Crimson Embers Chapter 14 We fear the end of the world, and we are willing to become the end of the world
"Bang"
Tony Zero was dragged into the lounge of the conference room like a dead dog. The space here was not big but it was definitely enough for a temporary interrogation.
He doesn't look like a fighter at all. Mason carefully searched his body but didn't find anything like the White Jar Symbiote Armor that has the highest concealment and combat power.
This shouldn't be the case.
After all, when he first met Tony No. 7, he said that the source of this surreal transformation idea of the Mark Armor originated from Tony No. 0.
If we use intelligence as the standard for comparison, the other Tony Starks, including the cool and handsome Tony Six, are all sports cars, so this guy in front of us, who is so smart that he has a physical wisdom gem growing in his head, can be considered a high-end space shuttle.
"Rather than worrying about me summoning an army of super-realistic armor to crush you, you should worry about whether the increasingly fierce offensive and defensive battle outside will produce a stray bullet that will kill the two of us here."
The disheveled Tony Zero did not get angry or curse because of Mason's rough treatment. He was incredibly calm. He stood up from the ground and ignored Mason's gun against his head. He pulled a chair from the side and sat on it. After taking a few breaths, he took out a bottle of medicine and opened it.
The medicine bottle was held in Mason's hand the next moment.
There was no instruction manual or drug formula, but as a master alchemist, he just put it under his nose and sniffed it, then turned back to stare at Tony Zero and said:
"Is this something that suppresses the activity of cancer cells? I saw you were so weak just now, it's definitely not normal. I didn't expect that what I said would come true. How could someone as smart as you be infected with this disease?"
"I have something in my brain, man. A brain tumor that big would kill most people. It's a miracle that I'm still alive."
Tony Zero snatched the medicine bottle from Mason's hand, poured out seven pills and stuffed them into his mouth. He couldn't find a water cup, but when he saw the captain in front of him stretch out his hand, a ball of pure water gathered into the shape of a water ball.
I hope that the director doesn't care, so he takes it and "bites" it, swallows the medicine with the help of pure water, and then starts coughing violently.
This scene made Mason shake his head. He took out a bottle of immortal relic-level healing potion from his bag and handed it to him, saying:
"I don't think this thing can cure you, but it can at least make you feel better and temporarily get rid of the pain so that we can successfully complete this torture.
I will get what I want, and you will die.
Don't have too many illusions about your own destiny. The only mercy I can give you is to let you choose your own burial place."
"Thanks. Compared to the threats I've faced before, you're being too kind."
Tony Zero didn't care whether the potion handed by Mason was poisonous or not. He pulled out the cork and raised it to Mason as if toasting. This action, combined with the smile on his pale face, made him look a bit unruly and uninhibited as a member of the Stark family should be.
Then he tilted his head back and drank the potion in his hand like drinking wine, and then he let out a long breath. It felt like warm sunlight shining directly into his heart through his skin, relaxing his tired body and mind at the same time.
"Let's get started."
Zero leaned back in his chair, his comfortable expression making this scene look not like a confession at all, but more like a question-and-answer session like a psychological treatment.
The most outrageous thing is that it wasn't Mason who asked the question, but Tony Zero who spoke first.
He waved his finger while sitting on the chair and said:
"Don't ask me about my illness yet. I will tell you the answer later. I guess you want to know about the God Lord Doom and the End Star from me?"
"right."
Mason leaned on the table beside him, loading bullets into the causality pistol in his hand one by one. He said:
"That bastard is hiding in the Dou Realm, polishing the final Doomsday Star. I want to give him a surprise, but I can't find the Dou Realm now and I have almost no clues."
"Of course you can't find it, because the fighting world doesn't exist in this time and space."
Tony Zero shrugged and answered honestly:
“The best way to hide something is to hide it in something that can’t be seen.
time!
Doom hid his fighting realm in the past. After all, Kang the Conqueror was also involved in this project, and they were both very good at playing with time.
You have to move forward along the divine timeline and find the way to the fighting world at a certain point in time when you have not yet appeared in this world.
And before that, you have to get an 'invitation letter'.
A coordinate that someone had obtained before, the only coordinate that can help you locate the entrance to the Doujie in time. I helped to send it out a long time ago."
Tony Zero opened his eyes, stared at Mason, and said:
“I know what you want to ask, but that question cannot be asked here, and I cannot answer any of your questions in this regard.
I can only tell you that the End Star is indeed not a simple doomsday ark.
