#459 - Death Factor

“So, you found out.” MODOK laughed, not at all frustrated after being exposed, but rather looked at Howard triumphantly.

“I might as well tell you, Red Omega has a very special ability, which I call the Death Factor.”

MODOK slowly landed next to the already deceased Falcon, using one hand to lift the corpse like a dead branch. Falcon's equipment fell off due to the size mismatch and landed on the ground.

“I discovered this special factor in the fifth experimental subject. Any creature other than its host will gradually weaken upon contact with this factor, and prolonged exposure can even lead to death.”

“Your friend is the best example. Choosing to have close contact with Red Omega is extremely foolish. Having all his life energy sucked away is the best ending for him.”

Howard gasped for breath. After MODOK's explanation, he finally understood why his body had become like this.

However, according to the timeline, Falcon's body weakened much faster than his own. This may be thanks to the life support system in his armor.

His fully enclosed armor, coupled with the internal life support system, allowed him to last this long. Otherwise, his fate would likely have been the same as Falcon's. His physical fitness would have declined in a matter of minutes, allowing the opponent to seize the opportunity and take his life.

But he was also reaching his limit. In his current state, injecting more adrenaline would be useless, and it might even cost him his life due to an overdose.

It seemed he was going to fail today. Howard couldn't help but smile bitterly. If he had known that the opponent's abilities were so tricky, he would have run away first. Now it was too late, staying here to act like a hero, and now he was going to lose his life.

Watching Red Omega gradually approach him, the first thing Howard thought of at this last moment of his life was not his billions of dollars, but his son Tony. He wondered if he could escape this disaster.

When Howard thought of his son, a surge of power welled up in his body. He bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and the taste of blood filled his entire mouth. A hint of ferocity and madness appeared on his face hidden by the helmet.

Howard prepared to detonate his armor. Although the armor itself did not have this function, as long as he overloaded the armor's cluster cannons, the unrestrained energy would accumulate and become an incredibly terrifying bomb.

Even so, Howard was not 100% sure that he could kill Red Omega, but the explosion, with the power of a small nuclear bomb, could at least delay him for a while, even if it didn't kill him. The venue for the student dance was a certain distance away, and as long as Howard controlled the energy well, it would not pose a threat to that side.

It was just that the people in the auditorium would have to die with him, but this didn't matter to Howard. In his eyes, the lives of everyone in the world were not as important as his and Tony's. Now that he couldn't survive, he would do everything possible to save Tony's life.

“Jarvis, launch a spare armor towards Tony's location.” Howard whispered to the artificial intelligence. Although the explosion was unlikely to affect Tony's side, Howard would feel more at ease with the protection of the armor.

“Come on, you son of a bitch!” Howard looked ferocious, waiting for Red Omega to step into the trap he had set.

“Tss!”

A sound like a tire leaking air rang out, and a wisp of light blue smoke emerged from somewhere, gradually spreading throughout the auditorium. Although the amount of smoke was large, it was not enough to block the line of sight. The vision of the people in the auditorium was basically unaffected.

“What is this?” MODOK noticed the change in the environment. He immediately raised his position and activated the mask function of the aircraft under his butt. A huge mask that could cover his entire face covered him, and MODOK instantly wrapped himself tightly.

He was afraid that these things were some kind of poison gas that would take his life, after all, he didn't have self-healing abilities.

Howard also noticed these light blue smoke, but at this time he had no energy to care about these suddenly appearing unknown smoke. He secretly vowed that no matter what else came, he would not stop the detonation of the bomb.

But gradually Howard found that his breathing became easier and easier, and the body panel on the helmet gave him the most direct answer. His various indicators were gradually recovering, although slowly, but indeed recovering.

Silently stopping the energy gathering of the cluster cannons, Howard felt that he could wait a little longer. Anyway, the overload time of the cluster cannons was also very short, so he could just start over.

As the owner of the ability, Red Omega, whose body constantly secreted the Death Factor, could most directly feel the restraint of these blue smoke on his ability. He could feel that his Death Factor had just been expelled from his body, and it would be neutralized by these light blue smoke.

“Da, da, da.”

Steady footsteps came, and with superhuman reaction ability, Red Omega looked in the direction of the sound at the first time. He wanted to see who could restrain his proud ability.

It was a strong, unknown creature. The skin exposed was purple, and he was wearing a black and white interwoven uniform. There was a transparent place on his belly, and you could clearly see the blue smoke churning inside.

This was Yang Le, who had become Pooba. Just as Howard had guessed, there were indeed some problems on the student side, but because Gwen and himself were there, they were quickly suppressed.

Because Yang Le was worried that something might happen here, he discussed with Gwen and came here alone, leaving Gwen to clean up the mess.

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Le came, he saw the Red Omega, known for his ferocity and weirdness. Although there were superhuman enemies on the student side, they were obviously not comparable to the one in front of him.

After seeing Red Omega's iconic appearance, he immediately transformed into Pooba, who could restrain the opponent's Death Factor.

Pooba's chemical ability is unreasonable. Even healing potions that appear in fantasy books or games can be mixed out. By the way, anti-aging drugs are of course also possible.

Therefore, a small Death Factor is just a piece of cake for Pooba, and it even feels a bit like overkill. After all, there are actually quite a few alien heroes who can resist the opponent's Death Factor, but Pooba is the only one who can protect passers-by from harm.

“What are you! How dare you ruin my good deeds!” MODOK was furious when he saw the duck that was about to reach his mouth fly away, and the purple gem on his forehead lit up with a strange light again.

“Leave Howard alone, Red Omega, kill that freak!”

Under MODOK's command, Red Omega abandoned Howard, who was close at hand, and instead pounced on Yang Le.