"Dangdangdang..."

In a cave in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, the sound of jingling irons kept ringing, with a unique rhythm.

The person holding the hammer was covered in sweat and his face was gloomy and terrifying, as if every knock was venting.

Tony Stark has been locked in this dark cave for more than two and a half months. During this period, he has experienced countless sufferings that he had never imagined before. He faces threats from militants every day. If he is not careful, he will be scolded. He can't remember the number of times he is beaten. It is common for him to press the black muzzle on his head.

Especially yesterday, when testing the leg armor of the Iron Armor, the militant leader Laza found something wrong from the surveillance camera. After coming in, he almost found the design drawings of the Iron Armor. If Tony had not stopped it in time, Ethan would have turned into a corpse.

Fortunately, Laza did not discover the secret of the design drawings. Although he was confused, he did not continue to persecute the two. He just threatened Tony that he would see the Jericho missile the next day no matter what.

At this time, there is only about half an hour left.

Putting the crafted facial armor on the table and waiting for cooling, Tony nodded at Ethan, then began to wear protective gear and prepare to assemble the steel armor.

Ethan hurried over and helped Tony put on his breastplate and asked, "How do you feel? Try to move your arms."

"It's a bit awkward, but it doesn't affect the use. You can improve it when you have time to make it more ergonomic."

Hearing this, Ethan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Tony easily designed this set of armor, in fact, even he himself was not sure whether this armor was reliable. Without sufficient materials and data support, everything was at the stage of guessing and design.

In this place, it is impossible to conduct experiments in this environment. They only have one chance and will succeed if they fail.

But genius is genius after all. It turns out that Tony's design is not wrong, and the two will be free soon.

"Okay, repeat your plan again." Ethan asked again while helping Tony assemble the armor.

"The terrain in the cave is very complicated. We are located in the deepest part of the cave. After you walk 41 steps forward, you will encounter another door. After you walk 16 steps, you will encounter a fork in the road. Walk 33 steps to the right and then turn right..."

During his more than two months of imprisonment, Tony not only designed the Ark Reactor and Steel Armor, but also took advantage of the few opportunities to "release the air" to touch the terrain of the cave. As long as the armor is assembled, he can lead Ethan out of the siege in the shortest time.

While the two were busy assembling armor, Laza came to the surveillance room with a gloomy face. There were more than twenty minutes left before the ultimatum, but he could no longer wait and was eager to see how many Jericho missiles Tony had made for him.

However……

Looking at the empty cave in the surveillance camera, Laza's face was so gloomy that it could drip out of water. She turned her head to look at her subordinate standing next to her: "Where is Stark?"

"Just, I was there just now."

"Go and see what's going on!"

"yes!"

at the same time.

On the hillside on the other side of the mountain range, Zhang Yi, wearing exoskeleton armor, slowly took back the Yanling Knife, smeared the militants' clothes with the blade a few times, cleaned up the blood on it, and walked towards the top of the mountain.

"Hue Bai, are there any observation posts from the Ten Rings Gang nearby?"

The white loli voice sounded in the helmet: "All observation posts on the back of the hillside have been cleared, leaving only the large firepower point on the top of the mountain, with a total of 33 defenders. You cannot pass through the firepower point without disturbing the defenders. It is recommended to wait for the opportunity in place."

After converting gold into legal funds, Zhang Yi purchased hardware from the market and assembled a supercomputer as a carrier for protection umbrella companies based on Baihou's suggestions.

Of course, it can only be called a supercomputer, and its performance is not even comparable to the lowest-end commercial supercomputer. The computing power of the white-haired queen can only exert 20%, which is barely enough as a transition product.

Then Zhang Yi asked Bai Hou to collect information on the Internet to study. After two months of bad help, he initially took off his "subjectivity" hat. At the same time, he also cleared the intelligent auxiliary program equipped with exoskeleton armor, and Bai Hou personally took over.

Looking at the fire point layout of Bai Hou on the facial armor display, Zhang Yi did not continue to move forward and ordered: "Invade the monitoring system of the base and see what Tony Stark is doing."

"The invasion is completed, Tony Stark is starting the armored power system, and it is expected to take 2 minutes and 42 seconds to complete the startup... The radio communication of the Ten Rings Gang has just been intercepted, and they have discovered Tony Stark's abnormality and are sending someone to check it out."

As soon as Bai Hou finished speaking, a slight vibration came from the hillside where Zhang Yi was, followed by a faint muffled sound. It was probably the militants who went to check that triggered the bombs arranged by Tony.

The radio channel of the Ten Rings Gang suddenly became extremely noisy. The militants around were asking what had happened. The defenders at the firepower point on the top of the mountain also became panicked and sent people to the base at the foot of the mountain to check the situation.

"The fire point defenders' attention has been diverted, and you can act. At this time, the action can capture the entire base at the lowest cost." Bai Hou suggested.

"It's not the time yet, wait."

Zhang Yi shook his head and continued to check the surveillance camera in the base.

The comprehensive performance of the MK1 armor is very poor, which is far inferior to the exoskeleton armor on Zhang Yi. Although it has black technology like the small Ark Reactor, it still cannot cover up its huge defects. It takes several minutes to start the power system alone.

It is precisely because of this that Ethan in the original drama had to run out to lure away the militants and buy time for Tony, which led to his own death.

To be honest, the character of a person like Ethan is worthy of admiration because few people can do this. When facing danger, most people consider their own safety, and even take others as victims in order to save their lives.

Zhang Yi is fully capable of changing Ethan's fate, but he doesn't plan to do so.

It’s not because Zhang Yi is cold-blooded, but because Ethan’s fate is like this, he must die.

The reason why Tony made the steel armor was kidnapped was the direct reason. He had to do this, otherwise he would be dead.

But having Iron Armor does not mean that he is Iron Man.

According to Tony's previous bad character, even if he has a high-level armor, he is not worthy of the word "门". Steel armor is just his tool for escape and will become his exclusive toy in the future.

One of the important factors that really made Tony change is Ethan, a tragic figure who has a weak sense of existence but cannot be ignored.

It was not long for more than two months, but Ethan first saved Tony's life, helped him study the Ark Reactor and the Iron Armor, and became Tony's life mentor. In the end, he even sacrificed himself to buy time for Tony, which became an experience that Tony could not let go of in his life.

Coupled with the previous kidnapping incident and the combined influence of many factors, Tony's mentality completely changed.

Perhaps in the hearts of others, Tony is Iron Man, the hero who protects the world. Then in Tony's heart, Ethan is his Iron Man.
Chapter completed!