Chapter 80: The Secret Base

According to Bruce’s memories, Iron Man came here after his home got bombarded. 

At this moment, Bruce was flying with a high speed at several thousand meters in the air, and he had already activated his tracking and locating system.

These functions came to be because of his armor, after all he had initially downloaded it from Iron Man, and even with his upgrades, it was still similar to the original in many ways.

As long as he managed to find where Iron Man’s armor was, he would easily be able to get an accurate location.

Eventually, as the sky turned dark, Bruce finally got something.

“Beep,beep” 

Right at that moment, a red dot appeared on the screen in front of Bruce. 

Naturally, It was where Iron Man’s armor was located, as well as the man himself. Bruce’s guess had been correct, Iron Man was wearing his latest Mark 11 Armor. 

It was a level higher than his own upgraded armor, however the Mark 11 Armor made this time had been made under different circumstances.

Yet although the details were somewhat different, there wasn’t a huge difference in the main aspects. It didn’t matter much anyway, as the truly powerful armor was the Mark 50.

That sut had been made with nanotechnology and was vastly superior to the point of not being comparable. As for the other models, they were almost all the same in terms of power, the only thing different was their color and performance.

Now that Bruce had located Iron Man, he instantly activated his armor and headed towards the target location.

“Swoosh!”

The speed of his suit of armor was truly too fast, as it exceeded the speed of sound, creating a huge sonic boom in his wake.

The armor that had been modified by the system was completely different from the armor that Iron Man had developed. Especially in terms of it’s material, it was much stronger than Iron Man’s armor.

Although the armor on Bruce’s body was only ‘Mark 10’, its performance and power were even stronger than the original.

At this moment, a man wearing a t-shirt was pulling a set of red and white battle armor. This was the armor he had recently developed, but now that its energy had already been exhausted, he was unable to activate it.

Not to mention flying with it, not even a simple activation was possible.

This was one of the benefits of having the system. With the support of the system, the armor on his body had virtually limitless energy, making him not have to worry about it all.

As for this t-shirt wearing man, he was naturally Iron Man, the zillionaire, Tony Stark.

Without the protection and assistance of his armor, he was merely a mortal. Such cold weather had already made it difficult for him to endure, not to mention the mental strength required to drug that armor with him as well.

In this region that was so desolate without anyone in sight, his path seemed endless, as if he couldn’t reach the end no matter how hard he tried.

“Swoosh!”

While Iron Man was in a state of despair, he heard a familiar rumble. Following which, he immediately raised his head.

In the darkness of night, a black armor, seemingly like an ice-cold metal that didn’t give off the slightest aura of life, stopped in front of him.

Upon seeing the suit of armor, Iron Man naturally knew who he was. He put down the rope in his hand and sat on the ground.

“Was it Fury that asked you to come here? Now you see what a drowned rat I truly am, right?

At present, Iron Man had suffered a huge blow mentally. Not only was his home bombarded, but his newest Mark Armor had also used up all of its power.

Iron Man at this moment was nothing more than an ordinary mortal, in fact he wasn’t any stronger than an average guy from down the block.

Then, the black armor opened slightly, so as to reveal Bruce’s face.

“The New York War has had a huge impact on you. I know that you were very nervous when you passed through the wormhole,” Bruce spoke, his expression as calm as ever.

“I’ve never thought of facing that kind of enemy,” Iron Man looked at Bruce and said.

In reality, he wasn’t afraid, but rather just nervous at that time. There were many people there that he wanted to protect, but he was afraid that he wasn’t powerful enough.

That was why after the New York War ended, he had gone all-out to develop his armor, hoping to create a steel corps. 

Only in the armor could he truly feel at ease.

“In the future, the enemies we will have to face will be even more powerful than the ones we have encountered in the past. And you are extremely important. I know there is anxiety in your heart, but it doesn’t matter, since you have the ability, you have to use it and do something.” Bruce smiled. 

He wanted to help Iron Man break out of his current predicament, which would be beneficial for the development of the future plot.

“I wish I didn’t have this ability.” Iron Man said. 

He was very conflicted inside, and he didn’ t know what to do. While he was confident that he could protect everyone on the outside, in reality, he didn’t seem to be able to protect anyone.

“I’ll deal with the matter regarding Mandarin. But you’ll have to face the difficulties yourself.” And with that, he once again closed his mask. 

He only came here to confirm that Iron Man was fine. As for how Iron Man could overcome his difficulty, Bruce had already said everything he could.

“You should at least give me a bit of energy. I don’t know how long It’ll take until I’ll be able to get out of this damn place otherwise.”

When Iron Man saw that Bruce was about to leave, he immediately shouted his request. The weather here was simply too cold for him.

“If you head east, there will be a gas station.”

That was the last sentence that Bruce left behind. After he finished speaking, he immediately activated his armor and left, leaving Iron Man with a stupefied expression on his face.

“Hey, Bruce! At least leave me some clothes to wear!” Iron Man shouted again, but Bruce had already disappeared. It was impossible for him to hear him.

Iron Man who had thought he would be saved was completely speechless. He felt a bit regretful in his heart.

If he had known earlier that Bruce would leave him like this, he wouldn’t bother saying all that nonsense, and would instead request for a piece of clothing! 

But wait, what had Bruce said just now? He would help him deal with Mandarin? Nonsense!

All of a sudden, the pride in Iron Man’s heart instantly recovered. He was a zillionaire, the world’s famous chairman of Stark Industries, and the smartest man to exist. When had he ever needed someone else’s help? What kind of a joke was this?

“Just you wait Bruce.” Iron Man had already made up his mind.

There would definitely be no next time to this event, he couldn’t give Bruce a reason to look down on him.

The matter that impacted him the most was that Bruce had said that they would eventually encounter even more powerful enemies than this in the future.

He had also said that since he had the ability and was capable enough, he should do something with it.

Iron Man was forced to repeatedly ponder on these two sentences, and a hint of alarm began to rise in his heart.

In his eyes, Bruce wasn’ t just incomparably mysterious, but he also seemed to know many things that no one else knew.

Unfortunately, even with his connections, he couldn’t find anything regarding Bruce’s true unknown background. However, there was one thing that he could be certain of, and it was that Bruce was not a threat to him.

Afterwards, Iron Man took a deep breath and dragged his armor towards the gas station that Bruce had mentioned.

Meanwhile, at this moment, Bruce was flying high in the air. His current goal was very simple, and that was to find Dr. Aldrich Killian’s secret base.

This base had the markings of HYDRA all over it, and the Ten Rings organization also had some sort of connection with HYDRA.

The only thing about that was, not many people knew about it.

“Beep, discovered the target’s location.” After less than half an hour of flight, the armor indicated.

Currently beneath him was an enormous villa. The guards there were tightly packed and they guarded all possible entrances as well as key locations.

It seemed that there were currently many people there, and Dr. Aldrich Killian and Mandarin that Bruce had wanted to find, were among them.