Lin Feng's warning was fully understood by Tony.
His sharp mind grasped the gravity of the situation and he knew better than to experiment with such a substance on a living organism without knowing its nature.
"I understand what you mean, but at the same time, I have an idea."
"I know this might be asking too much, but I don't think we can handle this enemy," Tony expressed his desire to trouble Lin Feng without hesitation.
In the past, Tony would never have done this.
He had his pride and sufficient confidence.
But now, Morgan and Pepper were everything to him. He couldn't gamble with his entire family's lives due to pride and confidence.
Moreover, this purple slime gave Tony a sense of ominousness he had never felt before.
"Steve said that whatever happens, we face it together. As long as we work as one, we can overcome all difficulties."
"But I still stand by my opinion."
"The Thanos incident also proved that we were lucky. Without you, Lin Feng, I would have died then..."
"That's what the magic user told me from behind..."
Truthfully, Tony held a sense of gratitude towards Lin Feng.
After the Thanos incident, Strange still told Tony the only possibility of victory he had seen.
Strange, of course, could not see Lin Feng, so what he saw was the scene of Iron Man snapping his fingers.
In a way, Lin Feng had saved Tony's entire family.
"Be optimistic, Tony," Lin Feng said comfortingly.
"Things haven't reached the worst point yet."
"Besides, don't you have the... distress beacon I gave you?"
"Through that distress beacon, you can contact me anytime, no matter which universe."
When Lin Feng left, he had given the Avengers a distress beacon. With that in hand, Tony didn't need to panic.
Hearing this, Tony furrowed his brows and pondered for a long time.
"Distress beacon... You mean that metal shard?" Tony remembered the item Lin Feng had given him at the farewell feast.
"Precisely."
Tony pouted and said, "Nick Fury took it."
"He hid it away like that old pager Carol gave him."
"He claimed it was for the good of the world, and I didn't want to argue with him. You understand," Tony sighed.
However, mentioning Nick Fury made Tony's expression turn somewhat impatient, and he couldn't help but complain to Lin Feng about S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lin Feng found it a bit boring, as he wasn't particularly interested in such matters.
But then, Lin Feng's ears twitched.
Faint footsteps echoed in the corridor, escaping his notice.
He turned his gaze towards the door.
"Tony, I hate to interrupt you, but I think Nick Fury might have overheard you..."
"What?" Tony, who had been rambling, paused and followed Lin Feng's gaze to the door in confusion.
The next second, a knock sounded.
Lin Feng used his telekinesis to open the door directly.
Nick Fury of this universe entered, accompanied by a female agent Lin Feng had never seen before.
"Mr. Lin Feng, welcome to our Blue Star."
As the one-eyed director entered, he greeted Lin Feng first, which immediately made Lin Feng want to ignore him.
Indeed, as expected of the annoying one-eyed director. While his words were not wrong, Lin Feng was, after all, a native of Blue Star. How could his greeting make Lin Feng feel ostracized?
Fine, perhaps the director only meant to express that the universe was different.
"Also, Tony, I only heard the last sentence," the one-eyed director turned his attention to Tony.
"Is this how you talk about me behind my back?"
Tony was unfazed and retorted, "So what? Am I not speaking the truth?"
"You know yourselves what you've been doing all these years. Are you afraid of a few words?"
"You're all like the little 'Xiao Di' Morgan keeps, wanting to know everything and get involved in everything."
"In the end, you mess things up and then shift the blame onto others, and you're not even allowed to talk about it?"
Lin Feng, watching from the side, was startled. What was happening? Why did it suddenly erupt into an argument?
This wasn't right. Tony's state seemed to indicate he viewed the one-eyed director as some kind of repulsive insect.
And his words were completely accusatory towards the director, with sharp phrasing, making their relationship appear incredibly strained, even more so than the relationship between Tony and S.H.I.E.L.D. in his own universe.
Wait, weren't their relationship in the movies quite good?
And from Tony's words, it could be inferred that the current situation was likely due to S.H.I.E.L.D. having done something significant in recent years?
However, Lin Feng wasn't concerned about that. "I'm curious, who is Xiao Di?"
He couldn't recall any character named Xiao Di in Marvel. But since Morgan kept him, perhaps he was some kind of small pet?
"A three-year-old Golden Retriever, incredibly annoying."
"If Morgan didn't protect him, he would have been beaten to death long ago," Tony sneered sideways at the one-eyed director.
Golden Retriever? A dog?
Alright, it was indeed a pet. It was normal for children to like small animals.
But the way Tony said it... anyone could tell he was alluding to the one-eyed director.
Tsk tsk tsk, Lin Feng decided it was best not to interfere in this matter.
The one-eyed director naturally understood as well, his dead fish eyes fixed on Tony.
"Watch your words, Tony Stark."
"Oh?"
"So you've come all the way here in the middle of the night just to eavesdrop and tell me to watch my words?"
"Is S.H.I.E.L.D. now policing how people speak?"
"Ha, how novel!"
*Hiss...*
Lin Feng gasped. As expected of Teacher Tony, his demeanor and words were truly overbearing towards the one-eyed director!
Look at the two of them, their gazes could spark fire.
Alright, these two grown men had successfully piqued Lin Feng's interest. What exactly had the one-eyed director done to cause this situation?
"I'm not here to argue with you like teenagers, Tony," the one-eyed director said, glaring at Tony for a long while, his face somber.
"Then if there's nothing else, you can leave. Hurry up," Tony gestured dismissively.
The one-eyed director's eye twitched, and he wanted to lash out, but he held back his anger.
He beckoned to the agent beside him, who nimbly handed him a document.
"You think you're the only one who found that freak?" the one-eyed director threw the file at Tony.
Tony scoffed and didn't even bother to look.
"Of course I don't think so. Didn't I say you're all like Xiao Di!"
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have come, would you?"
"Just like how you treated Peter and Natasha back then!"
Here we go again... Lin Feng felt they were going to fight if this continued...
Unexpectedly, the one-eyed director relented the next second.