infinite hero

Now that you have decided to look for the goddess of death, you have to make some preparations first.

As soon as he returned to Earth, Tony started his spaceship manufacturing business—think about it, a set of armor is not enough for a war, so can you expect to go to the Andromeda Nebula or the Large Magellanic Cloud?Died on the way!

Sid is in charge of all external affairs.Part of the company was formally handed over to Pepper, and Tony's other identities were also entrusted to him to properly resolve. For example, the special director of MIT must ask for leave at this time, and it is indefinite.

Theoretically speaking, this trip is doomed to be a disaster.

First of all, they have never left the earth to fight, and their knowledge of outer galaxies is very limited.Frigg told them some, but only some.Except for the most critical goals, other details are up to them.

Next, the issue of time also needs to be considered.If they don't go, or if they hesitate too long, some cosmic villain will find himself.Yes, they defeated the Chitauri and the Dark Elves, but the price they paid was also terrible; seriously, with the backward technology level of the earth, can it resist those powerful threats that come uninvited?

Finally, and most obviously, is the danger of the target.The goddess of death is the embodiment of the concept of death: she rules over all deaths, coming and going without a trace.

No one knows her whereabouts, she could be anywhere.It's going to be a lot of trouble finding her, but luckily they have the Soul Stone.As long as they follow the undead all the way, they will not lose their way in the vast universe.

In summary, even if they know the future is difficult, they still have to go.

At this time, it is actually more appropriate to resign.But Tony refused to do it.On the one hand, he loves to put honorary titles before his name; on the other hand, he thinks it is simply a hint that they themselves have no confidence.

"If we don't believe in ourselves, we're doomed!" Tony insisted. "We've got to make things look like we could come back anytime!"

Sid never competed with Tony on this. "Then how likely do you think we are to succeed?" He asked casually.

"About... 12.00%?"

Hearing this kind of answer, even Sid had to give his brother a squint. "That's basically nothing." He pouted.

Tony could hear a bit of reluctance, and immediately called out: "Don't think about you going alone!" According to Sid's usual temperament, he really didn't doubt that Sid might do it!

"No, no, of course not." Sid raised both hands cooperatively, expressing his innocence. "No matter what the probability of success is, I know that if I do this, the probability will become negative infinite." It's strange that Tony didn't kill him!

Tony let out a grunt of grudging satisfaction through his nose. "As long as you know."

At this point, the two people standing side by side in front of the spaceship prototype exchanged a kiss.When they parted, Sid commented: "I tasted a smell of motor oil... You didn't accidentally touch something strange?"

"A little bit of heavy hydrocarbons won't hurt your body." Tony insisted.

The two stared at each other for two seconds.Immediately afterwards, Sid took the initiative to stick to her and kissed her more deeply.

It was Jarvis who interrupted the situation.While he doesn't like doing it every time, he genuinely thinks it's better to be interrupted by him than by someone else. "Sir, Dr. Richard and Dr. Banner would like to see you."

"...what?" Tony murmured, irritated at being separated from Sid. "What's up with them?"

"I think this is probably obvious." Before Jarvis could answer, Sid pointed to the skeleton of the spaceship next to them, "You can't possibly want to go on a space adventure for no reason, right?"

The spaceship is a huge thing, and Tony wants to be the best in everything.Even if others don't know what Tony is going to build, they can guess one or two from the huge amount of raw materials used.

Tony had apparently thought of this himself. "What," he complained in a low voice, "I just want to get some strong metal for the shell..."

"Is it the kind of metal you used to replace the steel bars of the Avengers Building?" Sid asked curiously. He vaguely remembered Tony mentioned before, invincible or something.

"Edman alloy is one of the top secrets of the U.S. military," Tony replied bluntly this time, "I saw it in the Pentagon's database, and I was very interested, so I copied some."

Is it that simple?You must know that the original Edman alloy is the raw material for making vibration gold (the material of Captain America's shield); due to the great chance of the first success, its manufacturing method has been a world problem for more than half a century.Therefore, even if Tony is a genius, it is impossible to manufacture or imitate Adamantium alloy in a short period of time!

Sid's raised eyebrows fully expressed his doubts.

"Okay, okay, I have my father's research materials in my hand, and I also consulted Dr. Pim about it. Are you satisfied with the answer?" Tony was very upset when he failed to be handsome.

