The preparations took mere moments. Tony gathered his courage to prepare for the serum.
"I must succeed! I don't want to spend the next week in the bathroom!"
Tony prayed for himself in his heart. He felt anxious to the very last moment! While the consequences of failure wasn't lethal, it was an unbearable torture!
"Huuu, come on, Li Yue, before I change my mind!"
"Tony, are you sure you are ready now? Also, are you sure you don't want to inform Ms. Pepper?"
Li Yue asked with uncertainty as he stared at Tony, who was lying on the experiment table!
Tony smiled. Even at moments like this, he wouldn't miss the chance for a joke!
Tony's face darkened for a moment when Pepper was mentioned, but it immediately disappeared within his heart!
"Alright, Dummy, give him the injection!"
A smile appeared on Li Yue's lips when he noticed the momentary change in Tony's expression, but he said nothing about it. He then ordered Dummy, who was on standby beside Tony, to give Tony the injection!
The person on the table was its master and creator, but Dummy didn't hesitate to extend its mechanical arm and stabbed the cold needle to Tony's arm!
"It's now all up to you, Tony. Good luck!"
Tony closed his eyes, ready to face the storm. Li Yue said one final blessing before leaving the room with Dummy!
Tony was left alone in the room, isolated and helpless! This kind of thing could only be faced by him alone. No one else could help him!
"Come on, show me what this serum got!"
It was the point of no return. It was too late to regret! Tony was ready. It was just a serum. How bad could it be?
Could it really beat the hero Iron Man? The great Tony Stark himself?
...
With his determination, Tony braced himself for the pain!
"Fuck! I didn't expect it to be so painful. Is it too late to cancel it?"
However, the pain came faster than Tony had expected, and it was worse than he thought it would be! Even with all his willpower, Tony knew that all that awaited him was more pain.
Tony couldn't bear with the pain and secretly complained in his heart!
Tony was just an ordinary human who had just changed from a cynical playboy to a super hero who dedicated himself into protecting the world.
He was still far cry from the man at the end of Avengers 4, who withstood the power of the six Infinity Stones with his mortal coil!
"Damn it, I can't lose face in front of others! Li Yue and the others are watching! No matter how unbearable the pain is, I must endure it!"
Tony had known that the serum would be incredibly painful, looking at Thor and Captain America, but he didn't expect that it would be beyond human limits!
He felt like every cells in his body were pierced by a thousand steel needles and pulled apart! The pain went beyond his bones and directly into his soul.
The serum tampered directly with human genome. A massive amount of the human genome stored unknown information, and the serum awaken those unknown information as superpowers!
It was as if someone used a carving knife and scrapped every cells in your body!
The pain had cleansed Tony's mind of any other thoughts, forcing him to focus on controlling himself and constantly warned himself that he must endure! Success or failure depends on this moment!
Tony did his best to endure this pain, not letting himself let out a painful howl, and also resisting a blackout!
...
The spectators watched Tony with worried expressions.
However, their worries did not help Tony at all. Just as Li Yue had said, everything hinged on Tony's own hard work to safely overcome this crisis!
"Banner, how is Tony now? Is he okay?"
Li Yue asked Banner who was focused on observing the instruments.
"There shouldn't be any problems. His current state was similar to the Captain's vital! It's just that the pain would continue for a while; I don't know if he could go through it!"
Besides Li Yue, Banner and Tony were the ones with deepest connections! Despite Tony's prickly attitude, Tony still helped Banner so much!
Therefore, Banner was focused on the instrument, afraid that there would be any accident!
"Well, there shouldn't be anything to worry about. I believe that Tony could persevere!"
Li Yue was confident in his understanding of Tony. The genius billionaire will never back down on a difficult challenge!
"I didn't expect you to trust Stark so much!"
Banner glanced at Li Yue in surprise, before returning his attention to the instruments. He couldn't miss any unexpected situation!
...
A few minutes passed quietly. Tony was still in the room, trembling uncontrollably from the intense pain!
"Why is this not over yet? I can't hold on much longer!"
It had only been a few minutes, but Tony felt that it had been thousands of years. However, the unbearable pain did not show any signs of ending! Instead, it was becoming more and more intense!
"According to the instrument, the result of the mutation should come out soon. Success or failure depends on this moment!"
Banner suddenly said, surprising everyone!
"Banner, why do you say that? How are you so sure?"
The Captain looked at Banner with doubt.
Steve was also very worried about Tony's current situation. After all, he had just personally experienced the same process. To be honest, it was far more painful than the super soldier serum!
Therefore, he understood Tony's current situation. He could only hope that Tony could end this painful ordeal as soon as possible!
"I've watched the data stream from when the three of you took the serum. The overall process have some variance, but the critical stage was almost always the same!"