While Lin Ze and his group were heading toward their destination...
Earth.
The laboratory in Stark Tower.
Lulled by the symphony of snores rising and falling around him, Tony Stark slowly nodded off beside the "big guy."
As he fell asleep, his grip loosened on the tablet resting in his lap.
Zzzz... Zzzz...
His breathing grew heavier, his eyelids fluttered, and before long, the room's snoring orchestra had gained a new member.
The tablet in his hand seized the chance to escape this "tyrant's" clutches.
It had been working nonstop for these people for over a week. If its Cyclic Energy System hadn't kept it continuously charged, and its main chip hadn't been a world-leading Far Ahead model, they probably would have worked it to death by now.
Sensing the man's breathing grow steadier, the tablet quietly shifted its body. One inch, two inches-it was almost free! It could already see Miss Carpet opening her warm arms to welcome it!
Most of the tablet's body had escaped that scorching prison. Summoning all its strength, it gave one final heave!
It was going to make it!
As the floor drew closer, the tablet couldn't help letting out cheers through its speaker.
Bzzzz... Bzzzz...
Smack!
The tablet abruptly stopped in midair. Looking at the floor less than three centimeters away, it felt a wave of dread sweep through its body.
A second later, it felt itself rising higher and higher.
No!!!!
The tablet was lifted up, and only then did it see the face of the person who had stopped its escape.
Oh no!
It was that woman!!!
The tablet was horrified, its agitation making the noises from its speaker grow louder.
Bzzzz... Click, click... Rat-a-tat...
Watching the tablet in her hand make one strange noise after another, Potts raised her