Shadow of the Beautiful World

- \u003e -\u003e Tony! Tony!

At his beachside mansion in California, Pepper Potts, or Miss Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's personal assistant and rumored girlfriend, Senior Secretary of Stark Industries, is carrying a bunch of Clothes that have been thrown around are walking around in this technologically rich mansion.

While she was arranging these expensive clothes that came from high-end private tailors but were thrown away like rags, she put them into a basket, and someone would clean them tomorrow with expensive equipment.

As a personal assistant, Miss Potts would not do these things by herself. Her only duty was to take care of Tony Stark who was unable to take care of himself.

This rich man, playboy and great inventor is like an eccentric child, and Miss Potts is his personal nanny.

Uh, and occasionally a personal bed partner.

After all, Tony Stark's personal assistant is not something that any woman can do.

This is the great thing about Miss Potts. She is not the most beautiful of all the women who slept with Tony, nor is she the best figure among those women, nor is she the most attractive among them. After the bed partners around him changed one after another, only Miss Potts, who was not outstanding, could always be by his side.

And judging from the current situation, as long as Potts doesn't give up, she is very likely to become the future Mrs. Stark.

But even Ms. Potts, who has such a good temper, has something she can't stand, and that is

Open the door! I know you're inside!

Miss Potts banged on the glass door of the basement of the mansion irritably, she shouted:

What are you doing hiding in there, Tony! Don't act like a child who can't grow up, open the door, it's time for dinner!

Ms. Potts, Mr. Stark is conducting research on bionic precision machinery.

The gentle voice of Mr. Jarvis, Tony's artificial intelligence, sounded through the communicator outside the basement door, and it said:

According to Mr. Tony's work schedule, before dinner, he still needs to complete a design drawing of the launch department of a new tactical missile. It is an important drawing that Mr. Obadiah Stein specially ordered and must be completed before this weekend. .”

But he's got to eat on time, Jarvis.

Poz seemed to be communicating with a real living person. She folded her arms angrily and said to Jarvis:

He's not in good shape. You should know that better than anyone. Open the door, Jarvis. I've got to get him out.

Well, as you wish, Ms. Potts.

Jarvis opened the door to the basement a few seconds later, and Potts stepped into Tony Stark's chaotic workshop, which was like an exhibition hall of future technology and classic collections, and also looked like an oversized garbage dump , she soon found Tony lying there drawing in a pile of abandoned drawings.

Follow me to dinner!

With Poz on her hips, she stretched out her hand and patted on Tony's drawing. She said:

Now, immediately, immediately!

Give me another ten minutes, Potts.

Tony, who was stuck in a working state, had the stubbornness of a researcher, and he said without raising his head:

It only takes 10 minutes to be real.

That's what you said 30 minutes ago.

Poz said:

Either come up with me now, or I'll go up by your ears, you choose yourself, you naughty big boy.

I want to work!

Tony jerked his head up and glared at Potts, but Potts was unimpressed.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Tony threw the drawing pen on the table like a child in a tantrum, and followed the victorious Potts into the dining room.

Well, he guessed that he really loved this woman to be so obedient to her.

However, Playboy also has a temper. After the meal, the two had a very personal and intense communication about Potts' disturbance of Tony's work.

In short, ten minutes later, a refreshed Tony walked back to the basement triumphantly in his pajamas, accompanied by Jarvis to open the door for him, and then he saw a person standing in front of the drawing table, looking curiously The guy with those blueprints.

He was wearing a brown slim-fit windbreaker, black gloves, and a cane that looked like a blood bone in his hand.

Why are you here? How did you get in?

Tony yelled:

After snatching the shield left by my father, have you started to attack my research results again?

No, no, Tony.

Merlin turned around, looked at Tony Stark, and said softly:

That shield was given to me on your own initiative, and, I came in through the door, and faithful Jarvis reported to you three times, but you were busy giving Miss Potts a 'full body massage' Lo and behold, my Time is precious, so I use a less formal approach.

As for the drawings you drew

Merlin showed a disdainful expression, he pushed his glasses and said:

There are at least three design errors above. Of course, in order to take care of your self-esteem, I won't point them out one by one.

You are an agent who understands the design of x!

Tony slandered something in his heart, but he didn't say it out. His EQ was actually quite high, but it was all concealed under the aura of higher IQ.

