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Chapter 1023
chapter 0429 part 1
# Chapter 422: Questioning
Tony Stark reached out and stroked the railing of the long bridge. The cool touch, and the delicate carving of the Bixi on the railing done with exquisite craftsmanship, made him couldn't help but ask Lane, who was ahead, "Is this entire bridge built from Eastern White Jade?"
As a top tycoon, Tony Stark naturally had plenty of contact with the world's top luxury goods. In his villa on Hawaii Island, he had several mutton fat white jade ornaments.
This was a gift from a Partner from The East. Pepper Potts said that the price of this kind of jade stone was calculated by the gram, several times more expensive than gold.
If this entire jade stone bridge was truly built entirely from White Jade, it would be worth at least a hundred billion. Could it be that the market value of Stark Industries wasn't even worth as much as this bridge, or perhaps in this Universe, this Eastern White Jade was so common that it was worthless?
"Mr. Stark, you've misunderstood. This is just ordinary jade ore, not White Jade! If it were truly built with White Jade, you'd have to excavate the entire jade mine of The East," Lane turned back and explained with a smile to Tony Stark.
Tony Stark nodded.
His finger traced the handrail of the long bridge. The delicate, cool touch was indeed very similar to the White Jade he had stroked. While Lane turned back to continue leading the way, a silver water sphere the size of a melon seed dripped from Tony Stark's cuff into the carved groove of the handrail. The silver water sphere slid rapidly along the carvings on the bridge body towards the bottom of the bridge. Just before it dripped off, the countless nanobots inside this nanometer bead quickly extended spider-like mechanical tentacles, gripping the bridge body and rapidly tracking Tony Stark's signal on the bridge from the bottom, keeping pace with him.
Silver water spheres formed by nanobots dripped from the bridge surface from time to time, quickly aggregating into a silver water sphere the size of a basketball at the bottom of the bridge. The silver water sphere transformed into a flat liquid attached to the underside of the bridge body. The nanobots simulated changing their own color, adjusting to the same optical camouflage as the White Jade stone of the bridge body, thus concealing themselves beneath the bridge surface.
Tony Stark's action was very secretive. Even Star-Lord, who was half a step behind him, almost walking side-by-side, didn't notice the slightest clue. Tony Stark walked behind Lane, but his sunglasses projected a series of projections directly onto his retina. While commanding FRIDAY to hack into Tang Group's Security System, Tony Stark also controlled the nanotech armor beneath the bridge. The distracted Iron Man was completely unaware that a thick mist had risen from the Lake Surface at some point. The white mist ascended, quickly engulfing the bridge body. Standing on the bridge, it felt as if he were stepping on the Sea of Clouds.
*Chila chila—*
As the rising mist engulfed the bridge body, the projection of the nanotech armor, separated and projected onto Tony Stark's retina by his sunglasses, suddenly turned completely static, as if being interfered with by something.
Not only the connection with the nanotech armor, but his artificial intelligence, FRIDAY, also seemed to be experiencing lag. How was this possible? Although FRIDAY was not as human-like as his former Butler, J.A.R.V.I.S., its algorithms and computing speed had been greatly improved through his modifications.
How could there be lag? He was constantly equipped with a nanomaterial central processor on his body, whose capacity was enough to keep FRIDAY running at full power.
The sunglasses he carried with him were a control center for controlling the armor and FRIDAY. After discovering the unknown incident, Tony Stark subconsciously took off his sunglasses. The vast white mist around him instantly made him slightly stunned. Just before he got on the bridge, the Lake Surface was still a vast expanse of misty waves, with lotus leaves covering the sky. How could such a large mist appear?
Lane, who was leading the way, seemed to sense Tony Stark's hesitant footsteps. He stopped, turned around, and his gaze inadvertently swept over Tony Stark's sunglasses.
"Mr. Stark, are you looking at this mist?"
Tony Stark nodded without concealing anything: "This mist came so quickly, and it's so thick!"
