He flashed and rushed towards the hotel lobby.

"Alice, hack into the InterContinental Hotel's power control system and cut off all power."

Mark gave orders to Alice through a hidden microphone under his bow tie.

He was willing to save lives, but he didn't want to expose his abilities to everyone.

"The InterContinental Hollywood Hotel has been hacked, the power system has been taken over, and all main circuits and emergency lighting circuits have been cut off."

As Alice's voice faded, all the lights in the entire InterContinental Hotel, as well as the backup emergency lights, went out instantly.

"Damn it! Why did the power suddenly go out?"

"Help!"

"..."

The hotel lobby plunged into darkness, which only fueled the panic among the fleeing crowd.

Mark's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the hall in an instant.

Everything in the hall was clearly visible to his eyes, which were constantly strengthened as his super physique upgraded.

He saw many people wandering around the hall like headless flies.

He saw Lucas pause only briefly before sniffing and continuing his charge toward Tony Stark.

Lucas's sense of smell was clearly enhanced, and the darkness did not pose much of a hindrance to him.

"boom!"

Adela, who was following behind Tony Stark, was casually flicked by Lucas and flew seven or eight meters away, crashing into a pillar in the hall. She let out a scream and then stopped moving.

Lucas then extended his right hand, which was bulging with veins, and reached out to grab Tony Stark in front of him.

At this moment, Tony Stark was completely engulfed in darkness. He ran towards the exit of the hall, relying only on his memories from before the power went out.

Then he felt a large, iron-like hand grip his shoulder tightly.

"hiss!"

An intense, excruciating pain surged into Tony Stark's brain.

Just at this critical moment, Mark finally arrived.

He stepped forward and grabbed Lucas's right wrist, unleashing his full power!

"Crack!"

Lucas's wrist nearly shattered instantly, forcing him to release Tony Stark's shoulder.

"Ugh!"

Lucas let out a painful roar and struggled to break free.

But faced with Mark's strength far exceeding his own, Lucas, even with all his might, was unable to break free of Mark's grip.

Mark then swung his other fist and smashed it hard at Lucas's head.

The force of Mark's punch was about five times the force of his own pulling force.

"boom!"

Lucas felt as if his head had been hit by a moving car, and he instantly became dizzy.

If his body hadn't been inexplicably strengthened, his head might have exploded like a watermelon.

"Bang bang bang..."

Mark kept punching Lucas on the head.

Lucas instinctively raised his other arm to protect his head.

But under Mark's powerful bombardment, Lucas gradually lost consciousness, and his arm slowly drooped down.

"Hmm? That's not right!"

Just as Mark was about to finish off Lucas, he suddenly felt the other man's body temperature rising rapidly, soon exceeding the limits of human endurance.

Mark grabbed Lucas's body and threw him without hesitation into an empty field more than 20 meters away.

"boom!"

Before Lucas's body even hit the ground, it exploded like a bomb.

His blood, along with his body parts, splattered throughout the hall.

"Ah! What is this?"

Some unfortunate people nearby, covered in blood and debris, couldn't help but let out piercing screams.

Mark ignored the panicked crowd and quickly retreated, soon returning to Rosalie's side by the door.

"brush!"

At this moment, Alice, under Mark's orders, restored the hotel's power supply, and the lights in the lobby came back on.

"Mark, you...you just left?"

Rosalie hesitated, then looked at Mark beside her and asked.

Chapter Fifty Killian

From Rosalie's perspective, Mark seemed to have rushed towards the hotel, but then all the hotel lights went out.

Once the light returned, only a minute or two had passed.

Mark stood obediently beside her, just like before.

This made Rosalie wonder if she had just imagined it.

"Mom, let's talk about it when we get home!"

Mark shook his head and pulled Rosalie toward the hall: "It should be alright now, let's go back to the hall and take a look."

He estimated that the police should be arriving soon.

There were quite a few casualties in the hotel lobby incident, including a big star like Lucas. Everyone present will definitely be questioned by the police.

They stayed with the rest of the film crew to avoid attracting unnecessary attention from the police.

"Ms. Payne, Mark, are you alright?"

As the two entered the hall, Michael and his bodyguards, who had been searching for them, rushed over to greet them.

They had been in the side room with the other bodyguards and drivers, and by the time they heard the commotion and rushed over, it was too late.

"Don't worry, we're fine."

Rosalie shook her head, looking at the mess in the hall, her face pale: "Hurry up and help treat the wounded!"

“Yes, Ms. Payne.”

Michael nodded, leaving behind two female bodyguards before leading the others to help treat the wounded.

