Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

“No problem,” Lu Mingfei nodded, “I guarantee it will be even more frozen than it is now.”

Natasha: ...

That's not necessary.

“Judging from the data, his physical condition should be fine,” Tony said. “He doesn’t seem to be completely frozen. It’s probably because after receiving the Super Soldier Serum, his physical abilities have been greatly enhanced. In order to provide energy for this powerful body, the glucose level in his body is also far higher than that of ordinary people, so his body temperature is below the normal freezing temperature.”

"How did you figure that out from this data? We have no way of seeing the captain's internal condition through the ice." A young researcher standing nearby asked, puzzled.

Tony was also puzzled: "Why can't you see it?"

Young researcher: ...

“Actually, I have a large scanner at home that was recently installed. It should be able to scan through the ice and reveal the details inside,” Tony said casually.

The lead researcher's eyes lit up: "Mr. Stark, may I borrow your scanner?"

“S.H.I.E.L.D. will pay for this,” Natasha added.

Tony shook his head: "It doesn't matter. If the scan shows that his physical condition is not optimistic, are you just going to stop freezing him?"

The researcher and Natasha remained silent.

Although Tony's words made it sound like S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't care about human rights, they really didn't seem to have any reason to refute it.

“Hmm…” Tony stood in front of the lab table and worked for a while. “Based on my assessment, Captain America is currently on the verge of life and death. His body is basically fine. Although many injuries would leave lifelong sequelae for ordinary people, a few days in the hospital should be enough for a super soldier.”

“The biggest problem is his brain,” Tony said. “His brain wasn’t frozen, but rather it had been dormant for seventy years… Well, I don’t know if any of you have ever slept for more than twenty hours straight. Doesn’t it make your head feel uncomfortable and your mind feel sluggish?”

The people around nodded.

“The human brain cannot sleep indefinitely. Even animals that hibernate will periodically wake up during hibernation,” Tony said. “Our captain, however, slept for seventy years straight, spending more than two-thirds of his life in this long sleep.”

"Are there any side effects?" Natasha asked.

“Anything is possible,” Tony said. “First, there’s amnesia. To put it in a way you can understand, the brain organizes memories during sleep. The connections between important information are strengthened, while the connections between irrelevant information are weakened. This patient slept for seventy years straight, so it’s hard to say how much he will remember when he wakes up. Also, experiences largely determine a person’s personality. Memory is the embodiment of experience. After his memory changes, because some important information is extremely strengthened, his personality may also change. Usually, he becomes more extreme than before.”

"Has Captain America become more extreme... more righteous?" Natasha chuckled.

Tony shook his head.

Natasha is too naive. The Captain is a figure from seventy years ago. The US government of seventy years ago is very different from the US government of today. The Captain may not be able to coexist peacefully with the current US government. If the representative of the "American spirit" openly opposes the White House, those politicians will probably have a headache.

However, Tony wouldn't voice these speculations. Ever since the Iron Man suit and reactor came into existence, those politicians had been trying to annoy him, so it would be great to give them a hard time.

“In addition, there is another serious problem: he may not wake up,” Tony said. “If a person has been asleep for seventy years, it is hard to say whether his brain is willing to break out of this state that has been maintained for seventy years. Perhaps ‘asleep’ is the normal state for the brain. It is hard to say what the consequences would be if we were to wake him up rashly. And if we expect him to wake up on his own, it depends entirely on his will to live.”

"Of course, you can take care of him like you would a person in a vegetative state. Anyway, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't short of money, right?" Tony added thoughtfully at the end.

Natasha paused for a moment, then looked at the leading researcher with a firm gaze: "Let's begin."

The researcher nodded and, along with several others, began cutting the ice surface with a laser scalpel connected to the experimental table. The laser power had been precisely adjusted to directly sublimate the ice into water vapor, without any melting water.

"If the captain's body shows any signs of malignancy, or if he suddenly appears to be in great pain, freeze him back immediately," Natasha instructed Lu Mingfei once again.

Lu Mingfei nodded.

……

Steve Rogers felt as if he were sinking to the bottom of a cold, heavy lake, the water pressing down on every inch of his body, making him unable to move, the dark bottom of the lake dark and gloomy.

He didn't remember how long it had been. His consciousness was not clear, it was like a dream. Sometimes he felt like he had lived a whole life in the dream, and when he woke up he would only take a nap for ten minutes. Sometimes he felt like he had only been in the dream for a short while, and when he woke up the sun had already set and risen again.

Until one moment, he felt a faint light appear in the lake water, and with the appearance of the light, the pressure on him suddenly lessened.

