American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

"A crystallization from a dead demon?" Hearing Norman's words, Nick immediately turned his gaze to Luke beside him, his single eye full of: This thing can also be sold?

"It's normal, few of the materials produced in that place are normal. Most of them are these things." Luke said calmly. With Mephisto's stinginess, the only materials he would splurge on in the early stages of investment were those poor devils and demons. Anyway, these are worthless in the Hell dimension.

In the chaotic place of the Hell dimension, the territories of several neighboring lords are in constant conflict every day. The accumulation of these crystallized remains after death is so vast over billions of years that you can't even pick them all up as garbage.

Mephisto is also making use of waste.

Of course, the above information was told to him by the Ancient One. She had been to the Hell dimension and knew a little about that place. This, to some extent, curbed Mephisto's profiteering behavior of selling at high prices, which made him very dissatisfied. But dissatisfaction aside, business still had to be done. After all, throughout history, such business between demon gods had rarely materialized. Mephisto had never thought before that he could process his own garbage and sell it for money. After all, who would want something from your Hell dimension with excessive dimensional radiation?

"Is there a problem?" Nick was still a little inexplicably nervous. He hadn't seen this thing on the list either. So how did this thing come about?

"What's the problem? After processing, it's just a soul crystal. The relevant technology has been tested on those vampires before. Please trust Hebron's dimensional material safety standards. Everything that doesn't meet the standards, exceeds the standards, are defective products, failures. They won't be circulated on this planet." Luke comforted Nick.

"What is its use?" Nick shook his head, put down the unease in his heart a little, looked at the necklace in the black jewelry box held by Norman not far away, and asked.

"It can amplify the wearer's mental power, leaning towards language bewitchment. When a person wears this necklace, the words they speak will be more easily accepted and trusted by others. The other party will gradually become unreservedly trusting of you, and will answer any questions. With it, you can control a person's emotions and thoughts, and let them follow your guidance and settings imperceptibly." Norman introduced with a smile: "The more skilled a person is at using language, the more they can maximize the effect of this necklace! I think it's very suitable for your agents."

"Indeed not bad." Nick nodded. This kind of auxiliary equipment is exactly what S.H.I.E.L.D. currently needs. Norman found a good entry point.

"Not only that, its color quality has reached purple. In addition to the language bewitchment ability, it also has a contract power. You can consume the energy stored inside it to make a contract with a certain creature. When needed, you can summon it to assist you," Norman added.

"A summoning item?" Nick instantly thought of the demons and such he had seen in the square before. But soon, he shook his head. If he wanted to summon a demon inside Earth, he would probably have to get permission from the Ancient One first, otherwise a demon might not even be able to enter the barrier.

"You can think of it that way." Norman said, with a hint of regret on his face: "We haven't fully understood Hebron's technology, otherwise, the effect of this equipment should be even better. The quality will also be higher! But time is too tight, we can only do this for now."

"It's already very good. Two extraordinary equipment! Osborne Industries has done too well this time." Nick affirmed Osborne's products.

"Two? No, no, no, this is not the limit of what we can produce." With Norman's cunning, he couldn't help but put on a complacent smile on his face, he handed the necklace to the researcher beside him, shook his head and corrected Nick.

"There's more?" Nick was really surprised this time.

Osborne clapped his hands, and a long-waiting researcher handed over a pure white jewelry box, the opposite color to the jewelry box that contained the Evil Spirit Necklace before.

"Next is Osborne Industries' masterpiece." Norman carefully took the box, opened it under Nick's expectant gaze, revealing the silver-white bracelet inside.

"Holy Light Bracelet. If our technology and craftsmanship can go further, the bracelet can be turned into a ring or earrings. But there's no way, our current technology and familiarity with the use of Hebron's instruments can only allow us to make it this big. This is the limit of what we can do at present. Apart from Hebron, no one can do it better than us." Norman said proudly. He is not Stark. For him, business is the first priority. As long as Hebron doesn't intervene, he can say that Osborne is currently the top enterprise in extraordinary equipment craftsmanship. He has this confidence!

"Holy Light Bracelet? Sounds like it has some kind of opposing connection to the previous Evil Spirit Necklace?" Nick immediately thought of the power that Luke had shown him in the Hebron conference room. At that time, Luke seemed to have introduced this power as Holy Light?

"In fact, their core materials have the same origin." Norman said softly.

"The soul crystal of a demon?" Nick raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, the soul crystal of a demon! Or rather, the soul crystal of a powerful demon! The quality of the material directly determines the grade of the equipment. It should have been an upgraded version of the Evil Spirit Necklace, but after the conversion of energy opposition technology, it has become what it is now. If the power represented by the Evil Spirit Necklace is anti, then the power it represents is positive!" Norman confirmed Nick's question.

"Are you sure it's Holy Light? Can it heal people's injuries? Eliminate fatigue, and even restore life, as well as enhance people's extraordinary power?" Nick thought of the trick Luke had shown him back then, and asked repeatedly.

"It seems you have seen this kind of energy before. Yes, as you said, as you think. It can do everything you said." Norman was stunned, but looked at Luke standing beside Nick, a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes. Obviously, Nick had seen this technology at Luke's place. This made him a little embarrassed, but this embarrassment was instantly erased by him. The current Hebron and Luke are not in their pursuit and comparison range. At least before they understand the technology Hebron gave them, and master the production process of extraordinary equipment instruments, and even connect with the material supply source behind Hebron, Hebron is not in their competition and confrontation range.

