A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 37 Ulysses Crow
Why molybdenum, lutetium, nickel, and vibranium?

Because Li Wei had already verified the large number of metal samples he bought through his own trading company—of course, these did not include the radioactive metals, and Li Wei did not think that the radioactive metals would contain what he wanted.

Of course, even Levi's small trading company couldn't get its hands on those radioactive metals.

Among these metals...

Nickel corresponds to mithril.

Lu corresponds to rare pure silver.

Molybdenum is the counterpart to thorium.

Therefore, Livy's subsequent engineering and forging science had to focus on these three metals.

These three metals are exactly what Li Wei needs right now.

Nickel and molybdenum are relatively easy to obtain; although they are expensive, at least they can be bought with money.

For rare earth metals like lutetium, buying a few samples is possible, but individuals have no way to purchase large quantities. Moreover, 90% of the production is concentrated in his hometown, so Levi had no choice but to turn to Stark Industries for help.

As for vibranium, Li Wei's need for it wasn't actually urgent; he just wanted to get a sample to verify it.

However, for Tony, the most difficult thing is obtaining vibranium, which is not something Levi urgently needs.

“Lee, you said before that vibranium is strictly controlled by Wakanda. We don’t have any dealings with them right now. Do you think they’ll sell it to us?” Tony asked.

Since Levi had already mentioned Vision, it was impossible for him not to reveal information about vibranium and Wakanda to Tony.

So Tony also learned that there was such a powerful country hidden in the world.

But as he said...

Regardless of what happens to Wakanda under Black Panther's rule in the future.

At least for now, they have no connection with Wakanda.

If that's the case, why would Li Wei still want him to acquire Vibranium?
“Normally that’s true, but there are always people in this world who are incredibly bold and incredibly lucky—as the world’s largest arms dealer, I wonder if you’ve ever heard of the name Ulysses Crow?” Levi asked.

“Oh, of course I know, a shady arms dealer!” Tony raised an eyebrow. “Don’t tell me he has vibranium!”

Tony did know Crowe, but as he said, compared to him, a real arms dealer, Crowe was just a street vendor at best.

Moreover, the other party has a very bad reputation in the arms industry because many of his supplies are not obtained through legitimate means.

Of course, the most important reason is that Klaus doesn't work for the many American arms dealers!
“Yes, he has vibranium, and a lot of it. For example, the vibranium used in Vision’s body didn’t actually come from Wakanda, but from Klaue. Ultron bought it from Klaue!” Levi nodded and said, “However, I don’t have any information about him, and I can’t find him, so if you want to buy vibranium from him, you can only rely on you.”

Actually, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have Frank go to Crow.

It just certainly won't be as easy as Stark Industries finding the other party.

Most importantly, Li Wei couldn't afford the vibranium, nor did he want to trade his side-career products for it.

Li Wei's side hustle products are either inferior and the other party may not appreciate them, or the superior ones, such as spatial bags, would disrupt the balance of society too much.

Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, Li Wei will only share most of the secondary profession's resources with future alliance members.

Therefore, buying vibranium with money is actually the simplest option.

And the one thing Tony has no shortage of is money.

Li Weining would rather give Tony a bunch of side-career products and have him pay for vibranium than hand them over to a lawless outlaw like Klaue, otherwise who knows what insane uses the other might develop.

You can never use normal human thinking to measure this kind of crazy outlaw.

“I can give it a try!” Tony didn’t refuse Levi’s request; he was also very interested in vibranium. “Then I’ll wait for your good news!” Levi nodded and said. Actually, if Tony couldn’t buy vibranium from Klaue, he had a backup plan.

That is the British Museum.

In the movie Black Panther, the gang led by Klaue robbed the British Museum.

There's a hoe that the British stole from Benin in the 17th century; it's made of vibranium.

The British just didn't know that.

Even the Wakandas don't know.

It was only by chance that the leopard discovered it and conspired with Crow to steal it.

So if Tony can't buy vibranium, he'll have no choice but to plan a museum robbery.

What? It's illegal?

Are you kidding me? The British got it, so why can't I, a time traveler, take it?

Anyway, I have five Winter Soldiers. It's a waste of electricity to leave them frozen, isn't it?

After finishing his business with Tony, Levi immediately opened a portal and returned to New York, but did not go back to the "Alliance" headquarters.

Instead, they went to Kamar-Taj.

Since he made contact with the Ancient One, and she allowed him to go to Kamar-Taj to study magic and even arranged a room for him.

Li Wei then moved his "studio" to his own room in Kamar-Taj.

Without a doubt, at this stage, with the Ancient One, a super big shot, in charge, Kamar-Taj is undoubtedly the safest place on Earth.

As for the traitor Casillas?

Li Wei has already asked the Ancient One, and she said the betrayal occurred in 2015.

So before that time, he didn't need to worry about Casillas having any impact on him—provided, of course, that Levi didn't interfere with the operation of Kamar-Taj.

Yes, Li Wei asked directly, and Gu Yi answered directly.

Compared to Li Wei, who pretends to be able to see the future, the Ancient One is the true master of time.

However, compared to Li Wei's reckless alteration of the universe's history, the Ancient One would not easily interfere with the timeline.

Li Wei also asked why Gu Yi didn't care about him.

And the Ancient One answered directly.

Because Li Wei is not only a legitimate time traveler, but also an "outsider".

If someone is already part of the Marvel Universe timeline, altering the timeline without authorization could potentially cause it to collapse.

If this situation were to actually occur, the Ancient One would naturally intervene.

Even if she doesn't interfere, the Time Management Bureau will.

However, as an outsider, Li Wei was able to act without restraint and change the original course of history.

Livy was not very familiar with the time theory related to the Ancient One.

But he also knew that his alteration of the timeline would only affect his control over the future, not cause the collapse of that timeline, and that messy organizations like the Time Management Bureau wouldn't bother him. That was enough.

(End of this chapter)