Boom! Boom! Boom!
One armor after another flew out like missiles, chasing Tony Stark like a pack of sharks hunting their prey.
Peter was swinging through the air, using the flying armors' pursuit patterns to navigate skyward. At this moment, the broken glass came crashing down like a massive hailstorm!
Fortunately, the exhibition hall used tempered glass. After being shattered, it immediately broke into pieces the size of fingernails. Even falling from a height of dozens of meters, it was unlikely to kill anyone.
Of course, injuries were inevitable.
Peter didn't want to see anyone get hurt, but the glass only fell for a few seconds, and it was impossible for him to weave a huge net to cover everyone in such a short time.
He could only keep swinging, scanning with his peripheral vision for those who had fallen or were about to fall, then pull them up with webbing and stick them safely in the air.
"Watch your step!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm coming!"
As he swung, he shouted with the help of the loudspeaker that had been added to his suit. Soon, the entire venue turned into a massive spider's web, with webbing and people safely suspended throughout the space.
Those people were like Peter's charges, unable to move but completely secure.
But now not many people were afraid. Who living in New York didn't know their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man?
So, the spectators who had originally been fleeing in panic slowly stopped and looked up at Peter, who was busy rescuing people in the sky.
Peter waved happily at them.
"I didn't expect adding a loudspeaker to the suit would be so useful. Ben is such a genius!"
He whispered to himself, then hung upside down from the metal framework of the venue and turned on the loudspeaker again. The sound echoed in every corner of the venue: "Very good, now we have Sheriff Spider directing traffic."
Peter's witty words made many people feel at ease. Some people had been hit on the head by glass and their skin was damage, but it wasn't serious.
At the edge of the venue, away from the crowd, Gwen couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard Peter's words.
Just moments ago, she had noticed that Peter had disappeared, so she had immediately followed him and witnessed Peter transforming into Spider-Man.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have imagined that the usually timid Peter Parker was actually Spider-Man!
What's even more outrageous is that he actually calls himself Sheriff Spider, which made Gwen laugh despite the dangerous situation.
Doesn't he know that the NYPD Captain hates Spider-Man the most?
"Very good, lady over there, push your stroller and exit first. Don't worry, Spider-Man won't revoke your driver's license."
"Okay, sir, you follow next. What? Eighty years old? It doesn't matter. Today, even a hundred-year-old can still drive..."
While Peter was giving directions, he was also looking for Gwen.
He had left so suddenly that he was worried Gwen was looking for him everywhere, but soon, Peter spotted Gwen leaving in an orderly manner among the crowd, so he felt relieved.
When Gwen realized that Peter was Spider-Man, she actually wanted to play a trick on him, such as asking him for help and telling him that her friend Peter Parker was lost to see how he would react.
But in the end she gave up the idea.
This was an emergency; there was no time for jokes.
At the same time, the other venues also received alarms and began to evacuate personnel when the crisis occurred, with the exception of the Primus exhibition.
Harry, who had prepared in advance, wasn't panicked by the situation. He stood tall and looked more like a model than a businessman on the exhibition platform.
Harry looked at Ben, who was sitting with his legs crossed in the audience, and then calmly opened the skylight of the venue so that everyone could witness the show tonight.
"Everyone, don't panic. The perimeter of our Primus exhibition is fully covered with energy barriers to ensure everyone's safety."
As soon as he finished speaking, a damaged steel robot crashed toward the Primus pavilion!
"Ah!"
The crowd screamed in surprise, and some people even fell to the ground with their heads covered. Then, there was a tremendous explosion.
In an instant, a huge firework exploded above everyone's heads. Above the originally empty sky, a blue protective shield flashed as the fire spread, then disappeared.
Seeing this scene, all the audience couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then began to marvel at the technology possessed by Primus.
Harry continued, "Similarly, this technology will also be used in our vehicles as a safety protection system to ensure the safety of passengers in any situation."
Then, Harry asked all the audience to stand up from their seats, and all the seats automatically retracted and sank into the ground.
