Watching Jessica rush upstairs to share the good news with Nick, both Qin Li and Frank couldn't help but laugh helplessly.
At this moment, Frank suddenly said, "So, do you want to invite your almost-girlfriend?"
Qin Li waved his hand and replied, "Let's wait until the time is set. She just left, and if I suddenly show up now, she most likely won't come. I need to let her cool down a bit."
Frank clapped his hands and said, "As expected of you, really impressive!"
Qin Li gave Frank a roll of his eyes and stood up, about to go upstairs, when suddenly his phone rang. Irritated, he glanced at it and saw it was Tony Stark calling, so he answered.
"Tony? What's up?" Qin Li asked curiously.
"Li, I need your help. Come quickly," Tony Stark's urgent voice came through.
Without hesitation, Qin Li used a teleportation potion to appear beside Tony Stark. As his eyes scanned the chaotic basement, Qin Li angrily shouted at Tony, who was sitting on the floor, "Tony Stark! If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I'm posting your photos and videos from when you were trapped in the Mark 1 suit online. Let the world see how the great Iron Man got stuck in his own suit!"
"Hey, buddy, don't get so worked up. I just created a new element and wanted you to witness this miracle with me," Tony Stark struggled to get up and rested a hand on Qin Li's shoulder.
However, since Qin Li was much taller, Tony gave up and let his hand drop. "By the way, give me that magic juice, I didn't sleep last night and I'm exhausted."
Qin Li helplessly grabbed a bottle of glowing magic juice from his inventory and handed it to Tony Stark. Tony took it naturally and drank it. He then curiously asked, "Tony, don't you usually avoid taking things from others?"
After Tony Stark finished his sip and sighed in satisfaction, he said, "Aren't we friends? I just don't like taking things from strangers. Anyway, about that new element, I should also tell you about that last material you gave me."
Qin Li asked curiously, "What about it? How did you use it? What help do you need from me with the new element?"
Tony Stark put down the juice and said, "No, no, no, I don't need your help. This is a solo project of mine, a huge accomplishment. Though, you can watch if you want."
Qin Li nodded and said, "Well then, go ahead and show me, Mr. Stark."
Tony Stark picked up a pair of sunglasses from the side and handed one to Qin Li, saying, "Put these on, might be too bright for your eyes." Qin Li took them and put them on. Then Tony Stark placed a triangular rectangular block into a circular ring-like machine.
Tony Stark took a key, opened the machine, and as blue light began to pulse through the ring, it gradually formed a blue beam. Jarvis then warned, "Approaching maximum energy."
Tony Stark quickly moved to a valve-like mechanism, waiting for the blue light to shoot out and slice through everything in its path. With Tony's commands, the blue laser steadily aimed at the triangular block in the center.
After a few minutes, the triangle slowly changed color from gray to a bluish glow. Tony Stark kept the laser on for a full five minutes before it became too bright, and he finally shut off the machine.
Qin Li was stunned, looking at the triangle in front of him. It didn't match the colors from the movie. In the movie, it charged for only a few seconds and glowed in bright silver-blue, but this one seemed to have a dark blue with purple hues. What was going on here?
Tony Stark, seeing Qin Li's shocked expression, thought he was impressed by the new element and proudly said, "How do you like it? Looks pretty good, right? This is something beyond its time."
Still in disbelief, Qin Li nodded absentmindedly. Then, he suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, "Did you create this using the third material I gave you?"
Tony Stark looked at him in surprise, saying, "Li, you always figure things out. I guess your luck is pretty good."
Tony then pulled out another triangle, glowing in the blue-silver hue, and said, "This is the normal version."
Tony Stark then used tweezers to pick up the newly completed triangle and said, "This is the enhanced version." He placed both triangles into a prepared reactor shell, and as the machine hummed, both were secured in place. Tony Stark then shouted, "Jarvis! Compare them."
"Yes, Mr. Stark," Jarvis' voice replied. After a few moments, Jarvis continued, "Incredible, Mr. Stark. The energy storage of the reactor using Mr. Li's material is 3000 times that of the ordinary version."
Tony Stark was taken aback, then quickly asked, "What about stability? I don't want to die young and destroy everything around me."
"Very stable, and the energy output and intake are both incredibly stable. It seems almost as if it was designed to be the core of an arc reactor," Jarvis responded.
"Continue with other tests. If everything checks out, I might finally be able to swap out my palladium core and get rid of this poisoning problem," Tony Stark said excitedly.
Qin Li was still stunned by the blue-purple glowing arc reactor in front of him. He was so shocked that he didn't even respond to Tony Stark.
Seeing that Qin Li was in a daze, Tony waved his hand in front of his face. Qin Li snapped back to attention and asked, "What? Did you just say something?"
"I said, now let's check out the third material's function," Tony Stark said, looking at Qin Li with suspicion. He felt like something was off with Qin Li today.
"Oh, right. Let's go. I'm curious to see what's going on," Qin Li quickly said.
Seeing Qin Li respond, Tony didn't think much of it, and led him to the adjacent lab. As they walked, Tony continued, "I only discovered the effect of the third material by accident. While it easily blended into the other materials, it didn't increase any strength or reduce impurities."
Once they reached the lab's workbench, Tony continued, "But it's strange, almost like an intangible substance. You'll see soon enough with my experiment."