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He turned to look in the direction of Manhattan, having spent the last few days refining his perception through the dream capsule.

Tony Stark's mental fluctuations are increasingly dominated by despair, indicating that his Kamen Rider energy fluctuations are not enabling him to create new elements.

If I were to openly appear near Stark Tower, he would definitely come over in person.

Perhaps we could try to subtly hint to Tony that he should find the new element ahead of time. This is a real world, and we can't afford to mess things up. We could let Peter release the signal, which would waste Tony's survival time and kill him.

In the main universe, Tony Stark searches for the ultimate answer to the question of the new element, discovering its structural diagram in a model of the city exposition left by his father, Howard.

It is quite possible that his existence caused his fate to deviate. If Tony, because he was too obsessed with finding answers in that signal, ignored the real clues left by his father.

This outcome was unacceptable to Lin Nan.

Lin Nan pondered the map of the United States on the wall for a while, and finally his gaze settled on Adirondack Park in upstate New York.

This park, located near the Canadian border, is densely forested and has a complex terrain. It is far from major cities and the regular surveillance network of S.H.I.E.L.D., making it an ideal location to communicate with Tony Stark.

After deciding on the location, I put on some clothes and went out like an ordinary high school student living alone.

As they walked, they used the Dream Harmony Capsule to scout the surrounding area. After finding no one following or monitoring them, they found a dark place.

Insert the dream capsule in wing form, and the armor covers the entire body in black smoke, with red secondary eyes lighting up.

With the ion propulsion wings unfolding behind him, he bent his knees and propelled himself lightly into the sky, hurtling towards the northern border of New York State at an extremely high speed.

As Lin Nan flew, he used his consciousness to communicate and harmonize the dream capsule, covering his entire body with energy to ensure that he would not be detected by the military's radar or S.H.I.E.L.D.'s instruments.

The wing-shaped aircraft flew very fast and soon reached the depths of the Adirondack Mountains.

This place is far from any trails and areas of human activity. The forest is dense and tall, and you can feel the thickness of the decaying leaves when you step on the ground.

Lin Nan did not intentionally release energy; he simply found a tree stump and sat down.

He knew that if Tony Stark noticed this, he would definitely come over.

Lin Nan had no idea that Tony would arrive so quickly!

......

Inside Stark Tower, Tony Stark wore a white vest stained with oil and sweat, his lips were chapped, and his eye sockets were bluish-purple from long hours of staying up late.

He first tested the toxicity concentration in his blood, and the result was devastating: 55%.

Jarvis's voice rang out: "Sir, the 2600th attempt at simulating physicalization has failed."

"This element is almost impossible to synthesize in reality."

Tony did not respond; his eyes were weary as he looked at the remnants of the energy structures on the screen.

Despair surged back into my heart; this despair that followed hope was even more tormenting.

He injected a stabilizer into his arm.

He then collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Is this really how it is? He, Tony Stark, ultimately died because of his own creation.

Just then, Jarvis's voice came again: "Sir, just now, something with the same route as the New Element appeared on the streets of New York."

"The location is a community bank in Queens. Comparing this with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence confirms it's the same person."

"Code name: Knight!"

Tony Stark sat bolt upright: "Knight? The armored man who rescued that old madman Norman Osborn from Long Island Manor?"

"Did he send those signals?"

"Yes, sir, the probability is over 90%."

Tony felt a surge of excitement, his physical fatigue was driven away by mental exhilaration, and he stood up abruptly.

Are there still similar fluctuations now? Has it happened again in New York City?

Finding this knight might be the key to breaking the current deadlock.

"The scan is ongoing, and nothing has been found so far."

“Continue to monitor him, anywhere in the world, and tell me immediately once you find him.”

"Okay, sir."

Time passed by, and as evening approached, Jarvis's somewhat delighted voice rang out.

"Sir, there is a clear energy fluctuation at Adirondack Park, with a 100% match."

Tony Stark abruptly stood up and strode towards the black platform, where his armor was quickly donned by automated robotic arms.

Jarvis cautioned, "Sir, the energy fluctuations are too obvious; it might be a trap."

Tony's visor closed, his blue eyes lit up, and his voice came from beneath the mask: "It doesn't matter, Jarvis. As long as there's a glimmer of hope, I won't give up."