Lane smiled, walked to the Lakeside, leaned on the railing, and looked down. The mist beneath the bridge seemed even thicker. In the thick mist where you couldn't see your hand, a few black shadows flashed and disappeared in the mist.
"When the water is abundant, mist is easily generated. Such heavy mist occurs frequently on this Lake Surface. It will dissipate when the sun comes out! But it's strange, no matter how thick the mist is, it has never risen above the bridge surface. It's also a spectacle of Raccoon City!"
In the thick mist, more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods with bone wings on their backs shuttled through the thick mist. These demonic creatures, evolved from skeleton demons, extended their pair of bone claws, shaped like bird claws and three feet long, and tore the silver water sphere into shattered pieces.
The silver nanometer water sphere, the moment it broke apart, quickly reassembled. Under its internal autonomous combat center, this nanometer water sphere quickly formed a nanotech armor.
Beams of white light shot out from the Palm and chest of the nanotech armor. Although the mist greatly affected lasers, Tony Stark had used some kind of black technology on his nanometer armor.
The dazzling lasers directly penetrated the thick mist, shooting onto the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods. Black mist appeared on the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods, and Yin wind and black mist enveloped them. In the black mist, layers of phosphorescent fire flickered, and within the phosphorescent fire, countless Yin souls and vicious spirits with ferocious faces roared faintly. The high-energy lasers struck the layers of black mist and phosphorescent fire, being gradually worn away.
*Chila!*
In the thick mist, the shadow of the White Bone Demonic God was elusive and extremely fast. As a famous Demonic Path existence in Heshan Dao and even the entire Demonic Path, the black mist and phosphorescent fire attached to the claws of the White Bone Demonic God were not only highly poisonous but could also absorb essence blood and burn the soul.
However, facing the armor formed by these extremely tiny nanobots, the White Bone Demonic God's indestructible claws, attached with black mist and phosphorescent fire, completely lost their effect.
These nanobots didn't have essence blood or soul to speak of. The hardness of the armor formed by these little things was also extremely high.
In the 9999 Universe, these little things gathered together could even block the cleaving of Thanos's double-edged war blade. Of course, it was also possible that the speed at which these nanobots filled the shortfall exceeded Thanos's cleaving speed.
For a time, although more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods continuously attacked the nanotech armor, they couldn't harm it in the slightest.
On the bridge surface, Tony Stark also stood by the railing at this time, looking down. The thick white mist made him feel as if he were in the Sea of Clouds. Even if he put his sunglasses back on, he couldn't sense the whereabouts of the nanotech armor he had separated.
The thick white mist seemed to be able to isolate signals.
In fact, Tony Stark guessed correctly. The lotus flowers in the lotus pond on the entire Lake Surface, along with the long bridge beneath his feet, formed a defensive array.
This mist was just a part of the array's change. As for signal jamming, that was due to the weeping willows around the lake. Some of their branches were modified signal jammers procured by East Galaxy Company.
Once these signal jammers sensed that the air humidity reached a certain level, these signal jammers would immediately activate, lock down, and scan nearby signals.
Arrays combined with technology, even immortals would scratch their heads.
Although Tony Stark was smart, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't single-handedly negate the achievements of interstellar civilizations that had developed for millions, tens of millions of years.
The technology products of these Tier 2 and Tier 3 civilizations were enough to block the signal of any technology product on Earth.
Beneath the bridge, the nanotech armor, trapped in the thick mist, quickly ceased its operations. It wasn't because of the White Bone Demonic God's attack, but because after several rounds of laser bursts, the reserve energy source of these nanobots was completely depleted. Without the power supply from Tony Stark's chest Arc Reactor, these nanobots, which he regarded as a surprise weapon, only lasted for two or three minutes under full power combat.
In the thick mist, Lane watched a small yacht sail under the bridge. Several Bodyguards from the Manor, wearing black suits and earpieces, skillfully used hooks to fish out a piece of floating ice from the water.
In the center of the ice cube, a pool of silver liquid was frozen.
