Chapter Eighty-Nine: Vibranium

That evening, Li Yiyi received the holographic scan of the miniature Stark Expo model.

“Boss, the image is back!” Li Yiyi said, holding up a thumb-sized USB drive.

Wang Jing took the drive and smiled. “Wait for my good news.” With that, he returned to the main realm.

As soon as he arrived, Wang Jing found Song Guohua snoring away in the conference room. “Hey, wake up!”

“Ugh! What is it? What happened?” Song Guohua jolted awake and asked nervously.

“I need a particle accelerator. It doesn’t have to be large, just ready to use at any time. This is important,” Wang Jing said gravely.

At the mention of something serious, and especially since it was Wang Jing’s request, Song Guohua immediately snapped fully awake and agreed at once without a second thought. “No problem!”

After giving the instructions, Wang Jing left for the holographic projection room and plugged the USB drive into a computer.

“Moos, are you there?” Wang Jing asked into the empty room.

“I can hear you, Councilor Wang Jing!”

“Good. Project the scanned model from the USB drive as a hologram.”

“Understood.”

Almost instantly, the three-dimensional model of the Stark Expo appeared.

Wang Jing rotated it upright and faced it toward himself.

“Moos, what does this look like to you?” he asked, studying the exquisite model.

“It seems like a large exhibition venue!”

“Exactly. The 1974 Stark Expo miniature model, a gift an old genius left to his son, a key to the future.”

“But now we’ve got one too,” Wang Jing said with a touch of pride.

“Then congratulations, Councilor Wang Jing. You have found the future!”

“No, no, Moos. This isn’t my future. My future isn’t nearly this small.” As he spoke, Wang Jing tapped the globe at the center and enlarged it.

“Moos, identify the central sphere. Remove the sidewalks, landscaping, bushes, parking lots, entrances, exits, all of it—take it all out.” With a sweep of his hand, the model instantly became much simpler, leaving only the enlarged sphere at the center.

“Construct protons and neutrons. Use the exhibition hall as the framework.” Wang Jing finished and watched the transformation expectantly.

The remaining structures around the central sphere began to merge into it. The lines on the surface of the sphere grew increasingly complex, yet remained strangely orderly.

With the formidable power of the new Galaxy Five supercomputer behind it, a sphere composed of countless smaller spheres appeared before Wang Jing’s eyes.

“Congratulations, Councilor Wang Jing. You have discovered a new element. Unfortunately, it cannot be synthesized artificially!” Moos said.

“That’s because we’re still missing one special material—an exclusive substance from the Marvel realm, vibranium.”

“We need to understand its detailed internal structure before any further calculation can be made.”

“Then have Song Guohua get the equipment ready first. I’ll bring the vibranium over in a bit.” With that, Wang Jing returned to the Marvel realm.

“One good news, one bad news. Which do you want to hear first?” he asked Li Yiyi, who was eating a burger.

Li Yiyi swallowed with difficulty and looked utterly blank. “The bad news!”

“The bad news is, we’re missing a special material.”

“And the good news?” Li Yiyi asked.

Wang Jing chuckled. “The good news is, I know where to find it.” Before Li Yiyi could ask anything else, Wang Jing gave the order.

“Find a mercenary named Ulysses Klaue. He’s got what we need.”

“Yes, Boss!” After devouring the burger in two bites, Li Yiyi began searching for the Ulysses Klaue Wang Jing had mentioned.

Since he was famous enough, Li Yiyi found him quickly and obtained his contact information.

“Boss, should I contact him now?” Li Yiyi asked, looking up at Wang Jing standing behind him.

“Mm. Tell him we need a large quantity of vibranium. Whatever he has, we’ll take it. Money is no issue,” Wang Jing said generously.

“Yes, Boss!”

Soon Li Yiyi received a reply, but when he saw the price the other side quoted, even Wang Jing, hardened by countless battles, could not help but be taken aback.

“Five billion? He really dares to ask!” Li Yiyi exclaimed in shock.

“Mm-hm. Looks like we’ll have to pull a little black-on-black deal. The united government will surely thank me for it!”

“Ask him where and when the trade will take place.”

“Got it!... Uh, the location is Salvador Dock. Time pending.” As he spoke, Li Yiyi pulled up the details of the location on the map.

“A deserted dock on the African coast!”

“Not bad at all. Tell him we need the vibranium urgently, by the day after tomorrow at the latest,” Wang Jing said.

Before long, the other side replied.

“He says the price is going up by twenty percent. Cash for goods, one hand for the money, one hand for the shipment!”

“No problem. Even if he doubles the price, I can still afford it.” With that, Wang Jing returned once more to the main realm.

The moment he came back, he received a call from Song Guohua.

“Fifty billion is still something the united government can handle, if there’s no need to take the risk,” Song Guohua said.

“This isn’t about fifty billion. I want Ulysses Klaue himself. He’ll be the stepping stone to getting us more vibranium,” Wang Jing replied.

“Where are you? I’ll come to you. Explain it to me in detail.”

“Meet at the transit hall. And gather the interrealm expedition force—we’re about to have a little fight.” With that, Wang Jing hung up and hurried toward the transit hall, calling Optimus Prime and Bumblebee on the way.

By the time Wang Jing reached the transit hall, everyone was already there.

“All right, now you can explain it in detail!” Song Guohua said at once as soon as he saw Wang Jing arrive.

“No problem. But this begins several million years ago. Back then, a massive vibranium meteorite fell upon the African continent, and the primitives there developed a unique vibranium civilization from it. They called the place Wakanda.”

“But it wasn’t until the outbreak of the First World War that the cruelty and violence of war drove them to seal themselves away from the world. Using the advanced technologies created from vibranium, they shrouded the entire nation, so that in the eyes of the outside world they would forever remain that backward, ignorant primitive tribe.”

“I have to say, that’s the most impressive case of playing the fool to outwit the tiger I’ve ever seen,” Wang Jing muttered at the end.

“But what does that have to do with this Ulysses Klaue?” Optimus Prime asked in confusion.

“That’s because this Ulysses Klaue once infiltrated Wakanda posing as an acoustic physicist, then staged a coup, killed the king at the time, and made off with a large amount of vibranium.”

“So the people of Wakanda hate Ulysses Klaue to the bone. If I can bring him to Wakanda alive, then I’ll definitely win their goodwill and trust,” Wang Jing said.