Dr. Hank Pym is a biologist and an expert in Vibranium research.But this is not the point, the point is that because of Zhenjin's incomparable hard and anti-seismic properties, many people want to get it.It is no exaggeration to say that this thing does have the potential to start a new war!

Thinking of this, Sid raised both eyebrows. "I now feel that it is safer for us to go to the goddess of death."

Otherwise, if you stay on the earth, who knows what else Tony can do?How much trouble would it be if the military knew that Tony had obtained the Adamantium formula and successfully copied it!If the villain knows, it's even trickier!

"You're being overly cautious again." Tony rolled his eyes indecently. "Then let them come in," he raised his voice to order the electronic butler, "it just so happens that I have something to tell them."

Whether it was Reed or Bruce, they already knew more or less about the spaceship before coming here.

"This is an outer space spacecraft," Reed, who is an astronomer and astronaut by profession, immediately saw the clue, "and it is obviously prepared for long-distance journeys." He said while looking at the design of the cabin part , "Are you suddenly interested in exploring the universe?"

"Probably." Tony said noncommittally. "Since you are an expert in this area, I would appreciate any suggestions for improvement."

Reed and Bruce exchange a knowing glance.

"You sound like you're going to have to do this anyway?" Bruce asked with certainty.

Tony nodded of course. "If it were someone else, I wouldn't tell them. But you," he pretended to spread his hands helplessly, "you must have known it the moment you saw the spaceship, right?"

"If you're saying that you're going to take an unknown risk, possibly death, then I can see it." Reed disagreed.

He doesn't usually put it this heavily, but Tony's never been in space before, and his preparations are just these days, so it's too hasty.In space travel, the slightest mistake can lead to death; you know, the accident that caused the Fantastic Four was simply because he miscalculated a formula for gamma storm!

Tony didn't answer, just looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, as if he suddenly became very interested in a certain robot arm.

Sid on one side hurriedly smoothed things over. "We have our reasons."

"What's the reason, as for doing this?" Bruce asked back.His tone was exactly the same as Reed's, as if the two had communicated in advance.

Sid looked at Tony and felt that the other party's attitude should be inclined to let him explain this complicated matter. "If you can imagine..."

He sighed, and then gave a general statement about the dark elves and Asgard.But he didn't spend time on the detailed description of the Infinity Stones, because his own knowledge of the Infinity Stones is not deep enough.

Anyway, from what Reed and Bruce heard, it was Sid and Tony working together to solve a big problem in another world (thank God, it didn't reach Earth), but this problem has serious follow-up problems to deal with.

"So, your reason is to prevent other people in the universe from coming to you because of the ether?" Bruce felt that he summed it up correctly, although he, like Tony, did not understand how the ether works.

Sid nodded. "In view of the fact that we have a big war breaking out in Walter Alheim, I think it is impossible for this to go unnoticed." The implication is that if you hesitate, it will be too late.

"That's not what we thought before we came here." The expression on Reed's face changed, and he finally froze in helplessness—he believed that Sid didn't need to deceive him, and he couldn't think of any other, better way to deal with it. "We thought that Tony probably just wanted to study a new armor or something? The worst possibility is just a new weapon?"

"Whether it's armor or weapons, I do need them all, you are right." Tony nodded and added, "A new series of outer space armor needs to be developed! Of course weapons are also necessary!"

He raised his voice and seemed confident in himself, but there was a moment of silence in the lab.

"You're leaving Earth, yes; but where are you going?" Bruce said first. "After you leave, can we still get in touch?"

"I'm developing a new band transceiver." Tony continued to nod, "If successful, its propagation speed will be thousands of times faster than the speed of light!" Before, Sid had cooperated with him to develop a mind converter; As long as the same technology is slightly changed, then, even if they are millions of light years away, the news can be sent back and forth in the fastest time!

Bruce frowned.He heard that the technical difficulty of this instrument was far beyond the actual technological level, and he couldn't imagine how it would be successful.But since Tony made such a promise, is there a reason he doesn't know? "Does the transceiver stay here?"

"Must stay in the Avengers Tower." Tony confirmed. "If I couldn't get news from Earth in space, I'd be bored to death."

