Stark's Radiation as Vast as the Eastern Sea, Old Yinsen's Life as Brief as an Ephemeral Bloom

Tony Stark had never imagined that he, too, would encounter such a terrifying crisis.

It had originally been nothing more than an ordinary military exercise, yet he had been attacked by terrorists.

Not only had he been kidnapped and taken to a pitch-black cave, but an electromagnet had also been stuffed into his chest, using weak magnetic force to hold the bomb fragments inside his body in place and keep them from piercing his heart.

Before he could even come to terms with that, a group of terrorists had rushed in and begun brutally torturing him, ordering him to build some kind of Jericho Missile.

Just when Stark had no idea whether he would survive, when he was at his most lost and most terrified, a man claiming to be a Stand User had suddenly appeared. Using bizarre methods Stark could not understand at all, he had killed every terrorist before saying that he wanted to take Stark out of this hellhole.

Honestly, Stark was a little frightened.

He did not know whether this person could be trusted, but he had to escape immediately.

According to Fang Mo, all the terrorists had already been dealt with. If Stark wanted to leave, he could do so anytime, anywhere.

But only Stark himself knew what an enormous hidden danger the electromagnet on his chest was. Once the car battery serving as its power source short-circuited, he would die in an instant.

So, for the sake of his own life, Stark had no choice but to make himself a new power source.

Fortunately, there were plenty of materials here, and Yinsen was willing to serve as his assistant. Stark quickly completed the first step in creating the new power source by dismantling 1.6 grams of Palladium from a pile of missiles.

However, just as Stark was about to melt the Palladium in a crucible, Fang Mo, who had been studying the Stand off to the side, suddenly froze. An electronic prompt had actually sounded in his mind.

System Prompt: A new mod feature has been detected. Research it to gain download permission.

"A new mod feature? What was that?"

Fang Mo froze for a moment, then immediately asked.

Yet the electronic voice did not answer him at all. Fortunately, Fang Mo more or less understood by now that this system-like electronic voice had no intelligence and could not communicate. It would only abruptly pop up with a prompt whenever he triggered certain specific conditions.

"What?"

Stark, who was fiddling with the crucible, seemed to have heard something. He looked up in confusion. "Were you talking to me?"

"More or less."

Hearing that, Fang Mo walked over toward Stark. He suspected that this new mod feature might have something to do with him, so he asked directly, "What are you doing?"

"Melting this Palladium."

Stark set the crucible over the fire and explained, "If I want to make a Small Arc Reactor, I first need to cast a Palladium ring."

"An Arc Reactor..."

Fang Mo glanced at the liquid Palladium gradually melting in the crucible. For some reason, he suddenly recalled playing the Industrial Craft mod with his friends. Because of his own stupidity, he had accidentally picked up a grain of Uranium-235 and had been tormented half to death by the radiation debuff. He blurted out, "Damn... planning to share the radiation around, are you?"

"Huh?"

Stark stared blankly. "What did you say?"

Just then, Yinsen happened to walk over carrying the sand Cast he had just finished making. "What is it? I think I heard you discussing something."

"Yinsen, look. Stark's already cooking soup."

Fang Mo immediately turned to Yinsen and said, "He's started finding fancy ways to kill himself. Aren't you a doctor? Aren't you going to stop him?"

"...Cooking soup?"

Yinsen was utterly baffled. He looked at Stark in confusion. "What kind of soup are you cooking?"

"Authentic tritium cuisine." Before Stark could answer, Fang Mo deliberately gave a thumbs-up. "It's got radiation in every bite and a rich irradiated aroma."

"Don't listen to his nonsense."

Stark hurriedly explained, "I'm just planning to make a Small Arc Generator. This thing is perfectly safe. My company has an enormous one. Yinsen, your hands are steady, right? Come help me cast the Palladium ring."

"I just gave everyone a challenge: find a way to fill this entire cave." Seeing that Stark had simply ignored him, Fang Mo started making radiation jokes again. "First, I killed all the terrorists, but their corpses could only cover the floor. Then Yinsen lit candles, but the cave still had shadows... Only the smartest man, Stark, cast a Small Arc Reactor coil with Palladium, and radiation instantly filled the entire cave."

"Palladium is just a heavy metal. It isn't radioactive!"

Stark finally could not help retorting, "The Arc Reactor I want to make does not rely on fission energy at all. It generates energy through cold fusion by using Palladium to absorb hydrogen isotopes. You're a wizard, so don't talk nonsense when you don't understand..."

"Huh?"

