[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

The future of this world...the future of humanity is destruction.

If someone had said this to Tony Stark a year ago, he would have felt that that person had something wrong with his brain, maybe it was some kind of antisocial personality or mental disorder, or it might be a stress response created by life .

But now, he has accepted this fact well.

Stephen Strange’s master, Master Ancient One’s metaphor is very vivid: the world is like a train running toward the abyss without hesitation, annihilation and end are its destined end, and all human beings are passengers on the train.And the responsibility of you and me is to turn the switch at those key nodes, so that the train can go in another direction in a short time, delaying the time it travels toward the future of destruction.

It seems unnecessary to spy in advance - just as Gu Yi said, the more you look into the future, the more you want to prevent disasters from happening in advance, the new dangers will come as scheduled.The Atlas Institute has given up its plan to solve the end of the world in advance, as if this is a ridiculous refutation, and the practice of trying to save the future will often become a reminder to make the future worse.

"No.20 seven records, about the future."

Facing the camera, Tony Stark recorded his conjectures, which will be sealed in encrypted files in his own personal account, completely isolated from the Internet, and stored in a new location in the Avengers Building—about In a secret chamber two miles underground.

"This time, I'm going to present a theory about the future."

The more you want to deploy future considerations in advance, the more it will disturb the original future. On the level of the future, it is very easy to produce paradoxical results similar to the delayed quantum erasure experiment.

——Even the observation itself will become a weight that makes the future more difficult to shake and full of dangers.

The characteristic of future vision is that the observed future is inevitable, and it will definitely happen.

However, this kind of catastrophic future is not without room for change. Due to the observation limitations of current methods and a series of unknown reasons that even Tony Stark himself needs to find out, the future will often bring "Aka Leos' heel" or "Siegfried's only weakness that has not been soaked in dragon's blood". The more prepared you are, the easier it is to deal with bad situations.

The tragedy of King Oedipus killing his father and marrying his mother, and the curse left by the goblins of the Rhine in the Nibelungen Song-the gold of the unlucky Rhine.

The twilight of the gods will come at last, and the flames will burn the sky, bringing the end of the gods.

"So somebody came up with this idea -- well, even I would have to say it was a genius and a fantastic idea."

Tony curled his lips at the camera: "It's not to observe the doomsday in the far future, nor to observe the specific causes of disasters, but to be precise and cautious, only looking at the future after a period of time—or, even the specific I don’t go into the details of the matter, just confirm that at that time point, human beings and the civilization created by human beings are still going on.”

"This concept is the embryonic form of the human existence guarantee institution, Phoenix Chaldeas."

That time span was finally defined as 200 years, because the interval of 200 years may be enough for human beings to find a way to save the world. Such a distance has been carefully calculated by magicians, so that it will not cause too much disturbance, nor will it cause a single glance. Just see the end of the world.

With the help of many parties, the three-pointed Hermes became the prototype of the spiritual calculation device.

"Okay. That's it for today."

Outside the screen, Tony reached out and pressed the switch, and popped out the memory. Today's version of the record will also be sealed in the underground of the Avengers Building.

He left the dungeon, where the blond jeweler was waiting.

"Are you done?"

"Work is endless, just like homework in school can never be finished, so I usually choose not to write them."

Tony blinked: "Today is the press conference of Extremis 2.0, do you want to attend?"

"Well... You should reserve a seat for me in the auditorium, don't be too front row. I'm going to Antarctica tomorrow, and it may be difficult to come back for a while."

The jeweler thought about it and replied.

It has been four months since he signed a deal with Maris Billy Animsfia.

Four months is enough time for the United States to enter a hot summer, and it is also long enough for a genius scientist to perfect a series of inventions of his own.Even Alphonse was taken aback when Tony Stark showed off his new contract to his alchemist.

"When did you connect with Maris Billy?!"

He suddenly widened his eyes: "Also participated in the research and development of some equipment in Chaldeas?"

"When I found out you decided to give up everything for that not-so-clever plan."

The mustache businessman said as a matter of course, grabbed the opponent's shoulders, and wrapped the whole alchemist into his arms: "The abandoned guy must find a way to struggle... Otherwise, I guess you will never agree to me for the rest of your life." Yes, because I was ready to burn all my magic power for that Antarctic observatory alone."

The jeweler in his arms stiffened for a moment, but in the end he couldn't break free: "At that time, I felt that the time left for me should not be too much, and you still have at least half of your human life..."

"Unfortunately, I cannot agree with your point of view."

Tony leaned close to the other side's ear, smiled clearly, and found out that this always-moving consultant had no experience in love, and was already so nervous that he couldn't move: "I think you It should be the same, have a long time belonging to human beings, enjoy all the good things in this world, food, travel, and a suitable relationship—it just so happens that there are the most suitable boyfriends in the world to recommend to you.”

The heat of the last few words rubbed against each other's ear, and Tony watched that ear turn red with satisfaction: "See you at the press conference in the afternoon, your iris can be directly recognized without an appointment, as long as you don't With magic eyes, I guess the scanner will recognize you... Promise me not to be late."

"……OK."

New York City, Stark Industries headquarters, Extremis 2.0 presentation site.

From the initial research and development stage, the development progress of this miraculous drug was broadcast live. From rabbits to orangutans, almost every animal verification experiment was announced to the world by Stark Industries’ publicity department. From the initial irritability to the complete elimination of side effects, people all over the world have followed the development progress and witnessed the miracle happening step by step.

Even if it hasn't been listed at all, the stock price of Stark Industries has been rising steadily.

The most critical part of the human experiment, which made all the citizens of New York think that Tony Stark was a ruthless person, was that he injected the tip of the needle into his arm facing the camera.

