Inside Tony Stark's mansion, Tony Stark was still examining the transparent holographic projection panel.
"Jarvis, pull up Killian's network diagram..." Tony Stark said.
Yes, he was still figuring out how to deal with Killian.
It wasn't that avenging wasn't important, but Nick Fury's words had reminded him that if he wanted to deal with Hydra, he had to eliminate them completely.
And to eliminate them, he needed more power.
The armor was great, but it was too expensive.
It was more than enough to form a special operations team, but to build something like an army, even someone as rich as Tony Stark couldn't do it.
A lot of his money was tied up in assets, not liquid cash.
Who had the most liquid cash in the world right now?
That's right, Lin Feng.
Other wealthy individuals relied on their assets to get by, but he was just plain rich.
So rich that even Tony Stark was envious.
Relatively speaking, soldiers enhanced with the Extremis Virus, who had decent combat abilities and could be mass-produced, became the top choice for the moment.
And dealing with Hydra felt like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut in his eyes. His true goal was to build an army of mercenaries capable of fighting Aliens.
The United States allowed the formation of private armed forces, and as the world's richest man, it would be easy for him to obtain a license with his capabilities and influence.
However, during this process, he often felt powerless. Sometimes, he thought Lin Feng was right to call him a paranoid. But how could he not become paranoid in such a terrible situation?
"This level of strength isn't enough. To truly overcome the crisis, we need to boost the overall strength of humanity," Tony Stark couldn't help but say.
On a battlefield where civilizations clash, his current abilities were far from sufficient.
However, pushing the Earth's human civilization to ascend was incredibly difficult, especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The entire human society, except for a certain major power in the East, had completely entered a state of stagnation. How could they even think of a civilization leap?
He'd have better luck hoping God would personally descend and flick Thanos away.
The more he understood, the more desperate and fearful he became.
Whenever he felt this way, he remembered Lin Feng saying they had the protagonist's halo, that they would always be successful under its protection. To this, he could only say, if they truly had such a protagonist's halo, that would be wonderful.
Then, would he need to be so exhausted right now?
"Sir, the diary has been updated," Jarvis suddenly reminded him.
"Writing a diary in broad daylight again? What happened to him this time?" Tony Stark muttered to himself.
He had now figured out Lin Feng's diary-writing pattern. If it was written at night, there was a fifty percent chance it was just a casual entry, with content like "sunny today, nothing but entertainment at the brothel" and other strange things. According to their later analysis, it was likely some kind of internet meme in Lin Feng's universe.
It's a perfunctory style of writing.
But if it was written during the day, there's probably something to it!
Often, there's big news that shocks them all.
Of course, a lot of it is just repeating information that's been mentioned before!
So he perked up and said, "Jarvis, freeze this project, we'll continue later."
Then he projected himself onto the online meeting. At this time, everyone from S.H.I.E.L.D. had also come online. Due to the revelations from yesterday, everyone looked a bit somber today.
"Professor Connors, Doctor Lizard..." Nick Fury first looked at the diary. Although he didn't know what this Doctor Lizard was, it was self-explanatory that Dr. Connors' experiment would turn him into some kind of monster.
In American society, the legend of lizard people has always been enduring.
There are even all sorts of private rumors that lizard people are the real masterminds ruling the world, and many important figures are actually lizard people in disguise.
Rumors like that just wouldn't die.
As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury knew a lot about the hidden world, and naturally knew that such rumors were nonsense. There were no Lizard People, but there were a whole bunch of Aliens.
But now, was a real Lizard Man about to appear?
"Boss, this Professor Connors also seems to be a dangerous person. Should we monitor him?" Coulson asked.
"Yes, we should. Since he might turn into that Doctor Lizard, he probably won't be a good person, so we still need to monitor him," Nick Fury immediately said.
Although Lin Feng said he could prevent Professor Connors from turning into Doctor Lizard, Nick Fury was definitely not the kind of person to put his hopes in others.
It was known that Spider-Man was a Lawful Good superhero, so Doctor Lizard, as his nemesis, was obviously a Chaotic Evil enemy.
