Wanjie Hotel: Iron Man is not allowed to charge

Chapter 142 Medical Pod, Activated (7K views, requesting monthly votes)
The next morning, at 4:30.

The two buildings of the Iron Hotel became bustling with activity.

Without Susie's central coordination, the hotel's hundreds of employees did not panic or make any mistakes, because Pepper has now replaced Susie.

"Today is the last day of the Summer Street Carnival. Everyone, keep up the good work! The boss promises to calculate overtime pay for everyone, just like the previous two times!"

Pepper clapped her hands to encourage everyone. Mana and the other employees who came to work overtime showed no signs of fatigue. Everyone was throwing themselves into their work with great enthusiasm.

Having already dealt with the situation twice, everyone was able to quickly get into the zone. Even the new employees who had just been recruited for Building 2 remained calm and composed under the guidance of the experienced staff.

"We need to get Wen Ming's new secretary hired as soon as possible today."

Pepper said to Maria beside her, "He's really unlucky, with two secretaries, both of whom are spies."

"What's so special about that? Before you came to Stark Industries, Howard was surrounded by spies too."

Maria, a veteran agent, was unfazed: "I'll act as his human resources manager for the next few days. Once the staff is recruited, he'll replace me."

"I think you're a good fit."

Pepper thought it over and over and decided it was a good idea: "Anyway, none of those people are trustworthy, so you might as well do it."

"I?"

A hint of hesitation flashed across Maria's kind face: "Is this appropriate? I'm afraid Wen Ming won't trust us anymore."

Pepper paused for a moment, then fell silent.

Wen Ming has a gentle personality and never argues with time travelers. Everyone likes him, especially because he never uses his power to bully others. Even though he controls the life, death, and fate of people like Howard and Perkins, he never uses it to blackmail anyone.

But after experiencing three consecutive betrayals, will such a gentle person still be able to trust everyone again?
No one could guarantee that Wen Ming would still be as open and honest with everyone as before.

It's important to know that it wasn't just people from the Yuan Universe who betrayed Wen Ming; there were also time travelers from the film and television universe.

Thinking of this, Pepper couldn't help but mutter a curse: "Is that Lilith out of her mind? Couldn't she have told Wen Ming about her identity beforehand? Of all the time travelers, she's the most dishonest."

Even the most dangerous Lex, after arriving, obediently did business with Wen Ming.

A glint of wisdom flashed in Maria's eyes: "Perhaps she's after more."

"Greedy for more?"

Pepper was pondering those words when a figure suddenly appeared in front of her: "Pepper, do you need help?"

Pepper looked up and was immediately startled: "You, why are you back again?"

Maria looked over upon hearing the sound and was also taken aback.

Standing before them was none other than Lilith, the Demon Queen they had just been discussing.

"I'm here to help Wenming. There are so many people today, we definitely won't be able to handle it all."

Lilith was dressed in a light blue business suit, looking very kind and helpful.

Pepper and Maria exchanged a glance, both somewhat puzzled by her thoughts: "Wen Ming has already fired you."

"Yes, I was fired, but now I'm a helpful tenant. Don't forget, I'm a yearly tenant of the presidential suite in Building 2."

Lilith's enthusiastic attitude was a bit overwhelming for both of them, but Maria had more experience than Pepper, so she smiled and said, "We certainly welcome enthusiastic guests. Please help us greet the guests at the front desk today."

Lilith nodded readily: "I'm very familiar with this job."

Seeing Lilith's departing figure, Pepper raised her hand to call Wen Ming, but Qing Hou appeared beside them at some point: "The boss just fell asleep a little while ago, don't disturb him."

"Let Lilith help if she wants; I'll keep an eye on her."

Pepper breathed a sigh of relief. She knew just how powerful the Green Queen was. With her watching over her, Lilith wouldn't be able to pull any tricks.

Suddenly, Pepper's gossip-loving nature ignited: "He just went to sleep? Was he that 'busy' last night?"

Maria also asked in confusion, "That's not right, didn't the boss leave early after the party?"

"Well, the boss is very busy."

Qinghou spoke somewhat vaguely: "He needs to serve more than just a few of you time travelers."

Maria, with the air of someone who'd been there before, said, "There were no new time travelers last night."

Qinghou immediately turned and left: "Today is Max's last day. If nothing unexpected happens, the treatment pod should be back today. Do you want to notify Tony to come and study it? The boss wants to replicate this treatment pod!"

Pepper and Maria's attention was immediately diverted: "A healing device that can cure any disease?"

"Great! It can even remove wrinkles."

Qinghou easily made the two women's breathing become heavier.

