Chapter 11: Iron Shapeshifter
"There are just so many black technologies packed into the Iron Man battle suit!"
In another abandoned factory on the outskirts of New York City, Ben, transformed into Grey Matter, had unscrewed almost every single bolt on the battle suit.
Before him lay circuit boards, and within Ben's wide pupils, he could grasp the operational principles of these circuit boards with ease.
"The neural units in the helmet can connect with the wearer's battle armor, allowing for more intuitive control."
It's impossible for Tony to power such a heavy object as the battle armor with his own physical strength. However, if every tiny movement had to be relayed to Jarvis, it would be too troublesome. Not to mention, suits like the War Machine don't even have an artificial intelligence like Jarvis installed, yet they can still operate.
"There are still some parts I don't understand... My physics knowledge is too limited," Ben sighed and jumped off the battle armor.
In reality, the knowledge was all in his head, but his brain was like a storage drive, merely recording information without the ability to apply it. While the transformation time for Grey Matter hadn't ended, he decided to read a bit more.
About half an hour later, Ben finally waited for the Little Broken Watch to disengage its protection mode again.
He pressed the button, and the pop-up watch face spun, the pattern on the watch stopping on a large, bulky creature. Ben pressed the watch face, and black skin began to spread, green patterns like circuit boards imprinted onto his body!
"Upgrade!"
The Galvanic Mechamorph is an intelligent life form created by Azmuth on Galvan B, a moon of Galvan Prime. Their life form resembles amoebas; these creatures can merge with and control mechanical objects, even adding new functions to mechanical bodies, achieving modifications beyond ordinary comprehension.
At this moment, Ben intended to use Upgrade to try and make this energy-less battle armor operational again.
The Upgrade's body exceeded two meters in height. Normally, they could maintain a posture resembling a standing bear, but they could also liquefy their bodies.
"This feeling is really strange," Ben muttered to himself, the circular pattern on his head flashing as he spoke.
"Alright, let's see how much Upgrade can enhance the Mark 3." Ben pressed his giant palm onto the core-less battle armor. The next moment, his body turned liquid like hot melt, and his black and green form began to cling to the battle armor like Venom.
Almost instantly, the original red and gold battle armor turned black with green patterns all over it.
Simultaneously, the Omnitrix's core filled the void of the Arc Reactor. More importantly, at this moment, Ben felt as if the battle suit had come to life, or rather, he had become the battle suit itself!
He attempted to stand up from the ground, his limbs moving with the sound of metal and machinery.
"I've merged with the battle suit!" Ben looked down at his hands, filled with amazement.
Unlike simply transforming into Upgrade, after possessing the battle suit, he felt as if he had gained all of its auxiliary functions, and even his body felt much harder.
He casually tried some actions like jumping and found that it was almost no different from using his own body.
The battle armor possessed by Upgrade didn't undergo significant external changes, but with just a thought from Ben, it could become completely different!
For example, he could completely change the entire hand of the battle armor into a thruster or a beam emitter. It was almost as if the Mark 3 had been upgraded to the nano-level seen in future Infinity Wars.
Of course, this didn't mean the battle armor truly possessed nano technology; in reality, it was merely a manifestation of Upgrade's own life characteristics.
"Let's test the weapon systems." He struck a ready-to-attack pose, and the next moment, weapon systems popped out from his arms, shoulders... everywhere! Small bombs were neatly arranged!
"These bombs were originally consumables, but now, Upgrade's characteristics allow them to be replicated infinitely."
"I'm practically a mobile arsenal!" Ben grew more excited the more he looked. If he wasn't worried about being detected, he would have even dared to rush out of this abandoned factory and fly around in the sky.
After playing around with the battle suit for about half an hour, the Little Broken Watch started flashing red, and sharp alarm sounds echoed through the factory.
Ben was forcibly separated from the battle armor, reverting to his original form. At the same time, the battle armor that had been moving freely like a person just moments ago, now collapsed with a bang like a dislodged building block.
Looking at the scattered parts on the ground, Ben patted his body: "It's a shame. Once Upgrade detaches from the object it possesses, the modifications it made become completely invalid."
This meant it was actually difficult for Ben to fight by possessing an Iron Armor after transforming into Upgrade. After all, he couldn't carry this pile of parts everywhere he went. Not to mention it was large, heavy, and troublesome, and very easy for Tony, the rightful owner, to discover.
"If only Upgrade could swallow technological creations like Goop."
Goop is an Upgrade with a genetic defect. In terms of appearance, Goop's body patterns and core are red, as if on the verge of uncontrollable rampage, or like a program corrupted by a virus.
However, Goop's abilities far surpassed Upgrade's. It possessed the ability to devour technology, integrate technology into its own body, and replicate and upgrade endlessly. It even replicated the Omnitrix's core.
If it were Goop, it could completely "devour" the Mark 3 and transform into the Iron Armor form anytime, anywhere.
"Forget it, I don't want the Omnitrix to get contaminated."
In the following time, Ben repeatedly operated between waiting for the Omnitrix's cooldown to end and transforming into alien heroes, until the sky gradually darkened...
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New York City at night is not safe.
Here, walking alone on the streets at night, getting robbed is commonplace.
Especially when one has to walk through 12 blocks after finishing work at 9 PM and then take a subway with very few passengers, the journey becomes even more arduous.
May Parker shivered in the cold wind.
Years of hard work made her look somewhat frail, her graying hair dry and hanging down.
She anxiously and worriedly kept looking towards the end of the road, every passing shadow making her uneasy.
This morning, her nephew had promised to pick her up after school, but she had already been standing in the cold wind for several hours without seeing any sign of Peter.
She could have gone back earlier, but she was afraid Peter might just be a little late. If she left early, Peter might miss her.
But now...
"What if something happened to Peter?"
The long wait made her extremely worried, because Peter had never done this before, making her wait so long alone. Moreover, he might not have gone home either; otherwise, when he got home, he would have realized he forgot his Aunt May.
The longer time passed, the more worried Aunt May became.
If Peter had just forgotten about her for a moment, it would be fine. What she feared was that something might have happened to him.
At this very moment, she desperately wanted to go home and confirm if her nephew had already arrived home safely.
However, just as she was preparing to leave, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the end of the street.
Aunt May instinctively clutched her bag tighter.
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