Shadow of the Beautiful World

Wow, your face is so ugly.

In the smart tower of the Eichenwalde Smart Industrial Park, after Tony finished typing a character, he turned his head to look at Mandarin, and found that the latter's expression was as gloomy as a storm was approaching.

Moreover, his body seemed to be shaking abnormally, as if there was a certain pattern and he was suffering some kind of pain.

Do you need to see a doctor?

Tony asked with concern.

Do your thing!

Mandarin's tone this time was no longer polite. He seemed to have torn off all appearances and roughly pushed Tony to the console. He ordered:

I'll give you another 10 minutes! Solve the problem in front of me!

10 minutes? Are you kidding me?

Tony retorted:

10 minutes can't do it! Are you blind? Can't you see how much data I have to process?

That's your problem! Ahem...

Mandarin responded arrogantly, but the next moment, he began to cough violently.

Back then, when he obtained the Ten Commandments, he obtained powerful power, but this power was not without cost. His soul and life were bound together with these ten rings in an indescribable way. If the Ten Commandments were no longer complete, , his strength will be greatly weakened, and even his existence will be affected.

In the past, Mandarin thought that it was just the necessary price for gaining power, but as he became stronger and stronger, especially after the Ten Commandments became prosperous, Mandarin also realized the shackles imposed on him by the Ten Commandments.

A king's life should not be manipulated by some rings.

Therefore, in addition to the Ten Commandments, Mandarin is also looking for a new source of power. Fortunately, he found a scroll from the ancient and mysterious Kunlun Holy Land in the ancient eastern country, which is said to come from the real heaven.

But unfortunately, learning this power is much more difficult than manipulating the Ten Commandments. It took him a lot of time to get started, and it took him decades to complete his first reincarnation.

That made Mandalin's already aging body return to its youngest age like a dead tree in spring. Unfortunately, with his current attainments, he still couldn't get rid of the shackles of the Ten Commandments.

Every time Merlin struck the Lightning Ring from afar, it was like a sword slashing at Mandalin's soul, and the pain was indescribable.

He knew that that cunning bastard, Merlin Riley who stole his ring, was urging him to make a decision in this way.

Do you want an omnibus center? Still want the Ten Commandments?

He had to make a choice immediately... The perception in his mind told him that the Lightning Ring could no longer withstand too many blows.

Although it is theoretically impossible to destroy the Ten Commandments, the theory also needs to be combined with reality. With Merlin's current rank and a long sword made of pure vibrating gold, it is not impossible to destroy the Ten Commandments matter.

You only have ten minutes!

In the smart tower, Mandarin grabbed Tony's neck brutally, and he shouted with red eyes:

Otherwise, die!

At this time, no matter how stupid Tony was, he realized that something very beneficial to him had happened. The wise man immediately put on a look that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he said:

Then kill me, I can't finish it in ten minutes!

you!!!

Mandarin really wanted to kill Tony at this moment, but the plan had reached this point, and it would be too difficult for him to give up.

Snapped

He threw Tony on the ground, pressed his fingers on Tony's chest, and the cyan energy lingered, and he said to Tony:

You only have 25 minutes... After 25 minutes, your heart will stop beating, and no one can save you! Tony Stark, if I die, you will die, and if you die, it means nothing to me. It was just a small failure, and I have many chances to do something like this.

And Potts, if you dare to play tricks, I assure you, the woman you love will live a 'happy' life under the care of many men for the rest of her life!

There was an undisguised coldness in Mandarin's eyes, and he said:

Go about your business.

After finishing speaking, he disappeared into the smart tower, and Tony clenched his fists. He stood in front of the console, as if he had surrendered again. After 2 minutes, he looked left and right, and then guarded the door. The two thugs in the room shouted:

You two, come here and do me a favor.

Thirty seconds later, under the smart tower, Torbjörn, who was replacing the energy center of the smart tower, suddenly heard a call from the communicator:

Toby! Come up with the reactor! Quick!

Tony? Damn, only friends can call me Toby... And, this reactor, shouldn't it be...

The short old engineer was a little puzzled, but was soon interrupted by Tony, and the playboy shouted weakly:

That's not for smart towers at all, that's just a lie to laymen, hell, did your brain get kicked by a donkey, the two models don't match at all, bring it up... quick, I can't stand it Living.

Torbjörn immediately grabbed the palm-sized, shining blue, crystal-like beautiful reactor, and rushed into the control room after a few minutes, only to see two dead bodies lying on the ground of the control room. corpse.

And Tony was leaning against the edge of the room, clutching his stomach, he was stabbed, luckily, the AI ​​builder of the smart tower has been restarted, and a drone healing robot is treating Tony's wound.

Bring it here and do me a favor.

Tony beckoned to Torbion, he opened his shirt, pointed to the position of the heart, where a strange light was shining, Tony said to the old engineer:

I have already set the order that the builder will help me perform a heart operation, but the energy left by the mandarin is weird, and I need a high-power burst of energy to destroy the energy that wraps my heart...I just Less than 15 minutes left, Toby.

You're crazy!

The old engineer screamed:

Burst of energy over your heart, that will tear your heart apart, and you will die!

No, I will not!

Tony gritted his teeth and pointed to the console:

I've already calculated the most accurate burst frequency, which would put me on the brink of death, but it only takes one super-powerful electric shock, and I'll come back to life, and get rid of that demon completely...

I also added some new things to the builder's crafting program, but I need you to help me finish it, you are a weapon designer, right? Then help me finish the one that is used to deal with the mandalin Weapon design.

