Chapter 169 Heavy Snow and Frozen People

"Huh——"

In the gym of Stark Tower, Tony walked down the treadmill slowly and wiped the sweat off his face with the towel on his shoulder.

"Jarvis."

"Yes, sir."

Tony picked up the ice water on the table, took a sip, and then continued to ask Jarvis.

"What is the current progress of the armor development?"

"Regarding the development of the Mark 50 armor, it has just passed the research of nano-particle technology, and it is expected to be installed on the armor in about half a year."

"The Veronica system was launched into satellite orbit yesterday and will be officially launched in a week."

"Is that so?" Tony walked to the balcony with a cup in his hand, and looked out the window quietly at New York, which was still brightly lit in the middle of the night.

I don't know when it started, but Tony's heart was full of a sense of crisis.

I always feel that in the near future, this world will change in a way that makes Tony feel scared.

This sense of urgency prompted Tony to continue to develop various armors, hoping that with the help of armors, he can bring himself a little sense of security.

But in recent days, whether it is Apocalypse, or Hela, Mephisto and Dormammu who came to Earth before.

Although Tony has not confronted these people head-on, he knows very well that if he relies on himself alone, he may not be able to defeat them at all.

And Tony is the kind of person who is too proud. He is not used to relying on others for his own safety.

Even Su Heng, who seems to have a good relationship with him.

Tony feels that he may really have some mental problems.

Even though he has been condemned countless times before, he has never stopped developing countermeasures for Su Heng and everyone Tony knows, whether they are friends or enemies.

And part of the Veronica system that has just been launched is the relevant countermeasures.

"Sir, I need to remind you." Jarvis' voice sounded in Tony's ears.

"You need to take a plane to Canada with Ms. Pepper, Mr. Su Heng and Miss Gwen early tomorrow morning."

"It's already two o'clock in the morning. You need to have a good rest so that you can be energetic tomorrow."

"Of course I know that." Tony tilted his neck and drank the ice water in the cup in one gulp. After exhaling a refreshing breath, he walked towards the private bedroom.

"Do you need to take a shower first?"

"Of course."

"The bathroom temperature control device is turned on."

The next day, after a period of flight, Stark Industries' private plane arrived in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, Canada.

"Hiss, it's so cold!" As soon as Gwen got off the plane, a cold wave swept towards her.

Even though she had put on a thick down jacket before coming after investigating the weather in Edmonton yesterday, the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the plane still made Gwen shiver.

"Hahahaha." Just as Gwen was rubbing her hands in the cold, a hearty voice came from the side.

"Ms. Pepper, Mr. Stark, welcome to Edmonton!"

A middle-aged man wearing a fur coat and looking very bloated came to greet Pepper and Tony beside Gwen.

"Hello, Mr. Tuart." Pepper shook the middle-aged man's hand, nodded slightly at him, and said with a smile: "You look more burly than in the video."

"Hahaha, Ms. Pepper is too kind, and you are much more beautiful than in the video." The middle-aged man Tuart laughed and said compliments.

"Since we are in Edmonton, after we finish our business, everyone must have a good time in Edmonton."

"Now it is the winter snow season, you can just come to our Jasper National Park to experience the charm of sled dogs, and maybe you can hunt a few prey yourself."

"That's really looking forward to it." Pepper smiled.

"But now, let's go back to the hotel to put our luggage."

"Hahaha, I'm so presumptuous, I'm so presumptuous." Turte laughed and stepped aside.

"The car is ready and we can leave at any time."

After everyone took the car to the hotel, Tony and Pepper did not stay for too long, but took Gwen to the meeting place.

Only Su Heng, who was not very interested in the meeting, was left in the hotel.

"I didn't expect Tony to be so serious?" Su Heng fell on the bed, thinking about Tony's serious look just now, and couldn't help shaking his head.

This was the first time Su Heng saw Tony so concerned about work.

"Well, before they come back, maybe I should buy some specialties in advance?" Su Heng sat up from the bed and scratched his head.

"By the way, what are Canadian specialties?"

Since he was free, Su Heng finally decided to go out and check the Internet for Canadian specialties and places in Edmonton where specialties were sold.

Following the navigation on the map, Su Heng arrived at a market.

Although the weather was cold, the market was still bustling.

"Damn it, this winter is even colder than usual!"

"Have you heard? Many logging sites near the forest have suffered frostbite because of the severe cold weather."

"Not only that, I heard that logging machines can't operate normally in this weather."

"No wonder I feel that the price of firewood has risen so much recently."

Su Heng

"Maple syrup, ice wine." Su Heng muttered about the specialties of Canada that he found on the Internet, listened to the complaints of the vendors in the market, and observed the strange things around him.

"Wow!" Suddenly, among the crowd in the market, a thin and strong man attracted Su Heng's attention.

"Hello, is this maple syrup?" Su Heng squatted in front of the man's stall, rubbed his hands, and pointed to the bottle of maple leaf-shaped glass in front of him.

"Yeah." Logan nodded silently, glanced at Su Heng's Asian face, and then retracted his gaze.

"Well, I heard that this thing seems to be suitable for making desserts." Su Heng picked up one of the small bottles and asked Logan.

"How much is this bottle?"

"The bottle in your hand is 300 ml." Logan glanced at the small bottle in Su Heng's hand and whispered, "Usually it's five dollars a bottle."

"Okay." Su Heng handed Logan a five-dollar bill, then opened the small bottle, dipped his finger in the syrup at the mouth of the bottle, and put his finger into his mouth.

