Concept for the Extremis Virus

Concept for the Extremis Virus

Early the next morning, Luo Wen got up and made breakfast.

After breakfast with Sharon, Sharon headed to the company building to handle matters, while Luo Wen went to the Swallowed Star world.

The moment he arrived in the Swallowed Star world, Luo Wen's phone gave a notification. When he checked it, he saw it was a message from Zhou Huayang.

The message said that the buyer from Hongning Base City had already coordinated with Limit Hall in Jiangnan Base City. The batch of Kroll Alloy Luo Wen needed would all be delivered to the warehouse in three days.

After reading the message, Luo Wen replied with an acknowledgment and stopped paying attention to it, focusing wholeheartedly on his training.

Making money was all for obtaining resources from the two worlds.

Obtaining resources was for becoming stronger.

So he had never once slacked off in his training.

The Monster Meat in the refrigerator was nearly gone, so Luo Wen purchased another batch.

This time, he bought an even larger quantity. He specifically purchased a large freshness-locking freezer to store the Monster Meat.

He also bought a batch of upgraded Medicinal Bath Bags.

Those two items alone cost him over a hundred million Chinese Yuan.

However, it was enough to last him half a month.

And so, Luo Wen trained single-mindedly for three days.

On the morning of the fourth day, Luo Wen arrived in the Swallowed Star world and received the batch of Kroll Alloy worth one billion Chinese Yuan.

This batch contained a total of two tons of Level 1 Kroll Alloy, two tons of Level 2 Kroll Alloy, and five tons of Level 3 Kroll Alloy.

Although it was still not enough to completely fulfill the orders from the previous exhibition, he could deliver sixty percent of them.

He only needed to wait another week to gather all the Kroll Alloy.

"Rice is still too cheap."

Looking at the hundred thousand tons of rice that had only been exchanged for this little Kroll Alloy, Luo Wen thought to himself.

The demand for Kroll Alloy in the Marvel world was undoubtedly terrifying.

At his current exchange rate, it would be difficult to fully expand sales.

"Sharon said Ivan Vanko will arrive in New York today. With his talent, replicating an Arc Reactor won't be difficult. He might even be able to replicate artificial intelligence. Perhaps I can use these two technologies to make money in the Swallowed Star world..."

After transporting this batch of Kroll Alloy back to the Marvel world, Luo Wen pondered this to himself.

Just then, Sharon called.

"Hello, Sharon. Has Ivan Vanko arrived?" Luo Wen asked as he answered the call.

"No, Boss. Ivan Vanko won't arrive until this afternoon. A gentleman came to see me and wants to discuss a partnership with you."

"Oh? Who is it?"

Luo Wen was somewhat curious.

Kroll Industries had not yet expanded its sales channels. Most of the people who knew about Kroll Alloy were America's upper echelon and major magnates.

For the other party to seek them out for cooperation, he presumably had dealings with those high-ranking officials and magnates.

"He said he's the president of Future Pharmaceuticals. His name is Aldrich Killian."

"Aldrich Killian?" Luo Wen raised his brow as he held the phone.

He was very familiar with that name.

Wasn't this the villain from Iron Man 3? The one who controlled the Extremis Soldiers.

Luo Wen had no interest in Aldrich Killian. He was nothing more than a clown.

But he was very interested in the Extremis Virus controlled by Future Pharmaceuticals.

This thing had enormous potential value.

In the Marvel world, the Extremis Virus seemed somewhat lackluster. It was essentially an inferior version of the Super Soldier Serum, with serious side effects.

At present, Killian and the others mainly used it to treat disabilities and create human bombs.

But it would be different if it were brought to the Swallowed Star world.

In the Swallowed Star world, many martial artists were left disabled while hunting monsters in the wilderness.

These lower- and middle-class martial artists simply could not afford Life Water and could only retire in regret.

Just like Zhang Ke of the War Hammer Squad, who had lost an arm in the original story.

The Extremis Virus could enhance physical fitness, regenerate severed limbs, and allow people to wield temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees.

Most importantly, it could grant people an absurd recovery ability.

In the original story, an Extremis Soldier had even recovered tenaciously after being shot in the head by a palm cannon. One could imagine just how powerful its self-repair ability was.

Once lower- and middle-class martial artists gained such an absurd recovery ability, both their combat strength and survival rate would greatly improve.

As for the Extremis virus's instability and tendency to cause self-destruction, Luo Wen did not consider them a problem.

Hadn't Killian himself shown no tendency to self-destruct?

It just needed improvement.

In the original story, the Extremis virus had only been a semi-finished product and had never been developed to perfection.

Most importantly, Martial Artists in the world of Swallowed Star possessed incredibly strong constitutions and could also wield Gene Force. Perhaps they could suppress the Extremis virus's side effects.

Seen that way, the Extremis virus seemed to offer nothing but benefits.

A bold idea suddenly popped into Luo Wen's mind.

Extremis Soldiers could generate temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees with their bare hands.

And Kroll Alloy combat blades were not afraid of high temperatures.

Perhaps every Martial Artist could one day be like Yoriichi Tsugikuni from Demon Slayer, forging Red Blades with their bare hands to kill monsters!

Just imagining that scene was wonderful enough to make Luo Wen look forward to it.

If these ideas succeeded, he would undoubtedly become a major contributor to Earth in Swallowed Star.

At the very least, he could definitely max out his contribution points at the Limit Martial Hall.

Perhaps then he could exchange for quite a few good things from Hong.

Thinking of all those benefits, Luo Wen could hardly wait to meet Killian.

"Sharon, have him wait for me in the company conference room."

Sharon was somewhat surprised. She had not expected Luo Wen to be interested in meeting this Killian.

But she did not ask further. Peggy had taught her long ago that speech was silver and silence was golden; it was best not to ask questions she should not ask.

After hanging up, Luo Wen immediately headed for the company building.

Before long, he arrived downstairs at his company.

The building had ten floors and stood on the outskirts of Manhattan. Its exterior was currently being renovated, with many workers standing on scaffolding as they installed silver-gray metal panels over the facade.

The building had originally been old and somewhat worn-down, but the areas covered in silver-gray metal now looked far more sleek and upscale.

Several large characters had already been erected atop the building. They were metallic as well, though black in color, and read—Kroll Industries.

Luo Wen looked at the silver-gray facade and nodded in satisfaction. Sharon still had good taste.

Upon entering through the company's main doors, he found quite a few workers in the lobby busily renovating and arranging the space.

The floor seemed to have been redone. Judging by the style, it followed a bright, minimalist design.

Luo Wen gave it a cursory glance before looking away. He had no intention of concerning himself with such trivial matters; leaving them to Sharon was definitely the right choice.

"Boss, you're here!"

The receptionist saw Luo Wen and immediately hurried over with small, quick steps, bowing as she greeted him.

Luo Wen nodded at her.

Then he took the elevator directly to the seventh floor.

The seventh floor housed the conference rooms and reception area.

When Luo Wen stepped out of the elevator, he found that the seventh-floor corridor had been fully carpeted, with decorative paintings hung on the walls as well.

Luo Wen walked to Conference Room 701 and pushed the door open.

Inside, a man with slicked-back blond hair and a silver-white suit sat on the guest sofa with one leg crossed over the other, drinking tea.

This must be Aldrich Killian.