As for what it is…
Do you know why you caused such a big mess here but still no one with a say jumped out to stop you? Why did Dum not plan to take the initiative even though he knew you would not let him go, hiding like a turtle waiting for the final moment?
He's not scared, Mason.
People like him will always hold their cards tightly in their hands, just like you will have several countermeasures when facing any enemy.
Let me put it this way. "
The guy paused, as if to organize his words, and while rubbing his thinning hair, he said to Mason who was staring at him:
"Once the Last Star takes off, all the advantages you and your companions have fought so hard to gain will be gone. You may think Doom has lost, but he has not.
The real match point is still in his hands. I have also imagined that if you are satisfied with the achievements of overthrowing the All-Stars, killing Mephisto, and forcing Old A to death, you plan to let Doom fend for himself in the destruction of this era, and then be overturned by that guy at the last moment.
But it turns out you didn’t intend to quit halfway.
You are here.
Appearing openly in the heart of the Council symbolizes that you will never let go of the culprits who make this era even uglier.
This makes me feel very relieved.
We are all people walking in the darkness, hoping desperately to see a ray of light illuminating the way forward as we stumble forward. I think I have probably seen it, and that is enough for me to die without regrets.
You may not believe it, but I don’t think all of us are bad people.”
"I believe it."
Mason shook his head and said:
"Real bad guys can't and will do the horrible things you do. Only those with strong will and ambition can cause such great damage.
All things are withering and the world is in ruins. Open your eyes and look at those howling wastelands and the souls that have fallen into hell. Those are the footprints you left on your way forward.
Bloody footprints."
"I won't argue about this, it's meaningless."
Tony Zero shook his head and said:
"You have to find those things on your own, the things that can guide you to go through time and step into the world of fighting. I guess you already have one or two in your hands.
You are only a few details away from piecing together the complete truth; the ones you need are on the way.
You have to know, Mason, there is a very small probability that those things could be missed, which represents some forces that are beyond our control. You must have heard that the gods like to play with people's fate for fun, but what I want to tell you is that the most cruel thing is not the gods' playing, but the help they give.
I've spent more than a decade trying to convince him to sit on the sidelines, but he's not going to sit this out now.
He decided to help us.
This means we will suffer a fate worse than destruction.”
"You look like a Riddler right now."
Mason frowned and said:
"Maybe I should give you a bullet to wake you up. If you can't tell the truth, then at least you should give me a hint. Just like you said just now, you don't think you are a bad person."
"I've given you enough hints."
Tony Zero shook his head and said:
"You are only one step away from the finish line. Once you cross it, you will see everything. If you believe in what you stand for, don't stop after you kill me.
Keep moving forward!
Remove all the last obstacles that stand in your way.
Trust me, everyone will thank you for it.
bring it on.
Give me a bullet."
Tony Zero closed his eyes, pointed to a certain place on his forehead, and said:
"Aim here and shoot. The bullet will not damage the wisdom gem after it flies in. Although it will make the subsequent corpse collection more troublesome, I don't think it will be difficult for you.
Besides, that thing is not as mysterious as the legend says.
It can't teach you everything in an instant, especially since I've been using it to study philosophy and debating techniques over the years.
However, it is still very good as a collectible, but it may also bring you new enemies.
There is a guy who wants it so badly that he can be 'complete', but he has never been incomplete. If you meet him, please say sorry to him for me.
As he spoke, he raised his fingers and grasped Mason's gun barrel to align it, highlighting an impatient feeling of relief.
"Hey, you look a little weird to me."
Mason's finger was on the trigger.
He could feel that Tony Zero in front of him was not playing tricks. On the contrary, he really wanted to get rid of this weak and sick body here.
And he didn't look like he was going to say anything more at this moment. Forcing a confession out of a guy like him was completely useless.
Mason stared at him for a few seconds before asking:
"You just said you would tell me the cause of your illness..."
"You are too close to God and there will always be various punishments. What's more, I tried to interfere with God's actions and thoughts."
Tony Zero whispered:
"This is the body you see, ravaged by illness. Even if he didn't mean to hurt me maliciously, even if he was just kind, I couldn't bear it.
As I said, the cruelest thing for God is not manipulation and playing, but helping.
He should be far away from the world, high above the clouds , but we are frightened by disasters. We do everything we can to fight against the future doomsday, and thus, we become the doomsday of the present.
We tried our best to be heroes like you who could turn the tide, and then, we screwed up.
That's all.
Shoot, I'll explain everything to you next time we meet, but as long as you can get there, I don't think you'll need to listen to my explanation by then.
