"Alright, go back to the delivery room, Jarvis."

The lab door slid open, and Tony asked as he walked into the room wiping his sweat.

"How's our new member doing?"

"The assembly has been completed according to your requirements, and the painting is in progress."

At the same time as the voice sounded, a transparent stereoscopic image had already appeared in front of Tony.

Iron Man armor.

The all-new model was a whole generation ahead of his original Mark series design, and the future armor that appeared an unknown number of years earlier.

It all started with that dream.

In some way, he saw his future. A nightmare in which he created the worst demon with his own hands, a nightmare in which he single-handedly created a future-shattering future.

It was also a warning that he could pull back from the precipice. He realizes how deep he has been swallowed up by fear unconsciously, and anxiety makes him make a hasty decision.

Fortunately, there is still time, and everything has not yet come true.

Tony weighed Ultron's project and realized that there were still too many unsorted parts of the project to make sense, and maybe Ultron wasn't a good idea in the first place.

But new inspiration emerged.

Meteor technology.

What he saw in his dreams, the fantastic technology. It's amazing, even though he knows that the whole dream is unreal, but he knows for no reason that this technology is extremely real.

Like this hint of inspiration that he wonderfully generated.

A well-known person who did not want to be named once said that all the points of the technology tree in the country of light are stolen from the earth technology tree. Although this mainly describes the Earth of Aopeng, it is actually not impossible to put it in Marvel.

Stark also has a lot of skills in this area. He has relied on technology to reproduce the superpowers of various teammates, such as Wolverine's self-healing Spider-Man's spider sense, strange magic Thor's lightning and so on.

At the same time, there are a lot of miscellaneous technologies to steal. Among them, there are more cutting-edge interstellar technologies like the Kree and Skruls, and even the forty-first century technology of Kang the Conqueror, he has stolen a lot.

His ability to learn and develop new technologies is also at the level of linkage.

And the meteor technology is his biggest inspiration at the moment, and it is also the key to this new set of armor in development.

This will be the culmination of all Mark sets to date. With the ability of nanomaterials to be deformed and reshaped at will, it can freely switch between models of all previous Mark series, and can adapt to any environment and be competent for any job. It can not only open and close like an anti-hulk, but also sneak in quietly and stealthily like a sneaky nightclub.

While working in the lab, a communication screen pops up coldly, followed by a prompt of communication requests.

"Hang up Jarvis, I'm a little busy right now." Tony didn't look up and said casually, "Just say I'm not here now." ”

But the voice fell, and the communication was connected.

"What?" Tony looked up, "Didn't I say that."

"I didn't take it, sir." Jarvis said.

Tony frowned, finally stopped what he was doing and looked up.

He quickly realized what was happening.

His communications were hijacked.

And this is not something that just anyone can do, and few people can do anything to his system.

"Triangulation, Jarvis. Keep audio and video recordings to track the source. ”

"Yes, sir."

Tony turned to the camera.

"Tony. Stark. A muffled voice came from the other end of the screen. But no faces appeared.

"Sorry, who?" Tony frowned, "I have too many old acquaintances, why don't you show your face and help me recall?" ”

"Don't bother seducing me into revealing my flaws, Stark. You don't know me, and we haven't seen me."

Tony thought the voice and tone sounded a little weird, as if an emotionless AI was reading it. The way he speaks and the words he uses are also somewhat unnatural, as if they were translated from different linguistic conventions.

"There's no need to try to track it anymore, human technology can't keep up with us."

Tony's heart moved. Human technology?

This statement

"You're aliens?"

He asked, his mind reminding of the scene he had experienced some time ago. Loki, the battle of New York, the godlike giant, and then the other dimension in the desperate base, those monsters called Ultrabeasts

Tony doesn't feel like it's his own fault, but he does have a bit of PTSD with aliens lately.

But the other party did not answer, just sneered hoarsely. Tony noticed an address on the screen.

"What is this?" He asked.

"Where you're coming." The man said, "Alone, within half an hour." Don't tell anyone, of course, even if you say it, it's useless. No one can help you. ”

"So why would I do that?" Tony asked.

"Because we have in our hands the people you care about, the people you care about the most."

Tony's pupils narrowed.

Lately, he's been feeling a bad sense lately. Although he never admits it to others, sometimes even he feels that he was a little reckless.

At the press conference, in front of the TV camera, he arrogantly announced to the world that "I am Iron Man". That had made him proud of satisfying the need for pre-manifestation of others. After all, he wasn't born with a personality that likes to be flamboyant.

But as he experiences more and more, he can't help but start to reflect. Because this irresponsible approach is indeed likely to have consequences, Iron Man may be invulnerable, but Tony Stark is not, and his friends around him are not.

And now it seems like it's time for that nightmare to come true.

"What are you talking about?"

As he spoke, his mind was already thinking quickly. He couldn't help but wonder who would be taken hostage, most likely Pepper, or maybe Roddy, or Harpy. Each one of them was someone he was willing to save at the risk of his life.

Then I saw everything on the screen, and gave the gray-faced hostage who was tied up with flowers.

His blonde hair was dirty, and his crumpled face was covered in dust. The haggard-looking guy who seemed to be tortured was Alexander Pearce, the high-level minister of A.S.E.l.D. and the actual leader of the Hydra.

Tony: "? ”

He was a little confused.

No

We don't seem to know each other very well?

What does it mean to tie up this old man and threaten me?

As a result, the kidnappers seemed to be shocked by this bewildered reaction. The other party smiled with satisfaction, and then said in a deep voice: "Do you understand?" We've got your closest friend.

Now, if you care about his life, go to the designated address alone."

Tony: "."

For a moment, he even wanted to say, if you want to tear up the ticket, tear it up, I'm not familiar with my buddy

No, that's an understatement. Tony doesn't really like Pierce very much, and every time Pierce shows up, he either pressurs the Avengers or asks them for something.

What must be said is actually a somewhat hostile position.

And that's even when Tony doesn't know that Pierce is a terrorist leader.

Of course, he didn't say that in the end. Anyway, he's still a superhero, and he has to have professional ethics.

"Okay, don't worry, I promise to go on time, alone."

Complying with the kidnapper's request, Tony hung up the communication and immediately pulled out his Avengers contact card.

"The Avengers are assembled, we're in a situation."

After thinking about it, he turned to Jarvis.

"By the way, Lao Jia, and inform Fury. Let's just say that their boss has arrested someone, we have to find a way to rescue them, and the other party may be aliens. The Avengers are ready to act, and tell them to watch and answer. ”

(End of chapter)