Chapter 156

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What about Nick Fury?

On the contrary, it was with the help of J.A.R.V.I.S., the super AI, that S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to deal the greatest blow to Hydra.

Even ultimately, it was able to expose Pierce as the final boss and perfect the reverse infiltration plan.

Throughout the process, if Hydra truly had an AI comparable to J.A.R.V.I.S., then why didn't they protect Hydra's online secrets?

Why did they allow Tony Stark, or rather J.A.R.V.I.S., to run rampant?

What benefit could this possibly serve Hydra?

It's utterly nonsensical!

Therefore, Nick Fury speculated that though Zola was powerful, Hydra couldn't freely utilize him.

Or perhaps there was another possibility.

Hydra probably didn't dare to hand over their online systems to Zola for him to access.

After all, once Zola truly went online, it wouldn't be Pierce controlling Hydra, but Zola!

Putting oneself in their shoes, if one were Pierce, to maintain firm control of Hydra, one would also not dare take such a risk.

So, although Zola is formidable, it's very likely he was sidelined within Hydra.

Of course, all of this is merely Nick Fury's conjecture.

As of now, one cannot draw a definite conclusion.

Yet, Hydra being unable to freely use Zola is almost certainly a fact.

"Zola is seriously underrated; he's on the same level as Mr. Fantastic and Tony Stark."

"In the 1940s, he could create robot armies and made significant contributions to XTL."

"Of course, his main accomplishment is undoubtedly the mind transfer technology—he truly achieved immortality."

"Not only that, but the Zola of Universe 616 even created a dimensional space called 'Z-Dimension'!"

"Creating dimensions – from that perspective, calling Zola a 'Dimensional Demon' isn't too far-fetched."

"Even Captain America was imprisoned in the Z-Dimension for a long time."

"Is Zhou Cheng overvaluing Zola?" Tony Stark couldn't help but sneer and voice his criticism.

However, if someone were to see Iron Man's expression, they would know Tony was just being stubborn.

Deep down, Tony actually acknowledged Zola's genius.

Of course, only in the capacity of a scientist.

After all, anyone who could transfer their consciousness to a hard drive was a pioneer!

Even someone as proud as Tony had to give high praise.

That Zola was indeed formidable.

Inversely, the diary owner Zhou Cheng, whom Tony still didn't understand what achievements Mr. Fantastic had made compared to himself.

As for Zola?

Aside from mind transfer, even in the 1940s, he could build robot armies.

Even if Tony despised Zola's ideology, he couldn't ignore his talent.

Regarding Zhou Cheng's comments about Zola being on his level, Tony reluctantly agreed!

Nonetheless, never would Tony have imagined Zola capable of creating a dimensional space!

Creating a space – this was aberrantly excessive!

Even among the many superheroes leaked in the diary, it seemed only eternal creators like the Celestials could possibly do that, but no one else?

Even for the Celestials, Tony could only infer the possibility from the word "creation"!

But whether the Celestials could indeed create dimensions, Iron Man couldn't be sure.

Yet, Zola did it.

One has to admit, it's astoundingly impressive.

Diary owner Zhou Cheng also highly praised Zola, comparing him to a "Dimensional Demon".

You know what a Dimensional Demon is?

Although the diary didn't provide a specific explanation, beings like Dormammu could devour worlds!

And Arnim Zola?

He was just a mere mortal!

Such high praise was unprecedented even by Zhou Cheng's standards.

Of course.

The diary also clarified that this god-like Zola was the one from Universe 616, not 199999.

Since it's about parallel universes, situations in all universes are not much different.

This Zola could still serve as an important reference.

If he could achieve such feats, then the Zola in their own universe also had such potential!

An extremely dangerous individual!

In just an instant, Tony labeled Zola as one of the most dangerous people he had encountered.

If Zola truly created a dimensional space, then it wasn't just imprisoning Captain America; anyone could be incarcerated!

Such a threat was not to be ignored.

Tony made up his mind about this.

"Wait a second, I have an ingenious idea!"

"If Zola's mind transfer technology were combined with Dr. Zhao's Cradle regeneration technology, wouldn't that mean achieving true immortality?"

"Mind transfer preserves the soul, while the Cradle creates perfect mechanical lifeforms, and creating a real body wouldn't be a problem."

"It seems I've inadvertently grasped the secret to eternal life!"

"I just don't know if Dr. Zhao has mastered the Cradle technology at this time; it would be a seismic shock to modern medicine."

"Organ and tissue regeneration – perfect regeneration, recognized by the body as its own. It's revolutionary!"

"For someone like Lu Dan, this is great news; in twenty minutes, he could regain a fully functional set of eyes!"

True immortality?

What grand ambition!

That was the first thought that crossed Tony Stark's mind.

Even though the diary had spoiled many shocking facts, many of which had been verified.

Yet at this moment, Iron Man felt Zhou Cheng was exaggerating.

As a top scientist, he was well aware of what immortality stood for.

The natural law of life and death is unbreakable.

Even an entity like the All-Father Odin couldn't avoid an eventual demise, could he?

Zhou Cheng dares to speak wildly about immortality?

