Marvel's Venom, starting with a Hydra undercover agent.

Hearing Holm's words, Tony quickly stuffed the hamburger into his mouth, then, with his cheeks puffed out, mumbled, "You can buff now."

"Are you sure?" Holm glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, and at the same time slowly stepped on the gas and began to accelerate.

"Mmm!" Tony nodded as he continued chewing his food with his cheeks puffed out.

"Vroom!" With the roar of the engine, the silver-white sports car began to speed away like a sharp arrow.

"That's it!... Ugh!" Tony was about to shout excitedly when he suddenly choked and vomited, quickly sticking his head out of the car door, leaving a trail of rainbows in his wake.

After that, Holm never slowed down before entering the city, and Tony stubbornly refused to let him slow down, even though his own face was almost green with rage.

Once inside the city, faced with the massive traffic, Holm reverted to his previous state, swaying and drifting along with the flow of traffic towards Stark Tower.

Tony breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took deep breaths to calm himself down.

"Phew~ If I ever organize a racing competition in the future, I'll definitely invite you." Tony sighed as he looked at Holm after a moment's pause.

He thought he was already a pretty sharp driver, but he didn't expect Holm to be even more so. Holm had just accomplished some of the things he had only done in his dreams and never dared to dream of in real life.

Hearing Tony's words, Holm chuckled and said, "I wouldn't come if the prize money wasn't high."

Before they could exchange more than a few words, Holm had already driven to the foot of Stark Tower.

Reporters who were waiting by the roadside took photos when they saw Tony appear, and also tried to interview him, but they were quickly stopped by the security guards at the entrance.

Holm followed Tony quickly into Stark Tower, and the moment the elevator doors opened, he saw a familiar figure emerge from inside.

"Gwen? What's Gwen doing at Stark Tower?" Holm looked at Gwen, who was also somewhat surprised and delighted, and wondered a bit.

Gwen was also curious about Holm's sudden appearance, but when she saw that he was with Tony Stark, she immediately understood that Holm was working.

Seeing Holm wearing the custom-made suit she had given him, Gwen's eyes clearly lit up with joy and happiness.

In those few seconds, they only exchanged a brief glance and didn't say a word.

Even Tony, who was next to Holm, was preoccupied with the clues his father had left him and didn't notice the exchange of glances between Holm and Gwen.

As Holm watched the elevator numbers steadily rise, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

He took out his phone and checked it, and sure enough, it was a message from Gwen.

However, Holm was always a person with work ethics, so he only glanced at who sent the message before putting his phone back in his waist pocket.

"Ding dong!"

With a crisp sound, the elevator doors slowly opened. Holm looked up, ready to walk out, only to see a familiar face at the door.

"Shouldn't Clint agents be keeping watch over the villa? Why are they here with their target?" Natasha stood at the elevator entrance, smiling as she watched Holm and Tony walk out.

Chapter 182, The Never-Ending Mission, New Elements

Natasha was wearing a black bodycon dress and carrying a stack of documents. Her sexy and hot figure and the temperament of a professional woman were perfectly blended on her, making her a sight to behold for anyone who saw her.

Seeing her slightly amused smile, Holm also smiled and said, "We're here to help Mr. Stark find some important clues, which are related to solving the problems he's facing."

"Oh~ you've already made progress? You're moving quite quickly." Natasha nodded in agreement. "No wonder Mr. Stark looked so excited, he didn't even wash his face."

Upon hearing this, Tony first wiped his face somewhat awkwardly, then walked towards his office with a slightly dissatisfied expression, saying to Natasha, "Just do your job well, Secretary."

Clearly, he still harbored considerable resentment towards Natasha's deception and betrayal.

Natasha didn't react much; instead, she laughed even more heartily.

As Tony left, Holm followed, but Natasha suddenly reached out and stopped him.

Holm turned his head with some confusion, but Natasha smiled and straightened his tie before saying softly, "I haven't congratulated you on reaching level eight yet."

"Why haven't you come to see me all this time?"

Hearing Natasha's two completely different sentences, Holm responded softly, "Don't you already have a new mission?"

Upon hearing Holm's words, Natasha paused, clearly understanding their meaning.

The fact that she has a new mission means that she is on a mission and it is inconvenient for her to continue. It also means that the mission to monitor him should be over, and there is no need for their relationship to continue or for them to continue pretending.

She looked up at Holm, and smiled at his open and bright eyes. She then suddenly tightened her tie and pulled Holm down, whispering in his ear, "If that's what you think, you're wrong. That mission will never end. I'm stuck with you."

After saying that, she let go of his hand, turned around and walked into the elevator, waving and smiling at him.

"Cough cough!" Holm sighed, pulling at his tie which had suddenly tightened around his neck, as he watched the elevator doors close.

He straightened his wrinkled shirt and tie with a touch of heartache, then strode into the office.

Just as he walked into the office, Tony and Pepper's argument came to an end.

As they passed Holm, Pepper managed a smile and a greeting before following Happy to the garage.

In the office, Tony leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply, then said helplessly, "I feel like a divorced man who has also lost his two children."

After he finished speaking, he stood up, pointed to the model placed next to him, and said, "This is the most important clue. I had some ideas at home, and now that I look at it from this side, my thoughts are even clearer."

"We need to bring this model home, and also bring back all the research materials related to my father that are stored in this company."

Faced with Tony's request, Holm looked at him quietly for a while, then turned around and made a phone call to call a car and someone.

Tony was initially puzzled as to why Holm was looking at him like that, but after hearing the contents of the phone call, he immediately understood.

