Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Oh right, Tony said that the strength of these things is based on the Hulk.

Fortunately, Tony was there the whole time, and he helped Lu Mingfei loosen the straps and metal buckles.

“Great, the experiment went very well,” Tony nodded with satisfaction. “You should feel stronger now, right?”

“I do have that feeling,” Lu Mingfei said, standing shirtless on the ground, “but there’s another feeling that’s even stronger.”

"How does it feel?" Tony asked curiously.

"It feels like there's something hidden under my skin, something that I could make float up if I exert any force," Lu Mingfei said hesitantly.

He closed his eyes, focused his mind, and surrendered control of his body to his instincts.

The next second, countless black scales emerged from beneath his skin, stood up, and then snapped together, making a loud sound, like the rubbing of armor plates.

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes.

After his entire body was covered in armor plates, his face underwent subtle changes. His originally handsome face became aggressive and dignified, as if he were wearing a full suit of armor and a stern mask covering his face.

"Wow!" Tony exclaimed in surprise, "Such a change has actually happened!"

Tony wasn't too surprised because he had seen Lu Mingfei transform into a burly, ferocious figure covered in scales when he was near death before.

To be honest, although Lu Mingfei is now covered in scales, his body shape has remained the same. Compared to his previous state when he was on the verge of death and his height and body size increased dramatically, and he even grew wings, his current appearance has changed very little.

“I feel like these scales can be released and retracted at any time,” Lu Mingfei said, “but I don’t know how effective they are defensively.”

"Let's go test your new ability." Tony excitedly led Lu Mingfei away.

As Lu Mingfei followed Tony, he was thinking about something else—the Dwarf King had said that to forge a weapon that could be integrated with the body, one needed his bones and blood.

Blood is easy to remove, just draw some, but bones are a different story. To restore the missing bones, he has to go into a near-death state.

Now, after his second awakening, he's covered in scales. Are those scales considered bones? I wonder if he'll be able to use them after being anesthetized and having two scales removed.

……

After a series of tests, Lu Mingfei and Tony came to a conclusion.

His physical condition has indeed improved significantly compared to before. His muscle density, explosive power, and bone density have all increased significantly, and his endurance has improved even more significantly than the other three aspects.

It's fair to say that even without revealing his scales, Lu Mingfei could now take on a group of polar bears single-handedly.

The defensive effect of the scales is quite remarkable. Ordinary firearms can only cause minor damage at close range, and leave no trace at a distance. Moreover, the scales interlock and form a continuous sheet, which seems to distribute the force and disperse some of the force borne by the hit part.

He was no match for ordinary knife and axe chopping; he stood there and let Tony chop him with a knife without feeling anything.

Finally, Tony got so angry that he pulled out a chainsaw, and Lu Mingfei ran away.

Although I felt that my scale armor should be able to withstand a couple of hits from the chainsaw, the chainsaw was brought out of Tony's own lab, so who knows how powerful it really is?

……

At Tony's home.

Exhausted from a long day, Lu Mingfei and Tony collapsed onto the sofa.

“Excellent, this potion was also a great success,” Tony said, looking at Lu Mingfei. “I have even more confidence in the new potion.”

"The potion that can awaken me for the third time, is it going to be ready soon?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.

“No,” Tony shook his head, “I have no clue about the third version of the Awakening Potion yet. The success of the first two times has just proven that my research direction is correct. As for when the third version of the potion can be made... we’ll have to wait and see.”

"Even you find it difficult?" Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised.

“These are the genes of a race that once ruled another world,” Tony rolled his eyes. “And I can’t find any information about that race in this world. The only sample is you. All the data, research, and technology have to start from scratch. I’m already very fast!”

“Once I get into Kassel College, I’ll find a way to join their research department, then memorize their research data, and when I come to this world, I’ll replicate it for you and get their results for free, how about that?” Lu Mingfei suggested.

"Great!" Tony nodded in satisfaction. "You've gotten smarter."

"Is that a compliment?" Lu Mingfei retorted.

“By the way, you mentioned that there’s an AI at Kassel College, right?” Tony said. “I already warned you to be careful of that AI before. After all, you’ve witnessed how terrifying Jarvis is. If you’re not careful, she could discover your secrets. But I’ve recently come up with a new idea…”

"What new idea?" Lu Mingfei immediately perked up and sat up straight to ask.

“That AI…I think its name is Norma?” Tony raised a finger and suggested, “Why don’t you try making her yours?”

Lu Mingfei: ? ? ?

P.S.: Here's a link to a young seedling I'm sacrificing~

100. Chapter 99: Is Peter in trouble?

At Tony's home.

