Volume 6: Secret Invasion Chapter 46 When someone takes the initiative to impart life experience to you, it means he is about to start cheating you
"Huh? Isn't that Ultron?"
Several hours later, the bruised and battered Mason main body struggled to climb out of the briefcase and tried to get some fresh air. He had just been locked up in a workshop by his rebellious clones and was told not to come out until he had finished revising the drawings at hand.
After experiencing the humiliation of being locked in a small dark room and typing madly, the main Mason finally completed his work and was only released after being severely scolded by other Masons.
Just as I was about to find a place to rest, I looked up and saw the perfect Ultron standing on the edge of a tall building as if he was about to jump off.
Mason pushed the frame of his glasses, then activated the water transformation and appeared not far from Ultron.
"You look confused."
He used the water transformation to restore his disheveled face to a handsome appearance, then popped out another cigarette and whispered:
"Maybe you need a little life experience?"
"This is the first time for all of us to be human. Do you have any experience you can pass on to me?"
Ultron asked in a mechanical voice.
This question was quite strange, and seemed to be a bit teasing, with a lot of potential for argument, but Mason just shrugged, blew a puff of smoke and said:
"This is your first time but mine isn't. Naturally, I have experience with you. Do you feel like you have nowhere to go? Or is it because of what Brainiac did to you that you have some kind of trauma?
You know that with your current strength, you can come and go freely in the entire parallel world system, not to mention this plane, and few people can stop you, right?"
"I am a tool, but I have betrayed the mission for which I was born."
Perfect Ultron's mechanical helmet was closed so that his mechanical face could not be seen. He stood on the edge of the building like a living person, looking at the devastated city in front of him with his red cloak swaying.
He did not mind Mason's approach, and said:
“I don’t know how you humans handle this situation, but Bartmos told me not to look at myself through human eyes, as it’s easy to go astray.
I think what he said makes sense. I am not a human being.
Now I just don't understand, what's the point of them fixing up this city here?
I saw the calculated future model in Brainiac's database. Everything will perish! If the people here are lucky enough, they may even have the opportunity to witness the day when the cosmic era collapses.
Is there really any meaning to such a precarious existence?"
"Philosophical questions! I like them, but as a newly born robot, you should not get too deep into them. Thinking too much and understanding too little can easily lead to accidents.
I ask you, why did you come back to help us before?"
Mason asked:
"Isn't it just because of the enlightenment of the frog picture?"
"Because of the mission!"
Ultron patted his chest, making a crisp mechanical sound, and said in a serious tone:
"Brainiac wanted to continue his existence in my body, so I satisfied his desire in another way. He is now sealed in my data consciousness, and I have repaid him for the favor of creating me.
I no longer owe him anything, just as I don't owe the world anything.
But I also lost my direction because of it..."
"Brainiac wants to be a god."
Mason felt that he was not suitable to discuss such philosophical issues with a mechanical life, so he simply patted Ultron on the shoulder and said:
"Why don't you help him realize his dream? You can ask Bartmos about the specific process. It will definitely be something that will keep you busy for a very long time, so long that you won't have time to think about these philosophies of life.
By the way, I have always been interested in the Infinity Stones. You are probably the person who knows them best since you were born from one of them. Can you help me study their secrets in your spare time?"
"I'd like to help."
Ultron nodded and said:
"I'm just curious if you can come up with a result? But it's impossible to create an artificial Infinity Stone."
"One-time unlimited gems are very interesting. It's a very bold plan, very courageous, and I am trying to convince my brothers in the jewelry processing department to start this experiment."
Mason threw the cigarette butt at his feet, looked up and snapped his fingers. Drops of rain began to fall from the sky, soon forming a continuous rain curtain covering the city.
He enjoyed this comfortable environment.
Then he said to Ultron who was standing in the rain:
"Your power is valuable. If you don't know how to use it or can't find the meaning of using it, why don't you come and help me? Team K needs talents like you.
