Harvey Anberaka, can you answer me a question?"
Then, Tony Stark looked at Harvey, hesitated for a moment, and spoke.
"Tell me, I'll consider it."
Harvey's eyes flickered upon hearing this, and he didn't immediately agree.
"It's just that after you treated me last time, my body improved by more than several times."
"Not only did I look a few years younger, but my physical fitness also improved significantly."
"Can that superpower make me not look younger, yet still improve my physical fitness?"
Tony Stark said with a somewhat evasive look in his eyes.
Ever since that treatment, Tony Stark could clearly feel that his body had undergone tremendous changes.
His five senses became sharper, and his strength and stamina had significantly improved.
Although his burst speed was not as good as the physical limit of humans, it far exceeded ordinary people.
Normally, if he worked continuously for several days without proper rest, his original thirty-eight-year-old body would have already given out.
But after the treatment, he only needed to sleep three to four hours a day to eliminate any fatigue and maintain a state of high energy.
Moreover, his thoughts were more agile than before, which was why he continuously updated and iterated the Iron Man Armor in just two months.
Most importantly, two months had passed.
Tony Stark did not feel any side effects in his body.
This made him realize that Harvey Anberaka's ability was definitely not as simple as just healing and rejuvenation.
Instead, it could directly help people strengthen their bodies, and this strengthening was not just short-term.
Last time, Harvey Anberaka had helped him with treatment and incidentally strengthened his body, and his body was already able to easily jump over two meters high.
If Harvey Anberaka was not just helping him with treatment and a casual strengthening, but really intended to help him further strengthen his body.
Then he would not need to specifically research genetic agents and conduct some experiments that defied human ethics.
"Tony Stark, didn't I just tell you that to gain something, you often have to pay a price?"
"So your idea of wanting to have both is impossible."
Harvey knew upon hearing this that Tony Stark had already developed a desire for power, and he spoke slowly.
It was just that Tony Stark wanted to gain a stronger body while also wanting to maintain his current appearance so that others wouldn't notice the changes in his body, which was clearly impossible.
Even Harvey himself couldn't do it. Ever since he awakened the system and gained abilities from the Void.
Three years had passed, and his current appearance had not changed much from when he was an adult.
Harvey believed that not only would his appearance not change in the past three years, but even if ten, fifty, or a hundred years passed, his appearance would not change.
Because the power of the Void had made his life form transcend humanity.
In the future, his body would not be ordinary, and even if he intentionally hid it, it would be exposed.
However, even if it was exposed by then, his power would have evolved to fear nothing, so he wouldn't care too much.
"Is there really no way at all?"
Tony Stark said with some disappointment upon hearing this.
"Tony Stark, I should have told you before."
"My power is not a superpower, it's just a power beyond your comprehension, you can consider it a type of superpower."
Harvey said indifferently upon hearing this.
"If it's not a superpower, then what kind of power is it?"
Tony Stark asked with some confusion upon hearing this.
"Although your current power has not yet surpassed human limits, it has given you extraordinary physical fitness."
"Is this not enough for you, who originally had only ordinary physical fitness?"
"If you still want to be further enhanced, then not only will your physical fitness begin to deviate from the realm of human common sense."
"The same goes for your lifespan, which will be at least several hundred years, or even thousands of years, or longer."
"I can help you, and I can even give you power beyond your wildest dreams."
"After all, for me, it's just a casual matter."
"But are you sure you're mentally prepared?"
Harvey looked at Tony Stark and said slowly upon hearing this.
"I can also be like you, possessing powerful and incredible strength without relying on technology?"
Tony Stark said with shock and disbelief in his eyes upon hearing Harvey Anberaka's words.
"You can master incredibly powerful strength, but it's unlikely you'll reach my level."
"As for the reason, I won't explain it. If you truly want it, you'll naturally understand once you master it."
Regarding this question, Harvey did not deliberately hide it, but shook his head.
He didn't know what abilities Tony Stark would gain after believing in and joining the Void.
His current power, which had evolved two hundred and eighty-three times, was already terrifying.
But this was only his starting point, so it was impossible for Tony Stark to catch up to him.
"…"
Tony Stark fell into deep thought after hearing these words.
Possessing strength beyond ordinary people would be seen as very impressive by others, like those top athletes who repeatedly break records.
People would not feel fear when they saw it, but rather admiration.
However, once power deviates from the realm of human common sense, then it will be regarded as an anomaly by others, and they will feel a sense of fear towards you.
He wanted Harvey to strengthen his body, but he didn't want his body and appearance to look too young, letting others know that he was an anomaly.
That's why he asked Harvey Anberaka that question just now, but the response he got was that it was impossible.
If one could have a long lifespan and gain power far beyond human cognition, it could be said to be something countless people dreamed of.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many imaginative and fantastical movies and animations.
Now that this opportunity to potentially gain fantastical power came before him, Tony Stark was somewhat hesitant.
Once he gained it, Pepper, whom he greatly admired and trusted, might even look at him strangely.
And a lifespan of several hundred years or even longer sounded very beautiful.
However, as time passed, if he remained young while the people around him gradually aged and died.
Tony Stark felt sadness just thinking about that scenario.
But if he refused this time, he might also miss an opportunity to completely change his life.
"Harvey Anberaka, thank you for being willing to give me this opportunity."
"But can you give me more time to think carefully?"
Therefore, Tony Stark looked at Harvey Anberaka and said apologetically.
"If you are truly mentally prepared, just bring it up again, and I will consider it then."
Harvey also had no intention of rushing Tony Stark, neither explicitly agreeing nor explicitly refusing.
Harvey could understand Tony Stark's reservations.
However, Harvey knew that as long as Tony Stark developed the idea of wanting more power, he would eventually embrace the Void.
"Regardless of whether I accept or not, thank you for giving me this opportunity."
Tony Stark's eyes flickered upon hearing this, and he nodded, saying gratefully.