"Hmm" Su Heng pondered for a moment, quietly put the maple syrup without covering the bottle mouth into his arms, and let Ganpai hiding in his arms also taste the taste of maple syrup.

"Ying!"

Su Heng felt the cheers from Ganpai and stood up in the confusion of Logan's face.

"Hey, boss." Su Heng asked Logan, "How much maple syrup do you have here?"

"About?" Logan was stunned, took a look at the maple syrup on the stall, and said unconfidently, "About, about 15 liters?"

"That's two hundred and fifty dollars?" Su Heng calculated, took out a piece of paper and a pen, and wrote down the address of the dessert shop: "If I mail it to New York, will three hundred dollars be enough?"

"Enough, enough." Logan nodded repeatedly.

"That's good." Su Heng handed Logan the paper with the address of the dessert shop and the three hundred dollar bill.

"Then please help me mail it when the time comes."

"This" Logan looked at the money Su Heng handed over.

"Sir, do you trust me like this?" Logan asked Su Heng with some doubt.

"Hmm." Su Heng shrugged: "After all, you don't look like a bad person, Mr. stall owner."

"That's true." Logan smiled helplessly and took the address and bills handed over by Su Heng.

"I'll find a reliable mailing company to help you mail it."

"Well, if possible, can this 15 liters of maple syrup be put in one container?" Su Heng pointed to the maple syrup in different bottles and cans on the stall and said to Logan.

"I run a dessert shop, so many bottles may be a little inconvenient for me."

"This" Logan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Yes, but maybe you need to wait for me for a while, sir. I do have barrels of maple syrup at home, but it takes a little time to go back and forth."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I've given you the address." Su Heng shrugged: "Mr. Stall owner, if you have time, just mail it for me."

"Okay." Logan nodded and began to pack up the things on the stall.

"Then I'll go home now."

"Uh, so urgent?" Su Heng looked at Logan's vigorous appearance and said in surprise.

"After all, I came to the market to sell maple syrup. Now that it's sold out, it's time to go home." Logan smiled at Su Heng.

"And my wife is waiting for me at home."

"Okay then." Su Heng nodded and watched Logan put all the packed things in the pickup truck behind him.

"Then sir, if it's expected, I should help you mail 15 liters of maple syrup tomorrow." Logan sat on the pickup truck and said to Su Heng.

"Well, thank you very much." Su Heng waved to Logan and watched him drive away in the pickup truck.

"It's broken." Su Heng suddenly remembered after he found that Logan had driven away.

"I should ask the stall owner if he sells ice wine."

Logan was in a good mood and drove the pickup truck towards the outside of the city.

Because of the recent severe cold, the logging site stopped working, which made the economy of most loggers, including Logan, begin to become a little scarce.

During this time, Logan had to go to the forest from time to time to hunt a few rabbits to barely eat meat.

It was not that Logan could not kill big beasts, but after killing those beasts, Logan could not give Kayla a reasonable explanation.

He couldn't just tell his wife that he had become a werewolf with diamond claws on his hands, right?

But it was not a good idea to eat up all the money.

So, at a gathering of factory lumberjacks, Logan and several other lumberjacks decided to go to the nearest city to see if they could sell some of their handmade products.

But because Logan looks scary and is not good at speaking, he has been out for several days. If he hadn't met Su Heng today, he might have returned empty-handed.

You know, in the past few days, in order to save the gas money for the pickup truck, Logan ran back on foot.

Today, he finally sold the things, and Logan couldn't wait to go home and share this happy news with Kayla.

But just when Logan was about to get home, the sudden heavy snow directly covered the windshield of the pickup truck. Logan stepped on the brake, causing the pickup truck to stall instantly.

Logan looked at the thick layer of snow on the windshield and restarted the pickup truck, but he couldn't restart the car after turning the key for most of the day.

"Tsk, I was just saying that I was lucky today." Logan shook his head and looked through the window at the growing snow around him. After just turning off the engine for a while, the snow had already submerged half of the pickup truck.

Seeing this scene, Logan's heart couldn't help but jump, and he felt a little uneasy.

In previous years, there has never been such heavy snow.

Logan barely pushed open the car door and barely climbed out of the car.

He looked at the whiteness around him, closed the car door again, and began to run towards his home step by step.

When he walked into the village, for some reason, the houses that were supposed to be heated by fire did not have the slightest smell of burning fireworks today.

Especially the tavern that should have been the most lively, now it was also silent.

Boom!!!

Logan listened to the loud noises coming from afar, and his uneasiness became more and more serious.

He walked into the tavern with one foot deep and one foot shallow on the snow.

"!" But the scene in the tavern made Logan stay where he was.

In the tavern, people still looked like they were laughing and talking.

But it was just an appearance.

A thick layer of ice had frozen on their bodies.

Logan, who had just walked into the tavern, looked at them as if he was looking at the lifelike murals under the Arctic ice wall.

"Wait." Logan saw this scene and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and rushed out of the tavern.

"Kayla!!!"

As Logan staggered towards home, the loud noise in his ears became farther and farther away.

But at this time, Logan had no time to think about what the loud noise was.

At this time, he just wanted to know what happened to his wife.

Logan walked into his house panting, looked at the chimney that was exactly the same without any smoke, and opened the door with a fluke mentality.

"No, Kayla." Logan looked at Kayla sitting on the sofa in the room like an ice man, and the whole person couldn't help but kneel on the ground.