In fact—it is impossible to have absolutely no side effects. Although most of the drug poisons have been removed, at least when the Extremis virus has an effect on the body, the process...is quite painful.

As a result, onlookers all over the world saw the chairman of Stark Industries grinning in cold sweat in pain in front of the camera.

"Of course... these are just some trivial problems, maybe I will consider solving this in 3.0 later."

Tony wiped the cold sweat that was seeping from his forehead: "I feel great now. My stomach problem, old injuries and migraines caused by staying up late have been swept away. I am in such good health that I can even go out for a run. marathon."

When the video ended, the whole world erupted.

Therefore, even though the number of media is strictly controlled, the lecture hall of the press conference is still full of people.

Strange, who was eager to make money, would never allow the publication to be destroyed. He checked the souls of every reporter who entered the venue, and caught one who knocked out the troublemakers who had evil intentions and handed them over to the security guards. After the alchemist passed the door inspection, he nodded slightly as a signal.

Alphonse also smiled back.

Under the light, the person standing in the center of everyone's eyes seems to be the embodiment of the world and the future.

"It's a pleasure to share Extremis 2.0 with you here."

With just one sentence, there was a wave of cheers at the scene.

"But there is one other thing I want to share with you first."

Warm brown pupils scanned the crowd for a while, and cast their gaze to the rear of the lecture hall, where the golden hair flashed past.

"—I intend to marry after a while."

Reporters: ? ? ?

Reporters:! ! !

The live broadcast room was once disconnected and reconnected by swarming netizens.

"Before confirming whether the other party is willing, I cannot announce the identity of that person to the world, but I can only say that he has saved the world countless times in a way that is more silent than the superheroes in front of the public."

"—He has also saved me several times, as if he saved the world."

That is the best jeweler in the world, the magician of the second law, the alchemist of Kyshua, the representative of Bathmelo, the martyr who guards the world, his Alphonse.

Some people say that it is difficult for people in the center of the stage to see the auditorium clearly, because the stage lights are too bright, and it is easy to cover a person's eyes.

But at this moment, he was staring at the last person in the auditorium with a focused and serious expression.

……

Of course, in the end, he also seriously introduced the scope of application and various effects of the Extremis virus, but the reporters were already in a state of dizziness the whole time.

Very dizzy and Nick Fury.

And Stark Industries' new intern Peter Parker.

"Oh God, my God, I... my God."

Sitting in the lobby of the Avengers, Peter Parker watched the TV broadcast, feeling several "god" in succession.

It's a pity that most people showed indifferent expressions.

"You all know?!"

The intern at Midtown High School was shocked and said, "Why aren't you surprised at all!!"

"To be honest, I've been thinking about this day since Stark ran to Al's store every day and stuffed ten or eight monitors in his store."

Natasha dragged her chin, and added to Peter as if thinking of something after speaking: "Of course, the behavior of plugging the monitor is not good. Al's situation is quite special. Most people will be regarded as perverts if they do this. Don't do that."

Peter blushed suddenly. Has he been taught not to use idiot methods before he has a girlfriend? !

And...has Mr. Stark done such a thing in private? !

Peter suddenly felt a sense of disillusionment as if the image of a male god had split.

"It's not what you think. Al was considered a dangerous member of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time... just like me."

Bruce Banner said in a gentle tone: "And ordinary methods can't keep up with him at all. Alphonse is a brilliant magician. There is a whole department of agents from S.H.I.E.L.D. responsible for studying his behavior and habits. Like, Stark is just one of the people in charge of surveillance."

——Although he volunteered on his own initiative and his purpose was impure.

Peter's eyes widened, dumbfounded.The world of superheroes is really vast, and there are still too many things he needs to learn.

"So, so Mr. Stark said to get married..."

Peter asked stumbling.

"It's true, we're all happy for him that he's settled down."

Captain America walked down from the upstairs training room with a towel on: "Of course I'm also happy for Al. He always fights alone. Now it's great to have someone to help him share the pressure."

Although the jeweler always looks invincible and fearless, but all human beings always have a limit of resistance, and the US team was once very worried about this.

Then Captain America soon became unhappy.

Why do these reporters come to stare at him for interviews? ?Is it because his personality is more close to the people and his ears are softer? ?

How does he know the details of Stark's relationship!He remembered that Al dived into the deep sea alone to catch this guy, but that was all a long time ago.

He didn't know much about science or magic, and the two of them didn't sound like English.

Looking at the barrage that covered the sky and the sun, Captain America's standard smile couldn't help showing a bit of stiffness and reluctance.

"Hahahaha, I already feel the embarrassment of the cap!"

"But we still want to know! Because Iron Man refuses to release any information at all!"

"That is to say! Cap must know the inside story!"

"Curious about what kind of person it is."

The US team was almost at a loss, watching the camera and the comments that popped up one after another from the netizens, and simply dug out the sketchbook he treasured, and took out a pencil: "Let me draw for you to see."

Netizens cheered collectively, and the camera was aimed at Team Mei's notebook.On the blank paper, a pair of eyes staring at everyone under the bangs were quickly outlined.

What should Alphonse look like?Steve thought as he drew.

He had met the other party several times, and each time the jeweler had a proper smile, but that smile never touched his eyes.

He knew what secret Alphonse was harboring and was carrying something very heavy, but from his own standpoint, he really couldn't ask.

Then, he was lucky enough to meet someone who was willing to ask the bottom line.

The pencil gently rubbed out the shadows. Steve only drew half of the face, even the bridge of the nose was not fully outlined, but it was enough to describe the expression of the other party.

Those eyes were full of smiles overflowing the paper.