Chapter 333 S: Glorious Event (XII)
"Hello? Mr. Stark? The plan went smoothly. We have sneaked in. This spaceship is so big that there are no people in many places. Their monitoring equipment seems to be unable to scan our invisible position. We are heading towards their engine..."
"...We are here. Oh my God, this place must be broken. I don't even need to go in to know... What is this? Residual energy?"
Along with Peter's exclamations, Stark can also hear that the Kree's spaceship is probably very broken. Lan Ling's voice came from farther away: "Their engine seems to be interfered by an unknown force, causing the energy pulse to explode during the transmission process. Because it is an internal explosion, it doesn't look that bad on the outside, but in fact it is completely unable to jump..."
Peter heard Schiller's voice on the other end of the phone: "Which direction is their spaceship heading now? Is it a star?"
"How do you know?" Peter asked in surprise. Before Schiller could answer, Lan Ling said, "They will definitely head for the star, because they need a lot of energy to repair the engine, and the easiest place to extract energy is the star in this galaxy."
"Can you get the data of the star?"
"I want to check my gene catalog, let me see... This place is too remote and there are too few records, but what is certain is that the star here is a giant star, which is close to old age..."
"Okay, thank you, let me tell you about the next plan."
"First, I hope you can make some noise far away from the star and attract the frigates of the Kree fleet. You don't need too many, 10 is enough, and it would be best if there are several different models..."
"Attract the frigate? Okay, then what?" Peter asked.
"We will send people to detonate the star."
Schiller's tone was calm, but the other people in the room were a little frozen. Strange said: "Are you crazy?! You want to detonate a sun???"
"I said, if the problem cannot be solved, it means that the equivalent is not enough. If the equivalent of the nuclear bomb is not enough to solve the Kree's star battleship, then the equivalent of the sun is enough, right?"
"But..." Nick stroked his forehead, as if making a prayer gesture, and asked: "Okay, let's not say that your idea is really a bit crazy... How do we detonate the star?"
"We really can't, but someone can."
"Who?"
"Mutants."
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters is a boarding school transformed from an English manor. In the 1960s, it was still located in the UK, but it moved to the United States after the arrival of the 21st century, so it still retains a strong British style.
The population density here is very low, the scenery is pleasant, and it is quite remote and far away from modern society.
Today, a group of uninvited guests arrived outside the castle-like gate of the school.
As the black cape fluttered in the wind, a pair of black boots touched the ground, raising fine dust around, a pair of hands held the helmet, and an old face appeared under the helmet, with cold and deep eyes. …
Charles sat in a wheelchair and pushed open the school gate. He squinted and said, "Long time no see, Magneto."
Magneto raised his head, stretched out a hand, and gently brushed the dust on the back of his hand. Behind him followed several members of the Brotherhood of Mutants. They were all dressed in black, with only two exceptions, one was the blue skin on Mystique, and the other was the green hair on Polaris's head.
Polaris' expression was almost the same as his father's, and when Charles saw her, he seemed very surprised. He didn't expect Magneto to bring her daughter.
When Charles came out, he also brought members of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. As soon as the two parties approached, the auras clashed violently.
Polaris, with a cold and arrogant face, stretched out his hand first. With a "bang", Colossus flew backwards. Cyclops shot a laser at him, and Polaris retreated to avoid it.
With a "whoosh", the man with huge wings flew into the air and swooped down. Magneto's expression did not change. He just stretched out a hand and gently moved his fingertips, and the angel was thrown to the ground.
"Polaris! Stop!" Iceman stood up and said, he pressed down with his hand, and the ice surface spread out layer by layer. Magneto flew up to dodge, Charles' eyes were like torches, and he whispered: "... Don't resist me."
Polaris had just attacked Colossus, and floated up again, attacking Cyclops. After she flew up, she did a gorgeous roll in the air, dodged the laser and landed, and swung Colossus to hit Cyclops. Storm, who was next to Cyclops, was about to get angry, and at this time, a woman in black walked out of the school gate, and she said: "Stop."
At this time, the school gate had become a mess, and most of the mutants flew into the air. With Jean Grey's somewhat low voice, everyone paused unconsciously, and then reluctantly stopped.
Charles sighed slightly, he glanced at Magneto's equally old face, and said: "We are here to talk business today."
Magneto stretched out a hand and grabbed the cape on the other side of his body. He ignored Charles and strode into the school. The members of the Mutant Brotherhood pushed aside the students and teachers who blocked the way and followed Magneto into the school, as if they were the masters here.