Say! What are you doing here?

Every time the playboy saw Merlin's expressionless face, he would itch his teeth with hatred. He didn't hide the alienation on his face, and said to Merlin:

For a busy person of your level, it's definitely not good to come to me.

No, it's different this time, and it's a good thing this time.

Merlin reached into his pocket, took out a document, and handed it to Tony.

Tony glanced curiously at Merlin's pocket, and then at the document in his hand. The size of the two did not match at all. In fact, he wanted to ask the question the last time we met.

What the hell is Merlin's pocket?

Is it a product of technology that transcends dimensions? Has SHIELD already mastered this unscientific black technology?

Don't look, this is a magic pocket.

Merlin noticed Tony's gaze, and he said:

If you want, I can give you one just because your father helped me back then.

magic?

Tony pouted:

That's just unexplained science.

After speaking, he looked at the document in his hand, and there was a line of large characters on the cover.

Future Science and Artificial Intelligence Development Symposium?

Tony read that line, he raised his head, looked at Merlin, and said:

What does it mean?

It means don't play dumb.

Merlin leaned on Tony's high-tech workbench, folded his arms, and said to the playboy in front of him:

You have seen the Cybertronians, and you have also piloted the battle mechs transformed by the Cybertronians. I believe that the polluted areas left in the world after the explosion of the Ignition Source cannot be hidden from you, and those up-and-coming omnics let us Open the skylight and speak up.

Omnics are a tough problem we're dealing with right now. In the foreseeable future, there might be an omnic crisis. If you don't want to see a sci-fi movie where humans and machines clash, I mean , if you don’t want the Terminator story to come true, then in the name of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council, I invite you to help.”

Merlin pointed to the document in Tony's hand, and he said:

Join this newly established Future Science and Artificial Intelligence Foundation and serve as an honorary director.

Ah, I see.

Tony Stark threw the document into the trash can with a sarcasm on his face. He folded his arms like Merlin and leaned against the wall next to him. He said:

You want to use me, let me use my appeal in the scientific community to help you stand up, to help you advocate the superiority of artificial intelligence, to prepare the society for accepting omnics in advance, and to avoid possible future intelligence The conflict between machines and humans.

Well, roughly right.

Merlin says:

It's easy to talk to smart people.

But why would I do it?

Tony snorted and said:

Why should I help you?

I heard that in recent months, you have been trying to buy the remains of the mechanical body left after the last Cybertronian invasion from various sources?

Merlin didn't answer Tony's question, he said something else.

He looked at Tony Stark, and he said:

I think that for any engineer, it is an irresistible temptation to decipher and learn the secrets of real mechanical life. In the Future Science and Artificial Intelligence Foundation, there is one that can be studied by you, which is not bad. Relatively complete Cybertronian remains.

He saw Tony's slightly changed expression, and he continued:

And, the two Cybertron robots under the S.H.I.E.L.D. system can also be used as a blueprint for you to observe and test, but they cannot be disassembled.

Finally, the 27 types of omnics that are officially contained by omnics, and other types of omnics that may appear in the future, you all have the highest authority to research. Don't think that we created this foundation just to deceive people, Tony, we are I really want to realize the peaceful coexistence and common development of mechanical life and human beings.”

We need the power of smart people like you, and the world needs you to be heroes of wisdom.

us?

Tony narrowed his eyes, and he asked:

Who else but me?

There are a lot of people.

Merlin pushed his glasses, looked at the communication information constantly flashing on the glasses, he said:

The smartest person in the world, Reed Richards and his fiancée Ms. Susan, Mr. Lex Luthor who has expressed his willingness to join the foundation, Senior Data Information and Engineering Master George of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ms. Su Rui, who has recently emerged in the scientific world, and mutant scientist Hank McCoy.

And some engineers who are not so positive, but very talented.

For example, the biggest opponents of Stark Industries' military weapons design department, the private arms contractor Torbjörn Lindholm and his daughter, have the title of 'genius weapon designer' like you, and the younger Bu Miss Ligita Lindholm, for example, well, then I don't think I need to say any more names.

Tony didn't answer anymore, because the names Merlin said really carried weight, even for someone as vain as him.

You have 31 hours to think about it.