Can it remove wrinkles?

Oh my God!
Such a magical artifact exists?

You absolutely have to experience it!
……

"258, 259, 260..."

At 4:30 a.m., while Laura was still fast asleep in bed, Wen Ming was already exercising.

The speed decreases as the movement slows down, but the difficulty of the movement increases.

After doing 500 single-finger push-ups, 100 for each finger, Wen Ming stood up without blushing or panting.

"Laura seems to have enhanced my physical strength."

Wen Ming silently murmured to himself.

The destruction of the Divine Light Triangle is tantamount to the end of the Tomb Raider movie, and Wen Ming's enhancement follows closely behind.

He had just tested various scenarios and finally determined that Lara's enhancement should focus on physical strength.

After washing up in the bathroom, Wen Ming was about to go downstairs when Laura on the bed propped herself up on one side: "Darling, I feel like I've been tormented by you all night, but I'm not tired at all, and I'm still in great spirits."

I usually sleep until the afternoon before getting up.

"That's because you've been enhanced."

Wen Ming sat down on the edge of the bed and explained, "The main area you've been enhanced in is most likely your physical strength."

"I've been enhanced too?"

Laura's eyes suddenly lit up: "How did you know it was physical strength?"

"My guess."

Wen Ming naturally wouldn't tell her that whatever the transmigrators were enhanced with, he would also be enhanced with: "We were up all night, but you were able to get up so early, doesn't that just prove your stamina?"

Laura's interest was immediately piqued. She sat up abruptly, and the summer quilt immediately slid down the uneven creases, revealing a flash of holy light.

"I want to check it out."

How do you test it?

Wen Ming looked at the other person with a puzzled expression: "You want to do push-ups?"

"No, I want to do squats!"

Laura suddenly pounced on Wen Ming and threw him onto the bed, then squatted down and slowly sat down.

A perfectly executed squat is completed.

"I'm going to make thirty first, so don't move."

"I need to go downstairs to check how the preparations for today's event are going."

Wen Ming looked up at the female knight, feeling somewhat helpless.

Is having good physical strength a good thing or a bad thing?
"I won't take up too much of your time."

Laura tossed her long, reddish-brown hair and then bent down to feed Wen Ming breakfast: "Besides, you're going so early, you must be hungry. Eat a couple of bites first."

"You've been up all night, you must be hungry, so let me feed you some breakfast."

Now that it had begun, Wen Ming stopped thinking about anything else. While cooperating with Laura to test the results of his physical enhancement, he asked, "Are you planning to go find Pandora's Box?"

"I didn't expect that you would know so much about me after just one night!"

Laura gazed at the enigmatic man beneath her, shaking her head repeatedly: "That thing contains incredibly powerful energy."

I'm wondering, could your hotel, or rather, that leopard cat, also devour it?

Pandora's Box is an ancient treasure from the movie Tomb Raider 2, said to contain enough power to destroy all of humanity.

In the second film, Lara is forced by a mob boss to go to the Cradle of Life to find Pandora's Box, which leads to a series of events.

The second film is far inferior to the first in terms of storytelling, visuals, and special effects.

But that doesn't stop the movie from telling Lara where the Pandora's Box is hidden.

"Aren't you afraid that bringing it into the metaverse might actually be a bad thing?"

Wen Ming felt uncomfortable in this position while chatting, so he rolled over and made Laura kneel on the bed.

Laura let out a soft "Ah!" and raised her long neck. She turned to look at Wen Ming and gave a chuckle: "It's better than keeping it in my universe and having it constantly targeted by bad guys."

I believe that only you can safeguard Pandora's Box.

Laura's trust in Wen Ming had grown far beyond that of others, and she had a feeling that entrusting Pandora's Box to him would be the right choice.

"I will try my best not to disappoint you."

Wen Ming was naturally happy that Shi Hu was becoming stronger, and he also looked forward to what surprises Shi Hu would bring him after devouring Pandora's Box.

Thinking about how powerful the hotel would become in the future, Wen Ming was filled with enthusiasm.

"what--"

Caught off guard, Laura collapsed onto the bed, feeling completely dazed: "I think even if I were enhanced, I still couldn't beat you, you're too strong!"

"It's all an illusion. I just love exercising."

Wen Ming knew that Laura and other female protagonists in movies and TV shows were all very intelligent, so he stopped explaining and focused on his work.

"Wen Ming."

"Ok?"

"If you could go to other universes, I would love to explore with you."

"I really want to go too."

……

6: 30.

Wen Ming arrived in the kitchen on time. He looked around and smiled with satisfaction when he saw that the two teams of chefs were making preparations in an orderly manner.