# Chapter 422: Questioning
Tony Stark reached out and stroked the railing of the long bridge. The cool touch, and the delicate carving of the Bixi on the railing done with exquisite craftsmanship, made him couldn't help but ask Lane, who was ahead, "Is this entire bridge built from Eastern White Jade?"
As a top tycoon, Tony Stark naturally had plenty of contact with the world's top luxury goods. In his villa on Hawaii Island, he had several mutton fat white jade ornaments.
This was a gift from a Partner from The East. Pepper Potts said that the price of this kind of jade stone was calculated by the gram, several times more expensive than gold.
If this entire jade stone bridge was truly built entirely from White Jade, it would be worth at least a hundred billion. Could it be that the market value of Stark Industries wasn't even worth as much as this bridge, or perhaps in this Universe, this Eastern White Jade was so common that it was worthless?
"Mr. Stark, you've misunderstood. This is just ordinary jade ore, not White Jade! If it were truly built with White Jade, you'd have to excavate the entire jade mine of The East," Lane turned back and explained with a smile to Tony Stark.
Tony Stark nodded.
His finger traced the handrail of the long bridge. The delicate, cool touch was indeed very similar to the White Jade he had stroked. While Lane turned back to continue leading the way, a silver water sphere the size of a melon seed dripped from Tony Stark's cuff into the carved groove of the handrail. The silver water sphere slid rapidly along the carvings on the bridge body towards the bottom of the bridge. Just before it dripped off, the countless nanobots inside this nanometer bead quickly extended spider-like mechanical tentacles, gripping the bridge body and rapidly tracking Tony Stark's signal on the bridge from the bottom, keeping pace with him.
Silver water spheres formed by nanobots dripped from the bridge surface from time to time, quickly aggregating into a silver water sphere the size of a basketball at the bottom of the bridge. The silver water sphere transformed into a flat liquid attached to the underside of the bridge body. The nanobots simulated changing their own color, adjusting to the same optical camouflage as the White Jade stone of the bridge body, thus concealing themselves beneath the bridge surface.
Tony Stark's action was very secretive. Even Star-Lord, who was half a step behind him, almost walking side-by-side, didn't notice the slightest clue. Tony Stark walked behind Lane, but his sunglasses projected a series of projections directly onto his retina. While commanding FRIDAY to hack into Tang Group's Security System, Tony Stark also controlled the nanotech armor beneath the bridge. The distracted Iron Man was completely unaware that a thick mist had risen from the Lake Surface at some point. The white mist ascended, quickly engulfing the bridge body. Standing on the bridge, it felt as if he were stepping on the Sea of Clouds.
*Chila chila—*
As the rising mist engulfed the bridge body, the projection of the nanotech armor, separated and projected onto Tony Stark's retina by his sunglasses, suddenly turned completely static, as if being interfered with by something.
Not only the connection with the nanotech armor, but his artificial intelligence, FRIDAY, also seemed to be experiencing lag. How was this possible? Although FRIDAY was not as human-like as his former Butler, J.A.R.V.I.S., its algorithms and computing speed had been greatly improved through his modifications.
How could there be lag? He was constantly equipped with a nanomaterial central processor on his body, whose capacity was enough to keep FRIDAY running at full power.
The sunglasses he carried with him were a control center for controlling the armor and FRIDAY. After discovering the unknown incident, Tony Stark subconsciously took off his sunglasses. The vast white mist around him instantly made him slightly stunned. Just before he got on the bridge, the Lake Surface was still a vast expanse of misty waves, with lotus leaves covering the sky. How could such a large mist appear?
Lane, who was leading the way, seemed to sense Tony Stark's hesitant footsteps. He stopped, turned around, and his gaze inadvertently swept over Tony Stark's sunglasses.
"Mr. Stark, are you looking at this mist?"
Tony Stark nodded without concealing anything: "This mist came so quickly, and it's so thick!"
