Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 384 Space Gem

Chapter 384 Space Gem

The Time, Mind, and Power gems are all in my possession.

With Thor's intervention, the Reality Stone can be considered to have a place to rest.

In addition to Tony Stark, who has already set off to locate the Space Stone, the Spider-Lantern Corps searching for Vormir, and Batman—

After returning to Earth, Joey surprisingly found himself with a lot of free time.

"Move the gemstone recess over there a little bit—"

He wasn't completely idle; not long after Joey returned to Earth, he was already helping Dr. Banner create another Infinity Gauntlet.

He was pointing at the projection screen in front of Dr. Banner: "Move it two more millimeters—hiss~ or maybe we should move it back first?"

Dr. Banner, who had been working so hard these past few days that he had dark circles under his eyes, was building a model of the Infinity Gauntlet according to Joey's description. After getting a general idea of ​​what was going on, he impatiently dismissed him, saying, "Don't you have anything else to do?"

The difficulty in constructing the Infinity Gauntlet lies in the materials and processes. Superman has only been back for ten minutes, and Dr. Banner is already finding it hard to bear.

That's enough. It's not like we're building an atomic bomb. Why do you expect me to create something exactly like the one in my memory? That would be making things difficult for you.

"Sorry." Joey had simply caught the obsessive-compulsive disorder from spending so much time with Tony: "I thought you scientists were all perfectionists like Tony!"

Dr. Banner hasn't had a good night's sleep these past few days since Superman and Iron Man dragged him here. If this continues, he might even die suddenly and then have to release Hulk to work overtime.

He's a top theoretical physicist who can have his headshot hung on the school classroom wall, on par with Newton and Einstein. He's not some third-rate modeling company employee. Why would anyone exploit him like this?

Banner realized it was all Tony's fault: "Maybe only Iron Man has this kind of bad habit."

To create a round button requires a perfectly round person; Banner simply doesn't believe he doesn't have some kind of mental illness.

His hands kept moving, while he casually chirped Iron Man behind his back: "He's narcissistic and arrogant. I once suggested he see a psychologist, talk to him or something, and within two days he'd slept with the doctor. And also—"

"Are you still listening?"

Dr. Banner, engrossed in his work and casually chatting, noticed the room had fallen silent again. Startled, he quickly turned around: "Thank goodness—they were just gone!"

There was nothing behind him; Superman, who was always on the move, had probably already left quietly before he even gave his critique of Iron Man.

What if Iron Man, who went out to find the Space Stone, suddenly returned and happened to catch me ogling him from behind? That would be quite embarrassing.

"Achoo!"

After passing through the portal, Tony landed on a huge piece of metal debris. Before he could even catch his breath, he sneezed.

Tony, who inexplicably sneezed, began checking the life support system inside his armor: "Strange, is there some harmful environmental gas or substance that wasn't filtered out?"

"No, sir," Jarvis replied, "this should be a perfectly standard Earth ecosystem."

.

"Ah, that's right."

Tony scanned the tens of thousands of miles of sky around them and realized that Jarvis was blatantly lying: "This place couldn't be more perfect!"

The lava that once formed at the Earth's core was also thrown out by the Earth's rotational inertia at the moment of the explosion, and rapidly cooled in the extreme cold vacuum, forming volcanic rock fragments of various shapes.

Together with the irregular asteroid fragments resulting from the Earth's own fragmentation, they formed a cloud of space debris, drifting around along the original planetary orbits.

With another duck, Tony dodged the space debris hurtling towards him. According to Superman's description, this debris should have come from the shattered remains of Ultron 30K.

If this is considered a "standard" Earth ecosystem, then Tony has no idea what Jarvis considers "non-standard."

"Baby, let me see where you are—"

Following the source of the Cosmic Cube signal, Tony darted through this cloud of cosmic debris and finally found a strangely shaped location.

This massive mechanical structure, made of alloy and concrete, was originally part of a colossal facility buried deep underground, but it was only brought to light after the Earth was blasted into pieces.

"Found you, my beauty~"

Tony activated the hand cannon in his suit and, after much effort, finally managed to carve a hole in the alloy wall large enough for one person to pass through.

"Sir, I recommend you scan first, just in case there are any unforeseen dangers."

Tony, not caring about anything else, went straight in: "Scanned, no use."

If his scanning function works, then Superman wouldn't have failed to find the Space Stone when he revisited the area.

However, despite his daring nature, Tony isn't entirely like Joey—a reckless brute.

Before venturing inside, Tony's Iron Man suit popped out a palm-sized teleportation beacon, which firmly adhered to the outer wall of the facility: "Jarvis, prepare for emergency teleportation."

In this way, if there is any danger inside that cannot be handled, he can quickly escape with Jarvis's repositioning assistance.

"As clever as I am!"

After entering the facility and talking to himself, Tony judged from his experience that he was likely in a place similar to an assembly line.

"Armium factory —"

As a super AI and robot, Ultron does indeed have its own unique insights into mechanical cybernetics.

He must have assembled the manufactured parts here before transporting them along the line to the center.

..

Following the assembly track, Tony continued forward until he finally found a spacious hall at the end of the track. In the center of the spacious hall stood an energy spire, its top shimmering with a blue glow.

Ultron, who travels between the past and the future, as well as several parallel universes, likely uses this place for multi-directional teleportation to achieve rapid deployment of all his armies.

Upon seeing the blue light of the Space Stone, Tony was overjoyed. After a brief scan, he flew straight up and began cutting into the part with fewer energy channels.

With a snap, a small section of the spire's top broke off under the cutting force of the high-energy rays and fell downwards.

Tony's armor propulsion system worked to lift him up and land him smoothly. After cutting him open again, he pulled the dark blue gem out of the spire's core.

"This is it!"

The process of recovering the gems went unexpectedly smoothly, leaving Tony somewhat uninterested; an adventure without unexpected twists and turns would be incomplete.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Ultron has already been completely destroyed, so what problems could possibly arise?

Tony, having stored the Space Stone inside his armor, took off and flew away along the assembly tracks he had come from. But the further he flew, the more uneasy he felt. "Are these tracks new? And longer?"