"If you run into Genm again next time, you'd better notify us immediately. The Bugster virus isn't something that ordinary methods can deal with,"
Elena clearly did not think much of Danny.
"What do you mean by that — are you looking down on the mighty divine dragon?!"
Ao Xing bristled like an angry cat when he heard this, baring his teeth and threatening Elena.
However, because of his miniature size, even when he tried to look fierce and menacing, he really didn't look threatening at all.
A house cat showing its claws and fangs feels completely different from a tiger or a lion doing the same thing.
Elena clearly didn't take Ao Xing's protest seriously at all.
"Even if you can defeat it, the creature that gave birth to the Bugster virus cannot be destroyed by other forms of power," Li Hua glanced at Ao Xing, who was being firmly held back by Danny and was extremely dissatisfied, and explained.
Although he personally had an inexplicable confidence in Danny's divine dragon power, he still didn't think Danny could truly eliminate a Bugster mutant.
"Danny, if your Qi cultivation weren't so weak and you could unleash the true might of the Immortal Divine Dragon power granted by Elder Shou, how would this dragon be looked down upon by these two?"
Ao Xing directly vented his anger on Danny, who was restraining him.
Danny showed a helpless expression, half laughing and half exasperated, and cupped his fists toward Li Hua and Elena:
"Ao Xing actually hasn't been born into the world for very long yet, so his temperament and behavior are a bit…"
Elena looked at Ao Xing throwing a childish tantrum and instead found it quite amusing. She smiled and said:
"It's fine. He's quite cute like this."
Ao Xing roared angrily again. If Danny hadn't been holding him tightly, it looked like he would have lunged forward and bitten someone.
"We still need to deal with the patients in the hospital and don't have much free time, so we'll take our leave now. If you encounter Huanmeng again, be sure to inform us immediately," Li Hua said to Danny.
As for Harold, he naturally left him to Danny to deal with; Li Hua and Elena didn't care about him.
After returning to the underground base of Holy City Hospital, Li Hua and Elena immediately contacted Dan.
"Mr. Dan, you absolutely wouldn't believe what we encountered this time when we teleported to the place where the Bugster virus fluctuations appeared,"
Li Hua said excitedly, wanting to tell Dan about Danny and Ao Xing.
Dan looked a bit puzzled. Li Hua was indeed extremely excited — his words and behavior were completely different from usual.
Elena rolled her eyes.
"They ran into a dragon and someone who had trained at Kunlun before."
"A dragon?! Kunlun?!" Dan showed just the right amount of surprise.
"You mean the divine dragon from Chinese mythology?"
Li Hua nodded repeatedly.
"Not just a divine dragon, but also a Kunlun Qi cultivator."
He then began explaining what he had learned from Danny and adding his own opinions.
Elena shot him a glance and interrupted directly:
"We can discuss those things later. Right now shouldn't we be more concerned about Huanmeng's new actions?
"The last few times, we were basically led around by the nose by Genm. That Bugster mutant called Parado already outranks us in level, and now another one named Graphite has appeared in the Kamen Rider game. Even though his level is unknown, it definitely isn't lower than ours.
"If Genm is allowed to achieve its goals smoothly, our disadvantage will only grow bigger and bigger."
Her tone was full of worry.
Dan nodded.
"Elena is right. Genm's objectives are unclear. We must respond cautiously."
"Mr. Dan, do you think Huanmeng's recent collection of battle data is to manufacture higher-level game cartridges?"
Li Hua asked calmly.
"But neither Danny Rand nor that Harold showed any signs of Bugster virus infection," Elena frowned.
"It may be related to the Gaia Memories you mentioned," Dan analyzed. "Perhaps they want to combine data from Gaia Memories — which grant users great power — to create higher-level games."
"But we really don't know much about Gaia Memories."
Li Hua looked troubled.
"We're just doctors. Genm is ultimately a game company. Even if we know their target might be Gaia Memory users, it's very hard for us to find them among the vast population."
"Maybe we can ask Tony Stark for help," Elena said.
"There was a terrorist with special abilities attacking Stark Industries' headquarters before, and Iron Man fought him. We didn't detect any Bugster virus fluctuations, which means he was very likely a Gaia Memory user."
"So Tony Stark must also be investigating Gaia Memories," Li Hua's eyes lit up.
"With Stark Industries' connections in business and politics, his investigation would be much more effective than ours."
"You're right. I'll contact Tony," Dan said, nodding.
"Dan, why are you contacting me? Is there some trouble at the hospital?"
Tony asked as soon as the call connected.
Elena spoke bluntly:
"Mr. Stark, do you know about Gaia Memories?"
Tony paused.
"You've encountered a Gaia Memory user?"
Li Hua and Elena exchanged a look — from Tony's tone, he clearly knew something.
They briefly described what happened when they teleported after detecting the Bugster virus and met Danny Rand.
After listening, Tony was silent for a moment. Then he held a mechanical Memory and a Lost Driver up to the screen.
"Does the Memory and Driver in Danny Rand's hands look like this?"
After observing for a while, Elena spoke:
"Apart from the color and letters being different, it's basically the same type of Memory.
And your Driver looks exactly like Danny's Driver split in half."
"Mr. Stark, how do you have these two items?" Li Hua asked.
Tony sighed.
"A mysterious person who called himself 'Eternal' gave them to me…"
He then played the video of Eternal appearing that day.
"Danny also said his Gaia Memory and Driver were given to him by someone who called himself Eternal. That means it's the same person," Li Hua said gravely.
"Which means the appearance of Gaia Memories and the birth of the Bugster virus were both pushed behind the scenes by Foundation X. This is all a conspiracy by Foundation X!" Elena shuddered.
"This so-called Foundation is truly mysterious and incredibly powerful," Tony nodded.
"Mr. Stark, you also have a Memory and Driver from Eternal. That means Genm will probably target you next," Li Hua suddenly realized.
(End of Chapter)