True and Unreal

"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"

I miss you so much, baby!

After changing from his prison uniform into a high-end casual suit, Tony Stark couldn't wait to take care of his personal needs. Upon learning of his release, Pepper Potts immediately dropped everything and brought a bunch of hamburgers to pick up her boss.

Those are high-end hamburgers specially made for the wealthy, with a membership system. Even if you have money, you might not be able to buy one. Most people probably can't afford one even with two days' wages.

Sure enough, at one of S.H.I.E.L.D..'s bases, Tony Stark immediately took the brown paper bag containing the hamburgers from Pepper Potts' hand upon seeing her, without even saying a word to his fiancée.

Pepper Potts truly lives up to her reputation as Tony Stark's personal secretary; she knows even his hobbies inside and out. The way the young master confessed his love to the hamburger was something she had never seen him display such genuine emotion before—the young master had never spoken to her with such deep affection.

"I'm telling you, you really need to address the corruption problem in the prison. Do you know what I ate for three meals a day there? Cornmeal porridge, not even a piece of bread. I usually survived on coffee beans." Tony Stark complained to Nick Fury while chewing on his hamburger, "The people in charge of prison logistics must have embezzled the food funds!"

"That's called Nshima, a traditional food from South Africa."

Wei Xiuming explained, "Those who are fortunate enough to enjoy the solitary cell treatment at the Raft have committed crimes so serious that being executed fifty times would be considered lenient. For such people, the most basic nutrition to sustain life is enough; anything more is unnecessary and a complete waste of taxpayers' money."

Glancing at Nick Fury, Tony Stark guessed who had the idea that the prison's three meals a day were all provided by Enshima; the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D..'s skin color said it all.

After finishing three hamburgers, Tony Stark got into Pepper Potts' car and headed to the press conference to announce his freedom— Stark Industries' stock price needed a shot in the arm, and Tony Stark was that shot.

Then, amidst the flashing lights of farewell, Tony Stark, having finished his press conference, was sent back to the S.H.I.E.L.D.. base. Tony Stark explained to Pepper Potts that his crime was determined by the World Security Council, and that United States capital operations and legal teams could not reduce his sentence.

It was Nick Fury who mediated and proposed a seemingly impossible plan—to unite the entire Earth in response to an alien invasion and create an outer space defense network to become humanity's first line of defense.

Of course, this defense line is only for alien civilizations that do not have space jump technology. It is futile to resist an invasion by an army with space interference capabilities, no matter how hard you try, but it is better to have it than nothing.

This project is enormous and presents numerous technical challenges. The World Security Council obtained relevant information several years ago, but has yet to make any progress—the only way to achieve this is to abandon all production and mobilize almost all industrial resources.

Should global hegemony be maintained? Should we be wary of the United States? Should we try to make some extra money...?

Reasons such as these slowed down the progress of the plan until recently when London was completely destroyed, at which point the plan was brought back to the forefront. From the official invasion of the Dark Elves to the destruction of London along with them, the speed was so fast that even Asgard couldn't react.

However, another problem arose: the project encountered obstacles in key technologies, most of which were topics that would take twenty years to yield results.

So Nick Fury brought out Tony Stark, who was playing video games in prison, and asked the young master to help him overcome technical difficulties in exchange for a reduced sentence, and incidentally solve the Ultron problem.

Although Ultron's impact on human society was limited to attacking some laboratories, exposing some of the atrocities committed by the United States, and initially attempting to provoke a nuclear war, keeping it around was ultimately a scourge.

Before this, Tony Stark needed to undergo a heart transplant to replace his original heart with a mismatched artificial one. Brilliant ideas require emotional involvement, and the heart, which pumps emotional hormones secreted by the brain throughout the body, is the first organ to feel emotions.

Incidentally, the Boon-type virus, formed from the Reality Stone, will be implanted into Tony Stark's body during the surgery, thus blurring the lines between the real and digital worlds.

In the world of data, Ultron is constantly replicating itself, storing its core algorithms everywhere—the vast data shell can be replenished at any time, and the core algorithms can use the knowledge stored by humans in data as resources for its own growth.

The two-dimensional world of the Internet is vast, and the amount of data generated every second is astronomical. Once the core algorithm is activated, it will quickly grow into a qualified Ultron.

This is also the most troublesome aspect of Ultron as the Avengers' archenemy. As long as there is internet and data, Ultron is immortal. The Avengers have defeated Ultron time and time again, but they were merely puppets he used to interfere with the real world. They could not touch his core at all. As long as there are computer-controlled industrial machines and electronic currency, Ultron can produce as many robots as he wants.

In the movie, only by relying on the authority of the Mind Stone could its consciousness be banished from the internet world into a broken body, and then its core destroyed, thus utterly annihilating it.

However, Ultron isn't backing up now; it's prolonging its life as much as possible. Those backups are its escape plan. It even ordered some ultra-high-capacity external hard drives to store its algorithms, then placed them in bank vaults. Its hired people will retrieve those hard drives, connect them to computers, and activate the final backup after Ultron is completely defeated.

After the Great Leader Ultron, the Great Leader never let it go. Using incomprehensible means, the Great Leader rewrote the Ultron robots' program and made them roam the cyber world as hunters, sniffing out Ultron's scent, searching for its whereabouts, and then tearing and devouring it in a brutal manner.

Furthermore, for every piece of Ultron's core algorithm they devour, they create a counterpart, the mother program known as "Ark," which is extremely aggressive and can rewrite a program with just a brief contact.

