After saying goodbye to Peter Parker, Tony Stark went to Ronn's office, pulled up a chair, and without any pleasantries, directly stated his purpose.
"Ronn, tell me the truth, where did you get that CLS car that can transform into a robot, and the AI core inside it?"
"Oh, it's 'Iron Man' himself. What, you stole my car and didn't run, but came to find me instead? How bold."
Seeing Tony Stark walk in, Ronn smiled and immediately took a jab at Tony.
Tony scoffed, "Ronn, stop joking. You intentionally gave me the CLS. Tell me the truth, what's your real purpose? What do you want?"
"Who said that? I'm a very innocent person, how could I engage in such schemes? You're slandering me, I can get a lawyer and sue you!" Ronn said, feigning stubborn denial.
"..." Tony was speechless. How old was this person, still acting childish? They weren't idiots, couldn't he just be straightforward?
However, even though Tony thought that, for the sake of his goal, he said, "Alright, Ronn, I stole your car, my bad. Now I've returned your car, can you tell me about it?"
"That's more like it." Ronn nodded in satisfaction. "About the car, right? I actually bought that car from a second-hand market for 4,000 dollars. I don't really know its specific details!"
"I... f***!" Tony cursed under his breath, then said with a pleading expression, "Ronn, I've seen 'Transformers' before, okay? Seriously, please stop messing with me, alright?"
"Heh..." Seeing Tony start to beg, Ronn chuckled, then stood up: "I know you parked my car in the underground parking lot. Let's go to my car, I'll show you its true form."
Seeing Ronn finally get serious, Tony breathed a slight sigh of relief and led Ronn to where he had parked.
Tony was afraid Ronn would insist he knew nothing and wouldn't tell him any information about Yuan and the car, which would be awkward.
Following Tony to the CLS car, Ronn patted the body and spoke to Yuan inside the car.
"Yuan, tell Genesis that it can transform."
"Yes, Ronn."
Yuan's voice sounded, and the next moment, the white CLS immediately began to change. Various mechanical parts began to disassemble, then quickly reassembled, with incredible speed.
In just two or three seconds, the CLS directly transformed into a silver humanoid robot, nearly four meters tall, which immediately gave off a chilling aura.
Fortunately, the underground parking lot of the Daily Bugle building was tall enough, otherwise, this large robot wouldn't have been able to stand up.
"Mr. Ronn, Genesis reports to you." After the silver robot finished transforming, it came before Ronn and still spoke in a cold tone.
"Hmm, not bad. How about it, Tony? Isn't the Genesis robot cool?" Ronn responded, then turned to Tony and said.
"Indeed!" Tony nodded. The last time Genesis transformed, he was inside Genesis and didn't see the transformation process. Although some people had taken photos and videos of Genesis transforming, seeing photos and videos was nothing compared to witnessing it firsthand.
Most importantly, Genesis's transformation speed was too fast. It only took two or three seconds to transform from a car into a large robot, which was simply a miracle.
Also, the volume and mass of an ordinary car could absolutely not transform into a four-meter-tall robot. Tony was extremely curious about what materials Genesis's body was made of and desperately wanted to know why.
"Tony, don't you want to know the origins of Yuan and Genesis? I'll tell you, not just Genesis, but Yuan too, they are indeed aliens, and they are alien robots with life!"
At this point, Ronn also stopped beating around the bush. He began to tell Tony the story he had just fabricated... "Ahem, it's like this: when I was little, Yuan unexpectedly came to Earth from the distant planet Celia, landing near my home, and that's how we met."
"Yuan told me that his home planet, Celia, had been destroyed by a powerful organization, leaving only Yuan. After coming to Earth, to avoid being lonely, he spent over ten years successfully transforming a car into one of his kind. Yuan named him Genesis, and that's how Genesis came to be."
"However, because Yuan expended too much life energy creating Genesis, his life began to wane, and now he can only reside within Genesis's body. And after learning about you, a mechanical genius, I wanted you to help Yuan recover. It's that simple. Yuan, isn't that right?"
"That's right, Ronn." Yuan's voice came from inside the Genesis robot, answering Ronn.
"Uh..." After hearing Ronn's words, Tony nodded blankly. Although he was very skeptical, this was indeed the most plausible possibility.
An alien robot stranded on Earth, forming a friendship with an Earthling, and then the Earthling doing everything possible to help the alien robot whose life was fading—there was absolutely nothing to fault in this story!
Tony looked at the Genesis robot on one side, then at Ronn, and said, "Ronn, if that's the case, why did you hide this? You could have openly told me and asked for my help, right? Why didn't you say anything?"
Ronn blinked innocently and said, "Wasn't I afraid you wouldn't agree? Yuan and I discussed it for a long time before coming up with this not-so-great plan, just so you would agree. What do you think?"
"Alright, I can agree, but I have some questions for Yuan. Have him tell me the truth. If possible, I will ensure Yuan's life continues."
Tony seemed very confident. He didn't even consider the possibility of failure and immediately agreed.
Ronn stepped aside, "Okay, since you've agreed, Yuan will definitely answer your questions. Go ahead."
"Okay." Tony responded, then approached the Genesis robot and asked, "Yuan, I have a most important question for you. You are a robot, do you truly possess life?"
"Yes, Mr. Stark. You must understand that the universe is infinite and full of unknowns. And now, it's just a robot possessing life, what's so strange about that?"
Yuan's voice sounded, and this time, Yuan's words carried a hint of dissatisfaction, making him seem truly like a person.
Tony nodded, looked at the Arc Reactor in his chest, and then asked with extreme seriousness, "Then, Yuan, the most crucial question is..."
"I want to know, what is your energy source? What energy has sustained you for so long, still operating, and even allowed you to create your kin, the Genesis robot?"
Many thanks for that night's falling leaves' reward, and please, I'm asking for some rewards, just 100 Qidian coins will do, to add another fan to this book, I humbly beg!