He said he wanted to take all this stuff back with him, but when the two of them came, they only drove a sports car.

Holm's look just now must have been because of this; no wonder it seemed like he was being scolded.

Half an hour after Holm made the call, several agents arrived, disassembled the model, and began transporting it to the villa.

During those half hour, Tony wasn't idle either. He carefully examined the large model standing against the wall, and then, based on the words "The key to the future is here" written next to the model, he keenly realized something.

He now has enough ideas and is just waiting to verify them after he gets home.

As soon as Tony returned to the villa, he immediately went downstairs to the laboratory. He looked at the assembled model and waved to Jarvis, giving him instructions.

"Scan this model and build a workable data model."

As he finished speaking, a burst of blue light swept across the dusty model, and a few seconds later, a holographic virtual model appeared beside it.

“Rotate, then reverse,” Tony said to Jarvis, fiddling with the data model.

"What does this thing look like? Doesn't it look a bit like an atom? The nucleus should be... here, in the middle of this globe."

Tony muttered to himself as he observed the data model.

"Make the sphere of this globe stand out, then remove the walkways, remove everything."

"This may seem like a new element, but its construction is hidden within the model."

Thinking of this, Tony's eyes lit up, and the bitterness in his mouth and the weakness in his body seemed to lessen considerably.

“Remove the landscaping too, the bushes, the trees, and the parking lot, entrances and exits.”

"Using the pavilion as a framework, protons and neutrons are formed."

"Following this logic, the elements are constructed with the central sphere as the core."

As Tony gradually eliminated and conceived new ideas, a model of one element slowly emerged.

A moment later, a new element model composed of countless blue dots arranged in a special way appeared in front of Tony.

Tony magnified the element, placed it in the very center, and looked in amazement at the orderly arrangement of the surrounding structures.

The key to the future is here; the new element that his father discovered and researched is here.

Tony pursed his lips, looked at the scene beside him with deep emotion, and said softly, "Father, you've been gone for 20 years and you're still giving me lessons."

The discovery of the new element also means that the energy problem that had been troubling him could now be solved.

Thinking of this, Tony shrank the element and held it in his hands, looking at it with a relieved and relaxed smile, saying, "Thank you, Dad."

“This new element should be able to replace the palladium you’ve been using, but unfortunately it can’t be synthesized,” Jarvis said after examining the model of the new element.

Tony stood up, looked around confidently, and said with a smile, "It's time for a major overhaul. We need to manually synthesize a new element."

On the stairs, Holm watched Tony's series of actions and discoveries. Seeing that Tony had finally found the new element, he was relieved.

His special reminder was worthwhile; Tony has now discovered the model's secret much earlier than in the movie.

Chapter 183, The Sandmen Escape

Ten thousand meters above the ground, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier was slowly sailing. Its bottom had been opened with a stealth panel, so even if an aircraft passed by below, it would not be able to see its existence. It had become one with the sky.

At this moment, in the monitoring area of ​​the space carrier, a bearded man was sitting in his seat, looking somewhat uneasy at the hourglass that was constantly turning in front of him.

Last night, just as he was about to change shifts, he was suddenly attacked by a mysterious person and then tied up in the toilet for nearly half an hour.

Half an hour later, the mysterious man released him and disappeared, leaving only the instruction to continue his normal work before leaving.

He rushed to the monitored area in a panic, only to find that nothing had changed. The hourglass was still turning, and the sand was still churning inside.

The mysterious person seemed to have done nothing during those half hours, and even helped him with the task of watering the nutrient solution.

Although everything seemed unchanged and the same as before, the bearded man remained vigilant, always feeling that something was wrong. He even volunteered to switch shifts with his colleague and continued working a 6-hour shift.

"Could I be overthinking things? But why did that mysterious person suddenly attack me and tie me up for half an hour? What did he do during that time?"

"Should I tell my superiors about this? But there's nothing unusual right now. Wouldn't I be asking for trouble if I did?"

"If I don't tell, what will happen if something goes wrong? Will they find out? If they don't, that's fine, but if they do, will I be considered an accomplice?"

The bearded man's mind was filled with many questions, which disturbed him and made him restless.

"Your shift's over! You don't look like you've had a good rest, go back and get some sleep." A balding man patted a bearded man on the shoulder and said to him.

The bearded man was lost in thought and didn't notice that his colleague had come to relieve him. He only realized what was happening when the hand was already on his shoulder, and he was startled.

"Go and rest, go and rest, look at the state you've become." The bald man felt that the bearded man hadn't rested well, so he urged him to go back and catch up on some sleep.

The bearded man stood up and walked out, turning back every three steps. When he reached the door, he looked back at the ever-turning hourglass for a long time before leaving.

After the bearded man left, the bald man sat in his seat for a while, then went to the side and took out several bottles of nutrient solution. As usual, he began to pour the nutrient solution into the hourglass.

Watching the nutrient solution gurgle into the machine, and the sand constantly changing between damp and dry, the bald man couldn't help but purse his lips and mutter, "Sigh, what's the point of living like this? We don't even have food to eat."

After muttering something to himself, he didn't say anything more. He finished pouring out all the nutrient solution and then returned to his seat to clear his mind.

When they first started supervising the Sand People, their workload was much greater than it is now. However, because the equipment never malfunctioned and experiments showed that so many people were indeed unnecessary, the number of supervisors here gradually decreased.

Until a few days ago, when Bronsky became the new VIP in the regulatory area and another batch of regulatory personnel were transferred there, the Sandman area became completely idle.