Chapter 1994: Light up the Dream in Your Heart (Twenty-Nine)

After the Guardians of the Galaxy and the others left, Steve retracted his gaze from their backs, but turned to look at Schiller and said, "What happened to my shield? Isn't it really made of vibranium?" "

Stark snorted coldly, and just as he was about to say something, T'Challa walked in with Ororo. He smiled at a few people and said, "What are you talking about? I heard you talking from a distance.

"We were talking about an illiterate person who thought his shield was just ordinary vibranium." Stark said angrily, "I thought it was the genius structure designed by Howard that made his shield so strong."

T'Challa showed a slightly embarrassed expression and asked, "Uh, isn't it?"

In order to promote vibranium, T'Challa read a lot of relevant historical documents. He found that many people had no idea about this special metal. They even heard the name of vibranium for the first time because they knew the side of Captain America. The Stars and Stripes shield is made of vibranium.

The Wakanda propaganda department also specially allocated a large budget to allow Captain America to add the sentence "This is made of vibranium, the hardest metal in the world" when introducing his shield.

"Of course not." Stark sighed, and was no longer in the mood to ridicule his good friend. He thought about it and said, "Howard is indeed a good scientist, and so is Stark, but he also admits that he He is not a pure scientist, he is more like a businessman who understands technology.”

"Not all the technology of Stark Automotive Technology Group was created by Howard. He bought out a lot of technology from some scientists who were frustrated or lost their sponsorship. Although it did not play any role later, it can be regarded as The secret of how Stark Group got started.”

None of them showed any expressions of surprise. In fact, only a handful of people like Stark require that all technologies of an entire group be invented by him and that he is responsible for maintaining and updating them. Most technology groups even have one or two backbones. Scientists develop most of the technologies, and most of the others are acquired.

"It's not just technology." Stark shook his head slightly: "For a while, Howard was obsessed with new materials, because he felt that the reason why his hover car couldn't fly was because of the material problem."

"At this time, a down-and-out experimenter named Mike Lane found him and said that he had also made a very magical metal that had stronger properties than vibranium and was a perfect alloy."

"Howard went to his laboratory and found that the scientist named McLean really didn't lie to him. The alloy McLean showed him had surprisingly strong defensive capabilities and was simply perfect."

"Howard thought that this alloy could solve the safety problem of suspended cars very well, so he spent a lot of money to buy it. He thought he could analyze its ingredients and successfully reproduce it, but he failed to do so. "

"He went back to find the researcher, and found out that this was not McLean's research result at all, but a result he happened to get in an accident, and he couldn't reproduce it himself."

"So this piece of metal became a unique vibranium alloy. So far, only Captain America's shield uses this alloy. Haven't you noticed? The defensive capabilities of this shield are already miraculous."

T'Challa became more and more interested as he listened, so he continued the topic and asked: "The defensive ability is very strong? How strong is it approximately?"

Steve thought for a while and then replied: "Anyway, I jumped from more than 20 floors. As long as the shield touches the ground, it's completely fine. So far, I haven't encountered anything that my shield can't defend against. As long as it can be blocked, it will definitely be possible." Block."

T'Challa opened his eyes slightly and looked at Stark and Schiller again. The two nodded in unison. Indeed, neither of them had seen anything that Captain America had reached out to block but not blocked.

No matter whether it is a physical attack or a magic attack, no matter how fast or how strong the attack is, as soon as Captain America raises his hand, the attack disappears like a mud cow into the sea, leaving nothing behind.

T'Challa frowned deeply, obviously he realized that this was not something that a simple vibranium shield could do. Otherwise, wouldn't the Wakanda warriors be invincible if they all had one hand?

Then his heart became hot. Vibranium alloy would also work. Vibranium must always be used. Or rather, if countries and major technology companies really knew that there was such a perfect alloy, what value would vibranium have? Doesn't a rising tide lift all boats?

So he looked at Stark expectantly. After a moment of hesitation, Stark shook his head and said, "Don't look at me like that. There's no way I could ask Howard, hey, were you really deceived by a down-and-out researcher?" I bought an orphan product, but I’m still scratching my head and can’t figure out its formula?”

"I know Howard." Steve looked at T'Challa and said, "If he really has a way to recreate it, then there can't be only such a shield in the world."

The light in T'Challa's eyes gradually went out, but he still left a trace of thought and prepared to ask Howard personally.

Schiller sighed and said, "Have you forgotten something? This is the 21st century, can't we just make a phone call? What if we can really get some clues?"

T'Challa then seemed to suddenly realize it, patted his head, and quickly took his phone from Ororo's hand.

