary serum. That solves the problem."
Tony blinked.
"Actually, that might work."
"Also," Chu He continued, "I'll bring Wanda and Pietro over in a couple of days. You can prepare serum for them too."
Chu He had always taken care of the people close to him.
Pietro, in particular, urgently needed the enhancement.
At the moment, Pietro's biggest limitation was his physical body.
His thinking speed had already reached roughly three thousand five hundred times that of a normal human. However, his physical movement speed had been stuck at around one thousand times normal human speed.
His body simply couldn't keep up with his mind.
In fact, Pietro's physical condition hadn't even reached the maximum human limit yet. That meant the evolutionary serum would likely have an even stronger effect on him.
Chu He estimated Pietro might receive a hundred-fold enhancement, possibly even more.
Once that happened, Pietro's body would finally match his thought speed. His movement speed could increase dramatically, and the imbalance that had been limiting his potential would disappear completely.
His overall strength would experience a massive breakthrough.
Chu He understood Pietro better than most people.
Even though Pietro rarely said anything out loud, watching Wanda's abilities grow stronger every day had clearly made him anxious. Recently, Pietro had even started voluntarily completing Chu He's training assignments instead of being forced to do them.
If this continued much longer, Chu He suspected Pietro might start losing his hair from stress.
That absolutely couldn't be allowed to happen.
"Alright," Tony said with a nod. "When the two of them arrive, let me know. But when they receive the injections, you should probably stay nearby just in case something goes wrong."
Chu He raised an eyebrow.
"You really think that's necessary?"
Tony nodded.
Then he rubbed his forehead with a slightly troubled expression.
"As for Pepper… I'll have to talk to her first. She's always been pretty resistant to things like this."
Chu He smiled faintly.
"Tell her the evolutionary serum has powerful anti-aging and beauty effects," he suggested. "No woman can resist those two benefits."
Tony's eyes immediately lit up.
"That's actually a brilliant idea."
After a moment, Chu He spoke again.
"Tony, there's something else."
"What is it?"
Chu He's expression became more serious.
"All research data related to the evolutionary serum needs to be compiled into a single document and given to me," Chu He said. "After that, destroy every other record. No archives."
Tony nodded immediately.
"Understood."
He knew exactly what Chu He was worried about. If the existence of the evolutionary serum ever leaked to the outside world, it would cause unimaginable chaos.
After thinking for a moment, Tony added another concern.
"What about Maya Hansen, Dr. Connors, and Killian?" Tony asked. "Their main research projects are unrelated, but they've still been helping with the serum development. We can make sure they don't leak information, but we can't stop them from researching it on their own."
Tony's concern wasn't unreasonable.
Even if they didn't reveal the data to anyone else, there was nothing preventing them from continuing the research privately.
If they managed to recreate the serum independently, the consequences could be disastrous.
Chu He couldn't guarantee that Killian wouldn't attempt further research.
The same applied to Maya Hansen and Dr. Connors.
And as long as research continued, there was always the possibility of information leaks. Chu He couldn't stay in the lab twenty-four hours a day. At some point a new researcher might appear—possibly even a spy planted by some powerful organization.
If the serum formula spread, the situation could spiral completely out of control.
"So you didn't notice that none of them showed up today?" Chu He said with a smile.
Tony paused.
Only now did he realize something strange. Ever since Chu He arrived, Maya Hansen, Dr. Connors, and Killian hadn't appeared even once.
"You didn't… dispose of them, did you?" Tony asked cautiously.
Chu He rolled his eyes.
"Do I look like a bloodthirsty maniac?"
Tony hesitated.
Chu He continued calmly.
"I just gave them a vacation. Before they left, I used a little spell on each of them."
Tony immediately became curious.
"What spell?"
"Obliviate," Chu He said with a grin. "Want to try it yourself?"
The spell had erased all memories related to the evolutionary serum from their minds.
At the same time, Chu He had implanted false memories. In those memories, the research project they had been assisting with was actually focused on developing a serum capable of regenerating severed limbs.
That solution eliminated the risk completely.
"No!" Tony said immediately.
Just hearing the name of the spell made it sound extremely unfriendly.
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