IMUC-CHAPTER 118: SUBVERTING HOWARD’S PERSPECTIVES

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Regarding the extraction of Item Cards, the extraction process was much faster than Ability Cards, but at the same time, the conditions for being Extractable were more stringent.

For example, sand, shredded paper, rocks… all these items couldn't be extracted.

However, a box of sand containing gold dust, paper with artistic design sketches, or rocks masterfully carved and processed could be included in the category of Item Card extraction. Here, the value of the item was taken into consideration.

Out-of-control fighter jets, severely damaged firearms, unstable energy sources, imminent detonating hand grenades, and other special items also couldn't be extracted.

Furthermore, the item had to be something that didn't belong to someone else; this was the primary condition for item extraction!

"Hurry up."

Under Kyle's urging, Howard, who had been hesitant, made up his mind. He swiftly undid his seatbelt and moved from the pilot's seat to the co-pilot's seat.

However, the card message didn't change; it was still in a Non-Extractable state.

"Still not working?" Kyle pondered, then walked forward and directly turned off the helicopter's engines.

The helicopter's slight humming vibrations ceased, and it started gliding down. Howard's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly grabbed onto the interior of the aircraft.

"There we go." Kyle smiled. In his eyes, the [Modified Helicopter], a Rare Green Quality Item, changed from Non-Extractable to Extractable state.

"What's going on…" Howard was still bewildered. Only three seconds later, the helicopter vanished into thin air, leaving both of them falling from several hundred meters in the sky, straight toward the vast ocean.

"My goodness, Kyle, what did you do to the helicopter— why did it disappear?"

Howard was bewildered, and as they free-fell, the wind blew off his gentleman's hat, and his small mustache was blown askew. He could only helplessly spread his limbs to form a "T" shape and accelerate toward the surface of the sea.

This phenomenon, which couldn't be explained by science at all, left his brain in turmoil. Moreover, the perilous situation made it impossible for Howard to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor as he let out a scream.

"Calm down, you're with me, what are you afraid of?" Besides the screaming Howard, Kyle also fell but with a composed look on his face. "If you are to follow me then it's time to discard your old perspectives and beliefs about the world."

"I'm going to take you out of the confines of Earth's current limitations and overturn everything!"

As he spoke, the two were approaching the sea surface. Kyle suddenly reached out and grabbed Howard's suit jacket, and his hidden red wings extended from behind him.

Kyle carried Howard's body, using Venom's gliding ability to decelerate and hover in the air. When they were about five meters above the sea surface, he took out an Item Card and threw it down, transforming it into a modern speedboat.

Kyle slowly landed on the deck, steadying himself and releasing his grip on Howard. Howard's legs were weak as he grasped the railings of the speedboat, breathing heavily.

After a while, Howard calmed himself down. Still finding it hard to believe, he stared at Kyle and asked, "H-how did you do that just now?"

"That's one of my abilities. I can store items in another space and retrieve them whenever I want," Kyle explained without hiding anything.

With a wave of his hand, several Item Cards fell on the speedboat's deck and materialized into a sun lounger, a beach umbrella, a round table, a bottle of red wine…

"This is hardly scientific." Watching this magical scene, Howard couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Kyle on the other hand sat down on the sun lounger, poured himself half a glass of wine, and said, "I never said it was scientific. In fact, there are many things in this world that science can't explain. In the future, you might see Gods flying in the sky, magic that takes your soul away, or even traveling across the universe and back in time." Kyle shrugged, and his actions weren't meant to show off but to help Howard break free from the outdated ideological framework of this era.

Howard was currently one of the world's top-edge engineers, and his ideas were already ahead of their time. But in Kyle's eyes, the technological level and rigid beliefs of the old era were holding back this noble soul burdened by knowledge.

Howard was half a century ahead of everyone in this era, he mastered anti-gravity technology and researched the Tesseract to derive a new element configuration, and these were just some of the things he did…

Talents in technology like this were certainly not much inferior to the future Iron Man, Tony Stark. The only difference between them was being born in the wrong era.

Kyle wanted to help Howard, to subvert and break free from the confines of the old era's beliefs, and become the greatest support for providing advanced high technology!

"This is for you." After taking a sip to calm his nerves, Howard poured another glass for Kyle and looked at him seriously. "Kyle, to be honest, are you an alien or some kind of a God?"

"I am, of course, a human beyond ordinary humans." Kyle chuckled, raising his own glass and taking a sip of the red wine. He spoke with a meaningful tone, "But as for the future, who knows? I might become a God, standing above all other Gods. Do you believe that?"

"I believe it. You keep creating miracles and shattering people's imaginations. Your perspective and ideas always surprise me. If there are indeed Gods in this world then I'm sure they would be equally astonished by you," Howard laughed as he spoke.

"Howard Stark," Kyle looked directly into Howard's eyes and got straight to the point, "I can grant you an exceptionally long lifespan, with the family's power protecting you from harm throughout your life. I can let you see the city of the future, the sights of Earth in the next century, and the technological wonders of the Alien universe."

"It sounds like a temptation from a fairy tale, coming from a demon," Howard pondered, calmly asking, "What price do I have to pay?"

Kyle smiled and said something that made Howard uneasy, "You don't have to pay anything!"

"Why?" Howard frowned.

"Because the path I am taking is lonely and long. I don't quite like using means to gain followers. If you can use scientific resources to walk alongside me, that would be enough to make me feel content," Kyle shrugged, sounding uninterested.

Howard was one of the few people in this world whom Kyle could truly treat as a friend. He had no intention of forcibly removing him or doing anything that would threaten this friendship.

Upon hearing this, Howard shivered, understanding the emotions behind it. "Kyle, I misspoke earlier. It was an occupational hazard, where I care too much about gains and losses."

"If you can truly do all those things, then the Stark Industries under my name is yours. I don't mind paying any price. As long as it allows me to keep researching new scientific products and exploring the truths of science, that's enough!"

This was Howard's sincere statement as a scientific enthusiast, as well as the lifelong dream of every scientist— to constantly dig deeper and seek the truths of the world's science!

(End of this chapter)

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