Wanjie Hotel: Iron Man is not allowed to charge

Chapter 166 Supercomputer, Acquired (7K views, requesting monthly votes)
Despite his complaints, Wen Ming didn't hesitate for long. He took out a talisman from his pocket and stuck it on the glass door of the hotel.

The intersection, which used to see cars passing by from time to time, suddenly became deserted.

Apart from the still-pattering rain, the whole world seemed to have fallen silent.

"Roar--"

After Jason stood up again, he roared to the sky.

Tread-tap-

The heavy footsteps repeatedly stirred up the rainwater in the puddles on the ground.

Amidst the raging wind and rain, Jason raised the massive fire axe and turned it towards the stunned girl.

Wen Ming could see clearly that Jason was surrounded by powerful electric light, and seemed to have transformed into Lightning Jason.

Misaka Mikoto, your Railgun shot probably sent Jason straight to the superpower stage.

Jason, if he returned to their universe, would definitely become an invincible serial killer.

If the army isn't deployed, who can suppress this?
"Zi-"

The Queen reacted quickly, unleashing another heat vision.

The heat vision, reaching a temperature of 3900℃, pierced Jason's body once again, but this time it did not cause him fatal damage.

Fortunately, Jason was knocked over by the powerful kinetic energy carried by the heat vision.

"Run!"

Wen Ming shouted and rushed into the rain.

The blue one was even faster, quickly flying towards Jason.

"Zi-"

This time, the heat vision device aimed directly at Jason's head and swiftly pierced through it.

Misaka Mikoto was not a weak or helpless girl. After her initial panic, she immediately took out a coin.

"A Certain Scientific Railgun—"

Orange lightning flashed again, and powerful wind pressure dispersed the torrential rain, sending Jason, who had just gotten up, flying more than ten meters away.

But this attack still didn't kill Jason.

Misaka Mikoto was stunned.

She could hardly believe what she was seeing.

What kind of monster is this?

"Die!"

Wen Ming rushed into the rain and landed quickly beside Jason, who had fallen to the ground. He grabbed Jason's fire axe that had fallen to the side and swung it down on Jason's neck.

Click.

Although Wen Ming had anticipated this, the intense numbness when the axe struck his neck made him realize that Jason's bones were probably as hard as steel.

Having experienced four rebirths, Jason is terrifyingly strong.

Click.

When one axe blow failed to split it open, Wen Ming added another.

Jason's head was finally chopped off.

“Take a sample of his tissue and then throw him back into his universe.”

Wen Ming gave a reminder, and Qing Hou immediately flew to Jason's side, quickly taking samples of hair, blood, and bone marrow from his body.

After doing all this, Qinghou used her heat rays to burn his head off, then quickly flew to the crossroads with his headless corpse and threw it away.

"never mind."

Wen Ming took the umbrella that Charon hurriedly handed him, walked up to Misaka Mikoto, and seeing that she was still in shock, comforted her, "My name is Wen Ming, and I am the owner of this hotel. Come to my hotel, take a shower and change your clothes first."

"Oh? Okay, thank you!"

The heavy rain was blocked by the umbrella. Misaka Mikoto looked at the other person's tall figure and couldn't help but bow slightly in a restrained manner.

Back at the hotel entrance, Wen Ming walked up to Lina and saw her struggling to hold back her tears: "Don't be afraid. Next time you see him, just shout my name or run into the hotel."

Lina burst into tears and threw herself into Wen Ming's arms.

Lex walked over, looking disheveled. When he saw his sister nestled in Wen Ming's arms, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. He thanked him profusely, saying, "Thank you, Wen Ming. You've saved me twice already."

"You saved me twice."

Lina was crying, her face streaked with tears. She had run so fast that the rain had soaked her clothes, and her body pressed against Wen Ming's body as if there was no resistance. "Can I stay at a hotel tonight? I'm afraid he'll come and kill me again."

"Okay, Charon, go and book a room for Lina and Misaka respectively."

Wenming wanted to tell Lina that unless the other person was grabbing her clothes or sitting in her car, they couldn't enter her universe. But he knew that Lina was still young, and even with her super brain, this was something a young girl like her couldn't handle.

Lex immediately seized the opportunity: "Then I'll stay here tonight too."

"Okay, I'll take you to your room."

Seeing that Lina wouldn't let go of him, Wen Ming had no choice but to put his arm around her and walk into the hotel together.

Just before entering, he peeled off the talisman that he had just pasted on the glass door.

There were more cars outside again.

