[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

Everyone around you, yes, everyone.They will always leave you.

Maybe that person is your friend, ordinary friend, colleague, you see him every day, but suddenly one day, he disappears.gone.Maybe you know where he went, maybe you don't, but in the end he never showed up again.Maybe, that person is your lover, you love him very, very much.It is your relatives.One day, he went out as usual, but never came back.Maybe, that person, you only know him for a few days, a few weeks, but these days, a few weeks seem as long as 50 years.And you know, without him these days, you probably wouldn't be able to survive at all.

You don't know how he survived alone before you showed up.You think he is much, much stronger than you.In those short few days, you regarded him as a close friend who shared weal and woe—in fact, you were a relationship who shared weal and woe—you hoped that one day, you would be able to do something for him, just as he once and for all You dragged out of the abyss, and encouraged you who had lost your soul time and time again.But when you are finally, finally able to give him the gift he has longed for, you realize that you were wrong.

Everything is wrong.He is not as strong as you think.

"No no...Ethan...you can't die, you still have to see your wife and children, right? You can't die..."

"Yeah, Tony, I'm going to see them now..."

At this time, you find that all his strength and hope are not for himself.All to save you.And he himself was already dead and had nothing to love.At this time, you find that he can't hold on anymore until he meets you.He looks into your eyes, at you, hopeless, decadent, and realizes that you have something that he can't have.You have family, you have friends, and you have the power to change the world.He knows that this land is cruel and realistic, because the universe is a dark place.He knew that he had no attachment to this world anymore, and he knew that maybe...he could bring a little light into this dark space.

And that light is you.

"Stop wasting your life, Tony..."

You are the light of this world.You are gifted, qualified, and ambitious.You are one of the few who can change the world.My body, which has already fallen into the quagmire and cannot extricate itself, before going to heaven to meet my love, at least I can replace the God who watched coldly and save you.And you...and you, Tony Stark, you will return to that dark land instead of me, and then bring light to everyone.Because you are Tony Stark, your existence is to bring hope to this world.

Look at this cool gray armor, this incredible workmanship.Who else could make something like this in a dilapidated cave?You're going to bring light to the world, Tony, you're going to do it.That's what your father did.He has done so many great things, and you, you may be greater than him.

Stop wasting your life.Stop wasting your talents.The world needs you.Don't let ordinary people like me become desperate again.Give them hope, give them light, you can do it.Sure.

"No... Ethan... Yi..."

No longer able to feel the pain in his body, Ethan saw a person in a trance.She had black wings and looked at herself with a gentle, benevolent smile.She was dressed in black, so dignified and beautiful.Ethan has never met her, but somehow knows who she is.

"Are you ready?" Her voice was soft and sweet, soothing and calming.

"Yes, I'm...ready. Take me...to meet my child, to meet my wife..." Ethan didn't know if he really made a sound, but that person did hear it own answer.The smile on her face grew deeper and more satisfied.She walked up to Ethan, and gave him a kiss.

"..." When Alex ran in, he realized that he might have arrived a bit late, but the situation outside was not very good, "We should go."

"..." Stark didn't say anything immediately, he looked at Ethan who was lying on the ground and died quietly, and felt his heart throbbing faintly, "He wanted to save me. Everything was done to save me."

Alex didn't know how to answer.He did not understand this affection between human beings.Never felt it either.He looked at Dr. Ethan's body, which was riddled with bullet holes.Was it to cover Stark?To delay time for him?Or... no, it doesn't matter anymore.Humans are such fragile creatures, and they know this very well, but some people will always use their fragile bodies to protect others for reasons that Alex doesn't understand.

"Let's go."

Stark's voice brought Alex back to his senses. He was now wearing a bulky armor-it looked like he was in a huge iron tank-the armor looked very heavy, and ordinary people even entered it It should not be able to move normally.So it shouldn't be simply a layer of iron sheeting.Before he had time to think about the knowledge of mechanical engineering, Alex took the lead to the cave entrance. The terrorists outside tried their best to prevent Stark from escaping, but it has to be said that the armor made by Stark Works better than it looks, but—

"Is that a tank?!" Stark sighed as he looked at something approaching not far away.

"Um, it looks like it is." Alex said calmly, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"What does it look like! This armor doesn't have that high sensitivity, and it doesn't have that much energy. If it is shot, it will probably fall apart!"

"I'll distract the tank. Then you run away. Leave me alone."

"what?!"

no.Not again.I don't know Alex very well, but...don't do that again.Don't let anyone die because of you!Stark stopped Alex immediately: "Are you kidding?! That's a tank! Do you know what a tank is?!"

"Of course I know what a tank is, and it's coming now." Alex emphasized so much, and was about to walk towards the tank, "Okay, run away quickly. Don't die."

"No, wait!!"

"What's the matter?! Let's go! There's no time!"

"You promise you won't die!!"

"..." I don't want to say such things to you! !Alex stared into Stark's eyes behind his armored mask, and said, "Come on... I don't die that easily."

"You promise!"

"Uh... don't you think it's disgusting?!"

Completely... no energy.Stark scrambled out of his armor sunken deep in the sand.The sky is full of yellow sand.In a place like the desert, I never thought that the desert was so frightening, and I never thought that I was so small and vulnerable.Now that I think about it, the photo of myself defying the earth on the cover of the magazine is really full of irony.Ah, damn it, it sinks in as soon as you step on it.Stark kicked his leg out of the sand hard, and then moved forward little by little.

That S.H.I.E.L.D. guy... isn't going to die, is he?No matter how you think about it, how can he deal with tanks by himself?He covered himself so that he could escape. Is he... a person who died because of himself?Stark tried not to think about it, he walked forward a little bit, and had to stop for a while after a few steps, he felt a pain in his throat, as if it was split.He could barely breathe, and he thought it might be a problem with his heart.He raised his hand and touched his glowing chest, discarded the bulky car battery, and used the Ark reactor instead to absorb the shrapnel that could kill him. At the same time, this small reactor can also provide enough energy to make himself Drive a bulky armor.

"……what……?"

Still walking forward with difficulty, Stark heard something behind him, like... a car?Damn, are you chasing me?What to do... to hide, to...

"Hey."

"what?"

"Get in the car." Alex, who was in the driver's seat, gestured to Stark, who was looking at him with a complicated expression in front of the broken car without a roof, "Or do you still want to get in the car?" Go here by yourself."

No!Of course not! !Stark came back to his senses and immediately climbed into the car: "You, you are not dead? Wait, this is not my hallucination due to the high temperature and despair in the desert?!"

"If I punch you, you'll know if I'm hallucinating."

"Oh thank God..."

"What? I got you out and you only thank God?!"

"Ah no, it's just an interjection... Ah, by the way, I don't know your name yet."

"Zeus."

"what?"

"Shut up."