The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 479 How to Kill Tony Stark

At night, the starry sky twinkles, but not a single star shines with the light of hope.

Above the Himalayas, lonely mountains still stand tall, with peaks towering into the clouds and mist shrouding them. However, the once mysterious and majestic mountains are now dead silent, and the cold wind blowing through the mountains makes people feel even more desolate.

Zhan Liu stood on the top of the mountain and looked around, seeing ruins everywhere.

The fire has been extinguished, but Kamar-Taj's former prosperity, bustling with people, and bustling scenes are gone.

The dark clouded sky made everything seem even heavier, and the depressing atmosphere was suffocating.

Zhan Liu spent several hours digging out the remains of everyone, and used his bare hands to dig out graves on the top of the mountain, and buried everyone in them one by one.

Tombstones were erected, without even names on them.

In fact, among all the wizards in Kamar-Taj, Zhan Liu only knew one Wizard King and one Strange, and had only dealt with them two.

He had no relationship with these mages, not even a nodding acquaintance. But for some reason, watching these mages die tragically, Zhan Liu felt very depressed.

In fact, Zhan Liu is not a person who respects life very much. When he was fighting against S.H.I.E.L.D., he never showed mercy. When he and Natalia attacked Hydra, he killed people like killing chickens.

The number of people who died at his hands was at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, and he never felt any nausea, vomiting, or disgust in his heart.

But now the death of these wizards has restored his empathy like that of an ordinary person, making him more like a "human" and closer to a "superhero", a unique product of this universe.

Everything happens gradually and imperceptibly.

Because he had stayed in the world of the God of War for some years, although he had lost his memory, his body's instinct still made him "take human life lightly". However, the rules of this universe and his destined fate gradually pulled him back from the mindset of the God of War to the human world.

It is really hard to say whether this situation is good or bad.

With the empathy of ordinary people, your emotions will naturally become richer, and it will be easier to resonate with the things you encounter, and then it will be easier to recognize your true heart and achieve star-breaking.

However, once one's thinking and values ​​become inclined towards superheroes, they will be more easily influenced by fate and it will be more difficult to transcend it.

After burying the entire Kamar-Taj, Zhan Liu left here with a heavy heart and took a flight back to the United States.

He was still worried about Natalia who had transformed into an insect, and was afraid that something might happen to her. Fortunately, what appeared before him again was still a beautiful woman in human form, not a disgusting big insect.

"Thank God, Natalia, I'm so glad you're okay!"

Zhan Liu hugged Natalia tightly and enthusiastically.

"I thought you were dead at first, and then I saw you turned into a big bug, commanding those Zergs. I was really worried that you would never come back after turning into a bug."

"You're okay. This is the best news I've received in a while."

The two experienced life and death again, and their feelings warmed up again. Natalia had been worried about Zhan Liu these days, and she was very excited to see that he was safe and sound.

She was much more proactive than Zhan Liu. She was passionate and went forward to kiss Zhan Liu's lips hard, giving both of them a good practice in their lung capacity.

After the two of them were intimate for a while, Natalia let go of her hand and said hesitantly:

"I don't know what's going on."

"I only remember being killed by that iron warrior with one shot. My memory after that became fuzzy. I don't even know how I turned back into a human form."

"But I think it has something to do with my superpowers, maybe something like the ability to transform into a boss. I just tried many times afterwards and still couldn't change back to that appearance again."

"And I also found that my body has become very fragile. It is not as strong as before. The superpowers of magnetic field control have also weakened a lot. It is simply an all-round weakening."

"I also tried to summon the group of space bugs, but there was no response at all. Perhaps this is a skill that can only be used in Zerg form."

"The ability to control bugs has not weakened, but the bugs on Earth are too weak. They are completely useless when fighting against powerful enemies."

"I don't know how long my current state of weakness will last, but it doesn't feel like it will be too short."

"I think maybe my previous memory loss was caused by using the Zerg transformation."