Lex's attention was immediately drawn. What was this? Magic?
The customer service staff's gazes suddenly turned strange.

"Huh? The boss has a new girlfriend again?"

"I don't think so. The child is so small and his clothes are soaked. He must be a poor passerby."

"The boss is such a good person, he's saved another young girl. Well, two of them. The way the girl in the back is looking at him doesn't seem quite right either."

……

Upon arriving at the guest room, Wen Ming was about to leave when Lina suddenly grabbed him, reaching out for oxygen: "My heart is pounding, please calm me down."

"Don't do that, I have things to do. Bruce is about to rescue his parents. You should take a shower and change your clothes first."

Wen Ming gently pushed the other person away, then quickly turned and left. Lina licked her lips, a happy smile appearing on her face.

You can't escape.

I will become Mrs. Wen sooner or later!
……

After Wen Ming left, he settled Misaka Mikoto in a guest room on the second floor: "Take a shower first, and I'll have someone bring you some food later."

Sleep here, and I'll answer all your questions tomorrow morning.

Misaka Mikoto looked at Wen Ming with undisguised admiration in her eyes: "You were so amazing just now. You killed that ferocious monster with just two axe blows."

"No matter how powerful you are, you're not as powerful as me. You're the third-ranked Railgun in Academy City."

Wen Ming had long admired the famous Misaka Mikoto, but he knew that she only loved the male protagonist, Touma Kamijou, so he chatted politely for a few minutes and then left the guest room.

He led Qinghou and the others to the rooftop, where Arthur, Cassidy, and the Wen brothers were already waiting.

"After the heavy rain, the salt fields are unusable, so we can only use salt-iron bullets and iron tools to kill them by force."

Dean took out his gun and prepared it. Wen Ming tossed out a multi-purpose capsule, took out a Winchester rifle, and handed it to Arthur: "Arthur, do you know how to use this?"

"Yes, boss, I seem to have a talent for these weapons."

Arthur took Winchester, slung the bullet belt over his shoulder, and stood side by side with Wen Ming: "Boss, give me a chance to show off later."

"This opportunity will definitely be given to you."

Wen Ming was eager for Batman to owe Joker even more favors, so he patted him on the shoulder and then showed Cassidy and the other two a talisman.

"This runic spell is called 'Dispel Idleness.' Do you have a similar spell in your universe?"

"Disperse the bystanders?"

The three of them gathered around to examine the talisman in Wen Ming's hand. Wen Ming explained, "This is a rune magic to prevent unrelated people from entering the battlefield. It can make people in this area feel that they 'don't want to come near here for some reason.'"

It can acquire ownership of a certain area, preventing interference from outsiders. It also possesses psychological effects, acting as a form of mental restraint that influences thinking and action, and is used to control and capture enemies.

"It's amazing magic."

After examining it carefully, Cassidio said, "We have something similar in our angelic magic, but it requires angelic power."

This only requires ordinary magic, which is great. Did you get it from those kids' universe?

"Yes, this was given to me by Kanzaki Kaori. I'll put it in the shop to sell later."

Wen Ming didn't say directly that he drew the rune magic himself.

He originally had no magic power, but after copying and pasting his first magic book this afternoon, his powerful mental strength allowed him to learn how to generate magic power within his body in the shortest amount of time.

The first grimoire was about this "Idle Man's Dispel" rune spell.

According to the theory in "A Certain Magical Index", the essence of magic is the technique of "materializing the magician's own emotions".

Magic is the technology by which people realize their wishes, and all forms of magic are largely based on ideas such as wishes, desires, and will. These ideas can come from any cultural medium, such as religion, faith, mythology, and even folklore and fairy tales.

When people face reality and have nowhere else to turn, they will rely on the "supernatural," engraving their goals as magical names on their chests and becoming magicians.

The energy of magic comes from the soul; the stronger the soul, the more powerful the magic.

Magic is the driving force of magic. Everything has magic. There are generally two main sources of magic: the transformation of one's own life force or the power of the earth's veins.

Wen Ming's body and soul have been strengthened many times, so whether he uses his own life force to convert into magic or uses the power of the earth's veins, it is an easy thing for him.

In the battle with Jason just now, I used the "Idle Dispel" rune spell, which confirmed that the rune spell was completely effective and did not use much magic power. Wen Ming was very satisfied.

From then on, even without the hotel's magic array, he could use the "Idle Person Dispel" rune magic to construct a battlefield, thereby preventing ordinary people in the metaverse from seeing or being accidentally injured by the hotel.

Hotels are taking more and more protective measures.

