Researching New-Style Vampires (Part 3)

"How awful..." Tony Stark's lips twitched slightly as he watched Morbius crash into the Telekinetic Barrier. Earlier, Morbius had forcibly ripped off Robet's Mask, leaving his face a bloody mess. He hadn't even recovered from his previous injuries when he was hit by this new wound.

However, Tony Stark had no intention of sympathizing with Morbius, because before fighting General Bart, Tony Stark was the one chasing Morbius. Even in the bar, it was Morbius who treated Vampire as food. That blood-red power belonged to Morbius, not to General Bart's influence.

Moreover, upon seeing Morbius take flight, Tony Stark was certain that Morbius was no good, as he was clearly a Vampire, not much different from the Vampire Morbius had preyed upon in the bar...

Although Tony Stark couldn't understand why this Vampire wanted to drink the blood of Vampire, it didn't stop him from preparing to deal with Morbius. The Mecha Tony Stark, which were unable to enter the Telekinetic Barrier from the outside, were ready to go and wait for Morbius outside. If he really managed to escape, the Mecha would definitely launch an attack!

"Vampire, I wonder if he's really afraid of those things..." A thought flashed through Morbius's mind as he looked at Robet, who had been severely injured and crashed to the ground from mid-air.

Robet had already encountered Werewolf before. Clary's stepfather, Luke, was a Werewolf, and even the leader of his lineage. Werewolf, Luke's strength was rather weak. To be honest, Robet even doubted whether Luke could defeat the Werewolf, a comedic character who only made a brief appearance in the Dragon Ball World.

Upon seeing Morbius, Robet was certain that the Vampire from the Dragon Ball World would be no match for Morbius. However, Robet also wanted to see if this Vampire had any of the same Vampire weaknesses.

With a "whoosh," Robet condensed a ball of energy without any garlic in his hand, which transformed into a huge cross, leaving Tony Stark somewhat bewildered.

"..." On the other side, Morbius, whose injuries were recovering, also fell silent when he saw the cross. He didn't know what to say for a moment, or rather, he didn't know if he should act out his fear of the cross so that this terrifyingly powerful man would be in a good mood and let him go. Of course, it was also possible that he would be tied to the cross.

Previously, Morbius had had little contact with other Vampire and therefore knew little about Vampire. However, after being threatened by General Bart's Mask, Morbius killed quite a few Vampire and learned that the legendary weaknesses of Vampire were indeed real.

Garlic is relatively harmless; Vampire only feel some aversion to it and it doesn't have a significant impact on Vampire or cause Vampire any harm. However, things like crosses, holy water, silverware, and sunlight can cause substantial damage to Vampire.

It can be said that Vampire fear anything that dark creatures fear. The fact that Vampire haven't been driven to extinction only shows that they are indeed quite resilient.

Compared to traditional Vampire, Morbius, Vampire of the new era, is different. He once worried that he would have the weaknesses of Vampire, but after all, he is Vampire created by the technology of the new era. Apart from his aversion to sunlight, other things that could threaten Vampire do not have any effect on him.

Even though Morbius loathed sunlight, it was only like Vampire's aversion to garlic—a repulsion stemming from a life-or-death instinct. Morbius had tested it; even if he was forced to be in the sunlight, it wouldn't harm him!

"You want to see if Vampire are afraid of crosses?" Tony Stark, who was standing to the side, finally caught up with Robet's train of thought. He was speechless for a moment. With Robet's strength, dealing with Morbius shouldn't have taken much effort. Why bother testing him?

"This Vampire isn't particularly strong, but that doesn't mean all Vampire are weak. What if there are even stronger Vampire in this world?" Robet shrugged, somewhat disappointedly putting away the crucifix. "But it seems the idea that Vampire are afraid of these things is just an urban legend. In the future, when we encounter powerful Vampire, we'll have to fight them head-on. But that's fine..."

"Wait! Actually, those Vampire aren't without weaknesses. Their weaknesses are no different from those in the legends..." Hearing Robet's words, Morbius, whose injuries hadn't yet healed, hurriedly shouted at Robet, fearing that Robet might suddenly deliver a fatal blow and kill him on the spot. Morbius really didn't want to die!

"Them? Aren't you Vampire? Nobody would believe you if you said that. Are you some kind of bat Vampire or something?" Hearing Morbius's words, neither Tony Stark nor Robet believed him. What a joke! Leaving aside Morbius's current appearance, Robet and Tony Stark had just witnessed Morbius sucking those Vampire dry. How could he possibly explain that?

"I am indeed Vampire, I don't deny that. Or rather, since I became this way, I have accepted my current identity. But I am not the same as those other Vampire!" Morbius said, his voice carrying three parts firmness, three parts sigh, and three parts disdain.

"Those guys are nothing but a bunch of inferior dark creatures. They possess all the weaknesses of dark creatures. But I'm different. I accidentally became like this during a scientific experiment. I can only be considered a similar convergent evolutionary process to them, not the same species!"

"There are Vampire created by science?!" Before Robet could react, Tony Stark's eyes lit up as he looked in Morbius's direction. Tony Stark Tony Stark wasn't particularly interested in mythical Vampire, but he was quite interested in studying Vampire created through scientific experiments.

