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"Victor!!!"

After shaking off Tony, Jess quickly arrived at his destination and roared at Victor, who was waiting there in comfort.

He seemed to want to shout out all the hardships he had endured over the past month.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time,” Victor said, his tone completely flat.

Jess was furious at the sight of the other's expressionless face, but as soon as the cannon of Mercury was raised, several black dots appeared on his body.

The black dots rapidly expanded, and the chaotic gravity field directly enveloped Jess. The gravity field, which changed every second, tested Jess's physical endurance.

Lightning Domain!

Unable to move due to gravity, Jess released surging currents into his surroundings, beginning to construct an electromagnetic field.

The electromagnetic field is fragmented under the influence of the surrounding gravitational field, but the influence is mutual, and the gravitational field is also affected accordingly.

Once the gravity suppression created a gap, its effect diminished considerably, and Jess easily smashed the surrounding gravity generators with a few quick hammer blows.

This situation was within Victor's expectations. If Jess could be controlled by several gravity fields, then he wouldn't deserve to be called one of the two geniuses of Hextech Research Institute alongside him.

"Jess, humanity has its limits. In my short scientific career, I've learned a lesson: the more you pursue precision and demand repeatability, the more you'll discover that humanity has its limits! So, embrace machinery! Embrace glorious evolution!"

"You're insane." Jess suddenly calmed down, pointed the cannon at Victor below, the electromagnetic acceleration array was already deployed, and compressed energy bullets were automatically loaded one by one, with a squeezing sound before the spent cartridges were ejected from the side.

"Electrical energy surges!!!"

"Chaos Storm!"

The energy stored in the cannon of Mercury had reached its limit. This time, instead of firing individual plasma shots, it fired a continuous and powerful energy beam!

Compared to Jayce, Viktor's attack animation was much less noticeable, consisting of a singularity generator emitted from the side of his mechanical arm.

Driven by energy, the singularity generated a terrifying chaotic storm centered on itself, tearing apart and destroying soil, electricity, air, and everything else.

Jess's attack was no exception. The energy cannon was the first to be twisted after entering the area of ​​the chaotic storm. When the energy value of the connected units dropped to a certain level, they were directly swallowed by the singularity, just like everything else.

Moreover, the range of the singularity is continuously expanding, and the rate of expansion is even exceeding Viktor's calculations.

"Jace! Join me! Join the glorious evolution!"

Victor looked up and extended an invitation to Jess on the rooftop.

Jess didn't reply, but instead stuffed all the compressed energy bullets he took out of his pocket into the Mercury Cannon, continuously increasing the amount and thickness of them.

Everything has its limits; as long as the firepower is sufficient, there is nothing that cannot be destroyed!

A thousand meters above the two men, Tony had been there for a while, watching the fair one-on-one fight unfold below, and it wasn't appropriate for him to join in.

In addition, Tony had actually been discovered long ago, because his armor was made of a material similar to tempered glass, which had a good defensive effect against laser beams and other ray attacks, but it was basically impossible for it to hide him.

Suddenly, Tony plummeted downwards, the flames from the thrusters expanding before he regained his balance.

"Sir, the force below you is continuously increasing. I suggest you leave immediately," Jarvis advised.

The singularity suction emitted by Victor suddenly increased to a higher level, and this increase did not stop; it continued.

In the one or two seconds that Tony hesitated, he was already captured by the gravitational field of the singularity and could not escape.

On the ground, Jess's feet were already sinking into the concrete, but his body was still moving closer to the singularity because the entire building was beginning to tilt.

The situation on Viktor's side isn't much better either. His right mechanical arm is undergoing a spark jump, and Jess overcharged the singularity, exceeding the control threshold set by Viktor. Now the singularity is starting to get out of control.

The compressed bullet is ejected!

Jess ejected the unused compressed bullets from the Mercury Cannon, disconnecting the energy supply to the cannon. He then leaned against the wall; he was too close to the singularity, and the suction was too strong, making it difficult for him to escape.

Anti-Victor Armor, disarm!

Tony in the sky simply discarded the outer shell, letting it be sucked into the increasingly chaotic storm below.

With the burden reduced, Tony's armor thrusters sped up at full power, gradually moving out of the suction range.

Viktor's mind raced. If the problem wasn't solved soon, the singularity's gravitational field would go out of control in a minute, and the supposedly gravity-free environment would be completely overwhelmed by gravity.

If that were the case, Viktor, who was closest to him, would be sucked in immediately and then torn to pieces.

Boom!

Just when things were about to get out of control, something that looked like a stone suddenly fell from the sky, smashing directly into the chaotic storm and shattering the singularity generator to pieces.

Chapter Seventy: Heimerdinger, Head of Hextech Corporation

"Hmm, it seems I need to adjust the adaptation conditions, otherwise flying out of the planet every time is too much of a waste of time."

A strange figure, less than a meter tall but with a head more than half a meter wide, rose from the dissipating chaotic storm.

Tony, now out of danger, was speechless for a moment. Where did this guy come from? He hadn't even broken a skin under that attack.

Previously, the strongest individual Tony knew was Captain America, but in recent years, people stronger than Captain America have emerged one after another, repeatedly refreshing Tony's understanding of individual combat power.

"Mentor!" Jess and Victor shouted in unison.

tutor?

Tony landed some distance away, watching the scene with curiosity.

"Ah, Little Jie, Little Tuo, long time no see." Heimerdinger said with a smile, the dirt on his head falling off sparsely with his movements, making him look nothing like a scientist.