Using supernatural methods around the world becomes much simpler, without any worry about being witnessed or recorded.

Wen Ming was having a good time when the elevator dinged. Everyone turned around and saw the usually composed Batman walking over with red eyes.

Behind him stood a gentle-looking middle-aged man and woman.

"Hello, Mr. Wayne, Mrs. Wayne."

Wen Ming warmly greeted them: "Welcome to the Iron Hotel."

"Thank you, thank you for saving my son. Just call me Martha."

Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne embraced Wen Ming together. Martha held Wen Ming's hand for a long time, saying, "He must have suffered a lot while I was away, but I can feel his great respect for you."

"You're too kind."

Wen Ming smiled and said, "I only resold a technology. The one who truly realized it and brought you back is your most proud son."

Wen Ming's words brought smiles to the faces of the Wayne couple and Bruce.

Even the usually reserved Batman couldn't help but express his gratitude again, saying, "Being able to come to the Iron Hotel is the greatest luck of my life."

"Stop being so polite, let's get to work!"

Arthur shouted, and everyone turned to look. In the pouring rain, a dark gray vortex, accompanied by crackling lightning, had appeared sometime earlier.

“This is my prey.”

Batman casually tossed out a capsule, and a black bat armor quickly appeared in front of everyone.

Wen Ming couldn't help but marvel at the various mysterious runes engraved on the bat armor and the greatsword held in its hand.

Sure enough, as long as Batman is fully prepared, he's never been afraid of anyone in a fight.

Bruce stepped forward, and the bat armor quickly opened, enveloping him. Then, his bat eyes immediately lit up with a white light.

"Bruce, I'll go first!"

While Batman was getting dressed, Arthur had already charged into the rain with Winchester in hand.

A hellhound that had just emerged from the dark gray vortex was immediately dispersed by Arthur's three consecutive shots.

"Hahaha, Hellhound, can't stand to see us save our own family? All those who destroy happiness will perish!"

Arthur stood in the pouring rain, laughing heartily.

"Arthur, be careful!"

Bruce donned his armor and rushed into the rain. Arthur looked back at him with some confusion, but the next second, a tremendous force sent Arthur flying.

"Do not--"

Bruce swung his greatsword, sweeping it fiercely towards one of the hellhounds that had ambushed Arthur. As the greatsword swung, silver runes quickly lit up.

With a single sword strike, the hellhound that had ambushed Arthur was shattered into pieces in mid-air.

At the same time, Winchester, along with Wenming, John, and Perkins's music, also started playing.

"Damn it! How come there's so much this time? Rebecca, emergency spray!"

As Wen Ming continued firing his gun, he kept glancing at the hellhounds that kept emerging from the dark gray vortex.

Aside from the fact that this is the first time in a long time that so many hellhounds have appeared.

There were at least a dozen of them.

How come there are so many?

Could Thomas and Martha possess a great deal of spacetime power?

Carrying his Winchester, Wen Ming quickly approached Arthur and relentlessly bombarded the surrounding hellhounds, killing them one by one. None of them who came near him could escape.

Compared to the previous times, Wen Ming was much more composed.

Besides having a way to deal with it, more and more partners are joining the battle, which gives him the energy to even observe.

Each hellhound that lands will charge at the Wayne couple without hesitation, and anything that tries to block their way will be attacked by them.

what happened?

What exactly is the difference between Tony's parents and Bruce's parents?
Qinghou flew to Wenming's side, using her heat vision to pierce through a hellhound, and said, "Boss, I speculate that the reason so many hellhounds are appearing is because Bruce's parents, like Peter Parker's uncle Ben Parker, are the anchor points for both Batman and Spider-Man."

If Bruce's parents hadn't died, Batman wouldn't have been born.

If Ben Parker hadn't died, Peter Parker wouldn't have grown up.

These are key events and figures that cannot be ignored.

Now that they've been saved, there's a 95% chance that the spacetime power they possess is more than ten times greater than that of Tony's parents.

In other words, a powerful force is hindering their resurrection.

At this point, Qinghou's voice suddenly lowered: "In other words, compared to the impact of Tony's parents' resurrection on the Iron Man universe, the impact of Batman's parents' resurrection on the Batman universe is greater."

"Don't let Tony know about this, or he'll get jealous."

Wen Ming nodded, then fired another shot, killing another hellhound: "Luckily, we have angels to protect us."

"And I!"

Arthur, who had already been pulled up by Rebecca with a first-aid spray, picked up the Winchester again and stood up: "Thank you for saving me, boss."

