Queens, New York.
In a rugged place, there is a forgotten street. There are usually few pedestrians here, and even vehicles are too lazy to pass by.
In fact, this place was once prosperous, with many shops and entertainment projects along the street, attracting most of the nearby teenagers. The uphill section of the street was once the favorite section of the teenagers, from where you can see your long shadow in the sunset when you ride your bicycle down.
But I don’t know since when, business in the vicinity suddenly became bleak, and one business after another closed down, leaving only one old convenience store still standing.
Perhaps this street has really been forgotten, so no one has ever found it strange that this deserted store can still survive.
But today, it's bustling.
A little after ten o'clock in the morning, a whistling sound resounded through the sky above the area, drawing the attention of everyone nearby to the sky.
Then people saw something flash by and shoot straight towards somewhere, like a meteor falling to the ground.
Then there was a loud bang, and then the ground began to tremble. The combined effect of the two made the windows of nearby buildings buzz. The frightened residents looked outside and were horrified to find that smoke and dust rose several stories high not far away.
Before the smoke and dust dispersed, a figure rushed out from it and flew into the uncovered sky.
"Jarvis, scan the scene information."
Stark moved his aching shoulder while calling up the previous remote sensing model for comparison.
The model shows that there was originally a sturdy security building hidden underground, with a concrete defense layer that was even two meters thick.
That's right, this is one of Hydra's strongholds.
In order to deal with this SS-style stronghold, Stark's previous collision was precisely calculated, and it hit the weakest point of the entire underground structure at a perfect speed and angle. The theoretical effect should be comparable to that of a small tactical ballistic missile.
"Jarvis, it seems that the shock absorption system needs to be improved. The impact force of the hand hammer has not been completely dissipated. I almost dislocated my arm." Stark felt that his arm might not recover for a while.
"Got it, sir. In addition, the real-time dynamic scanning results at the scene show that your previous impact was very successful and the main structure of the underground bunker has been destroyed." Jarvis was very diligent.
"OK, let's clean up the battlefield next." Seeing that the smoke and dust below had almost dissipated, Stark began to dive down, using the particle beam generator on his hand cannon to stimulate repulsion rays, trying to melt the concrete debris blocking the passage.
However, at this moment, a red light suddenly lit up inside the mask.
"Something is wrong, sir. The life signature scanning system shows that there is no sign of life in the underground fortress. This is an empty base."
"No one?" Stark became alert after hearing the news. He quickly rushed into the sky and turned on the sentry mode.
A series of crankshafts were driven on the shoulders of the armor to raise the micro-missile cellular launch system.
"Is the intelligence wrong?"
"There are residual oscillation signals homologous to the nanocrystals, indicating that the intelligence information is as accurate as 90%, sir."
"Jarvis, contact others and receive real-time information about the situation there." Stark suspected that he had come to nothing this time.
However, he soon discovered that things were not that simple.
The red light under the mask that had just subsided began to flash again, at a faster frequency than before, and then Jarvis's alarm voice sounded:
"Emergency alert, the aircraft is in a strong electronic interference field and cannot communicate with the outside world."
"Emergency alert, we are being tracked by thermal imaging, number fourteen, this is a trap, sir."
"Damn!" Stark suddenly cursed.
He realized that there was a problem with the secrecy of the operation.
More than a dozen people were waiting for him here, which was enough to show how well prepared the other party was.
Does this mean that Stephen and Peter are also...
For a moment, Stark frowned.
However, as an experienced superhero, Stark knew that he had to stay focused during a fight, so he did not dwell on this issue any further. Instead, he quickly moved away and instantly entered combat mode.
"Jarvis, expand the scanning range and counter-track the thermal imaging source."
Stark began to fly in low circles to avoid infrared missiles fired from the darkness, while trying to force the hider's location.
But the opponent obviously would not give him time to prepare. At this moment, a sharp whistle came from the front left. When Stark heard the sound, his back immediately shuddered and he immediately changed his flight direction, almost flying backwards.
As the head of Stark Industries and the former king of arms, he is very familiar with this kind of weapon, and that voice is full of danger.
Sure enough, the mask quickly gave specific information. The thing was a small fuel-air explosive bomb with an induction warhead. It could explode far away from the target and use its huge destructive power to cause indiscriminate casualties.
"Have these people gone crazy?" Stark was shocked. This kind of weapon is very dangerous. If used in a downtown area, it will cause extremely serious damage.
When it explodes, it produces rapidly expanding high-temperature gas, causing the first wave of casualties, and then instantly consumes all the oxygen within a radius of tens of meters around it, suffocating the creatures within it to death.
"Jarvis, keep it at one and a half times the speed, I need to lead it to a safe place."
"Yes, sir."
"Have you found the source of the thermal imaging tracking?"
"Scanning, sir."
"Prepare the cruise micro-missiles and deploy them for attack as soon as you scan the enemy." Stark didn't want to waste time playing hide-and-seek with this group of people, so he planned to end the battle quickly.
The other three people cannot be contacted yet, and the situation is probably not very clear. He must get out of here first and rush to provide support.
But he didn't expect the situation to get worse again.
"Sir, the enemy's position has been locked, but the situation is not good. They are hiding in nearby residential areas. If cruise missiles are deployed, it is very likely to cause the fuel-air explosive bomb to explode, causing innocent casualties."
"Oh, they succeeded in irritating me." Stark had already created a sufficient distance from the fuel-air bomb, and then stretched out his hands to release light and condense towards it.
"boom!"
In an instant, a huge mushroom cloud rose up in the air, creating a strong shock wave that made Stark groan. Then a force of air pressure in the opposite direction suddenly pressed on his back, as if he was hit by a heavy hammer.
And this is just what it would look like if it exploded high in the sky. If it exploded between buildings on the ground, it would cause a hellish scene.
"Stop deploying cruise missiles. I'm going to deal with these guys myself." Stark got angry after witnessing the power of the fuel-air bomb. He couldn't understand the other party's way of acting in disregard for life.
"Give me the target location, Jarvis."
Then there was a swooping sound across the sky, and Iron Man rushed down in anger.