New Avengers Base fell into a strange busyness. Tony·Stark and Bruce·Banner had a heated discussion in front of the holographic screen, and the data flow poured out like a waterfall.
"The energy network restarts every 11 hours and 57 minutes," Banner pointed at the fluctuation chart, "New anomalies will occur every time."
Natasha called up global surveillance, "London's rain turned lemony, Cairo's sand glowed, Rio's carnival crowd suddenly began to float."
Clint rubbed his temples. "So now we have become a global anomaly processing center?"
"What's worse," Steve pointed at the strategy map, "Ten Rings is taking advantage of these anomalies. They're collecting glowing sand, bottling lemonade, and even trying to capture floating citizens."
Vision landed slowly. "The energy signature of Ten Rings was detected to resonate with Ultima Network. They are trying to control this system."
Suddenly, all screens flashed at the same time. Friday issued an alarm. "The energy network restarted early! Abnormal mode change!"
Surveillance footage showed that plants around the world began to grow in reverse, buildings floated slightly, and animals showed unusual intelligence.
"This time it's anomalies in the gravity field and biological intelligence," Banner exclaimed, "They are debugging the system!"
Tony stood up suddenly. "Ten Rings is using these anomalies as a testing ground!"
At this moment, a communication came from the Malibu Villa. Xiao Han's voice was obviously displeased:
"My new beach chair floated away. Who of you is responsible for paying for it?"
The holographic screen showed that Xiao Han was standing on the beach, looking at the beach furniture floating in the air. Several seagulls cleverly grabbed his ice cream box with their paws and flew away.
"It seems that the improvement of animal IQ also includes birds." Tony couldn't help complaining.
"I don't care about improving my IQ," Xiao Han said with a dangerous glint in his eyes, "I want my beach chair and ice cream."
He suddenly took a deep breath and blew Cold Breath into the sky. The floating objects instantly froze and fell, but a new abnormality immediately appeared: the falling ice cubes turned into butterflies in the air, and then evaporated into rainbow-colored mist.
"That's enough." Xiao Han's voice was as cold as ice, "Friday, give me the coordinates of all Ten Rings's strongholds."
"Direct action is not recommended," Vision warned, "They may be waiting for you to actively enter the trap."
"I don't need advice," Xiao Han began, "I need someone to take responsibility for my beach chair."
Ten minutes later, Ten Rings's main base located at Sahara Desert sounded an alarm. Xiao Han was suspended above the base, with golden light in its eyes.
"Mandarin! Give you three seconds to hand over my beach chair!"
The base defense system fired simultaneously, but all energy weapons automatically deflected as they approached Xiao Han. He didn't even move, just watched as the shell of the base began to melt.
"I don't know about beach chairs," Mandarin's holographic image appeared, "But we are indeed collecting anomaly data."
"Final warning." Xiao Han began to gather energy in his hands.
"Wait!" Mandarin suddenly said, "What if we can help you solve this energy network problem?"
Xiao Han raised his eyebrows. "Say."
"Ultima's network is based on Vibranium energy conduction," Mandarin showed the data, "We have found a control method, but we need your cooperation."
"What to cooperate with?"
"Temporarily absorb excess energy," Mandarin said with a sly look in his eyes, "Allowing us to reprogram the system."
Avengers heard this conversation through surveillance and immediately issued a warning. "Don't believe him, Xiao Han! This is a trap!"
But Xiao Han has reached out. "Give me the energy."
Mandarin was overjoyed, all ten rings glowed at the same time, and a huge torrent of energy surged towards Xiao Han. However, the energy suddenly turned when it came into contact with him, and instead penetrated the energy core of the base.
"You think I don't know that you are absorbing my energy signature?" Xiao Han sneered, "These energies are full of trackers and copying programs."
The base began to explode. Mandarin was shocked and angry. "How did you..."
"Because your technology is too rough." Heat Vision flashed in Xiao Han's eyes, completely destroying the main control room, "Now, compensate me for my losses."
An hour later, Xiao Han returned to Malibu Beach, with a suspended seat made of Vibranium and new beach chair materials floating behind him.
"Ten Rings's compensation." He lay down on the new chair with satisfaction, "Now let's solve this broken network problem."
Tony suddenly had an idea. "What if we don't shut down the network, but teach you to control it?"
"Not interested."
"Imagine," Tony said seductively, "You can make the sun warmer, the sea breeze more comfortable, and the ice cream never melts..."
Xiao Han thought for a moment, "Continue."
Banner answered, "We can design a system that allows you to automatically adjust the global energy balance when you are basking in the sun."
Vision added, "You can even store excess energy and use it when needed."
Xiao Han raised his eyebrows. "So now I have become a human power station?"
"More like a global thermostat." Tony smiled, "And you never have to worry about being disturbed - the system will automatically block all unnecessary energy fluctuations."
Suddenly, the network restarted again. This time the anomaly was more serious: the sky turned purple, the sea water began to boil, and the sand on the beach turned to glass.
"Okay," Xiao Han stood up, "When does the class start?"
Under the guidance of Avengers, Xiao Han began to learn to control the energy network. The process was not smooth - the first attempt made New York rain chocolate for three hours, the second time made Pacific Ocean covered with luminous jellyfish, and the third time made electronic products around the world start singing opera.
"Concentrate," Tony instructed, "Imagine you are adjusting the temperature of the air conditioner."
"My air conditioner only turns on and off." Xiao Han said impatiently.
On the fourth try, a miracle happened. The global energy fluctuations suddenly stabilized, all abnormal phenomena disappeared, and the sunlight became particularly comfortable.
"Successful!" Banner cheered.
But the joy soon turned into surprise. The energy network began to output in reverse - the energy signature of Xiao Han was slowly changing the earth.
"Look at this!" Natasha pointed at the monitor, "Amazon Rainforest is repairing itself, atmospheric pollutants are decomposing, and even the polar ice caps are being rebuilt!"
Tony looked at the data in shock. "He is unconsciously optimizing the entire planet's ecosystem!"
On the beach, Xiao Han has no idea about global changes. He is enjoying the perfect sunshine with satisfaction, and there is ice cream that will never melt next to him.
"I should have done this a long time ago," he took a sip of his drink, "Now I can finally bask in the sun quietly."
However, in the deep sea, the forgotten Ultima code fragments are quietly reorganizing. They absorb the energy signature of Xiao Han and begin to evolve new consciousness.
"System upgrade completed," the cold mechanical sound echoed on the bottom of the sea, "Starting the second phase: symbiosis."
But this time, it learned to stay quiet.
After all, the most dangerous enemies are often those who learn to wait.