Chapter: 169

"It feels great!"

After raising the temperature of my right fist to 3000 degrees Celsius, the thick steel plate that couldn't be pierced by my enhanced strength and the support of nanobots, surprisingly, was easily penetrated by this punch, as if a hot knife effortlessly cut through butter, leaving a fist-sized hole in the middle of the steel plate.

Mark, who had never experienced this before, couldn't help but shout and express his inner excitement.

Today, he finally understood why his father liked to put on his battle armor and personally take the field. Even the calmest man has a passionate side. This kind of intense and thrilling experience truly had extraordinary allure.

However, Mark would continue to be cautious in the future. As someone who had already been reborn once, he didn't want to experience the despair of death again.

However, after the experiment ended, Mark, who was initially very satisfied with the results of this Extremis transformation, suddenly frowned as if he encountered a problem.

It turned out that just a moment ago, Mark received a report from Baymax.

Although the transformation was very successful, and various body data and indicators showed excellent results, there seemed to be an issue when Mark conducted the high-temperature test by raising the temperature of his right fist to 3000 degrees Celsius.

The nanobots that were originally housed in the tissues of his right fist experienced a collective malfunction.

Almost all of them lost their original functions, and all the preset modules suffered varying degrees of damage, rendering them unable to activate. Baymax discovered this problem because it found that this group of nanobots had disconnected from the intelligent network in the laboratory.

"I suppose some of the circuits melted due to the high temperature, causing the malfunction. After all, I didn't consider such a situation when I designed it, and the melting point of the carbide material is only a little over 2000 degrees Celsius, so it definitely can't withstand such high temperatures," Mark speculated with a frown.

Although he was quite confident in this conjecture, Mark controlled the other nanobots in his body that still had intact functions to extract the faulty individuals and placed them on the control device for Pym Particles to be magnified and restored.

As soon as they were magnified, Mark noticed obvious burn marks on the previously smooth carbide material casing. Now, the cause of the malfunction was basically confirmed.

After completely disassembling the body, Mark further confirmed his speculation. Most of the circuits had melted under high temperature, and many functional modules had deformed and transformed beyond recognition. Mark himself could barely recognize them.

Now, it seemed that before proceeding with the next stage of research, Mark needed to perform a transformation and upgrade on the nanobots inside his body.

First and foremost, it was essential to add a heat-resistant coating to protect the internal and external components of the nanobots, enabling them to function normally even when exposed to high temperatures inside Mark's body."

And as for the preferred material for this heat-resistant coating, Mark has already made up his mind. The naturally successful choice is the tetra-tantalum pentacarbide hafnium, which was very effective in restraining Kilian at that time.

With a melting point exceeding 4000 degrees Celsius, combined with Mark's heat insulation structural design, it is sufficient to withstand the ultra-high temperatures emitted when he exerts his full power.

Secondly, Mark also wants to add a superconducting magnetic levitation module. With the functionality of this module, it can truly achieve self-suspended flight without external assistance.

Mark is now able to exert his combat power on land, and the nutrient solution stored in the nanobots can assist Mark in short-term underwater combat as well.

After loading the superconducting magnetic levitation module, it greatly increases Mark's operational range and reduces environmental limitations. This way, whether Mark is on land, sea, or air, he can fully leverage his advantages on any type of battlefield.

While Mark is enthusiastically carrying out the upgrade and transformation project of the nanobots, Baymax notifies him that Coulson is calling and wants to talk to him about something, forcing Mark to stop his work.

"What's the matter, Coulson? Has something happened with S.H.I.E.L.D? Or do you want to make a deal with me again? I do have quite a lot of good stuff on hand lately..."

On the other end of the phone, Coulson, who had remained silent after the call was connected, suddenly interrupted Mark and said, "Mark, listen to me—after I tell you this news, you must stay calm and not act impulsively."

"Alright, go ahead. I will control my emotions. Do you want me to put on the emotion controller?"

From Coulson's serious tone, Mark seemed to sense a hint of complexity. The emotion controller was developed by Mark to help Dr. Banner control his emotions after the Battle of New York.

Compared to the primitive version hastily modified with artificial white eyes, the remade version has more power, better effects, and higher durability. It also added a timing function. Dr. Banner can set the transformation time, and when the time is up, the controller will restart and suppress the inner anger of the Hulk, allowing Dr. Banner to return to normal.

"That won't be necessary. What I'm about to tell you is... Trevor Slattery has been rescued from prison by someone."

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