My surname is Stark, who changed my job to become a female big gun?

Chapter 618 Is it beautiful? But it will soon disappear
At the conference table of the helicarrier, the many remaining Avengers members who stayed behind on the helicarrier were remotely watching the fierce battle on the distant coast of Africa through the holographic images provided by Jarvis and Veronica.

Although no one could witness the intense battle with their own eyes, from the perspective of the armor provided by Jarvis and the satellite aerial images, the intensity of the battle was even greater than that previously shown in the illusion.

"You mean, you deliberately let Ultron take the Vibranium?"

Roddy's gaze briefly shifted away from the holographic image in front of him and he stared solemnly into Lainie's eyes.

"Yes."

Lainie did not shy away from looking at Roddy frankly.

"Ultron took the vibranium for two reasons. One is to build a stronger body for himself, so that he can get a body that is stronger than it is now and can better withstand the attacks of Tony and others."

When he said this, everyone, through the first-person perspective shared by the Mark 43 armor, could clearly see Ultron's iron body made of ordinary metals, which was being beaten back by Tony who was firing at full power.

The two of them kept dodging and pulling each other in the sky. Missiles, lasers, shock waves, and plasma rays crisscrossed back and forth, and it was very lively.

"Its understanding of us, in some sense, even exceeds our own, so it will definitely try to find a perfect solution and defeat us in one fell swoop."

Natasha followed Lenny's thinking, but she overlooked one point, that is, Ultron's ambition went far beyond that.

"And the first solution it thought of was to find the twins who had super powers."

At this moment, Maya also recalled the incident when Pietro and his sister were asked to meet Ultron.

"It has already planned a series of actions, and has carefully calculated every step. As long as it can recruit Wanda and Pietro, then everything will go according to plan, just like what was shown in the illusion just now, waiting for us to fall into the trap."

Dr. Banner was terrified when he thought about it. If reality really went as the illusion had done, and if Lanie hadn't broken through in advance, then with half of the Avengers' combat power damaged, could they continue to fight against Ultron who had completely seized the initiative?

"That's why you took the initiative to let Wanda see into your thoughts."

Pietro also joined in the conversation at this moment. He was not a stupid man. Although he was reckless, it did not mean that he could not use his brain.

Considering that her sister Wanda's attitude towards the Avengers changed drastically after some mental communication with the other party, it is not difficult to guess that Wanda had obviously seen through Ultron's tricks through Lainie's thoughts a long time ago.

Pietro glanced at Wanda beside him, and the latter nodded slightly at him in tacit understanding.

"This is all thanks to Wanda's convenient ability to communicate directly through thoughts, which is much more reliable than simply using dry explanations with the mouth."

Lainie, sitting on the chair, crossed her legs and changed to a more comfortable sitting position. She placed her right hand on her knee and tapped her index finger rhythmically, her eyes returning to the holographic image in front of her.

In the picture, Steve suddenly swung out the vibranium shield, drawing a silver-white arc in the air, hitting an iron puppet in the face with incredible precision, and then suddenly bounced back to the other side where Thor was.

It happened that at this moment Thor had just knocked over an iron puppet with a hammer. When he saw the shield flying towards him, he immediately thought of the attack method that he and Steve had coordinated with each other in the illusion not long ago.

So he immediately gripped the hammer tightly and struck back fiercely, hitting the flying shield hard, and flew the vibranium round shield hammer towards the other steel puppet that just popped up from under the side of the ship.

Boom! Boom!

A series of dull metallic clanging sounds echoed on the deck, just like a brick-breaking game with precise guidance, easily sweeping away the invading enemies.

This scene made Lainie's mouth curl up into a satisfied smile.

"He's a quick learner."

After teasing, Lainie turned her attention back to the faces of the people present.

"Speaking of vibranium, as I just said, Ultron plundered this expensive metal material, in addition to building a vibranium body for himself, he actually had other plans."

