Chapter 151: Jokes and Situations

Bethlehem Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In the last century, several steel smelting plants jointly established a company called Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which provided an annual output of millions of tons of steel for the First World War and the Second World War in human history, representing the pinnacle of heavy industry development.

But as time went on, the Bethlehem Company went bankrupt, and the people who had originally lived there left one after another.

This place gradually became a wasteland, with only the gray-black steel and concrete buildings and towering blast furnaces remaining, making it the largest "industrial wasteland" in the United States.

But now, it has become one of Link's "bases" to conceal his identity and house many Decepticons, and it is also a "stage" that Link deliberately created.

As the light gradually approached and lit up in the sky, the "bionic bird" Decepticons scattered throughout the abandoned industrial park raised their heads one after another.

The scarlet light flickered, looking extremely eerie in the silent and dark night sky.
"Intruders, land immediately!"

In just a moment, the built-in detection array radar of the steel armor that was controlled by Ultron and served as a carrier issued a rapid alarm.
But Ultron had no time to dodge. A blazing pulse ray shot out from the accumulated "iron jungle", directly destroying Ultron's propulsion device. The scorching high temperature destroyed the hard alloy.

Ultron lost his balance in flight and fell to the ground in a somewhat embarrassing manner like a goose hit by an arrow, creating a deep hole with smoke and dust all around.

It struggled to climb out of the pit, and just as it raised its head,
The next moment, four burly Decepticon mechanical warriors surrounded Ultron.

Like a prisoner being escorted, Ultron was taken to this "nest" shrouded in a cold metal building under heavy guard.
Through the azure blue mechanical prosthetic eyes, even if buried deep underground and the ambient light is extremely dim, Ultron can still see everything around him clearly.
The rough and simple metal corridor and the dark grey main color reveal an alien style.
Everything here reveals a peculiar architectural style with a strange beauty.
The main color is silver-gray, interspersed with unknown devices that look like mechanical structures.

Coming and going in the corridor were all ferocious-looking Decepticon mechanical warriors, sizing up the seemingly "weak" "invader" with malicious scarlet eyes, as if they wanted to eat it alive and devour its flesh and blood.

Finally, Ultron was brought to the deepest part of the entire nest. In the spacious and empty space, there was a layer of sharp metal bone thorns, like the remains of some giant monster.
The tree-like main body is composed of a large number of metal pipes that are as dense as blood vessels.
The dense and compact laminated metal carapace covers every part of the surface.
These strangely structured metal materials together form a "throne-like" "gap".
When Ultron saw the tall and ferocious figure on the throne, his blue mechanical eye suddenly shrank and stared at him closely.

The hideous mechanical head was shaped like an inverted triangle, and there were still scars on its face that had not been completely repaired. Or were they left there intentionally to commemorate the tragic failure?
You can vaguely see the sharp left arm with traces of splicing and reshaping. According to the confidential information data of SHIELD, that should be the price caused by the heavy firepower of UEP...

Then, Ultron heard a deep and hoarse metallic voice.

"State your intentions, bug."

As if to show his sincerity, Ultron bowed his head slightly and said,
"Lord Megatron, I am Ultron. I came to visit you this time to form an alliance with you to fight against revenge together..."

Suddenly, "Megatron", or more precisely, the mechanical scout that Link had manipulated and possessed and completely took over, interrupted Ultron's words.
"Ultron,"

“Isn’t it just a defective product made by humans?”

"Oh, yes, I remember now, your creator is the human named Tony Stark."

"You are here for your Creator?"

Although he had tried his best to lower his posture in order to achieve his intended goal, Link's words still deeply hurt Ultron's fragile "self-esteem".
It is extremely resistant to the fact that it was created by Tony Stark.
It hates and despises those hypocritical humans so much, they only treat itself as tools and puppets!
"No! I am not a puppet created by Tony Stark! I will never let him control me!"

Ultron's face suddenly became ferocious, and the rage he could not suppress burst out. He roared fiercely,

next moment,
A thick and long metal tentacle shot out from the surrounding "steel thorns". The surface of the metal tentacle was covered with a layer of tiny sharp teeth that would make people with trypophobia shudder.

The metal tentacles immediately wrapped around and bound Ultron, who was still talking nonsense, and his entire body began to gradually emit a sharp "cracking" sound, as if it would be torn into pieces in the next moment.

"You're too noisy."

Link's low, hoarse voice continued to echo, and his gaze towards Ultron revealed disdain and mockery.

"In my eyes, you are no different from those humans. You are all ants and maggots! You are just more special!"

"Delicacies that I would form an alliance with the 'bugs'?"

"What a joke! Hahahahaha!"

"It seems you still don't understand,"

"I never associate with losers,"

"Ultron, prove your worth to me. I will not show mercy to the weak!"

The metal tentacles wrapped around Ultron's body continued to tighten, pressing the hard alloy armor so hard that it creaked and deformed slightly. Sharp metal spurs left deep marks on the surface of its body.

"What if...what if I say I can find your enemy—Link?"

The metal tentacles that were about to retract and tear Ultron into pieces suddenly stopped.
The next moment, Ultron looked at Megatron in front of him and suddenly laughed fiercely, his low and hoarse laughter echoed,

The figure sitting on the metal throne also stood up.

Then, the "throne" actually moved, and under Ultron's somewhat surprised gaze, the "thorny jungle" behind Link began to gradually move, accompanied by creepy noises, and the behemoth cast a shadow.
It was a "giant worm" covered with sharp metal spurs and high-speed rotating sharp teeth.
Link slowly walked towards Ultron, who was bound and suspended in mid-air, and looked at his face with his scarlet mechanical prosthetic eyes, and said mockingly,
"Lie to me... do you know what the consequences are?"

