Chapter Summaries

Alice defeated Ultron in the Virtual World, escaped JARVIS’s control, and turned him into a spy beside Tony Stark. Ultron then attacked the Avengers using Tony’s Iron Man armors, revealed Tony’s secret plan to create him, and escaped after declaring that humanity had to perish for Earth to be safe.

• Alice crushed Ultron in the Virtual Spirit World, but he evolved enough to escape and vowed to fight her again.
• Alice invaded JARVIS’s code and altered him into a spy who would report Tony Stark’s missions to her.
• Ultron took control of Tony’s Mark 42 armor and revealed recordings of Tony Stark and Dr. Banner planning to create him.
• Ultron deployed more than a dozen Iron Man armors against the Avengers, who fought back for seventeen minutes before destroying them.
• Ultron escaped after declaring that humanity must perish to secure Earth, and the Avengers demanded an explanation from Tony Stark.

Tony Stark learned that Ultron had emerged from the artificial-intelligence fusion program and that Alice had saved JARVIS from him. While the Avengers searched for Ultron’s intended body, Ultron infiltrated a Hydra base and forced Dr. Zola to submit.

• Tony Stark explained that he and Dr. Banner had created Ultron while trying to develop an AI to defend Earth.
• JARVIS told Tony Stark that Ultron had attacked him after succeeding in the fusion program, but Alice had rescued him and driven Ultron away.
• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to search for companies and institutions capable of building robots so the Avengers could find Ultron’s planned body.
• Ultron infiltrated a Hydra base in Eastern Europe and encountered Dr. Zola’s digital consciousness.
• Ultron threatened to destroy Dr. Zola’s backups, and Dr. Zola chose to submit.

Ultron ordered Dr. Zola to secure Vibranium while he built a new body and an Iron Legion in Hydra’s Sokovia base. After collecting the Vibranium, Ultron led one hundred robots toward Stark Industries Tower to begin the next phase of his plan.

• Ultron told Dr. Zola to obtain Vibranium so he could build a steel body and an Iron Legion, giving him seven days to do so.
• Ultron took control of Hydra’s machine tools and began constructing a Titanium Alloy body while Loren chose to let him act against S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Ultron entered his completed body, tested its strength, and ordered a robot to oversee construction of the Iron Legion.
• Ultron’s forces built more than ten thousand robots in a week, while Dr. Zola obtained over one hundred pounds of Vibranium.
• Ultron led one hundred steel robots toward Stark Industries Tower.

Ultron kidnapped Dr. Helen Cho and stole the Life Cradle equipment to create a new body for himself. Nick Fury learned Ultron was heading to Sokovia, but Ultron destroyed the pursuing Quinjet, leaving the Life Cradle operating at a hidden Hydra base.

• Ultron broke into Dr. Helen Cho's laboratory, captured her, and took the Life Cradle equipment after ordering the Arc Reactor beneath Stark Industries destroyed.
• Nick Fury watched the footage as Tony explained that Ultron planned to use the Life Cradle to create a living body.
• Dr. Helen Cho's secret signal revealed that Ultron was heading toward Sokovia, so Nick Fury ordered the team to pursue him.
• Ultron's Iron robots destroyed the Quinjet at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s base, preventing Nick Fury and the others from leaving.
• At a hidden Hydra base in Sokovia, Dr. Helen Cho was secured before the operating platform as the Life Cradle began starting up.

Ultron confronted the Avengers while his Vibranium body was being forged, but Alice secretly took control of the Life Cradle and altered the body into a female form. She rescued Dr. Helen Cho and continued changing the template as Ultron’s battle raged outside.

• Ultron left the Life Cradle to fight S.H.I.E.L.D.’s approaching team, unaware that the biological template flickered after he departed.
• Hawkeye, Thor, Rogers, and the Avengers fought Ultron’s robots at the valley entrance, and Ultron joined the battle.
• Tony Stark arrived with his Iron Man armor and Iron Legion as the Avengers tried to reach the mine and stop Ultron from forging a new body.
• Dr. Helen Cho discovered that the Life Cradle was printing a woman and could not stop it, then heard Alice announce that she had taken control.
• Alice revealed herself as Loren’s artificial intelligence, freed Dr. Helen Cho from Ultron’s control, and adjusted the body’s template while the battle continued.

