Burn Through the System Pool! Outrageous R&D Costs
[WARNING! Forcibly cracking the underlying code will expose you to unknown risks of genetic collapse!]
[WARNING! Computing power is severely insufficient!]
Inside the laboratory, a glaring red holographic alarm flashed wildly, almost blinding anyone.
"I said, turn off the safety lock."
Jiang Li pressed his hands firmly against the control panel, veins bulging on the back of his hands. "Throw all 11.5 million Emotion Points into the computing power pool! Not a single drop can be left!"
With Jiang Li's roar, the system finally gave in.
[Ding! Top-level mandatory command confirmed.]
[Emotional Value Burning Protocol, Initiated.]
Boom!
The laboratory, which had been flashing red light, was instantly enveloped by an extremely dense dark golden light. It was an energy surge generated by the forced materialization of tens of millions of Emotion Points.
This enormous energy did not leak out; instead, it poured into the Omnitrix on Jiang Li's left wrist with extreme violence.
Whoosh--!
The clump of silver liquid nano-metal that Jiang Li had pressed onto the watch face seemed to come alive.
Catalyzed by the Emotion Points computing power, they began to multiply and split rapidly. The silver metal, like liquid mercury, climbed up Jiang Li's forearm, over his shoulder, through his chest, and finally flowed to his empty right wrist.
"Ugh!"
Jiang Li clenched his teeth tightly, letting out a painful groan.
Pain!
The pain was indescribable!
This is not merely a physical modification of the metal, but a violent recombination at the genetic level. Azmuth's core code is being forcibly torn apart by the system's computing power, and the slots that could originally only accommodate a single alien gene are being brutally expanded into a dual-core parallel architecture.
[Cracking the first layer of the gene lock... Consuming 1 million Emotion Points!]
[Integrating Galvan Prime and Stark Industries Hardware... Consuming 2 million Emotion Points!]
On the system panel, the enormous balance figure was plummeting at a waterfall-like speed.
Jiang Li poured months of hard work into this "money-shredding machine" without even blinking.
Sizzle sizzle...
Acrid white smoke billowed from both of Jiang Li's left and right wrists at the same time.
The intense heat instantly carbonized his skin, but it quickly healed itself under the protection of the system's energy. Destruction and rebirth alternated wildly in his hands, measured in milliseconds.
[Progress: 40%... Emotion Points Consumed: 5 million!]
[Progress: 70%... Emotion Points Consumed: 8 million!]
The silver metal on both wrists began to take shape.
On his left hand, the Omnitrix was forcibly stretched, transforming into a heavy arm armor exuding a sharp, mechanical feel;
On the right hand, liquid metal coalesces into a symmetrical sub-dial.
Dual-core resonance!
"Faster! Faster!"
Jiang Li's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the slowly moving progress bar on the system panel.
Because he could already feel that the vibration above his head had stopped.
It wasn't that the enemy retreated, but rather that the base's defenses were completely breached.
The main base of the Plumbers on the lunar surface.
Smoke filled the air. The once indestructible semi-circular energy shield had vanished like shattered glass.
The overwhelming army of mechanical Sentinels suddenly ceased their attack. As if a pause button had been pressed, they retreated in unison to both sides, clearing a wide passage.
The end of the passage.
A silver figure, clad in a tattered dark gold cloak and wielding a double-edged spear, slowly descended.
Infinity Ultron.
The Six Infinity Stones on his chest emitted a breathtaking divine light. He didn't even glance at the battle raging around him.
His cold, electronic eyes pierced through three hundred meters of lunar rock, locking onto the high-energy reaction source deep underground.
"A meaningless struggle."
Ultron raised his spear, the tip pointing directly at the ground.
The Power Stone glowed with a blinding purple light.
Boom--!!!
Ultron's spear crashed to the ground.
The purple energy wave pierced downwards in a cone shape! Fifty meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters! Hard alloys and rocks were instantly vaporized like tofu in front of the Power Stone.
Underground laboratory.
[Ding! Your Emotion Points have been depleted!]
[Final fusion progress: 99%!]
Just a tiny bit more!
The two mechanical watch faces on Jiang Li's wrist were fully formed, only lacking the final activation of the underlying code.
Bang--!!!
The ten-meter-thick lead-zinc alloy ceiling above our heads suddenly emitted a deafening scream, and then exploded!
A violent shockwave instantly swept through the entire laboratory. The heavy workbench was blown away, and the holographic projection equipment was shattered.
Immediately afterwards.
With heavy metallic footsteps, a pair of silver Vibranium combat boots shattered the laboratory's alloy floor.
Infinity Ultron, descend.
His emotionless electronic eyes swept over the messy laboratory.
"Well..."
His gaze passed over the swirling dust and stared intently at Jiang Li, who stood in the center of the ruins with his arms hanging down.
The air froze.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Ultron's six gems on his chest slowly flickered. He looked at Jiang Li, his cold, synthesized voice echoing in the empty underground laboratory, carrying an absolute, deathly silence that seemed to judge everything:
"Calculation complete."
"Your universe ends here."