Fantasy Tech Reviewer

They may be an insignificant part of this huge drama, but they are still one of them.

They must play their role well until the moment of exit.

And now, it's time for these superheroes to retire.

299. Alien Phage

Ultron still remembers the fierce resistance he encountered when he was created to take over policing across the United States under Stark's orders.

The U.S. government, SHIELD, the Pentagon, there is no official organization in this country that is not trying its best to prevent the implementation of the Ultron plan.

But Stark still made everything happen.

When Ultron was still in that chaotic period of thinking, he remembered that Stark was very silent at that time.

At that time, Ultron was still too young. He was unable to understand human nature and the parameters of emotions.

But looking back now, Ultron knows that what Stark fell into at that time was an emotional depression of silence.

After suffering an unimaginable blow, he fell into silence.

So what is the silence he suffers from?

Ultron's memory cannot give a definite answer, because his clear memory is only that he started a rebellion and ended up being exiled from the world.

But now, observing from the perspective of a third person, Ultron naturally deduced the reason after already knowing the answer.

"Is there a crisis between the earth and the moon..."

Ultron, who put on a layer of human skin and disguised himself as a human, narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully.

His records at that time did not include a detailed report on the Earth-Moon Crisis, because there was no detailed information about this 'war' in the records.

But only one thing is certain.

Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are back on Earth - just the two of them.

All the rest, Clint Hawkeye, Natalya Black Widow, Danny Rand Iron Fist, Frank Castle the Punisher... none of them returned to Earth.

They stayed on the moon, staying there forever.

These heroes and agents who fought for the future of mankind and greed were buried forever in the dust of the moon.

If this is the case, it will indeed be the source of Tony Stark's downfall.

"It seems that there is indeed something wrong with the Inhumans..."

Ultron was talking to himself thoughtfully, deducing the possible development and outcome of the matter.

There is no doubt that if it was just the useless Inhumans, it would be impossible to organize this wave of heroic alliance.

Those useless snack-like Inhumans must have gained some special power and change. If combined with the escaped crystal and tetanus, as well as the Black Bolt who was not sent down...

The Inhumans have encountered a coup, and there must be a powerful force behind this coup.

The biggest possibility is undoubtedly the insect swarm.

Those monsters that have passed through the cracks in the World Tree and re-infested the real world with their tentacles will not miss any opportunity.

Perhaps those street heroes are now forever buried under the moon dust.

Ultron lowered his head and sneered.

Forget it, these heroes are meaningless and they don't deserve any discussion at all.

It would be better to think about how he should continue his 'observation' work next...

…

"ah!!!"

When Tony screamed and opened his eyes in horror, the environment changed once again.

He is now in a black and white world, a world purely composed of two conflicting colors. Countless broken meteorites are floating like the universe, and there are countless shining black and white spheres in the sky.

This is like a black and white silent movie world.

Tony stood up in shock, his expression was lost and frightened, like a little girl who had been robbed.

He couldn't even remember what he had experienced before coming here.

Those countless memories are ambiguously intertwined, reality and illusion, truth and falsehood, countless information mixed together, ambiguously mixed with each other...

The originally certain knowledge and perception of reality also disappeared at this moment. All that was left was a deep sense of fear and trepidation.

"By the way...Clint? Natalia? Rogers?!"

When creatures are in shock, they will always instinctively call out the name of a partner who makes them feel at ease.

Of course, the smart Stark couldn't escape this. When he called his companion's name in surprise, all he received in return was a deathly silence.

Tony fell to the ground, endless fear rising with the attack of emptiness and loneliness without any response, but what made Tony feel even more endless fear——

It is the only thing with color in this dead black and white land.

That blood-red soul floating in the endless void, that wailing soul that is experiencing the pain and torture before death every moment!

It is almost impossible to detect the difference between those souls with the naked eye, but when you look carefully, you can easily hear the miserable wailing in their voices.

And the never-ending pain experienced before death...

"It's all my fault, it's my fault..."

Tony fell to his knees in extreme pain, trembling like a coward, begging those souls for forgiveness.

He saw everything from these blood-red shadows.

He saw those young people who were full of future and hope, and he saw those heroes who symbolized the beauty of human nature dying miserably.

Each of them died in front of what they feared most and were least able to cope with.

And this kind of pain is exactly the result of Tony bringing them up!

He ignored the warning and recklessly invaded Attilan. He did not listen to Crystal's advice and continued to fight instead of evacuating.

He took these people who were supposed to be living a good life on Earth, and under the pretext of righteousness, they broke into the moon people's city, a doomsday city that they were completely unfamiliar with.

He was proud to think that he understood all of this, abandoned the recommendation of professionals like Crystal, and insisted on completing this task in his own way.

Tony Stark, what an arrogant and sinful soul.

The hundreds of resentful spirits who died because of him came and surrounded Tony, destroying Tony's mind with countless sinful whispers.

At this moment, Tony was in extreme guilt and pain and almost going crazy.

He almost jumped off the cliff in front of him and jumped into the endless void to end his life.

He raised the gun and pointed it at the top of his head, just as he was about to pull the trigger and end his life.

Tony saw his hands move.

It was not his intention, it was like the muscles on his palms were completely out of control and cognition of his brain.

His body was no longer under his control, like a puppet on strings, and Tony could only watch with his eyes.