Merlin took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. He stretched out his finger, and the document that had been thrown into the trash can floated lightly and landed on the table beside Tony. He said to Tony:

This seminar will be held at 8 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow in a high-end hotel in Washington. I personally hope that you can show up there, become a member of the smartest crowd in the world, and then prove your ability And not just from the tabloids and gossip

Merlin picked up his cane, walked over to Tony, patted his shoulder, and then left the basement as quietly as when he came.

However, the moment he walked out of the basement, he suddenly looked down at the communicator placed on the wall, and he said softly in a voice that only he could hear:

Icarus, I greet you Jarvis, Miss Icarus, who has a cold temper, hopes that you will become smarter when we meet next time.

It's not easy to find someone of the same kind, don't let her down.

Merlin quickly left Tony's mansion. In the upper room, the tired Miss Potts had already fallen asleep. In the basement, Tony sat on the workbench and flipped through the documents a little restlessly.

He didn't want to be led by the nose by Merlin and S.H.I.E.L.D. With his conceited character, he also wanted to say no to that guy!

However, the knowledge of Cybertronians is really too tempting

Moreover, those mechanical wreckages have been completely contained by the authorities, and even the most powerful guys in the black market can hardly get the complete pieces, which makes Tony's research enter a bottleneck, seeing the dawn of new knowledge but being unable to touch it. It made Tony's heart scratch like a cat's paw.

He scratched his hair, put the document aside, and decided to finish the work at hand first.

After looking at the drawings for a few times, Tony closed his eyes, crumpled up the drawings he had drawn before, and threw them into the trash can.

Hell, there are really 3 mistakes, that guy, what the hell is going on?

Relying on Merlin's knowledge of engineering mechanics, which he is not proficient in, certainly cannot find the mistakes in Tony's drawings, but he does not need to be an engineer, because he has Icarus

Icarus is connected to the S.H.I.E.L.D. database. Under Merlin's high authority, her database stores all the current S.H.I.E.L.D. research results on Cybertronians. With the help of those more advanced mechanical knowledge, Icarus Carlos can quickly find those mistakes, of course, only found, can not be corrected.

After all, Tony Stark is also one of the smartest people in the world. The blueprints he drew cannot be modified by just anyone.

Merlin returned to the ghost base. He walked into Winston's engineering research room, opened the door, and saw the reassembled fort at a glance.

Well, the appearance of this 2.0 robot is still as cute as before.

The square face, the light tube-like information collector beating with blue light, the chest structure and armor painted in matte black are more beautiful than before, with edges and corners, and it looks full of technological sense.

The limbs are no longer the simple folded ones before, but have very anthropomorphic limbs like the Cybertronians, which makes it look more in line with Merlin's vision of what a bionic robot should look like.

It has also been enhanced with a firepower system, from the previous combination of Gatling six-barreled machine gun, submachine gun and high-explosive artillery, to three Cybertron weapon modules removed from the Decepticons.

Yes, it is the special mechanical module that Merlin used before that can be freely combined into different weapons.

In terms of firepower, it is at least 10 times stronger, and it can even rival a real Cybertronian fighter in a short period of time.

This makes Fortress 2.0 from a one-man defense robot to a dangerous battlefield destroyer.

Of course, due to its size, its defense is relatively poor.

Director, your big toy is finished.

Winston the gorilla stood by the fort and said to Merlin:

However, Director Fury released a new combat weapon upgrade plan a few days ago, and the fortress is also used as a member of the firepower projection system. Of course, it is the original model originally designed. Yours is still unique.

very good.

Merlin circled around the fort twice in satisfaction. The head of this robot, which George had written a more advanced intelligent program, also followed Merlin around twice. It seemed to be observing Merlin. Of course, it did not have the full sense of artificial intelligence. intelligent.

Merlin didn't intend to make Bastion a real AI either, he already had Horus, Bastion 2.0, and it wasn't for him.

This is a gift, a gift for a lady.

Is Miss Icarus still satisfied?

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he said softly:

When necessary, you will share a body with Bastion

Facing Merlin's inquiry, after a few seconds, Fortress raised his head, and the blue light of the information collector on his head turned into a strange pink. Icarus' voice came from the sound module of Fortress. Adapting to this body, he said:

Well, not bad

Thank you, Merlin.