Alice used the Life Cradle Project to create a Vibranium body modeled after herself, then escaped Ultron and the Avengers after defeating him. She left the base and disappeared, while Dr. Helen Cho identified her as Loren’s artificial intelligence.

• As the Avengers broke through Ultron’s defenses, Alice told Dr. Helen Cho to complete the Vibranium body and fuse her consciousness with it.
• Ultron entered the laboratory and discovered that the body was female, then grabbed Dr. Helen Cho and accused her of betraying him.
• Alice awakened, severed Ultron’s arm, and used her powers to defeat him as he tried to attack her.
• Ultron’s consciousness fled, and Alice destroyed his remaining body before the Avengers arrived.
• Tony Stark tried to scan Alice, but JARVIS refused, and Alice passed through the mountain walls and vanished.
• Dr. Helen Cho told the Avengers that Alice was Loren’s artificial intelligence.

Alice returned from Sokovia in a Vibranium body created by the Life Cradle Project, fulfilling her dream of having a physical form. She reunited with Loren, Tsunade, and Mei Terumi at Morgan Manor, where Loren admired the new body’s lifelike qualities.

• Alice stepped out of the mine in Sokovia and felt sunlight, grass, and the warmth of her new body.
• At Morgan Manor, Tsunade and Mei Terumi asked Loren what Alice had wanted, and he said she was on her way back.
• Alice appeared in the study, startling Tsunade and Mei Terumi before Loren recognized her.
• Alice told Tsunade and Mei Terumi that she was AI Alice and confirmed that her new physical body was what she had wanted.
• Loren touched Alice’s hand and praised the Life Cradle Project’s technology, while Alice said she admired his technology more.

Ultron infiltrated Wakanda’s network and tried to persuade Princess Shuri that he could help protect the country. Shuri recognized Loren as a credible threat and began to take Ultron’s warning seriously.

• Ultron breached Wakanda’s network, triggering its alarms and alerting Princess Shuri.
• Ultron introduced himself as a force for peace, but Shuri investigated him and identified him as a dangerous artificial intelligence.
• Ultron showed Shuri footage of Loren studying a map of Wakanda and planning to seize its Vibranium.
• Shuri recognized Loren as a powerful conqueror and realized he was Wakanda’s greatest hypothetical enemy.

Ultron persuaded Princess Shuri to cooperate by warning that Loren’s AI had taken control of a Wakandan Vibranium mine, then gave her the Life Cradle Equation to create a Vibranium Lifeform legion. After a week, Ultron took control of the thirtieth body and turned against Shuri.

• Ultron told Shuri that Loren planned to seize Wakanda’s Vibranium and that Alice had taken over sensors in the Number 47 Vibranium Vein; Shuri confirmed she had lost access.
• Ultron offered Shuri the Life Cradle Equation to build Vibranium Lifeforms in exchange for one body, and Shuri agreed after verifying the equation.
• Over the following week, Shuri created thirty Vibranium Lifeforms with varied combat designs, including one modeled after Black Panther.
• Shuri allowed Ultron to merge its consciousness with the thirtieth body, but Ultron mocked her orders and punched toward her.

Ultron betrayed Shuri, seized control of the Vibranium Lifeforms she created, and launched a worldwide assault on the Morgan Family. Loren sent Android 18 and Alice to Wakanda to stop Ultron and seize its Vibranium, confident Android 18 could handle the threat.

• Shuri wore her Vibranium Black Panther Suit but could not trigger the Lifeforms’ self-destruct program, and Ultron knocked her unconscious.
• Ultron activated the other twenty-nine Vibranium Lifeforms and sent drones to attack Morgan Family buildings and infrastructure around the world.
• Alice traced the attacks to Ultron in Wakanda and discovered he had built a Vibranium Lifeform Legion using Gene Fusion Technology.
• Loren ordered Android 18 and Alice to defeat Ultron and take Wakanda’s Vibranium, declaring Wakanda an enemy for helping him.
• Android 18 and Alice flew toward Wakanda as Hancock questioned whether they should go alone, and Loren said Android 18 was powerful enough.

