Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 351 The cruel truth
"Who are you?!"

[Contact a special distorted time node, collect a medium amount of time fragments × 30]

The Stark Council, in the basement.

Conspiracy Tony and the others looked shocked at Colin who suddenly appeared in front of Fool Tony.

No one found out how he appeared here, even Tony, the network that blocked the basement layer by layer, didn't notice what seemed strange.

Ignoring Tony's questioning, Colin looked at the hint that flashed across the text in front of him.

"really."

Looking at the descriptions of [Special Distorted Time Node], Ke Lin couldn't help but understand a little bit.

Just as he judged, there are clues to this world in Tony the Fool.

Let me see what these [distorted time nodes] actually represent.

Turn your searching gaze to the [Time Fragment (Tony Fool)] in front of you.

This time, what Colin saw from [Time Shards] was no longer the dark picture like in the past.Under the appearance of countless shattered glass, the figure of Tony Stark appeared for the first time.

At the same time, the vision in Colin's eyes began to become blurred, and ripples formed by countless green lights spread from the fragments of [Time Fragments (Tony the Fool)].

These are the folds formed by the time gem fragments. Looking at these spreading ripples, Colin became more and more sure of his guess.

In these ripples, Tony Stark can be vaguely seen, including the birth of the Mark1 prototype.There is also a scene where he controls the Mark3 battle armor and the Iron King fights fiercely, and then as the screen flips, he comes to the scene where the other party stands in front of the media camera and announces that he is Iron Man. These are the first experiences of Iron Man.

From these pictures, it can be seen that Tony had no contact with the fragments of the time gem at that time.

While Colin was thinking, the green light continued to flicker, and the screen began to flip rapidly.

The content presented in the next picture is obviously different from what Colin is familiar with. In the blurry picture, you can see the scene of Tony wearing a steel suit and drinking heavily. The diffuse palladium also began to corrode his blood, leading to serious poisoning.

According to the normal time development, the next step should be the story of Tony Stark getting the "inheritance" left by his father and using a new replacement element to save his life and complete self-salvation. However, in the picture of [Time Fragments], Tony Stark This was not discovered, instead he appeared to have died of severe blood poisoning in a room full of wine bottles.

"Tony Stark is dead, so where did these Tony Starks in Stark City come from? Where are the time gem fragments!"

Colin stared wide-eyed, looking at everything in [Time Fragment], and everything presented in [Time Fragment (Tony Fool)] not only did not solve his inner doubts, but made the whole thing more confusing.

With such doubts in mind, Colin continued to look down.

In the flashing green light, the scene didn’t end because of Tony Stark’s collapse, and then jumped to the scene of the hospital, where Tony, who was intubated all over his body, was lying motionless, walking around him constantly The crowd and the figure of Pepper Potts shouting from the hospital bed.

"Tony, Tony Stark, wake up..."

Looking at Pepper who kept opening and closing his mouth and shouting beside Tony Stark, Colin finally understood the source of the shouting.

From the perspective of [Time Shards], you can see the nearly stagnant pointer on the clock on the wall of the ward and the fleeting green light on Tony Stark on the hospital bed.

At the same time, Colin finally found the location of the time gem fragment. It was not in the city of Stark where he and the Avengers came, but on the comatose Tony Stark.

Accompanied by the flickering of light, the green light in Ke Lin's eyes began to flicker rapidly, and countless blurred pictures flashed in front of him.

This is the truth that Conspiracy Tony has been pursuing for a long time, but the answer is more cruel than imagined.

"Number 000..."

Just when Colin saw everything from [Time Fragment (Tony Fool)], in Stark's underground base, Tony's voice without any ups and downs seemed to have changed slightly.

"what?!"

Hearing the number that Network Tony said, the expression on Conspiracy Tony's face suddenly changed. He ignored the mysterious Colin in front of him, but raised his head and said to Network Tony.

"You mean, before number 001 Tony the Fool, there was another Tony?"

"I knew that this is the truth that you have been covering up all this time. I see, I see, the earliest Tony in this world is not a foolish Tony, but Tony numbered 000. He is the truth of this world."

Conspiracy Tony was so excited that he didn't even notice the reaction of Network Tony at the moment, apparently out of the control of the Extremis virus he implanted at the beginning.

"Tell me what Tony number 000 stands for!"

Taking a deep breath, trying to control his excitement, Conspiracy Tony asked the network Tony in the base.

"Number 000, Vegetative Tony."

However, Tony's answer confirmed the conspiracy, and the excited expression on Tony's face immediately froze.

"He is the source of the birth of the entire city of Stark, and all Tony Stark, including everything in this city, exists in his consciousness."

Not caring about Conspiracy Tony's expression, Network Tony continued on his own.

"A dream of Brahma."

This description by Internet Tony reminds Detective Tony of the description of the world in Hinduism. They believe that the universe is just a dream of Brahma, and everyone lives in his dream. As long as he turns over and wakes up, people will be like leaves. The same was shaken out of his dream by him and fell into complete nothingness.

But Brahma probably doesn't want to wake up, because the dream is too real, the sunrise and sunset are always there, the swallows fly in the spring, people whisper at night, the rain is dripping from the eaves, gradually, this happiest god will forget He can wake up.

