Ten thousand feet! Thirty thousand feet! Fifty thousand feet!
As the altitude increases, the surrounding air becomes increasingly thinner, and the temperature begins to drop sharply.
However, Luca, protected by the force field, did not feel any discomfort.
The force field acts like a protective shield, isolating the extreme cold, lack of oxygen, and low pressure from the outside.
Not only that.
As they climbed higher, they passed through layer upon layer of obstacles.
Luca suddenly had a strange feeling.
He could clearly feel his cells cheering as he got farther away from the ground!
It seems that the higher he flies, the more terrifying his absorption efficiency of various types of radiation energy in the universe becomes!
He quickly raised his head and looked up at the sky above.
At this altitude, sunlight refracts at the edge of the Earth, creating a magnificent halo.
Luca knew that it was the sun's rays! The source of life and power!
He couldn't help but open his arms and slowly close his eyes.
Enjoy the exhilarating feeling of energy continuously flowing into your body.
Cells are getting stronger! Muscle density is increasing! The range of the Bio-Force Field is expanding!
It seems that because it was the first time it had been so close to the sun, the absorption rate was particularly rapid.
It's absorbing at almost ten times the normal speed!
Of course, this is happening as their strength continues to rise.
The rate of ascent is constantly breaking limits!
Mach 6! Mach 7! Mach 8!
Meanwhile, Tony, who kept saying he would never lose, had already been left behind without anyone noticing.
The record of 85,000 feet was instantly trampled underfoot by Luca!
100,000 feet! 120,000 feet!
That is, a place more than 36,000 meters above the ground.
It's getting higher and higher! Higher and higher!
The surrounding area has become a vacuum.
This is the edge of the Earth.
The stars no longer twinkled, but were set on the curtain like still diamonds.
Luca knew that this flight altitude had far exceeded any record set in human history!
Just as he was preparing to experience the real universe up close.
Sudden.
He heard a faint sound.
It came from far below, and it was JARVIS's voice.
"Sir! The outside temperature is dropping! There's been potentially deadly icing!"
"The power system is failing! All joints are frozen!"
Upon hearing the sound, Luca suddenly opened his eyes and instantly stopped sprinting.
Something's happened!
He immediately looked down and his gaze instantly locked onto an object.
At an altitude of approximately 50,000 feet above the ground.
Tony's armor was completely covered by a layer of solid white ice!
The reactor in the armor's chest area has been shut down.
The indicator lights near the eyes are now off!
Having lost power, he is freefalling towards the sea below!
" JARVIS! Deploy the auxiliary winglets on your back immediately! Increase air resistance!"
Tony's desperate screams echoed from inside the armor.
However, the armor did not react at all.
" JARVIS? JARVIS! Answer me!"
That's right, the system has been disconnected due to freezing.
Luca shook his head helplessly.
"You're such a prideful jerk. If you can't do it, don't fly so high. You just have to show off. Do you really think a suit of armor can take on nature?"
However, despite his complaints, Luca did not hesitate in his actions.
He immediately adjusted the force field around his body.
Then, Luca remained standing and plummeted downwards at breakneck speed!
This is due to the protection and amplification provided by the force field.
Luca was falling several times faster than Tony, who was being pulled by Earth's gravity!
"Boom!"
The whistling sound continued.
They were getting closer and closer to Tony.
Thirty thousand feet! Twenty thousand feet! Ten thousand feet!
soon.
When they were less than 5,000 feet from the ground, Luca finally caught up with Tony, who was falling.
He controlled his force field to keep his speed consistent with Tony's, and the two fell parallel to each other in mid-air.
Luca tapped Tony's mask and spoke casually.
"Hey, isn't this our great Mr. Stark. Tony Stark?"
"It seems this arrogant and brilliant inventor has encountered a minor icing problem."
Luca crossed his arms, his words dripping with schadenfreude.
"So, sir who almost broke the world record, do you now need your kind, upright brother with powerful superpowers to lend a helping hand?"
"Just shout ' Luca, help!' and I, being kind-hearted, will definitely come to your aid. How about it? Isn't this a good deal?"
Inside the armor, a panicked Tony suddenly heard mocking voices coming from outside.
He turned his head and saw Luca looking relaxed.
Tony's pride overcame his fear of death.
Even if he's about to be smashed to pieces, Tony absolutely refuses to bow down in front of his brother!
"Get out of here! I don't need it!"
"I encounter these kinds of minor issues all the time! I can handle it myself! This is just a trivial problem! I can restart the system soon!"
That's true.
But Tony was still frantic, constantly trying to use his physical strength to pry open the frozen corpses.
Luca was suppressing his laughter, feeling like he was about to burst from holding it in.
"Still being stubborn? If you fall any lower, you'll be discussing science with those flounders."
In the end, he decided not to tease the other person any further.
After all, the sea was right below; if Tony really fell in, he would be instantly sent flying.
then.
Luca grabbed Tony's armor arm!
A portion of the force field around Tony immediately separated and enveloped him.
With the buffer of the force field, Tony's falling inertia was counteracted.
He was stopped in mid-air before he could even feel any pulling force.
But seeing Luca forcefully intervene, Tony became even more anxious.
He felt like he was about to lose all face.
"Let go! I said I don't need help!"
Tony screamed inside the helmet, trying to break free from Luca's grasp.
"You meddlesome bastard! Let me go! JARVIS will wake up soon! He'll be able to fly on his own again soon!"
Luca ignored Tony's impotent rage.
His eyes narrowed.
Two blazing laser beams suddenly shot out from his eyes!
Two laser beams swept across the surface of Tony's armor.
The ice on the surface of the armor quickly turned into a cloud of white steam and dissipated.
It only took one second.
The ice on the armor's surface was removed, and the frozen joints were restored to their normal function.
"Buzz!"
The next second.
Accompanied by the sound of the system restarting.
The blue light returned to Tony's armor around his eyes!
The reactor in his chest roared once more!
This means JARVIS has awakened!
"System reboot successful. Sir is taking over the armor."
JARVIS's voice rang out again from inside the helmet, a sound as clear as an angel's call.
"Boom!"
A thick jet of flame shot out from the nozzles beneath the armor's feet.
Tony broke free from Luca's grasp and quickly regained his balance in mid-air.
At this moment, the two of them had unknowingly flown over downtown Los Angeles.
Below are bustling streets and brightly lit skyscrapers.
Suspended in the night sky, Tony took deep breaths.
His heart was still pounding as he recalled the feeling of weightlessness he had just experienced.
Good heavens, it was so close!
He almost became the first Stark Family billionaire to die in a crash!