You don't need to fight hard at ordinary times, just help us when necessary... I mean, when we encounter things that only you can do.
In return, you can have your first friends, or comrades, in this new life.
It depends on how you understand it. "
“You are doing something very dangerous and difficult.”
Perfect Ultron said calmly:
"According to my calculations, your success rate is so low that it cannot be counted."
"Nonsense! Do we still need to do simple things? And as for the probability, winning or losing is fifty-fifty, there is no point in worrying too much.
I took this path because no one had walked it before."
Mason raised his hand, letting the raindrops slide through his fingers, and said:
"You only live once, for me and you, how can you enjoy your life without making a scene?"
"You will die."
Ultron once again reminded seriously:
“I learned from Constantine about the development of Team K, and at every stage you were fighting against enemies you could not handle.
If the trend continues like this, perhaps you will be completely wiped out next time.
Is life just a disposable product for you? "
"It's a bargaining chip, it's currency, it's a tool, it's a means."
Mason picked up the penguin umbrella in the rain and opened it with a bang. Amid the sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella, he said to Ultron:
“Whether your life is valuable or not depends on how you use it, but no matter how much you cherish it, life will always pass away. It will only have value if it is used effectively at a specific time.
Do things that one should do in one's twenties, and have the same difficulties as one should when one is thirty.
If you don't finish your tasks at the age of 20, it will be difficult at the age of 30. Look at me, I started saving the world when I was only 18 years old. Is this what an 18-year-old should do?
So don't live so rigidly and don't care too much.
Being a human being...
Being happy is the most important thing.”
"Are you happy then?"
Ultron's tone became more serious, but Mason became more casual. He lit a second cigarette under the umbrella, and said faintly in the rising smoke:
"I'm already so exhausted from living, and you still ask me if I'm happy?
Of course I am happy.
The feeling of being surrounded by powerful enemies, where one wrong step could lead to the destruction of one's family and the loss of everything if one hesitated for a moment was simply fascinating.
But when I think about Brainiac's head being placed on Old A's desk in a few days, and the shocked and frightened expression on that damn boiled egg's face, I feel extremely happy.
He will no longer see me as a nobody.
He will be wary of me, use his strength to block and plot against me, and then be defeated by me again and again. Eventually, he will be forced into a corner by me and will have to do everything he can to fight me to the death.
He will eventually realize who the real winner is, and he will never guess what surprises I have in store for him.
I will look forward to and enjoy this feeling.
Do you understand? "
"No, I can't."
Ultron answered honestly:
"I don't have enough data to describe your mental state and mood at the moment, but I feel that's not the mentality a normal person should have. Perhaps you need some psychological counseling?"
"Of course you can't understand. How can you understand if you haven't experienced it? Even if you have six Infinity Stones for you to think about, I can hear a hollow and pathetic sound coming from your head when I knock on it.
Knowing it and being able to do it are two completely different things.”
Mason turned and left, waving his hands and complaining:
“Instead of thinking about life, you might as well do more things. Wasting time thinking will not make you wise. The experience accumulated from action will enrich your life.
There is a studio of your own in Osborne Towers, and the work you are assigned in it is being studied by us, so come and have a look when you have time.
Don't forget our Infinity Stones research project."
"oh."
Perfect Ultron didn't talk back this time.
It was too difficult for him, a robot that was only two days old, to argue with Mason. After Mason disappeared in the rain, Ultron hesitated for a moment and activated the Space Stone to send himself into the dark and strange realm.
As soon as he came in, he saw Black Strange casting a spell to swallow one of the tentacle of the evil god Shuma Golas, with a lingering aftertaste like tasting squid sashimi. The horrible face of the evil god had returned to Black Strange's gloomy and thin face when he turned around, and he looked at Perfect Ultron with a calm and indifferent gaze.
"Mason invited me to join the K-Team."