"This Lin Feng, he's really interested in this Extremis Virus," Hawkeye Barton said. "Now he might have already gotten his hands on this virus. I hope he doesn't cause any trouble. I always feel weird. How many supervillains does he have under his command now? Why does he always recruit villains? Won't he become a supervillain himself? Won't he want to kidnap the president and control the world?"
"Probably not. From the psychological profile results, his psychology has always been relatively healthy, and with his strength, he doesn't need to," Black Widow Natasha said.
Tony Stark nodded. This technology was very dangerous in the hands of others. If a person had bad intentions, they were more likely to use this technology to make a big splash.
But Lin Feng wasn't concerned. He was planning a major event, and becoming a villainous big boss didn't require this technology. He alone was enough to dominate everything.
This technology was optional for him!
Currently, Tony Stark considered Lin Feng a more formidable threat than the Hulk and Thor, second only to Thanos, Dormammu, the Ancient One, and Odin, the bigwigs on a celestial level.
This wasn't an exaggeration on his part; Lin Feng himself assessed his own capabilities in the same way.
"Garfield-Spider... is that Spider-Man again?" Bruce Banner said.
Lin Feng had mentioned many spider-themed individuals in his diary. There were also many versions of Spider-Man. To differentiate between the three most famous Spider-Men—Peter Parker—they were nicknamed Tobey-Spider, Garfield-Spider, and Holland-Spider.
Although the origins of the nicknames were unknown, they were sufficient for everyone to distinguish them.
The video of Garfield-Spider failing to save Gwen was still fresh in everyone's memory. Watching his girlfriend die in his arms, the despair was unforgettable.
But now, it seemed the problems Garfield-Spider faced were not just that?
Would it be even more tragic, more lonely, more despairing?
"Lin Feng is criticizing your godson again, aren't you going to say something?" Natasha looked at Tony Stark and said with a smile.
Tony Stark gave a speechless expression. He didn't know when it started, but he seemed to have gradually gotten used to the idea of having a Spider-Man as his godson in the future.
He, who had never thought of being a father, actually began to have some expectations.
It seemed like being a father wasn't bad, even if it was as a godfather.
"That kid really hasn't grown up. When I was his age, I already dared to stand up to my dad. He only dares to be obedient to his Aunt May, he's still too young," Tony Stark said casually.
[No matter how many times I think of the Garfield-Spider and Tobey-Spider's iconic moments, I still find it incredible. This might be the reason why Spider-Man is always respected and the most popular! This is the real reason why Spider-Man is called the good neighbor of the citizens of New York!]
"Spider-Man, the good neighbor of the people of New York?"
At this moment, Gwen was taking out her diary to read.
She had an impression of the Garfield-Spider, because his girlfriend was her, or rather, her parallel universe counterpart.
Because of this, the impression was too deep.
That version of herself in the parallel universe was directly killed by having her spine snapped, which was absolutely impossible for her; her bones were harder than metal, she had secretly tested this.
And her nickname now was also the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
How could the nicknames be the same?
Could she really have replaced the original Spider-Man?
In other words, maybe that little guy really wouldn't be able to become Spider-Man in the future?
She didn't know what to say for a moment, after all, becoming Spider-Man definitely didn't mean it was a completely good thing.
After all, Lin Feng had mentioned Spider-Man's tragic fate more than once in his diary; that little guy would need to be forgotten by his Aunt May, by his girlfriend, by his good friends, and by the entire world that he had once saved it.
That might just be one of the many tragedies Spider-Man has to face.
Not being Spider-Man, perhaps... perhaps it's even worse, turning into a Lizard and getting killed by himself?
It seems Lin Feng did mention such an ending.
So, either way, he dies?
Gwen was speechless. What a strange and absurd fate.
A moment later, another video appeared below the diary. Everyone clicked on it to watch.
First, a night scene filled their vision.
Then, a figure swung through the high sky using spider webs. Without looking, everyone knew it was Spider-Man. This method of movement had almost become Spider-Man's signature.
Especially since a Spider-Woman, Gwen, had already appeared, she also often used this method to swing between the skyscrapers of New York. They were all used to it.
However, just when everyone thought this was a normal start, gunshots rang out, and he was shot.
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