El Paso & Co. Headquarters Building, New York.

For New York's residents, it seems that the building has suddenly risen in the last two years, just like the company itself. Two years ago, no one in the world had ever heard the name "Paso Technology", but two years later, it has developed into a behemoth that is involved in multiple fields such as civilian technology, high-end arms and energy. After Stark Industries, the No. 1 arms giant in the United States, announced its withdrawal two years ago, Paso Technology, which has won military orders one after another with cutting-edge weapons ahead of the times, has even faintly begun to take over as a new generation of leaders.

On the top floor of the building, the chairman's office.

Sparks burst out of thin air in the air, slowly cutting a circle just big enough for one person to pass. The company's young founder, Michael Passo, walked back to his office from inside the spell portal, and as soon as he stepped out, a beautiful girl dressed in professional attire walked up to him and prepared him with a custom suit early.

Elizabeth Beatty, Michael's personal secretary. She has long pale blonde hair that shimmers like silk, has a well-proportioned figure, and has slender legs.

She seemed to be surprised that her boss had come out of a magic circle. With a natural expression, she stepped forward and began to change into a suit and tie for her boss, saying, "The meeting is ready to start." ”

"Is there anything else scheduled for this week besides this meeting?" Michael asked.

"There are a few more inconsequential meetings, but I'll do that, unless you want to take matters into your own hands." Elizabeth straightened his tie and pulled out a small white comb that she had with her to comb his hair.

"No need, you can decide for me." Michael said.

Elizabeth simply straightened his hair, put away the comb, and said, "And this weekend, Mr. Mayor invited you to a charity-themed party. The time is ......," she confirmed, "...... Saturday at seven p.m. ”

"Help me remember, and remind me when the time comes."

"Yes, sir."

A few minutes later, the double black doors of the conference hall were pushed open by Elizabeth, and Michael strode in, and the heads of all levels and departments had been waiting for a long time.

In fact, he didn't have much to do with the company's running chores, except for major decisions or new product launches, and he left most of the matters to Elizabeth's agent. The secretary had been hand-picked by him at the beginning of the company's existence, and he had absolute confidence in Elizabeth's ability and loyalty.

And today, the boss rarely showed such a face, mainly because today's meeting has an important theme of allocating the financial budget for the next year. Elizabeth had no authority to decide these matters for him, so she had to nod her head in person.

The meeting was long and boring, but it didn't really have much to do with him as a boss, and the basic process was to listen to the heads of various departments report on how their departments had made progress this year, and then hope to get more resources allocated next year.

The meeting lasted for five or six hours, but the spirits of these executives did not decrease at all, on the contrary, there were faint signs of becoming more and more excited. None of their topics apparently appealed to their young boss, and Michael had already figured out his personal tablet and entered the password to unlock a folder labeled "Armor". A detailed set of armor design drawings and various precise parameters immediately popped up on the screen interface in his hand.

This is not his first set of armor, as it was already a fifth-generation armor when he fought Loki, the evil god, but this set is still only a prototype in the testing stage, and many aspects still need to be improved and strengthened.

Michael Paso was a traverser, but he wasn't exactly a dull person before the traversal. He was originally a genius in the fields of mechanical engineering and electronic information, and the process of plane travel somehow seemed to amplify his expertise even further. In short, after he crossed over, he found that his thinking had been broadened several times, his thinking was unprecedentedly clear, and his learning speed of new knowledge (in fact, Marvel's local black technology) was so fast that he was staggered.

Plane crossing didn't bring him any system or growth abilities or other plug-ins, but it must be said that the awakening of this talent should be regarded as his golden finger as a traverser.

Since he first came to this universe five years ago, Michael has been paying attention to the news and intelligence from all over the world. It is not difficult to determine from the words that appear frequently in news reports such as Osborne Technology and Stark Industries that this is the Marvel Universe, but it does not seem to be exactly the worldview of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Although the overall direction of the timeline seems to be based on the MCU, many details are not exactly the same.

At present, he is in the same time node as the eve of the Battle of New York (of course, due to his interference, there is a high probability that this battle will not happen), which means that the Iron Man armor, which now represents the pinnacle of individual armor technology in this world, should only be developed to the seventh generation.

If we take Iron Man's technology as a benchmark, first of all, Michael has to admit that his own technology may still be inferior in terms of energy drive. Iron Man's core energy source is the arc reactor, and Michael obviously doesn't know how that thing was designed. The suit is powered by a battery of his own design, and although the battery performance is just as superior, it is obviously not comparable to the arc reactor.