Torbion immediately ran to the console, he looked at the data Tony had written before, and after a while, he let out a wild laugh:

Haha, you are not changing the thinking module of the artificial intelligence at all, you are designing a set of weapons...Damn it, I almost thought you gave in, it's really you, Tony.

Ha ha.

Tony, who had only 15 minutes left in his life, also let out a hearty laugh. He sarcastically said:

Idiots should read more books. Unfortunately, idiots like Mandarin don't understand this truth. They don't know what I'm doing. They just see a bunch of data beating. This is the power of wisdom, a power they will never understand. ..Toby, I'm going to have an operation, I'll leave the rest to you, I promise I will help you save your daughter, I promise.

Wait, Tony.

Torbion looked back at Tony, who was lying on the ground, letting three medical drones perform heart surgery on him, and he said:

You're going to put a reactor in your body? Hell, that has palladium in it, and that's deadly...you're going to get infected.

It's out of my control now, Toby.

Tony gritted his teeth and said:

This is our last chance.

But there's your woman, that Potts chick, isn't she still being...

Torbion asked again, and then he heard Tony's deep voice:

No, Potts and Happy must have been rescued, Mandarin is just bluffing!

Although I hate Merlin...But I have to admit that if I had to choose between Mandarin and Merlin, I would choose to believe in Merlin 100%...Ah, only when I am so desperate, I Only then did I realize why so many people choose to follow that annoying guy.

With his support behind you, it's really reassuring...

Go, Toby, finish my design, and wish me life.

Tony closed his eyes, and a drone injected him with general anesthesia. Under the control of the artificial intelligence builder of the smart tower, the other two drones cut Tony's chest with a laser knife. Strange things, put into Tony's body.

On the other side, Torbjörn was sitting on the suspension chair, and his only five fingers were typing on the keyboard quickly. On the projection in front of his eyes, a set of weapon systems of a slightly weird intelligent combat armor was being completed. , some conservative designs were also abandoned by Torbjörn in favor of more powerful weapon systems.

No one is worried that this design cannot be realized...

Please, these two self-help guys are now in the most sophisticated manufacturing workshop in the world. As long as their wisdom can keep up, the smart tower will make weapons for them that can destroy the world...

Although it was not designed for this purpose.

This dwarf-like engineer gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of stubbornness and madness.

Little Brigitte, I promised your mother...I'll take care of you, I will...

Wait for me, daughter, Dad will save you soon!

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On the other side, on the island in the Atlantic Ocean, the gloomy mandarin tearing space appeared on the sea in front of Merlin's eyes. He watched Merlin wearing a windbreaker constantly hitting his lightning ring with a long sword.

Sparks flew like a smithy.

This is the first real meeting between the two, although they have fought against each other several years ago.

That time, Merlin lost and almost died, but he still bit Mandarin hard back, causing him pain until now.

Oh, the guests are here.

Merlin moved his wrist, raised his head, and showed a gentle smile to Mandarin, he said:

I know that when we are faced with two difficult choices, many of us like to flip a coin, and that is really the best way to decide, not because the coin will give us the right answer, but the moment the coin flies into the sky, We'll know what we really want.

Looks like you just tossed your own coin, Mister Mandarin, unfortunately, you made a wrong choice...

But it's not surprising, because there's no way to make sense to you speculators, you will go crazy and try to take every opportunity, like an addiction. You lose, Mandarin, your plan goes bankrupt gone.

I think I can take both.

Mandarin raised his ten fingers, and the power of the Nine Commandments became active. He looked at Merlin, and he said sharply:

I will win, on both battlefields, I will!

Oh, then you may have underestimated Tony Stark.

Merlin swung his sword, not caring for the power of the Mandarin's call, and said:

That guy who is not likable, but has the wisdom to change the world, will definitely surprise you in a while, but I suspect you may not see it... Hehe, now, please wait a moment , I have to do one last thing now, you see, this ring is crying, maybe the next heavy blow will make it shatter.

Say goodbye to your baby.

Amidst the evil chuckle, Merlin's long sword slammed down, the power gathered by the mandalin, storm, gravity, flame, mind, ice, shadow, light beam, electromagnetic field, and even mysterious material recombination, all these complicated And the chaotic energy also gathered together, and smashed towards Merlin amidst the Mandarin's roar.

boom

The terrifying energy collision caused the sea to groan at this moment. During the collision of energies that could melt everything, Merlin was repelled a few steps, but his long sword was only a few steps away from the nearly shattered lightning ring. less than an inch away.

Snapped

At the moment when the long sword fell, Mandarin's fingers held his last ring, and the ten rings became one again, and the scars that had been cut on the ring also began to recover quickly.

However, at this moment, Mandarin saw the smile on the corner of Merlin's mouth.

Trap complete...prey caught.

hum

The only magic on the Lightning Ring was activated at this moment, and Mandarin felt an invisible hook ruthlessly hooked on his navel, so quickly that he had no time to react, and the next moment, he was thrown into the Into a space shining with magical light.

He began to fall rapidly, but relying on the integrity of the Ten Commandments and his own strength, he landed firmly on the ground in this strange land. In front of his eyes, Merlin was floating in the sky, and behind him was an endless expanse of dark red The earth is a red desert, so desolate that it doesn't look like the world.

Well, this is indeed not a human world.

Merlin's windbreaker swayed in the air like open wings, he took out a golden warhammer from his pocket, and in the beating of the strange purple lightning, he opened his arms towards the mandarin, as if Welcome guests as well.

Welcome to hell...

friend.