Malibu Beach Villas.

Tony doesn't remember the last time he closed his eyes, and it seems like it was a few days ago when he made out with Pepper.

He's now devoted to researching the use of alloys, locking himself in the basement every day with Jarvis as his company.

The data from the study is staggering.

Tony was amazed by the high density, high strength, and superior mechanical adaptability of the alloy, and at the same time his mind was full of confusion.

What exactly is this alloy of metal?

He had no clue right now.

"Jarvis, how is the alloy composition analysis going?"

"Sir, it's still analyzing."

"Let me know as soon as I get the results."

"Yes, sir."

On the assembly table, there is a miniature Iron Man model. Last time, Tony was impressed by Luke's provocative puppet Shululu.

After multiple development failures, Tony chalked up the problem to the unsuitability of the material. So he bought alloy.

In front of him was a test piece he had remade out of alloy.

Tony picked it up and put it in a transparent sealed box next to it, which contained a litter of mice.

"Sir, you'd better give me a few more hours and I'll be able to calibrate ......"

"Nope." Tony shook his head.

He now pursues efficiency and has no time to waste on endless calibrations.

"As you wish, sir. I've also prepared a safety essentials introduction for you to ignore. ”

"Of course you have to ignore it." Tony said in a nonchalant tone, "Alright, let's get started." ”

In the transparent box, the mouse family curiously leaned up and sniffed the Iron Man model, and soon lost interest and crawled away.

Tony instructed the auto-camera arm next to him, "Take a close-up, then pull it open, and mark the date and time." ”

Then he looked at the transparent box: "Generation 1 Adaptive Psychic Interference Decoy, 21st Test." The power is on. ”

In the box, the eyes of the palm-sized Iron Man model suddenly lit up, and suddenly let out a slight screeching sound, but soon it was inaudible again, beyond the scope of human ear capture.

The mice in the box began to panic and ran around the box.

Sadly, these guinea pigs show no signs of being attracted to the Iron Man model.

The experiment failed.

"What went wrong?" Tony's brow furrowed, and he stared at the guinea pigs in the box in confusion: "Jarvis, turn off the power." ”

The guinea pig quickly returned to normal.

Tony wanted to find the right metal resonance band to use sound to attract the guinea pigs, so that he could see Luke do it at the time, attracting all the four-legged monsters with an Iron Man doll.

The reason why he thinks it is the voice that is at work is precisely because of the sarcastic remark that Luke's doll said at the time: "Everything that is there is rubbish".

Tony didn't think it was just Luke's boredom and should have something in it.

"What the hell did I do wrong, and why didn't I react?"

Tony pondered for a long time before deciding to do it again.

"There must be other secrets to this metal. Perhaps, I can improve this device in this way......"

Tony muttered to himself, took out the model and sat down in front of the assembly table and got busy.

Two hours later.

Tony began to validate his new ideas.

"Sir, you haven't had a break for 72 hours." Jarvis reminded.

Tony didn't bother to answer, he put the modified model in the guinea pig box, and said, "Generation 1 Adaptive Mind Distraction Lure, 22nd test." ”

Tony's gaze was fixed on the box: "Turn on the power." ”

A shrill howl was fleeting.

Inside the box, the mice were a little confused at first, but soon, the first mouse was attracted to the model.

Tony was a little excited.

Subsequently, other guinea pigs were also successfully attracted to the bait. The Iron Man model is crawling all over the body of mice, and a large group of mice are squeezed into a ball, just like the scene when Luke dealt with the vanguard.

The experiment seems to have finally succeeded.

"I'm the best!" Tony nodded in satisfaction.

Rumble!

There was a sudden explosion inside the box, startling Tony.

I saw that the Iron Man model was torn apart in the box, and the mice surrounding each other were all harmed without exception and died instantly.

The firefighting robotic arm, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and sprayed dry ice, which was immediately white.

Tony's face was a little ugly.

Self-detonation was not something he designed to do. Although self-detonation is not bad, it proves that the experiment still failed.

"Sir, appreciating the way you work has always been my happiest." Jarvis said.

Tony let out a long breath.

Another defeat didn't bring him down. Tony felt that he was very close to success. He needs to keep experimenting.

"Sir, Leviathan is running out of stock. I'm afraid you need to buy another batch from Mr. Luke Nelson. Jarvis reminded at this point.

Tony was slightly stunned, has he consumed so much? A ton is not enough. He underestimated the number of his failures.

Tony groaned and asked, "How long will it take to try to synthesize this metal?" ”

As a result, Jarvis's answer made Tony's heart immediately cold.

"Can't be crafted. The atomic structure of this alloy is surprisingly single, and I may be forgiven for not being able to understand how this single atomic structure expresses the density of this metal. It doesn't make sense at all. ”

Tony was also clueless, so he could only sigh.

I have to find the bear child to buy it again.

He was confident that he would succeed in making this bait next time. This thing is very useful in real combat. Luke had proven it to him.

But he wants to buy it, but the bear child may not be willing to sell.

"This metal should be very precious, and there aren't many bear children, after all, they were brought back from outer space. If I were him, I wouldn't sell it anymore. ”

Tony thought of this, a little depressed.

I think he deliberately bought out the rare elements of iridium, rhodium, and palladium, and took the bear child's braids. Now that he is being elbowed by the bear child in turn, is this retribution?

But no matter what, he had to bite the bullet and make a purchase. This project can't be abandoned halfway.

The more Tony thought about it, the more resentful he felt. He began to wonder if this was something Luke had already arranged.

The bear child sold the alloy to him so quickly, because he knew that he couldn't copy it, so he deliberately wanted to see him deflated?

Then he can only say, don't be happy too early, who can laugh until the end, maybe he can't believe that he can't make this thing.

"What the bear child can do, I can do too."

Tony exuded a deep resentment......

So much so that Luke, who was driving the War Lord to climb up the orbit and was rushing out of the atmosphere, suddenly received a system prompt that the resentment from Tony was +1.

Material Progress:

Narcissist's remnants 2/10

"Hey, why are you so angry with me, I didn't mess with him. What a stingy guy. ”

Lying in the cockpit, Luke pursed his lips and continued to maneuver the mech to climb upwards. Gradually, it was already pitch black in front of him, and he entered the space environment.

The dead star in the orbit of Mars has come to geosynchronous orbit and is still invisible. It also brings the Leviathan she-beast, and the poop gathering field.

Tony didn't know that the so-called Leviathan alloy was simply the poop of a space monster, and it was turned into gold by Luke by special means, and it was not a traditional metal at all. And how to reproduce it.

And for Luke, there is as much alloy as he wants, and there is no cost at all.