Charles looked at his back as he left, said nothing, but slowly turned his wheelchair and walked in.
When they met, everyone else was guarding in various parts of the school. Only Professor X and Magneto, the old enemies, walked into the conference room. Magneto sat in the main seat, holding the armrests of the chair with both hands. He did not look at Charles next to him, but looked forward and said: "You'd better have something serious to do."
"Of course, you will be very interested. This matter has to start with an interesting professor..."
On the other side, in the laboratory of Stark Building, everyone else left, leaving only Schiller and Stark. Stark crossed his arms and looked at Schiller with a puzzled look on his face, asking: "Are you saying that the mutants who have the ability to detonate stars in your mouth can't survive in the universe?"
"You think it's ridiculous , right? I also think it's absurd, but that's the fact. They can't survive in a vacuum, at least not for too long. Even if they can barely survive, they need to consume energy. "…
Schiller walked to the experimental table and sat down, saying: "So, I hope you can build a base that can be deployed in the universe. It must have the basic conditions to sustain human survival, and it is best to be able to withstand high temperatures because it is very close to the stars. "
"That's not a problem. It's very simple for me. The only problem is that this thing can't be produced inside the Stark Building. I need a place where I can deploy a large assembly line, and I also need enough raw materials and energy..." Stark said without thinking.
Because it's really not difficult for him. After he was upgraded, he finally stopped fighting against the single mecha, but scored a lot of points in mechanical explosion and rapid construction. Therefore, a space base is not difficult for him.
Although the technology is not difficult, it is still subject to production conditions and raw materials.
Schiller said quite easily: "Then go to outer space. Don't forget, we now have a bunch of humanoid portals, and any corner of the solar system can be reached by portals."
"If you are not satisfied with the planets in the solar system, then we can also look further. Anyway, magic is so magical, isn't it?"
Stark began to turn his genius brain quickly, and finally he said: "No, I think it is more reliable to build a base in the solar system."
"Which planet do you like?"
"Mercury." Stark answered without thinking.
"Why? Mercury is the closest to the sun and is not habitable."
"We are not going to colonize, nor to build a second home for mankind there, but to build a production and experimental plant. Habitability is the least important condition."
"I am not moving there to live. What does it have to do with me whether it is habitable or not? It is enough for the earth to be habitable."
Schiller nodded, thinking that what he said made sense. Then, Stark said: "Nick was here just now, so I didn't say it. In fact, I have developed a prototype of the solar energy extraction system. Although it is not yet perfect, the extraction efficiency is very low, and the conversion rate is not high, but I am confident that it can be gradually improved within a year or even a few months..."
Schiller raised his eyebrows. He did not expect Stark to progress so fast, but think about it, this is normal. He has stood at the highest level of the universe and looked down. What else does he not understand?
For people like Stark, as long as their thoughts are clear, their wisdom is endless.
"So, you want to choose Mercury, which is closest to the sun?"
"That's right, and your knowledge of astronomy doesn't seem to be very good. Mercury may not be uninhabitable. Don't you know that the North and South Poles of Mercury have always been the top choices for human immigration in the solar system?"
"Mercury has a large temperature difference between day and night, but the temperature at the North and South Poles is very constant, about minus 200 degrees, and the special deflection angle and geographical environment can overcome the problem of excessive heat loss."
"Let me put it this way. With my current technology, as long as there are enough raw materials, it is not difficult to establish a colony that can accommodate tens of thousands of people in the crater areas of the North and South Poles." Stark said lightly.
"In addition, Mercury's global magnetic field is also a good condition. The planetary battleship described by Loki today gave me a new idea. Perhaps we can completely transform Mercury. Even if we can't make a battleship, it can also be used as an energy supply base closest to the sun." Stark said while pacing.
"Mercury is the closest to the sun. Once the planetary structure can be completely rebuilt, using its high-speed rotation and global magnetic field, it may be possible to transform it into an extremely efficient energy core."
"Venus, the second closest to the sun, can be used as a factory and production base, and then linked to Mars to build a habitable colony. Jupiter and Saturn can be used as resource bases, and the more distant Neptune and Pluto can be used as future space battleships and solar system star ports..."
Stark spoke very quickly. It was obvious that he had already thought of this. He continued: "Originally, I wanted to find an opportunity to persuade Nick to cooperate with me in conducting solar energy experiments on Mercury after I had a deeper contact with Asgard and Kamar-Taj."
"But I didn't expect that this opportunity would come so soon."
Or..." Stark looked up at Schiller and said in a positive tone:
"...is all this within your plan?"
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