Speeding Toward His Destination

Inside the Divine Spear Bureau's base, Zheng Xian looked at the dot representing the Destroyer Armor on the holographic map and then said to the staff, "Contact the Lusian military and tell them that our new aircraft has malfunctioned and temporarily lost control. Based on its current flight path, it will pass over another country's territory. This is not an armed invasion, so please do not deploy air defense forces."

"Sir, this..." The staff member in charge of external liaison looked at Zheng Xian in surprise. According to discipline, he should act immediately, but this phone call was not so simple.

Zheng Xian knew what he wanted to ask and said, "That's right, this is a show of force."

"Since the United States discovered the Worms, most capable countries in the world have been developing corresponding tactics based on the intelligence they have gathered. Faced with an unknown enemy, the military staff of all countries have reached the same conclusion: traditional modern armies are outdated, and militarization reform is imminent."

"But human weapons have always been developed with the intention of destroying themselves. There has never been a pioneer to explore the path, and the journey has been extremely difficult. However, the emergence of the Knight Armor System and the Iron Man suit provides a good example. Countries have tried to replicate their technology, which has led to a new arms race... Our predecessors have shown us through their actions that only by possessing weapons that can hurt the enemy can we have the opportunity for peaceful development. Nuclear weapons are the weapons that bring peace."

After the Destroyer Armor took off, Wei Xiuming's mobile phone took over the armor's central control system, allowing the armor to perform better.

Like Iron Man's Mark series Iron Man suit, the Destroyer Armor is also a typical example of a powerful, flying brick, propelling a humanoid object that does not conform to aerodynamics to fly at speeds exceeding Mach 4.

Wei Xiuming considered this issue from the very beginning of the research and development. After reaching a certain flight altitude and speed, the outer armor of the Destroyer Armor actively deforms, making the overall armor more aerodynamic. The airflow is interfered with by the outer armor, forming a fairing-like structure, which reduces the air resistance of the armor and increases the flight speed. The negative effects of aerodynamics, aerodynamic heating and acoustic vibration are also greatly reduced.

Even so, it would still take Wei Xiuming quite a while to reach the coordinates given to him by Doom, since, in terms of distance, even as a straight line, he would have to cross the landmass of Asia.

Of course, long-distance flights are not always in a straight line. They usually fly towards the polar regions for a while before turning to head towards the destination. After all, the Earth is a sphere, not a plane, and the principle that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line is not always entirely applicable.

"Sir, there's a new development in your travel plans."

A deep voice rang out from the armor's internal broadcast system; it was the voice template of Wei Xiuming's AI Optimus Prime. Through the medium of a mobile phone, the Destroyer Armor directly connected to the supercomputer, gaining access to powerful data processing and logistics.

Meanwhile, when Wei Xiuming was not in the United States, Optimus Prime was responsible for maintaining the operation of SHOCKER (which currently only has one bar) and exchanging intelligence with Hydra. Except for not being able to actually appear in reality as a human individual, this artificial intelligence was completely Doctor Death himself.

"What is it?"

"Today is the Doctor Death is to conduct the product transaction with Memory Stick Prototype One. The Hydra agent, Shilvert, sent Doctor Death a message stating that S.H.I.E.L.D.. has taken notice of Doctor Death's movements and has laid an ambush at the transaction location."

"I understand. Activate my Mind Transfer Device, take control of the armor, and continue flying along the pre-set route."

Wei Xiuming responded, and Optimus Prime, having finished transmitting the data, activated the Mind Transfer Device, which was about the size of a necklace around his neck. The next moment, Wei Xiuming's mind switched to the body of Doctor Death on the other side of Earth.

After causing a ruckus and establishing Doctor Death reputation, the Mind Transfer Device was shut down, and Wei Xiuming's consciousness returned to his own body. The content displayed on the retinal monitor surprised him somewhat—two fighter jets were far behind him, and even with their engines running at full power, they couldn't avoid being left behind, and the distance between them was gradually increasing.

Ahead of the flight path, two more fighter jets were rapidly ascending; judging by the Destroyer Armor's speed, they were clearly waiting for them.

"This is really troublesome. Activate electromagnetic interference."

Normally, Wei Xiuming would still be in the mood to tease these fighter pilots. Just like when the CCP was still in operation, a MiG-25 fighter jet flew into United States airspace for reconnaissance. The United States radar detected the target and immediately launched anti-aircraft missiles, but the MiG-25 was the fastest in the world, and the United States's more than 20 anti-aircraft missiles failed to catch up with the target.

However, Wei Xiuming had important business to attend to and didn't have time to play with them. Once the electromagnetic interference was activated, the Destroyer Armor disappeared from the fighter jets and ground-based air defense radars. The fighter jets that lost their targets could only return to base.

The subsequent impact of the Destroyer Armor's flight was not something Wei Xiuming was considering.

But trouble comes to him even when he doesn't seek it out. Just a few minutes away from the location signal emitted by Doom's mobile phone, Wei Xiuming's phone rang.

The caller was Black Eggplant, Wei Xiuming couldn't ignore it.

Wei Xiuming values his privacy very much. Calls to his phone can only be answered via the phone itself, and cannot be forwarded or otherwise blocked.

If he wanted to answer the phone now, he would have to land on the ground, step out of the Destroyer Armor, take out his phone, and make the call.

The descent took half a minute. During this time, Wei Xiuming quickly wrote a script in his mind for his nighttime ambush of the Worms. After answering the phone, Wei Xiuming said to Black Eggplant in a sarcastic tone, "God, I should have silenced my phone when hiding behind cover to avoid being discovered by the enemy!"

Having "personally participated" in the first confrontation between the SHOCKER organization and S.H.I.E.L.D.., Wei Xiuming had a fairly clear grasp of the details, and he could lie without revealing his true intentions. After rambling on, Wei Xiuming perfected the image of Doctor Death, deepened Nick Fury's assessment of the threat posed by the SHOCKER organization, and then hurriedly hung up the phone.

"You really have no sense of timing!"

After hanging up the phone, Wei Xiuming wanted to crush the phone to vent his anger, but he managed to control himself.

When he checked Doom's location again, he found that the signal representing Doom had disappeared from the monitor—there was only one explanation for this: Doom's cell phone had been destroyed.

During the time he was on the phone, Doom had already encountered an accident.

"You absolutely must live, Doom... no, Doctor Doom!"