Chapter 277 The Fallen Earth
"All the equipment here is set up with a local area network, and the door in the wall can also isolate the electronic signals from the outside world. Even Ultron can't find us."
Steve pushed the door open and limped inside.
All of a sudden, the dust that had been still for a long time in the safe house was disturbed by these uninvited guests and began to jump.
Peter walked in and took a rough look at the safe house. The space was not big, probably only about 50 to 60 square meters. The facilities were old, but everything was available.
Perhaps Nick Fury has already used most of the embezzled funds to build the outer shell of the safe house, and there is not much money left to upgrade the equipment inside. However, if there is really advanced technology here, they are not brave enough to use it now. Thinking of Ultron's ability, the group still feels sympathetic.
That guy is horrible.
Perhaps a single Ultron robot is nothing at all, but when an enemy can move freely in the cyber world, monitor the entire world, watch everyone's every move, and has the most powerful production line in the world that can continuously produce countless robots, it is much more terrifying.
Peter rummaged through the drawers, trying to find a bottle of Primus' healing potion, but unfortunately this safe house seemed to have not been updated for a long time, and there was no such convenient medical medicine. But Barton found some antibiotics, took a quick look, and found that they were not expired, so he got some water and fed it to Natasha.
Peter felt very guilty for becoming so miserable all of a sudden.
"I'm sorry, if it weren't for me..."
"It's not your fault, Peter." Steve patted his shoulder and called Bucky to come over to help him re-fix the deck on his feet. The previous handling was too rough. Even at this time, he did not forget to comfort the youngest Peter.
"Ultron is so scary."
"I'm afraid all of this is part of its plan, and all of us are just its pawns."
Recalling the series of events that happened not long ago, everyone felt as if someone had arranged everything behind the scenes.
At the beginning, not long after leaving the Avengers Building, the conflict between Spider-Man and Ultron had spread throughout the world. Many people believed that Spider-Man might indeed be a threat, but there were still some people who trusted superheroes.
Steve and others, of course, stood on Peter's side. They didn't believe that a good boy like Peter would do anything bad.
Even with Venom.
But soon, things developed out of control.
A super villain covered in sand appeared in New York for some unknown reason and attacked Peter, who was dating Liz at the time, and injured Liz, which angered Peter.
But it didn't make Peter go crazy until the Sandman revealed his identity and goal.
——He came to find Ben and Aunt May who arrested him a few months ago, and believed that it was the two of them that turned him into a monster, so he planned to kill them.
However, Ben and May were no longer on Earth at that time, and since they could not find them, Sandman set his sights on Peter.
This made Peter completely angry.
He would never allow anyone to attempt to harm his family!
Peter and Venom fought at full speed and did not hold back at all in order to subdue the Sandman. However, the Physics Department was at a disadvantage when fighting against the Natural Science Department. Both sides caused huge damage in New York and many innocent people were injured. In the end, Peter was unable to stop the Sandman and let him escape.
But Peter and Venom's angry looks were captured by a reporter named Eddie Brock.
His ferocious and angry appearance, like that of a demon, immediately made the headlines of the Daily Bugle, and seemed to confirm what Ultron had said at the time - the symbiote Venom was a huge threat.
For a time, Spider-Man was caught in a huge public opinion storm.
More and more people began to boycott Spider-Man, seeing him as a threat and demanding that Ultron and Tony Stark arrest him.
Tony was naturally very proud, but he didn't lose his mind. After learning the whole story, he knew it was not Peter's fault, and rejected Ultron's proposal to arrest Peter Parker.
Ultron did not take risks, but took a step back and once again proposed to take Venom in. He believed that in addition to Spider-Man, other superheroes were also unstable factors that could cause danger, so he proposed the Superhero Registration Act, stating that all people with super powers need to be under surveillance before they can act.
Tony had no objection to this.
He is the kind of person who likes to keep everything under control. Besides, what's the harm in registering his identity information and specific details of his superpowers?
With this idea in mind, Tony once again opened the Avengers meeting.
There was no doubt that he and Steve had clashed again.
But this time, Tony's voice was clearly stronger.
After all, the damage caused by Spider-Man and Venom is still fresh in people's minds, and Tony has no bad intentions. He just thinks that the super-powered people should be controlled, and then determine how to let them carry out their tasks to avoid too serious damage.
Is this wrong?
It's just a registration bill. It's not going to arrest all of you. Why are you so nervous?
As long as they all follow the arrangements obediently, there's nothing wrong with that.
He felt that Steve and his people were making a big deal out of nothing.
But Steve firmly disagreed. After experiencing the Hydra incident, Steve could not tolerate superheroes being treated as emotionless tools. They needed to have their own judgment and think about whether those orders were right or wrong.
The two people parted unhappily again.
This meeting did not produce any results, but it further intensified the conflict between the superheroes and Tony Stark.
After the Daily Bugle spread the content of the meeting, more and more people began to support the registration bill, which did put a lot of pressure on Steve and others, but until this point, the two sides had not yet reached the point of being on the verge of a showdown.
Until one day, Connors suddenly lost control in the downtown area and briefly turned into a dinosaur man.
Although no one was killed, many people were injured and several traffic jams occurred. The citizens were terrified. Ultron seized the opportunity and began to attack the Tiangong Association, demanding the arrest of Connors and putting several people on the danger list, including Bruce Banner.
Now, even Tony began to realize that something was wrong - he didn't think that a good Connors would inexplicably turn into a dinosaur again - but he couldn't stop it. This was no longer just Ultron's plan, but public opinion was driving the process forward.