"You should thank Bruce, he's absolutely furious."

Wen Ming gestured towards Batman, who was wreaking havoc nearby. Arthur turned his head and saw the light on the cross-shaped sword flashing wildly as Batman swiftly slashed down one hellhound after another.

Arthur immediately burst into laughter and pounced on her: "My cute little bat, did you miss me?"

Bruce jolted, turned to look at Arthur, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Arthur was alright. He then continued to swing his greatsword: "Unfortunately, you're still alive. Gotham City's prison is about to welcome a new tenant."

"No, no, no, only the boss can judge me. No one else can!"

Arthur laughed wildly in the pouring rain, and Wen Ming keenly noticed that Arthur's mental strength was actually rising steadily at this moment.

This talent is just too amazing!

It can improve on its own without any reinforcement?

"Close your eyes!"

Just as everyone was methodically killing the hellhound, a majestic voice rang out. Wen Ming turned his head and saw that Cassidio had somehow walked to the center of the rooftop.

"Close your eyes!"

Wen Ming roared, and everyone closed their eyes and retreated.

"Om-"

A massive beam of holy light pierced through the darkness and rain, shining directly on the dozen or so hellhounds present.

The intense angelic light vaporized all the hellhounds into smoke, and then the green crystals quickly converged into streams of green light, which flew into the White Tiger's body.

"too strong."

Everyone couldn't help but admire him. Cassidio comfortably withdrew his arms: "Only at the Iron Hotel can I truly spread my wings."

Wen Ming couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the hotel's sturdiness.

It seems the magic array left by the Third Uncle is very powerful; even with such strong angelic power, it didn't have any destructive effect on the hotel.

……

"We are sorry for the trouble we have caused."

After the battle, Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne bowed apologetically to everyone. Wen Ming waved his hand and said, "This is a new employee induction ceremony. Everyone goes through it, but yours was a bit more lively."

Bruce looked at Wen Ming gratefully.

He knew very well that his parents' attack by hellhounds this time was not normal at all.

Last time, when Tony's parents were resurrected, only one hellhound appeared. This time, there are more than a dozen. Any normal person can guess that something is wrong.

Thomas and Martha were unaware of these things, and they both breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Wen Ming's words.

Even the two men, seasoned leaders of the Wayne Group, were somewhat taken aback by what they experienced that night.

First, a man from the future, claiming to be his son, defeats someone who tries to rob him with a powerful robot. Then, they travel through time and space to the future together, and then travel through space again to a magical hotel.

Before they could even calm down, they were attacked again by so many ferocious monsters.

To be honest, neither of them felt that the past few decades of their lives had been as bizarre as this night.

"Bruce, I've already booked the presidential suite for them. Take them there to rest for the night, and I'll have Qinghou give them a beginner's guide tomorrow morning."

Wen Ming knew the couple was terrified, but he wasn't too worried.

In some universes, this couple is not an ordinary person either.

In the Flash Universe, it wasn't the couple who died, but Bruce, Thomas, and Martha who became Batman and the Joker, respectively.

In New 52 Earth 2, Thomas also became Batman.

Therefore, Wen Ming had high expectations for these two new employees.

Of course.

As a lifetime guest of the presidential suite, Wen Ming couldn't afford to be anything less than extremely enthusiastic.

Bruce and his family left, and the evil trio also returned to their rooms. Arthur, however, left with the perfect robbery plan and weapons case that Qinghou had devised for him: "Boss, don't worry, I'll come in a truck tomorrow to deliver the gold to you."

Wen Ming patted him on the shoulder: "Be careful, don't let Bruce catch you."

"Don't worry, boss, I have an 'anti-Batman' plan. Besides, he doesn't have time to come after me right now."

Arthur blinked and quickly walked towards the crossroads.

Wen Ming did not return to the hotel, but continued to stand at the hotel entrance and wait.

Soon, a mechanical eagle and a mechanical leopard appeared at the crossroads.

"Yuan Bao, you're so slow! If you hadn't been slowing me down, how would I have been spotted by those drones?"

"Isn't it because you insisted on going to Academy City to see the unmanned armor?"

"If it were just me, I definitely wouldn't have been discovered. It's all your fault for dragging me down."

"No, if I hadn't stopped you, you would have been blasted into dust."

……

The eagle and the leopard bickered as they quickly landed in front of the hotel.

Upon seeing Wen Ming waiting there for a long time, Yuan Ying immediately put on a touching expression: "Boss, you must have been very worried about me, right?"