Steve struggled to swim to the surface. The higher he swam, the stronger the light became, and the lighter his burden felt. Eventually, he felt as if he had left the water and soared into the sky. The darkness had been completely replaced by light, and he felt utterly free. He couldn't help but roar to the heavens—

In reality, even the last layer of thin ice melted with the heating rods, and the completely thawed Captain America lay on the test table, his fingers twitching slightly.

"The captain is waking up!" the young researcher whispered excitedly. "He's fighting to survive!"

The researchers were all visibly excited, even Natasha was somewhat moved—was this the man who symbolized the American spirit seventy years ago? What an indomitable will, what admirable qualities…

Captain America on the test bench showed a pained expression. Pain was returning to his consciousness. His breathing suddenly became rapid, and pain replaced his numb nerves. His newly thawed body ached all over. Even with his steely will, he couldn't help but cry out in pain. At the same time, his eyes widened suddenly, and he sat up abruptly!

The researchers were about to cheer.

Lu Mingfei reacted swiftly, sending a wisp of cold air from his palm that instantly enveloped the screaming Captain America.

The next second, Captain America, who had just awakened from the freeze, transformed into an even larger piece of ice amber than before. Through the clear, glass-like ice, one could still see his eyes sparkling with the joy of life.

Hmm, take another look... Once it's thawed again, it might not have that same look in its eyes anymore.

Natasha had this thought inexplicably pop into her mind, and then she realized with some horror that she seemed to have been influenced by Lu Mingfei—this should have been Lu Mingfei's comment.

She subconsciously looked at Lu Mingfei, and everyone else around her also looked at Lu Mingfei.

"Didn't you tell me to freeze him, Natasha? I saw the captain seemed to be in a lot of pain just now, so I froze him back to normal," Lu Mingfei scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, "Does he... not need to be frozen yet?"

Natasha: ...

……

Nighttime, at Tony's house.

"Can you be a little more reliable?" Tony complained. "I don't like old-fashioned things, but if something happens to him, it'll cause a lot of trouble."

“It was a minor accident. Refreezing is an emergency measure, and there isn’t much time to make a judgment. Normally, he wouldn’t wake up immediately after being thawed; he should be unconscious for at least a few days. He was in pain as soon as he was thawed, and then suddenly sat up and yelled. I would definitely treat it as a worsening of his injuries and freeze him back to save his life as soon as possible,” Lu Mingfei explained. “Besides, didn’t we manage to thaw him successfully later?”

"Save his life? You didn't mention a word about him needing to be hospitalized for two more weeks because of the second frostbite." Tony covered his face.

"Ahem, so I'll cover his medical expenses..." Lu Mingfei coughed twice to change the subject, "Speaking of which, Captain America's super soldier serum is really amazing, his vitality is so strong."

“If you stop messing with him, he’ll be even more resilient,” Tony quipped. “But if we’re talking about tenacious vitality, then it has to be the dragons from your world. Those Deadpools can heal themselves even if they get a small hole in their heart. Aren’t they more resilient than Captain America?”

“But the price is loss of control. Strictly speaking, they died the moment they became completely Deadpool,” Lu Mingfei shook his head and reminded him, “By the way, Tony, you have to keep those research materials and serum samples safe. If they get out, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Since ancient times, hybrids in his world have been researching ways to transform ordinary people into hybrids. Every attempt resulted in the test subjects becoming Deadpools or dying directly. Later, after entering civilized society, human experimentation was banned, and such things decreased a lot, but there are definitely forces that are still conducting experiments in secret.

In this world, the power of dragon blood seems to have been greatly amplified. For example, if those Deadpools appeared in the streets and no superheroes intervened, the military would probably have to use heavy firepower to take them down, and the losses would be unimaginable.

"Don't worry, they're all kept under strict security in my lab, absolutely safe!" Tony assured Lu Mingfei, patting his chest.

He had long been aware of how dangerous Lu Mingfei's blood was and had taken precautions.

“And even if there are accidents or leaks, can’t you control them?” Tony patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder. He didn’t really think there would be a leak, but having Lu Mingfei as an insurance policy was always a good thing.

“I’m not always here,” Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes.

Before he could say anything more, Jarvis's voice suddenly rang out: "Sir, Mr. Lu, I've discovered an unexpected situation. A target deemed high-risk has appeared on the Brooklyn Bridge and is fighting with Mr. Lu's classmate, Peter Parker."

"What?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback. "Jarvis, is there a video?"

"I've captured a video that someone uploaded online." As Jarvis finished speaking, a virtual screen appeared.

