Marvel Universe, New York.
Some things could only be done in a relatively peaceful society, such as developing large-scale industries.
Lier fell asleep. Maybe he had finally resolved the conflicts and crises that had accumulated over a long time. He even had a dream.
In the dream, someone kept knocking on his head and demanding, "There are so many amazing things in the Marvel Universe, and you only went looking for a Lizard Man?"
Then, gritting his teeth, he somehow got hold of a bottle of Sentry serum. Supposedly, it could turn him into a superman with the Power of a Million Exploding Suns!
Then he died of poisoning on the spot.
Somehow, he came back to life and injected himself with the Extremis Virus.
The virus was pretty amazing. Lier couldn't understand its mechanism of action at all, but still gave himself an injection at the prompting of that mysterious voice in the dream.
After the injection, he became incredibly powerful and slaughtered his way through everything. Then a white Iron Man rushed up to him to collect patent fees. If he didn't pay, Iron Man would make the virus break out.
Mm, on the third loop of the dream, he found a mutated spider and let it bite him, but ended up turning into a spider monster.
On his fourth attempt in the dream, he flew into space to absorb cosmic radiation. He didn't become one of the Fantastic Four; he died on the spot.
On the fifth attempt, he begged Mister Negative to cure his cancer. And what happened?
What happened?
He woke up. He didn't know what he would become after being affected by Negative Energy.
Lier opened his eyes and rubbed the corners of them. Warm sunlight fell across his face.
"I'd better stick to