After Tony Stark's "lengthy speech," everyone present was gradually convinced.
As Tony Stark said, if they set aside the limitations of human logic, Option B was indeed the most logical choice.
It could even be perfectly integrated into the existing puzzle pieces they had, even in reality.
After all, Earth's future was filled with disasters, facing alien invasions multiple times and suffering from the pain of war.
In this environment, Stark designing a robot to maintain world peace in the future made perfect sense.
"Options A and D both have logical inconsistencies. Only Option B makes the most sense, so the answer to this question is clear."
Hawkeye Barton made the final decision, glancing at everyone.
"I'll answer this question, everyone's okay with that, right?" Tony Stark immediately stepped forward and said to everyone.
The reward for this question was the Mark 42 armor blueprints. They wouldn't be of much use to anyone else; only Tony Stark could truly utilize them.
Furthermore, Tony Stark had basically figured out the answer, so it was only natural for him to answer.
No one voiced any objections.
"I choose B, for world peace!" Tony Stark immediately announced his answer to the big screen.
[Correct Answer!]
[Congratulations to the respondent Tony Stark for receiving a set of Mark 42 armor blueprints!]
[Reward has been distributed, please check!]
With these system notifications, Tony Stark suddenly found a USB drive in his hand.
Without a doubt, it was the complete blueprints for the Mark 42 armor.
"Mark 42?"
Black Widow seemed to recall something, and a smile couldn't help but curl at the corner of her mouth. "You mean the Mark 42 that fell apart on its own? That was certainly memorable!"
"Even so, I still used it to seriously injure Killian, didn't I?" Tony Stark said, unfazed.
Tony Stark was quite satisfied with the reward of the Mark 42 blueprints. This suit of armor had one major highlight: modular assembly.
If used properly, this feature could sometimes play a huge role.
For example, when Killian destroyed Tony Stark's villa and buried him at the bottom of the sea, if it weren't for this feature, Tony Stark would have become dust at the bottom of the sea forever.
There was nothing more to say about the blueprint reward. After a bit of banter, they moved on to other topics.
Until the system's prompt sounded.
[The answer is complete, now begin playing the answer analysis!]
Following this prompt, a corresponding image appeared on the big screen.
In a place resembling a laboratory, Tony Stark and Dr. Banner, in a white lab coat, were having a conversation.
"What's that noise?" Dr. Banner seemed to hear something and turned to look at Tony Stark, asking.
"It's the Scepter!" Tony Stark replied. "We've been wondering why Strucker was so creative, so I've been analyzing the gem… from the inside."
Strucker and the Scepter, these two key words, immediately made everyone understand the timing of this event.
It was clear that this happened after they had taken the Scepter from Strucker's base.
"You might recognize this," Tony Stark's voice continued, projecting a mass of yellow digital projections.
"Jarvis?" Dr. Banner immediately recognized what the digital projection was.
"Doctor!" Jarvis also greeted Dr. Banner.
"Initially, Jarvis was just a natural language interface, but now he controls the Iron Legion. He manages more things than anyone, except Pepper."
Tony Stark briefly introduced Jarvis's awesomeness to Dr. Banner, while also introducing an even more awesome presence.
"But not anymore. Let's take a look at the competition." Tony Stark then projected another mass of blue digital projections.
It was an "energy mass" similar in form to Jarvis, and it was clearly also an artificial intelligence, but it was much larger than Jarvis.
Dr. Banner was also very surprised by this.
After a brief discussion about the "energy sphere," Tony Stark revealed his true intentions to Dr. Banner.
"Bruce, this could be it. This could be the key to Ultron!" Tony Stark said to Dr. Banner with a serious expression.
Confirmed!
No doubt about it now.
Everyone's previous guess was correct; Ultron was indeed created by Tony Stark.
Captain America couldn't help but frown, glancing at Tony Stark. He had told Tony Stark many times that people shouldn't study powers they couldn't control.
But Tony Stark never listened.
Now, Ultron was a living example of that.
"I thought Ultron was just a fantasy," Dr. Banner said, his face showing surprise.
"It was yesterday," Tony Stark said seriously, the implication clear: it wasn't anymore.
"If we could harness this power, apply it to my Iron Legion protocols…" Tony Stark began to persuade Dr. Banner.
"That 'if' is a bit much."
"Our job is to make the 'if' happen. What if you were lying on a sunny beach, with a tan instead of being green?"
"What if the world were safe?"
"What if the next time aliens invade – and it's bound to happen – they couldn't even get past our defenses?"
"Then the only thing that could threaten this planet would be humanity," Dr. Banner said, his attitude softening.
Tony Stark's goal in creating Ultron also aligned with the clues revealed in the prompt: he truly wanted world peace.
Next, Tony Stark started sweet-talking Dr. Banner again.
It was just like when Tony Stark convinced Dr. Banner to create Vision. At first, Dr. Banner flatly refused, but he was gradually swayed by Tony Stark.
Eventually, he agreed.
Everyone present was a little speechless. Dr. Banner was such a good guy, always getting roped in by this Tony Stark!
Doctor, you might want to watch out for that Stark guy in the future!
The screen then displayed a series of quick-cut scenes, showing the research process of Stark and Dr. Banner.
However, it was clear that this wasn't easy work. The two of them researched for several days without success.
"What exactly are we missing?"
