Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

At the same time, Lu Mingfei had put his mask back on, flew under the car, lifted it up, and carefully placed it on the bridge ground. The boy's father stumbled over and quickly pulled the child out to check if he was injured. The child had only sneezed loudly.

Tony, who was standing nearby, brought up two cars and was now bringing up the third.

Peter swung up on a spider web: "Ming... Iron Man, we need to hurry! There are twenty cars hanging here. Even if my web can hold them up, the parts of the cars that are stuck to the web may not be strong, and they could catch fire at any moment. We need to race against time!"

Although Lu Mingfei said he is not Iron Man, Peter is not in a position to call him by his real name right now, and Lu Mingfei himself does not have a "hero title," so for the time being he can only be called Iron Man Lu Mingfei.

Having said that, Peter walked to a spider web and tried to jump down.

"Wait, I have a faster way to ensure their safety."

Lu Mingfei took two steps forward, stood by the bridge, and spread his arms out to the sides, letting them hang naturally.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of Peter and those around him, Lu Mingfei began to raise his arms. As he did so, more than a dozen thick ice pillars grew out of the river like towering trees, each corresponding to a small car.

As Lu Mingfei raised his hands completely flat, the ice tree rose to a height similar to that of the car, then branched out and formed a "canopy" that enveloped and supported the vehicle.

The ice trees shimmered under the bridge lights, looking like a crystal fairytale wonderland unfolding on the surface of the New York River.

Lu Mingfei lowered his hand, took a breath, and then said, "This way, it shouldn't fall down."

The consumption of a single ice tree is similar to that of the ice snakes he created at Tony's house a few days ago, which is not a significant burden. However, creating a dozen or so at once is not so easy.

"Great, they're all safe now," Peter breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Lu Mingfei with admiration. "Iron Man, you're amazing!"

Tony, who caught the sentence through his armor not far away, was full of questions.

“Uh…” Lu Mingfei reminded, “Actually, it’s not necessarily completely fine. The ice I make is kept at a relatively low temperature to ensure its strength, so people with weaker immune systems might catch a slight cold for a few days.”

Peter: ...

He hesitated for a moment, then rolled over and slid down the spider web—Quick, save them!

……

The next day, at Lu Mingfei's home in New York.

"You mean... that lizard man is Professor Kurt Connors?" Lu Mingfei gasped. "Isn't he a researcher of human regeneration? This thing is almost like a humanoid armored vehicle. Is he really incorporating lizard genes? Maybe we should check if any dinosaur fossils have been stolen, focusing on Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils."

He had seen it in Jarvis's collected data: the lizard-like Connors could throw a car six or seven meters with one hand—a human might not even be able to throw a large rice cooker that far with one hand.

Is that a lizard? Whose lizard is this fierce? Even Komodo dragons look tiny next to this thing!

Peter said that Dr. Connors studied Tyrannosaurus Rex, but Lu Mingfei felt that was more reasonable.

“It’s a lizard. He was trying to grow back his lost arm, but he turned into a monster instead,” Peter said, taking out his backpack, opening it, and pulling out a cage. “During the day, I went to Professor Connors, hoping he could help me identify what kind of monster it was, but I found that he looked very strange, and that he found this in the lab.”

Lu Mingfei looked at the white mouse in the cage—if that thing, which had grown several times its original size and was covered in green keratinous scales, could still be called a white mouse.

“Hmm…it looks like Professor Connors’ research, but it might not be him,” Lu Mingfei said. “The probability that it’s his test subject is much higher.”

“No… I know the professor. He’s a good man. He would never conduct human experiments casually,” Peter shook his head. “If he had to do an experiment, he would definitely start with himself first.”

"The professor you call a good guy almost achieved twenty kills on the bridge yesterday," Lu Mingfei reminded him.

Peter paused for a moment, then said, "Perhaps the drugs have affected his mind."

“He even knows how to hide from cameras. My AI hasn’t been able to find his whereabouts yet. His counter-surveillance awareness is definitely at the level of an elite agent,” Lu Mingfei added.

Peter remained silent.

“But guessing here isn’t going to solve anything,” Lu Mingfei said, picking up the cage containing the white mouse—no, the green mouse. “Let’s go find a professional to handle this.”

"A professional? A police officer?" Peter asked curiously.

