According to the normal concept, the picture presented in the floating screen should be beyond human comprehension. It was a perspective view of the human brain, but a large mass of unidentified foreign material was embedded in the limbic system through fibers, and the entire root completely penetrated the brain.

Tony felt shivers all over his body, maybe anyone who knew they had this in their heads, he felt sick.

Tony frowned and asked, "What is this?" ”

"From the designer's point of view, it's a work of art. Its arrangement told me that it should be some kind of nanobiotechnology, rooted in your brain, working on every cell in your body through nerves. ”

This description quickly reminded Tony of something.

"Desperate?" He subconsciously said, "I did inject my own body with a ......"

Michael waved his hand: "You don't need to explain it to me, I know your situation clearly." ”

Of course, he would have thought of a desperate situation, and the virus also happened to be nanobiotechnology, rooted in the host's brain, giving the host's body super motor ability and self-healing ability, and even transforming the host into a walking high-temperature bomb.

But the nature of the desperate situation has long been thoroughly studied by Michael, and so has Stark's self-modified body. It is precisely because of this that he can confidently say that this thing has nothing to do with a desperate situation.

"You should have studied the desperate situation yourself, and you should know the characteristics of the desperate situation." Michael explains, "Compared to a desperate situation, this thing has a very mild effect. It is a biomagnetic receiving device, and its technology is quite advanced by the standards of the earth of its time, and its designer is undoubtedly a genius. It's just that he must have had very limited resources at hand when he designed this device, because the materials used to design it were very cheap. If you have to compare it, it feels like a space shuttle made of mud and straw. ”

Tony muttered for a while, "Or, it's like assembling Iron Man armor out of discarded missile shells." ”

Michael squinted at him, "Yes, almost." After a pause, he added, "Besides, this device doesn't have a day or two in your head. If you look closely, the nervous tissue around it has fully adapted to its presence, and even some parts have become one with it. It's placed in a subtle location that doesn't interfere with your daily life and movements, but when activated, it completely stops your cerebral cortex and disrupts your nerve control and physical function. ”

Tony didn't speak.

More and more evidence is emerging that proves the boy's words are correct. It is now almost certain that it was Hou Yinsen who created this cutting-edge device from a pile of barren materials in that terrorist cave, just as he used metal scrap to create the world's first Iron Man suit.

He didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't even know what mood to use to face it.

Finally, he laughed.

"So what I've done so far, my armor, my life from scratch, and Iron Man himself...... It's all just a joke. He shook his head, bitterly self-deprecating. "You know, it's funny that I've always felt self-righteous that I made my life on my own. I thought it was my choice that made me the person I am today, I thought ......"

He shook his head and didn't continue.

"Iron Man himself is a lie." "It all makes no sense," he said. ”

"Oh? Do you really think so? ”

"I really think so."

"So what are you going to do?" Michael asked, "Stop here?" Resign from the position of S.H.I.E.L.D., give up the identity of Iron Man, and wash your hands of gold from now on? ”

Tony thought for a moment.

"I ...... I don't know. But maybe. ”

"If that's what you think, then Iron Man is indeed something of this magnitude. There's nothing wrong with giving up. ”

"Does it matter what I think?" Tony smiled wryly, "In fact, when did my own thoughts and choices ever matter?" ”

Michael said calmly: "Are there many secrets behind the birth of Iron Man that you don't know?" There is no doubt about it. Think of Iron Man as a hero forged by lies, but do you think that's enough to deprive him of all meaning? He paused for a moment, then said, "Or I'll ask another question." When you put on your suit, you risk your life to rush to the alien army and save every innocent life...... Who is the person manipulating Iron Man when you do these things? Is it Manchurian? Is it the switch in your head? Or is it ...... Is it Iron Man himself? ”

Tony's brow furrowed, fiddling with his crossed fingers irritably.

“...... I've never said that to anyone. "But I have three nightmares, the three deepest ones that seam into my mind every night. ”

Michael didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue.

"One, as many people know, I'm afraid that Iron Man technology will fall into the wrong hands. I'm afraid that someone with bad intentions will get their hands on Iron Man's technology and use it to do some terrible things. When that happens, I feel like it's my responsibility. ”

There's not much to say about that. Everyone knows Tony's attitude towards Iron Man and the arc reactor technology, he never publishes the design drawings, and the technology is not even backed up in the Stark Group's servers. All relevant data is securely locked away on his personal local server, with perhaps the strongest security locks in the world, making it nearly impossible for anyone to steal.

"And then the second, my second nightmare," Tony said, staring somewhere unconsciously, "I'm afraid to wake up one day...... Iron Man will become a cheap technology, a mass-produced, replaceable product that can be mastered by anyone or any force. ”

He didn't know why he was saying this to the Black Knight. It was clear that even his closest people had never heard of this, but he told this "terrorist" so naturally.

"Then came the third and final nightmare...... A nightmare that may have been a reality for a long time, but I have always refused to face it. ”

Tony held out his right hand. He looked at his right hand, liquid metal seeping through the pores of his skin, wrapping around his hand and arm.

"As the kid said," he said, "even though I closed the weapons factory and said I would never make weapons again, no matter how much I told the world and told myself, in fact...... Iron Man is probably the most powerful weapon I've ever built in my life. ”