Everyone looked at her sideways when they heard this, waiting for Lainie's next words.

However, the careful Natasha noticed at this moment that Wanda, who was beside Lainie, had an extremely unnatural look on her face when she heard this topic.

Snapped!
A crisp snap of fingers was heard, and everyone felt that the scenery around them suddenly changed again.

Sokovia, among the people present, the Avengers member who had just experienced a great battle there not long ago immediately recognized where the surrounding scenes came from.

The warm sunshine shines through the morning mist onto this seemingly peaceful and stable land. The soft breeze blows across the green fields, carrying the fresh scent of soil and flowers, as if nature is gently healing the wounds that the city has suffered in the past in its own unique way.

Everyone looked blankly at the city in the distant valley, and for a moment they were slightly moved by the quiet and peaceful scene before them.

"So beautiful..." Simmons couldn't help but murmur.

“It is beautiful indeed.”

Lainie nodded in agreement, but then her attitude changed.

"But this beauty will soon disappear."

Before everyone could be puzzled, they felt a sudden heart-pounding vibration in the cunning valley.

boom--

A low and long voice sounded from the depths of the valley, like the awakening of an ancient beast, breaking the silence.

The ground began to tremble slightly, as if some huge monster was stirring underground, ready to break out of the ground.

"earthquake?"

Pietro's eyes widened, he looked at the ground beneath his feet in disbelief, the uneasy feeling quickly spreading in his heart.

“No, it’s not an earthquake!”

Skye, who was the most sensitive to the enemy waves, suddenly changed her usual behavior. Her face was full of solemnity, and her eyes kept searching in the distant valley until they locked onto an abandoned building on the edge of the city.

"The shock wave spread from there. To be more precise, it came from right below there!"

Skye looked determined, pointing at the building in the distance, and wanted to ask Lainie to take everyone to "move" there to see what was happening there.

However, Lainie had no intention of zooming in the picture. She still maintained a "distant view" posture, waiting for the next more shocking scene to appear.

Wanda, who was beside her, had already clenched her hands tightly together, praying silently that this scene would never happen in reality.

Boom——!
An increasingly heavy sound began to echo through the valley. The oppressive atmosphere in the air began to make everyone present feel an inexplicable panic from the bottom of their hearts.

Following the chilling sound, a huge crack was spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye, splitting the center of the city, and accompanied by rising smoke and dust, it quickly spread and surrounded almost half of the valley. "Oh my god..."

Maya stared in amazement at the scene being torn apart in the distance, and her voice trembled a little when she spoke.

"No way……"

Simmons subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands and almost lost her balance. If Fitz hadn't been protecting her, she would have collapsed to the ground.

Rise, this verb is often used to describe lightness, elegance or positive situations. Less often, people also use it to describe dynamic scenes when some large objects gradually and steadily climb to a higher height.

For example, the huge aerospace aircraft carrier under everyone's feet, when it was completely out of the underground dock of the Xita regulations, it was also slowly rising into the sky in a shocking posture.

But no one has ever tried to use this word to describe an entire piece of land, because it is not an exciting and thrilling picture at all, but a scene of unprecedented disaster.

Sokovia, on the rise.

It is difficult to accurately describe in words the horrifying disaster scene before everyone's eyes. Half of the valley, half of the city of Sokovia, seemed to be held up by an invisible force, slowly but firmly climbing to a higher place.

"As you can see, this is what Ultron wanted."

Lainie did not continue playing the image, but waved her hand, canceling all the illusions covering everyone's surroundings, making them "return" to the command room of the aerospace carrier.

"How could he possibly do this?"

Rody only felt a chill on his back, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead without him knowing when.

"Anti-gravity technology."

Dr. Banner sat slumped in his seat, a look of lingering fear on his face.

Tony had already figured out the secret of anti-gravity flight by referring to the technology of the Chitauri several years ago. Ultron, who had a deep understanding of Stark's database, would naturally be able to fully master this technology.