"What have you done to the police? Why are you letting them deal with this thing?" Lu Mingfei scoffed. "Let's go find S.H.I.E.L.D.

"S.H.I.E.L.D."

“Yes, they are professionals,” Lu Mingfei paused, then added, “Besides, a friend there happens to owe me a lizard.”

"I owe you... a lizard?" Peter was full of questions.

111. Chapter 110: Creating the Deadpool Army?

S.H.I.E.L.D., inside the Helicarrier.

“Well, that’s how it is,” Lu Mingfei said, placing the cage containing the little green mouse on his desk and pushing it over. “Now it’s up to you professionals to handle.”

“Professor Kurt Connors?” Natasha, sitting opposite Lu Mingfei, looked troubled. “His absurd experiment actually succeeded, and the resulting power is quite dangerous… What does Mr. Stark plan to do about it?”

“We’re still looking for Professor Connors. The main problem is that he’s clearly not a mindless monster. After escaping from the Brooklyn Bridge, he returned to his lab at the Osborn Corporation headquarters and took some things. It was then that Peter confirmed he was the Lizard Man, and he perfectly avoided the cameras during that time,” Lu Mingfei speculated. “The mutation shouldn’t have affected his intelligence, but he went on a killing spree on the bridge. Perhaps his personality was affected?”

If Peter hadn't stopped Professor Connors in time, there would certainly have been casualties on the bridge, but according to Peter, Professor Connors was definitely not the kind of person who would hurt others.

“I’ll report to the director immediately. S.H.I.E.L.D. will likely focus their investigation on Professor Connors, investigating everything related to him,” Natasha said, standing up. “Thank you for the lead.”

"Wait a minute," Lu Mingfei suddenly spoke up as Natasha was about to leave, "Natasha, do you eat sashimi? Do you prefer Japanese wasabi and soy sauce or Thai sweet and sour sauce?"

Normally, Natasha might have assumed that Lu Mingfei wanted to invite her to dinner.

But this time was different. Natasha remembered something she had said to Lu Mingfei not long ago—if Dr. Connors' research succeeded, she would swallow a lizard whole.

Sure enough, the next second, Lu Mingfei took out a small pet box from his backpack, inside which was a pale yellow lizard.

Natasha: ...

Lu Mingfei placed the pet carrier on the table and gestured, "Please."

“Mr. Lu Mingfei, I’m a bit busy right now and need to report to the director as soon as possible, so I won’t be able to see you for now…” Natasha tried to slip away.

"It's alright, there's always time to grab a snack, right?" Lu Mingfei said sincerely.

Natasha: ...

While it's true that as a special agent, eating a lizard to survive in necessary situations like wilderness survival isn't a big deal, this isn't the wilderness. Even if someone could eat it, who would eat this thing for no reason?

Fortunately, Lu Mingfei didn't make things difficult for Natasha. When she gritted her teeth and tried to take the lizard out, Lu Mingfei stopped her.

“Actually, this is a lizard toy, 3D printed,” Lu Mingfei said. “I have a 3D printer at home, and I’ve used it to make a lot of fun things before. This is one of my early practice pieces.”

Natasha: ...

Although she was startled by Lu Mingfei, thankfully the outcome was good. While this guy was a bit of a swindler, he wasn't so heartless as to actually make people eat lizards. Natasha breathed a sigh of relief.

"The lizard I prepared for you is still being kept at my house. Remember to come over and eat it when you have time." Just as Natasha breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Mingfei added.

Natasha: ...

……

New York City's sewers.

Several lab tables were set up in the dark sewer, each table filled with instruments.

The lizard professor, who is over two meters tall, even needs to be careful not to bump his head here. The instruments that are normal-sized for ordinary people are like miniature toys in his hands, and he needs to operate them with great care.

Suddenly, the lizard professor, who was operating the instrument, paused for a moment. Then he quickly put the instrument on the table, took a few steps back, and began to sway.

As he swayed, his body swelled and shrank repeatedly. When he shrank, human features were vaguely visible, and when he swelled, those features disappeared.

“You can’t…” came the middle-aged man’s voice from the lizard professor’s mouth, a struggle that sounded like he was in great pain, “You can’t do this!”

"Fool! I'm pushing for the evolution of all humanity!" The lizard professor's voice turned into a monstrous roar, shaking the nearby water. "Once the transformation is successful, everyone will receive the lizard's genes, and no one will suffer from disease or disability anymore. Everyone will become a better species!"

