"We actually met at the Bern Tech Conference."
"I don't remember."
"Of course you don't remember. If I had been as drunk as you were, I would have collapsed, let alone given a speech about integrated circuits."
"Where are we?" Tony asked the question he wanted to know most at the moment.
"Hurry, stand up, stand up!" Before he could answer Tony's question, he noticed someone approaching from outside the cave entrance and immediately urged Tony to stand up. "Follow me, raise your hands."
Tony hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he could only follow suit. But when he saw the weapons in the hands of the incoming terrorists, he lost his composure. "Those are the guns I made, how did they get them!?"
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Just follow me."
The man walking in front who looked like the terrorist leader saw Tony who had woken up and started talking a lot in a language Tony had never heard of.
Seeing this, the stranger beside Tony translated for him: "He said welcome, Tony Stark, the greatest executioner in American history. He is honored to meet you, and hopes you can build that missile for him, the Jericho missile you test-fired."
"This is it." He took a clear photo from the terrorist leader and showed it to Tony.
Tony was completely stunned when he learned of the other party's purpose. His whereabouts and weapons, which should have been strictly confidential, had been discovered, and he had been seriously injured by the other party using Stark Industries weapons that they had obtained through unknown means. Now, he was threatened with working for terrorists because of the weapons he had invented. Tony knew that someone must have betrayed him, but it was precisely because of this that he could not believe that he, the soul of Stark Industries, had actually been sold out!
"I won't do it!" Tony, who had never suffered from the harshness of society, naturally couldn't be persuaded by just a few words.
So then, under the leader's order, they took action to let Tony feel their sincerity.
After a torturous lecture, Tony, led by the terrorists, arrived outside the cave. Within, a massive firepower capable of destroying a small city was stored. The words "Stark Industries" emblazoned on each weapon were incredibly glaring.
"What have you thought about it?" The strange man continued to act as the leader's translator.
"You have a stockpile of weapons I made."
"He said he had all the parts needed to build the Jericho missile. He wanted you to give him a list of materials and start working on it immediately. Once you're done, they'll let you go."
"He won't." Tony pretended to agree and reached out to hold the leader's hand.
"That's right." The strange man agreed.
…
So in the following critical time, Tony, encouraged by the stranger, decided to pretend to obey and secretly disobey, trying to create hope to escape from here. He finally learned the name of his savior, Ethan, and also the name of the terrorists who kidnapped him. They called themselves the Ten Rings Gang.
Taking advantage of the terrorists' desire for the Jericho missile, Tony obtained a very simple but barely usable workshop, and he also had a large amount of materials provided by the terrorists to make missiles. "How to escape now depends on your genius brain, Tony Stark. There are people waiting for you at home! Ethan, come and help me."
After cheering themselves up, Tony and Ethan started their plan.
Tony first used the readily available high-purity palladium element in the materials at hand to build an Ark reactor for himself, which can generate 3 billion joules of energy per second to power the electromagnet in his chest, allowing him to break free from the constraints of the battery and move freely.
"It can provide you with enough energy to live four lifetimes!" Ethan exclaimed.
"Or run the large machinery for fifty minutes." Then he handed a pile of drawings to Ethan.
Ethan: "What is this?"
He showed Ethan the secret weapon he was going to use to escape. "Fold up the blueprints and take a look."
"Wow! That's amazing." When all the drawings overlapped, Ethan saw a mighty suit of steel armor.
"I named it Mark I, after my son. Many of his brilliant ideas inspired me greatly."
"He will be as great as you."
"No, he will definitely be more amazing than me!"
…
The plan went smoothly, and the various components of Mark I were built one after another with the joint efforts of Tony and Ethan.
However, it was precisely because the plan went smoothly that the two of them relaxed their vigilance and forgot that they were in a den of wolves, and that their every move would fall into the eyes of the Ten Commandments Gang.
As the number of Mark I parts continued to increase, the Watchers began to realize that what they were making was far from the appearance of Jericho. After bringing their men to threaten them, the Ten Rings gave a deadline: they must hand over the assembled Jericho missile the next day.
Time was running out, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. However, this tension did not make them panic. After methodically completing all the armor parts, the plan finally reached a critical juncture.
"How about it, can you move?" asked Ethan, who was helping Tony put on the armor.
"No problem, I've never felt so good!"
Suddenly, Ethan frowned and stopped what he was doing. He heard footsteps coming from outside the door.
"Ethan, Ethan, Stark! Where have you been? Come out!" A terrorist's voice came from outside the door, and the voice was very anxious.
"What should we do, Tony, if they find us?!"
"Say something first to calm them down."
"But they speak Hungarian."
"Then tell me this."
"But I can't."
"Okay then, what can you do?"
Ethan thought about it and began to respond to the people outside using the language he often communicated with the leader of the Ten Rings Gang.
But this was of no use at all. The terrorists, who didn't understand what he was saying, decided to come in and check it out themselves.
They quickly unlocked the door and pulled open the iron door to go in. However, what greeted them was not Tony and Ethan kneeling down to beg for mercy, but an explosion trap that had been set long ago.
boom!
The blazing fireball devoured the two of them like a ferocious beast.
The huge noise alarmed the terrorists in the entire Ten Rings Gang base, "Go quickly, capture them for me!"
Taking advantage of the delay caused by the explosion, Ethan began to help Tony load the control system of Mark I. However, the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door made Ethan very anxious, "They are coming!"
"Don't worry, we will be the winner once we finish the job."
"We need more time." Ethan suddenly seemed to have made a decision. "I'll go buy you some time."
Seeing Ethan trying to rush out the door, Tony immediately stopped him, "Ethan! Follow the plan!"
However, Ethan was unmoved and continued to walk out.
"Wait! Wait!" Tony yelled even louder this time. "At least put my suit on!"
"Do you mean I should die with dignity?" Ethan felt a little amused when he heard Tony's instructions.
"No, do you remember I told you this was a gift from my son?"
"Yes, I remember."
"He's a genius. Even though he's still a minor, he's still a genius no less than me. This suit uses a new type of nanomaterial he invented, which can effectively protect your torso from various weapons."
"He will definitely become a better and greater person than you. He knows how to use protection instead of destruction." After saying that, Ethan put on his suit and walked out of the room resolutely.
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