Chapter 1040: A Shocking Mortal (18)

When Wei En arrived at Stark's laboratory, there was nothing left but a ruin. Looking at the scene, which resembled a doomsday jungle, Wei En was completely stunned.

He stood at the entrance for a full thirty seconds without understanding what had happened. Which villain could possibly break directly into the most important laboratory in Stark Tower???

This was not just a laboratory; Stark's database currently held the most cutting-edge scientific research results of human civilization. Every faction had put their all into protecting this place. Compared to the Temple of Eternity, its defense level was only a hundred Green Lantern Headquarters behind.

Wei En shook his head vigorously and then said to Jiaweisi, "Jiaweisi, can you perform an alcohol level test? The kind used for drunk driving..."

"Sir, according to my judgment, the alcohol level in your body is not sufficient to cause hallucinations, and the damaged laboratory you see is not a hallucination either. This is the reason I called you here."

Wei En frowned, walked into the laboratory, and said in a daze, "What exactly happened? Wasn't everything fine yesterday? Start from the beginning..."

To Wei En's great shock, he heard Jiaweisi sigh deeply, and then, in an extremely complex tone that should never have come from a robot, say:

"This must start from last night, when Mr. Shi Difen suddenly rushed into the laboratory in Stark Tower."

"Dr. Mo Lun was conducting an experiment, Mr. Shi Difen rushed into his laboratory, and Dr. Mo Lun..."

Just as Jiaweisi said this, Wei En shouted, "Stop! You only need to describe the events; you don't need so many honorifics."

Jiaweisi made two "beep" sounds, indicating he understood, and then said, "Shi Difen rushed into the laboratory where Mo Lun was and hoped that Mo Lun could give him a lizard serum healing potion."

"From their conversation, it could be learned that just last night, Mr. Shi Difen's father's condition suddenly worsened, and even the expensive artificial lung machine could not help. This broke Shi Difen's plan for gradual experimental treatment; he had to come to Mo Lun, hoping the healing potion would work."

"However, Mo Lun is a very rigorous scientist. He told Shi Difen that the lizard serum healing potion is not a panacea. Looking only at its efficacy, it only has miraculous effects on trauma and limb regeneration; it has no special curative effect on organ failure or restoring cardiopulmonary function."

"Mo Lun emphasized that pharmacology is a very rigorous discipline. Without experimentation, he absolutely could not use an experimental agent that was not indicated for the condition on a critically ill patient, because this would very likely not only fail to provide treatment but could also kill the patient. As a doctor, he absolutely could not do that."

"However, Shi Difen was already on the verge of a breakdown. He even kept begging Mo Lun, hoping to get the potion. He said he had the Time Stone, and if it didn't work, he could reset time..."

Wei En frowned and asked, "Then why didn't he just reset time to when his father was still fine?"

"Shi Difen has already tried," Jiaweisi replied. "But his father's condition worsening was inevitable; the damage to his lung function had accumulated over many years. He couldn't reset his father back to his youth, and if he only reset it for a period, it would worsen again, and he would still have to rely on the healing potion."

Wei En nodded, indicating he understood, and Jiaweisi continued, "Mo Lun softened a bit, but he told Shi Difen that all finished potions that could be used were stored in Stark Tower's potion vault and required Mr. Stark's personal authorization to be retrieved."

"Ever since the lizard serum healing potion was proven to be extremely effective, the entire project team had expanded with many people. Because lizard genes have certain dangers, Mo Lun worried that someone would repeat his mistakes, so strictly controlling the entry and exit of potions and raw materials was very necessary."

"Then couldn't Mo Lun just call Tony? Or submit an application through you? Although Tony and Shi Difen often don't see eye to eye, he shouldn't be stingy about something like this, right?"

Jiaweisi sighed helplessly again and continued, "This leads to another story..."

"Before Shi Difen arrived at Stark Tower, Mr. Stark intended to deliver a new suit to Bide, only to witness Bide fighting a criminal wearing green clothes."