"Can it be mass-produced?" Nick was instantly moved. What he had always wanted was this kind of all-round equipment that could heal, tank, and deal damage. The Mind Ring could be considered one, but the full version had extremely high usage requirements, and the castrated version's usage threshold was acceptable, but it also had various defects. Only energy like Holy Light, which didn't have a very high threshold and didn't put too much burden on the user, and the equipment made with it was Nick's favorite. But Luke wouldn't sell it. Unexpectedly, he got such a big surprise here at Osborne today.

Norman paused, with a helpless embarrassment on his face: "It may be difficult to mass-produce in the short term. It requires extremely high craftsmanship! There is no problem with Hebron's instruments, but our employees' proficiency is still lacking. They only received a period of training in Hebron. The technical personnel Hebron assigned to them are too demanding on the craftsmanship."

"The craftsmanship requirements are strict, although those materials are mostly processed and filtered in Hebron first, removing a certain degree of danger, but this does not mean that the equipment made with them can be used safely. Any mistake in any link may cause the produced equipment to have flaws, as well as slight or serious side effects, or hidden dangers. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid it won't be me and Nick who come to talk to Mr. Osborne, but a group of mages who have mastered powerful power to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. Maybe they will ask you, if you want to travel, which dimension do you want to go to?" Luke spread his hands, with a smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, can Hebron assign some more manpower? At least Osborne Industries has made some achievements first." Norman raised his hands in surrender, but then made a request to Luke again.

"Hebron's manpower is also very tight now. We also have our own research and production internally. What is allocated to you is already manpower squeezed out of various laboratories. During this period, the most I received were complaints about the shortage of manpower in various laboratories." Luke said that he couldn't help. What he said was indeed the truth.

Out of respect, the heads of various laboratories in Hebron certainly did not dare to complain about his orders, but they could frantically report to him about their stretched laboratory manpower. Those reports were subtly telling him: Boss, don't draw people anymore! If you draw people again, there will be no one left. Who can help you work then?

The plan is the plan, but in the case of the unprecedented consensus of the heads of various laboratories, Luke had to consider their emotions and opinions more or less.

Each of the participating giants took away a batch of skilled researchers from Hebron. It doesn't seem like much to look at one or two companies, but the number of people drawn together is very considerable! Especially since Hebron has been short of people since its development.

"Can't you transfer some people from others? Those who haven't made any achievements can't keep occupying the manpower, right?" Norman suggested.

"I'm afraid this is difficult. It was agreed at the beginning, and the deadline hasn't arrived yet..." Nick glanced helplessly at Luke, who was silent again, and could only take over Norman's words, but his words also showed a difficult expression.

"Since Hebron can't squeeze out manpower, and the manpower of other companies can't be flexibly transferred, can you change the way?" After Norman's two proposals were rejected in succession, he finally revealed his true proposal: "We assign manpower to Hebron to work for a period of time, and all expenses during the period are borne by Osborne Industries. We can even provide Hebron with a generous training fee based on the number of manpower. This not only solves the problem of Hebron's tight manpower, but also temporarily solves the problem of our lack of researchers who are familiar with the instruments. How about it?"

Nick did not reply this time, but waited for Luke's answer. Luke pondered for a while next to him, and nodded slowly under Norman's gaze. He was not worried that Hebron's technology would be surpassed or copied. If he was worried about this, he would not have publicly authorized the technology to Osborne and other giant companies, and even generously lent them the corresponding instruments on credit.

Others don't understand his intention in doing so, but Luke clearly knows what he wants. It is not the so-called Hebron's dominance, but the technological explosion of multiple points. As long as they use or even improve his technology, it is equivalent to providing him with a force. The researchers parasitized by the source of scientific and technological concepts own all the experience and knowledge. So now that he has gained momentum and mastered a certain self-protection power, Luke no longer cares whether Hebron's technology is exclusive. It is enough to maintain the top. What he needs now is to cast a wide net and sow his technological seeds. Tie more smart people to his chariot.

"I can agree to this proposal." After Luke finished speaking to Norman, he turned his gaze to Nick beside him: "I think Mr. Osborne's proposal is very good, so I decided to include all the companies that accepted the invitation in this proposal. First, send a notice to see how many people are willing to respond."

Nick nodded slowly when he heard this. Anyway, S.H.I.E.L.D. would not suffer from this kind of thing. As long as Luke had no objections, he certainly had no objections either. Other companies may be able to produce results quickly after selecting manpower to enter various laboratories in Hebron for training. This is a good thing for S.H.I.E.L.D. and mankind.

Norman Osborne felt that his face was a little stiff. He didn't expect that his proposal would be spread by Luke to the point where others could also participate. This gave him a terrible feeling that he had worked hard to set up a game, but the result was all for others to make clothes. Although in terms of purpose, he could be regarded as getting what he wanted.

"In addition to the Holy Light Bracelet, can the other two pieces of equipment be mass-produced?" Nick asked the key question.

"As long as the material supply is guaranteed, there is no problem," Norman replied. "But even if there are enough materials, limited by the instruments and factories in the early stage, it is impossible to mass-produce too much. If large-scale equipment is required, it will also take a certain amount of time to adjust and become proficient with the instruments while ensuring the number of skilled workers."

"Then arrange for my people to conduct experiments first. I need to take away the relevant test data." Nick indicated that he understood and began to advance the next process. He still had a pile of important matters that he needed to handle personally, so he planned to be quick here.