"No, I'm not worried about you, I'm worried about Yuan Bao."

Wen Ming reached out and pushed Yuan Ying's head away, then bent down and patted Yuan Bao's head: "Are you injured? Was Vega's satellite destroyed?"

Before Yuan Bao could even speak, Yuan Ying couldn't wait to take credit, saying, "Boss, destroying it would have been such a waste. We brought Vega One back to you."

"You got it back?"

Wen Ming was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Yuan Ying, you are really amazing. I thought you could only destroy it from a distance at most."

Yuan Ying immediately raised his chin smugly: "Boss, breaking through the atmosphere is a piece of cake for a powerful Transformer like me."

Yuan Bao muttered under his breath, "And then you disobeyed the boss's orders and sneaked into Academy City?"

Just as Yuan Ying was about to defend himself, Qing Hou's sharp gaze swept over him: "Yuan Ying, you are hereby punished by being forbidden from entering any universe for the next three months."

"Ah! Big sister, no, I was wrong!"

Yuan Ying suddenly became anxious.

He was ecstatic to be able to go to another universe this time, completely forgetting Wen Ming and Qing Hou's orders. Who would have thought that his eldest sister would be so fierce?

He hurriedly produced three all-purpose capsules as if presenting a treasure: "Not only did I complete the mission, but I also captured an HsAFH-11, a six-winged unmanned helicopter. Boss, you'll definitely like it."

However, Wen Ming did not look at the three universal capsules, but stared at Yuan Ying and said seriously, "This is your first offense."

If this happens again, you'll never be able to leave this hotel again for the rest of your life.

Upon hearing that Wen Ming's punishment was even harsher than Qing Hou's, the usually talkative Yuan Ying immediately became obedient. It stood quietly in front of Wen Ming, not daring to raise its head: "I understand, boss."

Seeing that he had behaved himself, Wen Ming took the three universal capsules: "One is Vega No. 1, one is six feathers, and what is the remaining one?"

Yuan Ying glanced up at Qing Hou discreetly, and seeing that she had no reaction, he boldly took credit: "I saw that Altair 2 was quite close to Vega 1, so I took the opportunity to capture it."

This was the excuse that Qinghou had given him before, and Yuan Ying didn't dare to add anything more.

"Altair 2?"

Wen Ming recalled the famous satellites of Academy City and immediately thought of the satellite's most powerful weapon—the large-caliber ground-attack laser cannon.

Although this space-based weapon was cleaved in two by the powerful Right Flame after only one shot in "A Certain Magical Index," its power cannot be denied.

A slight smile played on his lips: "Well done."

Seeing Wen Ming happy, Yuan Ying straightened up triumphantly again: "Boss, with this space-based weapon, can the hotel rest easy now?"

"Not really, we have to be careful to avoid being discovered by other countries in the metaverse."

Wen Ming put away the all-purpose capsule and strode towards the elevator: "Yuan Ying, continue to guard the door. Yuan Bao, you and Qing Hou come with me."

Yuan Ying stood on tiptoe and looked into the hotel, his eyes full of envy: "Why can Yuan Bao follow the boss around every day, but I can't? I'm better than him!"

"If you disobey orders again, you won't even have to guard the door anymore. You'll have to stay in the lab and be a guinea pig."

Qinghou turned around and glared at him. Yuan Ying immediately became obedient and flew to the outer eaves of the hotel, wanting to hide in its original spot. However, the heavy rain made him very annoyed. In the end, he flew directly to the roof and squatted down next to Yuan She.

"Hey girl, how's your mission going?"

"..."

"Isn't this heavy rain romantic? Should I play some music?"

"..."

"Yuan Bao went inside to keep the boss company. Are you jealous?"

"..."

After entering the hotel, Wen Ming went straight to the laboratory on the second basement floor.

Inside the laboratory, Howard and Maya were engrossed in their projects. Wen Ming didn't disturb them, but went straight into the huge space at the back of his laboratory.

"Bam—"

The Vega 1, which is over ten meters long, suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Luckily, the solar panels have already been put away, otherwise my lab would have been burst open."

Afterwards, Qing cut off all external signals and network connections to the laboratory.

"Yuanbao, dismantle it, leaving only the core 'tree diagram designer' supercomputer."

Wen Ming stared at the enormous satellite in front of him, a wild smile spreading across his face.

How much of Academy City's advanced technology is contained inside?

Are there any methods to activate superpowers?
Will the Iron Hotel usher in its first major technological breakthrough?
No sleep tonight, let's get started!
(End of this chapter)