After considering Tony's suggestion, Lu Mingfei looked surprised.

"You mean, you want me to... hack an AI and take over its top privileges?" Lu Mingfei pointed to his nose. "Tony, aren't you overestimating me?"

“Nonsense, of course you’re not doing it,” Tony rolled his eyes. “You get me her source code, and I’ll handle the rest. I’ll create a virus specifically for her. You just need to memorize the virus program, go back and find a physically disconnected host, copy the virus without her noticing, and then find an opportunity to input the virus into it…”

“Tony, wait a minute,” Lu Mingfei raised his hand. “Your idea is very constructive, but there’s a small problem—how do I get her source code? That’s artificial intelligence, and the source code must be strictly confidential.”

“It’s just a virus. I don’t need you to get all the source code. I’m not going to give it a complete upgrade,” Tony said. “If you get a part of its source code, I can analyze its underlying operating logic and architecture and then create this virus. The more source code you get, the easier it is for me.”

"Having obtained part of the source code..." Lu Mingfei pondered for a few seconds, then his eyes lit up. "Then I can try contacting Kassel College and applying to join Norma's maintenance and development!"

As a maintainer or developer, you must have access to the corresponding part of the source code in order to perform your work.

Of course, to maintain secrecy, the academy would definitely use methods such as isolating internal and external networks and physically sealing the USB ports of the host computer to prevent insiders from copying the source code. If someone wanted to take the source code away, they would have to rely on rote memorization to copy the source code into their mind.

Norma, as an artificial intelligence, must have an extremely large source code. Even if only a portion is made available to a certain hybrid, it is not something that a human could memorize with their brain, unless that hybrid has a word spirit that enhances brainpower. However, according to Senior Brother Chu, the academy is shrouded in the "commandments" of the Night Watch's word spirits, and all hybrids with bloodlines lower than the Night Watch cannot release word spirits. Even if they have word spirits that enhance brainpower, they cannot release them. Therefore, it is almost impossible for a hybrid to forcibly memorize the code.

However, Lu Mingfei's bloodline should be very high. If all else fails, he can wait for Tony's third or even fourth enhancement. Once his bloodline is high enough to break through the suppression of "Discipline" and use Word Power, he can greatly improve his learning ability and memory, and memorizing code will be no problem at all.

Of course, this can't be rushed. First, he has to find a way to become a developer or maintainer at Norma, preferably in a higher position, so he can have access to more source code.

Secondly, if his current bloodline can break through the suppression of "commandments," then everyone will be happy. If not, then they will have to wait for Tony to develop an upgraded version of the potion to help him improve his bloodline.

So while Tony's suggestion was good, it was actually quite troublesome to implement, though the benefits were enormous.

Even after gaining the highest level of access to Norma, Lu Mingfei couldn't do whatever he wanted with her—after all, Norma's mainframe was in the hands of the Academy. If Lu Mingfei used Norma at will and the Academy noticed anything unusual or flawed, realizing that their artificial intelligence had changed hands, the Academy could physically shut down Norma at any time.

But at least Lu Mingfei can make Norma ignore all his special characteristics and cover for him in some minor matters. He can even let Norma do some big things occasionally. As long as the frequency is low and she doesn't go too far, the academy shouldn't suspect anything.

After discussing the detailed plan with Tony, Lu Mingfei then...

I stayed overnight at Tony's house.

Tony said that the development of the new Iron Man suit has recently reached a critical stage, and he asked Lu Mingfei to temporarily serve as his assistant.

So Lu Mingfei was left behind to do manual labor.

During this time, in addition to serving as Tony's assistant every day, Lu Mingfei also began to learn about computers under Tony's guidance, and his progress was much faster than when he tried to learn on his own.

Of course, besides work and study, parties and eating, drinking and having fun around the world are also indispensable.

After a period of rest and relaxation, Lu Mingfei and Tony completed the development of the new armor—simply put, the new armor was equipped with multiple energy modules, each of which was relatively independent.

Furthermore, because he had been ridiculed by Lu Mingfei when he used the suitcase-style portable armor, and had personally experienced how much performance the suitcase armor sacrificed for portability, Tony decisively abandoned the "carry-on" portability concept and instead designed the new "portable armor" to be a type that could fly automatically.

Although it cannot fight on its own, the portable suit can be folded into a flight capsule and stored in a designated location. When needed, Tony can notify Jarvis via his watch or phone to have the suit fly to him at Mach 4. The suit then merges with him. Although it is not as portable as the suitcase suit, its power is not diminished.