"So, where?" Reed caught on to Tony's unanswered question. "It sounds like you're going somewhere thousands of light-years from Earth?"

According to the speed of their current aircraft, the astronauts will be old and dead before they fly!Even if the speed of the aircraft can reach the speed of light, or even exceed the speed of light—that is, jump out of the scope of the theory of relativity—it will take a very long time!

"If the shell of our spaceship is indestructible, then we can try wormholes." This time Sid explained, because he received Tony's sight.

Now both Reed and Bruce understood why Tony had to use Adamantium.If there is anything on earth that can resist the huge and twisted gravity in a wormhole, it is probably the only one.

"It's too risky." Reed still had this conclusion in the end.

According to this inference, Sid and Tony's space travel is really close to no return-any accident on the way can be fatal, and the enemy they will face is extremely powerful!

"Don't worry," Sid said. "We're just trying to talk about it at a level we can understand. Remember, we have ether? It's a great unknown danger, but before that crisis comes , we can try to use it well, protecting ourselves should not be a problem."

Reed and Bruce exchanged another look.In this case, they have to be convinced even if they are not persuaded—when the ether cannot be destroyed, and there is no guarantee that it will not be taken away, sending away the ether is indeed the best choice.This is done for the sake of the entire planet and is completely irrefutable.

"Okay, I understand." Reed nodded, and at the same time began to roll up his sleeves to help, "Anyway, I have been in space a few times, so I should be more experienced than you."

Tony being compared is rarely angry. "You should have said that earlier!"

"What about you two?" And Bruce was now concerned with another question. "I mean, wouldn't it be safer to have a few more?"

"You know very well that no matter how many people there are in the situation of disparity in power, they cannot be safer." Tony shook his head slightly. "But it doesn't matter, I have something for you to do."

With such a tone, if it was someone else, he would have beaten Tony a long time ago.But Bruce can be considered good-tempered at ordinary times, and the situation is urgent, so he only asked: "What?"

Tony pointed up with one finger. "The Avengers Tower," he said, "as the sole tenant at the moment, I feel you have an obligation to look after it. Jarvis will always be there, but the Tower still needs an owner." Say, let everyone else in the Avengers live in!They're going to send off the ether, yes, but the ether isn't the only threat to Earth!

Bruce was first surprised, then laughed. "Let Hulk be the housekeeper, you can really do it! I declare in advance that I will not be responsible for the damage cost."

"I know you won't let it break easily." Tony grinned, "Don't think I don't know, you put four large wooden shelves in the room, full of crystal trinkets!"

Sid had been listening in, and he couldn't help interjecting: "Why don't I know this?"

"Obviously, someone has done something disgraceful!" Bruce said, looking deliberately annoyed.

Tony couldn't help laughing. "It's okay, when we come back, you can have alien breakables as your new collection!"

Thus, the four of them began intensive preparations.With the addition of two doctors, the process of this matter has been accelerated a lot.

And while they were busy, the earth was still turning.Most people don't know anything about the big war that Sid and Tony went through, and they think life is very peaceful.That's exactly what the Avengers want to see, but some others don't.

"Oh, this place is not bad." Arriving at the final destination after hundreds of meters of winding tunnels, Loki expressed his satisfaction with what he saw.

This was probably a kind of appreciation, but Doctor Doom could only hear the reluctance in the words.It's just that his current face is a solid hard mask, and he can't even do such a simple frown. "My pleasure." He replied, his tone dry.

But Loki didn't care.In fact, as soon as he entered, he was distracted by the large glass jars placed side by side. "There's something magical in it," he said researchingly, looking closely at the emerald green, bubbling liquid. "It looks like a giant lizard?"

"Maybe it's a lizard." Doctor Doom replied, he was happy to explain the source of his loot, "I caught him in a tunnel, and then I found some documents. From those documents, this lizard should be It's a person."

If it had been someone else, it would have been likely to ask who it was next, but Loki didn't care at all. "What did he do to himself to become like this?"

"Shot some lizard venom, I think."

Loki understood. "You took a fancy to his serum?"

If Dr. Doom had some complaints about Loki's uninvited visit before, now he has also swept away this resentment. "I thought you were not good at this." He was surprised.Norse gods or something, do you really know what serum is?

