[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

After tossing for a while, Tony and Nick Fury reached a consensus: the motherboard of the Flame Queen is still on Tony's side, but S.H.I.E.L.D.

The database brought back by el company—after all, the former guardian of this database was the Flame Queen. In theory, u

The experimenters, engineers, and even the company's highest authority are not as familiar with the database as the Flame Queen.

Not to mention that her AI processing ability is far superior to that of humans.

Nick Fury, who barely achieved the intended goal, left with a special permission key: the Flame Queen can connect to S.H.I.E.L.D. through the key, and her motherboard is still on Tony's side.

After sending those two away, Iron Man let out a long sigh of relief, and collapsed on the sofa, perfectly explaining what "Tony's paralysis" is.

"Are you okay?" Bucky walked over and pressed the bottom of the can of beer he just took out of the refrigerator to Tony's forehead.

"Me?" Tony said without hesitation, "Of course, I'm fine."

A child's self-esteem (?), Bucky expressed understanding: "Okay, so now you can tell me what's going on?"

"What's going on? I don't know!" Tony denied.

"Tony, I don't think you're going to call me back for an AI."

"I think the name of S.H.I.E.L.D. is enough..."

"No, you never turn to other people for help because of your own incompetence—a word that is rarely associated with you." Bucky pointed this out calmly, "You just try to solve it by yourself, Never turn around and ask me for help, even if you know I'm standing by the side."

Tony: "..."

Dear Uncle Bucky, you don't have to know me so well...

However, he couldn't say that, so Iron Man stood up silently, not forgetting to tell his AI smart butler: "Jarvis, I don't accept anyone's visits for the time being. If Miss Potts calls me , just tell her that my research is at the most critical time until I declare the end of martial law."

"Yes, sir."

Bucky next to him slowly frowned, he had an intuition that something very important had happened, otherwise Tony would never have been so cautious with his character.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility: "...Tony, don't tell me you are in u

There is more than one flame queen in the beehive of El company! "

The ex-Howling Commandos couldn't resist emphasizing the syllables.

Ahead, Tony, who had just opened a room with his own iris, turned around and said, "ofursenot!"

Under Bucky's distrustful gaze, he slowly added: "...one"

ofursenotone (of course, more than one).

Bucky: ... Howard, Maria, take care of your sons!

It's a pity that the Starks couldn't hear the voices of their best friends for many years, so Bucky could only follow Tony into the room that was heavily encrypted and no one was allowed to enter without Tony's permission, and he had to listen to the people who walked in front. Said in a nonchalant tone: "Actually, besides the Flame Queen little girl, there is another little girl."

As he spoke, he moved away so that the man who followed him could clearly see the girl lying on the bed.

She looked only twelve or thirteen years old, her skin was as pale as a sunless one, and her hair was very long and wavy white, spreading from the pillow all the way to the invisible quilt.If it weren't for the light pink on the lips, some people would even suspect that this is a statue made of ice and snow.

Tony watched Bucky's expression nervously. He wasn't sure if their lost memory had anything to do with seeing Alex himself—if not?If he himself just recovered his memory at that time, Bucky and others will ask him "who is this", how should he answer?

he does not know.

There is a big difference between being told by others and being remembered by oneself.

At least for Tony, he didn't want to be the one to tell Bucky the memories they had lost for more than 20 years.

There was no emotion on Bucky's face - he seemed to have lost all expression all of a sudden.

The slight sound of the mechanical arm working caught Tony's attention.

Under normal circumstances, Bucky's mechanical arm will not make a sound, only when the output power reaches a certain level, there will be the sound of the bearing rotating to improve efficiency - Tony looked in the direction of the sound and found that The fist of that mechanical arm has been clenched together unconsciously.

"Bucky, are you okay?" It was Tony's turn to ask this time, and he was a little worried if the excitement was too much: think about it, Uncle Bucky is already in his 90s (although it looks like he's only in his 20s on the outside) Young), the old man’s sudden cerebral hemorrhage is not a joke, maybe he should ask Jarvis to prepare for vital signs monitoring and emergency procedures...

"...Thank you for caring about my body so much, but I don't think I need it."

Tony: "..."

