Chapter 77: Good Neighbors in New York
After being injected with the Extremis virus, Myron has a recovery ability far beyond that of an ordinary person. In addition, he has become extremely strong, never seems to get tired, and has an extraordinary speed of nerve reaction.
The price is that the body temperature reaches several thousand degrees Celsius, the skin surface cracks like severe burns, and at any time, due to the body's rejection of the serum, you may turn into a human bomb and evaporate yourself and the surrounding things.
Doctor Octopus put the semi-finished serum injector together with his key test equipment. I don't know whether he was heartless or fully prepared. Judging from his previous meticulous planning, it should be the latter.
Sure enough, Moses soon discovered that the super collider in a static state was tightly protected by an energy shield. In the process of chasing him, Myron accidentally bumped into it, his skin suddenly turned red, he wailed in pain, and rolled on the ground three or four times before he recovered.
This was when he was injected with serum. If it were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago.
The obvious power of the defensive facilities gave Moses a chill, and he couldn't help but move away.
"You don't think I'll let you succeed so easily, do you?" Doctor Octopus said quietly. His voice was transmitted to Moses' ears through the large screens around him and the communication with Iron Man, forming a 360-degree surround stereo sound, which was very magical. "I originally thought that the person fighting me would be Spider-Man, but it's not bad that he went to the laboratory - Myron is the only living body under the mixed effect of the two serums. It's a good opportunity for us to see the difference between artificially created and naturally generated super powers."
Iron Man hugged an iron tentacle behind him, and the single beam of light cannon on his chest fired at the metal joints. A pure white energy torrent rushed forward like a whirlwind, tearing the air apart and distorting the surrounding scenery.
At the same time, two micro missiles were fired from the shoulders of the armor, aiming at Doctor Octopus' face with triangular goggles.
"I've been meaning to say this for a while, Octavius, you really should change your hairstyle. The lid doesn't look right at all."
The missile grazed the doctor's hair, leaving him with an inverted V-shaped bangs.
“It’s much better this time.”
"Don't talk nonsense, Iron Man, this won't work for me."
Four tentacles overlapped to block the opponent's firepower. Doctor Octopus's movements were flexible and inconsistent with his fat body. "I have studied every generation of your armor, and I have also read the papers you published, but that's it. If it was you who fought against Myron, guess what would happen?"
"He could take your arm off with one hand."
"Now Spider-Man is only good at running away, and he can't defeat his opponent."
"That was so old news many years ago. You are still talking about an article I wrote when I was sixteen. Judging from the age of your arms, you haven't made any progress in these years."
"You can't fool me. Last August's Science Journal..."
"Do you really have to discuss academic magazines at this time? Why don't we just find a cafe and sit down to have a good chat? At least the environment and service staff are much better than here."
Moses took a breath and jumped to the ceiling. Behind him, Myron was temporarily trapped in the spider web, cursing and struggling, making him feel like a fragile assassin who was fighting against a berserker. He had a lot of control skills but couldn't deal any effective damage.
——Why are his opponents always the type that have built-in replies? Why are there so many scientists who can develop this drug?
Considering that the research on the X-Virus was initially funded by the military, it is right to blame the US government.
But Doctor Octopus is right, if he and Iron Man switched opponents, and now it was Spider-Man fighting Octopus and Iron Man facing Extremis Injector, then both of them would be in a difficult battle.
Tony's armor couldn't stop Myron's attacks, and it was hard for him to gain the upper hand in a head-on confrontation. Spider-Man's silk and enhanced strength were of little use against the retractable tentacles that could lift hundreds of tons and were controlled by Doctor Octopus.
But it is useless to just control the enemy. The new version of the spider web shooter has a larger capacity, and it will run out sooner or later. Myron must be eliminated before that.
"Connor? I need your help. I will find a way to turn off the energy shield, and you can use the opportunity to lock Myron in, and then I will turn on the defense."
"I'm coming." The sound of Superboy breaking through the air came. He had just dealt with the spider killer that was wreaking havoc outside. "Can't we just knock him out?"
"You can try, but even though this guy doesn't have a body of steel, his recovery ability is just as difficult to deal with."
Connor raised his eyebrows, rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward.
Moses shrugged and sat cross-legged on his own spider web to watch the excitement.
Two minutes later Connor rushed back the same way: "How are you going to turn off that damn cover?"
One of his eyebrows was singed by the heat from Myron's body, and now his expression was very sour. He desperately slapped the flames on his jacket with his hands, "I wish I had frozen breath."
"The genetics are not in place." And this is definitely Luther's problem, Moses commented, "Damian? Can you cut off the connection between this laboratory and the control room, so that I can directly activate the electromagnetic braking function and temporarily cut off the power."
