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His face was filled with regret. "I wanted to create an AI more powerful than JARVIS to protect this world. I never imagined Ultron would develop a mind of his own. Now he's turned against us completely. He's become the greatest threat this world has ever faced..."

Stark spoke with obvious pain.

His explanation made things clear to Zhang Yang and the others.

Thanos understood too.

What an idiot.

Hearing Stark's words, Thanos glanced at him and let out a faint hiss.

Somehow, that hiss carried a depth of contempt.

Stark turned his attention to Thanos.

"Oh, my God. How long has it been since I saw you, Zhang Yang? You're keeping pets now? A snake?" Stark stared at the snake Thanos had become, surprise flashing across his face.

Anyone would be startled by the sudden sight of a snake nearly eight meters long.

"A pet?"

Zhang Yang found the word rather novel.

The Ancient One had indeed asked him to look after the snake for a while.

But calling Thanos his pet... wasn't entirely strange, either.

"I found him in the Universe. Quite a sight, isn't he?" Zhang Yang said with a smile.

Stark shrugged.

As an ordinary human, he couldn't understand mages' peculiar tastes.

If Stark kept a pet, it would be a cat or a dog.

He certainly wouldn't keep a snake.

Especially not one this big.

But the snake wasn't what concerned him now.

Stark turned back to Zhang Yang.

"Zhang Yang, I don't think we should be discussing the snake. I need your help. Ultron has escaped my surveillance, and the entire U.S. has lost internet access. It's not just the U.S.—his reach is enormous. If we don't stop him, he could destroy the whole world! He's an ambitious AI!"

Stark had come to Zhang