Lane smiled, walked to the Lakeside, leaned on the railing, and looked down. The mist beneath the bridge seemed even thicker. In the thick mist where you couldn't see your hand, a few black shadows flashed and disappeared in the mist.
"When the water is abundant, mist is easily generated. Such heavy mist occurs frequently on this Lake Surface. It will dissipate when the sun comes out! But it's strange, no matter how thick the mist is, it has never risen above the bridge surface. It's also a spectacle of Raccoon City!"
In the thick mist, more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods with bone wings on their backs shuttled through the thick mist. These demonic creatures, evolved from skeleton demons, extended their pair of bone claws, shaped like bird claws and three feet long, and tore the silver water sphere into shattered pieces.
The silver nanometer water sphere, the moment it broke apart, quickly reassembled. Under its internal autonomous combat center, this nanometer water sphere quickly formed a nanotech armor.
Beams of white light shot out from the Palm and chest of the nanotech armor. Although the mist greatly affected lasers, Tony Stark had used some kind of black technology on his nanometer armor.
The dazzling lasers directly penetrated the thick mist, shooting onto the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods. Black mist appeared on the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods, and Yin wind and black mist enveloped them. In the black mist, layers of phosphorescent fire flickered, and within the phosphorescent fire, countless Yin souls and vicious spirits with ferocious faces roared faintly. The high-energy lasers struck the layers of black mist and phosphorescent fire, being gradually worn away.
*Chila!*
In the thick mist, the shadow of the White Bone Demonic God was elusive and extremely fast. As a famous Demonic Path existence in Heshan Dao and even the entire Demonic Path, the black mist and phosphorescent fire attached to the claws of the White Bone Demonic God were not only highly poisonous but could also absorb essence blood and burn the soul.
However, facing the armor formed by these extremely tiny nanobots, the White Bone Demonic God's indestructible claws, attached with black mist and phosphorescent fire, completely lost their effect.
These nanobots didn't have essence blood or soul to speak of. The hardness of the armor formed by these little things was also extremely high.
In the 9999 Universe, these little things gathered together could even block the cleaving of Thanos's double-edged war blade. Of course, it was also possible that the speed at which these nanobots filled the shortfall exceeded Thanos's cleaving speed.
For a time, although more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods continuously attacked the nanotech armor, they couldn't harm it in the slightest.
On the bridge surface, Tony Stark also stood by the railing at this time, looking down. The thick white mist made him feel as if he were in the Sea of Clouds. Even if he put his sunglasses back on, he couldn't sense the whereabouts of the nanotech armor he had separated.
The thick white mist seemed to be able to isolate signals.
In fact, Tony Stark guessed correctly. The lotus flowers in the lotus pond on the entire Lake Surface, along with the long bridge beneath his feet, formed a defensive array.
This mist was just a part of the array's change. As for signal jamming, that was due to the weeping willows around the lake. Some of their branches were modified signal jammers procured by East Galaxy Company.
Once these signal jammers sensed that the air humidity reached a certain level, these signal jammers would immediately activate, lock down, and scan nearby signals.
Arrays combined with technology, even immortals would scratch their heads.
Although Tony Stark was smart, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't single-handedly negate the achievements of interstellar civilizations that had developed for millions, tens of millions of years.
The technology products of these Tier 2 and Tier 3 civilizations were enough to block the signal of any technology product on Earth.
Beneath the bridge, the nanotech armor, trapped in the thick mist, quickly ceased its operations. It wasn't because of the White Bone Demonic God's attack, but because after several rounds of laser bursts, the reserve energy source of these nanobots was completely depleted. Without the power supply from Tony Stark's chest Arc Reactor, these nanobots, which he regarded as a surprise weapon, only lasted for two or three minutes under full power combat.
In the thick mist, Lane watched a small yacht sail under the bridge. Several Bodyguards from the Manor, wearing black suits and earpieces, skillfully used hooks to fish out a piece of floating ice from the water.
In the center of the ice cube, a pool of silver liquid was frozen.