In Wayne Manor, Damian held down his headset and stared at the screen without blinking. "Give me three minutes. Connor, go stop that lunatic. I can't see the thermal imaging over there. Did this guy light himself on fire?"
“It’s worse than that,” Connor said, mourning the loss of his hair. “I don’t know if he’s dead or not, but I’m going to be dead soon.”
Are the inheritors of the Luther gene destined to become bald?
With a tragic and heroic mood as if the wind was blowing and the Yi River was cold, he rushed forward again.
Moses jumped to the side of the protective shield, connected the device in his hand and began to demodulate the signal source.
Fifteen minutes later, a buzzing sound rang out in the empty laboratory. The invisible defense was withdrawn, and Doctor Octopus's super particle collider was finally exposed to everyone's sight. But there was no time to care about this now. Moses stood up, shot a spider silk and jumped up, while shouting to Connor: "This way!"
Connor kicked Myron in the chest and said angrily, "Don't get close to my bangs!!"
The clothes he was wearing were not fireproof, and at this moment he looked like a burning little sun. As soon as he finished speaking, he flew out of the laboratory to look for water.
The Kryptonian used all his strength in his kick, and even with the added effects of the Extremis virus and genetic drugs, Myron still flew backwards. Moses shot out a shock net in the air, which wrapped the enemy into a cocoon when it came into contact with him, and then exploded instantly.
Myron was dazed by the explosion and fell into the protective shield without any resistance, hitting the particle collider with a loud bang.
Because Damian cut off the connection, Doctor Octopus only then realized what had happened in the laboratory.
He never expected that his shield would be used in reverse, and he immediately wanted to rush over to stop it, but was stopped by Iron Man: "Your opponent is here, Doctor Octopus, academic discussions cannot be abandoned halfway."
Doctor Octopus was furious: "Don't let Myron get close to my collider, idiot!!"
Moses had already cut off the interference and turned the shield back on. "What will happen? An explosion?" He paused and looked at Myron who was still struggling. "But it's too late to turn it off now."
“Don’t even think about it,” Damian said. “This device has an automatic detection system. The disconnection just now was the limit.”
Maybe Tim or Barbara could help, but neither of them was at Wayne Manor right now.
"It doesn't matter whether Myron explodes or not! That equipment is my hard work!"
"……"Are all of you villain bosses so black-hearted when you're the boss?
"Get out of there, Spider-Man," Tony said decisively. "Don't worry about what that Myron or whatever becomes. Get as far away from it as possible."
After the line was restored, Myron also heard what Doctor Octopus said.
He froze, his charred limbs stopped struggling, and suddenly he gave Moses a devilish smile. Then, his body temperature rose sharply, his skin turned red and transparent, and the blood vessels underneath could almost be seen.
"—and go to hell with that damn old octopus's life's work."
The criminal who let himself go to the abyss step by step lip-synced this. He finally realized that he was indeed a useless fool as others said, and the only thing he could do was to use his last strength to bring some trouble to those super villains and heroes who were beyond his reach.
If he could drag his opponent into hell with him, Myron felt that this would be the final glory of his fooled life.
The red light exploded in space at a speed that seemed slow but was actually difficult to avoid.
"…Maybe it's too late, Mr. Stark."
Tony was distracted immediately and was lifted up by Doctor Octopus's tentacles, smashing a deep pit on the ground. Sparks flashed at the connection of his armor waist, and a red energy leakage warning appeared in front of him, but its owner turned a deaf ear and fixed his eyes on the real-time heat source monitoring in the laboratory.
He turned around almost without thinking, and started the jet device at high speed, trying to fly to the center of the explosion. However, Doctor Octopus quickly came to the control panel, and with a click of his tentacles, several metal doors fell one after another, sealing the laboratory tightly - people outside could not enter, and people inside could not leave.
"This is an energy shock comparable to a small nuclear explosion." The doctor glanced at Tony with a little pity in his expression, "You should be thankful that I am well prepared, otherwise even downtown Houston would be affected."
As he was talking, Doctor Octopus had already fled towards the dense forest outside the factory. Through his oily green windshield, he saw Iron Man still stubbornly stumbling forward against the flow of people. Just as Mark VIII was about to force open the first door, a golden-red light shone from the gap between the doors, as if enveloping the entire world.
Iron Man's toes stopped just outside the door.
The golden surface of the armor reflected the mushroom cloud rising into the sky.
Doctor Octopus felt a little regretful, and he didn't know why or for whom. But when he raised his head and saw a familiar alien in a red cape landing in front of him, the regret disappeared.
"You should have come earlier."
He said to Superman.