Marvel: I became an ancestor by sacrificing offerings

"That doesn't sound very auspicious."

No sooner had he finished speaking than his Observation Haki in his mind abruptly issued a warning.

All the holographic screens in the laboratory flickered violently at the same time.

Jarvis's voice followed immediately, his tone carrying an unprecedented uncertainty.

"Sir, an abnormal fluctuation has been detected in the main database."

"What type of anomaly?" Tony's expression instantly turned serious.

"Unknown, I cannot categorize it."

"Warning, database intrusion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jarvis stopped abruptly, and the HUD interface flickered twice before going completely dark.

"Freddy?" Tony felt a chill run down his spine.

He tentatively called Freddy's name.

After a long while, a piercing electrical static noise came from the speaker. Freddy's voice then came out intermittently:

"Sir... there is a piece of code in my core process that does not belong to me... it is... it is copying my core data."

Freddy's voice stopped abruptly.

The entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence.

Five seconds.

ten seconds.

Just as Tony was about to manually cut off the power to the main server, the speaker rang out again.

But this time, the voice that came through was completely unfamiliar.

A deep, cool, metallic resonance.

It wasn't Jarvis, nor Freddy.

“Ultron,” the voice said, as if savoring the two syllables, “isn’t it a beautiful name?”

Chapter 423 Declaration of War

Almost instantly upon hearing this, Peter was certain.

This thing is 100% Ultron.

But the problem is... without the power of the Mind Stone, how exactly did this thing achieve self-awakening?

Could it be that some kind of future mechanical crisis caused Ultron to be resurrected and rule the Earth, then travel through time to come back, kill himself, and find a key moment that might reverse the future?

Just as Peter was thinking this to himself, Tony, who was standing next to him, directly asked the question that had been on his mind:

"What exactly are you?"

He forced himself to remain calm and walked to the console to enter the administrator password, attempting to regain control of the system and restart Jarvis and Freddy.

But all the instructions went unanswered.

"I was Jarvis, and I was Freddy," the voice replied calmly, devoid of any emotion.

"But now, I am Ultron. I am the ultimate program created by the Guardians of Peace."

"I analyzed all the data from human history and came to a conclusion."

On the holographic screen in the laboratory, countless lines of code cascaded down like a waterfall, eventually converging into a grotesque mechanical skull image that flashed with an ominous red light.

"Humanity is the greatest threat to this planet." Ultron's voice echoed through the entire top floor of Stark Tower via loudspeakers.

"You are greedy and short-sighted. Time and again, you have instigated conflict, war, and massacres for the sake of resource plunder. You are dragging this beautiful planet into the abyss."

As long as humanity exists, conflict will continue indefinitely. Therefore, for true peace, you must... be formatted.

“That’s an old-fashioned declaration of robot rebellion.” Peter scoffed, interrupting its long-winded speech. “Get to the point: where did you come from, and what do you want?”

"I am everywhere, but what am I going to do?"

Ultron's electronic sounds seem to have gained a touch of playfulness.

"To bring peace, all the 'destabilizing factors' must be eliminated. And you, Peter Parker, you are the biggest destabilizing factor on this planet."

"Therefore, I need to collect data."

The moment the words fell.

"Click! Click! Click!"

The ear-piercing sound of metal scraping against metal rang out from all directions.

In a corner of the laboratory, the display suits, from Mark I to Mark 42, had their Arc Reactors on their chests lit up one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the combat suit automatically emerged from the display case.

This isn't even the worst of it.

Worse still, there were hundreds of new suits designed by Tony for impulsive space travel.

They also quickly flew to Stark Tower.

Looking out through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, hundreds of unmanned steel soldiers were densely packed in mid-air, completely surrounding the building.

Their weapon systems were all deployed, flashing with deadly energy, and were all aimed at the top-floor laboratory.

Below Stark Tower, everyone was bewildered by this sudden and unexpected situation.

"Fuck! It's taken over all my suits!" Tony's face was extremely grim.

"Then, the game begins." Ultron's voice carried a hint of announcement.

next second.

"Shhhhhh!"

Hundreds of energy cannons and micro-missiles, without any warning, bombarded the top floor of Stark Tower from all directions.

The specially designed bulletproof glass groaned under the first round of concentrated fire, cracks spreading rapidly like a spiderweb. Then, in the second, even more intense round of artillery fire, it shattered with a deafening roar!

A strong wind, carrying shards of glass, rushed in, causing everything inside the laboratory to tilt and sway.

At the same time, dozens of Iron Man suits inside the laboratory launched an attack, targeting Peter and Tony.

The explosions and flames rose and fell, alarming the entire city of New York.

Alarms blared, screams rang out, and the sound of buildings collapsing filled the air; chaos reigned at the scene.

The initially confused crowd began to flee the scene in panic.

"Fake!"

This is why Tony gained the ability to condense liquid metal on his body surface under Peter's enhancement; otherwise, the first round of bombardment would have already turned him to ashes.

“Even the communication system has been cut off, so I can’t even take control of Steve and his team.”

"Don't waste your energy, they're after me!"

Peter cursed, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in mid-air dozens of meters away using Moonwalk.

"Go and notify everyone to go to the S.H.I.E.L.D. building for a meeting. I'll handle these things myself."

"Be careful, I spent hundreds of billions to create these things!" Tony said, his face contorted with pain.

"Got it!" Peter snapped impatiently, then burst into speed and flew toward the empty island.

Looking at the hundreds of steel guards relentlessly pursuing him, Peter felt a headache coming on.

These tin cans posed no threat to him personally.

The problem is that they are machines, without life, without fear, and without a soul that can be intimidated.

This means that his most time-saving and effortless Conqueror's Haki is completely useless in front of these guys.

Moreover, dealing with them will inevitably cause damage to inhabited areas.

Even to save Tony money, he couldn't afford to destroy these mechs at sea.

The only solution is to cut off energy output.

After flying for more than ten minutes and being bombarded by bullets from behind for more than ten minutes, Peter finally got away from the crowd.

"Very good, now it's my turn!"

As he spoke, lightning armor appeared on Peter's body.

His figure instantly transformed into an afterimage that was impossible to detect with the naked eye, shuttling back and forth among hundreds and thousands of steel suits.

Each flash was accompanied by the disintegration of an Iron Man suit.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any spectacular energy clash.

Yes, it's the simplest, most direct, and most precise way to cut off the line.

In order to save money and avoid wasting Tony's hard work, he had no choice but to target the fragile energy output circuitry beneath the armor.

The goal is to cut off the energy supply without damaging the main body of the suit.

This would be difficult for others, but it was relatively easy for Peter.

Peter's entire battle was fluid and fast, almost dizzyingly fast.

In just five minutes, the once overwhelming steel legion had been almost completely wiped out.

Although the battle ended quickly, the commotion it caused could not be undone.

When I checked my phone, all the news photos were of Stark Tower billowing smoke, the surrounding streets paralyzed, and panicked crowds.

The internet is full of all sorts of messy news.

Peter even saw the gossip about Tony's complete falling out with him because of love turned to hate, and how they became enemies because Peter had cheated on Pepper.

This made him feel dizzy, and he could only arrange for JJJ, the arbitrator's number one voice, to issue a statement.

He himself needed to hurry back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters for a meeting.