But now that Tony mentioned it, maybe Tony was right. Maybe there really was an unknown superpower awakening!
Of course, while it would be great if he really awakened another superpower, but he had nothing to regret if it wasn't the case!
"Regardless of whether I awakened a superpower or not, the serum had increased my strength by significant margin. This shows that your improvement of the serum was effective!
"Let's go and tell the others about this!"
Li Yue excitedly got down from the bed, feeling his explosive power well up as he stretched his body and clenched his fist!
Back in his original world, Li Yue often read novels that involves the protagonists causing damages to their surrounding after gaining a new power that they cannot control.
However, Li Yue didn't experience that even after obtaining Homelander's powers. He didn't even need to learn those powers—it was as if he was born with the ability to fly!
He was able to use the same level of strength as regular humans in daily life, but he could clearly feel the unimaginably high ceiling of his strength!
When he needed those strength, when he was fighting or simply needed to lift something, his body would respond and give him the amount of strength that he wanted.
It was as natural as breathing. Thus, Li Yue wasn't afraid that he would accidentally unleash his strength to harm people or objects he didn't mean to!
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"How is it? Was there anything of note? Did Li Yue succeed in using the serum?"
Captain America anxiously greeted the Tony and Li Yue, along with the rest of the crew!
"Everyone, don't worry. The serum is more or less successfully administered, but resulted in unexpected development. While Li Yue's strength had significantly increased, he had not awakened any special power. Perhaps he simply needs more time!
"But that aside, we have demonstrated that the serum is safe and will not cause fatal danger!
"Jarvis' simulation through hundreds of millions possible subject resulted in 74% success rate, but it was based on ordinary human baseline! Remember, the people that gathered here are not ordinary people, so our results should be much better!"
While it wasn't a perfect result, it was technically not a failure either, so Tony's demeanor relaxed a lot.
"So, who is next? Let us invite the next victim... cough cough, next user!"
Riding the high spirit, Tony asked for the next person that would take the serum!
"I'll do it! Li Yue might have beat me to the first turn, but it's my turn next!"
Thor shouted at the top of his lungs!
"No problem, let's get to it!"
Tony smiled as he guided Thor into the room!
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Just like Li Yue, Thor's body was way too durable for injection needles, so he drank the serum like Li Yue!
But his immediate reaction was very different from Li Yue's!
Li Yue didn't show much reaction after drinking the serum, but Thor's reactions were much more intense!
Thor's body trembled as his fist clenched tightly! He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth!
He was clearly in great pain, but with his strong pride and will, he didn't make any sound!
"What's going on? This is too different from when Li Yue did it!"
Steve asked Tony worriedly as he watched Thor's condition.
"Don't worry, this is a normal reaction. Li Yue is an alien, he can't be compared to him!"
However, Tony didn't seem to be worried, and even had the leeway to give a snarky remarks at Li Yue!
"You're the alien! I just don't feel all that much, so I fell asleep! But Tony, are you sure Thor isn't in danger?
Li Yue was a little speechless. Who was the alien? It was definitely because he was too strong, and Tony was jealous!
Nevertheless, Li Yue was a bit worried for Thor. He could only hope that Tony was telling the truth about this reaction being normal!
"I am sure. Look, this is the current condition of Thor's body! After the serum entered his body, it changed his body from the genetic level. His genes are being reorganized. This is also the key to awakening superpower!
"It is just that Thor's physique is too strong, so when the gene recombine, it will be accompanied by more intense pain than ordinary people!
"However, his life is not in danger. I just don't know if he will be able to overcome the pain and awaken a special ability!"
Despite his confident bragging, Tony still had some worry on his face. Thor would suffer magnitude of pain beyond ordinary people! That means the chance of success was even slimmer!
"I hope he can survive!"
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Ten minutes passed, but Thor still hadn't opened his eyes. He was silently enduring the pain!
However, just minutes later, Thor seemed to relax a little and stopped trembling. It seemed that he finally stopped feeling pain.
"Alright, it should be over soon! His genes have been reorganized. It seems that he has succeeded!"
Tony sighed in relief when he saw the vitals on the instrument stabilizing. He announced that the experiment had succeeded before trying to enter the room.
"Wait, Tony! He hasn't changed yet!"
Li Yue suddenly stopped Tony, because Thor who had supposedly calmed down suddenly underwent abnormal changes!
Pain once again visible on his expression, pain that seemed to be much more intense than before, since Thor couldn't bear to hold it in even with his strong willpower!
"What is going on? His gene sequence has clearly been reorganized and has stabilized! Why is it disrupted again? It seems that there is a stronger force that is forcibly interfering with the result!"
Tony immediately rushed back to the instrument, but Banner beat him to the punch by speaking the abnormality he observed!
"What's going on? The simulations were all very successful. How come we get abnormal result right as we started clinical trial? Li Yue and Thor both!"
Tony stared at the instrument and came to the same conclusion as Banner! How come there were so many things that go wrong because the simulations didn't catch it?
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"Tony, I think I know what happened!"
Li Yue suddenly said, interrupting Tony's thoughts.
"Li Yue. You know what happened? Tell me."
Tony immediately urged Li Yue to explain. He couldn't wait to hear the reason!
"I think it was related to what you said. Your simulation were based on normal humans! And Thor, just like everyone here, isn't a normal person!
"I don't think Thor is in danger. The serum did work on him! However, his original physique was actually stronger than the one produced by the serum!
"Therefore, he was currently falling back to his original, stronger state! Just look at his hands!"
Following Li Yue's words, Tony and the others turned their attention to Thor's hands. They were surprised to find that they were covered by a cadence of dazzling silver lightnings.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the lightning spread along his arm all the way to his body! It was as if Thor, the God of Thunder had descended upon the world, reborn within the lightning!
Thor's eyes suddenly opened, and two rays of silver light that looked almost solid emerged from his eyes and pierced straight through the ceiling!
His eyes were replaced by silvery white color, and the color of his pupils could not be seen clearly!
"Ah... Ah!"
Thor's appearance suddenly reminded Li Yue of a certain soundtrack!