Marvel Shuttling the Heavens - Chapter 183
“Alright, I’m done talking! I’m accepting comments and question now!”
Tony sat back down on the sofa after he finished speaking, waiting for everyone to ask questions!
However, everyone fell silent. They all came from different backgrounds, so there’s no way to know what they were thinking!
“74% success rate? That means the failure rate is still 26%! That’s still a large number! Tony, can’t you improve it any more?”
Li Yue was the first to break the silence with a dissatisfied protest!
“Li Yue, do you think science is a negotiation? I’ll have to know that I and Bruce are the most talented scientist of the century, and we spent a year non-stop on the serum! That was how we could get this far!
“There’s no way to improve the success rate without some sort of breakthrough, but the time and resources needed for that would be unthinkable! Forget about two or three years, not even ten years would be enough for that!”
Tony replied indignantly. The improvement on the success rate was nothing less than miraculous. Do you need 100% success rate to be satisfied?
“Stark is right. The advancement of science requires continuous and gradual research and improvement! Even more so in biology.
“When I first saw this serum, I was shocked by its effect! It is hard to imagine how one could invent such a substance! A serum that can give someone superpower is absolutely incredible!
“Despite its low success rate, I admire the inventor of this serum. They were definitely on the top of their field!
“It took people like Stark and I, and the assistance of powerful Artificial Intelligence Jarvis, to even begin devising the complicated experiments to improve the serum, and we reached such magnificent result in just one year!
“This is already the limit of what we can do within the time we had! Continuing down this path would net us diminishing return. It isn’t worth it!
“26% failure rate might seem high, but with substances like this, it would be impossible to make it perfect. There will always be failures and side effects!
“Moreover, this serum wasn’t even supposed to exist in this world. Being able to improve it at all is a miracle!”
Banner voiced his agreement to Tony’s opinion. Other than Tony, he was the only one that knew how difficult creating this kind of serum was.
Without Jarvis’ help and Tony’s extremely comprehensive equipment, they would probably make no progress even after a hundred years! Of course, their genius talent was still the biggest factor!
“Alright, sorry, Tony. I just got a bit greedy! This success rate had actually exceeded my expectations!”
Li Yue realized that he was being greedy. To be able to improve the serum at all was a massive achievement by Tony and Banner! He didn’t want to be seen as ungrateful!
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“Well, all that being said, there are only seven dose of the serum! It would be enough for everyone here, but do note the significant failure rate.
“So, use it or not, it is up to you! But I don’t think you need to worry all that much about the consequences of failure. I and Bruce have managed to reduce the side effect as much as possible!
“Even if the serum fails, it would not result in complete genetic collapse. Instead, it would only make you sick for a while, and at worst it would just make you vomit and give you diarrhea!
“So, who wants to try the serum first? Anyone want to see if they can develop an unknown superpower?”
Seeing that nobody else asked any more question, Tony moved on and offered everyone a chance to try the superpower serum!
“I’ll definitely take that gamble!”
Of course, Li Yue was the first to speak. After all, using it on himself was the main reason that he had brought the serum. He wanted to see if it would strengthen his superpower. And he wasn’t afraid of any side effect: his evolution ability would take care of it!
He was able to survive in space, what could a little vial of serum do?
“Me too!”
Tony and the others obviously expected Li Yue to take the chance, but the next person that concurred surprised them!
“Why are all of you staring at me? I’m on the weaker end within the Justice League, so of course I want to take any chance to increase my strength! Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to handle dangerous situation with you!”
It was Captain America, Steve, who spoke almost right after Li Yue finished his sentences!
“Eh, it’s nothing. I was just a little surprised. Captain, shouldn’t you think this over? Or at least wait until I go through it before deciding!”
Li Yue kindly warned the Captain!
“No, it’s alright. Didn’t Stark say that even if the serum failed, I’d just get a bit sick? It’s not a big deal for me!”
The Captain denied Li Yue’s warning, indicating that the possible side effects were nothing for him!
“Haha, as expected of the brave Captain America!”
Tony smiled, expressing his admiration for the Captain!
Thinking of the side effects of the medicine, Tony could not help but recall the experiment he ran a few days ago.
The miserable little mouse was suffering worse fate than death! It tried to drag itself, but was unable to budge!
After days of experimentation, it was completely exhausted. Without the extremely concentrated feed that Tony and Bruce fed it, it would’ve died long ago!
Of course, that was the worst of the side effects, and the serum was no longer absolutely fatal. After all, even with all his personal flaws, Tony would never joke about his friends’ lives!
Therefore, he could guarantee that this medicine was absolutely safe. He only gathered everyone after he was sure of it!
“I want to try it too!”
Another voice interrupted Tony’s thought. He raised his face to find that it was Thor’s voice!
“Alright, just the three of us, then. Let’s look about the finer details so you can understand what you’re getting into!”
Nobody else spoke up after Thor for quite some time, so Tony decided that only the three would participate on the trial!
“C’mon, let’s go to the underground laboratory!”
Tony waved his and and signaled to the others to follow him as he led the way to the underground laboratory!
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At the same moment, in Nick Fury’s office at the SHIELD headquarter, Agent Hill was reporting something to Nick Fury!
“Director, do you remember the two superheroes who called themselves Starlight and Black Panther that suddenly appeared a year ago? Their surveillance detail just reported that they suddenly left the city they were in today!”
“Oh? Where are they going?”
Nick Fury was sitting on his desk, holding a cup of coffee in his hand. After listening to Hill’s report, he took a sip of coffee before asking Hill with a little curiosity!
“Director, before that, another urgent report had just arrived. The person we’ve been watching, Thor the God of Thunder, also suddenly flew away! Our monitoring agent can’t follow him!
The secret agent Hill continued to read the reports!
“Oh? Interesting, continue!”
A look of interest flashed in Nick Fury’s eyes. He took another sip of coffee!
“Moreover, at the same time, Captain America suddenly left the residence that SHIELD arranged for him.”
Hill continued to match his excitement!
“Where are they going? Wait, don’t tell me that it’s Stark’s villa!”
Nick Fury’s interest was no longer just “piqued.” He felt a bad omen as he put down his coffee and looked straight at Hill!
“Although I don’t want to say that, but unfortunately, your guess was right, Director!” Hill said helplessly!
“They actually know each other? Why didn’t we know about it! And why are they gathering together, are they having a party?”
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