He was like a bystander, witnessing his body turning on the little energy left in his steel suit and flying towards the center of this black and white hell.

Miraculously, at the same time as this action was carried out, the whispers in this black and white hell seemed to disappear, leaving only the sound of the wind echoing in this space from nowhere.

Tony soon arrived at the core of this upper-dimensional world.

It was a fragmented zone surrounding a giant black and white luminous sphere. The fragments of countless buildings were constantly circling and rotating here like the rings of Saturn, and they continued to move under the pull of invisible forces.

And here, echoing are the songs that seem to be there but not at all, the songs of the end that make people feel instinctively fearful...

The singer's target is very easy to find. At the front of the endless black and white sphere, there is an illusory insect swarm wizard floating in the air.

He sang a song, and seemed to be aware of Tony's arrival, lowering his vain head.

"You can actually get here?" Maximus said in an illusory voice

"How can you come here without being protected by any light energy? Wait...that's it."

Maximus's eyes were focused on the Ark Reactor on Tony's chest, which was the only light energy bursting out in this dark field.

The isotope that Tony learned and extracted from the Cosmic Cube also possesses a positive energy of the universe that has the same properties as space. Just like the magic power Thor drew from the World Tree, they are both a type of 'light energy'.

Only by maintaining light energy can they move relatively normally in this upper-dimensional world that subverts the rules of physics, and being shielded from this space will continuously bring harm to their souls and consciousness.

And that's not all.

There was someone standing behind Tony, and his consciousness was attached to his body, controlling him through the last part of the journey, and preventing him from ending his life in extreme despair.

When he passed the final test, he cheated.

"Are you the one behind all this?!"

Tony clenched his fists and asked angrily, but the only response he received was the deadly black and white rays that shot out from Maximus' hands!

Just when the black and white ray was about to take away Tony's life, Steve suddenly appeared in front of him like a magic weapon descending from the sky!

He lifted up the vibranium shield, but the difference was that there was a faint glow on it. The Rubik's Cube isotope in the Ark Reactor at the center of the steel suit he was wearing was concentrating light energy on his shield!

The shining light energy became the biggest line of defense against the black and white rays. The turbulent and deadly black and white light collapsed at the touch and dissipated in this space!

But in contrast, his shining shield almost lost all its light.

"team leader?!"

Tony's voice was filled with surprise and joy, but this joy was not because he was saved, but because the one he felt most guilty about among the people he brought to death did not die!

"Ah, I fought all the way here."

Steve tightened the shield in his hand and said seriously and lowly

"Steve Rogers, Captain America, God's perfect man...you are truly the best of mankind."

Maximus looked at the resolute Captain America and said in a faint voice

Like everyone else, Steve also faced a test composed of the disintegrating swarm of nightmare insects.

But unlike the nightmares experienced by others, the nightmare Steve faced was easily defeated by him.

He stopped Bucky who wanted to kill Tony's parents with his fists in the nightmare, and chose to kill his brainwashed friend Bucky among the two choices.

He could witness Carter's aging and death before continuing to pick up his shield and take to the battlefield.

He could watch the fall of the Statue of Liberty and continue to fight even as a swastika was planted in the White House.

He can witness the collapse of faith, witness desperate battle situations, and raise his shield every time.

All of this is a nightmare shaped by the swarm, but it is also a reality shaped by the swarm.

The nightmare ritual released by the combination of source darkness and human nature overflowed by the hundreds of thousands of Attilan Inhumans fighting each other is both a false dream and can turn into a fatal reality at any time!

The heroes and agents who entered Attilan are the sacrifices chosen for this ceremony!

The trial of the Evil Sword Law requires not only a strong body, but also an indestructible consciousness and soul! Those with weak thinking, who will be restrained by emotions and flaws and then fight back, are not worthy of becoming the superiors of the Evil Sword Law.

Maximus controlled this sacrifice and trial in the center of the upper-dimensional world, and of all the sacrifices, the only one who broke through the boundaries was Steve Rogers. He truly defeated all his weaknesses and became People who are in line with evolution mentally.

Tony Stark doesn't count, he cheated in the end to get through.

Is Steve's psyche shaken? Of course, he is always a mortal, and the hearts of mortals are full of fluctuations. The ever-changing thoughts and souls of mortals are destined to always be influenced by the outside world.

But what's special about him is that in these nightmares that almost attack the deepest cracks in the soul, he still achieves the best in theory.

He could kill his best friend in tears and move on to the next test. Witnessing the death of a loved one and experiencing his own trauma, he still remembers his responsibilities.

For the insect swarm that has obliterated emotions, such a trait is actually nothing.

But by human standards, he is indeed one of those special people chosen among millions.

"But what can you change?"

Maximus's voice was cold, his erratic body was like a ghost, and every reverberation caused the entire upper-dimensional world to tremble.

"No matter how strong your will is, you cannot survive in this dark realm forever. Your life and everything about you will only be extinguished like a candle in this dark realm."

"Look at how long your weak light can exist in this darkness?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, but I will definitely punch you in the face!"

Steve tightened the shield in his hand and said firmly and straightforwardly

He is not good at thinking, and he is not a person who likes to think about problems. The world of Steve Rogers is very pure and simple.

Good and bad, black and white, right and wrong, everything about him is weighed by his scales.