bookbashuk Chapter 444 Outbreak of the Extremis Virus
Chapter 444 Outbreak of the Extremis Virus
Chapter 444 Outbreak of the Extremis Virus
"That's just how things are."
After listening to Joey's summary, Tony, who had been laughing just moments before, was no longer laughing.
He slumped peacefully into his office chair, seemingly deep in thought, but in reality, he was practically dead.
In just half a day, Tony experienced a series of events: "regaining his body with the help of Batman and Superman" - "starting to deal with the zombie crisis" - "finding a solution to the zombie crisis" - "the Kryptonians are about to knock on the door".
This sudden surge of joy and sorrow is only possible because Tony is still young; otherwise, his blood pressure would have fluctuated wildly, causing his blood vessels to burst and sending him to hell.
Moreover, after comparing his current situation, Tony felt that perhaps life in hell was a little easier than life on earth.
"To be honest, if I were to tie you up and hand you over to your father, would you let him go home first?"
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After pondering for a long time, Tony, feeling increasingly troubled, half-opened his eyes and glanced at Joey: "Can't you use the power of 'Family' to handle your interstellar dad within the family?"
"Let's not even talk about the fact that we're not filming Fast and Furious."
Joey rolled his eyes. "What father would willingly take his son's opinion?"
Tony put himself in his son's shoes, recalling his own childhood memories of his genius father, and nodded in agreement: "That makes sense. How could a man who has reached the end of his field possibly listen to his son's ideas?"
Jor-El is the King of Krypton, a man whose sneeze can shake the entire universe. Compared to Joey, who has accomplished nothing so far, it would be a miracle if he listened to his son's advice!
"How can this be considered a personal attack?" Joey kicked the back of the chair, nearly sending Tony, who was lying on it, flying. "Ouch!"
Tony's mouth is always so sharp. If Joey really goes back to Joe Al and succeeds in his father's business, Tony will be unhappy about it.
Tony, who jumped up from his office chair, no longer wanted to lie back down. Why did he feel that the more he tried to patch up the big ship he had built with Superman and the others, the more leaks appeared?
These Kryptonians had to come at this particular time of year.
Even Tony, who is usually quite easygoing, knows that everyone's current situation is really terrible.
With the multiverse collision crisis, almost all the Spider-Lanterns have returned home, leaving only a few dozen homeless Spider-Men whose home universes are so remote that they cannot even be affected by this catastrophe.
Therefore, the thousands of spider lamp clusters that used to exist are now in a state of disintegration.
Recently, due to the incident caused by Batman, the relationship between everyone has become extremely tense. If it weren't for the zombie crisis threatening the safety of the earth, many people would probably have already settled accounts with Batman.
In other words, they have just entered a critical period of internal discord and disagreement.
Not to mention the cosmic collisions that could happen at any time, all of which hang like the Sword of Damocles over their heads.
Now the Kryptonians are going to interfere again. Aren't they just asking for trouble?
"Ugh!" Tony, his thoughts in complete disarray, suddenly felt like giving up: "Why don't we just destroy it all!"
Ding ding~
The computer next to him emitted a notification sound indicating that the zombie virus hybrid analysis was complete. Tony, who had just been talking about starting the game, immediately sat back down: "Let me see what's going on—"
Just kidding, this is my own world, how can I ignore it?
Since things have come to this point, we should deal with one problem at a time and focus on tackling the urgent zombie virus issue before considering anything else.
After being infected by the zombie virus, those Hydra agents became even more unscrupulous and reckless in their actions, daring to mix two super viruses with completely uncontrollable symptoms.
"Extremis Virus —"
After comparing the information with the data previously stolen from the S.H.I.E.L.D. database, Tony, having found the source of the virus, scoffed again upon seeing the name: "What a lame name!"
To Tony's surprise, the "Extremis virus," which sounded rather lame, was also an extension of the Super Soldier Serum program launched after Captain America's disappearance following World War II.
As the first super soldier in human history, Captain America's appearance truly ushered in a new era.
From then on, humanity had no more scruples in its pursuit of superpowers, daring to undertake all sorts of dangerous projects, only to leave behind a mess of abandoned projects.
While flipping through the documents, Tony started talking to the centenarian with the shield again: "Captain, Captain, look at all the trouble you've caused us!"
"The extremist virus you mentioned—"
Having spotted a keyword that caught his eye, Joey joined Tony, staring intently at the large screen: "Is it the Extremis virus I know?"
After lifting Tony's covers, Joey quickly skimmed through the hundreds of thousands of words of experimental reports and data charts, arriving at a conclusion: "It really is that Extremis virus I know!"
There are many versions of the Extremis virus, but as a branch of the experiment to recreate the Super Soldier Serum, it would grant infected people powerful superpowers, including but not limited to invulnerability, super strength, and fire breath. However, it has one flaw that prevents it from being used on a large scale.
That means this stuff is flammable and explosive!
The body of an infected person is filled with the effects of millions of years of viruses, resulting in a massive amount of heat energy that is often beyond the control of the body's own systems.
In other words, once the symptoms fully manifest, an infected person becomes a human bomb that could explode at any moment.
If this thing really works at the same time as the zombie virus, who knows what will happen?
After Joey quickly read through the text and explained the characteristics of the virus, Iron Man and Joey exchanged a glance, and almost simultaneously realized something very important: "This is bad!"
After much discussion, Tony and Reed decided they needed to find a live host for the virus to conduct further research.
Tony is currently the one analyzing data outside, while Reed is still in the closed ward with the infected patients!
"don’t worry."
Inside the laboratory, Reed was meticulously examining a patient's respiratory tract and cardiopulmonary system using the scanner on his armor. This area had already begun to mutate due to the viral infection, which had spread from the circulatory system to the entire body.
"Doctor, am I really sick?"
As an unintentionally infected person, this ordinary citizen did not feel that there was anything wrong with his condition: "I feel pretty good."
In Reed's thermal imaging, it was clear that the other person's body temperature was gradually rising, but Reed considered it all to be within an acceptable range: "Calm down, we'll heal you."
No matter how miraculous the zombie virus is, Mr. Fantastic is no pushover; where there is a virus, there will naturally be an antidote.
But soon, Reed realized something was wrong. The patient's temperature was rising too fast. Before, it had only gone from 36.7 to 40°, but now it was 40/80/320—an exponential increase of almost five or six jumps per second!
Soon, the temperature rose to an extremely high level. Even through the Iron Man suit, Reed could almost feel a wisp of heat escaping from it: "This—"
This is extremely unusual; what kind of zombie virus could produce such a thing?
As Reed was pondering this, he heard a startled cry from behind: "Reed!"
Almost instantly, Joey pierced through the layers of walls inside Tony Tower, as well as the isolation layer of the Light of Will projected by Spider-Lantern, and pulled Reed out, who was fussing over the awakened patient.
In the blink of an eye, the raging flames were sealed within the eruption area by a truly solid layer of ice.
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