Chapter 1888: The Madman's Journey (Sixty-Six)

When a fishhook is thrown under the water, the weight determines how deep it can sink and the type of fish that will eventually bite the hook. From the beginning, Schiller's goal was not to let the fishhook stay on the surface of the water to catch those floating algae and small fish.

In the first two worlds, Schiller realized that there was always a mysterious force that influenced their actions, so how could he not take precautions after coming to this world?

In the first two worlds, this mysterious force showed two characteristics. One is that it can control human thoughts, or strengthen their extreme thoughts in some way, thereby affecting their actions; the other is to skillfully invade electronic devices and control them.

In Schiller's view, these two talents may come from two different behind-the-scenes masters, and they are in a cooperative relationship.

But again, the cooperative relationship of this kind of people will not be so stable. They will not be as selfless as superheroes in terms of who pays more and who pays less. They are more likely to be calculative about interests, and in terms of the degree of payment, they even pursue fairness more than superheroes.

In the previous world, the mysterious purple light controlled Auburn, the manager of the secret realm. Schiller guessed that the next mastermind might not focus on controlling humans, but be good at controlling electronic devices like in the first world.

From the perspective of the mastermind, which electronic devices are worth controlling? Of course, the first candidate is the weapons of the Stark Group.

Unfortunately, before Tony Stark of this universe went to Afghanistan, most of the inventions were ordinary weapons, at most improved in equivalent and firepower density. These weapons have no intelligent devices and no value for manipulation.

If we wait until Stark develops the battle suit before invading, it is obviously a waste of time, and the Iron Man of this world has obviously deviated from the path of Iron Man. Schiller found in previous observations that these two murderers are not the type who love adventure. They should not bet that the Iron Man of this world will still be on the right track, but prefer to seize the opportunity.

Then it seems that there are not many things that can be invaded by them, and Wakanda is obviously the best target.

This small African country has scientific and technological capabilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Regardless of whether it is scientific or not, at least the lethality of weapons and spacecraft is unquestionable. In the eyes of the mastermind who is bent on sabotage, it is simply the best tool.

Although Schiller cannot be sure that the mastermind will definitely attack Wakanda, he can remind T'Challa that someone is eyeing your Royal Guard.

Despite this, T'Challa did not take any effective measures, but it is understandable that he could not order the Royal Guard to take emergency response measures based on a partner's groundless speculation.

But fortunately, Schiller still has a second-hand preparation, which is why he did not dodge the two punches given to him by Stark in this universe. Someone on the Galactus engine will not sit idly by.

Let's put it this way, Iron Devil Stark might tolerate others hurting Schiller. After all, Schiller's injury was his own fault. If he didn't want to get hurt, he would turn into a gray mist and no one could hurt him. After such a long time, Stark has long been accustomed to Schiller's style of causing trouble for himself when he has nothing to do, and he will not have more sympathy for this.

But it is another matter if the person who did it is another self. First of all, Iron Devil really can't stand the stupidity of another universe self, and can't accept the slight guilt in his heart when others make fun of it after dinner.

It's true that he didn't do it, but if it was another self who did it, and he stood by and didn't stop it, wouldn't that mean that he was nepotism and only let himself off the hook?

For this reason, Iron Devil can't stand by and watch, but must be more ruthless, just to avoid being criticized, so of course he will come to Earth.

Obviously, the mastermind behind the scenes was not fully prepared for this. He might have only thought that under Schiller's plan, many ordinary people from the native universe would gather together, and for this group of people, Wakanda's spaceships were indeed irresistible weapons of war.

The spaceship that T'Cha pulled over was not a completely offensive type, but there were also three Royal Guard frigates equipped with large-caliber artillery to drive away some fleets of hostile forces that blocked the flight, which was completely excessive firepower on Earth.

It can be imagined that if no one else intervened, it would not be difficult for these three spaceships to blow the entire valley to the ground. Even if a few people could run away, Schiller and the Iron Demon who suddenly descended here would have no credibility, because it was because of his appearance that there was a sudden bombing, and the smart people present would not give him a second chance.

However, relying on this level of firepower coverage is completely unable to break the energy shield set up by the Iron Demon with quick eyes and hands. He has nothing else but abundant energy. Even if these small Wakanda frigates bombard his shield for three days and three nights, his shield will not be broken at all.

