Chapter 116: Results

Three months had passed in the blink of an eye, during which time Jack had not gone anywhere and had been taking care of the twins every day.

As Jack had expected, the Chaos Magic in Wanda's body was releasing faster and faster. Over three months, Jack absorbed three times of energy to keep the crystal from exploding.

However, he himself was not feeling well. The Chaos Magic could be said to be no less than that of the Infinity Stones, and suddenly absorbing so much Magic made him feel overwhelmed.

The main problem was that the speed at which his Infinity Stone's Energy absorbed Chaos Magic was too slow. The consumption could not keep up with the absorption, so more and more Chaos Magic was being produced.

Jack estimated that if there was more energy, he would have to find a place to vent to avoid another energy imbalance.

Since the Hulk project was also a failure, he would have to wait for Tony's research to progress before solving this danger in his body for good. He had taken a lot of the super soldier serum from the military and been exposed to gamma radiation for a long time, but he hadn't changed much.

Red Queen decided that it was mostly based on the person. If it were so easy to reproduce, Many Hulk would be walking around everywhere by now.

So, they could only hope for progress from Tony.

Jack had trusted in him at first, but on this day, three months later, Tony gave a heavy blow.

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10880 Malibu Point Dume area.

Stark Mansion.

"So? You... couldn't do it?"

Jack looked at the Growth Codex that Tony gave him and then looked up at Tony, who looked lost and didn't seem surprised by what was happening.

"...Yes."

Tony nodded and sighed, but he didn't want to admit it. "I've tried everything, including building a particle accelerator, but I can't figure out what this half-skull is. Also... you can't even scrape off some powder to study."

"I've been trying for three months... I give up."

Tony leaned back on the couch, filled with frustration.

He was a proud man, thinking of himself as the best of the best. He felt there was nothing he couldn't do, as long as he wanted to do it, he would definitely succeed. But reality hit him hard in the face, and he couldn't finish anything with this bone.

During these three months, he went from being confident to doubting himself, and the feeling of failure was suffocating.

"Ah~ I should have thought of that earlier."

Jack sighed and saw Tony looking depressed, so he comforted him, "Don't be disappointed. Do you know where this thing came from and what it's used for?"

"What does that matter?" Tony ask.

"It matters a lot."

Jack smiled and continued, "Don't doubt your intelligence, you are still one of the smartest people in the world, even in the universe. If you have enough time, I'm sure you could even travel through time and space. But this, you can't really figure it out right now."

"So, what is it exactly?"

Tony's mood got slightly better after Jack complimented him, but he was more interested in what this half-skull was.

"Well, as I told you, this half-skull has billions of genetic information. Once it's cracked, it can be used to create a very powerful race!"

"In another universe, this group once occupied most of the universe's territories. Although it collapsed like all other empires, its destruction was dramatic because they refused to leave their dying planet."

"Despite that, the remaining people of this empire, after being exposed to a yellow star's radiation, can fly, have bodies of steel, possess superhuman strength and enhanced hearing, and can do almost anything that a god can do ...and a lot more."

.....

Jack became becoming serious as he spoke, However, he didn't notice Tony's slowly strange expression.

"Wait, wait, wait..."

In the end, Tony couldn't help but interrupt him, looking at him with a thoughtful expression: "Are you sure you're not talking about Superman? Clark Kent?"

"Huh?!"

Jack, who was a bit disappointed by the interruption, was shocked when he heard this and looked at him with horror: "How do you know Superman?!"

"Uh... maybe because I used to be his fan."

Tony suppressed his desire to make fun of him and silently took out a comic book from under the coffee table and slapped it on the table in front of Jack.

"What the hell!"

Jack looked at the muscular man with his underwear outside on the cover of the comic book and suddenly remembered that there were DC comics in Marvel...

Feeling like he had made a mistake, Jack looked at Tony's expression, who was trying hard not to laugh, and couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and said, "I forgot to turn off the gas at home. Goodbye."

"HAHAHHAHAHAAHA"

It wasn't until he left that Tony burst out laughing.

"Um... Mr. Stark? Are you okay?"

A tall, slender woman with two folders in her hands walked in from the outside. She looked at Tony with some worry when she saw him alone laughing.

"Well... I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Miss Potts" Tony had to force himself not to laugh, though he had been caught off guard earlier. But now, he had returned to his former self, confident and energetic.

"Good to hear," Pepper breathed a sigh of relief, glancing at Tony before handing him the files. "These are two urgent documents about military purchases. Colonel Rhodes specifically asked me to bring them over so you can take a look."

"Ah, okay," Tony said, When work was mentioned, he would get serious immediately. He hated dealing with the company's affairs and shareholders. In the past, Obadiah handled all that while Tony focused on developing and introducing new weapons. But this is exactly why the weapons from Stark Industries got into the wrong hands.

Since he had gotten rid of Obadiah, all these responsibilities were now his, and the pressure he faced outside his research and development work was suffocating him.

Tony started to miss Obadiah for no reason and even thought about becoming CEO again.

"Mr. Stark?" Tony's thoughts were interrupted when his secretary called, and he sighed and took the files.

Maybe I should consider finding a professional manager.

He glanced at his secretary, Pepper, who had been working at Stark Industries for many years and was skilled in business management. Maybe...

This idea popped into Tony's mind.

.....

Meanwhile, Jack returned home disappointed. If Tony couldn't help, there was almost no one else who could.

This made Jack feel frustrated. Why were there so many rules on Salvaging things in the Pool? The Sentry Serum and the Growth Codex for examples.

Speaking of the salvage pool.

Jack remembered that three months had passed, which meant he could salvage three more times. Although he didn't hold out much hope, he still wanted to see if he could find anything good, something that could enhance his strength.

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