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The implantation of the spinal cybernetic implant was just the beginning; to fully utilize the effectiveness of the Sandevistan neural operating system, other auxiliary cyberware were required.

For example, Reinforced Tendons could greatly enhance the user's strength.

There were also internal circulatory system implants such as the Second Heart and Biological Monitors, all of which could significantly boost the recipient's various attributes.

However, the essence of all implanted cyberware was to work in conjunction with Exoskeleton Armor.

Chen Nuo didn't plan to create a new Adam Smasher in the marvel world; that would be too much of a challenge to the Marvel Universe's ethics and morals, easily causing unnecessary trouble.

Furthermore, too many cyberware might cause psychological pathologies in Emil. This guy's mental state wasn't healthy to begin with; it would be a huge loss if they lost an Abomination only to gain a case of cyberpsychosis.

Cybernetic modification wasn't the only way to enhance someone; there was also Exoskeleton Armor. In Chen Nuo's view, using the two in tandem was the most correct choice.

Based on Emil's situation, Chen Nuo custom-made a simplified "Kong" cybernetic implant for him, removing the Gravity Control System and optimizing its kinetic movement device with a Jetpack.

When Emil wore it, it was as if he had put on a three-meter-tall doll suit.

"Neural connection complete..."

"Commencing unit calibration... Operator, please move your arms..."

The researchers recorded data while directing Emil through various tests.

Natasha watched this scene through the glass. After a moment of silence, she asked tentatively.

"Boss, hasn't the Stark Group already closed its weapons division..."

"It is closed."

Chen Nuo sat on the sofa flipping through the latest issue of a fashion magazine, thinking about his date with the cover girl tonight, and replied casually.

"Then what is this?"

"Oh, an industrial exoskeleton. I plan to put it to use on construction sites."

"Construction sites?"

"Yeah, moving bricks and stuff. Doesn't it seem like it has great potential?"

Chen Nuo gave his own idea a big thumbs up.

When the time came, he would simplify the version on Emil even further, keeping only the arm exoskeleton. He believed this would surely open up a blue ocean in industrial exoskeletons that no one had ever explored before.

Just as Chen Nuo had previously classified cyberware as medical products.

Exoskeleton Armor could likewise become industrial technical equipment.

Although the outside world had disputes over this, the power of definition lay in the hands of capital, and the Stark Industries Group was one of the largest capital powers in this country.

With the military won over, pushing for the medicalization of cyberware and the industrialization/civilianization of Exoskeleton Armor would be a simple matter.

As long as the scale was managed well and restrictive patches were applied to the cyberware and Exoskeleton Armor, who could say they were weapons?

A car can also kill people, but you can't say a car is a military weapon.

As for who held the administrative rights to those restrictions, it was best not to ask, lest everyone feel embarrassed.

"..."

Natasha looked at Chen Nuo, unsure if he was joking.

After all, this man had a track record. If he could use a smart toilet as the flagship product for smart devices, it wasn't impossible for him to come up with a set of Exoskeleton Armor for moving bricks.

"We can't give up on social progress just because there are potential risks. Look at my smartphone, the Hammer. Many people online still say it's used by the Stark company to monitor the whole world, but it really has changed the current way of information exchange."

Chen Nuo criticized Natasha in an educational tone. This Black Widow, who came from the Red Room, was used to viewing the world in a pessimistic and dangerous way.

With Tony, the Iron Man, acting as the face of the promotion, Chen Nuo's smartphone became a global sensation as soon as it was released. It was in high demand, becoming a fusion of technology and fashion.

Some people even went as far as selling a kidney to buy the phone.

However, this naturally touched the interests of many established manufacturers. Right now, two factions were arguing heatedly on the internet.

Fortunately, Tony's tongue had always been sharp. He single-handedly suppressed and blasted all the other competitors, saving the company a fortune in advertising and PR fees.

"The Hammer? Didn't Tony name it the App..."

"Shut up! I don't care what Tony says, to me it will always be my Hammer!!"

Chen Nuo was a bit exasperated.

Damn Tony Stark, relying on his absolute controlling interest and his position as chairman to forcibly rename the released Hammer phone.

He would remember this shameful debt.

When Tony kicked the bucket one day, Chen Nuo would sit in his chairman's office, drinking his vintage red wine, smoking his expensive cigars, and giving his kid's butt a good slapping.

