Hey, mister, it's dangerous here, don't come over!" The little spider saw Li Yue and waved his arms frantically, signaling Li Yue to leave quickly.
"Hello, Spider-Man!" Li Yue smiled faintly. "I just arrived here not long ago and saw this scene. Uh, coincidentally, there's someone I know here!"
Saying that, Li Yue pointed at Electro. "Hey, if I remember correctly, your name should be Max, Max Dillon, right?"
"You know me?" Max looked at Li Yue, who was walking towards him step by step, and asked with a confused look.
Obviously, he didn't know Li Yue, and there was no memory of this person.
"Oh, don't you remember? Two months ago, at the Caldi Bar, we even had a drink together, and you talked happily with me at the time!"
Li Yue pretended to be surprised and continued, "Did you forget? At that time, you said you were an electrical engineer at Oscorp and designed the entire New York electrical grid, but you weren't being used properly. I even told you that if I had the chance, I would definitely hire you to design the power grid for my company?"
Of course, all of this was nonsense. Li Yue didn't know any Max; these words were just to dispel Electro's guard.
He also had some research in psychology and knew that someone like Max, who was down on his luck, must have gone to bars often. After all, bars are also very open in the United States.
And as one of the quite famous chain bars in this area, Li Yue didn't believe Max hadn't been to Caldi Bar.
"Caldi Bar? Two months ago? Sorry, sorry, mister, I don't remember anything, I seem to, seem to..." Max's face was agitated, very annoyed, as if forgetting this matter was very difficult for him.
"It's okay, Max, don't get excited!" Li Yue's heart skipped a beat seeing Max's agitated state, and he quickly spoke up, not wanting this guy to go berserk.
"Maybe you drank too much at the time. After all, you were indeed quite drunk in the state you were in. But since you don't remember, let's just forget it."
Li Yue pretended to smile bitterly, shook his head, and then turned around, preparing to leave.
"Mister, mister, wait a minute, wait a minute!" Max saw Li Yue preparing to leave and quickly spoke up. After all, this was the first person who had paid so much attention to him.
"Oh, Max, is there anything else?" Li Yue turned around and asked in surprise.
"I'm sorry, mister, maybe I drank too much at the time, so I forgot those things. I'm really sorry!"
"It's okay, Max. Since you forgot, let's reintroduce ourselves!" Li Yue smiled. "My name is Carl Li, a Chinese-American mixed-race. I prefer people to call me Li Yue. I am currently the chairman of Noah Technology Group. Max, we had a great time talking two months ago, so when I saw you just now, I recognized you."
"Of course, I admire your talent, Max, and hope to have the opportunity to hire you to design the power grid for my company!"
"Design the power grid? Can I? After all, the way I am now..." Max said excitedly and hesitantly.
"Oh, Max, don't be nervous. Your appearance is no big deal. You seem to be in trouble right now. If you don't mind, you can chat with me, an old friend!"
Li Yue looked at him and spoke slowly, gradually relaxing his guard.
"Hey, mister, I want to ask you, what exactly did you do?" Little Spider glanced around and finally noticed something was wrong when he saw the silent people around.
"Don't worry!" Li Yue smiled at Spider-Man. "I just asked them to be quiet, I didn't hurt them!"
"How did you do that? Are you also a meta-human, or a mutant?" Little Spider's tone was slightly unfriendly. After all, these ordinary people were innocent.
"Mutant? I don't have any X-gene." Li Yue smiled, not denying that he had special abilities, as this matter certainly couldn't be hidden.
Having superpowers doesn't necessarily mean being a mutant.
Mutants are mutated individuals with the X-gene, while meta-humans are people who have changed due to special environments and circumstances. There are significant differences between the two.
Human society doesn't accept mutants, after all, mutants are too dangerous, and they have always caused great harm to society.
Especially Magneto's Brotherhood, who often declare themselves the new humans and the future evolution of humanity, causing society to be extremely repulsed by them. Even many large forces within humanity have special devices to detect the X-gene to prevent mutants from infiltrating them.
Compared to mutants, meta-humans are much better off. At least, they are not so repulsed, and some have even become superheroes in the eyes of the people, such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and so on.
"Is that... Gwen? Hey, Mr. Li Yue, what did you do to Gwen?" Little Spider's anger instantly maxed out, and he shouted loudly at Li Yue.
"Hey, don't be nervous, it's just hypnosis. I'm not some executioner! After all, I just want to have a good chat with an old friend and don't want to be disturbed by the surrounding police and civilians!"
Li Yue shook his head, and then gently snapped his fingers. Not far away, Little Spider's girlfriend instantly became clear-headed.
"Okay, go find her. Let me have a good talk with Max. After all, you don't want to cause any harm, right!"
"Okay!" Little Spider looked at the conscious Gwen Stacy, then at the silent Electro Max, and then leaped towards Gwen.