Now, almost all the staff in Building 1 and Building 2 have been replenished. With everyone working overtime, dealing with a summer street carnival is no longer as chaotic as it was the first time.

Today's Summer Street Carnival is also the final one, with a closing ceremony and performances, taking place in Dison Park, across from the Flatiron Hotel.

Wen Ming had just finished his rounds at the front desk of Building 2 when he ran into Lilith, who was helping out there.

Seeing how seriously the other person was working, Wen Ming fell silent.

"Boss, don't be fooled."

Qinghou quietly appeared in Wenming's ear.

Wen Ming nodded and said, "Since she's been dismissed, there's no plan to use her again. No matter how well she performs, it won't make a difference."

The Queen chuckled softly: "She's on the same level as Lex Luthor now."

"No, her danger level is higher than Lex's!"

Wen Ming watched for a while and then decided not to look anymore, but Lilith walked over with a smile: "Boss, would you like to have breakfast together sometime?"

"Sorry, I'm not free."

Wen Ming shook his head and refused without hesitation: "I have made an appointment to have breakfast with the Wen brothers, and I also need to deal with a mummified corpse."

Wen Ming's words stunned Lilith: "The Wen brothers have been resurrected?"

"Yes, they're at the hotel right now. Would you like to meet them?"

Wen Ming stared intently at the ancient demon before her. She didn't mention the mummified corpse at all, and her expression was more one of delight than surprise: "That's wonderful."

Wen Mingyang raised an eyebrow: "Looks like you're very happy."

"Of course! With them protecting me, I'm sure I'll be safe!"

Lilith beamed: "As you know, there's nothing the two brothers can't do if they want to."

"No, none of the things those two brothers wanted to do actually got done."

Wen Ming chuckled lightly, "Except for killing God."

Lilith's smile froze instantly.

Well, these two brothers really weren't very lucky.

The things I want to do always fail.

"You promised to give me shelter."

Lilith looked at Wen Ming with a pleading expression, but Wen Ming remained unmoved: "Don't misunderstand me. The level of combat you are at is beyond my current reach."

That concludes our conversation. I hope you can soon escape the dual pursuit of both demons and angels.

Seeing Wen Ming turn and leave without hesitation, Lilith clenched her fists tightly. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she held back.

A few seconds later, she acted as if nothing had happened and went to help at the front desk. ...

"Lilith is terrifying."

Qinghou walked beside Wenming and whispered, "She must have big ambitions. Even in this situation, she can still go back to work at the front desk."

"Don't worry too much, as long as the monitoring is good."

Wen Ming had a trump card, so he was naturally confident. When he returned to Building 1, his expression immediately turned to one of great joy: "John, Bruce, Max, you're back!"

"Goal achieved!"

John's face beamed with even more joy than Wenming's.

Max's face was also full of excitement: "My radiation sickness is cured!"

Even the usually composed Batman couldn't stop smiling.

"That's great! This is the best news I've heard all day!"

Wen Ming excitedly gave the three of them a big hug.

Yes, and the T1000 too.

"Let's go grab some breakfast first, and we can chat while we eat!"

Wen Ming led the group to the restaurant, asked Qing Hou to fetch breakfast, and then looked at Bruce and said, "This trip must have been tiring, right?"

"There were some twists and turns."

While eating, Bruce told Wen Ming, "Max's process of obtaining his identity went smoothly, but that agent Kruger somehow got wind of it and found out that Max's gold came from an unknown source."

This man was extremely ambitious; he wanted to control Max and obtain the source of the gold, but John killed him with a single shot.

Wen Ming looked at John, who shrugged: "I said last time that he was investigating the black market. It's best to kill people like that. I seized his weapons vehicle, which was full of weapons from that era."

As he spoke, John handed Wenming a multi-purpose capsule.

Wen Ming shook his head and pushed it back: "What you seized is yours."

"No, without you, I would never have had the chance to have all of this. I only hope to cure Helen's illness."

John pushed the capsule back.

Wen Ming didn't refuse any longer and handed the capsule to Qing Hou, who was standing to the side: "Give it to Howard later and let him study the weapon inside."

After Wen Ming finished making the arrangements, Bruce continued, "The medical pod is truly amazing. Diseases like radiation sickness can be cured in just a few minutes."

We used a Trojan horse created by Qinghou to lure the maintenance personnel to our location, and then used a T1000 to impersonate them and return to the core server room.

All the data was downloaded by the T1000 without arousing any suspicion from anyone.

Wen Ming gave T1000 a thumbs up: "Great job!"