Then, the armor's thrusters spewed flames, and Iron Man glided down the rooftop, quickly ascending after leaving Stark Tower, heading towards his target location.

It was night when we arrived at the Adirondack Mountains.

Night fell, covering everything in its depths, the tall tree canopies intertwining to form an impenetrable dome.

A golden-red streak, like a falling meteor, tore through the night sky and swooped down toward a clearing in the forest.

Iron Man has arrived.

The armor's paint reflected a cold sheen in the moonlight. Tony Stark's gaze, hidden beneath his helmet, swept over the surrounding area.

"Jarvis, scan for all heat sources, metallic reactions, and anomalous energy readings within a 500-meter radius."

"Target locked, approach rapidly, 100 meters, 50 meters, be careful, sir!"

With a buzzing sound.

An extremely faint sound came from a dense grove of trees behind Tony Stark.

Iron Man quickly turned his head and saw those red compound eyes.

The Knight! He's been nearby the whole time, and Jarvis barely noticed!

Tony's heart skipped a beat, the energy core in his chest lit up, and all the weapon systems in his armor instantly locked onto that figure.

The knight was really enticing him; was this really a trap?

But he did not fire.

Iron Man tilted his head slightly, his voice coming through the mask: "Knight? You led me here, hiding yourself inside a lump of metal. With such an extravagant look, are you planning something bad?"

Lin Nan suppressed the urge to complain and said softly with a smile, "Relax, Mr. Stark. I mean no harm. I just want to remind you of something."

The light emanating from the energy core on Iron Man's chest contracted slightly: "A reminder? What are you trying to remind me of?"

"Your father left you a key to the future, Mr. Stark. You will definitely need it now," came the knight's electronic voice.

"My father? What do you mean?"

But Lin Nan did not answer. His figure rose and fell a few times in the forest and quickly disappeared into the darkness and shadows.

"Jarvis, scan where he is now?"

"Not found, sir."

Iron Man stood frozen in place, his armor hovering in mid-air.

What does this mean? It's like it lured me here with a riddle!

My father left me a key to the future, and I'm sure I'll be able to use it now.

This sentence always gave him a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Suddenly, Tony Stark remembered the video of his father, which he had only seen once when he was a child and had never seen again since.

Fortunately, he had a good memory; the knight said the exact same thing his father had said in the video.

The content of that video...

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Tony's mind, and he commanded with some skepticism:

"Jarvis, retrieve all the unpublished project files my father left behind concerning future city models, especially the materials related to the 1974 Stark Expo!"

Chapter 56 New Elements

“Okay, sir, but the database is quite large and will take time to extract and analyze,” Jarvis replied.

Tony recalled his memories of that time. He was only four years old then, just a toddler baby.

That same year, his father showcased the concept of a future city at a technology expo, declaring it to be Stark Industries' vision for the future.

He once thought it was just a gimmick his father used to attract investment, because a bunch of exquisite miniature models wouldn't amount to much.

After his father left, Tony glanced at some of the videos he had left behind but didn't find anything particularly special.

Could there be something hidden inside that model?

He felt he might be seriously ill, and for the sake of a person of unknown origin who uttered a riddle, he went to retrieve the information his father had left behind decades ago.

Unfortunately, the current situation is not optimistic, and he must seize any opportunity, no matter how small, to follow it.

“Sir, the main miniature model is not in the database,” Jarvis said again.

"What? It's not in the database?" Tony asked, somewhat surprised.

But then he recalled that he had become a world-renowned genius since he was eight years old.

Under his leadership, Stark Industries flourished and soon surpassed the achievements of his father, Howard.

His feelings for his father were very complicated, and he stubbornly refused to look at the things his father left behind.

As for those models, they had long been left in his office building.

With that thought, flames shot out from the propulsion wings of Tony's armor, and he rose straight up, hovered for a moment, and flew towards Manhattan.

The wind whistled past Tony's steel armor, and his mind involuntarily began to recall details of his time with his father.

“Tony, you’re too young to understand this, so I recorded it on video for you.”

“This is what I built for you. It represents the culmination of my life’s work and is the key to the future.”