A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

"Christine, something's happened! Come quick!" A female doctor rushed over.

"Another patient?" Christine Palmer frowned. "I'm not the doctor on duty at this time..."

“Christine, it’s Dr. Strange!” the female doctor whispered. “He was in a car accident and has multiple injuries all over his body… especially his hands, where ligaments are torn in several places and nerves are severely damaged.”

"Moreover... the golden time for repairs has already passed!"

"Fuck!" Dr. Palmer exclaimed in shock. Stephen Strange was her ex-boyfriend. She knew her colleague and ex-boyfriend all too well. What he was most proud of was not his medical doctorate, but his nimble and steady hands.

Those hands of his have enabled him to perform many of the world's most difficult surgeries, yet now, his hands are severely injured?

"Where is he?" Dr. Palmer asked hastily, dropping everything he was doing and rushing to Strange's emergency room.

Not far away, Cao Gui raised an eyebrow. What a coincidence! He had actually run into Dr. Strange.

When Harry was bleeding heavily and asked for help, his first choice was Dr. Strange, after all, he was the best doctor. But... Dr. Strange felt that it was an insult to him to offer just a blood transfusion, so he refused.

He wasn't short of money and wasn't interested in the high price Harry offered, so the task fell to Palmer.

Cao Gui hesitated for a moment, then decided to go and see what was going on... to take a picture of Strange, so that when he became the Sorcerer Supreme and was all high and mighty, he could smear that picture in Strange's face.

"Cao?"

"I'll go check on you..." Before he could finish speaking, time suddenly froze around them.

An eerie silence fell over the entire corridor. Everyone and everything froze, except for Cao Gui and his two companions.

"Damn it... what's going on?" Gwen's expression changed drastically; her senses told her that the whole world was in danger.

Beth's expression darkened slightly, and her right palm, which was hanging down, glowed with a fiery red light. She was on guard; this situation was too bizarre, even more so than the spatial solidification that Cao had displayed.

what?

How did Beth know about spatial solidification?

Ahem... To my shame, Cao Gui has used spatial freezing to imitate time stopping more than once...

So Beth and Gwen had experienced this many times, but neither of them had ever seen such a bizarre situation before.

Cao Gui's lips twitched; this was the real deal—a true freeze in time.

Before the thought had even subsided, sparks swirled and scattered before her, and a spatial portal slowly opened, from which a bald female mage in a yellow robe slowly emerged.

"The Ancient One?"

"Cao, it's been a long time," the Ancient One said with a light laugh.

Gwen and Beth exchanged a glance, their guard slowly relaxing. So they were from Kamar-Taj. Cao Gui had told them about this place and knew what the Ancient One represented.

"What's going on here?" Cao Gui pointed to the frozen time around him and said speechlessly.

“I hope you won’t bother Strange,” the Ancient One said.

“Ah… about that.” Cao Gui shrugged. “I didn’t mean to bother you, I just wanted to take a picture.”

"Just take a picture?" The Ancient One gave Cao Gui a strange look. Who would do something so pointless?

"Yeah." Cao Gui chuckled, rubbing his hands together, looking very expectant.

Gu Yi was speechless for a moment. It turned out that there really were such bored people. She thought something serious had happened and rushed over.

With a wave of his hand, a Polaroid camera appeared out of thin air, and the Ancient One handed a photograph that appeared on the camera to Cao Gui.

"What you want."

In the photo, Strange's face is covered in blood, his eyes are lifeless, and his ten fingers are crooked and twisted, making him look like a man.

Cao Gui smacked his lips, suddenly feeling bored. What he really wanted wasn't the photo itself, but the feeling during the filming process.

"Alright." Cao Gui said helplessly. The Ancient One strictly forbade him from contacting Strange. He couldn't very well fight the Ancient One, could he?

With a quick glance around, Cao Gui asked, "Ancient One, what kind of person is Kaecilius?"

“Casillas?” The Ancient One frowned. Why did she suddenly think of this person?

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Please take one day off.

As the title says, dear readers, I need to take a day off... emmm... it's still because of writer's block.

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Chapter 439 Greener, Healthier

“Casillas?” The Ancient One was silent for a long time before slowly saying, “A magical genius, very ambitious. I once regarded him as my successor, but unfortunately, he became a demon.”

"Oh?" Cao Gui raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"He was skilled in many kinds of magic, both white and black magic, and he was proficient in them. He had even traveled through the stars. But... he was bewitched by the devil, became extreme, arrogant, and obsessed with power. In the end, he fell into the devil's trap."

As Master Gu Yi spoke, a hint of heartache appeared on her usually calm face.

"Ah, this..." Cao Gui's eyes flickered slightly. He hadn't expected this version of Casillas to be like this.

"Alright, that's all for now," the Ancient One said with a smile, signaling that they should leave.

Cao Gui shrugged and walked out with Gwen and Beth. As the three left, the frozen time slowly resumed, and the entire hospital building returned to normal. No one knew what had just happened.

Back home, after putting Gwen and Beth to sleep, Cao Gui returned to heaven to continue his great mission of being struck by lightning.

……

The next morning, when Cao Gui returned to the villa, he found Gwen and Beth sitting in the living room, studying an invitation.

"Huh?" Cao Gui couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Wasn't the weekend over? Is today another day off?"

"Honey, we have two days this weekend," Beth said speechlessly. Had her boyfriend really been struck by lightning and lost his mind?