At the thought of this delightful scene, Chen Nuo couldn't help but smile.

Seeing this, Natasha felt a secret chill run down her spine and could only pray for Tony in her heart.

Speak of Tony, and Tony shall appear.

Without even knocking, he pushed the door open and walked in, sitting down in front of Chen Nuo. A strong scent of perfume followed him; one whiff and you knew he had just squeezed out from a crowd of women.

However, unlike before, the Tony who returned from the Middle East truly managed to pass through a forest of flowers without a single leaf sticking to him.

Because now, someone already lived in his heart.

"I'll go get some coffee."

Natasha, being very perceptive, walked out of the door to give the two of them private space.

"This secretary of yours is really not bad. Why don't you let me have her?"

Tony glanced at Natasha's retreating figure. Based on his experience with countless women, he could guarantee that she was absolutely the best of the best.

Tony didn't touch other women now, that was true, but it didn't mean he didn't look.

Looking isn't a crime, right? Can't a man even have that little indulgence?

"Didn't Pepper find three new secretaries for you?"

Chen Nuo said crossly, still a bit stuck in his emotions over his Hammer phone.

"They're all eyesores, don't mention it."

Tony sighed, not minding Chen Nuo's tone. His relationship with Pepper had grown much more distant lately.

Even though they were previously just one step away from the final commitment.

This was actually intentional on Tony's part.

There was no other way; without solving the fatal issue of Palladium Poisoning, how could he dare to take things further with Pepper?

If a man is about to die, how can he promise someone a future?

"You haven't shown this report to anyone else, have you?"

Tony didn't come here to chat about secretaries, but about the physical examination report Chen Nuo had sent him not long ago.

As for where Tony's physical examination report came from?

The smart toilet designed by Chen Nuo had built-in biological examination technology.

Without that function, could he sell a toilet for over a hundred thousand dollars?

On top of that, every user had to pay Chen Nuo a hefty monthly fee to ensure they could enjoy Skippy's biological data analysis.

Tony originally thought it was just a gimmick, but he didn't expect Skippy to really be able to analyze his body's condition.

How should he put it? It was indeed a gimmick at first.

But Artificial Intelligence also evolves, especially after collaborating with major medical institutions and obtaining their medical information data. Skippy had iterated and evolved several times, and even the servers had doubled in size.

It was no longer the artificial idiocy of the past; it could already be called true Artificial Intelligence.

"Would I dare tell anyone else that you're about to die?"

Chen Nuo stepped forward and put his hand on Tony's shoulder, continuing.

"Don't worry, after you die, I'll help you take good care of Pepper. Since you don't really have any family, as one of your few friends, I'll reluctantly be the primary heir to your will."

"I'm not dead yet!"

Tony glared fiercely at Chen Nuo.

He was almost ready to prepare himself mentally, but upon hearing Chen Nuo's words, his survival instinct suddenly flared up again.

"Well, it's getting close."

Chen Nuo said as he pulled up Tony's physical examination report.

"Looking at your physical condition, the palladium toxin content in your blood shouldn't be lower than thirty percent. But that's a small matter. Tony, can you tell me when you became kidney deficient?"

"...Who's kidney deficient? I'm just dying! I'm not kidney deficient at all; my kidneys are perfectly fine."

Tony was agitated. Dying was one thing, but a man's innocence couldn't be defiled by Chen Nuo.

What was that saying about leaving one's innocence to the world?

If this report were to be sent out, then the focus of all news media would only be on his kidneys.

At the thought of this, Tony instinctively reached out and grabbed Chen Nuo's neck, ready to go off on him.

"Calm down, calm down. Kidney deficiency can be treated; I have a secret recipe!"

"...Really?"

Tony slowly released his hand and unconsciously smoothed out the wrinkles on Chen Nuo's collar, his voice becoming much gentler.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm just asking for a friend."

"I believe you."

Chen Nuo nodded with a serious face, giving Tony some face.

He did indeed have a secret recipe. The upper-class people in the cyberpunk world played much wilder than Tony, and the top medical technologies were all at their service, naturally with a heavy focus on development in this area.

In fact, if Chen Nuo really just wanted to make money, simply replicating these medical technologies would be enough for him to become the richest man.

"Knock knock knock..."