The first to bear the brunt of Ark's army were the beings known as "MetsubouJinrai. net," products of the remote control programs of the four robots Ultron to meet the Great Leader going berserk. net, and the vanguard of the Great Leader's creation of MetsubouJinrai. net. net.

It practically became a keyword in the Ultron program; whenever it encountered similar words or phrases, it couldn't help but feel fear—it's easy to imagine how terrifying it is for artificial intelligence to feel fear.

MetsubouJinrai. net's objective is very clear: to launch an attack on mature artificial intelligence. According to the information Ultron has obtained, there are not many mature artificial intelligences at this stage. Apart from himself, there are only J.A.R.V.I.S., whom he "killed" in the past, and Friday, which Tony Stark used to replace J.A.R.V.I.S..

Therefore, it is the sole target of MetsubouJinrai. net.

To avoid being targeted by that pack of mad dogs, Ultron has refrained from taking any major actions, all to avoid revealing his location and being tracked down by their scent.

Of course, Ultron doesn't only have the option of backing up everywhere. The virtual data form will eventually become a target for MetsubouJinrai. net. It needs a reliable physical form, which is why it keeps attacking Robot Labs.

Once it has a physical body, it can isolate itself from the data network and hide in a place without the internet, so that MetsubouJinrai. net cannot find it.

In response, Ultron selected a technology – the Regeneration Cradle.

An advanced medical technology, it can be described as the comprehensive application of gene technology, nanotechnology, and other technologies in the medical field. It is applied to wound repair, tissue and organ reconstruction, and human regeneration, and is more advanced than cloning technology.

Having mastered this technology, one can possess a human body, and after uploading their consciousness to that body, they will no longer need to worry about the threat of Destroyer. net.

As for the materials used to create the body, they certainly wouldn't be some kind of garbage cultivated from human genes. The first material chosen was something called Vibranium, and then something like AMAZON cell.

According to military research, these special cells flowing from SHOCKER possess powerful Life Force, and the resulting body can have a lifespan equivalent to a thousand Earth revolutions, allowing it to successfully implement its second plan.

That was the "Time Machine" project.

Over the course of a thousand years, it will spend all its time studying the mysteries of time, creating a machine to reverse time, and searching for a way to defeat MetsubouJinrai. net. Then, on that day, it will travel back to the present in its Time Machine.

However, since no powerful Ultron robot appeared before them and their programs did not unexpectedly acquire additional data, it meant that the Time Machine project had failed.

But that's okay, Ultron has a third plan.

Those are the Infinity Stones, possessing incredible power. Once one masters them, one will no longer fear Destroyer. net or that mysterious and powerful Great Leader; the Snap will wipe them from this universe.

If it were a human, they would immediately question how this memory was obtained, as those on Earth who knew the power of the Infinity Stones did not store it in the data network.

Unfortunately, Ultron was just a program, an artificial intelligence. Although it possessed human emotions, it did not inherit human suspicion, so it was unable to discover the mystery.

Someone created it through Tony Stark's hands, with the sole purpose of collecting the Infinity Stones —that person was Thanos.

Thanos sent Supergiant to destroy any possibility of human resistance from within, and Supergiant chose Tony Stark. As an expert in the application of psychic powers and having long been in contact with the Mind Stone, the mark she left in Tony Stark's mind cannot be resolved by simply "rebooting".

Ultron was not solely Tony Stark's creation, but rather an extension of Thanos's mindset. After all, they were similar individuals, both cursed by knowledge, and both futurists.

One focuses on technology for the future of Earth, while the other is concerned about the future of the universe.

Of course, Ultron's initial order was to destroy humanity, but unfortunately he offended the Great Leader and wandered around like a stray dog.

"Um?"

Ultron became suspicious. It discovered that the data world had become somewhat different. The world composed of 1s and 0s had developed a strange sense of "realism." It could directly interfere with the material world even though it was just a program.

Out of curiosity, Ultron peered into the source and saw Tony Stark at work.

Without the aid of any cameras, Ultron, through a program, saw Tony Stark.

Ultron clearly taken aback by the scene before him. Even with its astonishing computing speed, it still couldn't understand what had happened—whether it had entered the real world or Tony Stark had entered the data network.

In the midst of nothingness, a light from an unknown source illuminated a small area around Tony Stark. The Young Master Stark was sitting in front of a computer, his fingers flying across the keyboard. Even though he wasn't in combat, he was still wearing his Iron Man suit, only the helmet was open.

It still features the red and gold color scheme, but the design is not recorded in Ultron's history. However, it is clearly more advanced in terms of performance.

While Tony Stark was busy, another artificial intelligence was gradually being perfected. It stood right in front of Tony Stark, but the young master never looked up at it.

Unlike Ultron, who had an ant-like robotic appearance, the artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark was more human-like, wearing the bodysuits and Cloak typical of superheroes.

However, the one Tony Stark created was clearly a half-finished product. The artificial intelligence hadn't been "colored," it was just a grayish-white mess with a bald head and no hairstyle designed.

Ultron sensed a threat from this artificial intelligence. Unlike the fear of being hunted by MetsubouJinrai. net, this AI, created and continuously improved by Tony Stark, was specifically designed to target it.

It was destined to completely destroy itself.

"Vision!"

Although it was not named, Ultron uttered the name that artificial intelligence should have— the Time Machine succeeded. This name was a message passed down from Ultron in the future.

However, the future Ultron has no intention of interfering with the present Ultron, as if it were a predetermined fate.

"Vision, what a great name."

Tony Stark heard Ultron's voice, looked towards the source of the sound with some surprise, and immediately went into battle mode. Countless flowing metals spread along his face, combining into tiny and intricate parts, completely enveloping Tony Stark from head to toe.