He looks at Bucky and belatedly realizes, "Did I say it?"

"Yes." Bucky said.

Being interrupted by Tony, most of the extremely complicated mood just now disappeared. Bucky took a deep breath and calmed down: "Alex... her body..."

He wanted to ask how the situation was, but couldn't ask.

The sealed memories have all returned. He remembered that the last child told him that he would unfreeze and come back after 20 years of freezing...

Now, it is the summer of 2012.

He suddenly felt a little scared. Alexia Ashford, who was only 3 days away from unblocking, finally turned into such a terrifying monster. What about Alexia?

When did Tony unblock Alex?What if it's not 20 years old...

"Do I look like someone who doesn't know anything and does it rashly?" Tony yelled dissatisfiedly, "When I found that Alex still had a heartbeat and vital signs in the freezer, I knew that things were not simple, not to mention u

The things el researches are so dangerous, am I the kind of person who doesn't read the instructions carefully before doing it? "

——Anthony Stark's proud wisdom made him not act rashly after he suddenly recovered his memory, but immediately asked the Flame Queen about the frozen girl's information:

The el company has frozen it, and seeing the security sign at the entrance, it is not "refrigerated and stored later", so there is only one explanation for staying here.

They need people in here.

contact u

Regarding El's behavior in this base, Tony chose very carefully to obtain information about the frozen people from the Flame Queen first.

"In 2008, u

The el company found her in Greenland. At that time, she was frozen in a huge ice cone ten meters high and more than six meters in diameter. She was in an ultra-low temperature sleeping state, and her vital signs were weak but stable.at u

Shortly after the el company transported her back to the 'hive', the researchers discovered that the outer layer of ice that they could not melt began to gradually melt.Before she fully awakens from her cryogenic slumber, u

The blood sample collected from her by el company showed that she had perfectly integrated the Veronica virus. "

This is great news - for Bucky, as well as for u

The same is true for the El company. They have been studying for so long and want to use the "sun ladder" to complete the evolution of human beings, and there is such a nearly completed "evolution sample" in front of them.

"So u

The el company calls her 'alexia' (Alexia), named after the inventor of the Veronica virus - I'm sure you still remember the name. "

Bucky nodded, of course he won't forget the monster that almost killed him.

If it weren't for the three-day difference, he really couldn't guarantee that he would be undefeated against Alexia who was in perfect condition.

"But...in case of accidents, u

El company chose to freeze her again. Tony looked at Bucky and shrugged, "The Veronica virus is very powerful, and they must not release her until they find a way to effectively control this 'weapon'. "

Bucky scowled.

How similar this experience sounds.

Right, Winter Soldier?

"Soon they discovered that even though they recreated the ultra-low temperature sleeping environment, the vital signs of the frozen person were getting stronger step by step, which indicated that she was about to wake up.u

The researchers of el company believe that the Veronica virus has brought her stronger vitality. Without the main cause of internal assimilation virus, the ultra-low temperature environment can no longer make her fall asleep. "Tony recalled the information he got from the Flame Queen, and took a deep breath to suppress the rising anger, "According to this, u

A doctor from el company put forward a point of view——

"In this case, why not let her continue to assimilate the virus, so that she can continue to be in a state of frozen sleep?"

Tony heard a strange noise, and he stopped talking to look at Bucky - or should I say, the Winter Soldier.

The latter's face was icy cold only in the Winter Soldier state.

In his steel arms, the bed rails made of fine steel were foamed out like plasticine.

Tony refused to think about how much power it would take.

Without hearing the following, Bucky suppressed his anger: "Then?"

Tony took a breath: "So, in order to keep her asleep...they injected her with the 'sun ladder'."

As expected by those researchers, the emergence of the "solar ladder", the ancestor virus, reappeared the assimilation action that had stopped, and the vital signs that had begun to gradually strengthen became weak again—but prolonged.

El company took the opportunity to create an ultra-low temperature sleeping environment, allowing her to fall into a deep sleep again.

But this time, under their control, they finally had the first-hand information of cell fusion. The progress that had been stagnated or even regressed due to the catastrophe 20 years ago had a breakthrough like flying.

Until it attracts the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D.