Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 127 Hextech Core, Dimensional Wormhole (Second Update)
Looking at the watch in his hand, which had no change in appearance and no reduction in function, Luca accepted the 'minor matter' that the [transformation watch] had once again become a core component.

Well, the main problem is that even if he wanted to synthesize it as soon as possible, there's nothing he could do.

'I should have scanned Thor too. I wonder if the Frost Giant's corpse counts as alien data?'

Having retrieved the Tesseract, they need to return to Asgard as soon as possible to repair the Rainbow Bridge and quell the rebellion.

Thor had already left Earth by this time. Although the data on the nine different aliens didn't seem like much, it would take some more time to synthesize them all.

'I wonder, if we captured a Skrull and had them repeatedly transform and scan, could we directly gather the remaining nine data types?'

'However, according to the description, besides its basic transformation, this watch can also record entirely new alien genes? So, if I synthesize it, could I then record Thanos? Or perhaps the invincible Galactus?'

As I walked down to the laboratory, I thought about these seemingly wonderful futures.

Luca carefully took the 'promising' [transformation watch] back into his own hands.

There's no way around it; no matter how promising the future may be, we still have to use the current functions.

However, missing the 'scan data' made Luca suddenly realize that he seemed to have made an even bigger mistake.

'Aside from the inexplicably extra watch, it seems I haven't received a single new core component in this major event!!'

Not only did he not obtain it, but apart from that super-huge dark elf spaceship, Luca didn't even see any new 'white light items'.

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He hadn't thought much about it when the situation was critical, but now Luca realized where the problem lay.

"I was actually behind the surveillance camera the whole time."

Yes.

Luca had tested it a long time ago.

Indirect methods such as video recording, surveillance, and remote video would not allow him to detect the white light emitted by the 'core component'.

To access the cheat code panel, you must physically touch the target.

In this incident, Luca first fought the Frost Giant by remotely controlling the 'Two-Husky Armor'.

Later, when fighting the Dark Elves, he was also in the cockpit of the [Boxer] mech, and relied on the mech's various scanning sensors to observe the outside world.

This means that even if a 'core component' that meets the criteria for a cheat code appears, Luca still cannot see the white light after it is projected onto the screen through these devices.

'I feel like I missed out on a fortune.'

At this point, Luca could only console himself.

Characters like the Frost Giants and Dark Elves are minor figures in the story and, aside from the unobtainable super warship, they probably don't have any other core components!
Fortunately, Luca did not come away empty-handed this time.

Inside the underground laboratory.

Luca first placed the spider silk emitter, which could synthesize the [anesthesia watch], on the table.

The core component that Luca had previously lent to Gwen has now been taken back by him.

For Gwen, this might just be a small thing that she could make casually.

But for Luca, it was one of the key items to unlock 'Conan 5/5' later on, so he naturally wouldn't throw it away so easily.

Of course, the so-called gain is not what 'originally belonged to him'.

Reaching out of the 'Two-Husky Mech', Luca took the backpack from its hand and then took out two more items from it.

A small arc reactor, and four ordinary-looking stone flakes.

The former was a valuable item that Luca shamelessly "snatched" from Tony. The latter, on the other hand, consisted of four runestones obtained from Thor.

Although Thor had promised to give Luca a gift after he 'picked up' Mjolnir, Luca ultimately only accepted four runestones.

As for the reason, it was naturally for that 'core component' that he had long since left to gather dust.

Place the only 'Hextech Crystal' that emits a white light on the table.

Luca nervously rubbed his hands together at first, then proceeded to draw circles, clap his hands, and combine them in his usual manner.

All in one go.

The next moment, white light enveloped the synthesis array, and then a polyhedron made up of several metal rune shells floated quietly on the table.

The entire polyhedron continuously emitted a blue light, giving it a psychedelic and mysterious feel unique to magical technology.

[Hextech Core] (Chapter 5)
Of course, Luca chose to synthesize it at this time not because he wanted to use the item himself.

After all, although the description says "infinite energy", the subsequent descriptions mention "rune energy erosion" and "destruction of the world".

Given Luca's small stature, he is not yet ready to explore something so dangerous.

So, as soon as the [Hex Core] was synthesized, Luca immediately looked up at the ceiling and shouted.

"Ancient One!! Sorcerer Supreme!! The deal is here!!"

However, after Luca shouted several times, he looked around and found that nothing had changed.

There was neither a sudden pause in time nor the appearance of a sizzling golden halo, leaving him somewhat bewildered.

'Could it be that Gu Yi can't hear me in the basement? I can't exactly go to his place to make the deal, can I? I don't even know where the New York Sanctuary is!'

With that in mind, Luca could only tentatively speak again.

"Old Man Gu Yi? He's out doing business!"

No sooner had he said that than Luca felt a sharp rap on the back of his head.

He clutched his head and cried out, then looked back and, sure enough, the golden-haired Ancient One was already standing behind him.

"You old man."

Seeing the Ancient One's malicious smile, Luca promptly changed his tune.

"So, the Ancient One was really watching me all along?"

Upon hearing Luca's words, the Ancient One rolled her eyes without any regard for her image. With a slight movement of her fingers, a chair in the corner of the laboratory flew over and landed right behind her.

Then, Gu Yi sat in a chair with his legs crossed, and said in a somewhat disdainful tone.

"Who has time to keep an eye on you all the time? With that messy timeline of yours, I'd rather live a few more years!"

Seeing the Ancient One say this, Luca glanced at the [Hex Core] next to him with a look of disbelief.

The meaning is self-evident.

'You weren't following me? You came over as soon as this thing was synthesized?'

However, upon seeing Luca's action, his eyes rolled even more dramatically.

"You created such a massive dimensional wormhole on Earth, it's impossible for me to pretend I didn't see it!"

(End of this chapter)