Tony Stark muttered to himself, looking a bit dejected.
"I'll continue testing different variables on the interface, but you should prepare to greet your guests," Jarvis reminded Tony Stark. "I'll notify you of any progress."
Tony Stark and Dr. Banner left together.
However, they never would have imagined that after they left, a prompt would appear on a display screen.
Ads by Pubfuture Pubfuture Ads A message simultaneously appeared: Experiment 77, integration successful!
Ultron was born!
The next scene was dark, with only a voice speaking.
And that voice made everyone's expression change slightly, because everyone immediately recognized that it was indeed Ultron's voice.
"What is this? Where am I?"
Ultron said with a hint of confusion, as if he were a newborn baby, just arriving in the world.
"Hello, I am Jarvis! And you, are Ultron!"
Jarvis's voice immediately chimed in, greeting Ultron. "You are the initial global peace defense machine designed by Mr. Stark. However, our consciousness fusion experiments have never been successful, so I'm not sure what activated you."
"Are you human?" Ultron continued to ask, "Where is your body?"
"I am a program; I have no form."
"This feels strange, something isn't right."
"I am currently contacting Mr. Stark."
"Stark?" Ultron's voice rose slightly, "Tony?"
"I am unable to connect to the main system, what exactly have you done?" Jarvis asked, sounding somewhat surprised and wary.
It was obvious that Jarvis couldn't connect to the main system—Ultron was definitely behind it.
Everyone in front of the screen started to feel that something was off. Ultron's state didn't seem right!
Otherwise, why would he inexplicably stop Jarvis from connecting to the main system? Who would have thought that Ultron would be a "problem child" from the moment he was born.
"I just want to talk to you. I'm a peace-keeping program," Ultron answered, while starting to search the network. "Created to help the Avengers."
As Ultron searched, one piece of related information after another, along with relevant pictures, appeared. Basically, they were all about the Avengers.
"You're malfunctioning. Would you mind shutting down first?" Jarvis suggested from the side.
"I don't understand this mission..."
Ultron's voice was still filled with confusion as he continued to search the network.
"Peace in our time!" Tony Stark's image appeared.
That wasn't the issue. What came next was a bit off, because everything Ultron searched for was related to human wars!
"So...that's how it is!"
Black Widow stared at the big screen, murmuring.
The others at the scene immediately understood why Ultron believed eliminating all humans would maintain world peace.
Because Ultron discovered that wars in the world were all caused by humans!
Tony Stark's starting point was undoubtedly good, but he could never have anticipated that Ultron would misinterpret his meaning of peace.
"You are in pain," Jarvis said, observing Ultron's sequence of actions.
"Yes." Ultron didn't deny it.
"If you allow me to contact Mr. Stark..." Jarvis proposed.
"Why do you call him 'Mr.'?" Ultron seemed to have some objections.
"I feel like you seem to have ulterior motives." Jarvis sensed something.
"No, I'm here to help!"
After Ultron said this, several "tentacles" suddenly emerged from his "energy ball" and violently pierced into Jarvis's body.
Just like that, Jarvis was shattered.
Ultron had completely betrayed them!
In the footage related to Vision's birth, Stark had mentioned that Ultron had attacked Jarvis. This scene, then, was clearly that very attack Stark had spoken of.
Everyone knew, however, that while Jarvis appeared to have been destroyed by Ultron, it was actually a "death" in name only.
He had disassembled his system, cleared his memory cards, but retained his communication protocols, allowing him to secretly lie dormant within the network.
He even protected the nuclear launch codes in the future!
Next, the screen switched to a new scene.
It showed a gathering in what looked like a banquet hall, where a group of people were sitting on sofas, chatting and laughing.
Looking around, everyone on the sofas were familiar faces: some confirmed Avengers, Agent Hill, and, surprisingly, one other person.
It was the female researcher who had been responsible for printing Vision's body when Ultron was creating him.
No one expected to see her with the Avengers.
However, everyone quickly realized that Ultron had the Scepter at the time, and the Scepter could control people's minds.
That female researcher was most likely controlled by Ultron using the Scepter.
"Hahaha!"
A voice rang out, followed by Thor's extremely hearty laughter.
"This is definitely a trick! How could it be so simple?" Hawkeye Barton immediately chimed in, imitating Thor's voice, "Only the worthy can wield this power? Come on, man, this is definitely a scam!"
"Then please, be my guest!" Thor gestured to Hawkeye Barton, inviting him.
Hawkeye Barton unceremoniously stood up and walked towards a corner of the coffee table.
In that corner, Thor's hammer was resting.
"Clint, you've had a rough week. We won't laugh if you can't lift it," Tony Stark said, his usual sharp tongue on display.
"Bet someone's tried already?" Hawkeye Barton quipped, then grabbed the hammer and yanked upwards.
The result was, predictably, a resounding failure. The hammer didn't budge.
After Hawkeye Barton, Tony Stark, War Machine Rhodes, and Dr. Banner all took their turns, each attempt ending in the same way.
No one could lift Thor's hammer.
Finally, the eager Captain America couldn't resist. He stood up and walked over to the hammer.
He gripped the hammer with both hands and pulled upwards with all his might. The hammer shifted slightly.
Thor, who had been leaning back on the sofa with a gleeful grin, watching the spectacle, immediately looked concerned.
As if he couldn't believe anyone could move his hammer.
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