You have come this far, and no one has come further than you in this era.
Don’t stop, keep moving forward.”
…
"boom"
The missile that streaked across the sky landed precisely outside the council office area. Before it hit the target and exploded, Superman in a windbreaker punched it in the air, causing it to change its direction and fly diagonally into the air, where it exploded into a dazzling ball of fireworks.
Feng Yichao was floating in front of the World Conference Hall, fighting against the endless stream of Skynet robots almost single-handedly. Terminators of various models and those huge and fully automatic killing machines were dispatched to the battlefield, but the good news was that the garrison troops of Hope City had not yet been dispatched to besiege here, which meant that Feng Yichao no longer had to bear the psychological burden of killing innocent people.
Although he himself doesn't really care about these things.
His nickname is just Superman.
But in fact, his style is completely different from those guys like Dachao and Lord Chao. For him, protection is just an action rather than an idea, and resisting tyranny is not out of grand ideals.
He's a good guy, but he can be a bad guy.
If other superheroes have some principles and divinity to a greater or lesser extent, then Windbreaker has no clear principles at all, and no trace of divinity can be found in him.
He is just a more powerful superhuman, and he has almost all the shortcomings that humans have.
Not perfect.
But it is very real.
Of course, although he, who was raised by Luthor, cannot compare to moral role models like Superman and Lord Superman in terms of personal morality, he will definitely not fall to the bad level of A-Zu, who says "I do whatever I want".
"The world coordinates are almost collected. Sweetheart will soon be able to deal with those directors. We will be here to help soon! Can you still hold on?"
Harley's voice echoed in the rebels' communication channel. With a sense of joy at participating in a big event, Windbreaker looked down at the increasing number of war machines below. He shrugged, took out the Superman drug given by Mason from his belt, raised his head and drank it. At the moment of power bursting, he said:
"Phew, this thing is pretty cool. There's no problem on my end. This is much easier than I thought."
"Nonsense, I helped you hold back the garrison."
The world-weary voice of Becca, the heroine in white, rang out from the communicator. She said:
"Mason seemed to have played some part in this. When I arrived, an internal rebellion had already occurred here, which saved me a lot of energy in persuading Steve Trevor.
Destroy Skynet's machines and take over Hope City as soon as possible. Superman and the Sixth Sequence Marines will help us solve the troubles in other parts of the world.
It won't be long before the world falls into our hands.
You're right, this is much easier than we thought."
“Ahem.”
Just as the three giants of Sequence Twelve were preparing to open champagne at halftime, old Luther's cough sounded over the communication. He said calmly:
"I think you are celebrating too early. Ronan's Sixth Order is indeed preparing to land, but the bad news is that it seems that he is not the only one coming.
Communications with the four conqueror sequences, the second sequence Iron Tyrant, the eighth sequence Iron Blood Legion, the ninth sequence Skynet, and the tenth sequence Guard Fleet, have been connected. If we are unlucky, we will have to face sieges from four sequences at the same time, including the Skynet system that has hidden the command center in the past.
This is the real trouble.
So don't celebrate your victory in advance, my poor children! Victory is still a long way off, do your job now and wait for the situation to change.
Becca, convince your lover as soon as possible. I need Hope City's anti-aircraft firepower on our side.
Harley, find Mason!
Let him not execute Tony Stark first. The second-order Iron Tyrant is likely to be here for him. It is rumored that there is some mysterious relationship between their leader and Zero Tony Stark.
We need him to contain that armored corps..."
Before Luther finished speaking, Mason coughed over the commuter. With an apologetic tone, he said:
"Sorry, I acted a little too quickly, but don't worry, I have some connections with the Tenth Fleet and the Eighth Sequence has already arranged for someone to go there.
I told you that you don't have to worry as you have me as your strong support, everything is in my plan."
After saying that, Mason lowered his head and looked at the pink wisdom gem in his hand that was still dripping with blood. This strange infinity stone was reflected by the blood light and emitted a very unique refraction.
Behind him, the body of Tony Zero was already burning in some alchemical flame, clouds of ashes flying out of the window.
Although Mason didn't know much about Tony Zero's life, the guy was free. He was very Riddler before he died. He said they would meet again after being killed by Mason.
Although he didn't understand what the guy meant, Mason decided to remain optimistic for the time being.
After all, they have already paid in advance.
The captain wiped the blood off his fingers, tossed the pink gem of wisdom up and down between his fingers, and sighed:
"If all the members of the board were as 'reasonable' as you, how much trouble would I save? Not bad, it's a good start."