"No...no..." Professor Connors struggled to shout, then fell silent.

The lizard professor's transformation disappeared, and he reverted to his previous imposing half-human, half-lizard monster form.

The previous anomaly seemed to have little effect on him. After calming down, he immediately returned to the lab table and continued the operation he had just interrupted.

But a moment later, he put down the instrument, turned to his left, and his vertical pupils flashed coldly in the dim light: "Come out."

Clear footsteps sounded, and it was unclear how the newcomer had concealed the sound beforehand, getting close to Dr. Lizard and hiding in the shadows until now when they were discovered.

Dr. Lizard's eyes gleamed with ferocity, as if he might pounce on it at any moment and tear it to shreds.

The man who came out was a man in his thirties or forties wearing combat gear. Although he had already seen the video materials of Dr. Lizard, facing him in person was a completely different feeling, especially since this was a narrow sewer. Dr. Lizard's burly figure seemed to stand tall and occupy the entire sewer, giving him an instinctive sense of panic that there was nowhere to hide.

Silently chanting "Long live Hydra" in his heart, the man mustered his courage, dispelled his fear, and raised his hand to Dr. Lizard, giving a French military salute.

“Professor Connors, I am not your enemy,” the man said, trying to keep his tone friendly but not weak. “I am here on behalf of my organization to offer you assistance.”

Hydra dispatched several elite agents to search for Dr. Lizard in the sewers, but he never expected to be so "lucky" as to actually find him.

"What help can an organization that drills through sewers offer me?" Dr. Lizard countered.

You yourself live in the sewers!

The man certainly wouldn't dare say that. The ferocious beast in front of him could tear apart the car's steel shell more easily than an ordinary person could tear apart cardboard. If he angered it, the consequences wouldn't just be bruises and welts; he'd probably end up with pieces all over the place.

Because Hydra is still lurking in the shadows, he did not mention the organization's name or explain it directly. Instead, he said, "We know that you are researching the fusion of reptile and human genes. Your experiments have proven to be very successful. In the face of your power, even Captain America back then was just a weak ordinary person."

"Continue," Dr. Lizard said calmly.

"But have you ever considered that this technology isn't limited to lizards, or even ordinary reptiles? If you had superior genes, could you have evolved to be even more perfect?" the man said.

"The combination of reptiles and mammals is perfect enough. Do you expect me to fuse human genes with fish or birds? If you don't understand biology, don't waste my time. Just tell me what you want." Dr. Lizard scoffed, his eyes flashing with impatience—he wasn't Connors and didn't have much patience, especially since he was currently lacking test subjects for his improved drugs.

The man was startled and quickly got to the point: "We can provide you with genes that are superior to those of lizards, reptiles, and any species in the history of Earth!"

"Oh?" Dr. Lizard's interest was piqued.

Although he currently resembles a lizard, he doesn't actually have any attachment to lizards. What he wants is to evolve. If there are better gene samples available, the lizard genes can naturally be eliminated.

"Please take a look at this document first."

The man pulled out a small tablet, only a few sizes larger than a cell phone, and tossed it to Dr. Lizard. Dr. Lizard held the tablet and watched the videos on it—

That was a scene of Lu Mingfei fighting with Hatred on the street.

"We've obtained the genes of that winged creature, which looks like a demon or a dragon!" the man said. "His genes are many times stronger than those of reptiles!"

Dr. Lizard was silent for a moment, then asked in a hissing voice, "How did you get your hands on it?"

"I can't comment on that, and I really don't know either. The organization wouldn't reveal its secrets to every member." The man shook his head.

He actually knew that Hydra had infiltrated Stark's lab to steal data and genetic samples.

He even knew more, such as Hydra discovering that Tony had created a super soldier called "Deadpool," but there was very little information about Deadpool, only that he had no intelligence and was extremely destructive.

For example, after stealing these data and gene samples, they have been trying to conduct their own research and create super soldiers under their control, namely controllable "Deadpools." However, even their best biologists only have a superficial understanding of the data, and their research has made virtually no substantial progress.

It wasn't until Dr. Kurt Connors came into existence and completed the seemingly impossible research of merging reptilian and human genes that Hydra found hope in creating "super soldiers."