Five Months

"Alright. She’ll arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

"She’ll be responsible for your daily needs and miscellaneous affairs."

"If you want to take things further, that depends on whether you, Mr. Tony, can persuade this female secretary."

"Someone will bring you dinner later. Mr. Tony, I hope you’ll be able to get used to living here."

"If there’s anything you usually want to purchase, you can contact me."

"I’ll arrange it for you as quickly as possible."

After Tony checked the box, Sonia saw the list that appeared. She smiled faintly, spoke politely, and left.

Tony more or less understood Harvey’s intentions. He simply did not want Tony and Pepper to have a conflict.

After understanding that, Tony knew he would not be able to chase women for the time being.

But that was fine too. It cut off his thoughts of chasing women and allowed him to focus on understanding the universe and developing new technology.

Thus, Tony began searching the villa for what he needed. He had to install Jarvis first.

Fortunately, the more advanced civilian technology was, the easier it was to get started with.

So it did not take Tony long to finish setting everything up.

"Sir, where is this?"

Jarvis directly connected to the villa’s equipment, and his voice rang out.

"This is Xandar. We’ll be spending the next year here."

"Hurry up and connect to the network. Dig through the databases."

"Investigate Xandar’s history, and collect all information related to cosmic fighters for me."

"Then design a laboratory for me."

Tony answered casually and had Jarvis handle it.

"At once, sir."

Upon receiving those instructions, Jarvis immediately carried them out.

Jarvis was convenient because he could save Tony a great deal of time spent looking through materials, allowing him to work more efficiently.

Tony did not remain idle either. He directly began surfing the web with the Universal Communicator.

He looked through Xandar’s news and information about the universe.

Sonia returned to Harvey’s villa.

"Mr. Kassadin, everything has been arranged for Mr. Tony."

Sonia stopped several meters away from Harvey and spoke.

"He wasn’t dissatisfied?"

Harvey was somewhat surprised that Sonia had returned so quickly.

"Mr. Tony did consider secretly doing it so there would be no problem, but following your instructions, I made him abandon that idea."

"But will this really work?"

"Mr. Tony used to be a wealthy tycoon too, didn’t he?"

Sonia smiled when she heard that.

Mr. Kassadin had also told her some information about Mr. Tony.

She knew that on Mr. Tony’s original planet, he had been a world-famous billionaire.

"For now, we’ll keep him in line while we can. Once he invents something and starts making money…"

"If he still has those thoughts, no one will be able to stop him."

Harvey understood Tony’s nature. On Earth, Tony had been afraid of exposing his identity and being regarded as an oddity.

Moreover, Pepper had been by his side, so it was normal for Tony not to dare seek pleasure elsewhere.

But now, although Tony and Pepper could communicate, they were separated by tens of thousands of light-years.

Once Tony developed some technology, had money in hand, and gained a little free time, Tony would definitely cheat.

However, Harvey had already said what he needed to say. If Tony truly fell out with Pepper later, it would no longer be Harvey’s responsibility.

"You can go do whatever you want now."

Harvey then looked at Sonia and spoke.

"Yes."

Sonia nodded upon hearing that, then left to find something to eat. After eating, she still needed to train.

Meanwhile, Harvey looked down over Xandar and considered the future.

He had already achieved complete financial freedom on Earth. Without doing anything, he earned money by the day. Naturally, he needed to reach at least that level in the universe as well.

As the saying went, money always seemed scarce when it was needed. That was why he had brought Tony here.

Now, he only needed to wait for Tony to begin researching, inventing, and making money.

As his strength grew greater and greater, Harvey actually began looking forward to the day he met Thanos.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Tony’s laboratory was also completely built, and he began his research.

Harvey, meanwhile, enjoyed Sonia’s meticulous care as usual while patiently evaluating those who came to the Void Cult seeking power.

After Renoli, Kyle, and the Precognitor had stayed for a month, left the island, and returned to their own lives,

word that one could receive a blessing from the Void Cult spread farther and wider, so more and more people came to visit.

Therefore, Harvey extended the waiting period to ten days, while the subsequent testing period would become longer.

Time passed bit by bit. In just five months,

with Harvey providing resources without holding anything back, combined with Tony’s day-and-night research, Tony finally developed a gravity device of his own design.

It was more sophisticated than the gravity devices sold on Xandar’s market. Its main applications were cosmic fighters and Cosmic Battleships, and its price was lower.

And it was not merely a breakthrough in gravity devices. After reaching the universe, Tony gained access to much knowledge he had never understood before.

After learning it, inspiration burst forth from Tony like a spring. He improved the thrusters of his Iron Man armor, greatly enhancing its speed performance.

Tony was now also researching nanotechnology and wanted to create nanotech armor. However, nanotechnology was more difficult, so he had not developed it yet.

But Tony was not discouraged. At this rate, before 2017 arrived,

he would definitely be able to raise his strength to the absolute peak he could achieve. Then he would see just how strong that unknown enemy truly was.

"Mr. Tony used a total of 865.34 million in research funds over these five months."

"However, Mr. Tony has overcome the difficulties of gravity technology."

"If Mr. Tony can develop more advanced thrusters and cosmic wormhole jump technology, he will possess the three primary systems required to build Cosmic Battleships."

When Sonia reported this news to Mr. Kassadin, even her words were filled with astonishment.

"Mr. Kassadin, did you anticipate this long ago?"

Seeing that Mr. Kassadin was not surprised by Mr. Tony’s research results, Sonia asked in confusion.

Over the past five months, Sonia had constantly learned about the progress of the research from the secretary by Mr. Tony’s side.

She also knew that Mr. Tony had initially only barely entered the field of gravity devices.

She had not expected that in merely a few months, Mr. Tony would overcome the difficulties of gravity technology and even improve upon it.

By producing a more refined and higher-performing gravity device at a lower cost, he could directly bring in immeasurable wealth.

Although Mr. Tony had currently only produced several models, and they were not suitable for manufacturing high-end large Cosmic Battleships with greater budgets,

they could already be widely used in small Cosmic Battleships and cosmic fighters, which was more than enough to earn a great deal of money.

Recovering more than 800 million in development funds would merely require securing several major orders from large companies and the military.

"I told you before, didn’t I? Few people can compare to Tony when it comes to technological talent."

Harvey naturally was not surprised by this result and spoke with a smile.

Fifth update. Thanks to Mu Jiangyi for the reward.