What's more, Baron Strucker himself was also doing research in this area, so Dr. Banner didn't have to think too much to figure out what Ultron used the vibranium for.

"No! This is not right! Since you already knew that Ultron was going to use vibranium and that bullshit anti-gravity technology to send Sokovia to the sky, then if you don't let us stop him from getting vibranium, aren't you just aiding and abetting him?"

Pietro suddenly turned around and grabbed Lainie's collar, forcing her to look him in the eye.

When others saw this, they were about to step forward to stop it, but Lainie waved her hand to stop them.

"On the contrary, this is the most certain choice I can make."

There was no sign of guilt or fear on Lainie's calm face. She just looked into Pietro's eyes calmly and calmly.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask your sister Wanda."

Pietro was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he noticed that his arm was being held tightly by Wanda, and her face was full of compromise and helplessness.

"Pietro, she's right, we have to do this."
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After a while, Tony and others who went to stop Ultron reached the Rainbow Bridge again and returned to the Helicarrier, but before they could step into the command room and speak, the heavy atmosphere in the command room strangled them.

At the conference table, everyone's expression looked numb and depressed.

Banner lay on the chair and stared at the ceiling, while Roddy lowered his head, clenched his fists and said nothing;
Maya, Skye, and Fitz were still trying to locate all of Ultron's hiding places, but the livid expressions on their faces clearly showed that they didn't seem to have gained anything good.

Natasha, who was also silent, noticed the return of the three people. She took the lead in sorting out her emotions, and then quietly patted Simmons, who was still in a daze, with her right hand, reminding her that the captain and others were back.

"What's going on? Has Ultron been here?"

Steve, who noticed that the atmosphere was not right, spoke first and cast his gaze towards Lainie, who was standing in the captain's seat with her back to them looking at the sea of ​​clouds outside the window.

The latter seemed to have just noticed that they had returned. He turned around and smiled calmly, then said to them in a joking tone:

"No, it's just that I just showed them some replays of your failed missions and their minds went to pieces."

Lainie's tone didn't sound fake, and in fact she wasn't lying in a way, but the looks of the people present didn't seem like they could be caused by just one or two sentences.

Steve frowned secretly and turned his gaze to Natasha.

"It's okay, Captain, we're all fine, don't listen to her nonsense."

Natasha said with an understanding smile, but the worry hidden behind the smile could not escape Steve's eyes.

However, before Steve could continue asking questions, Skye, who had been busy without raising his head, suddenly changed his expression.

"Oh no! Dr. Zhao Hailun is in danger!"

As soon as these words came out, the originally silent command room suddenly became quiet, and then everyone present sat up straight and turned their eyes to the holographic screen in front of Skye.

The latter didn't say anything more. He simply waved his hand and dragged the holographic window to enlarge the picture, which showed a bird's-eye view of the Veronica satellite.

The location shown on the screen is none other than the gate of the Korean U-GIN Genetics Research Laboratory where Dr. Zhao Hailun works!

Everyone saw that Dr. Zhao Hailun was being escorted by two steel puppets and boarded an SUV. It seemed that he was kidnapped by Ultron.

And Ultron, the main culprit, was standing in front of the door of the laboratory at this time. He looked up with his mechanical head as if he was the only one around, smiling and looking at everyone strangely through the holographic image in front of him.

It was this one glance that made everyone present feel a chill running down their spines.

"It, it knows we are watching it?"

Fitz's voice was trembling and his expression was very stiff.

If Ultron had already seen through their movements, then all their efforts would probably be in vain.

Fortunately, Tony has enough confidence in his own skills, and of course it is also possible that he has enough confidence in Jarvis.

After taking a quick look, he said decisively:

"No, with Jarvis here, it can't invade here for the time being. Although Ultron is very powerful, he has not evolved to the level of Skynet.

Otherwise, what we are seeing now would not be the satellite image of Veronica, but an intercontinental missile flying from nowhere."

(End of this chapter)