“Yes, yesterday was Saturday, and today is Sunday,” Gwen said, speechless.

"You've come at the right time, come over and help us take a look." Beth pulled Cao Gui and pressed him between Gwen, then picked up the invitation and placed it in front of them.

“Pym Technologies…” Cao Gui picked it up and looked at it, then raised an eyebrow.

“Yes,” Beth nodded and said, “The portability of Gwen’s armor has always been a problem. We originally had our eye on nanoparticles, but research on nanoparticles will take some time.”

“So I’m planning to check out Pym Technologies,” Gwen said, pointing to the invitation.

"They've proposed a material that can reduce the interatomic spacing, and it's currently under research. I think... if that's possible, the portability of the armor could be solved."

“Honey, do you know anything about this?” Beth asked.

“I do know a little…” Cao Gui stroked his chin. Ant-Man, who doesn’t know that? But the question is… how do these people know about the existence of Pym Particles?

I remember in the original book, the bald general manager only became known to some people because Black Widow lifted the security agreement with S.H.I.E.L.D. and released all the information about S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to the world.

Moreover, the information about Pym Particles within S.H.I.E.L.D. is not just simple records, but rather a collection of research materials.

These things were left behind by the brilliant scientist Howard Stark. Although their research areas were different—Howard was more inclined towards mechanical technology and the Cosmic Cube, while Dr. Pym was more inclined towards quantum mechanics.

But a genius is a genius. With some samples and scarce data, Howard figured out a lot of things, until Dr. Pym discovered them, causing a break between Dr. Pym and S.H.I.E.L.D., which stopped him.

Dr. Pym has a very bad relationship with the Stark family, and even contemptuously refers to Tony's armor technology as a toy.

In the movie, it's because of a difference in ideas between two scientists, but in the comics... it's simple: Howard Stark couldn't control himself and accidentally cheated on Dr. Pym, so the two are extremely hostile to each other and will fight to the death as long as they can't be killed.

So now you know why Dr. Pym is in such good health, right?

As a contemporary of Howard and Carter, he lived through World War II and the Cold War. Howard died but he didn't, Carter died but he didn't, and even Howard's son, Tony Stark, died but he still survived.

The reason is green; green is healthier.

Getting back to the point, Cao Gui pondered for a moment while meeting the gazes of the two women, then nodded: "Alright, let's go take a look."

As he spoke, Cao Gui was about to open the spatial portal. Pim Technologies' address was in San Francisco, while they were currently in New York.

But Gwen and Beth stopped them, pulling Cao Gui onto the private jet. They were eager to take advantage of the rare moment when their boyfriends were finally free.

Cao Gui sighed, "I have been ruined by wine and women..."

……

San Francisco, once a dream destination for many Chinese Americans, but unfortunately, those who were lured to this foreign land were met not with gold mines, but with mines.

Due to numerous historical reasons, San Francisco has become one of the cities with the largest Chinese population. Looking at the bustling city below, Cao Gui's eyes were slightly strange. Could there be an antique shop called "Old Man" in this city?

If there is... then Thanos is nothing. Cao Gui directly teamed up with the big-nosed archaeologist and the goddess Xiaoyu to stuff Thanos into the hell that imprisons demons!

In the southeast of San Francisco, at Pym Technologies, Cao Gui and his two companions slowly drove in. They were among the shareholders of Pym Technologies and held a significant number of shares in the company.

Holding the tablet in her hands, Gwen browsed through Pym Corporation's information bit by bit, becoming more and more surprised. This company's technical strength was no less than Osborn's, but instead of expanding like Osborn, they had been focusing on developing new technologies.

Just then, Gwen glanced in the rearview mirror and saw a beige convertible slowly approaching, with an elderly man with gray hair sitting inside. Upon closer inspection, she recognized him as Dr. Pym, the founder of the company.

Unlike Cao Gui and the other two, who entered by swiping their cards, he entered by scanning his face.

"It seems like Dr. Pym doesn't really manage his company much..." Gwen said with some surprise. After flipping through the documents, she discovered that Hank Pym had been kicked out of the company's management several years ago.

Logically speaking, as the company's founder and the key figure in the research team, it would be extremely difficult to remove him from the management team.

But... there was an inside man, and the person who accomplished all of this was Dr. Pym's protégé and his own daughter.

The two men worked together to turn Hank Pym from a high-ranking executive at a large company into a retired old man, but Dr. Pym did not suffer financial hardship as a result.

His protégés and biological daughter can strip him of control over the company, but they cannot take away the patented technology he possesses. Every year, a large portion of the company's profits and patent fees are spent on Dr. Pym.

As a result, Dr. Pym lived a better and better life, and grew younger and younger.

As the vehicle drove in, Cao Gui and his two companions slowly entered the building, where a bald, burly man was warmly shaking hands with the visitors.

Especially Cao Gui, a major investor in the company, whom they have always respected.

"Thank you very much for coming, our great shareholder."

“Dr. Darren Close,” Cao Gui smiled, “matter that alters atomic spacing—this is a revolutionary technology. You are a genius.”

"Thank you for the compliment, but this is not my achievement alone..." Bald Darren said very modestly.

As they were talking, Dr. Pym slowly walked in. Cao Gui smiled wryly. The master-disciple game and the father-daughter game were bound to be very lively.

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Chapter 440 The Insignificant Dr. Pym