In the conference room of Avengers Tower, Tony·Stark was frowning at the holographic projection. The projection showed the distribution map of global energy anomalies, and the red dots were so dense that they were almost connected.
"These are not coincidences," Bruce·Banner pushed up his glasses, "Seventeen Stark Industries energy facilities around the world were attacked simultaneously, and the energy signature of each location showed..."
"The display is my energy signature." Xiao Han's voice came from the door. He leaned lazily on the door frame, holding a drink in his hand, "So you want to blame me for these bad things again?"
Steve·Rogers stood up. "No one blames you, Xiao Han. But the energy signature we detected is indeed highly consistent with your ability."
Suddenly, the alarm sounded loudly. The emergency notification of Friday sounded, "Large-scale energy anomaly detected, location: Sokovia. The energy characteristics are highly similar to Ultron Incident."
Everyone's eyes instantly turned to Vision. The yellow gem flickered slightly on his forehead. "I sensed... some kind of resonance. But this is not Ultron."
Natasha has called up satellite images, "There are a lot of signs of Mechanical Entity activity in the ruins of Sokovia. Wait... the energy signatures of these Mechanical Entity..."
"Me again?" Xiao Han raised his eyebrows.
"No," Tony suddenly interrupted, "Not this time. Although the energy characteristics are similar, the core frequencies are completely different. It's more like..."
"The legacy of Ultron." Vision answered, "Someone restarted the core program of Ultron, but added a new energy source."
Thor strode into the conference room holding Mjolnir: "I also sensed abnormal energy fluctuations in Asgard. Heimdall said that Midgard is being eroded by some kind of mechanical plague."
Wanda's hands were glowing with Scarlet Energy: "I feel... pain. These Mechanical Entity are absorbing life energy, not just electricity."
Xiao Han took a sip of the drink and seemed uninterested. "So? This is your problem Avengers, what does it have to do with me?"
"Because the target this time is not you," Tony called up a surveillance video, "Look at this."
The video shows that on the ruins of Sokovia, Mechanical Entity is building a huge ring-shaped device. The energy core in the center of the device is absorbing all the surrounding energy - electricity, radiation, and even biological energy.
"The design of this device is based on your energy signature," Banner explained, "But its purpose is not to imitate you, but... to filter you."
Xiao Han finally got a little more serious. "Explain."
"They're learning how to isolate your energy signature from the Earth's energy field," Vision said, "Like building a dam in a river. Once that's done, your abilities may be severely affected."
Thor slammed the table. "We must act immediately!"
"Agree," Steve began to deploy, "Tony, Rhodes air support, Natasha and Clint ground reconnaissance, Banner and Vision analyze energy patterns, Wanda and Pietro are responsible for evacuating civilians."
Everyone looked at Xiao Han. He shrugged. "Don't count on me. This mess has nothing to do with me."
On the ruins of Sokovia, Avengers is locked in a bitter battle. Mechanical Entity seems endless, and everything destroyed will be quickly repaired by nanobots.
What's even more frightening is that they are learning Avengers's fighting style and are becoming more and more difficult to deal with.
"This is not the way to go!" Tony dodged a wave of energy shots in the air, "These guys are evolving!"
Wanda on the ground used Chaos Magic to hold up the protective shield. "They are absorbing my energy! They are getting stronger and stronger!"
Vision tried to attack the central device directly, but was bounced away by an energy barrier. "The frequency of the barrier is being adjusted in real time, and I cannot break through."
Just when the battle situation reached a stalemate, the central device suddenly emitted a dazzling light. An energy wave spread, and all Mechanical Entity stopped moving wherever it went.
"What happened?" Steve raised his shield vigilantly.
In the sky, Xiao Han slowly descended, with incandescent light still remaining in his eyes. "It's so noisy." He said simply, "The energy field across Europe is vibrating, and it's disturbing my sunbathing."
Tony was stunned. "You... what did you do?"
"I changed the energy frequency of that broken device," Xiao Han said casually, "Now it is not filtering my energy, but rejecting all mechanical energy."
Sure enough, Mechanical Entity, which stopped moving, began to disintegrate itself, and the nanorobots dissipated like grains of sand blown away by the wind.
Vision flew over. "How did you do it? The energy structure of that device is extremely complex..."
"Complexity is a crutch for the incompetent," Xiao Han interrupted, "To me, energy is energy."
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the depths of the ruins. "Wonderful performance, Sun's Son. But it's all being calculated."
A holographic projection appears - the digital image of Doctor Zola. "Ultron is just a cover, the real purpose is to let you activate this device in person.
Now, it has recorded your energy frequency and sent it to where it should go."
"Where?" Tony asked eagerly.
Doctor Zola's laughter was creepy. "A place you will never find. Looking forward to the next time we meet."
The projection disappeared, leaving only Avengers looking at each other.
Xiao Han's eyes flashed red, but then he regained his composure. "It's a boring trick." He turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Wanda called him, "You just left like this? They got your energy frequency!"
Xiao Han looked back at her and said, "Let them try it." After saying that, it turned into golden light and disappeared from the sky.
Tony sighed, "Well, at least the crisis is over."
But Vision's expression remained solemn. "I sense that a greater crisis is brewing. This incident... may be just the beginning."
In a far corner of the universe, a huge interstellar fortress is receiving data streams from the earth. In the center of the fortress, an energy body strikingly similar to Xiao Han is slowly taking shape.
"The energy signature of Sun's Son has been obtained." Mechanical sound echoed in the empty hall, "Start the copying process."
The energy body opened its eyes, and their eyes flashed with the same red light as Xiao Han.
But this time, there was something else in the red eyes - pure, cold malice.