After obtaining the T1000, Wen Ming considered sending it directly into Elysium, but considering the uncontrollability of many things, he proceeded with the usual procedure of using gold to buy Max citizenship.

When T1000 saw Wen Ming's thumbs-up, it immediately returned the thumbs-up and handed Wen Ming a universal capsule: "Boss, the medical pod is right here, and all the core data is in my chip."

"Thank you!"

Wen Ming put away the medical pod that he had painstakingly acquired at the cost of dozens of kilograms of gold, and his joy had reached its peak.

This is a medical cabin that can cure all diseases.

With it, my iron hotel will definitely become a hot commodity.

With emergency sprays outside and medical pods inside, plus the Senzu Beans that will be available soon, every time traveler who isn't killed on the spot will have a chance to be reborn here.

No, countless!
"Now there's a problem."

Bruce looked at the medical pod in Wen Ming's hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Are you sure you want to sell me something this amazing?"

Wen Ming was taken aback: "Why not?"

Bruce stared at Wen Ming, trying to discern how much of Wen Ming's words were sincere. However, Wen Ming had already said, "In fact, I am no longer planning to sell it. Instead, I plan to open-source this medical pod technology to all of you transmigrators. Furthermore, I will require all transmigrators who obtain the medical pod technology to promise that they must use this medical pod technology to treat ordinary people."

You can charge appropriate costs or even make a profit, since operating a medical pod business requires a lot of money.

But if I find out you have this technology all to yourself, don't blame me for not cooperating with you anymore.

At this point, Wen Ming paused for a moment, and then continued, "If it weren't for my current lack of strength, I would even be open-sourcing the technology of this medical pod in the metaverse."

I'm having Qinghou develop a suitable open-source solution for this matter. If that doesn't work, I'm prepared to open-source this technology worldwide.

Well, this plan also has to be suitable for you time travelers. Some of you are not very powerful or wealthy, so it would probably be difficult for you to protect this technology.

This is a major problem and requires careful consideration.

"what?"

Max looked at Wen Ming in surprise: "Wouldn't that mean there would be medical pods everywhere?"

"Yes, after you died in the movie, there were scenes where people all over the world received free medical care, right?"

Wen Ming said naturally, "I don't have any great abilities, but I want to make the world free of illness."

Medical pods shouldn't be exclusively for me, nor should they be something exclusively for the wealthy.

I'm not a saint, nor am I a holy woman, but if you can do it, why do you think I can't?

If it were any other technology, Wen Ming would not hesitate to monopolize it, such as the universal capsule or the artificial human. But if it were a medical pod that could free everyone in the world from illness, Wen Ming felt that it should not be monopolized, nor should it be placed in the Iron Hotel to save only a few time travelers.

If there had been a medical pod, my parents who were in the car accident could definitely have been saved.

Wen Ming loves gold, but there are some kinds of money he doesn't intend to earn.

The people present, including Wen Ming's bodyguard Rebecca, were so shocked by Wen Ming's speech that they were trembling all over.

Imagine if the entire universe, no, all universes, were free from illness and pain—how much suffering would be reduced? How much crime would be reduced?

The usually composed Batman suddenly realized that his perspective was far too narrow compared to Wen Ming's!

He only wanted to save one city—Gotham.

Wen Ming, however, wants to save all the multiverses and metaverses!

The justice he upheld was utterly insignificant in the face of Wen Ming's righteousness!
Rebecca's eyes were practically sparkling!
When Ada Wong lured her out of the Resident Evil world, she said that the owner of the Flatiron Hotel was a magical person.

Through this period of contact, she repeatedly felt just how strong her boss's sense of justice truly was.

This morning, at the dining table in Building 1 of the Iron Hotel, Wen Ming announced to the world what he wanted to do—to make the entire universe free from illness and pain!

This is more than just justice.

Rebecca looked at Wen Ming with eyes full of admiration and love.

Boss, you still say you're not a saint?
Even saints couldn't be as selfless as you!
John was also shocked.

He originally only wanted to save Helen, but now, hearing Wen Ming's words, it was like a morning bell and evening drum, a wake-up call.

"Boss, I will help you realize this dream!"

John made a vow without hesitation: "Anyone who tries to stop you from achieving this dream must step over my dead body!"

"Add me one!"

Bruce said in a deep voice.

I've made up my mind, Wen Ming will be my role model from now on!
I want to surpass him!
"And I!"

Rebecca extended her white hand, and the Queen immediately reached out to her as well: "Me too."

Max was so excited by what he saw that he trembled with excitement.

He knew very well that the reason he gave up his treatment authority to everyone on the planet in the movie was because he had no other choice.

At that moment, I was only thinking about saving myself.

