Sudden Incident

"Chen Mu, two aircraft are rapidly approaching us!"

Inside his armor, Chen Mu had been watching a movie while letting Hongmeng automatically pilot the armor back to China when he suddenly received a message from Xu Jia beside him.

Unlike Chen Mu, Xu Jia kept watch over their safety at all times, so her armor was always on alert.

As a result, the radar quickly detected two fighter jets speeding toward them from several kilometers away.

"Fighter jets?"

Hearing this, Chen Mu activated his armor's alert mode as well.

Sure enough, two red dots were rapidly closing in on the radar.

Those two aircraft had long since exceeded the speed of sound, and they were clearly no ordinary planes.

Once they got closer, Chen Mu recognized the familiar fighters.

F-22 supersonic heavy fighter jets—the most advanced aircraft in America and its most iconic fifth-generation fighters. Of course, he recognized them because there were several F-22s in Chen Mu's warehouse.

"Are we their target?"

Chen Mu asked curiously.

"Judging by their direction and flight path, they are indeed pursuing us."

Xu Jia's voice was somewhat grave.

The situation was now very clear. Those two F22s were obviously targeting the two of them.

"Is Tony Stark trying to deal with us?"

Xu Jia could not help asking.

"Probably not. He doesn't need to resort to this kind of tactic." Chen Mu spoke calmly. "Besides, we only just left their building. Sending fighter jets after us immediately afterward is clearly impossible."

Moreover, although Stark Industries had participated in the development of the F22 and had the ability to produce it, they clearly were not qualified to fly such fighters in America's airspace.

And what organization other than the US military could fly fighter jets in American airspace?

Perhaps S.H.I.E.L.D. as well—or rather, Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D.

Right, they had not changed their name yet. What was it called again? Some kind of Homeland Defense Bureau or something.

"Maybe they're just passing by?"

Chen Mu said uncertainly. Of course, he was only saying it aloud. He did not believe all this was merely a coincidence.

Clearly, those two F22s were indeed targeting him and Xu Jia.

Or rather, the armor the two of them were wearing.

"Warning. The two unauthorized aircraft ahead have intruded into our airspace. Please submit to our control and proceed to a nearby base for investigation. Over."

"Warning..."

"Warning..."

The radio broadcasts from the F22s made Xu Jia's heart sink.

She no longer held onto any hope. They really had come for the two of them—or rather, for their suits.

As for following the F22s to a nearby base, that was simply a joke. Would they be able to come back out after going there?

At any rate, Xu Jia did not think so, and she silently activated her suit's combat mode.

Unlike Xu Jia's, Chen Mu's armor did not appear to have any weaponry installed. Its only means of attack was the energy emitter in its palm.

It was the same type of palm cannon used by Tony Stark.

Its power depended entirely on the amount of energy released, but its attack range was limited to only a few dozen meters.

So relying solely on Chen Mu's armor, destroying those two fighters would actually be somewhat difficult.

Of course, due to its materials, armor forged entirely from vibranium was truly indestructible. Even the weapons aboard the F22s would have difficulty posing a threat to Chen Mu.

Xu Jia's Kirin Armor, however, was different.

Xu Jia had possessed the armor for several days already, and she had long since handed it over to military scientists for modification. Of course, calling it modification was somewhat exaggerated; they had merely added all kinds of weapons.

Although China's technology in this world was certainly inferior to America's, its weaponry was not much weaker. All kinds of powerful weapons had been integrated into the Kirin Armor.

Therefore, relying on Xu Jia's suit alone, dealing with these two US military F22s would not be much of a problem.

As long as she operated carefully and did not get hit too many times, shooting down those two F22s would not be difficult.

Of course, that was not the problem they were facing now. Even if they shot down those two F22s, there would be even more trouble afterward.

After all, they were still in American airspace. As long as they had not left, more fighters could arrive at any moment. Their armor had limited energy and could not outlast the US military through attrition.

"I'll hold them off. You leave quickly."

After a brief consideration, Xu Jia came up with a plan. She wanted to sacrifice herself to buy Chen Mu time and let him escape safely.

She knew how important Chen Mu was, so even if she had to sacrifice herself, she would ensure that he got away safely.

The armor could not fall into the hands of the US military. So after holding them back and ensuring Chen Mu had escaped safely, she intended to directly activate the armor's self-destruct device. Even if she died, she could not let the armor fall into the enemy's hands.

"Don't be so pessimistic. We have perfectly valid visas. They can't do anything to us."

Chen Mu spoke calmly. The reason he was so confident was that there were actually quite a few weapons in his warehouse.

For instance, he had made several sets of armor in his spare time. They could be operated by the Hongmeng ai program, and their combat power would not be inferior to Iron Man's. Moreover, they were all made from vibranium and were a whole level sturdier than ordinary Kirin Armor.

Of course, aside from armor, Chen Mu also had several fighter jets in his warehouse.

Two ordinary F22 fighters and two enhanced F22 fighters.

All of these fighters had Hongmeng AI programs installed, so they could fly autonomously. Combined with Chen Mu's ability to deploy them anywhere at will, he could catch the enemy off guard. The problem was not that serious.

Furthermore, using F22 fighters to attack the other F-22 fighters would allow him to wash his hands of all responsibility.

He could even frame someone else for it.

Unmanned F22 fighters would be more than enough to help Chen Mu and Xu Jia stall the US military.

"Don't hold onto any hope. Given how shameless the American side is, once the armor falls into their hands, they will never return it. And if you fall into their hands, even your homeland will have no way to rescue you."

Just like in Chen Mu's original world, shameless America had used dirty methods to place Huawei's senior executive under house arrest. The homeland truly had no good way to rescue her.

One could imagine that if Chen Mu really went to a nearby US Military Base, leaving again would be completely impossible.

"Maybe a miracle will happen, right?"

Chen Mu smiled, but he was not overly worried.

They were only two F22 fighters. If Chen Mu wanted to leave, it truly would not be much of a problem.

"Maybe Tony Stark will come help us, right?"

Chen Mu said with a smile. Of course, Tony Stark could not possibly know what was happening here right now, because the US military had already blocked the signals in the area. Sending out a distress signal was basically impossible.

The reason Chen Mu said that was so he could directly pin the blame on Tony Stark, Iron Man. He had installed two AI systems in each of the four F22 fighters: one was the Hongmeng AI system, and the other was naturally Jarvis's AI system.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Jarvis system remained shut down. The Hongmeng System would control the fighters and battle the US military. Once the fighters were shot down, the Hongmeng System would self-destruct and activate the Jarvis system in the process. That way, the blame could be dumped directly onto Iron Man, leaving no way to explain it away.

Honestly, Chen Mu had some grievances with Tony Stark as well. He had barely left Tony's home before someone started targeting him. Tony had to take some responsibility, no matter what.

So this blame was Tony's to bear.