According to Internet Tony's description, Stark City seems to be some kind of similar existence.

All the Tony Starks that appear in this world are transformed by the consciousness of Tony, the vegetative man numbered 000, which is why these Tony Starks seem to have very different personalities, because each of them more or less represents A certain personality or experience of Tony Stark.

Whether it's Old Man Tony, Dog Tony, Tony or even Conspiracy Tony, Rebel Tony is the same.

"Enough, stop talking, shut up!"

The truth given by the Internet Tony is far beyond the scope of the conspiracy Tony. It is an idea or idea that exists in Tony Stark's consciousness. One day Tony Stark wakes up, and the city of Stark under his feet will fall into the boundless nothingness.

"As I said, sometimes the truth is not what you expect."

Maybe it's because the truth of this world is too cruel, and when Tony learned of all this, he had to convert himself into cold data to avoid falling into madness. Choose to end your own life.

From this point of view, it is quite lucky that Tony number 001 became a fool, because he doesn't need to worry about these things.

"In that case, why are you telling us the truth now!"

Different from the naive and foolish Tony beside him, Conspiracy Tony's expression on his face at this moment has completely lost the indifference of the past and has become indifferent. He can't accept that he is just a false existence in the vegetative consciousness. The more he is good at thinking existence, the more unbearable it is to face this situation of denying one's own meaning.

But, as Tony Stark, everyone, including Conspiracy Tony, is quite smart.

"It turns out that my existence is meaningless at all."

whoosh-

Pulling the trigger of the laser gun in his hand, it directly penetrated his head, cowardly Tony said with a dull face.

As a cowardly existence in Tony Stark's consciousness, he was the first to be unable to bear this cruel reality.

At the same time, not only him, but also the Iron Man Legion in the basement base who thought Tony had escaped the control of the Extremis virus and regained his freedom was also in chaos and self-doubt.

In this chaos, Detective Tony's reaction was unexpectedly calm.

He just stretched out his trembling fingers, took the laser gun in the hand of cowardly Tony, looked at the chaotic scene around him, stood aside and watched all this silently.

"Why didn't you be like them, did you know all this a long time ago or..."

Seeing everything that happened in front of his eyes, Colin looked at Detective Tony standing alone, and couldn't help asking.

"of course not."

Shaking his head, Detective Tony glanced at Colin next to him. The other party evaded the monitoring of Tony's network and quietly appeared in the base room, which meant that he had a terrifying ability to infiltrate.

This ability, if it is changed at any time, will make people vigilant, but right now, no Tony Stark has expressed his views on it.

Because all of them were mired in deep self-doubt.

"Like all of them, I'm learning the truth for the first time."

Glancing at the exceptionally calm detective Tony next to him, and then at the people in self-doubt in front of him, Colin couldn't help asking.

"Do you regret it?"

Colin originally thought that Detective Tony would regret his efforts to find the truth, but the other party shook his head and said firmly.
"Do not."

"If everyone who appears in this city represents a certain will of Tony Stark, then my existence undoubtedly represents that he wants to know the answer, sober thoughts, so even if he Give me the choice to do it all over again, and I will still embark on the road of finding the truth without hesitation."

Although it is only a certain consciousness of Tony Stark, from detective Tony, Colin has seen the strong willpower of the other party's perseverance.

"So, are you also here to find the truth?"

After saying all this, Detective Tony also glanced at Colin Road beside him.

"Yes."

Without denying his purpose, Tony Stark in front of Colin nodded back.

Of course, it is impossible for the existence of Stark City to be just the consciousness of Tony Stark in a vegetative state. The power of the time gem fragments is obviously also involved.

It is precisely because of the existence of gem fragments that these Tony Starks can continue to appear in this city that is obviously built on falsehoods but is extremely real. Even the dimensional passage of Doctor Dark Strange can also connect to this world. , this point is somewhat similar to Colin's real world.

However, the difference is that the ability of the fragment of the time gem that Colin first obtained was to construct a world on the real timeline, while the ability of the fragment of the gem of time on Tony Stark was more inclined to him. Personally, this has formed a clear boundary for the city of Stark, but Tony Stark in the city is born in it all the time.

"Then have you thought of a way to wake up Tony Stark?"

After hearing Colin's answer, Detective Tony continued to ask in a calm tone.

Hearing the question from Detective Tony, Colin took another deep look at him.

"You should know that once Tony Stark wakes up in a vegetative state, it means that the entire city of Stark will cease to exist, including you who exist in this city."

Even if it's just the consciousness split by the power of the time gem fragments, these Tony Starks also have their own ideas, and they are also 'alive' to a certain extent.

"of course."

Nodding, Detective Tony obviously expected this.

"In that case, why are you still here?"

"As I said, whether it's me or Conspirator Tony, the pursuit of the truth does not just mean that Tony Stark in the vegetative state has not given up on waking himself up, precisely because he has such an idea. , will let us find the truth regardless of the cost, now that the truth has been discovered, then naturally it is time to wake up."

"Tony Stark has been sleeping for long enough, and it has been so long that a city has produced so many Tony Starks. It is time to see for yourself and touch the existence of the real world, after all , there are still people waiting for him to save..."

(End of this chapter)