NOVEL WEB Chapter 95: Chapter 95
The night sky was cut by two streams of light that tore the darkness.
Tony Stark and James Rod, like two burning meteorites, landed accurately in the center of the Hammer Industrial Park with a thunderous momentum.
In front of them, a steel monster that was bigger and ferocious than a war machine slowly stood up, and the electric energy whip plowed two deep black marks on the ground.
Ivan Vanko, he grinned with a crazy smile, and his voice distorted through the loudspeaker: "Stark! I have prepared a grand funeral for you!"
"Reas that so? Your taste is still as bad as ever.
Tony's voice couldn't hear the slightest wave, as if he was just commenting on a boring movie.
Rod aimed all the weapon systems at Ivan in a low voice: "Tony, don't talk nonsense with him."
"Of course, I'm in a hurry."
Before Tony's words were over, the steel armor behind him "clicked", and twelve silver diamond-shaped devices broke away from the main body, like a group of bloodthirsty sharks, suspended on both sides of his body.
Floating gun array.
Paul, one of the treasures at the bottom of the box, appeared in the actual battle for the first time after being "borrowed" by him.
"What is this?" Ivan was obviously stunned. There was no such thing in his information.
"A gift for you on the road."
Tony's thoughts moved slightly.
"Cuck-cuck-cuck!"
Twelve beams of high-energy particles intertwined into a death web in the air, instantly covering Ivan Vanko's huge mecha.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-soring cutting sound.
Ivan didn't even have time to swing his long whip. The heavy armor, which he was proud of and enough to resist shells, was like butter under a hot knife, was silently decomposed and pierced.
The position of the cockpit is accurately penetrated by three beams at the same time.
"Uh..."
The madness on Ivan's face froze, replaced by an extreme astonishment.
He looked down at the big hole in his chest that had been melted, and his vitality was rapidly passing.
Just... that's it?
His revenge, his everything, is this the end?
No.
The last light in his eyes turned into resentment, and he pressed an inconspicuous red button at hand with all his strength.
"Stark... we... see you in hell..."
Ivan's head drooped, and the huge mecha knelt down with a bang, completely losing his breath.
The battle, from the beginning to the end, only takes ten seconds.
"It's done." Rod put away his weapon and took a breath, "It's easier than I thought."
Tony didn't relax.
The uneasiness in his heart, which had been lingering since just now, not only disappeared at the moment when Ivan fell, but became stronger.
"Jarvis."
"Sir, I'm here."
"Scan Ivan's mecha to check if he did anything extra before he died."
"Scanning... Sir, a high-strength encrypted signal was detected to be sent out instantly... The receiving end of the signal is... all the 'Iron Soldier' drones in the main venue of the Expo!"
For the first time, Jarvis's voice fluctuated rapidly.
"He sent self-destruct orders to all drones! According to the calculation of the chain reaction of the energy core, the explosion will cover the whole park!The estimated detonation time is... 30 seconds!"
Buzz--!
Tony's brain went blank in an instant.
The source of unrestlessness, like the most vicious curse, finally came true at this moment.
His proud armor, the cold steel shell, could not bring him any sense of security at this moment. A chill deep into the bone marrow rushed from his spine all the way to the heavenly spirit cover.
"Pepper!"
Tony's voice was heart-rending, with undisguised tremor and fear for the first time.
"Jarvis! Where is Pepper?! Answer me!"
"Rod, hurry up!Back to the Expo!"
Rod also reacted. The thruster started instantly and was about to rise to the sky.
"Sir, please calm down!" Jarvis's voice sounded in time, "Miss Pepper is safe!"
Tony's movements suddenly stiffened.
"What did you say?"
"When you and Colonel Rod went to Hammer Industries, Master Paul's creation, 'Nini', detected unknown standby instructions and energy fluctuations in all the drones in the venue. It determined that there was a potential threat and launched the highest level of security plan ten minutes ago, forcibly taking Miss Pepper away from the main venue, which is currently in the No. 3 shelter in the basement of the park, which is absolutely safe.
Tony was hanging in mid-air, motionless, as if frozen.