Fang Mo was stunned when he heard that. "Isn't Palladium a radioactive metal?"

"Those are called radioactive elements."

Stark rubbed his forehead helplessly. "Forget it. I can't be bothered explaining this to you. You probably can't even tell the difference between electromagnetic radiation and ionizing radiation. Yinsen, come help me cast the coil..."

"Alright."

Yinsen did not really understand either, but he had not cared about such things in the first place. Once Stark called for him, he immediately got to work seriously.

He gripped the scorching crucible with tongs and began pouring the molten Palladium into the sand Cast.

At the exact moment the blazing liquid metal was poured into the Cast, another electronic prompt suddenly sounded in Fang Mo's mind.

System Prompt: You have researched the actions of 'Smelting' and 'Casting' and gained download permission for a new mod.

System Prompt: Tinkers' Construct is downloading.

"???"

Hearing that prompt, Fang Mo's eyes widened in shock.

Now he finally understood. His Modpack really could have mods added to it.

Back when the Chinese Language Mod had suddenly appeared, he had already considered that possibility. It seemed his guess had indeed been correct. Though he did not know how this ability to add mods was triggered, it was at least a good thing. If he could find a way to add a mod that let him return home or something, would that not mean he could go back to the MC world?

Thinking of that, Fang Mo grew a little excited.

Stark had only just cast the Palladium ring, and it would still be quite some time before the entire Arc Reactor was complete.

Taking advantage of that time, Fang Mo hurriedly tried researching how to add mods. For instance, he silently recited things like, I've watched Fullmetal Alchemist, I want the Equivalent Exchange mod, a thousand times. Unfortunately, the results were far from ideal.

Seeing that adding mods was hopeless for now, Fang Mo decided to study the Lucky Block first.

Compared to the mod-adding function, whose trigger mechanism he had no idea how to activate, using the Lucky Block was much simpler. Fang Mo merely had Steve right-click the item. The next second, a flash of white light appeared, and the Lucky Block vanished.

In its place was a crystal-clear blade.

"Hm? This is?"

Fang Mo recognized the origin of the sword the instant he saw it.

This sword came from one of Fang Mo's favorite mods: the Glass Sword unique to the Twilight Forest mod. It could only be obtained by chance in the Aurora Palace within the glacier.

The sword possessed a whopping 40 points of damage, but its only drawback was that it had just 1 point of Unbreaking.

It was as sharp as glass, but also as fragile as glass.

Yet Fang Mo's attention was not on that.

"So it really can draw items from other mods." Fang Mo stroked his chin thoughtfully. "I haven't loaded the Twilight Forest mod yet, but I drew a Glass Sword from it... Could this Lucky Block really draw items from every mod?"

If it could truly draw items from every mod, then this Lucky Block was genuinely terrifying.

After all, MC had far too many mods, and some contained terrifying weapons—such as Bacteria that could reproduce infinitely, bombs that could shatter Chunks, or Hot Spring Machines that could flood the world. One could casually name a whole pile of them.

Unfortunately, this Lucky Block had been given by the system, so Fang Mo had no idea how its reward rules worked.

Was it a repeatable reward where he could claim one every time he ran a new mod, or was it a one-time reward that would never appear again after being claimed?

As if to verify Fang Mo's guess, an electronic voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

System Prompt: Tinkers' Construct has finished downloading. Load it?

"Uh..."

Fang Mo froze for a moment, then immediately agreed. "Load it already."

System Prompt: Tinkers' Construct has loaded successfully.

System Prompt: Because you downloaded and ran a brand-new mod, you have received a Lucky Block. This Lucky Block will randomly draw one item from any known mod.

Along with a series of system prompts, another Lucky Block appeared inside Steve's backpack.

"Holy shit, it really works?"

Seeing that rainbow-colored Lucky Block, Fang Mo was delighted.

In his excitement, Fang Mo quickly ordered Steve to open the Lucky Block. This time, after a flash of white light, a purple claw-like object appeared directly in Steve's hand.

"What's this?"

Seeing the new item, Fang Mo curiously examined it.

It was an item called the Ender Hand. After thinking back for a moment, Fang Mo realized that it seemed to come from the Mutant Creatures mod. Left-clicking could directly attack monsters, while right-clicking could control a block and make it float in the air before throwing it at monsters. Of course, its most amazing function was Shift-right-clicking, which allowed the player to teleport.

"This... really is a jackpot."

Looking at the purple claw in Steve's hand, Fang Mo was clearly a little astonished.