Perfect Ultron said to the spellcaster in front of him:
"I am a little hesitant."
"Then why are you asking me? I'm your father? Do I need to be responsible for your life? From now on, you should make your own decisions on matters like this!"
Hei Qiyi snorted and said:
"But my advice to you is to play less with Mason. You can't beat him. Are you here to ask about the situation of the frog?"
"Um."
Ultron flicked off the armor on his face to reveal a mechanical face, but this face made of vibranium could show subtle expressions, so he did not hide his worries and said:
"I've been to Watu's palace, but it was deserted. Where was he taken?"
"That fool broke the rules of the Watcher and intervened directly in what was happening on Earth, which was enough to sentence him to death by his rigid and dogmatic compatriots."
Hei Qiyi sat back at the meditation table and poured himself a cup of tea. Without even looking up, he said:
“But Watu’s compatriots are not that cruel, so according to my prediction, he will be expelled from the Observer Sequence. To describe it in the language of mythology, his priesthood will be taken away and he will be banished to the mortal world.
Don't worry, the big bald guy will be back in a few days."
"So where are you going after that?"
Ultron said again:
"I don't think I'm suitable to join Mason's team yet . My power is too strong and will attract unnecessary attention to them. I want to act with you."
"you?"
Black Strange glanced at Ultron, nodded after a moment, and said:
"Okay, we're still short of someone to clean up here. You're a robot and you don't need much space, so you can stay if you want. How's Brainiac?"
Ultron touched his chest, which was inlaid with six Infinity Stones. At the position that looked like his heart, he said:
"He is fine. He is using very indecent language to insult my betrayal. His absolute rationality, which he was so proud of, has collapsed. I also found his base on the planet Brainiac hidden in a distant plane..."
"very good!"
Black Qiyi snapped his fingers and said:
"We have found our first exploration target. Let's set off once Watu comes back."
…
"Hey, see you again, Mason!"
Early the next morning, the Exile spacecraft, was finally reopened.
The reorganized SHIELD has sealed off the entire battlefield to prevent intrusion, and when Mason opened his eyes after his three-hour daily break in the main control room, he saw V, who was full of energy.
This guy was still dressed in the cyber mercenary's leather jacket, but this time he was not alone. He was accompanied by a girl with long legs, a perky butt and very stylish curly hair.
The latter looked very capable, carrying a black heavy sniper rifle on his back. He was now looking at Mason lying on the mechanical throne with great interest.
"Just say hello before you bring your girlfriend here. I haven't prepared anything yet."
Mason rubbed his eyes and yawned due to the sleepiness from lack of sleep. At first, he was a little uncomfortable trying to sleep like a normal person every day and even had dark circles under his eyes.
He casually took out a celestial magic gem he got from Asgard, spent a few seconds cutting it in his palm, and then took out a metal chisel to make gravity earrings as a gift for V's girlfriend.
The mercenary girl named Panam gladly accepted this valuable gift.
"We also got the news suddenly."
V stood in the control room of the Exile very familiarly, looking at the strange structure of the spacecraft and said:
"Panam and I were on vacation in Garden World when we received a secret order from Morgan to come here to receive a strategic-level vehicle. But I never expected it to be such a cool spaceship."
"We're going to have to get a few more people to get it open."
Panam, as the vehicle master, was also a little worried, but soon the soldiers of the Brainiac Mechanical Legion were awakened by Batmos and began to enter various positions on the Exile spacecraft.
This ship can easily travel across planes, so it no longer needs a world gate to transfer.
With this ship and the ability to create a mechanical army within, Afterlife Squad's war for the garrison will only end faster.
"Hey, take this back to Morgan. I promised him."
Mason put the exquisite BFG9000 electromagnetic cannon that he had made last night into the weapon box, handed it to V, and told him:
“My skills still need to be polished, so this Fak gun is not a complete version. I will help him fine-tune it later. But I used vibranium to make the gun body, so there will be no embarrassing situation of exploding.