In fact, during the process of purchasing Elysium citizenship, he had only one thought in his mind: to save himself.

As for his ex-girlfriend's child, he hadn't thought about it even once in the past few days.

Seeing Wen Ming's unwavering commitment to open-sourcing this technology to all universes, he made up his mind: "Boss, I'm not going back to the Elysium universe anymore."

"what?"

Wen Ming looked at Max in surprise, while Bruce said thoughtfully, "You were destined to die, but the boss saved you. Your cosmic will no longer allow you to go back, right?"

"The truth is, the will of the universe gave me two choices."

Now that Max had laid it all out, he stopped hiding it: "I am indeed a person destined to die, so the will of the universe tells me that I must either leave completely in three days, or face the future situation on my own in Elysium, and I will not be able to return to the metaverse to face it alone."

Wen Ming understood; he had previously guessed that Max would most likely never be able to return to his own universe.

Bruce nodded and said, "I'm afraid there are many dangers in this future situation."

Max nodded: "The will of the universe hasn't told me much, but I have a feeling that if I stay, I'll be in big trouble."

John had previously mentioned that Marcus, who was destined to die but survived, was subsequently subjected to various forms of persecution.

Coincidentally, the boss decided to do what I was supposed to do in the movie, and I felt there was some mysterious connection between this and me, so I decided to stay and help him.

"Welcome to Iron Hotel."

Wen Ming smiled and extended his hand. Max said excitedly, "Boss, I can work as a maintenance worker for the hotel, I'm very good at that. I'm also willing to learn about firearms, I can work as a security guard for the hotel and defend against all enemies."

"no problem."

Wen Ming turned to Qing Hou and said, "Arrange a room for Max, then have Pepper handle his onboarding procedures. John, you help him with his immigration status."

Qinghou nodded: "No problem."

"Let's go and see this amazing medical pod together."

John, go and call Helen. We're waiting for you in the hospital on the second basement level.

Seeing that everyone had finished breakfast, Wen Ming got up, took the multi-purpose capsule, and headed to the basement.

John, who was usually quiet and reserved, couldn't stop smiling. He rushed to his room and didn't even take the elevator, taking only a few steps to the second floor.

When he opened the door, Helen and Malena were sitting together chatting.

Upon seeing John return, Helen threw herself into his arms: "Are you hurt?"

"No! I brought the medical pod back, I'll treat you right now!"

John suddenly grabbed Helen's head and kissed her, then pulled her away. Malena immediately followed, asking, "Can I go?"

"Of course! Wen Ming is waiting for us at the underground hospital!"

John's voice came from afar, and Malena rushed out excitedly, only to find that the elevator doors had already closed.

She could only wait anxiously for the next elevator.

After waiting and waiting without any response, she simply rushed into the stairwell.

After experiencing the great ordeal of life and death, the Flower of Sicily was no longer the delicate and powerless flower. Every day, she honed and improved her physical fitness and strength. For her, climbing a mere four floors of stairs did not even cause her heartbeat or breathing to quicken.

When she rushed into the underground hospital, the medical pod had already been placed in a suitable location by T1000 and Rebecca.

The futuristic-style medical pod shimmered with white light, illuminating the faces of everyone present.

Howard, Maria, Pepper, Perkins, Marcus, Charon, Arthur, Harley, and Laura also rushed over upon hearing the news, looking at the instrument in front of them in amazement.

Helen stood to the side, gripping John's large hand tightly, too nervous to even breathe loudly.

"I now need to upload all the data to the host computer at the sea and connect the medical pod to the host computer."

T1000 strode out with heavy steps, and everyone unconsciously made way for it.

A moment later, when the T1000 reappeared in front of everyone, everyone looked at it expectantly.

"The identity authentication process has been disabled and tested. Who wants to go first?"

"Of course it's Helen!"

Wen Ming smiled and looked at Helen beside John. Helen looked up at John, who patted her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, it will be over soon."

Helen nodded and, under everyone's watchful eyes, lay down on the treatment bed in the medical pod.

"Om-"

A robotic arm slowly rose and began to rotate and scan Helen. A few minutes later, several lines of text appeared on the control panel next to her.

[Unknown Citizen]

Liver cancer

Gallstones

Uterine fibroids

【…】

Should treatment be sought?

John was stunned when he saw the list of all the ailments.

Does Helen have so many illnesses?
Wenming patted John on the shoulder: "Don't be misled by the movie. Everyone has all sorts of little flaws."

Click to confirm now!

John nodded emphatically: "Thank you, boss!"

After saying that, John reached out and tapped the confirmation button.

(End of this chapter)