In the coming period, the Primus exhibition venue would serve as a temporary shelter to accommodate some of the audiences from other venues.
Ben took Ben Sr., May, and others to the backstage, where the space was more spacious.
May held her cell phone and kept calling Peter, but no one answered.
"What should I do? I can't contact Peter." She was very anxious.
There was no doubt that Peter must have become Spider-Man now, saving people elsewhere.
In order to avoid worrying May and Ben Sr., Ben asked Eunice to hack into Peter's phone and send a text message to May to let her know he was safe.
At this time, Tony was fleeing in the sky with a large number of iron soldiers in pursuit.
It was obvious to the naked eye that the soldiers created by Hammer Industries were far inferior to Tony's armor in performance, and were being left far behind by Iron Man and Rhodes.
Seeing this scene, Ben shook his head with a little disdain.
You know, those armors were unmanned. Even without the burden of human pilots, they were still not as good as Tony's suit. This showed that the level of Hammer Industries was indeed much inferior to Stark's.
In the end, the biggest threat to Tony was his own weaponry being used against him.
But that didn't matter.
"Once I take control of Hammer Industries, I will upgrade them all."
The biggest reason he wanted Hammer Industries was for these ready-made robots.
With them, Ben could fully protect Queens and ensure the safety of his parents.
In addition, he would also put Hammer Industries' production line to great use, whether it was for building an armored security force or for producing high-tech vehicles.
Additionally, Connors's ecological park could also be expanded to raise more regenerating specimens, complete Primus's accumulated orders as soon as possible, and then launch an upgraded version of the self-healing serum.
Then, Primus would no longer need Osborn's protection and would become a complete powerhouse.
Of course, there were other complications. Norman, for instance, was deeply concerned that Primus might grow too quickly fearing it would draw the attention of those with hidden agendas.
What he didn't realize was that such people had already taken notice long ago.
Ben had hoped to use Osborn as a convenient shield, letting the company grow slowly under that protective umbrella. But that cover could only obscure him from the public eye. The real threats, the ones that truly mattered—were already watching from the shadows.
When S.H.I.E.L.D. came knocking, could Hydra be far behind?
In fact, Ben didn't care whether to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra, but those people would not give up until they achieved their goals, and they were greedy by nature.
They had set their sights on Primus, and Hydra would try every possible means to swallow Primus, either by stuffing agents into the company, or by creating accidents and directly seizing control.
Ben himself wasn't afraid of such incidents, but he was afraid that this danger would spread and fall on other people especially his family.
In order to avoid all this from happening, he could only give Primus enough power and influence.
"It would be much easier if we could bring the Plumbers from Sakaar here."
The power of the Plumbers was very strong, but distant water couldn't quench a nearby fire.
Just like wealthy tourists who traveled to dangerous countries—even though they were very rich in their own territory, they couldn't escape local dangers when they arrived in someone else's domain.
Ben lived on Earth after all.
Furthermore, Hammer Industries had brought about its own destruction, so this was a windfall; there was no reason not to take it.
Just as he was thinking about it, Tony's voice came from Ben's headset.
"Parker, I still need some time to deprogram the Iron Patriot." Tony shouted, "Can you please help your cousin and get rid of those robots?"
Before this, he had already reached a cooperation agreement with Ben, but he only knew that Ivan Vanko had been taken by Hammer and wanted to cause trouble at the expo.
But Tony didn't expect that even the Iron Patriot had been modified, and Vanko's program was very advanced. Jarvis had been constantly locating the source of the signal transmission and trying to regain control of the Iron Patriot.
"Don't worry, I can release the control program of the Iron Patriot for you right now."
Ben said to Tony as he separated from his parents.
"You can do it?"
Tony's eyes widened.
You know, even Jarvis couldn't terminate the other party's system immediately.
"He used some special equipment that had to be operated manually, so it's normal that Jarvis couldn't override it," Ben said.
