Chapter: 149

As two research fanatics, once they immerse themselves in their own world, if there are no outsiders bothering them, no one would know how long they will persist in such a crazy state.

Especially for Mark, after injecting nanobots, he no longer feels the need to eat or excrete every day. He only needs to periodically replenish the energy and nutrient solution of the nanobots in his body to work tirelessly while maintaining his physical health.

Tony is no different. After establishing the Damage Control Corporation, Stark Industries' business has become increasingly busy. In addition to the successful development of clean energy projects and the business collaborations brought by Tony's personal influence, Pepper, as the company's CEO, hasn't had a chance to spend time alone with Tony for a long time.

This has also led Tony to live a life of working tirelessly. He only habitually takes repairs of his body and allows his mind to rest through the nutrient hibernation pod between 9 and 10 p.m. every night to ensure his own health.

Because only by maintaining good physical health can they efficiently overcome the upcoming challenges.

Even the shrapnel that Mark helped Tony remove from his chest is still placed on the corner of the experimental table, untouched. Not to mention making it into a necklace to give to Pepper. It seems Mark was too optimistic about the progress of their relationship.

The two of them have devoted all their time and energy to their respective research. Time has passed quickly, and it is now November 2012.

In November, most parts of the country have already entered the cold winter season. However, the swirling snowflakes and piercing cold cannot dampen people's enthusiasm.

Whether it's the past Halloween, the upcoming Thanksgiving, or the Christmas just around the corner, this winter is destined to be filled with joyous atmosphere despite the cold and freezing temperatures.

Originally, all of this had nothing to do with Mark because he didn't like these peculiar holidays and didn't have such habits. Apart from having a family dinner with Tony during Christmas to strengthen family bonds, it could be said that joy belonged to others during these holidays, and only research was his true love.

But today, with three days left until the last Thursday of November, Mark was urgently summoned by the senior management of his own company and reluctantly left the laboratory to go to the conference room.

In the conference room, Mark, sitting in the main seat, had an unusually serious expression. Even his secretary assistant, who was half a meter behind him, could sense the anger he was suppressing in his heart and the cold aura emanating from him.

Before leaving the laboratory, Mark had already learned about the urgent situation that required his intervention. This was also the reason why he was so angry at the moment.

A team within his company responsible for charity projects had recently planned to provide warmth to the stationed troops across the country before Thanksgiving. They intended to offer a free repair treatment in a body repair pod to every soldier stationed there to heal the hidden injuries they had sustained during their daily training and combat.

Today, when the project team had everything prepared and set off with a whole convoy to the first planned military base, they encountered a major setback—they were suddenly attacked by terrorists.

This unexpected attack not only resulted in the looting of the body repair pods and repair fluid they brought with them, but also caused the loss of lives of all the team members and soldiers stationed at the base.

According to the information received, there was no evidence left at the scene. The only thing remaining was the explosion site, which experienced a temperature exceeding 3000 degrees Celsius. Even the bomb casings were nowhere to be found.

Whether it was the remains of the deceased or their belongings, everything had turned into unrecognizable charred remains, scattered by the chilly November winds.

However, Mark no longer needed to dwell on who the culprit was because a guy named Mandarin soon made an announcement to the entire nation through satellite TV and cable television, boasting about his actions.

"I didn't expect that I hadn't found you yet, but you came to provoke me first!" Mark already knew the truth of the matter and knew who was behind it all.

The so-called leader of the Ten Rings on TV, Mandarin, was actually a washed-up actor named Trevor Slattery, serving as a puppet behind the scenes for the mastermind, Aldrich Killian, who orchestrated the terrorist activities.

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The terrorist activities orchestrated by this puppet had started on January 11, 2012. However, what Mark didn't expect was that due to his busy research projects and temporary negligence towards the villain, the dire consequences eventually fell upon him.

What made Mark angry was not the loss of property. For those body repair pods and repair fluid, losing them meant losing them. Mark was confident that the core technology couldn't be cracked by the other side.

However, he couldn't remain indifferent to the employees who lost their lives as a result. The development of Mark's research center so far had relied on these talented and capable members of the company. They were not only the company's most valuable assets but also like family and friends to Mark.

Not to mention their irreplaceable roles as parents, partners, and guardians outside of the company.

Now, although Mark was still sitting in his office, listening to the reports from the company's top executives and providing them with decisions to deal with this unexpected event, deep inside, he was already contemplating how to exact his revenge.

"A.I.M and Killian, get ready for your reckoning. I want to see if you can really turn into the undying!"

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