When he heard the word "Iron Warrior", Zhan Liu's eyes couldn't help but reveal a bit of hatred and murderous intent.

"Tony Stark!"

"He is also a person who returned from the future. In order to prevent me from becoming the Supreme Sorcerer, he has destroyed the entire Kamar-Taj so that I will not be able to learn magic."

"And he seemed to have another purpose. He didn't kill me, but instead gave me the introductory ability to rotate the magnetic field again. He also said something like he wanted me to break the star. I don't know what he was planning."

"He didn't kill you? Was it because he was worried that someone would use the Time Stone to resurrect you?" Natalia asked in surprise.

"I don't know either." Zhan Liu shook his head. "Probably not. I always feel like he's the mastermind behind everything, controlling something in secret, and I'm being used as a pawn by him."

"Damn it!" Zhan Liu angrily punched the table next to him and broke it into pieces.

Natalia patted his shoulder and comforted him: "As long as we are alive, we have a chance to turn the tables."

"Tony Stark is very strong. We couldn't defeat him even in our prime. If we want to kill him, I'm afraid we have to find another way."

"Since he is a person who has returned from the future, if we kill the still weak Tony Stark now, will this future enemy disappear out of thin air?"

Zhan Liu carefully recalled the plot of "Avengers 4" and compared it with Wolverine's actions in "X-Men: Days of Future Past", but he was not sure whether this method would work.

However, considering the random time travel plots in Marvel comics, Zhan Liu finally nodded and said:

"I'm not sure, but it's worth a try."

"Since we have become enemies, there is no need to show mercy."

"Tony Stark's Iron Man armor should still be very weak and can be easily killed."

Just as he said this, more than a dozen iron armors whizzed past in the sky nearby. Judging from their appearance, they were obviously at least the Mark 20 version or above.

Zhan Liu and Natalia looked at each other and exclaimed, "What a joke!"

"Has Tony gone mad, patrolling the skies over New York?"

The two turned on the TV and saw on the screen that the news media were gathered in front of Stark Industries, eagerly interviewing Obadiah, the current chairman of the board of directors of Stark Group.

"...Please rest assured, all investors. Even without Tony Stark, Stark Industries is still the world's top arms manufacturer." Obadiah spoke excitedly in front of a bunch of microphones and cameras. He pointed his finger at the dozens of steel armors hovering above his head and said proudly:
"We have military weapons research capabilities that far exceed any other country in the world, and these steel armors flying in the sky are proof of that."

Obadiah only produced one genuine Mark 50 armor for himself, and the products he provided to the military were just ordinary armors. However, this alone was enough to shock the whole world.

"We have reached a new weapons purchase contract with the U.S. military to produce this Obadiah Type I steel armor as a necessary security guarantee for U.S. soldiers to maintain peace around the world and to deal with the increasingly rampant super criminal activities in the country."

"The total contract value is in the hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars, and the delivery will be divided into three years."

"The first batch of products has been delivered and will be used in public security activities in major cities in the country. The heinous crimes caused by super criminals like the one that happened in New York not long ago will not happen again, and the safety of people's lives will be further protected..."

The two were too lazy to continue reading the nonsense that followed. They could guess what was going on; it was all bullshit, not a single word of it was true.

"This kind of technology is definitely not something Obadiah can come up with. Only Tony Stark can do it, and not the Tony Stark at this point in time."

"That is to say, Tony Stark from the future has partnered with Obadiah of the present, giving his own technology to Obadiah of the present, and even giving up the naming rights for the armor. This is somewhat inconsistent with Tony Stark's personality..."

No matter how Zhan Liu thought about it, he felt something was wrong, as if something was wrong, but no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't figure out what the problem was.

"What about Tony Stark in this world?" Natalia also found it strange. "The intelligence shows that there were two Tony Starks in Stark Tower. One ran away after being discovered, and the other was later found to be an imposter and was arrested."

"So where is the real Tony Stark?"