The registration bill has become imperative.
Anyone who disagrees to register will be treated as an enemy!
All of a sudden, a hunt for superheroes was launched, and the former heroes instantly became rats crossing the street, losing their place to live.
Among them, some people obediently accepted the registration bill, while Peter and others paid a heavy price before they managed to escape from New York.
Now, Venom has disappeared, Harry and Norman have been put under surveillance to cover their escape, and Primus has long been controlled by Ultron.
The other party even listed the Tiangong Society as a dangerous target, hacked into the planetary shield network, activated the protection network, and isolated the Tiangong Society's space station outside the earth.
At this point, Ultron has almost taken control of the entire Earth.
With just the few people they have left, there is no hope of defeating Ultron.
Now, there are only two options left - one is to contact Bant as soon as possible and get support from the Tiangong Association. The omnipotent Bant will always have a way; the other is to return to New York and find Tony Stark to stop the Ultron program. "Tony must have a backup plan to stop Ultron, but I think he has gone crazy."
Natasha took the medicine, leaned back in her chair dazed, and shook her head.
No one answered.
It was largely Tony's fault that they had ended up in this situation. If he really woke up so easily, Ultron wouldn't be so rampant.
What's more, just returning to New York is an impossible thing. If they leave the forest on the east coast, they will be discovered by Ultron immediately.
"Peter, can you contact Bent?"
Steve inquired.
Peter shook his head, took out the badge of the Tiangong Association and placed it on the table. At this moment, the badge seemed to have lost its energy and did not respond no matter what he did.
"Maybe Ultron is interfering with the communications..."
"But," Peter frowned, "the communication method used by the Tiangong Association is quantum communication, which is theoretically impossible to be interfered with."
"It's not completely impossible." Natasha shook her head. "I don't know if you have heard of Hank Pym."
After hearing her words, most people in the room shook their heads in confusion, but Peter was very surprised and widened his eyes:
"You mean, Dr. Pym? The genius scientist in the quantum realm?"
"you know?"
"There used to be a portrait of him on the wall of our school." Peter said with admiration, "If it was Dr. Pym, it is indeed possible to interrupt the communication of the Tiangong Association by interfering with the quantum field..."
Then his face fell.
"It seems that we may never be able to contact Ben... By the time he returns to Earth, it may be too late."
The others also looked desperate.
After a moment, Steve seemed to have regained his faith, supported his lame leg and stood up, saying firmly: "No matter what, we must save the world from Ultron!"
"Since the possibility of Bant's assistance is slim, we can only find Tony and make him wake up!"
"It's a question whether we can even get to Tony with just a few of us..."
Natasha looked at everyone with some despair.
There were only five people present: Peter, Captain America, the Winter Soldier, Bucky and herself. How could they fight against Ultron?
"If we go through the sewer, we might be able to avoid Ultron's sight." Peter said uncertainly.
"Then let's go through the sewer!" Steve has always been tough and made a decision quickly. However, if he really wanted to take action, he would have to postpone it for a while. He had finally found such a safe house, so he should at least heal his injuries first.
at the same time.
in New York.
Tony Stark angrily threw the phone aside and then buried his head in thought.
"Sir, Steve Rogers and his men refused to be supervised and fought with us at the dock, causing huge losses... In their attempt to evade capture, they even caused casualties to innocent people."
Ultron turned on the screen and counted the crimes committed by Steve and others.
Of course, most of these charges were forcibly pinned on Steve and others.
Now that Ultron has controlled the entire network, doesn't it have the final say on what happens in the outside world?
If Ultron hadn't been worried about Bant Parker's sudden return, he would have started his cleansing of the Earth long ago, not to mention pretending to be friendly with Tony Stark.
Of course, the planetary shield could not stop the opponent, because the space gem was still in Bant's hands, and that layer of shield was useless in front of the space gem.
Fortunately-
'Once my new body is complete, I won't have to fear Bant Parker anymore!'
Ultron's eyes flickered.
Not long ago, it found two interesting people with super powers, and it happened to have some grudge against Tony Stark, so it made use of them.
Those two people are naturally Wanda and Quicksilver. Just like in the movie, Ultron also bewitched them. The difference is that this time they actually followed Bant's orders.
Ultron thought he was using Wanda and Quicksilver's hatred to control them, but in fact this was just Bant's plan.
Connors' sudden loss of control seemed to be Wanda's work, but in fact it was planned long ago.
Now, Ultron thinks he has controlled Primus, and with the help of Wanda, he got the Mind Stone (the fake one) from Mary Jane, and controlled many superheroes. Now it's just the last step.
The problem is, there isn't enough vibranium.
Ultron wants a perfect body, so he must have vibranium!
It just so happens that it knows where there is enough vibranium.
Just as he was thinking, Tony raised his head and looked at Ultron angrily.
After listening to Ultron's one-sided report, he felt that what Steve and his crew had done was really too much.
It’s understandable that he doesn’t want to be controlled, but he shouldn’t destroy everything wherever he goes and even involve innocent people. Tony can’t accept that.
What made him even more painful was that, judging from Ultron's report, they seemed to have really become the factor that threatened peace.
Whatever the case, Tony felt that he couldn't go on like this.
We must bring them back and have a good talk with them.
"Where are they?!"
Ultron's eyes flickered, and he raised his head, his eyes flashing with human-like cunning:
"T'Challa, the son of the Black Panther, sheltered them."
"They are here, Wakanda."
(End of this chapter)