MWM Chapter 216

“Alright, everyone, before we begin, I can guarantee that when you look back on this day, you will not regret the choice you’ve made today.

After today, you will become beings of glory and be reborn!”

In the specially modified, high-temperature and explosion-resistant underground laboratory of the villa, Aldrich Killian, dressed in a suit, was giving a pep talk to the latest batch of disabled veterans he had recruited.

The success rate of his and Maya’s Extremis virus experiments was still less than fifty percent, with a high likelihood of failure and resulting explosions.

However, after numerous experiments, they found that individuals with strong mental fortitude and willpower had a much higher success rate when injected with the Extremis virus compared to others.

So, before each injection, he would always engage in psychological conditioning to boost the resolve and determination of the test subjects.

“Let’s begin!”

Seeing the hope on the faces of these disabled veterans, Killian ordered the lab technicians to start the injections, then left the laboratory.

Ten years ago, filled with hope, he had taken his research to his idol, Tony Stark, hoping Stark would invest in his invention.

But Tony Stark had casually brushed him off, telling him to wait on the balcony, only to stand him up and go off to sleep with the biologist, Maya Hansen.

Realizing he had been played, he was so disheartened that he almost jumped off the balcony.

Physically disabled and having spent all his money founding Advanced Idea Mechanics, he found himself in a tough situation with no investors. Even his most admired idol looked down on him.

But in the end, as he gazed at the fireworks in the sky and experienced the abyss of his own despair, a desire for revenge was born in him.

He decided that he would definitely get back at Tony Stark. He would become the most powerful person in the world, forcing everyone who had ever looked down on or rejected him to kneel at his feet. He wanted to become a god.

So, he sought out Maya Hansen, who had been discarded by Tony after a fling, and together they began developing the Extremis virus.

After nearly ten years of research, they finally had some success and started conducting human trials on soldiers who had been discharged due to disabilities sustained in combat.

Why choose disabled veterans?

Because these soldiers were elite troops, skilled in combat and firearms, and if the Extremis virus injection succeeded, they would become the most perfect and powerful warriors.

Moreover, the lives of these soldiers after being discharged were often very difficult, filled with resentment toward society. As long as Killian could help them regain their health and promise them benefits, it would be easy to win them over.

So far, he had five successful Extremis soldiers under his command.

Including himself, that made six. To exact his revenge, once the Extremis virus was completed, he had chosen to be the first to inject it, even with less than a fifty percent success rate.

The Extremis virus cured his disability and gave him god-like power.

“Doctor, someone has broken into our villa. Most of the guards have been taken down!”

While Killian was waiting outside for the results of this round of injections, a fierce-looking, short-haired female soldier in a black tank top ran over.

“How many?”

Killian frowned. Although the villa guards were not Extremis soldiers, there were still over fifty heavily armed security personnel. Could the local government have found them?

“Two.”

The female soldier replied.

Hearing this, Killian immediately turned and headed to the control room. If two people could take down most of his guards, these intruders were clearly no ordinary opponents.

And they were indeed extraordinary, because he quickly saw on the surveillance footage Wanda controlling flying knives to kill his guards in seconds.

“Mental manipulation of knives, superpowers? Who are they, and why are they attacking the villa? Are they after me?”

Watching the footage of these two strangers he didn’t recognize, Killian was filled with questions.

But there was no time to ponder, as the alarm in the entire experimental base blared, signaling that the two intruders had already made their way into the underground laboratory and were heading toward them.

“Go capture them!”

Killian ordered the female Extremis soldier behind him.

The woman’s ability to manipulate knives looked impressive, but Killian didn’t think his female soldier would be unable to handle it.

After all, his subordinate was originally a top-notch Marine with extraordinary combat skills, only forced to retire after losing her right arm in an explosion during a mission.

With her exceptional physical abilities, the power to generate high temperatures that could melt steel, coupled with her superb fighting skills and healing abilities, how could a few flying knives compare?

But was this really the case?

In the villa’s basement, at the entrance to the laboratory, Leo and Wanda, having dealt with several guards, walked down the corridor toward the interior.

Halfway down, a short-haired woman in a tactical vest appeared, blocking their path.

“I suggest you don’t resist. Otherwise, it won’t be good if I have to break your bones.”

The female soldier clenched her fists, making her knuckles crack menacingly, her face full of threats.

Leo shrugged:

“I think it would be better if you didn’t resist.”

Knowing about Wanda’s flying knives, this woman still dared to come alone, clearly indicating she wasn’t an ordinary person—most likely one of the Extremis soldiers who survived the injection.

But even an Extremis soldier wouldn’t stand a chance against Wanda now.

“You’re quite pretty, with a nice figure, too. I like you. Once I catch you, I’m definitely going to enjoy myself.”

The female soldier looked Leo up and down, then licked her lips and fixed her gaze on Wanda, her eyes full of lust.

Wanda was momentarily stunned, and Leo couldn’t help but twitch his mouth. Flirting with his wife right in front of him? Even if she was a woman, he couldn’t forgive that.

“Wanda, deal with her!”

“Pfft, but she did say I was pretty.”

Seeing Leo’s expression, Wanda burst into laughter but still waved her hand, conjuring a flying knife made of Uru metal, and launched it at the lustful female soldier.

This time, however, it wasn’t as easy as dealing with the guards earlier.

Just as the flying knife was about to sever the tendons in the female soldier’s wrist, she twisted her hand, nimbly dodged, and caught the razor-sharp blade.

“Such attacks might work on ordinary people, but they won’t work on me!”

Holding the knife up to her face, her hand instantly turned red, emitting a terrifying heat, intending to melt the knife to demonstrate her superior strength.

But no matter how much she increased the temperature, the knife remained unchanged.

“Uh… well… it’s made of Uru metal. A temperature like yours won’t be able to melt it.”

Leo helpfully offered a reminder.

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