Zhan Liu thought about it carefully and said, "The one who was discovered and ran away is definitely a fake, but the one who was caught as a fake may not really be a fake."

Natalia reacted quickly and immediately understood what Zhan Liu meant.

"You mean to say that Tony Stark from the future conspired with Obadiah from the present to capture the real Tony Stark from the present as an imposter?"

"But this doesn't make sense!"

"He went back to the past and didn't contact his past self. Instead, he captured his past self. What a crazy move!"

Natalia shook her head, thinking that Zhan Liu's guess was wrong, but Zhan Liu had a different opinion.

"Catching someone doesn't necessarily mean killing them. It could be a form of alternative protection."

Natalia shook her head. "Wouldn't it be the best protection to give him a Mark 50 Iron Man Armor? Why go to all this trouble?"

"What if this practice protects someone other than the Tony Stark of the past?"

"I've heard of a theory about time travel, which says that if the same person at different time points meets each other, time and space will eventually erase the person at the later time point."

"That is to say, if Tony Stark from the future meets his present self, the one from the future will disappear into thin air."

"If this theory is correct, then in order to protect the Tony Stark from the future, the two Tonys must never meet."

"But the problem is that Tony Stark is a very self-centered guy. He will never sacrifice his present self for the sake of his future self. It is impossible for him to stay at home all day and not go anywhere like he is in prison."

"He is so proud that he might even disdain to use his future self's technology. Instead, he might even want to compete with his future self."

"Similarly, Tony Stark from the future must know what choice his past self would make, so he simply cooperates with the ambitious Obadiah and forces the abdication of the emperor to arrest the current Tony Stark first."

"Obadiah will definitely not refuse in order to obtain Tony's future black technology."

"That way, everything is explained perfectly."

Natalia suddenly realized it and thought about it carefully several times, but did not find any obvious loopholes.

"Your guess is indeed reasonable, but there is still a lack of evidence. It is purely a guess. What if you are wrong?"

"It doesn't matter!" Zhan Liu spread his hands. "Anyway, it seems that Obadiah is definitely in the same group as the future Tony Stark, so he is the enemy."

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"Even if the captured Tony Stark is not real, he is definitely not our enemy. It would not be wrong to rescue him."

"If we are lucky and guess correctly, we can let him meet the future Tony Stark, and the laws of time and space will naturally help us get rid of the enemy."

While Zhan Liu and the other man were planning how to kill Tony Stark, an unexpected visitor came to Obadiah's place, who was in high spirits.

"Illuminati?"

"What it is?"

"A replacement for SHIELD?"

Norman Osborn, who was sitting opposite, smiled and shook his finger, "No, no, no, Mr. Obadiah, S.H.I.E.L.D. belongs to the whole world, but the Illuminati belongs only to individuals."

"All members of the Illuminati must possess power enough to change the world, extraordinary power!"

"For example, the extraordinary power that caused various crises in New York during this period."

"Remember the big green guy who fought your Iron Warriors?"

"His name is Bruce Banner, and he's from the Illuminati."

Obadiah's eyes flickered, but he said nothing. He knew very well that the man wearing the Mark 50 armor was definitely not his subordinate, and was probably the Tony Stark who escaped first, but he said nothing.

"And the Thunder Werewolf that appeared that night, the black alien monster, and the Chinese captain who fought the alien swarm are all members of our Illuminati."

"To be honest, if you didn't possess the epoch-making technology of the Iron Armor, you wouldn't be qualified to know the name of the Illuminati."

After Norman Osborn finished speaking, he stood up and extended a hand of friendship to Obadiah.

"Now, I cordially invite you to become one of us, to jointly decide the fate of the world and guide the future direction of this planet."

"Then tell me what you decide, Mr. Obadiah."

Obadiah looked at Norman steadily for a while, then finally stood up and held Norman's hand tightly.

"It's my pleasure, Mr. Osborne!"

(End of this chapter)