The Roof of Tony's House / The X-Men's "Old Friend"

Wow, this is like something that just came out of a cold storage and is rushing to Antarctica without stopping!

However, General William chose to collaborate with the Trask Industries, hoping to combine the design concepts of the "Sentinel Robot" with the Terminator Series Robots.

This is enough to prove that his suicidal vision is unfathomable!

"The US military is full of talented people! If this continues, you'll ruin the world sooner or later!" Kevin sat to the side, sighing and rubbing his forehead.

At the same time, based on a series of analyses, he also considered Dr. Bolivar, the dwarf who was the head of the Trask Industries, as someone he could win over.

After all, based on the scientist's words and actions, although he was the creator of the Sentinel Robot, his ideas were not particularly radical, except for his concern that mutants would replace ordinary people.

Furthermore, in the future timeline of the X-Men, he reads Beast's mind and discovers that the X-Men are committed to peace between humans and mutants and to protecting humanity, realizing that his Oldest One idea was wrong.

Afterward, Bolivar Trask teamed up with the X-Men to defeat the first Sentinel. Oh, and he also had a pair of mutant children he could use.

Kevin sat at the table, casually selected some desserts, and continued drawing on a piece of paper under Ada's smiling gaze.

After everything settled down, the man leaned lazily on Ada's shoulder, letting his personal secretary massage his temples to relieve his fatigue.

It's America again... Everything... feels like it's all back to square one... Ada's gaze drifted into the distance, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"How about we grab a bite to eat since we're going the same way?"

The expo has concluded today, but for this seven-day event, finalizing cooperation agreements will likely require another two or three days of discussion.

Therefore, when the museum closed, everyone, mindful of their own roles, prepared to go back and process what they had seen and felt that day.

At that moment, a preoccupied Tony slowly walked over and extended an invitation to Kevin. His flashy red sports car was already parked steadily at the door.

It seems the spies I planted have indeed had an effect...

Kevin smiled slightly, bid farewell to Mayor Warren, and accepted Tony's invitation. As their car slowly drove away, a black motorcycle quietly followed.

"Boom!"

The two men's convoy was driving from the South Coast Botanical Garden toward the bustling downtown area of Los Angeles when, as they reached a mountainous section, a blue-white plasma bomb suddenly crashed down from the sky, and the blast wave instantly flipped Tony's flashy red sports car over.

Pairs of electronic eyes, flashing with a dark red light, pierced through the twilight!

P. S.: After some time of planning, the current situation in the United States has been finalized.

Chapter 227, Section 241: The Roof of Tony's House

Surprisingly, the red sports car was quite sturdy; after flipping three or four times in the air and crashing to the ground, it only lost a few scratches.

Yuriko Takagi, who was right behind her, immediately swerved the steering wheel, and the car swerved in an S-shape, almost touching two plasma bombs, before coming to a dangerous stop on the side of the road.

Kevin, in the passenger seat, didn't hesitate to pull out Combat Dagger from beside his seat and slash his seatbelt.

At the same time, he grabbed the still-shaken Yuriko Takagi, kicked open the car door, and leaped into the bushes using standard tactical evasion.

Meanwhile, 2B and Ada in the back seat were equally dissatisfied and each managed to escape.

In the instant the four men scattered to find cover, the car was blown to pieces by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Terminator! At least 20! Grandpa Alpaca!

Kevin, who was temporarily pinned down by the artillery fire, almost cursed out loud. Who knew that something like this would come to intercept him?

With their combined firepower, they are far more troublesome than the zombie army with its obvious weaknesses!

Especially those liquid metal beings immune to bullets, they're a real headache.

Under the relentless firepower, the asphalt and gravel pavement was peeled away layer by layer.

The red Audi sports car, although bulletproof, was severely deformed, and a rapid beeping alarm was emanating from inside.

Even if he and 2B activated their Mental Barrier and Electromagnetic Shield separately, they could only hold out for a few dozen seconds at most. It would be very difficult for them to reach the Terminator camp, which occupied advantageous positions on both sides of the mountain.

In that case, rescuing Tony would be out of the question.

Fortunately, he wasn't completely unprepared. Kevin, holding Yuriko Takagi, kept making chaotic evasive maneuvers while yelling loudly at 2B's location.

"MIKU! Electromagnetic pulse!"

As the emerald-green "Hello" flapped its small wings and rose into the air, a pale blue arc of light suddenly spread out, and the previously fierce artillery fire instantly ceased.