Unfortunately, as Stark speculated, Howard did not develop the formula for this alloy. He apologized to T'Challa on the phone, and T'Challa could only hold back his disappointment and reassure him that it was okay.

After hanging up the phone, the always gentle king became a little absent-minded, but then Schiller spoke.

“If scientific methods don’t work, then maybe criminal investigation will have some role to play.”

"Since it is an accident, it must be able to be investigated. What caused the accident? What was in the laboratory when the accident occurred? These may all be inferred through human beings. When the accident occurred, what was around There must be a mysterious raw material for vibranium alloy, which can greatly narrow the scope of the investigation. "

At this time, Schiller also took out his mobile phone. Several people didn't know who he wanted to call. Schiller dialed the number and said a few words before hanging up. After a while, Bruce and the three appeared in the restaurant. . Schiller briefly told Bruce the situation, and Bruce stood there thinking for a few minutes before saying, "Maybe I know what the key ingredient is."

Several others were stunned.

And Bruce began to reason from scratch.

"First of all, we have to analyze the down-and-out researcher Mike Lane. From his behavior, we can know that he once had a certain reputation in the academic world and had a relatively strong professional level, but he may have gotten into some trouble, which caused his reputation to plummet. Just fell into despair."

"Wait, why is this?" Steve interrupted him and asked: "You are from another universe, so you can't possibly have heard of this person named McLean, right? How do you know the process of his downfall? "

Bruce shook his head and said, "Of course I can't have heard of the scientists of your universe, but this is obvious."

"Stark Group, oh, what was it called Stark Automotive Technology Company at that time? It shouldn't be a small company, right?"

Several other people looked at Stark, who frowned slightly, but still said: "At that time, the Stark Group was not as powerful as it is now, but it was still considered a leading company in New Jersey."

"That's right, I guess your father is a somewhat famous scientist."

"His reputation in Playboy magazine is much greater than that in the scientific community." Stark curled his lips and said, "But at that time he was still young and was considered a rising star in the scientific research community. It’s a bit famous.”

"So how can a scientist who owns a large company and masters advanced technology meet with an unknown researcher? How did McClane impress Howard and enter the Stark Group?"

Several people looked thoughtful, and Stark nodded and said, "So you relied on this inference. Indeed, I heard Uncle Obadiah say that when Howard was young, he had a bad temper and was the most impatient to deal with. As a beggar, if McLean can step into his office, he must have two brushes.”

"A good scientist will definitely not buy a lot of things in his laboratory, especially on his workbench, even on the way to developing new materials."

Bruce snapped his fingers and said: "Everyone knows that materials science is a matter of luck, and it takes hundreds of millions of combinations before you can make some new discoveries."

"But geniuses always feel that they are particularly favored by God. They will firm up the combinations they have speculated in their minds and try their own orderly combinations in early research."

"So what is McClane's orderly combination?" T'Challa asked, leaning forward.

"It's not important. What's important is that even if there are only a few raw materials, McClain, a researcher who no longer has a sponsor, has no conditions to reproduce them one by one, and Howard feels that he has been deceived by a small researcher, and he can't lose face. He certainly wouldn’t have the nerve to ask McLean what was on his desk at that time, so it became a permanent secret.”

"We certainly can't guess everything on the table by guessing, but we can guess what is most likely to be on the table based on probability."

Several people were a little dazed by him, and only people like Stark and T'Challa, who were also scientists themselves, could listen.

"Things that are bound to appear on the table..." Stark touched his chin and said, "Vibranium must be one of them. I guess there should be some basic metals, such as iron and copper. This is our most common alloy. material.”

T'Challa silently wrote down these inferences, and then said: "There may be some chemical reagents used to test the properties of metals."

"These are indeed possible." Bruce nodded and said, but then he added: "But their possibilities are equal. If you say so, the fiber of paper, rubber and glass, and the material of the experimental benchtop are better than them." It’s a higher priority.”

Others were left speechless by him, but they had to admit that what he said made sense. Since it was an accident, everything around could be raw materials, including laboratory benches, gloves, glass test tubes, and even materials used for recording. Paper, if you keep guessing like this, there will be no end.

"There is one thing that has a higher priority than them all." Bruce suddenly said: "That is the vibranium ore, it is the original ore, right?"

T'Challa nodded and said: "The only thing he can get is raw ore, because the smelter will not have problems under the strict management of the royal family. Problems can only occur in the mine and during transportation, so vibranium What the dealers get is raw minerals.”

At this time, Stark suddenly caught up with Bruce's thoughts. His eyes widened slightly, and he looked at T'Challa and said, "Is there an associated mine in the vibranium mine?"

T’Challa stood up suddenly and muttered to himself: “Meteorite… the meteorite that brought vibranium!”