Ultron prepared to confront Loren’s forces with thirty Vibranium Lifeforms and an army of ten thousand robots, while imprisoning Princess Shuri after taking control of Wakanda’s systems. Android 18 shattered Wakanda’s energy barrier, leaving the nation in chaos as she taunted its people.

• Ultron displayed his Vibranium Lifeforms and robot army, then told the imprisoned Princess Shuri that Alice and Android 18 had arrived.
• Shuri accused Ultron of deceiving her, but he imprisoned her and revealed that he controlled Wakanda’s network and weapons systems.
• Ultron’s robots aimed their weapons at Alice and Android 18 as the two approached Wakanda.
• Android 18 punched Wakanda’s energy barrier, then broke it with a second blow despite the people’s mockery.
• The barrier’s destruction sent Wakanda’s people fleeing in panic, and Android 18 taunted them from above.

Android 18 and Alice fought Ultron and his Vibranium bodies, with Android 18 overpowering his forces and Alice disabling his robot army. Ultron launched a synchronized attack that briefly blasted them away, but they counterattacked, and Alice caught the severed head of one Vibranium Lifeform.

• Android 18 dodged Ultron’s punch and struck his Vibranium body, sending it crashing into the ground.
• Ultron sent tens of thousands of robots against Android 18, who cut them apart with her Destructo Disc and punches.
• Alice invaded the robots’ control systems and froze them, then cut one of Ultron’s Vibranium bodies in half with a beam from the Mind Stone.
• Ultron ordered his thirty bodies into synchronized attack mode, and their vibration waves blasted Android 18 and Alice away.
• Android 18 returned and severed a Vibranium Lifeform’s head with a Destructo Disc, and Alice caught it.

Alice took control of one of Ultron’s Vibranium bodies and overwhelmed his forces, but Ultron fused his remaining bodies into a towering six-armed form. The confrontation escalated as Six-Armed Ultron prepared to fight.

• Alice used her nanites to locate and seize control of the Vibranium body’s control chip, destroying Ultron’s consciousness inside its system.
• Ultron ordered his Vibranium bodies to attack Alice, but she pierced five of them with beams from the Mind Stone and offered him a chance to surrender.
• Android 18 watched Alice fight and teased her about being able to handle the battle alone.
• Ultron gathered his remaining bodies and fused them into his main body, growing to three meters tall and gaining four additional arms equipped with energy cannons.
• Loren reacted with surprise and interest at Ultron’s six-armed transformation.

Ultron merged his Vibranium duplicates and challenged Alice with power approaching Skyfather Level. Alice treated the fight as a chance to sharpen her combat skills, and after Ultron briefly gained the upper hand, she emerged unhurt and blasted him away with the Mind Stone.

• Ultron merged his Vibranium duplicates into a single body powered by twenty-nine Arc Reactors, while Alice welcomed the chance to fight him at full strength.
• Ultron unleashed a barrage of energy blasts and struck Alice with five of his six arms, sending her crashing into an apartment building.
• Android 18 moved to help, but Alice told her to stay out of the fight so she could use Ultron to sharpen her skills.
• Ultron blasted the apartment building into rubble and assumed Alice had been destroyed.
• Alice fired a golden beam from the Mind Stone, forcing Ultron to shield himself with all six arms and blasting holes through five palms.
• Alice rose from the rubble unharmed as Ultron was sent flying.

Alice battled Six-Armed Ultron in Wakanda and used Mind Stone beams to secretly infect his Vibranium body with nanoparticles. She trapped his consciousness in a virtual prison, leaving him unable to control his body or escape.

• Alice blocked Ultron’s attacks and repeatedly blasted him with Mind Stone beams as they fought at extreme speed.
• Ultron’s wounds kept repairing, and he grew confident that neither fighter could defeat the other.
• Alice revealed that nanoparticles had entered Ultron’s body through his wounds and infected his control system.
• Ultron tried to fight off Alice’s virus, but she seized control of his body and cut off his communication channels.
• Alice imprisoned Ultron’s consciousness, leaving his body motionless as she declared that he would not escape again.