"If what you're saying is true, then doesn't that mean you, as Vampire, are more perfect in terms of your life form than the Vampire in the original myths?"

"Um, I hadn't thought about that..." Morbius paused, unsure how to answer Tony Stark's question. "I only had to deal with Vampire because of that Mask, so I don't actually know much about them..."

"Alright, considering your performance, I take back what I said before. You're not perfect after all. Bloodsucking is really disgusting..." Tony Stark shook his head and said softly, "However, this might be a racial trait. I wonder if it can be improved? Come to think of it, you were created this way through experiments. Is it possible to restore you to your original form through experiments, or to completely rid you of your bloodsucking nature?"

"Can you help me?" Morbius looked at Tony Stark with a mixture of expectation and surprise. Morbius had thought he was doomed, but now it seemed he had a chance to live again?

"You want to deal with him?" Robet looked at Tony Stark with some surprise. He had originally planned to eliminate him outright, but judging from Tony Stark's words, it seemed that he wanted to experiment on Morbius.

"Uh, is it okay?" Tony Stark then realized that he wasn't the one in charge here, and he looked at Robet somewhat awkwardly and asked.

"I don't care, but I don't have the means to limit his abilities. If he acts recklessly and you don't have Mecha, you might suffer..." Robet warned Tony Stark. Being a test subject was fine, but they couldn't be careless. After all, Morbius had drunk Vampire blood right in front of them.

Furthermore, there were human corpses in the bar. There's no evidence that Morbius killed Robet, but even if those people were killed by Vampire, it seems there's no difference if the Vampire were then killed by Morbius...

"You can trap me, lock me up, you can do anything as long as you don't kill me..." Even without the threat of the Mask, Morbius's primary goal in life remained survival. He didn't know if he could live as long as a traditional Vampire, but Morbius still wanted to live one more day.

There are indeed people in the world who are not afraid of death, but Morbius doesn't think he is one of them. At least for now, he knows that he hasn't taken life and death lightly yet. Perhaps one day his lifespan will be as long as that of a traditional Vampire, and after experiencing countless things, he will truly take life and death lightly!

"Is there really no way to suppress his abilities?" Tony Stark glanced at Morbius. If it were Mecha, Tony Stark felt he wouldn't be afraid of Morbius, but the problem was that Tony Stark couldn't wear his Mecha all the time. Although some progress had been made in Nano-Armor, they hadn't actually been manufactured yet.

If, by some chance, Morbius were to harbor malicious intent and bite him, sucking his blood dry, then it would be too late for regrets.

However, Tony Stark Tony Stark would certainly be somewhat unwilling to give up the opportunity to study the common relationship between science and metaphysics just because of this, especially as his knowledge of the various dimensions grew and his sense of crisis intensified. He did not want to be able to stand by and watch like an ordinary person when something happened to Earth in the future.

"There's definitely no way to save you, but you can hold on with your strong will. When the time comes, just have Jarvis contact me. As long as you're still alive, I can come and save you..." Robet said with a smile, shrugging his shoulders at Tony Stark.

"Hold on with your stubborn will..." Tony Stark's lips twitched slightly. Tony Stark had to admit that although Robet was very reliable in crucial moments, there were times when Robet really made people a little uneasy.

"You heard it too, and you could tell from your previous actions that you wanted to live, otherwise you wouldn't have given up the struggle so completely..." Tony Stark said, looking at Morbius, who, although his injuries had healed somewhat, had not made any attempt to escape.

"Besides, the Saiyan were able to find you before. Even if you killed me, you wouldn't escape their grasp. It would be a life for a life, and you wouldn't gain anything..."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't go looking for trouble!" Morbius quickly nodded with a forced laugh.

"Well, there's another issue. You've done experiments before, so you should know that sometimes experiments aren't as rosy as advertised..." Tony Stark breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Morbius as he offered his reminder.

"Don't worry, I used to be a biochemistry expert too. I conducted my own mutation experiments, and I also studied my own situation afterward, but I couldn't find a solution and eventually gave up..." Morbius sighed softly and said in a low voice.

"In that case, we should have a lot in common!" Tony Stark's eyes lit up as he looked at Robet and said, "Shall we go back?"

"Let's go. Use your Mecha to lock him up first." Robet nodded, retracting the Telekinetic Barrier as she called out to the Magic Base, "Guardian, take us back to the Magic Base first, then send us to Tony's house..."

"What happened in the Dark Space? Why did Tony Stark come out looking so disheveled? Not only was his Mecha gone, but his clothes were also tattered..." Constantine and the Guardian had seen what happened next, so they naturally didn't ask why they had brought Morbius back.

Constantine was more curious about what happened in the Dark Space, because it seemed Tony Stark had experienced a fierce battle Dark Space...

"No, it's just that my Mecha and the Mask's consciousness almost destroyed each other..." Tony Stark chuckled and boasted a bit before quickly following Robet back into the Portal, teleporting back to the Stark Mansion villa.

"Jarvis, is the lab table ready?" Tony Stark felt much more relaxed after returning.

"Ready, sir," Jarvis replied quickly, having already prepared a brand-new laboratory for Tony Stark and Morbius to study Morbius's Morbius situation, hoping to understand this new-era Vampire and even help him completely break free from his blood-drinking habit and truly live like a human...