Jess discreetly hid the shrunken Mercury's Hammer behind his back, just like any ordinary child who had done something wrong.

"Mentor... weren't you on a business trip somewhere else?" Jess didn't know what expression to use when he spoke.

"Hmm... Can I not come back? I remember I gave you the access card so you could apply for the relevant materials, not so you could use it to grab missions on the Ouroboros platform, right?"

Heimerdinger's expression turned serious. Jess was indeed incredibly audacious, using his card to usurp Genomi's teammates with high privileges and even modifying some of the mission descriptions.

Jess kept his head down, completely absorbed in the small pebbles on the rooftop, which seemed to contain the highest scientific explanation.

"And who gave you permission to cut off someone else's lab's power supply at will? You've forgotten all about the safety regulations! Go back and copy the safety regulations ten thousand times! By hand! No tricks allowed!"

Heimerdinger flew into a rage and unleashed a torrent of abuse on Jess.

"Ah..." Jess was a little desperate. The safety regulations were such a thick book. Even if he copied them ten thousand times, how long would it take him to finish?

Viktor almost burst out laughing when he saw Jess being scolded, but he was afraid of being scolded himself, so he had to force himself to hold it in.

"Huh?" Heimerdinger turned to look at Viktor. "You still have the nerve to laugh?"

Viktor immediately looked down at the ground, behaving obediently like a good student.

"I'm asking you! Jess broke the rules, right? Why are you running away?!" Heimerdinger shouted, his head bobbing as he spoke, making it seem as if his head was about to fall to the ground.

“It was Jess who said it…” Victor tried to explain.

"Bullshit! You believe him just because he says so? He doesn't even ask any of the old folks in the research institute. Does he really think he's something special just because he has a genius title? Wait until you get a Morning Star title before you talk to me!"

"Also, you were a mage before you came in, right? There are so many liches among you mages, so many who modify themselves through various means. What? You think my organization isn't as enlightened as those people?!"

Heimerdinger was furious. These two young men had been causing him endless trouble. Since meeting them, his head had been spinning even faster than before. He was so angry!

"And what did I tell you in class? To look at things dialectically, to prioritize mechanics? Why don't you just go straight for mechanical ascension?! Huh? And I told you your singularity generator still has many immature aspects, but you just wouldn't listen, did you?!"

Viktor hid his right hand behind his back and remained silent.

Indeed, when it comes to challenging basic human beliefs, the Necromancer Academy and the Necromancer Academy are no less capable than his mechanical modifications. Those academies are doing just fine now, and their admission difficulty is increasing year by year.

"Do you know you were wrong?" Heimerdinger asked.

Victor nodded.

"There's still hope. Go back and copy the safety regulations with Jess."

"Ah? Teacher, I'm the victim..."

"Any objections?"

"…No."

Viktor looked dejected. Heimerdinger suddenly remembered something and immediately spoke up, "By the way, your right hand has been modified, so you can use your left hand to copy when you get back."

puff~

Jess couldn't help but laugh. He grabbed the ball with his left hand, while Victor, who was also right-handed, was in an even worse situation than him.

Victor glared at the gloating Jess, as if to say, "You just wait until we get back."

Jess held his head high and avoided eye contact with him. Hey, as long as I don't look at you, you don't glare at me.

"Alright! You two can play this eye-guessing game later!" Heimerdinger said, extending his right hand. The device in his hand exerted a pulling force, drawing the two people to his side.

"All you do is cause me trouble. Do you know what Blitz said? He demanded a change of researchers. He believes that the two of you will corrupt him, a nascent intelligent robot!"

Jess touched his nose; he was one of the principal investigators on the Blitz project.

Then, Heimerdinger looked at Tony in the distance and said, "Hey friend, come here for a second."

Tony hesitated for a second, then flew over. He was also very curious about who was the person who could train Jess and Victor.

“Hmm… your single-person armor and those two sets of compatible armor… hmm…” Heimerdinger searched his mind for words, “The idea is good, very innovative, and very extravagant.”

Tony was speechless. What was the difference between this and telling young people that the future belongs to them? It was all just veiled criticism.

He knew this so clearly because that's how his father used to talk to some young researchers.

"Here's the thing, I managed to subdue a few squads of soldiers on my way here. I'll need your help releasing them later. As for the damage caused by these two children, Hextech Research Institute will assess it and contact you. Here's my business card. Thank you for your help."

Heimerdinger is quite polite to outsiders.

Tony took the business card and saw some intricate patterns on it. These patterns directly affected his and Jarvis's cognition, causing both humans and artificial intelligence to receive relevant information simultaneously.

Heimerdinger, head of Hextech Research Institute.

Tony nodded, indicating that he would help him handle it; he felt this was a good opportunity to connect with the other side of the world.

Heimerdinger chuckled, then glared at Jess and Viktor again. "Let's go. I'll take you to apologize to the mage Zilean first."

"Ah! Is Master Kiran here too?" Jess was a little intimidated, like a student who had made a mistake being led by his parents to see the principal.

Although Viktor didn't say anything, he was even more cowardly than Jayce, after all, he used to be a mage.

"Master Kiran left a clone here, otherwise who do you think notified me? Now you know you're scared? You'd better cause me more trouble in the future!"

Heimerdinger shook his head and disappeared from Tony's sight with Jess and Victor.

Just as Tony was about to leave, he noticed a strange mechanical device left behind where Heimerdinger had gone.