After the new suit of armor was completed, Lu Mingfei joked that Tony should just install the suit on a satellite. Tony could then install a large arc reactor on the satellite, so that the satellite could fly above him around the clock. Wherever Tony went, the satellite would follow. Whenever the Iron Man suit was needed, the Iron Man suit would be deployed from the satellite, so that the Iron Man suit could be used anytime, anywhere.

Then Tony's eyes lit up, and he turned to developing a reliable satellite.

Lu Mingfei just couldn't understand how Tony planned to solve the sensitive issues of the satellite itself. It would be fine if the satellite drifted into a public place, but if Tony went to the White House or the Capitol for a meeting, the satellite couldn't possibly go with him—that thing was a delivery device for dropping Iron Man suits, but dropping missiles would be a targeted bombing.

Of course, that was Tony's problem to solve, and Lu Mingfei didn't need to worry about it. After Tony became engrossed in his new experiment, Lu Mingfei made a new discovery—Thor was also on Earth.

To be precise, Thor got together with Jane Foster, the human girl he met back then, so he kept coming back to Earth. In addition, Heimdall could inspect the Nine Realms, so Thor found out about Lu Mingfei's return to this world.

Then... Thor came over and tried to get Lu Mingfei to drink, or rather, to have a drinking contest.

Lu Mingfei absolutely could not agree to it. Back then, when he drank with Thor, who had lost his divine powers and was no different from a mortal, he was completely out of his mind. Although he eventually won, it was a very painful victory.

Although he has upgraded his bloodline again, Thor has also regained his divine power, so the outcome of another battle is uncertain.

He, Lu, is not a drunkard, so he certainly cannot agree with Saul.

Even if you want to avoid it, it's hard to avoid Thor, the God of Thunder—even flying in a plane isn't as fast as Thor. Lu Mingfei was sitting inside the plane, while Thor was outside outside carrying a bucket of beer and knocking on the window.

In the end, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to call Jane and ask her to take Thor's cloak and bring her unreliable boyfriend back home.

As Thor was being dragged away, he shouted with resentment, denouncing Lu Mingfei for losing his warrior spirit.

Lu Mingfei scoffed at this.

Pshaw! Is your idea of ​​"warrior spirit" just about vomiting uncontrollably into the toilet at 4:30 AM?!

……

Lying on his large sofa at home, Lu Mingfei hesitated whether to listen to Tony's opinion—Tony said there was a special party tomorrow.

To put it simply, Tony had a sudden inspiration that the reason Lu Mingfei hadn't had a relationship beyond friendship with any woman at parties was because he was used to American-style open-mindedness and hadn't considered that Lu Mingfei had received a Chinese education from a young age. Therefore, Lu Mingfei wouldn't take sex between men and women for granted and would subconsciously believe that there should be some emotional foundation before doing anything more intimate.

But with Lu Mingfei's zero dating experience, if he were to build some "emotional foundation" with a woman first, he might be completely taken advantage of before they even get to bed—after all, Chen Wenwen's experience serves as a cautionary tale.

So after a brief planning process, Tony arranged a "pure and innocent" party for Lu Mingfei. Simply put, all the girls who could attend the party had been strictly screened, and each of them was a lifelong single girl who had never been in a relationship, just like Lu Mingfei.

Everyone had zero experience, and Lu Mingfei had undergone his special training, so Tony felt that Lu Mingfei wouldn't be easily manipulated.

Lu Mingfei is now hesitating about whether or not to attend the party.

He had attended many parties with Tony before, and even saw Tony walking into a room with several beautiful women on several occasions—he wondered if Tony's body could handle it.

Logically, he shouldn't be afraid of parties, but this party gave him a feeling of being caught in a trap—Tony seemed determined to make him grow into a "man".

Just as Lu Mingfei was hesitating, his phone suddenly rang, and the caller ID showed "Jarvis".

The phone call from Tony's AI butler could only mean one thing: to remind him to prepare for the party. Lu Mingfei couldn't think of any other reason.

But he answered the phone anyway: "Hello, Jarvis?"

To his surprise, Jarvis wasn't there to remind him about the party.

“Mr. Lu Mingfei, I’m sorry to bother you, but it seems that Peter Parker, the friend you asked me to keep an eye on for you, has encountered some unexpected circumstances,” Jarvis said.

"An unexpected situation?" Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow.

Since the last time he saw Peter, Lu Mingfei realized that Peter's status at school had not changed—he was still the same inconspicuous person who would be bullied, ridiculed, and even bullied by some people in the class.