"Because he didn't want to disturb Bide, Mr. Stark kept a certain distance from him, but in the end, he heard that the Ma Luoni Group actually wanted to target Spider-Man to obtain his spider genes."

"Mr. Stark said he had seen this scene on the endless cosmic timeline, but he still felt very angry. So, that evening, he led a batch of newly produced mecha troops and rushed into the Ma Luoni Tower, the scene where Ma Luoni was negotiating with General Luo Si..."

"Ma Luoni thought Mr. Stark was acting recklessly, wanting to use the mecha troops to threaten him into backing down, so he was very angry and left the scene. General Luo Si, who had already gained the advantage and was preparing to finalize the contract, was also extremely angered and fainted on the way back."

"After a hospital examination, General Luo Si's nervous system had problems. The reason was that when he was doing biological mecha experiments in his youth, he had used himself as a test subject, allowing the imperfect biological mecha to connect to his nervous system. At that time, his nervous system had already been damaged and was not treated in time, leading to sequelae."

"General Luo Si's situation was not optimistic. The hospital told Mr. Stark that besides conservative treatment, surgery was also an option, but because the surgery was highly difficult, it required a highly skilled and experienced surgeon..."

"Mr. Stark wanted to find Shi Difen, but because Mr. Stark was too worried about General Luo Si's condition at the time, he missed many of Mo Lun's calls and application reports. About thirty seconds after the second report expired, Shi Difen received the news that his father had passed away."

"Mr. Stark returned to Stark Tower only to see a Shi Difen who appeared insane, and at the same time, a Sorcerer Supreme who had already gone mad."

"The overly angry Shi Difen felt that Mr. Stark didn't want to take the risk and deliberately refused to give him the potion, indirectly causing his father to lose a chance at being saved."

"And when Mr. Stark said he hoped Shi Difen could perform surgery on his uncle, Shi Difen angrily refused him and said this was his retribution. Mr. Stark also felt very angry."

"So, the two of them fought, turning the laboratory into this."

Wei En listened to the whole story and was stunned on the spot. He still hadn't reacted to how things had developed to this point with such lightning speed.

But Jiaweisi's story wasn't over yet. He continued, "After the elder Ma Luoni returned to the group, he immediately put on the most advanced armor and brought bomb weapons, wanting to come to the Stark Group to get even."

"But the younger Ma Luoni thought his father was fully armed to deal with Spider-Man, so he chose to stop his father."

"The elder Ma Luoni was very angry that his son dared to defy him, and the father and son also fought. Anquan Bureau agents and Spider-Man both stepped in to mediate, but it had no effect."

"On the other side, Mr. Stark and Shi Difen were not satisfied with fighting inside the laboratory; they both rushed into Earth's low orbit and entered a new round of battle there."

"However, they acted too fast and too urgently, not noticing Miss Yin Lisha, who was using a magnetic field to organize traffic. Shi Difen used a magic not recorded in my database, which was somewhat like a gravity trap, causing the magnetic field controlled by Miss Yin Lisha to become chaotic. She was knocked away and broke two ribs."

"Coincidentally, some time ago, the leader of the Mutant Brotherhood, Magneto, returned to Earth to pick up new interns for the Andromeda Galaxy. Upon learning that his daughter had been injured for no reason, he descended directly into Earth's low orbit, disrupting many satellites and causing local riots on the surface."

"The Congress felt very dissatisfied, and governments of other countries also had complaints, believing this was the result of mutants acting recklessly again. Many citizens in various countries demanded that their governments tighten policies against mutants once more..."

Wei En already felt dizzy. Jiaweisi stopped narrating at the right time, wanting to let Wei En catch his breath, but Wei En waved his hand and said, "What other bad news is there? Tell me all at once..."

"Because the laboratory was destroyed, the transport lines for the high-altitude trains were also damaged, so the construction projects at various stations may be delayed... Dr. Wei En! Dr. Wei En! Are you okay???"

Wei En leaned against the wall, covered his forehead, and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine. I just need to calm down..."