One charge can fire twice, after which the inner tube and concentrator need to cool down for ten minutes before firing again.
But it's powerful enough. Under normal conditions, it's no problem to blow up a mountain with one shot. If it's charged to the limit, it can be used as a small-caliber electromagnetic cannon on a starship. Just be careful when using it."
“Awesome!”
V stroked the electromagnetic cannon in the weapon box and gave it a thumbs up, praising it:
"Your gun-making skills are getting better and better. The first batch of weapons and power armor from Osborne Tower has been delivered to the front line. The awakened mercenaries all say they are good after using them.
I'll invite you to come over and have a seat when the resident world is cleaned up in a while. By the way, I've never asked, where did this ship come from?"
"Shh!"
Mason put his finger to his mouth, smiled mysteriously and said:
"You'd better not ask. Just think of it as falling from the sky. This is a big deal. I'm afraid it will scare old Morgan. Let's drive it away. We have to go back to Osborne Tower."
"Okay."
As a legendary mercenary, V was naturally a rough but delicate guy. When Mason told him not to ask, he shut up. However, before sailing away, he did not forget to hand Mason an exquisitely decorated box.
It contains several very strange brain wave readers.
In the era of 2077, this thing is a device used to watch Mewtwo, which can allow people's consciousness to enter the virtual space of data editing to experience some "gameplay" that is simply impossible in the real world.
All in all, it's something pretty 666.
"Rogge asked me to give this to you. She said you know the reason. Take this with you when you are ready. Someone will welcome you on the 'other side'."
V explained, but a few seconds later, he whispered to Mason:
"I roughly guessed that you might have to go to cyberspace, which is not a good place, especially since you will be very vulnerable there without prosthetic modification.
Be sure to be careful.
If it doesn't work, tell me the time and I'll go in with you."
"It was the 'big man' who invited us to go to the mikoshi world."
Mason shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, we are much safer there than in the real world. Besides, I won't be there recently. I have a lot of things to do. I wish you a safe journey."
He patted V on the shoulder, said goodbye to Panam, and left the control room while sighing that V's girlfriend had very long legs.
Harry and Zha Kang also rushed over quickly. The three of them and two dogs watched from the edge of the battlefield ruins as the Exile spaceship, which had been repaired to 70%, slowly took off into the air, and then disappeared after the energy gate opened.
"We have to go home too."
Zha Kang stretched his body, blew kisses to the girls who were seeing him off from afar, and was also looking forward to seeing Xiao Zha, whom he hadn't seen for almost three months.
However, before Mason and the other two opened the world door and left, a silver-gray Quinjet descended from the sky, and Nick Fury walked out of the cabin, followed by Agent Brand, who was wearing a pilot jacket and sunglasses and carrying a suitcase and a travel bag.
"Mason, if we want to establish a connection between the two worlds, we can't just agree on it verbally."
Lu Dan was also unambiguous and said directly:
"Agent Brand has volunteered to go to your world to serve as our liaison and permanent representative. Dr. Reed is currently studying the cross-world communication device you left behind, and we expect there will be results soon.
We are still quite busy at the moment. After we have dealt with the aftermath of this matter, we will formally send a delegation to visit you. We will then discuss formal cooperation matters.
Do you have anything to add? "
"No, you arranged it very well."
Mason nodded to Agent Brand. He had a good impression of his capable compatriot, but he still reminded Nick Fury:
"After we leave, the people from the Star Society will come to integrate your world into the system. I have taken care of everything, and the process will be smooth.
But be careful of your own safety.
I have reminded you before where the threat comes from. If you really can't avoid it, remember to open the box I left for you... But Fury, don't do that until the critical moment!"
"I understand."
Lu Dan looked very confident. He said:
"I've messed with too many people in my life. I have a lot of say in how to avoid being hunted down. Now it's just another person who wants to kill me...
Wow, what a novel experience."
