Norman, who had been racking his brain all night trying to figure out what was missing from the final step of the Green Goblin serum, came to Aaron with dark circles under his eyes to report.
"Boss, I've already sent out invitations to all the important people as you requested, but I anticipate that this year's Osborn Expo will be an unprecedented success."
Aaron wasn't concerned about these details. He waved his hand, "Just handle it. If you're short on staff, contact those people; I'm sure they'd be happy to lend a hand."
He glanced at Norman, seeing that he was hesitant to speak, and knew what he wanted to ask without him saying a word.
"Don't ask. Yesterday was complete nonsense. You didn't actually believe it, did you? You couldn't have!"
Norman opened his mouth, on the verge of tears.
You should have said so earlier! I went back and spent the whole night analyzing the ingredients.
Norman shook his head with a bitter smile, "How could I possibly believe it? I'm just… just thinking about the upcoming expo."
"At that time, in addition to major technology companies and high-ranking government officials, high-level officials from other countries may also attend."
Aaron remained unfazed.
Seeing this, Norman quickly brought up another matter.
"Boss, Killian, the president of Advanced Idea Mechanics, wants to meet with you to discuss potential collaboration in biological research."
"Tell him to get lost!"
Aaron was still uninterested. "Don't report such things to me again."
"Hiss~ Excellent!"
"What are you looking at? I wasn't talking to you. Continue!"
Aaron squinted, enjoying himself.
Norman was a bit confused. He glanced at the table and immediately understood.
He cleared his throat twice, "Dr. Otto asked me to give you this."
Norman took out a specially made USB drive. "This is the AI program you requested. Dr. Otto said he further refined it based on the AI he developed previously."
"Its intelligence surpasses almost all well-known AIs on the market, but it still falls short compared to Tony Stark's achievements."
Aaron finally showed some interest.
Norman didn't dare to approach, so Aaron beckoned, and an invisible force lifted the USB drive into his hand.
Norman's pupils constricted. "Boss, is this…"
"This is the power of electromagnetism!"
Aaron wasn't worried about exposing his extraordinary abilities.
While others were studying who he was a few days ago, Aaron was getting stronger and acquiring new abilities every day.
No matter how they studied him, they would only be left eating his dust.
Information has a shelf life.
They were destined to work in vain.
Norman didn't press further, suppressing his curiosity.
Actually, as long as one knows their boss is mysterious and accepts this reality, well, in their heart, they can calmly accept it… Not really!
Norman started agonizing over the Green Goblin serum again.
Perhaps, it really was just missing that last neutralizing agent?
Norman left, his mind heavy.
Aaron patted his other head with his left hand, "Continue."
A black hole appeared in his right hand, melting the USB drive.
As several lights merged into his body,
The next moment,
A familiar "game" panel popped up in front of Aaron.
PS: Considering that the protagonist's abilities will increase in the future, I plan to add a character panel to integrate the abilities. Otherwise, you might forget what abilities the protagonist currently has. Don't worry, I won't pad the panel; similar abilities will be merged and won't appear frequently.
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Chapter 47: Data Dominator, Tardigrade
Name: Aaron
Lifespan: 22 / 5000
Attributes: Intelligence 4, Strength 7 (100 tons - 2000 tons), Speed 5 (supersonic running or flying), Durability 7 (recovery almost immortal), Energy Intensity 6 (masters various energies and can release them at will), Fighting Skills 4
(Note: The attribute cap is 7. For specific categories, refer to the Marvel character ability values on Baidu, with slight modifications. Strength 7 means at least over 100 tons and difficult to calculate. Speed 7 is superluminal. Durability 7 is recovery almost immortal. Energy Intensity 7 is nearly infinite energy…)
Abilities: Data Dominator, Super Vision, Super Perception, Energy Control, Lightning/Qi/Water/Electromagnetic/Ice/Static Electricity/Temperature Control, Super Reaction (Spider-Sense), Steel Body, Super Strength, Web-Slinging, Super Regeneration, Static Electricity Control, Super Speed, Invisibility, Flight, Super Immunity, Pseudo-Fourth Wall
(For details, see the pinned comment section and chapter comments. I will organize a list later. In the future, only new abilities will be written out, absolutely no padding! In the future, abilities will be merged and summarized for conciseness!!)
"What the hell is this?"
Aaron was stunned. Upon closer inspection, this was an auxiliary AI extracted by the Primordial Furnace after refining a weak AI.
It could scan his current data and, based on the absorbed information, organize and summarize it into a data panel.
This was to give Aaron (the reader) a more accurate understanding of his abilities.
In addition to this,
Aaron also gained other abilities.
[Data Dominator: Similar ability detected, merged (Network Control). Your understanding and control of the network world have deepened. You will become the master of the network world, almost omnipotent. Only other intelligent life forms can contend with you.]
"So, I'm an intelligent life form now?"