In the video, a giant green lizard monster, over two meters tall, is wreaking havoc on a bridge in a state of chaos. It can easily overturn a car, and the flames from the exploding car are particularly glaring in the dark night.

A person dressed in a red and blue spider suit is fighting a lizard monster.

"Is that the Peter Parker you were talking about?" Tony pointed to the man in the red and blue Spider-Man suit in the video and nodded. "He has good taste."

As Tony spoke, two Iron Man suits landed outside the door under Jarvis's control. Tony and Lu Mingfei strode towards the Iron Man suits by the door, and the holographic screen followed them.

“I have another question,” Tony said, pointing to the large green lizard on the screen and looking at Lu Mingfei. “Is this thing related to you in some way?”

Lu Mingfei gave Tony the middle finger.

P.S.: I have to go out for a bit, chapter two will be updated tonight, sob sob~

110. Chapter 109 Dr. Lizard

Two steel armored vehicles stretched across the night sky above New York.

“Sir, Mr. Lu, the Lizard Man has escaped the Brooklyn Bridge. There is a lack of surveillance facilities around, and I have lost track of it,” Jarvis reported in the communication system. “It seems to have a considerable degree of intelligence and common sense, and it will intentionally avoid cameras.”

“This sounds a bit troublesome. This big guy seems to be physically strong, and if he’s not unintelligent either…” Tony frowned in thought.

"Jarvis, report on the casualties at the scene," Lu Mingfei said.

"When the Lizardmen fled, they threw several cars with drivers off the Brooklyn Bridge to distract Peter Parker," Jarvis reported. "All the cars that were thrown off were stuck to the bridge by Peter Parker with spider silk and did not fall into the river, but because many of the vehicles were damaged, even if they were stuck, they could still explode."

"Are people still filming videos?" Lu Mingfei asked, somewhat surprised.

Jarvis is not omnipotent; it needs a networked camera pointed at the target to know what's happening on-site. Even without a live stream or being posted online, Jarvis can still steal its content.

Lu Mingfei had only asked casually, but he didn't expect that there would be people taking photos and videos on the bridge under such circumstances. They were really willing to risk their lives for the sake of watching the excitement.

In the time it takes to say a few words, the Brooklyn Bridge has already come into the detection range.

If we expand the scope to the entire United States, the Iron Man suits are still too slow. Although they rushed over from Tony's house as soon as possible, the battle on the bridge only lasted a short time. The Lizards had already fled before they arrived. Fortunately, there have been no serious casualties so far.

Lu Mingfei saw Peter, dressed in his Spider-Man suit, descending along a spider web, seemingly trying to rescue the people trapped in the car below.

As Lu Mingfei and Tony flew closer, the car Peter was in suddenly burst into flames. The spider silk that was holding the car seemed to be fireproof and broke off instantly. The onlookers on the bridge gasped in surprise. Fortunately, Peter reacted quickly, grabbing the car with one hand and firing spider silk with the other, suspending himself and the car back on the bridge.

……

On a burning car suspended by spider silk.

“Come here, Jack, you can do it…” Peter encouraged the boy.

He had already asked the boy's name while comforting him.

"No, I can't..." The boy's face was filled with fear, and the bright firelight around him made the tear tracks on his face glisten.

Peter heard the people on the bridge exclaim again, then a sound similar to the jet engine of a fighter jet, but much quieter, drowned out the exclamations.

Peter subconsciously looked up and saw the silver and black Iron Warrior slowing down and hovering in the night. Before it had even come to a complete stop, it had already reached out towards the vehicle. A large white mist appeared, and the flames on the vehicle, which was shrouded in the white mist, were almost instantly extinguished. Only then did the Iron Warrior slowly come to a stop.

Peter stared in surprise at the helper who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey Peter, need help?" The Iron Man's mask opened, revealing a face Peter recognized.

“Mingfei?” Peter exclaimed in surprise, “You’re Iron Man too.”

“No,” Lu Mingfei shook his head, pointing to a spot not far away, “There’s only one Iron Man, he’s over there. I’m just here for a cameo.”

Where he pointed, Tony was already skillfully rescuing people.

“I’ll take that child upstairs first; he might be a little cold,” Lu Mingfei said.

Peter then noticed that although the fire was out, a thin layer of frost had formed on both the inside and outside of the car, and the child inside was shivering.

Although Lu Mingfei had tried his best to control the temperature precisely, ordinary people are physically weak. If even a little bit of cold air leaks out, although it won't cause injury, it will make them feel very cold.