He could hear his heart beating wildly, dong, dong, dong...
After the great fear fades away, it is endless fear and happiness.
Paul...
That bastard...
He never has a regular shape on his mouth, but he can always arrange everything silently with his strange inventions at the most critical moment.
"Huh..."
Tony exhaled heavily and almost collapsed in the armor.
"Sir, there are still fifteen seconds left before the explosion." Jarvis reminded calmly.
Tony suddenly sent back to his senses.
Pepper is safe, but there are still thousands of people in the Expo!
Fifteen seconds, fly back from here, nothing is too late!
"Jarvis!" Tony's eyes instantly became sharp, "Start 'Accelerate the World'! Give me the highest authority! Pull out all the source code of Ivan's bullshit self-destruct program!"
"Permission confirmation, 'Accelerate the World' system... start!"
In an instant, the world in front of Tony changed.
Rod's action just turned around became like a slow motion. The fire in the industrial area in the distance, the frequency of burning and beating is extremely slow.The dust falling in the sky is clearly visible one by one, standing still in the air.
However, his thinking and his vision were overwhelmed by the endless flow of data and code.
[Warning: Chain self-destruction agreement starts]
[Agreement Source: Ivan Vanke]
[Encryption method: Russian military S-47 dynamic key]
[Difficulty of cracking: extremely high]
"Jarvis, simulate the operation, find out the logical loophole of the key for me!"
[Countdown: 10.00s]
Tony's hands turned into shadows on the virtual keyboard, and his brain was running at an unprecedented speed.
Ivan's encryption method is very rough, but very effective, like a randomly wrapped lock. If you want to untie it, you must find the only thread.
[Countdown: 08.00s]
"Found it! This guy's core algorithm is based on his father Anton Vanke's early reactor model! Jarvis, retrieve all the information related to Anton Vanke in the Stark Industrial Database!"
[Countdown: 05.00s]
A large amount of data poured in, and Tony's eyes were like electricity, quickly screened, compared and reconstructed.
Cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and even in the accelerated world, he could feel the imminent pressure.
[Countdown: 03.00s]
"It's here!"
Tony found the core instruction hidden under countless error codes.
He took a deep breath and began to write countermeasures.
The code is generated line by line, accurate and elegant, like the sharpest scalpel in the surgeon's hand, cutting into the fatal intractable disease.
[Countdown: 01.00s]
At the moment when the last string of code input was completed, Tony's thoughts drifted uncontrollably to another place.
Well, the crisis is over.
The world has been saved again.
But...
How should I face Pepper later?
'Hi, honey, are you all right? I'm sorry, there is a madman who wants to blow you up with me, but don't worry, I've killed him. Shall we have a late-night snack?'
Tony felt his scalp tingle just thinking about that picture.
She must be very angry.
This time, will she really... never want to see herself again?
The ease of the rest of the life after the disaster in the heart was quickly replaced by another deeper and more complex trehensy.
He can defeat any enemy and solve any technical problem, but in front of Pepper, he is always like a helpless fool.
"Sir, the counter-program has been uploaded."
"The self-destruct agreement of all drones... has been terminated."
Jarvis's voice pulled Tony back from his confused thoughts.
"Accelerate the World" lifted.
The whole world, from stillness to hustle and bustle in an instant.
The sound of the wind, the sound of sirens from afar, and Rod's anxious shouts in the communication channel rushed into his ears.
"Tony! Are you all right? Why didn't you say anything just now?"
"I'm fine." Tony's voice was a little hoarse. He looked up at the sky in the direction of the Expo, which was brightly lit and peaceful.
He won.
But he felt more tired than losing.
He was silent for a moment and made a difficult decision.
"Jarvis."
"Yes, sir."
"Convein... Pepper's communication."
The moment the communication request was sent, Tony's heart skipped a beat.
After a long few seconds, the communication was connected.
Pepper's holographic image appeared on his facial retina.
Her hair was a little messy and her face was pale. Obviously, she was greatly frightened.
But her eyes were unusually calm.
It was a kind of dead silence before the storm came, and it was so calm that Tony panicked.
She just looked at him without saying a word.
The air seems to be frozen.