M.A.R.V.E.L. pulled up more data. "Your energy absorption has also increased significantly. During the Apocalypse fight, my sensors detected a three hundred forty percent increase in efficiency."
"I noticed that." Tony said. "The Infinity echoes' power flowed through me easier. Less resistance."
"Because your cells have become even more adaptable. They can absorb almost any form of energy now. Kinetic. Thermal. Electromagnetic. Even exotic forms like dimensional energy or temporal radiation."
Tony walked closer to the display. "What's the upper limit?"
"Unknown. But theoretically very high. Your body seems to have no ceiling on how much energy it can absorb and store." M.A.R.V.E.L. paused. "However, there is a processing limit. You can absorb massive amounts of energy but you can only output what your cells can safely channel."
"So if I absorbed too much too fast, I'd overload." Tony understood. "My cells would tear apart trying to discharge the excess."
"Exactly. You're a capacitor with extensive storage but finite discharge rate. The key is controlled absorption and controlled release."
Tony nodded. Made mental notes. "What about my physical capabilities? Strength, speed, durability?"
M.A.R.V.E.L. pulled up baseline measurements. "All increased substantially. Your strength is now approximately eight hundred times baseline human maximum. Your speed allows for supersonic movement in short bursts. Your durability can withstand tactical nuclear weapons at close range."
"That's impressive." Tony said. "But those numbers seem inconsistent with what I did during the fight."
"Because those are your resting baseline measurements." M.A.R.V.E.L. clarified. "During combat, when you're actively channeling energy, your capabilities increase exponentially. The Apocalypse fight showed you reaching continental-scale power output at peak."
Tony remembered the final blow. The one that punched through Apocalypse's chest. The one that combined all four Infinity echoes with his Stage 2 power.
"That felt like I could have leveled multiple countries if I missed." He said quietly.
"You could have." M.A.R.V.E.L.'s voice was serious. "Master Stark, you need to understand something. You're no longer operating at superhuman levels. You're operating at levels that approach powerful entities based on the upload from my database and the ones I had 'acquired' from SHIELD."
MARVEL seem to hesitate a bit before saying, "I also believe that it is very likely that the beings you'll face from now on are gods, cosmic threats, fundamental forces. You've evolved to have a chance against them."
Tony let that sink in. He'd known intellectually that he was becoming something unprecedented. But hearing it stated so directly was different.
"Show me my energy generation." He said, changing focus.
M.A.R.V.E.L. pulled up a new display. This one showed energy patterns flowing through Tony's body. Golden light pulsing through his veins like a second bloodstream. But there were other colors too. Silver threads. Red wisps. Something else entirely that shimmered with rainbow hues.
"This is fascinating." M.A.R.V.E.L.'s voice held genuine scientific excitement. "Your body generates energy continuously. But it's not a single type anymore."
The display zoomed in on cellular structures. Tony watched as his cells produced different energies from seemingly nothing.
"The gold is what you'd recognize." M.A.R.V.E.L. explained. "It has similarities to the Starktonium element you discovered. The new element your father left clues for. Your body naturally produces something with the same fundamental properties."
"And the silver?" Tony asked.
"That's more complex." M.A.R.V.E.L. pulled up another analysis. "It has resonance patterns similar to what we've observed from Wanda Maximoff. The energy she generates. Chaos magic, though hers manifests as red or gray-silver depending on her emotional state."
Tony thought about Wanda. He'd taken her to Kamar-Taj before his disappearance. Helped her start learning to control her powers. She wasn't the Scarlet Witch yet. Just a girl with incredible potential and natural white-silver hair like her brother.
"My body is generating something similar to her chaos magic?" Tony asked carefully.
"Not identical. But there are similarities in the quantum signatures. The way it interacts with probability and reality." M.A.R.V.E.L. paused. "Which makes sense. Your training at Kamar-Taj exposed you to mystical energies. You have been using quite advanced magic recently in those battles and your body adapted. Incorporated magical properties into its natural functions."
Tony nodded slowly. That made sense. His Homo Supreme physiology was designed to adapt. To evolve. Exposure to magic would naturally cause changes.
"And the rainbow shimmer?" He asked. "What's that?"
M.A.R.V.E.L. went quiet for a long moment. Her avatar flickered slightly. When she spoke, her voice carried uncertainty.
"That's what concerns me, Master Stark. I've been running analysis for the past five minutes. Cross-referencing every energy signature in my database."
"And?" Tony prompted.
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