"Alright, everyone, before we begin, I can guarantee that when you look back on the past, you will absolutely not regret this choice today.
After today, you will become glorious beings and will be reborn!"
Inside the laboratory beneath the Villa, which had been specially modified to withstand high temperatures and explosions, Aldrich Killian, dressed in a suit, was conducting psychological preparation for the few newly recruited disabled veterans.
The success rate of the Extremis experiments he and Maya Hansen had created was still less than half, and there was a high probability of failure leading to explosions.
However, after many experiments, it could be observed that people with strong hearts and iron wills had a significantly higher success rate after injecting Extremis compared to others.
Therefore, before each injection, he would go to conduct psychological preparation for these test subjects to ignite their fighting spirit.
"Begin!"
Seeing hope appear on the faces of these disabled veterans, Killian ordered the experimental staff to begin the injections, then left the laboratory himself.
Ten years ago, he had hopefully brought his research results to find his idol, Tony Stark, hoping the other party would invest in his invention.
As a result, Tony Stark perfunctorily told him to wait on the balcony, stood him up, and went to sleep with the female biologist, Maya Hansen.
Realizing he had been played, he was disheartened and almost jumped off the balcony.
Physically disabled, he had used all his money to found Advanced Idea Mechanics, but because no one would invest, he was in a difficult situation, and his most revered idol looked down on him.
But in the end, watching the fireworks filling the sky and experiencing the desperation within his heart, he suddenly developed a desire for revenge.
He decided that he must take revenge on Tony Stark, that he must become the most powerful person in the World, and make everyone who looked down on him and denied him crawl at his feet; he wanted to become a god.
Thus, he found Maya Hansen, who had been dumped after sleeping with Tony, and the two joined forces to start developing Extremis.
After nearly ten years of research, they finally had results and began finding soldiers who had been discharged due to disabilities from war to conduct human experiments with Extremis.
Why choose disabled veterans?
Because these soldiers were originally elites in the military, each highly skilled and proficient with firearms; once they successfully injected Extremis, they would be the most perfect and powerful warriors.
Furthermore, the lives of these soldiers after being discharged due to disability were mostly very difficult, and they were dissatisfied with society; as long as he could help them return to normal and promise them benefits, it was very easy to win them over.
Up to now, he already had five Extremis soldiers under his command who had successfully survived the Extremis injection.
If he counted himself, that made six; in order to get revenge, when Extremis was completed, even though there was less than a 50% success rate, he chose to be the first to inject it without hesitation.
Extremis cured his disability and also gave him power as mighty as a god.
"Dr., someone has broken into our Villa, and most of the guards have been taken down!"
Just as Killian was waiting outside for the results of this injection, a short-haired female warrior wearing a black tank top with a fierce look in her eyes ran over.
"How many people?"
Killian frowned. Although there were no Extremis soldiers among the guards at the Villa above, there were over fifty fully armed security personnel. Could it be that they had been discovered by the local government?
"Two."
The female warrior replied.
Upon hearing this, Killian immediately turned and walked towards the monitoring room. Two people had taken down most of the guards; clearly, the intruders were extraordinary.
They were indeed extraordinary, because very soon he saw in the monitoring room the surveillance footage of Wanda controlling flying knives to instantly kill his guards.
"Telekinetic control of flying knives, superpowers? Who are they, why are they attacking the Villa, and are they coming for me?"
Looking at the two complete strangers in the surveillance, Killian's mind was full of doubt.
However, he soon had no time to be puzzled, because the entire experimental Base had sounded an alarm; clearly, the two had already entered the laboratory hidden underground and were killing their way here.
"Go and capture them!"
Killian ordered the female Extremis soldier behind him.
That woman's ability to control flying knives certainly looked impressive, but Killian did not think his female soldier couldn't handle her.
One had to know that this subordinate of his was originally an expert in the Marine Corps with super-strong combat abilities, only forced to retire because her right arm was blown off during a mission.
Super-strong physical attributes, high temperatures that could melt steel, plus super-strong combat abilities and regenerative capabilities—how could a few flying knives compare to that?
However, was that really the case?
At the entrance of the laboratory in the Villa's Underground Room, Li Chuan and Wanda dealt with a few guards and walked along the corridor towards the interior.
Just halfway there, a short-haired woman wearing a tactical vest appeared and blocked their path.
"I advise you all not to resist; otherwise, it won't be good if I break your bones."
The female warrior clenched her hands, her knuckles cracking, her face full of threats.
Li Chuan spread his hands:
"I think it would be better if you didn't resist."
The fact that the opponent dared to come over alone so arrogantly after knowing about Wanda's flying knives clearly meant she was not an ordinary person; she was most likely a soldier who had survived the Extremis injection.
However, even if she was an Extremis soldier, she couldn't possibly be a match for Wanda now.
"You look quite pretty, and your figure is also quite good. I like you very much; once I catch you, I will definitely enjoy you properly."
The female warrior glanced at Li Chuan, then finally licked her lips, fixing her gaze on Wanda, revealing a look full of desire.
Wanda was stunned upon hearing this, and Li Chuan couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Flirting with his wife right in front of him—even if you're a woman, it cannot be forgiven.
"Wanda, take her out!"
"Pfft, but she complimented me on being pretty."
Seeing Li Chuan's expression, Wanda burst out laughing, but still waved her hand, conjured a flying knife made of uru metal, and shot it at the female warrior with the peculiar hobby.
But this time, it was not as smooth as when dealing with those guards above.
Just as the flying knife appeared at the female warrior's wrist, intending to sever her tendons, the female warrior flipped her hand, nimbly dodged, and grabbed the cicada-wing-thin flying knife.
"Attacks like yours might work on ordinary people, but they are useless against me!"
Holding the flying knife up to her eyes, her hand instantly turned red, emitting a terrifying high temperature, intending to melt the flying knife directly and make the opponent understand the gap in strength.
Unfortunately, no matter how much she increased the temperature, the flying knife did not change in the slightest.
"Uh... well... it's made of uru metal; a temperature like yours can't melt it."
Li Chuan saw this and "kindly" offered a reminder.
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