Tony returned to Blue Star. After everything he had been through, he had still ended up empty-handed, and even he felt mentally exhausted.
The Hell Tower still stood in the same place.
No one had received the promised rewards. Only a handful of people had earned enough points to exchange for a few rewards of little consequence.
Still, Tony strongly suspected that this so-called Hell Tower might be a trap, or that there was simply nothing worthwhile to be gained from it.
"JARVIS, did anything important happen on Blue Star while I was away?"
Although Tony had not obtained the Hell Tower's promised rewards on this trip, he had still gained quite a bit.
At least he had seen what the Sentinels looked like when they went out of control.
In the future, he could use the Sentinels' failure as a reference to refine his Ultron Initiative.
However, he had heard that the Sentinels had ultimately killed their creator, Tony Stark, and that even the death of their other creator, Bolivar, had been closely connected to them.
That left Tony feeling deeply unsettled and bewildered.
Sentinels that could turn on their masters at any moment-how reckless was that?
As soon as Tony finished speaking, JARVIS, who had undergone numerous upgrades, began searching worldwide for reports of natural disasters.
He finally narrowed the news feeds down to a handful of channels.
"Sir, a strange phenomenon has recently appeared along many riverbanks. The river water that numerous regions depend on for survival has begun turning red. Once the water turns red, the fish die, leaving the entire river foul and reeking, and preventing the locals from drinking its water."
"This phenomenon has already affected ten countries and thirty-two regions!"
Tony's guard immediately went up when he heard JARVIS's report.
Blue Star was