Chapter 150: The Mural
"What is this?" Clark took Banner's phone and looked at it, revealing that the screen of the phone was a report sent to him by Banner's friend. The report is about the discovery of a trace amount of nuclear radiation at the bottom of the seabed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, but the scope of this radiation is a bit large, and its size is almost half the size of Tokyo.
"Is it a nuclear leak?" Tony on the side looked at the report on his phone, and all he could think of was the nuclear leak.
"Probably not, he said he had investigated, and no foreign nuclear submarine was able to sneak in Tokyo Bay because of the depth, and there was no record or indication of an accident in their own nuclear submarine there. In addition, there is a low sea channel below the sea, which also excludes the possibility of special buildings and mineral deposits below.
But according to my friend's tests, he found that the composition of these radioactive elements was also different from all known radioactive elements. ”
"Are you sure he's not kidding you?" Tony's first thought after listening to Banner's words was impossible, and he had experimented with almost every combination of elements that could be found on Earth in order to find a solution to palladium poisoning. But the results were disappointing, he found nothing, and the new elements in the Ark reactor that Tony is now using were obtained by his father, Howard Stark, through the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
So when faced with a clue from one of Banner's friends that it resembles a new element, Tony's first reaction is that he has been deceived.
"I don't think he's a Japanese Ph.D. I met at a scientific symposium before. He is also quite rigorous in academics, so he probably wouldn't joke with me like this. Banner also suspected for a moment after Tony's words that the person who messaged him was teasing him, but he thought that there was no need for people to tease him.
Compared to the last scientific exchange meeting, they basically haven't had much contact with each other, and the relationship is not good enough to send each other this kind of academic email to make a joke.
Just as Banner was talking to Clark and Tony, his cell phone rang again. Banner opened it and saw that the other party had sent him a message, hoping that he could help him test it to see what the radioactive element he had encountered that was not on the periodic table was.
After all, Banner's status in nuclear physics research is at the level of a big one, and he can rank among the top few in the world. And the avatar has even been placed next to Einstein's avatar by various schools in the United States, which should be enough to explain Banner's academic status.
"Tony, borrow your lab for a while, he said he wanted to mail me a few samples, and I asked him to send them directly to your company." After reading the message, Banner said to Tony.
"No problem, you can use whatever you want." For Banner's small request, Tony agreed directly with a wave of his hand.
Clark on the side looked at Banner and Tony and didn't pay much attention to him, it should be as far as he knows that nothing major happened during this time in Marvel, and later Tony or Banner didn't say anything about finding new elements. So if nothing else, this time there should be nothing at all.
Either Banner's friend was lying to him, or Banner's friend detected the mistake and mistook it for a new discovery. After all, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the scientific world, is it?
However, five days later, Clark realized that he might have been wrong, because Banner called him today and said that he and Tony had really discovered that the samples his friend had mailed him contained this new element that they had never seen before.
"So, Clark, I'd like you to accompany me on a trip to Japan, and I'd like to go on a field trip." Banner on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment after talking about his discovery, and then extended an invitation to Clarke, hoping that Clark would go to Japan with him.
"You want me to go with you? I don't speak Japanese, so I can't help you if I go with you. Clark was stunned when he heard Banner invite him to Japan with him, after all, he didn't speak Japanese and he didn't have much research on nuclear physics. Even if he went to Japan with Banner, it wouldn't help Banner much, would it?
"Because my friend has found a huge life form under the sea where this new radioactive element was discovered through the instrument in the past few days, and I have also detected the composition of blood in the samples he provided.
And after I found out that his sample contained blood components, I took it to the database and compared it. The answers revealed that the blood components in the sample were not from any known organisms. Moreover, the source of the radioactive material we have detected before is the blood of these unknown organisms diluted in water.
So I want you to come with me, after all, it's a little safer if you're here. Although Banner himself is not afraid of the giant mysterious creature under the sea, if there is a real conflict, Banner does not want to be at the bottom of the sea when he wakes up next time.
And through this radiated blood component, Banner thought that his own blood was also the same radioactive substance. It's just that the radioactive material in Makimoto's sample is unknown, and the amount in his blood is gamma rays. So Banner wondered if they could find the monster in Muben's mouth, and they would be able to get clues to control the Hulk from its body.
"Huge lifeforms? How huge? Clark said that Banner's words made him stunned, because after Clark combined the two options of Japan and the giant lifeform, he actually had Ultraman in his mind.
Although Clark then passed this answer, he was really curious, could there be any mysterious giant life in the Marvel world? It's not mentioned in the movie.
"I don't know, but according to what he said, it must be huge." Speaking of gigantics, Banner didn't know how huge the lifeform his friend had detected.
"Okay, you've managed to arouse my curiosity, I'll go with you to see it." Since receiving a 30% stake in Stark's new company from Tony, Clark has completely abandoned his florist and spent his days doing nothing. Now that he has such a thing that interests him, it is also a good choice to go to Japan.
And Clark hasn't been to Japan once in his previous life or in his life, so this time it's a trip.
"Okay, when are you leaving? By the way, what has Tony been busy with lately, I haven't seen him in the past few days. Since he didn't have to open the store, Clark had a lot of time to hang out every day, but he realized that he hadn't seen Tony in days.
"I don't know, because I haven't seen Tony in a few days, and he seems to be busy updating his armor. But Clarke, have you noticed that Tony's mood seems to be a little kind lately, how to say anxious, a little anxious. Speaking of Tony, Banner felt that Tony had been a little out of his mind lately. It seems that he is in his studio all day long, and he rarely comes out.
"Maybe it's because of the New York War, Tony is just an ordinary person after taking off his steel suit, so he rashly fought such a strong war, and it is inevitable that he will be a little impressed." Clark actually knows what is going on with Tony now, and it should be said that Tony is a bit of a war sequelae now.
In the face of a civilization like Zitari whose technology far exceeds that of the earth, if it weren't for the fatal point of the other party's core control, the intensity of the war at that time would definitely have increased several times. So Tony, who calmed down, inevitably thought about what to do if they failed at the time, which made him very insecure and made him eager to upgrade his equipment.
Clark knows this because it is mentioned in Iron Man 3, and even Tony is still under this pressure, upgrading his steel suit for more than thirty generations in half a year. From the Mark 7 of the New York War to the Mark 42 in Iron Man 3, this speed is fast enough, you must know that Tony took more than two years from Mark 1 to Mark 7.
While Banner was calling Clark, Banner's friend, Dr. Makimoto, who was far away in Japan, salvaged a slate from the water. Although I don't know how many years the history of this stone tablet is, Dr. Makimoto can clearly see that a group of people are worshipping a huge monster carved on it.
The sea where the slab was salvaged is the same area where Dr. Makimoto had detected the activities of the giant monster before.