Chapter 228: Finish eating barbecue
That's pretty much the end of the conversation.
As for what kind of cooperation will be in the future, and what they need, Stark has not revealed for the time being.
The conversation ended with a dazzling white light. It had a similar effect as when they were teleported, as if it had fallen from the depths of the starry sky and enveloped the entire delegation.
There was another change of picture that they couldn't comprehend, the starry sky faded like a tide, and each of them dissolved and disappeared in the flow of light, clearly watching their bodies being disintegrated and scattered, but there was no discomfort in the slightest. When they came back to their senses, everyone in the delegation had already descended from the sky with the white waterfall, and the energy was scattered on the ground like a stream of water, and everyone fell back to the ground with the energy flow.
They were in a moment's daze, and when their eyes returned, they looked around, only to see a barren area, which at first glance looked a little familiar.
That's where they set out.
In the short time since they left, the military and other scientists were stationed here, still trying to digest the shocking fact that the delegation had evaporated. But before they could scan and detect anything, they saw another pillar of light falling from the sky, and the disappeared delegation had reappeared in its place.
The researchers who were holding the cutting-edge equipment to detect and scan couldn't help but open their mouths wide when they saw this scene, and their horror was overflowing.
Even the delegates who had returned from the sky were in a trance. Someone touched his body in a distraction and confirmed that every part of his body was still there, and that he was not missing arms, legs, or heads.
Looking back now, everything that just happened was like a dream, and what I saw and heard seemed so unreal.
But they could see it on each other's faces, and it was true. And they have just received a vital task, and there may be no time to delay.
In fact, after sending these guests away, Iron Man also climbed the watchtower.
Originally, Chu Cheng thought of simply taking the watchtower back into the equipment inventory, so that the facility would disappear out of thin air like a ghost, and it would be more effective than the most advanced stealth equipment, and it would be impossible for anyone to find it.
But Friday reminded that the watchtower is also the best outpost against extraterrestrial threats. After all, the Justice League originally built it in space to prevent extraterrestrial threats, and its deep space detection and automatic defense system are unmatched on the Pole Star.
Now that Layla warns them of the possibility of an extraterrestrial threat next, this may be exactly what they need most right now.
"While the teleportation system can teleport heroes to the watchtower at any time, just in case, I suggest that it may be best to keep an idle hero on duty in the watchtower.
We can periodically log in to the hero and check it out to make sure everything is okay. Friday said.
"Yes."
That's fine. Chu Cheng now has few first-echelon combat power in his hands, and there is a strength gap with the heroes behind him, but if you want to send heroes to station or something, it will be more or less.
Generally speaking, the task of the watchtower on duty is either given to the Martian Manhunter or the steel bone, but these two are both high-level heroes for the time being. So Chu Cheng casually checked the huntress first and stayed on duty in the watchtower.
He knew that the human hierarchy would be searching for the spaceship-like facility next, but they were doomed to nothing. Just as they tried to look up the name "Tony Stark" would be unfounded.
In the original world, the heroes' masks were used to protect their true identities, but it doesn't matter if they wear a mask on the Pole Star or not. Because these heroes operated by Chu Cheng did not exist in this world, they were all like ghosts that appeared out of thin air without masks, so the disguise seemed dispensable.
Obtain resources from humans to develop weapons and strengthen equipment to improve their own scientific and technological strength, and at the same time use technology to transform the human world for the better.
This may be exactly what the real Tony Stark wants.
Unlike many other superheroes, Iron Man is not satisfied with stopping crime and fighting terrorists, supercriminals, and aliens.
Stark is known as the "scientist of the future" and is a man who lives in the future. He is proud of it, but in a way it is also his shackles.
He is extremely conceited, even narcissistic, and it is because of this that he has the arrogance that no one else hasβtrying to carry the future of all mankind on his own shoulders.
He thinks it's his responsibility because he's capable of doing it. Not only by incarnating himself as Iron Man to fight, but also by driving the development of the entire human civilization from energy, weapons, biology, medical and other fields - this is what Stark Technology has been committed to doing since it stopped selling arms.
At the same time, he built a large number of steel suits, a legion of mass-produced steel robots like Avengers 2, and even super artificial intelligence like Ultron.