On the other hand, Schiller notified the SHIELD's aerospace carrier to arrive in advance and fight with the Wakanda spacecraft that suddenly lost control. Schiller knew that the aerospace carrier built by Nick was equipped with complete scanning equipment. According to the scanning results, he would know that the uninvited guest who suddenly controlled the Wakanda spacecraft had nothing to do with the Iron Devil who came.

This can well dispel T'Challa's suspicion about this, and also allow the Iron Devil to act boldly without worrying about being accused of directing and acting.

In short, there are three parties present, Wakanda, SHIELD and Iron Devil Stark. As long as one of the three parties can produce fair evidence to prove that the other two parties are not hostile, the effect of sowing discord that the mastermind wants will not be achieved.

Sure enough, seeing the arrival of the SHIELD's aerospace carrier, Iron Devil Stark no longer hesitated and exerted his full strength, and countless drone fleets appeared around him.

First, the fleet that had formed a protective shield intercepted the bombardment of the Wakanda spacecraft, and then sent out a suicide fleet to attack. Several streams of light rushed towards the spacecraft like falling meteors.

T'Challa and Nick raised their heads together and looked at the gradually darkening sky, where bright fireworks bloomed one after another.

When the fireworks disappeared, the Iron Devil with open arms slowly fell. He turned around and looked at T'Challa and Nick and said, "I must warn you that this is not an accident. There is a mysterious behind-the-scenes mastermind who has set his sights on your universe, and his goal is to destroy all universes..."

Stark narrowed his eyes and looked at Schiller. Schiller shrugged his shoulders pretending to be relaxed, but he was still wiping the blood splashed on his neck with his fingertips. Stark walked to his side and handed him a handkerchief.

"Thank you."

"You..."

Schiller shook his head and said, "I didn't lie. What I said was true, but it happened in another universe."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry. As I said before, Tony, don't think of me as a victim. I have countless opportunities to reshape myself, but I didn't do it."

"Why?"

Schiller raised his eyes. Under the night sky, his gray eyes still flashed a light that Stark couldn't see clearly.

"Ordinary people's love is far more turbulent than you can imagine, and I must have the same turbulent foundation to shape the greatest emotion. For me, the most turbulent and intense is my madness."

"My love is born here, and I will never abandon it to be a normal person. I don't want to be indifferent and alienated forever, rejecting everything in the real world. You can think of this as a self-help for an autistic patient."

"In order to have this great emotion, I would rather bear all the troubles brought to me by this morbid madness. This is my choice, not a last resort. If you can't empathize, you don't have to be full of sympathy."

Stark looked at Schiller, and he finally understood this sentence deeply. If love does not come from madness, it will not always end in hysterical madness.

"You are chasing a murderer. Is he dangerous?"

"Not dangerous to us. Do you want to help?"

"How can I help?"

"Make your suit, maybe we will meet again."

Schiller followed the Iron Devil Stark back to the Devourer Engine, while Stark, who stayed on the ground, just looked up at the huge figure flashing in the air, and finally realized how powerful the other party was.

Stark clenched his fists. For the first time, he realized that being the smartest person on earth was meaningless, because there were endless universes in this world, and he had to be the smartest one among the Iron Man.

Someone had already walked ahead of him, and he had to catch up, but how to break through the limit of the earth's technological level in a short time and truly step into the universe, Stark suddenly remembered what Schiller said.

A week later, Stark looked at Pierce who was escorted away by SHIELD agents, turned to Nick and said, "Congratulations, Director Fury."

Nick shook his head, looked at Stark and said, "You know, Tony, the research results of the power that suddenly controlled the Wakanda spacecraft that day are not optimistic. That is not the power of our universe. This proves that someone must have been spying on our universe for a long time."

Stark turned his head back, looked forward and said, "I will solve it."

"Remember what Schiller said?" Nick looked at him and said, "You can't always stay in the past and think that everyone is a fool, and you are the hero who saves the world."

"So, what do you want to do?"

Ten minutes later, the two appeared in the underground of SHIELD's secret base. Nick opened a very peculiar life support capsule. At that moment, Stark felt a bone-chilling cold erupting.

"I don't know if you have heard the story of your father, and in that story, there is a legend that has not been forgotten to this day."

Stark and Nick cast their eyes into the life support capsule together, and Nick stretched out a hand to slowly wipe away the frost.

After the pale chill faded due to the temperature, what appeared was the red and blue Stars and Stripes printed on the metal shield, which once represented the glory of an era.

Someone's CPU burned out, I won't say who it was