After saying this, he moved a stool that was still relatively intact, sat down next to the laboratory bench by the wall that hadn't collapsed, was silent for a while, and then asked, "... Jiaweisi, is there any cold beer?"

"Sir, I believe your current state..."

"I know you don't have any snacks here, so just bring me some cold beer." Wei En's hands began to tremble slightly. He shakily took a bottle of medicine from his pocket.

With some difficulty, he unscrewed the cap. With a shake of his hand, more than a dozen pills spilled out with a "clatter." Wei En didn't even look and threw them all into his mouth. The arm of the robot Jiaweisi was controlling was a step too slow to stop him, so it could only stand there in silence.

Wei En stood up, seemingly wanting to leave, but soon, Jiaweisi brought over a few packs of cold beer, and Wei En sat back down.

"Sir, this is actually not your fault at all; it was just an accident." Jiaweisi thought for a moment and said, although his personality module wasn't perfect yet, he already knew how to comfort people.

Wei En gulped down a can of cold beer in two or three swallows, took a breath, placed the can heavily on the table, and said, "No, this certainly has to do with me. Do you know? I am a gambler..."

"I am accustomed to trading nothing for something, betting small to win big, and I like one part investment for ten thousand parts return. I am so greedy, regardless of the consequences..."

Wei En's hand exerted a slight force, his fair knuckles began to turn blue, and the soda can was gradually crushed by him, with a force of ten thousand tons in his slow movements.

Jiaweisi had never heard such a low tone from him, just like a gambler who had already fallen into madness.

"I not only want to win, but I also want to take it all."

Wei En finished the last sip of beer, threw the beer can behind him, wiped his mouth, and as if he had decided something, said to Jiaweisi, "Find a car and send me back."

"Sir, I think you should still..."

Wei En looked at Jiaweisi in silence. Jiaweisi could only say, "Alright, I will contact Ultron to pick you up..."

Two hours after Wei En left, Stark returned, cursing and muttering, "If it weren't for Magneto, I would definitely have made Shi Difen look good... By the way, Jiaweisi, how is Uncle General Luo Si?"

"Mr. General Luo Si's condition is very stable, but I think Dr. Wei En's state is not very good, or rather, it is very bad."

Hearing Jiaweisi's grave tone, Stark was stunned for a moment. He looked at the many empty beer cans next to the laboratory bench and said, "Don't tell me Wei En drank all these. Doesn't he not drink alcohol?!"

Stark also realized the severity of the problem, so he immediately piloted his iron armor and arrived at the nursing home where Wei En was, only to hear that he had already moved back to the clinic.

On the way to the clinic, Stark actually ran into Shi Difen again. He knew that Shi Difen was probably trying to find Wei En to have him resurrect his father.

Stark snorted coldly and said nothing. At this time, Shi Difen, whose anger had dissipated a little, also realized that this was actually not Stark's fault.

The two went their separate ways and ran into Steve, who wanted to find Wei En for medicine, Peter, who was worried that the previous battle with the Green Goblins would affect the clinic, and Ma Te, who wanted to tell Wei En the good news.

The group gathered at the clinic entrance. Just as they were about to pull up the rolling shutter, Ma Te shouted, "No! There's a smell of blood inside!"

Instantly, everyone assumed a defensive posture. Steve, holding his shield, approached the rolling shutter first. As the door opened, the scene inside stunned everyone.

Wei En was leaning diagonally on the sofa in the middle of the living room. The empty wine bottles at his feet had almost piled up into a mountain, and on the sofa were nothing but empty medicine bottles and countless scattered white pills.

From Wei En's right jaw to his left collarbone, there was an extremely long wound, currently gushing fresh blood, while he himself was squinting, his eyes unfocused.

But what shocked everyone the most was that Wei En's other hand was reaching into the wound on his neck, constantly prying it open, letting the fresh blood spread along his chest, staining his white coat a glaring, bright red.

It has started again. ===== CHAPTER 1041 =====