Is he relying on Arnim Zola's mind transfer technology and that so-called regeneration cradle technology?

Although the notebook mentioned the regeneration cradle for the first time, with Tony Stark's expertise, he could instantly infer something about it.

A "regeneration" cradle, no doubt, is a technology capable of regenerating cells and tissues.

And why do human bodies age?

Isn't it because the cells that make up every biological tissue grow old?

Thus, could this regeneration cradle technology enable continuous cellular regeneration, thereby halting the aging process?

Or does it mean the direct regeneration of an entirely new body?

Combined with mind transfer technology, the latter seems to be a more significant possibility.

But, considering the level of human medical and biological technology, can it truly reach this extent?

This seems like a fanciful dream!

Yet, when Tony's gaze lifted from the notebook and found a definite answer, Iron Man was utterly astonished.

It actually works!

The regeneration cradle can truly regenerate a human body.

This Dr. Zhao is way too extraordinary.

This completely breaks through the limits of biology.

The notebook was right; if this technology were to become public, it would send shockwaves through modern medicine.

However, there's another issue.

Even if Dr. Zhao's regeneration cradle can recreate a body, can Zola's mind transfer technology transfer consciousness onto a biological entity?

After all, biological entities don't have a hard drive.

There's no way to store programs.

Could it be that Zola's mind transfer has reached the capability to store within a biological entity?

That seems impossible!

In theory, it just doesn't work.

Wait a minute, maybe it's not impossible.

The notebook did mention that the regeneration cradle could create mechanical life forms.

The term "mechanical life form" is also newly introduced in the notebook, but it's not too difficult to comprehend.

Isn't it just a mechanical body with life, like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and the other Autobots?

Although Tony has no idea what kind of mechanical life form the regeneration cradle creates, since they are "mechanical," theoretically, there's indeed a possibility for storage and program execution.

Gulp!

Thinking this, Tony couldn't help but swallow his saliva hard.

It seems that Zhou Cheng's fanciful method of immortality might actually be possible?

This is too shocking, isn't it?

The allure of immortality, who could resist?

Even Tony Stark!

So, who exactly is this Dr. Zhao, who has such god-like and terrifying technology?

Judging from the name, Dr. Zhao is undoubtedly an Asian scientist.

It's pretty rare for Asians to have such a genius, isn't it?

Well, indeed there is! Dr. Helen Cho, isn't it?

Although Tony hasn't been in contact with Helen Cho for quite some time, her knowledge, intelligence, and talent had long been recognized by him.

"Wait a minute, Helen Cho!"

Suddenly, Tony thought of something and was completely stunned.

He clearly remembers that Helen Cho's research was in cellular regeneration.

Could it be that the Dr. Zhao mentioned in the notebook is Helen Cho?

Is it such a coincidence?

"Twenty minutes to have a fully functional eye?"

Fury, in front of another notebook, suddenly felt unsettled.

The feeling of excitement!

Despite Fury usually looking cool with an eye patch, adding a bit of ferocity and deterrence to his aura,

who would choose to live with one blind eye if they had the option?

But modern medical methods are far from capable. At best, they could only transplant a cornea.

But Fury's eyes?

Ruined by the swipe of a big orange cat's paw, not just breaking the cornea but also wasting the eyeball.

Hopeless!

Yet Dr. Zhao's regeneration cradle could perfectly regenerate an eye, even within twenty minutes?

Unbelievable, amazing!

Fury couldn't help but mentally give a thumbs up for this technology.

Meanwhile, he also quietly resolved to identify Dr. Zhao's identity as soon as possible.

Whether from a personal standpoint or SHIELD's, finding such a genius is quite necessary.

[Speaking of Fury's eye, haha, perhaps no one knows how he went blind?

There seems to be a rumor in SHIELD that during the Kree's search for the light-speed engine, the Tesseract, they encountered resistance.

But as Nick Fury refused to divulge information, the Kree left Fury blinded.

What a steadfast man!

I bet many are sincerely impressed by Fury.

But, in reality, this is all nonsense!

Fury's blindness has nothing to do with the Kree; it was caused by a cat!]

"How did the boss lose his eye?"

Black Widow's interest was thoroughly piqued.

In fact, within SHIELD, many were curious about the boss's eye.

Natasha even discussed various theories privately with close colleagues like Barton.

Rumors like "injured in battle with aliens" were indeed among them.

But Black Widow never took them seriously.

Why? Because there were too many versions of the story, each with convincing details as if there were eyewitnesses to the event.

Thus, "how the Director went blind" became one of SHIELD's top unsolved mysteries.

And now this notebook is revealing the truth?

Black Widow rubbed her hands together, excitement and curiosity bubbling within her.

How exactly did her boss lose his eye?

What?

Blinded by a cat?

The next moment.

Black Widow's face involuntarily began to twitch uncontrollably, her eyes nearly popping out.

It can't be a mistake, can it?

The king of spies, Nick Fury, was blinded by a cat?

A cat!

That's too preposterous!

The king of agents blinded by a cat, this feels like a joke.

So, is this the reason why Director Fury never mentioned the incident?

But yes, it indeed is a great humiliation, an indelible stain.