New Elements

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After Coulson left, Tony Stark looked through the information for a day but made no progress.

"Alex, let's go to the company to see Pepper. I have something to tell her," Tony said.

Alex thought to himself, "It's finally here."

Tony drove, and Alex sat comfortably in the passenger seat. Since he gained three times the power of the Hulk, he rarely rode in cars. The sports car that he admired very much in his previous life did not excite him now.

At a roadside fruit stand, Tony stopped and bought two boxes of strawberries. Without paying, he took off his watch and handed it to the fruit farmer. The fruit farmer was overjoyed and took the watch. Even if it's a fake, it's still worth much more than two boxes of strawberries. What's more, the big celebrity in front of him is Tony Stark, often seen on TV.

When they arrived at the company, Tony, who had come with sadness to explain some final arrangements, faced an unexpected reaction from Pepper.

"Pepper, I brought you some fruit."

When she saw Tony coming over with strawberries, she said angrily, "Do you know that among so many fruits, the only one I am allergic to is strawberries? You are always so self-centered and never consider others' feelings."

Tony felt very guilty and said nothing. It was a critical moment between his life and death, but he didn't expect that the one he cared about the most and couldn't let go of was Pepper. He originally wanted to buy a box of fruit to show his love, but he didn't even know what she liked to eat. It seems he really thought too little about Pepper.

Alex handed over a box of kiwi fruits and said, "I ate the strawberries. Tony bought them for you."

"Really?" Pepper didn't believe it.

"Look, I've eaten most of the box of strawberries. If Tony bought them for you, would he let me eat them?" Alex said.

Tony glanced at Alex strangely. He could not understand Alex more and more. This man always seemed to help him when he had problems. He even knows what Pepper eats and doesn't eat. Does he know everything?

"Pepper, don't you understand Tony's character? How dare he do such a heart-warming thing? I wanted to do it but couldn't let go. He insisted on dragging me here as a shield and didn't consider my feelings."

These few words dispelled the doubts in Pepper's heart, turning her anger into joy. Her heart suddenly felt sweet. The man she had always admired finally expressed his love for her, making her silent dedication and waiting over the years worthwhile.

Tony glanced sideways at Alex. Alex was too awesome; no wonder he defeated Natasha with just a few words last time. Who is the playboy here? No, he knows Pepper too well. I can't let him steal my woman. So, Tony rudely kicked Alex out and left Pepper alone.

Alex didn't know what they talked about, but after a while, Pepper went to work on company affairs with a red face. Since the big bald Stane was killed, someone had to take care of the company's affairs. Tony almost never came to take care of the company, leaving Pepper extremely busy.

Seeing Pepper's expression as she walked out, Alex knew it and asked, "Tony, you haven't told Pepper the truth yet, have you?"

Tony sighed, "I... don't know how to speak."

As a playboy used to being a bohemian, Tony could no longer express these heavy topics. Alex wondered if he should find an opportunity to help them again.

In the original plot, Tony walked around the office and finally brought the city model in the corner back to the laboratory, where he discovered a new element. This was the legacy left to him by his father.

Alex looked at Tony sitting listlessly on his office chair, with no intention of flipping through the city model. If he hadn't followed along, this would be another fork in the butterfly effect. Seeing that Tony was about to leave, Alex could only remind him, "Why don't you search here to see if you find anything new?"

Tony said, "All the company's technical information is in my head. What new discoveries can be made here?"

"Is it?"

Alex had no choice but to pick up the city model. "Tell me, what did you see?"

"This was left to me by my father. At that time, he said that the future was in this city. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the times, he could not realize it. I always thought he was talking about urban architecture..."

Before he finished speaking, Tony immediately noticed something. With Alex's prompts and his genius, he immediately felt keenly that the city model in front of him was a bit strange. Immediately, the curtain was completely lifted, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became.

"Alex, there is no equipment here, help me take these things back to the lab. I need to study them further."

Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Alex. "Alex, how did you know? You always knew, right? Why didn't you tell me directly? Did you want me to find out by myself?"

Alex smiled and said nothing. No matter how hard Tony tried, he couldn't figure it out. Alex had watched his whole life in another world.

Tony stepped forward and gave Alex a fierce hug. "Alex, if I were 30 years younger, I would definitely believe that you are the angel sent to protect me."

"Now what?"

"Now I think you're more like a food delivery guy."

"Roll…"

Soon, several large pieces of the city model were brought back to the laboratory. Tony turned on the holographic image and began to continuously extract key data from the model, removing the noise inside one by one. With Alex's explicit message, Tony decoded it faster than in the original plot.

Finally, with a wave of his hands, an elemental model that continuously released energy appeared in the holographic image.

"Perfect, Alex. This element is so perfect, I can't believe it! It cleverly bypasses the contradiction that nuclear elements must be radioactive. It is simply a work of genius. This element is like the sun, releasing infinite energy."

"Why didn't Dad tell me when he invented such a powerful new element?"

"It's precisely because it's so powerful that he didn't dare to tell you," Alex said.

When Tony's parents died, Tony was still underage and only a half-grown boy. It was naturally impossible for Howard Stark to tell his son such important information casually. He probably wanted to wait until Tony came of age before revealing everything, but unfortunately, he encountered an accident.

"Alex, I need to build a tiny particle accelerator. Please help."

Orthodox particle accelerators are usually tens of kilometers long, accelerating particles to collisions close to the speed of light, in order to explore the deep cosmic truths of particles. However, Tony only converts palladium into another element through energy conversion, which does not require so much trouble.

In the original plot, this miniature particle accelerator was made by Tony himself. Now that Alex is here as a coolie, he feels free and his efficiency is greatly improved. Not long after, a ring-shaped micro-particle accelerator tens of meters long was completed.

Alex also saw the prototype of Captain America's shield that Tony used as a brick in the original plot. Captain America's shield was built by Tony's father, Howard. The real shield, like Captain America, is probably sleeping in the land of ice and snow at this time.

"Okay, success or failure depends on this."

Tony turned on the particle accelerator, and the huge energy quickly gathered on a laser. Through the reflection of the prism, the laser moved slowly, and everything in its path was cut into two pieces. Even the steel suits in some experiments are no exception. One can imagine how terrifying this energy is.

Alex felt that his body could not withstand the laser and might be cut open. It seemed that there were still many things in the world that could hurt him, so he must not be too careless.

Through the blessing of the prism, the energy of the laser is shot on the palladium element. Suddenly, the element beats violently and continuously emits dazzling light. After a while, the violent reaction process ended, the light became smaller and smaller, and the palladium element suddenly became gentle, forming a new micro-ark reactor!

"So easy?" Tony couldn't believe it.

Alex stepped forward. He didn't understand science, so he couldn't see anything strange. But he could feel the energy level inside, which was more than ten times more powerful than the arc reactor on Tony's chest. This shows that the new element has succeeded, it is cleaner and more powerful. This is the future Iron Heart!

"Thank you, Alex," Tony said solemnly.

Alex said, "I'm just doing something with my hands. You should thank your father. It's the technological legacy he left behind that saved your life."

"Ding!"

There was another system prompt in Alex's mind, and Tony's trust level increased again.

Tony said, "Although I don't know what your purpose is, you have saved me time and time again. I, Tony Stark, will never forget this kindness."

Alex and Tony opened bottles of champagne and celebrated a little. Just then, the phone rang. As Alex expected, it was Ivan who called. With the support of materials and equipment from Hammer Company, his genius finally had a place to show off.

Ivan was very pretentious and said on the phone, "Stark, I did a double cycle, which is more powerful. Everything you did to my house, I want to get it back within 40 minutes!"

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