Countless thoughts flashed through Aaron's mind. With his will, these thoughts seemed to be digitized, pouring into the network world.
In this world of only 0s and 1s, even the top coders couldn't individually decipher the secrets within the data.
Before, he could also enter this world and quickly convert 0s and 1s, but he could only use this data superficially.
But now, he could tell what these data contained with a single glance and easily manipulate all of it.
His dominance over the network world was now ten, even a hundred times stronger than before!
If he wished, he could hack into most firewalls around the world in a very short time, except for a small number of areas.
He was practically a god in the data world!
But Aaron wasn't complacent.
After all, there was another AI just half a street away.
Aaron looked up at the luxurious floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the distant Stark Industries, and smiled silently.
Gulp~
Felicia took a big drink of water, then poured another glass to rinse her mouth, swallowing it all in front of Aaron.
"Boss, here's an invitation from Miss Potts of Stark Industries, on behalf of Mr. Stark. He hopes you can attend."
Aaron glanced at the invitation: Monaco Grand Prix Historic Car Race.
Car racing? Boring, not going!
Aaron was about to refuse when he suddenly remembered something.
"Is this 2010?"
Felicia nodded, confused.
Oh, isn't this the plot of Iron Man 2?
Tony personally participates in the car race, then is tragically attacked by Whiplash halfway through.
If Happy and Potts hadn't reacted quickly, Tony would probably have been defeated on the spot.
Aaron didn't care about the so-called race, nor did he care about Tony's life or death,
But he was quite interested in Whiplash, Ivan Vanko.
Ivan Vanko's father, Anton Vanko, researched the Arc Reactor technology with Tony's father, but because he was too selfish and wanted to profit from it, he was kicked out by Howard and was not allowed to return to the United States.
He lived a life of poverty and later fell ill in bed.
Just last November, when Anton saw Tony Stark declare, "I am Iron Man," he was so angry that he died on the spot.
So Ivan Vanko swore to take revenge on Tony, to avenge his father.
This was also a ruthless person.
Even without money, he managed to hand-craft another Arc Reactor based on his father's Arc Reactor technology data.
Then, using this crudely made Arc Reactor as an energy source, he created a super simplified exoskeleton.
Another technical talent!
Aaron thought, deep in thought.
Dr. Otto's mini-sun project still needed some time.
Osborn Corporation was currently collecting large amounts of tritium and also building tritium production facilities.
But that would take time.
Ivan Vanko's achievements could also be used as a temporary substitute.
Thinking of this, Aaron directly instructed: "Arrange a private jet. You and I will depart together shortly."
Felicia, hearing this, happily called to give the notification.
Aaron then picked up the daily checklist Norman had left.
Looking at the first name on it, Aaron raised an eyebrow.
Tardigrade!
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Chapter 48: Immortality, Survival of the Fittest!
"The most advanced laser emitter, experimental tardigrade culture, Chlorella, the plant with the strongest photosynthetic ability, and… anaerobic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria…"
"In addition, there are aquatic creatures like lobsters, planarians that can retain memories and regenerate, and the Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish, which is said to be able to reverse aging…"
This collection included quite a few items.
Some of the larger ones were protected species and were currently in the exclusive underground garage.
It took considerable effort for Osborn Corporation to collect these items, given their resources.
If there hadn't been a legitimate reason, customs and air freight alone would have caused significant delays.
Even so, the fact that these lives were destined to die couldn't be known by too many people.
Of course, those who needed to know knew, and those who shouldn't know pretended not to.
Everyone turned a blind eye, as long as it didn't become public knowledge.
Aaron opened each item one by one.
Including the culture dishes, everything was melted down!
[Survival of the Fittest (Tardigrade, Lactic Acid Bacteria…): Similar ability detected, merged (Super Adaptation, Super Immunity). You possess extraordinary adaptive capabilities, automatically mutating adaptive abilities to resist environmental changes. Even in extreme heat, extreme cold, space, high radiation, and many other environments, you can easily survive (before energy depletion).]
[Light Energy Absorption (Chlorella): Similar ability detected, merged. Your efficiency in absorbing sunlight has further improved. Even at night, you can quickly absorb residual energy to strengthen yourself.]
[Immortality (Lobster, Turritopsis dohrnii…): Similar ability detected, merged (Super Vitality). Your telomeres will not be damaged by division, and your cells have infinite division capabilities (you can control cell death). You will never age and will not naturally reach the end of your lifespan (excluding external factors).]
[High-Temperature Heat Vision: Your mastery of various rays has further improved. You can easily release the energy stored in your body in various forms and automatically control the temperature and intensity.]
[Super Healing (Planarian): Similar ability detected, merged. Even if only one cell remains, you can perfectly regenerate while retaining memories (every cell is you; rebirth from a drop of blood is effortless!).]
Even with Aaron's current composure, seeing this round of enhancements made his heart surge with excitement.