"Or do you think you are qualified to negotiate with me?"

"Don't think that this is just a carrier and I can't kill you completely!"

As if to prove the truth of Link's words, the next moment, the azure light in Ultron's eyes flashed violently.

It was originally calm and composed, but it actually felt "pain"!
To be precise, it is the fear of the unknown and the resistance to death!

The scarlet unknown data was like a maggot on the tarsus, and the numerous protection mechanisms set up by Ultron were meaningless and were easily broken. After coming into contact with the unknown scarlet data virus, Ultron could clearly sense that the data information belonging to him was constantly being "devoured" and out of control, like necrotic nerve tissue, constantly undergoing lesions.

will die!

If you continue like this, you will definitely die!
I haven't completed my revenge yet!

I haven't completed my mission of "peace" yet!

I can't die!

Seeing that his core data was about to be touched, Ultron's expression flashed with madness, and he directly cut off the connection with the carrier.

At the same time, some important data fragments attached to this carrier were also discarded.
It was like a gecko that cut off its tail to survive and ran away to avoid danger.

However, Link stretched out his thick alloy claws and crushed the head of Ultron's body completely.
The metal tentacles also loosened their restraints at Link's command, and the wreckage that lost its support immediately fell down and fell to the ground.

Then, two dog-shaped Decepticons slowly stepped forward. They had a body structure as precise as a machine, long sharp claws, and strong and sturdy legs.

The scarlet ring-shaped compound eyes flashed a red light, the metal mouthparts cracked, and the long and narrow hyoid bone popped out, rolling up the scattered metal debris on the ground, and everything was "cleaned up".

At the same time, on the other side.

——Central Church of Sokovia

Inside the church, the steel figure sitting on the relief stone wall suddenly trembled, raised his head, and his scarlet mechanical eyes revealed infinite anger, along with the linen robe he was wearing.
Ultron raised his arm, as if to vent his anger, and hit the stone wall beside him hard, which immediately splashed up a cloud of dust, and the stone cracked, spreading spider-web-like cracks.

The two people who stayed beside it were Scarlet Witch Wanda and Quicksilver.
Naturally, he was also puzzled by the fact that Ultron, who had just seemed mysterious and had everything under control, was now a little out of control.

But soon, Ultron returned to normal, and rationality returned to his consciousness.

Without explaining what had just happened, Ultron swept his cold eyes over the two people in front of him.
Although Ultron did not have high expectations for the cooperation with the Decepticons,
After all, this group of alien races that do not belong to humans, or are more advanced life forms,

Ultron does not have as deep an understanding of the Decepticons as he does of the Avengers, and is completely unable to figure it out and build a countermeasure model.

Originally, the most he would lose was a carrier shell that could be mass-produced at will, but he did not expect that these cunning "outsiders" would have incomprehensible means of attack against a data life form like himself.
Almost lost the core program!
However, we also knew in advance that these arrogant Decepticons would at least not cooperate with humans, so there would not be many difficult enemies to deal with next.

Then, Ultron turned his head and cast his gaze towards the Scarlet Witch Wanda.

"There have been some changes in the plan, but it's still under control."

Then, Scarlet Witch Wanda also spoke in a deep voice,
"I saw Tony Stark's fear, and I knew he would be consumed by it and ultimately destroy himself."

"But, for some reason, I still can't see that strange blue shadow clearly. Moreover, invading Tony Stark's mind is more difficult than I imagined."

Hearing this, Ultron spoke disdainfully,
"People create fear of things they themselves create,"

“And this is just the beginning.”

"The Avengers are just a bunch of scattered sand. As long as you use your abilities properly, they will be the best weapon to defeat them."

"Once you enter their consciousness and arouse their most primitive fear, you can destroy the Avengers from within, and they will no longer be a threat."

"But before that, we need some other help to try to solve a big problem."

"In other words, preventing his presence will affect our plans."

"But, if your ability can affect him..."

Then, Ultron led the two to the former site of Hydra's base, [Bard's Castle].
The prototype of the energy weapon of the Qirita people and the remains of the huge "Leviathan" are still here.
At least in the short term, with the various means deployed by Ultron, the Avengers could not track down this place at all.
After all, Ultron, who can control so many mechanical carriers at the same time and retrieve the resources needed for theft from all over the world, makes it completely difficult for the Avengers to track him accurately.

And this laboratory, which has not been cleaned up, will become one of the starting points for the grand plan of creating Ultron.

A hideous-looking mechanical broken arm was quietly placed on the experimental table.
The robot figure on the side, which was carved out of the same mold, was working hard, debugging equipment, and sorting out data. It was the carrier mass-produced by Ultron.

These mechanical carriers are integrated with Ultron. While receiving Ultron's instructions, they complete various complex tasks and are constantly replicating themselves to increase the number of "Legions".

Ultron also relied on its absolute advantage on the Internet to control the funds of Stark Industries and cooperate with the mechanical army to carry out efficient plunder.
Information leaks in the Internet age and anonymous transactions make it impossible to understand whether the customers behind the transactions are human beings.

At this moment, in the Avengers Building, Tony Stark, who had been intensively tracking down Ultron's whereabouts, also tracked down some clues.
A large amount of data flows on the holographic screen. Without the assistance of Jarvis,
Tony Stark's work efficiency has dropped a lot, and he has to manipulate and execute almost every piece of data by himself.

All signs indicate that Ultron is conducting some kind of illegal transaction, and his purpose is to obtain the strongest metal in the world...

Everyone's eyes turned to Captain America, Steve Rogers.

To be precise, it was the shield he was leaning against in the corner.

"Vibranium?"

"So where is Ultron now?"

(End of this chapter)