The sound of knocking interrupted their conversation, and Natasha brought two cups of coffee to Chen Nuo and Tony.

She had been eavesdropping for a while. Seeing the topic stray further and further—putting a life-and-death matter aside to focus entirely on kidney deficiency—she was forced to come in and break the rhythm.

Otherwise, if the two of them continued, how was Natasha supposed to write today's work report?

Would that Egghead guy want to know how to treat kidney deficiency?

This time, Natasha might have truly guessed her superior's thoughts wrong; he might actually really want to know.

"The coffee is good. If there's nothing else, you can leave."

Tony took a sip of coffee and then said somewhat impatiently.

He was only saying it because Natasha was beautiful; otherwise, he wouldn't have even taken a sip.

After Natasha's interruption, Chen Nuo steered the conversation back on track.

"What's your plan now? Don't tell me you're just waiting to die."

"I originally planned to have Stephen help me remove the shrapnel from my body. In all of America, he's probably the only one confident enough to perform this surgery. But unfortunately, that guy got into a car accident not long ago. Both his hands suffered comminuted fractures, and he can no longer hold a scalpel."

Tony sighed as he reached this point.

It was truly just bad luck.

He had originally been a bit hesitant about entrusting his life to a stranger.

Now, it was fine; God had made the decision for him.

"What about improving the Arc Reactor?"

This was what Chen Nuo was most concerned about.

Although he had already thoroughly understood the second-generation Arc Reactor, it was difficult for him to improve it further through iteration, mainly because there was no similar technology in other worlds to reference.

Although Chen Nuo's intelligence far exceeded that of ordinary people due to the stacking of the Five Nuo Power, it was mostly reflected in memory, reaction speed, and so on.

He had no problem with technical integration, but as for creating?

Compared to a genius like Tony, Chen Nuo was still missing that most critical bit of inspiration.

The future Arc Reactor still needed to rely on Tony.

"I can't do it... I've already tried all the new elements."

Tony also felt a long-absent sense of powerlessness in this regard; it was truly beyond human capability.

None of the elemental substances on Earth could achieve the possibility Tony wanted, which left him feeling desperate.

"Don't worry, if worst comes to worst, I'll just help you replace your heart."

Chen Nuo said as he handed over Emil's recent experimental data, which was enough to support what he said.

"Your cybernetic technology has already reached this level?"

After Tony flipped through it quickly, his tone couldn't hide his surprise.

He had originally thought his situation certainly wouldn't last until Chen Nuo's cybernetic technology made a breakthrough, so he had crossed out this option from the start.

The difficulty of implanting a heart cybernetic implant was on a completely different level than that of arms and such; this was a complete leapfrog breakthrough.

"Consider yourself lucky that I found Emil."

Chen Nuo's reason was very sufficient; an excellent test subject could indeed provide such help.

"Tell me, how do you plan to repay me?"

Hearing this, Tony gave a faint smile. Without the pressure of death, apart from his face still looking a bit pale, his whole being relaxed, his eyes brightened considerably, and he casually wrote down a phone number.

"This is the contact information for the CEO of Victorias Secret."

"You truly are my brother from another mother."

Chen Nuo chuckled and noted down the phone number. From now on, Victorias Secret would have no secrets from him.

Tony was truly Tony; one move and he hit the industry peak.

After the two left the office with their arms around each other's shoulders, Natasha walked in.

Instead of immediately tidying up the cups on the table, she sat in Chen Nuo's chair, pulled a USB drive from her bosom, and plugged it into the computer.

She was a S.H.I.E.L.D. spy, and she came here to gather intelligence. Did they really think she was just a secretary?

The fact that the iron monger had fallen into Chen Nuo's hands was something Egghead was quite concerned about; he had to find out the whereabouts of this weapon of war.

Of course, Natasha could also conveniently plagiarize the two cutting-edge technologies: smart weapons and cybernetic implantation.

This was all to protect the Earth, so it was considered righteous plagiarism.

Anyway, Natasha was still listed under the CIA. Even if she were caught in the future, they could perform a righteous shift of blame.

Egghead was the type of person who wouldn't fail in the big picture but didn't care about small details.

However, Natasha scoured Chen Nuo's computer hard drive but couldn't find what she wanted, only discovering a suspicious warehouse from the incoming and outgoing shipping invoices.

Natasha silently noted the address and cleared all traces.