"Since we need to cooperate, then I have to spend some time to understand the necessary knowledge, don't I?" Loki straightened up from the glass jar, with a usual smile on his face.

Doctor Doom nodded.He realized now that Loki was a difficult character; if he did what he had hoped (and go it alone without Loki), it might make things more difficult. "Then let's stop talking nonsense," he asked directly, "what are you going to do this time?"

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot." Loki said, while spreading out a hand, "This is a greeting gift, I hope you like it." On the palm of his hand lay a small piece of silver-white metal.

Doctor Doom had never seen it before, but that didn't affect his judgment. "...Alloy?" He used the manipulator to pick up the metal block, and put it in front of his eyes for inspection, "It's very hard... Could it be Edman alloy?"

"It seems to be called that." Loki affirmed. "There is still some unknown energy on it, I think it should be to your appetite."

"Unknown energy?" Doctor Doom repeated.He didn't care how Loki got the adamantium - it was definitely illegal anyway - he only cared about what it was used for. "sounds good."

The smile on Loki's face got bigger. "Last time was tight, and the greetings were rushed, so I made up for it this time." Speaking of the last time, his gaze turned and fell on the small blue cube that was still floating in mid-air.

Doctor Doom managed to take his eyes off the Adamantium Alloy, looked in the direction of Loki's attention, and immediately couldn't help complaining: "Sometimes it seems to hear a little sound, but it can't see the sound on the opposite side. situation!"

Loki nodded. "I can't see it either."

"What..." Doctor Doom was shocked.He thought that if he couldn't see it, it was Loki who was showing off his mysteries, but Loki couldn't even see it? "Who the hell was I talking to before that?!"

"Don't be nervous," Loki's tone was still soft. "It will never be any of your mortal enemies, I promise. If you fight harder, they can become one of our strongest allies."

Doctor Doom finally heard something.The people Loki wants to unite with are far more than he knows! "If you can't even see people, how can you fight for it?"

"That's exactly what I'm going to do next," Loki replied, "I'll find them, I'll convince them. We need a front, an alliance..." His voice was getting lower and lower, like the devil's whisper. "If our enemies are united, we must be united too!"

This, Doctor Doom realized, was the part he lacked.His worst enemies are the Fantastic Four, but the Fantastic Four already have some kind of connection with the Avengers.He did wish he could beat them himself, but he had to admit that it would be easier if he had allies on his side.

"That's right. What do you need me to do?" He asked in a deep voice, deciding to try Loki's proposal.

"Do whatever you like." Loki heard the meaning, and his tone became even more bewitching, "As long as your own safety is guaranteed, the bigger the trouble, the better!" It's better to be big enough to alarm Asgard Germany, hold Thor, it will be more conducive to his actions!

This request was simply too much for Dr. Doom's appetite, and he nodded without hesitation. "That is to say, when you come back next time, you will bring our new allies? Will we be stronger?"

"Without a doubt," Loki assured.He looked down at his empty right hand, a flash of hatred flashed in his eyes, "And my weapon!"

No third person knows what happened deep underground.

As for the new spaceship, everything is going well.Tony designed the general skeleton of the spaceship, and Reed put forward practical and constructive suggestions on this basis; not to mention, in terms of cosmic ray protection, there is no one more professional than Bruce.In this way, they quickly built the spacecraft and the booster rocket it needed.In the spacecraft, apart from the necessities of life, there is also Tony's laboratory.

"Time is limited, so I'll take the rest of the work with me," Tony told Bruce before the launch. "We'll keep in touch anyway."

"I understand." Bruce nodded, and couldn't help but ask again: "Aren't you going to wait for the captain to come back?"

Although this matter should not be publicized, the Avengers still need to be notified.Natasha and Hawkeye already knew, but they couldn't help much; as for Steve, he had traveled to Australia by himself and was now on his way back.

"Not really necessary." Tony shrugged. "And I'm afraid we won't be able to leave once he's back. You know, it's always harder to convince an old Popsicle."

Tony intended to make a joke and relax the atmosphere, but when he parted, he could only make the atmosphere colder.

Bruce stared at Tony, and shook his hand somewhat heavily. "Take care of yourself."

"Take care." Reed also couldn't find anything else to say.They watched as Sid and Tony put on their helmets and walked into the landing module, the white slats slowly closing behind them—

Will they really meet again one day?