"This…is this my phone?"
Rhodes rubbed his eyes vigorously, staring disbelievingly at the small robot on the ground, wondering if he was seeing things.
"Could this be some kind of magic item?"
Coulson, while astonished, also fell into deep thought.
Being able to transform a phone into a robot couldn't be explained by technology; it was clearly a supernatural power.
"Master, do you have any orders? Do you want me to eliminate them?"
Mini-Megatron crawled to Iron Man's feet, raising its unique little head and calling out to him.
At the same time, several mini-cannons on its body were pointed at Rhodes and Coulson.
Cold sweat immediately broke out on Rhodes's and Coulson's foreheads. They had no doubt that if Iron Man truly gave the order, this robot would definitely open fire.
It wasn't big, but it had a lot of hostility.
"See? Don't ever mess with me again."
Iron Man couldn't help but laugh seeing such a tiny thing threatening two high-ranking figures. "I have the most powerful bodyguard in the world."
"So you're saying to eliminate them?" Mini-Megatron started to get excited. "Order confirmed!"
"Stop! Stop!"
Iron Man was startled and quickly yelled at Mini-Megatron to stop, also breaking into a cold sweat. This robot's killing intent was a bit too strong.
"Revert to original form!" Iron Man then said sternly to Mini-Megatron.
"Order confirmed!" Mini-Megatron responded, then underwent another series of splitting and reassembling, transforming back into a phone.
Iron Man took it into his hand.
"Tony, this little thing is very interesting. I wonder if I can take it back to S.H.I.E.L.D." Coulson couldn't help but say to Iron Man.
"This is my phone, you should return it to me now…" Rhodes also said righteously from the side.
To Rhodes and Coulson, a robot with its own thoughts was an absolute treasure!
It held immense research value.
Not to mention, it was a robot transformed from a phone.
"Don't even think about it!" Iron Man sternly refused the two "ill-intentioned" individuals.
Rhodes and Coulson clearly knew Iron Man's temper, so neither of them said anything more, but their restless intentions remained undeterred.
"Gentlemen, what do you think of this quiz question?"
Immediately after, Rhodes looked at Iron Man and Coulson with a solemn expression and asked.
After witnessing the marvel of the Allspark fragment firsthand, no one underestimated or doubted this mysterious quiz system anymore.
"Who is behind all this, what method did they use, and what is their purpose? With too little information, we cannot know."
Coulson said gravely to the two, "The only thing we can analyze right now is the question itself."
After Coulson finished speaking, the three people present all began to carefully recall the question stem and options in their minds.
"Clearly, the other party is trying to tell us something through this question," Iron Man slowly began.
"Quiz completed. Now playing the answer analysis."
The familiar synthesized voice sounded, interrupting everyone's thoughts.
Everyone simultaneously looked at the fluorescent screen, only to see an image begin to appear on it.
First to catch everyone's eye was an alien with a head like a purple yam. He stood amidst ruins, wearing armor, and a metal gauntlet on his left hand.
He exuded immense power, and even just watching the image, everyone subtly felt a sense of oppression. It was clear at a glance that he was a formidable figure.
"Is this that cosmic overlord, Thanos?" Iron Man said dismissively,
and even quipped, "He's really ugly, like a purple yam."
Swoosh!
At this moment, a figure flashed, and a person descended from the sky, landing imposingly in front of Thanos, wearing a suit of red, incredibly cool iron armor.
Undoubtedly, it was Iron Man.
"Cool! This suit of armor is absolutely awesome!" Iron Man's eyes suddenly lit up.
At this moment, he completely cast aside any thoughts of cosmic overlords, his eyes fixed on his own suit of armor on the screen.
The design of this armor was undeniably more aesthetically pleasing, and crucially, it was significantly smaller. Some of the joints were seamless, and it didn't seem to be made of a steel-based framework.
Could it be that some new material was used?
"My appearance shown there is much older than I am now, and the armor I'm wearing is far more advanced than my current armor, which I haven't designed yet. Could it be… that's me from the future?"
"This footage, is it a footage from the future?"
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration went through Iron Man's mind, and a bold and astonishing idea emerged.
It startled him.
"The future?"
Coulson and Rhodes also felt like they suddenly grasped something. "Could the war described in that question be a war that takes place in the future?"
The three people present were all stunned.
Then, their faces all showed a solemn expression.
They felt that while such a thing sounded incredible, it was still very possible.
After all.
With the power to freeze people and award the Allspark, creating such a grand spectacle, if it were merely to invent a random question for them to answer, that would be truly absurd.
More absurd than describing the future.
"If you hit me with another satellite, I'm going to lose it!"
The scene continued, showing Iron Man saying to the cosmic overlord in a very arrogant tone.
This left Coulson and Rhodes a bit speechless. Iron Man's arrogance was truly ingrained; it was one thing to be arrogant normally, but he didn't even forget to be arrogant in front of a cosmic overlord.
"Tony Stark!"
However, to everyone's surprise, the cosmic overlord actually recognized Iron Man, calling out his name.
"You know me?" Iron Man in the footage said, very surprised.
"Yes, you are not the only one cursed with knowledge," Thanos said solemnly to Iron Man.
"My only curse is you!"
As Iron Man said this, many small missiles ejected from the back of his Iron Man suit, bombarding Thanos.
Then, numerous missiles struck Thanos, but had no effect on him.
Immediately after, Iron Man engaged Thanos in close-quarters combat. Iron Man flew into the air, kicking Thanos hard with both feet.
The leg sections of the Iron Man suit suddenly converged into a heavy "iron disc," which struck Thanos with thunderous force.
After one kick, Iron Man performed an elegant backflip, and the Iron Man suit's hands also formed into two massive "iron pillars," which slammed into Thanos.
Knocking Thanos flying.