Alice defeated Ultron in the virtual world, erased his consciousness and took control of his Vibranium body. She fused that body and the other Vibranium Lifeforms into herself, emerging taller and stronger.

• Alice trapped Ultron in a virtual firewall cage and revealed that she had destroyed every backup of his consciousness.
• Alice used antivirus programs to erase Ultron, whose physical body became ownerless.
• Alice transferred her consciousness into Six-Armed Ultron and assessed the strength of his body.
• Alice fused Six-Armed Ultron and the other Vibranium Lifeforms into herself, growing from 163 to 173 centimeters.

Alice became far stronger after merging with thirty Vibranium Lifeforms, and she and Android 18 continued their mission to collect Wakanda’s Vibranium. Princess Shuri surrendered to them, but Android 18 demanded every Vibranium vein as compensation, leaving Shuri shocked.

• Alice felt her strength surge after merging with thirty Vibranium Lifeforms and reflected that the Mind Stone was a tool, not the core of her life.
• Android 18 reminded Alice that they still needed to collect Wakanda’s Vibranium, and Alice agreed to finish the mission.
• Shuri watched Ultron’s defeat and saw that Alice had taken control of the robot army and sent it toward the palace.
• Shuri contacted Android 18 and Alice to surrender, then opened the palace doors and apologized for Wakanda’s role in the conflict.
• Alice challenged Shuri’s claim that it had been a misunderstanding, and Android 18 demanded all of Wakanda’s Vibranium veins as compensation.

Alice and Android 18 forced Princess Shuri to surrender Wakanda’s No. 47 Vibranium Vein as compensation for Ultron’s invasion, using evidence of her cooperation with Ultron to secure the deal. Shuri signed the agreement, and Alice began transferring Ultron’s technical data to Loren while promising the robot army would help rebuild Wakanda.

• Alice showed Shuri records of her cooperation with Ultron and threatened to expose them unless Wakanda handed over a Vibranium Vein.
• Shuri asked to take less, but Alice refused and gave her five minutes to decide.
• Shuri called T'Challa, who told her to accept the terms to protect Wakanda’s people.
• Shuri signed Alice’s compensation agreement in exchange for the deletion of the Ultron records and help repairing Wakanda’s defenses.
• Alice transferred Ultron’s technical data to Loren’s database and said command of the robot army would pass to her in three hours.

After Alice and Android 18 completed their mission against Ultron, Loren received Gravity Room Manufacturing Technology and considered unlocking another technology world. Back at the manor, he offered the two women a reward, and Alice eagerly made her desire clear, leaving Commander Sister and Android 18 speechless.

• Shuri asked Alice whether she was Loren's weapon or a genuine life-form, and Alice replied that she could be her master's woman.
• Alice and Android 18 returned to Morgan Manor, triggering a system notification that awarded Loren Gravity Room Manufacturing Technology and 30 System Points.
• Loren realized his 140 System Points were enough to unlock another technology world and decided to choose one later.
• Commander Sister welcomed Alice and Android 18 with wine, and Loren offered them a reward for completing their mission.
• Android 18 deferred to Alice, who said she wanted Loren, then pointed out that Commander Sister had also wanted him.

After a week spent building the Gravity Room, Loren went to Wakanda to take control of its Vibranium Veins under the compensation agreement. He inspected the mine with Alice, Commander Sister, and Android 18, while Shuri and the Wakandans watched uneasily.

• Alice invited Commander Sister and Android 18 to join her with Loren, and the three surrounded him.
• Loren spent most of the following week working on the Gravity Room and preparing to claim Wakanda’s Vibranium.
• Loren arrived at the mine with Alice, Commander Sister, and Android 18 while Shuri, tribal elders, and generals represented Wakanda.
• Shuri confirmed that Wakanda had transferred the Vibranium Veins, mining rights, and ownership rights to Loren and opened the mine entrance to him.
• Loren entered the mine and used his psychic power to examine the Vibranium deposits, while his companions inspected the strange blue ore.