Battle Imminent (2)

Chapter 624: Chapters 1164–1165: Battle Imminent (2)

Whoosh—

Tony Stark adjusted his flight posture, then glided at low altitude toward the target town like a diving falcon.

Two kilometers passed in the blink of an eye for the Mark 45 Armor.

Tony Stark executed a graceful hover twenty meters from the incident site, then landed steadily on the roof of an abandoned building.

"Friday, scan the entire town and confirm the current locations of those survivors," Tony Stark ordered softly as he surveyed the surroundings.

Within seconds, a string of scan data appeared on the HUD inside his helmet.

Thermal imaging confirmed that there were seventeen life signs in this modest-sized town—three of them were steadily weakening and had already stopped moving. They were likely injured or on the verge of death.

In addition, Friday detected several mechanical signals through energy-frequency scans. They were the Iron Soldiers previously seen in the satellite footage.

They were scattered throughout the town, seemingly conducting a systematic search for survivors.

Even more worrying, there were massive energy readings nearly a hundred meters underground.

"Did Outpost 56's underground facilities actually extend this far?"

Tony Stark could not help frowning as he muttered, "No wonder Ultron chose this place for a secret base."

"Friday, analyze the town's layout and find the best rescue route." Without stopping, Tony Stark maintained low-altitude flight as he headed toward the survivors ahead.

The town, abandoned for more than a year, was permeated by an air of decay.

Weeds choked both sides of the streets. Many of the wooden houses had rotted and collapsed, their walls covered in green vines.

But now, this forgotten land had become a bloody hunting ground.

As he flew forward, Tony Stark could already hear intermittent screams and the hum of pulse cannons in the distance.