As he said in his classic line-
- "I'm going to put armor on the world." β
In the original work, he even got involved in the political field for a while, trying to make the world more correct from a deeper level, and of course, the ending is also known to be not very ideal. In addition to leaving a bunch of black history for the character of Iron Man, that experience also proved that he was not suitable for wading into the troubled waters of politics.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
But whether it is the performance of Leo Tron after he hijacked the mass-produced Iron Man robot army in the movie, or the parallel universe in the original where some Iron Man blackened and ruled the world by technology, it proves that if Stark crosses the bottom line in his heart and makes up his mind to turn the table, he really has the ability to rule the world by himself.
Of course, Chu Cheng didn't want to do this, and he didn't plan to create something like Ultron to die. But he does have plans to build an Iron Army like Avengers 2.
The extremely simplified version of the arc reactor drive aimed at mass production, also considering that each unit for mass production is only equipped with the same palm recoil pulse cannon as Iron Man, which has flight ability and not weak power.
Tony had planned to design a super AI to lead them, but the ending of Avengers 2 has proven that unreliable. So Chu Cheng decided not to be so ambitious for the first time, and only equip each Iron Man robot with basic combat AI, just like the robots that Iron Man released to evacuate the people at the beginning of the movie.
In this way, the development difficulty will be reduced a lot, and it can also save costs and facilitate mass production.
The design drawings are available in Stark Labs. Friday analyzed the drawings, and since Stark was originally designed for mass production, the technical difficulty was much lower than Iron Man armor. Friday said they now have the ability to mass-produce these technologies as long as they have the funds and resources.
In this way, Chu Cheng will be able to have an army of steel that is the same as Iron Man in the movie and only obeys his command. It doesn't need to be operated by him personally, it won't torture his liver and kidneys, a super army that can really be commanded by him freely.
That would be one of his other big chips in the future.
Powerful heroes, unfathomable technology, and a huge organization hidden behind the mysteries of the multiverse are all bargaining chips to maintain deterrence and seize the initiative.
Sometimes you can't be too friendly, or you'll be held at gunpoint. Superman is such a typical example, Kryptonian technology, who sits on the entire lonely fortress, has the strength of a god on earth, but he is calculated and pointed at a gun all day long, and the main reason is that he is too easy to talk.
"Alright, the break is over."
Exiting the operation interface, Chu Cheng leaned into the chair.
"Friday, see what other tasks we have now?"
Youdao does not forget the original intention, technology must be developed, and the legion must be built, but the game cannot be left behind, and experience and points are always the first productive forces.
"Yes, sir."
......
Somewhere else.
In the darkness of the night, a woman fled on the road in a panic. She was barefoot, disheveled, and turned her head three times at a time, her pale face as if distorted by utter fear.
She turned a corner in a panic and soon found herself rushing into a dead end. She leaned desperately at the end of the road, and when she turned back again, she was horrified to see that nightmarish thing had appeared at the intersection.
A distorted shadow.
An infected person, who may have been a man by a few characteristics, can hardly be called a human nowadays. He had a strange physique, black spikes all over his body, a body that swelled a full circle over the average person, and sharp teeth wrapped in chilling mucus.
"No...... I beg you ......" the woman cowered in the corner in fear, "for the sake of the old love......
But these words only angered the infected monster even more. He screamed as if to pounce, and the woman let out a terrible scream.
But the monster didn't make a move.
He paused as if sensing something, and slowly turned his head to look behind him.
At the entrance of the alley, I don't know when there was a shadow of a young man. He was dressed in a white trench coat, and the sound of crisp footsteps echoed through the dark alleys.
Agent of the Ninth Division, Felix Grove.
"Infected, hmm...... This one looks serious enough. He raised an eyebrow and said to himself, "Then I'll leave this to you, okay?" β
"Roar!"
The infected burst into applause and lunged at him with teeth and claws.
β...... I'll just take it as 'yes.'" β
At the same time as the words fell, Felix's eyes turned white, and his whole temperament suddenly changed. The corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a slightly evil smile.
"Hah! Finally ......"
In an instant, a shadow of a mold lake separated from Felix's body. The shadow vaguely took on the form of a human being, and its right hand reached out like lightning, grabbing the infected person's throat with precision.
The infected's momentum froze, and the pair of mutated holes shrank suddenly.
"Bang." Felix chuckled.
The body of the infected explodes in an instant, torn to pieces by the massive impact. Blood mixed with minced meat splashed in all directions, and the scene was shocking, causing the woman in the corner to scream again.
Felix craned his neck, a somewhat unfinished expression. He turned and walked away, his eyes rolling again.
Then he started talking to himself again.
"Seriously? Do you have to make the scene so ugly every time? β
β...... Okay, it doesn't matter. β
"Okay, let's have a barbecue in the evening."
β......β