vncnus Chapter 445 The Perfect Timeline
Chapter 445 The Perfect Timeline
Chapter 445 The Perfect Timeline
The burst of light and flame was instantly frozen within Joey's frozen breath, and then condensed into black lava rock in a very short time.
"Damn it!"
The patient's sudden explosion caused Reed and Joey to feel a surge of anger and helplessness.
It hasn't been long, and New York City has already seen a death from the virus.
Joey, who had found Mr. Fantastic, scanned him again and again with his super vision, and only felt relieved after confirming that the Iron Man suit on Mr. Fantastic's body was not damaged.
The scale and power of that explosion were probably enough to blow up half of this floor. If we hadn't reacted immediately, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Could the zombie virus spread through such an explosion?
All of this is unknown.
But what is most worrying is that this unknown may soon become known.
As mentioned before, the super-freezing breath that Joey used to freeze New York City did not generate real ice blocks; otherwise, people frozen inside would have frozen solid before even being infected by the zombie virus.
Those frozen inside are simply unable to move, which at a minimum ensures that potential infected individuals cannot spread the virus further through biting.
But this hybrid strain has changed everything.
Such explosions will occur many times in densely populated areas of the city, each causing unimaginable casualties.
Moreover, if the explosion spreads the virus more widely and rapidly, it's feared that no one will be able to completely solve this problem.
"Heavy gift crab—" Tony swore again after a long time: "What are these Nazi bastards thinking?"
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The mutated strain they spread in New York is a classic example of harming others without benefiting themselves. Even if we take a step back and let Superman rule the world and turn New York into a living hell full of living bombs, what good would that do them?
"If you could know what the Nazis were thinking, then you'd have something for life."
Joey discovers that he may have a lifelong karmic connection with the Nazis, and that several major upheavals in his life were caused by this mentally unstable group.
"Our experiment will take at least another 10 to 15 hours!" Reed glanced at the timer on the HUD and his heart sank.
He realized that less than forty-five minutes had passed between their risky dig of the patient out of the ice and the explosion, which meant, "We're running out of time, Tony!"
The development of viral vaccines and antidotes is a technical undertaking involving multiple disciplines such as biological science and molecular science. Many of the steps cannot be accelerated, and the final result can only be obtained by waiting.
At the current rate, let alone ten hours, within an hour, the entire city of New York will likely be turned into a living hell by the chain reaction of these devastating viruses!
Seeing Tony's silence, Reed repeated himself, word by word: "Tony! We don't have time."
"No time" refers to the lack of time to develop a cure, but there are other ways to solve New York's problems besides a cure.
Viruses do not have their own metabolic mechanisms or enzyme systems; their inherent mechanisms dictate that they must be kept within host cells to survive and replicate normally.
Wouldn't all of this be resolved naturally once the host's life activities cease?
In the final, critical moment, Reed's superhuman intelligence began to regain its advantage. He knew that it was precisely in times like these that he couldn't let emotions cloud his judgment: "Researching a cure for this virus would be very time-consuming, but if we study targeted weapons based on the virus's characteristics, then—"
Reed has stopped thinking about cures for the virus and is now focusing on simple methods to kill it.
Just as repairing a house is never as simple as demolishing it, if we create targeted weapons based on the genetic characteristics of the virus to directly kill those infected, then the virus crisis that is about to spread throughout the city will naturally no longer be a problem.
"Stop! No, absolutely not!"
Tony, resting his head on his hand, was at a loss for what to do: "Let me think—"
Do they really have the right to kill a small number of people in exchange for the safety of the vast majority?
Morality and reason offer two completely different answers.
Tony wasn't the only one who remained silent; Joey, standing beside him, was too.
There will never be a standard answer to this question, and Joey is suffering far more than they are.
The painful part is that at least Tony and Reed can't see the virus's spread in real time, while Joey can observe how the constantly flashing virus particles spread along the ice layer to more and more people.
Although the matter is of great importance, it is a luxury to stop and think at this moment.
Even a second of delay increases the likelihood of the virus infecting more people, and this has now become a sunk cost for everyone. The more you hesitate, the harder it is to make a decision.
Mordo was right before. There is indeed more than one way to solve the virus than the Time Stone. There is a simple and brutal solution right in front of everyone. It just depends on whether anyone has enough courage to stand up and bear the consequences of all this.
That's what Batman meant when he stopped Joey.
If it really comes to that, the bat is willing to step forward and become the villain.
However, Joey doesn't need him to explain it all; the hardest part of this kind of thing is making a decision.
As Joey pondered, his feet gradually left the ground, and propelled by the bio-force field, he was ready to take off.
They really don't have time.
time----
time----
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Tony and Joey exclaimed in unison, "Harry Potter!"
Just now, Tony and Joey were playing the super lame "Avada Kedavra" joke, and unexpectedly, it was this very thing that gave them inspiration.
Hermione, one of the main characters in the Harry Potter series, possesses an item that can rewind time.
"A time converter?!" "Yes!"
"Can someone explain this?"
Reed was completely bewildered. This bookworm had never read Harry Potter, even though Susan had mentioned it many times. He had only verbally agreed to read it with his child after the baby was born.
"My God, where did you come from, Mars?" Tony exclaimed in surprise that there were people in English-speaking countries who hadn't read Harry Potter. "A time-twister is a magical contraption that can turn one hour into twenty-four hours! And we happen to have something similar!"
The Time Converter is a small hourglass ornament shaped like a pocket watch. Each press of the button reverses the time by one hour, sending the user back to the past.
As a model student and notorious troublemaker at Hogwarts, Hermione took too many courses at the school, and different courses often took place at the same time of day.
So when she's overwhelmed with work, she uses a time converter to go back in time after finishing one class so she can rush to another.
Compared to the Time Converter, the Time Stone can obviously do much more.
Just as some people can carve masterpieces from a stone while others can only turn it into rubble, the use of the Time Stone also requires skill.
While Joey and his team weren't skilled enough to precisely rewind time across New York City with added constraints, they could rewind time to just their own moment!
Without further ado, Joey had already taken out the emerald-colored Time Stone, gazing at the shimmering green light emanating from it, similar to the spectrum of kryptonite, and poised to unleash its power: "Ready?"
Let's begin!
"Doctor, am I really sick?"
As an unintentionally infected person, this ordinary citizen did not feel anything unusual about himself, only feeling somewhat confused: "I feel pretty good about myself —"
Reed, who was closely monitoring the other person's body temperature changes through the thermal imaging of his armor, simply smiled easily: "Calm down, we'll heal you."
Thanks to the Time Stone, they finally have enough and perfect time to save everyone.