On the other side, Tony raised his hand and blew up a machine, then replied: "I'll ask Jarvis to locate it as soon as possible."
"No need." Ben interrupted him, then smiled slightly, "I tampered with his system in advance."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tony noticed something different about the Iron Patriot.
The next moment, Rhodes, who had felt his body being controlled by the machine, suddenly realized that the situation was beginning to improve, because the densely packed red warning boxes in front of his eyes disappeared one after another.
"Tony, I have control."
Rhodes shouted happily, and the armor that had been chasing Tony turned around in the air. At the moment of reversal, it blew up a machine behind it!
"The guy clearly made backup plans. Why not just wipe the hostile code while he's at it?" Tony muttered, clearly annoyed.
Then, without any communication, the two friends of many years cooperated seamlessly and shot down several machines in the blink of an eye.
On the other side, seeing the iron soldier being shot down one by one and the Iron Patriot getting out of control, Ivan Vanko couldn't contain himself.
He slammed his fist on the computer keyboard and spat out a toothpick from his mouth.
He acted decisively and activated the automatic programs of all the remaining iron soldier, starting indiscriminate destruction. At the same time, he quickly left his original position and prepared to deploy wearing his special armor!
As he passed the parrot, he glanced at it and said in Russian: "No matter what, we must end this today."
In fact, Ivan Vanko didn't think he could really defeat Tony Stark.
Although the technology they both used originated from reactor principles, after their last fight, he realized that Tony was smarter than him.
Smarter, more advanced...
Tony's suit was superior to his and Hammer Industries' creations in every way, and he knew he couldn't win.
His goal wasn't to win.
He wanted Tony to bleed and to prevent Tony from protecting the people he wanted to protect. He wanted people all over the world to see that Tony Stark was not a god, but a human being—a despicable villain who had stolen the achievements of others!
On the other side, Tony and Rhodes kept drawing the robots that had locked onto them away from the expo, but some of the robots didn't have the ability to fly.
As land forces, they were equipped with high-strength heavy weapons, so they had to sacrifice flight capability.
And now, after losing Stark as their target, they had begun to run wild, launching indiscriminate attacks on everything around them.
They locked onto the fleeing civilians, and the missiles on their shoulders activated.
With a loud bang, the missile exploded in the air!
A tall man in blue tights fell from the sky, with a round shield protecting his chest, blocking the fierce attack!
The vibranium shield completely absorbed the shock wave of the explosion, protecting the spectator who had almost been hit by the artillery fire.
Captain America had entered the battle!
"Are you okay?"
Steve turned around and glanced at the audience member who had fallen to the ground because of fear, then stretched out his hand and pointed him in the right direction: "Go over there, there is an shield at the Primus venue, it's safe there."
After saying this, without waiting for the other party's response, he once again turned his gaze to the fully armed machine in front of him.
"It's like a human tank... I should have brought the hammer with me."
Steve said helplessly.
He had come to see the exhibition with Coulson.
At that time, Coulson had assured him that there was something at the exhibition that would interest him—and in fact it was true, the hover car reminded him of Howard.
But then, the accident had happened.
From mutant monsters on Stark tower, to aliens landing in New Mexico, and finally to now...
The continuous appearance of various threats not only made Steve feel that the world was changing too fast, but he also couldn't help but wonder if America was a little too dangerous now.
Just a few months after he had been thawed, he had encountered three major crises that were each capable of destroying an entire city. Were the American people living in constant peril?
At first, he had been reluctant to bring his hammer, but now, Steve really regretted not taking it with him when he went out.
Just as he was thinking about it, another missile attacked.
Just as Steve was about to rush toward the missile, suddenly, a flying web stuck to his lower back, and then a tremendous force pulled him backward.
Boom! The missile exploded in the air. Steve was stunned for a moment, and then he saw a red figure jumping down.
"Nice outfit, and I'm also a big fan of Captain America."
Peter kicked the robot that had attacked them, denting its head, and said, "But it's too dangerous here. Let's find cover quickly."