304 Metropolitan, Gordon, and Los Angeles
New York is still one of the most prosperous metropolises in the US-Canada Union.
But now, when people talk about New York, they generally refer to the New York City area alone, and on a larger scale, people prefer to use the metropolis to refer to this huge urban agglomeration that stretches for hundreds of kilometers!
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., lined up along the Atlantic coast of North America, decades of peaceful environment, although there are cold war clouds, but there is no major war outbreak, let alone a world war that swept the world, coupled with the United States is the world's first superpower, North America's unique geographical environment, has developed such a huge urban agglomeration of several city boundaries integrated with each other.
After the establishment of the US-Canada Alliance, these cities lined up on the Atlantic coast of North America were classified as an administrative region and an economic zone, metropolis!
Lei Rui and Diana took off from Paradise Island and flew to the metropolitan urban agglomeration on the east coast in less than three hours.
In just a few days of vacation, Lei Rui has identified several very important cities, and the metropolis is certainly one of them! It's just that the magical Superman didn't appear, and it was supposed that Superman should have appeared, but he didn't find any relevant traces.
Then there is the city of Gordon, which is another important metropolitan agglomeration in North America, located in the Great Lakes region, and the urban axis is once Chicago, Detroit to Toronto.
There, a man called Batman caused constant controversy, and those who supported him, called Batman, respected him as an idol, fought crime, eliminated evil and helped the weak, the bat symbol floating on the clouds, in the minds of these people, is tantamount to the existence of the warm winter sun. Those who talk about him call him a transvestite who abuses lynching, and think that the most important thing he should do is to turn himself in to the police! Instead of such impunity, abusing lynching!
However, Batman's activity area is only concentrated in the city of Gordon, where is the former steel city, the automobile city, once the most active center of economic activities on the continent and even in the world, where those well-known large companies were born, but now, with the rise of the automobile industry in the island country on the other side of the ocean, as well as the development of the IT and information industry known as the new economy, it is inevitable that it will decline rapidly, and Detroit, among them, is even completely bankrupt! So much so that the crime rate soared dramatically, and it became an urban agglomeration shrouded in despair.
Lei Rui's gaze extends further ahead, beyond the North American continent, to the west coast, where along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean is a larger Los Angeles metropolitan agglomeration that has been spawned by the rapid development of the IT and information industries in the past decade, from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland to Los Angeles, has become a veritable economic center of the US-Canada alliance.
With abundant sunshine and a pleasant climate, it is the most popular area for the wealthy nouveau riche who are leading the new economy.
In the special plane, in the cabin arranged as a reception room, Diana sat next to Lei Rui, and there were only two passengers on the special plane, but because of the decoration and furnishings, the cabin did not seem empty, but just right, making people feel that it was neither narrow nor empty, and could also enjoy plenty of personal privacy.
She saw Lei Rui looking out the window and was silent for a long time, thinking that Lei Rui was thinking of his former battlefield experience because he wanted to see his former comrades-in-arms, so he reached over and gently held Lei Rui's hand as a comfort, Lei Rui came back to his senses, turned his head and smiled at her, held Diana's hand with his backhand, and said softly: "I'm fine!" It's just that when I wake up, it's like a world away. ”
In fact, it is really like a world away, these few days of vacation, Lei Rui has this kind of daze from time to time, when competing with Dormammu in the dark space for perseverance, Lei Rui has no concept of time lapse at all, but in the death again and again, with firm faith, he persevered to the end, but found that 78 years have passed!
It's like waking up from a nightmare, and it's already another era!
Diana had a heart-to-heart connection with him, and with a pain in her heart, she shook Lei Rui's hand tightly and said, "When you face Dormammu, I really wish I was by your side!" ”
"You've always been by my side!" Lei Rui replied with certainty, "Otherwise, how can I survive a 3-minute cycle, 78 years, and 13.66 million death experiences!" Dormammu is a strange life in this multi-dimensional universe, not a dark space, but that chaotic dark space, which is Dormammu itself! In front of Him, strength is a joke, and only with the help of the power of time in the laws of nature can we fight against Him! ”
These are very simple and boring numbers, but to Diana's ears, it is tantamount to a thunderclap. The 3-minute death experience, according to Lei Rui's description, is a variety of painful experiences, but although he is in a continuous loop of time, he can remember every death experience!
78 years and 13.66 million deaths, this is a more painful and desperate place than describing the worst purgatory!
However, Lei Rui finally persevered to the final victory, and the first thing that couldn't hold on was Dormammu, a cosmic-level chaotic life! Not Lei Rui, a tiny human!
While the two were holding hands and talking in a whisper, the captain's reminder sounded on the special plane, and the plane began to descend and prepare to land.
New York International Airport, Tony. The person sent by Stark to pick up the airport and the person who arranged by Natasha collided with each other, and as soon as Lei Rui and Diana discussed, they simply let the people from Paradise Island go to the hotel with their luggage, and he and Diana sat on Tony. Stark sent the car to the vicinity of the international airport belonging to Tony. Stark's private airport, by helicopter, landed in front of a private villa on a hilltop near New York.
This is Tony. Stark's home, the whole villa is very distinctively built, like a shell embedded in the seaside cliff, the entire one-story platform, half of which hangs out of the cliff, and the entire 180-degree floor-to-ceiling glass wall has a panoramic view of the vast waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Unfortunately, when Lei Rui arrived, it was dark and he couldn't enjoy such a magnificent view.
Billionaire known as a playboy, Tony. Stark personally greeted him outside the villa, and beside him, a beautiful woman with a long body held his arm affectionately, and looked at Lei Rui and Diana who came over with a smile.
"Captain! We meet again! Tony said, but his eyes fell directly on Diana, and he reached out and asked, "This ...... Is it Diana? Diana. Prince? ”
He obviously already knew Diana's identity, but it was a private meeting at this time, so he didn't say anything.
As Lei Rui guessed, Tony's female companion next to him was his female secretary, the CEO of Stark Group, Virginia. Pepper. Bo Xuan.
Taking a seat in the spacious living room on the first floor, Tony. Stark looked very excited, and couldn't wait to say: "Captain, I can't wait to hear your story, I know what you want this time, it's just a small matter, don't worry." ”
Lei Rui casually put down the teacup and smiled, "Oh, I thought you couldn't wait to get some sleep." ”
Tony. Stark was stunned for a moment and asked puzzledly, "Get some sleep?" Time is so short, why get some sleep? ”
"Because you've ...... I haven't slept in three days! Lei Rui glanced at Pepper Pepper. With his left hand, he replied, "Look, your eyelids are heavy right now, and you must want to sleep!" Sleep well! Tony! ”
As soon as the words fell, Tony. Stark literally just closed his eyes, leaned back on the couch cushions, and fell asleep.
Little Pepper Pepper. Bo Yu was surprised and reached out to cover his wide open mouth, and the three fingers that were drawn out of his left hand still did not retract just now Lei Rui could know Tony so accurately. Stark hadn't slept for three days, so naturally she secretly stretched out three fingers and secretly gestured at Lei Rui.
But she really couldn't imagine that Lei Rui would just say a few words, and Tony would fall asleep so honestly! In front of distinguished guests, it is too rude to be so perverse.