Lucas had previously attacked more than a dozen people indiscriminately.

These people, even those with minor injuries, suffered broken bones and tendons, and lay on the ground screaming in agony. Those with serious injuries appeared to have lost consciousness.

Fortunately, none of the casualties were among the friends Rosalie had introduced to Mark.

At this moment, they all gathered around Rosalie, since Rosalie had bodyguards with her, which made them feel safer.

After the crisis was over, the people who had been fleeing in all directions gradually regained their senses.

Someone quickly took out their phone and dialed the police and emergency services.

"What was wrong with that person? Why did he suddenly go berserk and attack others? And it seems like someone saved me in the end?"

Recalling the scene just now, Tony Stark's expression turned solemn.

He went over first to carefully examine the injuries of his two bodyguards.

The two men had broken their chests and abdomens, and their injuries looked quite serious, but thankfully they survived.

He whispered to Jarvis, "Jarvis, send me the footage you just captured."

"Yes, sir."

As the sound rang out, images flashed across the seemingly ordinary lenses of Tony Stark's glasses.

The image above shows the scene where Mark rushed in from outside the hotel after the lobby lights were turned off.

Tony Stark's glasses integrate multiple functions such as infrared and camera, and the captured image of Mark's face is clearly visible.

The subsequent battle scenes weren't filmed due to the camera angle, but Tony Stark was already certain that Mark had saved him.

"This kid is actually a mutant, and he's already awakened the X gene?"

Tony Stark looked in Mark's direction with surprise.

He was certain that the Stark family did not have the X gene, so Mark's X gene must have come from Rosalie.

At that moment, Mark also looked at Tony Stark, and after their eyes met, they looked away.

"I never expected that Tony Stark would capture what just happened."

Mark naturally overheard the conversation between Tony Stark and Jarvis, and he looked somewhat helpless: "Looks like I'll have to make some small electromagnetic interference devices to carry with me when I get back, just in case I need to do something again and avoid being filmed."

Fortunately, the person who filmed him making the move was Tony Stark, and given his character and personality, he wouldn't expose himself.

Just then, Mark's ears twitched slightly as he heard director Louis making a phone call from a corner not far away.

"Didn't you say there wouldn't be any problems with the potion you gave me?"

Louis had tried to keep his voice as low as possible, but Mark could still hear the exasperation in his tone.

"What happened?"

A middle-aged man's questioning voice came through the phone.

"What is it? Lucas is dead—the Lucas who injected you with that drug!"

“He was perfectly fine these days! Lucas even told me that he felt his strength increasing and his body becoming much stronger.”

"But unexpectedly, during the celebration party today, Lucas suddenly lost control and started attacking everyone around him, killing and injuring quite a few people! In the end, for some reason, he even exploded himself..."

Louis told the person on the other end of the phone what had just happened.

"No, no way! How could this be! I clearly conducted experiments on chimpanzees, there shouldn't be any problems!"

Upon hearing that someone had died, the man on the other end of the line sounded tense and uneasy.

"The police should be here soon! If they find out that I injected Lucas with the drug you sold me, I'm finished!"

Louis's voice trembled, filled with despair.

He initially thought it was something like performance-enhancing drugs that would allow Lucas to film more challenging action scenes on set, never imagining it would have such serious consequences!

If the police find out, even if he doesn't go to jail, his career will probably be over.

"Don't worry, according to our experimental records, there will be no abnormal chemical residues in the body 48 hours after the injection, and the police should not be able to detect it."

The man on the other end of the phone quickly offered words of comfort.

"That had to be for the best! Otherwise, I'll definitely tell the police everything about you selling me the potion, Killian!"

Louis gave a final, harsh threat.

Hearing the sirens outside, he quickly hung up the phone.

"Killian? A potion?"

After listening to Louis's conversation with the other person, Mark finally figured out the other person's identity and the reason for Lucas's madness.

If he's not mistaken, the person Louis was talking to was Aldridge Killian from Marvel, who co-invented the Extremis virus with Maya Hansen.

This is a genius scientist who has a disability.

Later, when he sought investment cooperation from Tony Stark, he was ridiculed and mocked by the latter.

He, who has always been sensitive and insecure, turned to the dark side and used the Extremis virus, which was originally meant to heal and save lives, to mass-produce Extremis warriors in an attempt to rule the world.

His plan ultimately failed, and he himself was killed.

Mark never expected that the other party had already begun research on the Extremis virus and had even sold the incomplete Extremis virus drug to Louis, ultimately leading to this tragedy.

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