"Then!"

Ada immediately unscrewed her briefcase and flung out an electromagnetic pulse pistol that was even more elaborate than before. Then the female agent, along with the somewhat cumbersome Yuriko Takagi, rolled into the ravine.

Kevin and 2B, working in perfect unison, each rushed towards the dense forest on either side, preparing to eliminate the temporarily disabled firing positions.

With black and white Wings fluttering behind him, the commander moved with lightning speed, blasting the heads of six male Terminators with two Electromagnetic Hand Cannons and destroying all the munitions piled on the ground.

As the ammunition exploded, Kevin was thrown back, simultaneously erecting Mental Barrier to create distance.

However, before the electromagnetic pulse and the aftershocks of the explosion had completely dissipated, the Terminator robots adapted to the interference within a few seconds.

Even more unfortunately, of the six Terminators whose heads were blown off by Kevin, four were more advanced liquid metal beings, and they began to heal at an astonishing rate.

This is a huge problem! Kevin stared at the eight liquid metal figures that had been assembled, his brow furrowed.

"T-1000 Overall Stats: 120, C-class Apostle, Quantity: 6, Melee Type..."

"Marvel Universe data template loaded, information addition complete, talent ability rating activated."

(Note: 1. Relatively weak, 2. Average level, 3. Has obvious characteristics, 4. Developed with multiple uses, relatively excellent and mature, 5. Beyond the norm and common sense, 6. Almost a miracle, 7. Like a myth, without any flaws)

"Talent: 1. Healing (Level 5): Surpassing normal understanding, close to immortality, but has a weakness: fear of fire."

"2. Transformation (Level 3): Constructed of shape memory metal, capable of transforming into various forms of melee weapons."

"3. Evolution (Level 3): Possesses excellent mechanical learning capabilities and has weak characteristics of Sentinel Robot."

"TX's overall stats are 140, he is a B-rank Apostle, and there are 2 of him..."

"Talent: 1. Healing (Level 4): More precise loading of thermal weapons, sacrificing their inherent healing properties..."

"2. Transformation (Level 4): Able to switch between firearms and melee weapons, and equipped with advanced devices such as particle cannons and flamethrowers..."

"3. Evolution (Level 3)..."

At this moment, the long-silent [Apocalypse] finally began to work, and the dense waterfall of data in front of him almost made Kevin's head ache.

Aside from the lying T-800, these things are still somewhat human; the rest of these liquid metal machines are all incredibly powerful...

"Weakness Insight: The liquid metal Terminator's memory attribute will be removed when exposed to extremely high temperatures..."

Using their aerial advantage, the commander blasted the heads of the two T-1000s that had transformed into Steel Claws and were rapidly climbing the trees, slowing their healing process, while secretly considering an escape route.

With Kevin and 2B stalling for time, Tony finally put on the portable MK5 suit, kicked open the transforming car door, and escorted Pepper to Ada's side.

"Boom!" Under the repeated attacks, Kevin was the first to be forced out of the jungle by the particle cannon, and the group of liquid metal Terminators surrounded him without any problem.

In comparison, the 2B's results were much richer, destroying three T-800s, two T-1000s, and also severely damaging one TX.

Is there Electronic Virus on the blade that interferes with the recombination of liquid metal? The data analysis reflected in his pupils tells Kevin the reason, and he begins to desperately want a more suitable weapon.

If I had the Skyfire Greatsword in my hand, perhaps this breakout would be much easier...

"Damn it! Do you know how much I love this car?"

Having just escaped, Tony clearly didn't understand how terrifying the Terminator robots were. He unleashed his charged palm cannon directly at a nearby T-1000.

However, this only caused the strong male robot to stumble, after which it effortlessly transformed its right hand into a blade and stabbed at Tony.

Fortunately, although the MK5 armor has limited functions, Tony learned from his previous defeat at the hands of Alice and added vibranium inside beforehand, which prevented it from being penetrated by the T-1000.

But T-1000 stared at the broken sword, his mind momentarily blank, while Tony retreated, clutching his slightly dented breastplate, feeling a bit suffocated.

Meanwhile, a TX, which had been assembled into a particle cannon in the dense forest, aimed its flashing, arcing muzzle at the weakest member of the trio, causing Tony to break out in a cold sweat.

"Boom!"

At the critical moment, Ada, having set up her silver-white sniper rifle, accurately hit the muzzle of the cannon, shattering it and triggering an indirect explosion.