Of course, he didn't have to find a way to get the design of the arc-shaped reactor. The design drawings of the miniature version of the reactor on Stark's chest may not be easy to get by, but if it is the blueprint of the super-large Ark reactor in Stark Industries, it is not impossible to get it. I remember that in the movie, Stark shrunk this thing to a size that could be stuffed into his chest, absorbing the shrapnel stuck in his chest, and at the same time using it to power his suit.

Michael felt that if Stark had the ability to create a miniature version of the large Ark reactor in a dilapidated cave with outdated equipment, he might not be able to. It's just that he doesn't bother to do it - plagiarizing someone else's research is something Michael would never do for any purpose, even if someone brings him a drawing.

But even so, he is confident that his self-developed armor comprehensive ability at this stage is comprehensively superior to the current stage of Iron Man technology - because it combines technology and magic at the same time.

Back in Kama's time, Michael was looking for a way to combine two different disciplines, technology and magic. Each time he learns a new spell, he creates a separate project on his personal computer, builds a model, and records various data and information related to the spell from various sources in order to understand and study.

The reason why he learned spells so quickly was not just because he was talented, but because he was good at thinking, while everyone else was only used to repeating them mechanically. Even the Ancient One admitted that his attempt might work, but unfortunately she had no research on technology, so she could not give guidance.

After years of research, Michael has now parsed all the magic seals of a large number of commonly used magic into magic circles that can be stored programmatically, and entered all this information into the built-in computer of the suit. This allows him to invoke any of the magic circles recorded in his built-in computer in time during the battle, and can quickly and easily cast the corresponding spell by simply reciting the corresponding spell, and even omits the steps of handprint and spell construction, which is faster and more convenient than traditional casting, and will not be embarrassed by the embarrassment of the seal reading being interrupted by the enemy.

The combination of modern weapons and magic is the original design concept of this armor, and it is also the basic direction of its future upgrade.

Michael was mostly satisfied with the experimental armor's first combat test against Loki, but there was still room for improvement.

At this time, the executives of various departments at the meeting were almost blushing and arguing, and it seemed that it would not be over for a while. Michael simply cut and modified it directly from the blueprint on the touchscreen tablet.

Although his armor suppressed Loki in hand-to-hand combat, he still felt a little too cumbersome to move in this battle. He spent a lot of time reducing the weight and volume of his armor, appropriately reducing some of the accessories, and striking a balance between defense and agility. However, as a result, the output of the power system that drives the armor has to be reduced, which means that the base punch and leg power are also slightly reduced, and the maximum output of the gauntlet is expected to be 10 to 15 tons, while the maximum output of the leg power system is expected to be 15 to 20 tons.

But this is not too much of an impact, fists and kicks are not the main means of attack of the suit, compared to the performance of mobility is more important.

It is worth mentioning that although the shell of the armor is not heavy, it adopts a multi-layer composite structure independently developed by him. Titanium alloy, alloy steel, fiberglass board and other different materials are multi-layered, the composite structure of different hardness can change the direction of its impact force, coupled with the unique shock-absorbing structure design of its endoskeleton, this suit has first-class defense.

The next step is the choice of weapons. Aside from magic, the armor's main long-range attack is still the Pulse Beam Cannon in the palm of your hand - while the effect looks similar to Iron Man's Recoil Energy Cannon, the principle is actually different.

Of course, he didn't forget about the flight power system. But he wasn't used to having the main thrusters of flight power on his hands and feet, as Iron Man did, and he felt that it would be difficult to maintain balance in this way. He mounted the main thruster on the back of the armor, like a metal backpack that clings to the back, and its eight thrusters can be sprayed in almost any direction, so that the armor can be moved more flexibly with small dodges, ensuring the high mobility of the suit.

After the revisions are made, he saves the drawings and uploads the data to his private encrypted server. He turned off the screen on his tablet and returned his attention to the meeting, which seemed to be finally coming to an end.

It is worth mentioning that the current year is 2012, which is around the time of the events of the "Avengers 1" movie in the Marvel timeline. In other words, assuming that the events of this world are still based on the plot of the movie, there are still six years before the outbreak of the "Infinity War" when a purple potato visits Earth.

The Ancient One had warned him more than once not to use his foresight of the future to interfere with the course of history, no matter how bad it might seem.

But Michael wasn't going to listen to her.

Fate is in the hands of people, and nothing is predestined.

He wants to change history and create a new future.

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