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According to Riot's information, the location of this comet is not particularly far from Earth.
This was basically certain. First of all, the comet was discovered by the Life Foundation, and although they had the capability to roam the universe, they definitely would not have discovered wormholes or the deeper mysteries of the cosmos.
In the hierarchy of universal civilizations, some things are hidden very deeply. Unless the current universe's technology reaches a top tier, the vastness and depth of the universe cannot be fully perceived.
Therefore, the comet that the Life Foundation could find must not be very far away, at least not requiring any wormhole jumps!
Because of this, Arthur decided to venture deep into space himself to find this comet.
Using the route provided by Riot, the logistics team roughly simulated an interstellar map and finally pinpointed an area. What Arthur needed to do was search for the comet within this region. To be brief, Arthur's search for the comet was far from smooth. In terms of time spent, it greatly exceeded his expectations.
He initially thought it would take three days at best, or at most a week, to find traces of the comet… but in reality, it took him half a month before he finally located the comet drifting in space.
When his foot finally touched the surface of the comet, Arthur almost wiped away a tear of bitterness; it had not been easy!
The landscape on the comet could be summarized with one word… empty and desolate.
However, on this barren surface, on some oddly shaped rocks, were many black, unknown objects!
Well, they might have been unknown objects before, but now they were called Symbiotes!
Venom was once one of them, and now… There were millions of them on this comet!
Honestly, looking at these things at this moment, Arthur's inner thought was: setting this comet on fire would definitely make his originally difficult mission easier… but unfortunately, if he did that, it might cause a future that could have been easier to become extremely difficult.
"Millions of fighting forces, huh."
Arthur narrowed his eyes. "If you could belong to me, you'd be far more valuable than all those green bills."
He shook his right hand, and a translucent display appeared before him. He tapped twice gently, and a face appeared on the screen.
"Thank God I finally got your transmission. Otherwise, I would've started to wonder if some old guy had already turned to cosmic dust."
Tony's scruffy face looked at Arthur, then glanced at the space behind him. "Looks like good news?"
"Obviously… I have found it," Arthur said. "Also, your communicator has been verified to work. Pretty good…"
"Where's the spatial portal?" Tony asked. "I also think Spider-Man's proposal is solid. Once spatial portals can be realized, it will make our battles much more convenient. It'll give us a significant advantage on future battlefields."
"Let me see."
Arthur reached out and tapped twice on the other side of the virtual screen. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out from his right hand and landed on the ground, forming the pattern of a portal.
But the pattern blinked twice on the ground and then faded.
"Hm?" Tony said. "Try again."
Arthur nodded. Indeed, besides finding the comet, this time he also carried another mission: to help verify Tony and Banner's scientific research results.
To be honest, Arthur felt this was even harder than finding the comet! God knows why he had to do this kind of thing.
After another attempt, the teleportation array stabilized. Tony said with satisfaction, "As expected, I really am a genius."
"Alright, clever little genius…" Arthur twitched at the corner of his mouth. "Before that, I have to warn you. Judging from my rich experience, if you actually use this thing in practice, it will probably kill someone."
"Kill someone?" Tony's expression immediately became serious. "Why? Insufficient energy? Can't teleport to the designated location?"
"Exactly," Arthur said. "The teleportation array is stable, but the energy isn't stable. Besides, don't you think when the array appears, our communication starts to become unstable? Obviously, the energy transmission is interfering with our communication. Under these conditions, not to mention whether the array can precisely align its coordinates, or if the device can supply enough energy, it's all up in the air. So, I advise you not to celebrate too early."
"Alright." Tony rolled his eyes. "What else?"
"Hmm… besides that, the main issue is… it's not portable enough. The array can pop up, but it can only appear on the ground. Isn't that a bit too limiting? If it could project onto walls, or even just float in midair… it would greatly improve flexibility in combat. Also, the teleportation launching function is way too inconvenient. On the battlefield, every second counts; who has time to be looking down at their device?" Arthur rambled on quite a bit, and after Tony carefully took notes, he looked grim and said, "Well said. The next phase of research is yours to handle, old man?"
The way he said "old man" sounded almost like he was gritting his teeth.
Arthur quickly forced a smile. "Young man, the future belongs to you…"
"I think the present belongs to me too." Tony twitched his mouth. "I'll handle what you said properly. Anyway, this is just an experimental version; we still need a lot more testing. Alright, I won't keep you; they've been waiting a while."
In the blink of an eye, the person before him changed; now it was a middle-aged man.
"Long time no see," Arthur greeted him. "Dr. Savick."
"We actually met half a month ago…" Dr. Savick said helplessly. "So you've arrived at the designated location now?"
"I like to get straight to the point." Arthur flipped his hand, and a device appeared beside him, brought from the Disassemble space. "So, what's next?"
"There's a sensor on the left side of the device, with a storage unit…"
This device is used to collect information on the comet and also acts as an analyzer.