Marvel: I am Iron Man

This further fueled the love-hate relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, and Tony was certain that the Hydra war, which was originally scheduled to erupt in Captain America 2, would probably have to be brought forward.

This is a good thing.

Tony hadn't forgotten that there was a wicked woman named Viper in Hydra who was eyeing his life. Perhaps Fury was pressing hard enough that Hydra was temporarily too busy with other things.

Furthermore, if S.H.I.E.L.D. can quickly inflict heavy damage on their opponents and force the entire organization to surface, it will make it easier for Tony to track down that wicked woman named Viper, find out why she's targeting him, and eliminate the threat along the way.

Actually, Tony always felt that Hydra in the MCU was pretty low-class.

In the comics, Hydra is portrayed as incredibly powerful, possessing a wealth of advanced technology and a host of super-powered henchmen, making them fully capable of directly confronting the Avengers.

In the MCU, Baron Strucker's headquarters is said to be the most luxurious and powerful base among Hydra's strongholds. Yet, even this most powerful base performed utterly unremarkable when attacked by the Avengers at the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Throughout the brief, symbolic resistance, the entire base was filled with the atmosphere of "The Avengers are here, we're doomed." A group of soldiers seemed to be constantly firing their guns, but their score was 0-5.

The only damage he dealt was a tiny sliver of health to Hawkeye, and that was only after Quicksilver launched a sneak attack to provide support.

In addition, the Hydra organization in the MCU doesn't seem to have many superhumans; the most famous ones are Winter Soldier, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.

There were only a few of them, and they all betrayed the Avengers in the end. So rather than calling Hydra in the MCU a cunning villainous group, it's more accurate to say they're the Avengers' training ground—focused on cultivating talent specifically for the Avengers, with the final interpretation of the rules still belonging to the Avengers.

Red Skull, the only member of the entire organization to have a final boss in the movie, was absent from Phase One of the MCU all the way to Phase Four. Only after Phase Four did he realize that he had been demoted from the leader of the organization to a cosmic tour guide.

Until Avengers: Endgame, Captain America's "Hail Hydra" in the elevator stunned the Hydra executives, thus shattering the Hydra's prestige in the MCU and transforming it from a terrorist organization into a comedic force.

Because of all these factors, Tony did not rate Hydra highly when he compiled a list of global threats. However, considering that these traitors had been lurking in the upper echelons of various countries, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the military for many years, and that while their direct strength might not be that great, their insidious nature was truly remarkable, Tony decided that he could not let his guard down and had to make sure that the threat was eliminated.

Tony's to-do list is getting longer and longer. He never forgets that he has a lot to do, and he makes sure to go through all the to-dos at least once a day, adjusting the priority of each item and thinking about whether there is anything that can be done right now.

However, while dealing with these issues, Tony certainly didn't forget about armor upgrades and weapons development.

After all, no matter how much data he collects or how many countermeasures he prepares, his own strength is always the foundation of his survival. No matter how many things he has to do or how busy he is, he will always make time for the laboratory and the armor.

Designing new armor and watching increasingly powerful equipment emerge in his hands brings him a sense of satisfaction and security.

In fact, besides being a necessity, designing armor is also his primary interest in life now.

Armor is his strength. Through continuous scientific research and exploration, upgrading power consumption and enhancing output, he gains faster power, more intense firepower, and greater speed. This quantifiable improvement in strength, relying on wisdom and his own hands to become stronger, brings unparalleled pleasure.

Not to mention that machinery and armor are inherently a man's romance. When Tony first traveled through time, the ecstasy and pleasure he felt when he saw the exoskeleton covering his body and the armor plates being installed piece by piece has not faded to this day, but has transformed into an impulse to continuously develop and update armor.

It was this impulse that gave him, as a time traveler, the foresight to know about the subsequent Mark series in the movies and the various Iron Man technologies in the comics, which is why he was able to upgrade and replace armor faster than the original Tony.

Furthermore, although the Mark 6 he is currently using looks similar to the Mark 6 in the movie, its output power, strength, maneuverability, flight speed, and other parameters are all greater than the original Mark 6.

He also set the same standard for the next generation of armor he plans to develop—to be better than the original.

That's only natural. Since he wants to live longer and do better than the original Iron Man, the standards must be set higher.

Tony took a sip of coffee and used his finger to manipulate the floating screen, zooming in on the design perspective of the new model of armor.

The project name, Mark 7, is prominently displayed at the top.

The Mark 1 is one of Iron Man's most popular armors. It debuted in "The Avengers" and was the armor Tony wore when he faced the Chitauri army in New York.

The Mark 7 is significantly larger than its predecessors, belonging to the heavy armor category among Iron Man's standard models. As seen in the Battle of New York, it carries a large number of micro-missiles, armor-piercing rounds, enhanced laser-cutting lasers, heavy missiles, and much more.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Mark 7 is a walking arsenal.

Furthermore, the Mark 7 was the first armor capable of remote, automatic deployment. It could transform into a flight capsule, using laser guidance, and could fly remotely and automatically deploy onto Tony Stark without the need for a disassembly platform or robotic arms. It was the progenitor of all subsequent remotely deployable Iron Man armors.

Tony has already created the framework for the Mark 7, but it's still in the design phase. He wants to refine the design before starting construction, hoping it will be a next-generation model that is significantly different from his previous six generations, rather than like some other manufacturers' phones—

—Upon seeing that the price of the new model had doubled, I excitedly opened the specification sheet and found that there was a "+" after the processor, but the benchmark score had only increased by 5%. The slogan was "Born for fever," but when playing games, the temperature control was comparable to a hand warmer.

Performance optimization is like squeezing toothpaste; you never know exactly where your extra money is going.

Tony certainly couldn't make his armor evolve like a mobile phone. He could easily release a Mark 6S, Mark 6 PRO, Mark 6 PLUS after the Mark 6, upgrading the armor model three to five times a week, but that would be completely self-deception.

What he wants is a real upgrade, a genuine enhancement.

As for the core module of Iron Man's technology, he already has a new idea for the arc reactor.

With the new elements he had just acquired, combined with the gamma energy technology he had obtained this time, he was confident that the Mark 7's energy system could be significantly improved and achieve a leap forward.

So, besides energy, another core technology of armor is defensive performance, including hardness and shock absorption.

Not only does the armor itself need to be as tough as possible, it also needs to protect the flesh and blood inside the metal shell. Iron Man's original shock absorption technology was already considered cosmic-level cutting-edge technology in the Marvel universe, but Tony felt it wasn't enough and could be even better.

Since this is set on Marvel Earth, when it comes to hardness and shock absorption, there's one thing that absolutely must be mentioned.

Zhenjin.