Just when everyone thought they were about to face a fierce battle, the remaining 10 Terminator robots seemed to have received some kind of instruction and retreated one after another.

"Did we win? Looks like I don't need to go home and fix the roof?"

A moment later, Tony lowered his finger from the signal device, leaned against the half-tree stump, opened his mask, and gasped for breath.

He has the authority to access both the military satellites overhead and the new combat suits currently being tested at home, but it requires sufficient time.

"No... we lost..."

At this moment, Kevin, who was hovering in mid-air, looked around and pointed with a solemn expression to three or four locations where thick smoke was billowing.

Previously... these were the routes these event participants took to leave!

Tony gasped, a strong sense of foreboding washing over him.

P. S.: Sorry everyone, I had work-related reasons yesterday.

Another, and even more important, is Calvin.

After all, writing this kind of intellectual battle story is quite mentally taxing.

I'll pay it back when I have time, is that okay?

Chapter 228, Section 242: X-Men's "Old Friend"

As evening fell, the sky was ablaze with crimson clouds, thick smoke billowed everywhere, and overturned, burning cars and steel limbs covered in artificial skin were scattered among the landscape. The air was thick with the stench of blood and rust.

"Doctor Bolivar, are you alright?"

In mid-air, Kevin's black and white wings slowly retracted, and he bent his knees to dissipate the force, landing in the middle of the road. His voice preceded his arrival to prevent the other convoy from opening fire indiscriminately out of fear and causing friendly fire.

"You're... one of the young men working for that Stark kid? And... a mutant?"

The sapphire blue sedan, its exterior bearing numerous charred marks, had its window slowly rolled down. Inside, a curly-haired dwarf, less than 1.5 meters tall, calmly opened the car door and nodded slightly to Kevin.

"Yes, we were also attacked by these mechanical beings, so I came to check on everyone based on the amount of smoke..."

Kevin avoided this sensitive topic and instead inquired about the situation on Doctor Bolivar's side.

"The same thing happened here; Wutai mechanical entities were intercepting our convoy on the road, but thankfully they've all been destroyed..."

Doctor Bolivar recounted the perilous situation he had just faced, secretly relieved that of the six vehicles that had accompanied him, only his own car remained intact, while his nearly 20-person bodyguard team was almost completely wiped out.

Originally, these were intended for certain radical mutants, but they were completely destroyed by a sudden attack.

However, Kevin still had some doubts, as he observed the wreckage around him.

Among the Wutai Terminators, there are three T-800s, one T-1000, and one TX. Such a lineup is definitely not something that ordinary human bodyguards can handle.

However, when several figures slowly emerged from the dense forest on both sides, Kevin suddenly realized what was going on.

"Luckily we were going the same way this time, otherwise you would have turned into a meat pie, old friend..."

The lead man, a blue-haired gorilla-like figure, with an elegance disproportionate to his size, gently wiped his glasses, faced Doctor Bolivar, and grinned.

The sharp teeth didn't inspire fear; instead, a strange sense of security arose within them.

It was as if they were facing a docile big cat, making one even have the urge to scratch its paw pads.

"Hmph, what's wrong? Is your Sentinel Project still stalled?"

On the right, a robust man pushing a wheelchair approached. He was covered in body hair, with the hair on the sides standing up slightly like wolf ears. However, his tone clearly showed hostility towards Doctor Bolivar.

"Alright, Logan, you lead the other trainees to search for the convoy passing by..."

"Here, Doctor McCoy and I are enough..."

The bald man in the wheelchair had a gentle and captivating smile. Even the burly man, who was putting on a show of arrogance, could only nod slightly as he led six or seven members on either side to search the surrounding area.

No wonder the Terminators failed; Kevin understood.

Hank McCoy ("Doctor Beast"), Charles ("Professor X"), Logan ("Wolverine") Logan ("Storm") with her signature silver hair and white eyes, and Cyclops with his black metal eyepatch are all easily recognizable...

Goodness, almost all the X-Men members are here...

Extremely high and extremely low temperatures are the bane of Liquid Terminator; Cyclops and Iceman from X-Men could easily defeat these special machines.

Doctor Beast pushed the wheelchair, and Professor X arrived at the convoy. The fear in the hearts of the three remaining bodyguards gradually dissipated under the gentle tone of the bald middle-aged man.

"Child, what do you know about this attack? Can you tell me...?"

When Professor X turned to ask him a question, Kevin answered instinctively.