Compared to the current situation, his girlfriend was more important!
"Alright, Max, we can have a good chat now!"
Li Yue looked at Max, smiled softly, and spoke lightly.
"Mr. Li Yue, you're looking for me not because we're old acquaintances, are you?" Max was silent for a while before speaking.
"Not exactly, it's just seeing you like this, so I want to help you out, after all, I also have special abilities, and of course, I'm also helping myself!" Li Yue stopped talking nonsense and directly stated his purpose.
"Why?"
"Heh, there's no why, Max. You've just gained your abilities, right? Do you feel lost and don't know what to do? Do you feel excited seeing those images around you, a feeling of being the center of attention?"
"Yes, yes!" Max's face was agitated. "They're all looking at me, they're all looking at me, that's me, that's me!"
"Indeed, that's you, but this is all temporary. It's just because of a sudden situation. After tonight, everything will be the same. And you will be forgotten!"
Seeing Max's somewhat agitated look, Li Yue raised an eyebrow and continued, "Max, tell me, what do you want in your heart? Is it just this attention?"
"No, no, what do I want? I want more attention, I want the world to know me, I want everyone to recognize me and understand me!" Max shouted.
"Yes, you want others' recognition!" Li Yue nodded. "However, in your current state, people will only fear you, be afraid of you!"
"Do you want to live your whole life being feared and dreaded like this, and then become a supervillain after being provoked?"
"Max, if you become a supervillain, then you will indeed gain the attention of many people, even the country will pay attention to you. At that time, you will be hated, feared, and captured by the country for research."
"Your whole life will be spent in research, your life will be consumed meaninglessly like this!"
As Li Yue spoke, he gently snapped his fingers, and instantly, Max found himself in a vast, white space.
"Where is this?" He roared, and countless electric lights exploded around him.
"Don't be nervous, Max, this is my illusion space!" Li Yue's figure appeared beside Max. "Look, Max, don't you want to get more attention? Look there!"
Saying that, Li Yue pointed to the vast white space, and instantly, a huge virtual scene appeared.
In that scene, another Electro was projected. That Electro, in order to gain the world's attention, went down a road of no return, causing widespread destruction, being feared and hated by people, and finally being captured by the country and large corporations for research.
He spent his entire life in research until his death.
After the scene finished, in this illusion, Li Yue looked at the stunned Max and continued, "See, if you choose this path, then this is your fate, and it will only get worse."
"If you live like this, what meaning does your life have?"
"I don't know, I don't know!" Max's expression was ferocious, he held his head, and a huge electric current shockwave burst from his body.
But the electric light didn't harm Li Yue, it just passed right through him.
After all, this figure was just Li Yue's illusion projection.
"Max, don't get excited, look at me and listen to me!" Li Yue's tone was gentle, and his mental illusion slowly calmed his rampaging mental energy, trying to make him quiet down.
Doing this was difficult. After all, Electro's ability was much stronger than his current level. If it weren't for the large psychological fluctuation, Li Yue wouldn't have had the chance to pull him into the illusion.
Slowly, Max calmed down, but his eyes were listless, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Max, do you know? Life itself has no meaning, but if you keep living, you might find many interesting things, just like you gained special abilities, just like I met you again!"
Li Yue's expression was sincere. "Max, you are unique and special. You don't need to gain others' recognition, you just need to let them recognize yourself!"
"Everyone is born with their own unique mission, Max. Raise your hand, touch your chest, and tell yourself that you are unique."
"I... am... unique?" Max gently raised his hand and touched his chest. Although he had transformed into a semi-energy body, he could still feel the constantly beating heart in his chest.
"Max!" Li Yue looked at him and spoke sincerely, "If you need a goal, why not walk with me? My company is developing an amazing project, a project that is destined to attract worldwide attention. This project is very profitable, so my situation is very dangerous."
"Max, we met two months ago. Now, I sincerely invite you, I invite you to become the CEO's assistant at Noah Technology Group and also our company's chief electrical engineer!"
"I need you, Max!"
Yes, this sentence was not false. He did need Electro's powerful ability. After all, the current Li Yue really didn't have much capital to protect himself.
"You need me?" Max suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Li Yue, and spoke seriously.
"Yes, Max, I need you!"
"You need me?" Max repeated the sentence again, only louder.
"Yes, I need you! Noah Group needs you, and you are destined to become a globally recognized existence just like Noah Group!"
Li Yue nodded. He was very clear about Electro's ability. With a little training, he would definitely be a top-tier existence, perhaps reaching the fourth-tier strength evaluated by the system.
"Ah!" Max roared, his voice revealing an indescribable excitement and joy, and the electric light all over his body surged and spread like a tide.
"I'm not forgotten, I, Max, am needed, I am recognized."
"Li Yue, I... accept your offer!"
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