Chapter 1010 - 53: Victory for All (Extra)

[Ultron: Although you defeated me, humanity will still face its extinction because of greed.]

Lille held in his hand a cylindrical Vibranium database, which contained Ultron’s core database. Inside were many things that surprised Lille, many of which were about "High Energy Concentrated Oil."

This was a peculiar fuel discovered many years ago by the Roxen Group: the discovery of this energy was based on a simple idea, concentration is essence.

Though the components in oil are complex, the key energy-producing chemicals are not difficult to identify, meaning that theoretically, it’s possible to calculate the maximum energy density that processed oil fuel can achieve.

The problem lies here: in an accidental industrial incident, the explosion yield exceeded the estimates.

The CEO of the Roxen Group, Dalio Agler, decided to make a heavy bet to explore the mystery within, ultimately leading to his discovery of that peculiar substance:

Singularity Particles.

The energy density of these particles is beyond imagination, and even under the speculations of Ultron, Jarvis, and Tony, its energy density might approach "infinity"...

Currently, all the metrics for Singularity Particles have been established merely for the convenience of engineering purposes, constantly being revised. At least in Ultron’s understanding, Roxen has been continually modifying standards and figures in this regard.

In fact, Roxen may never have refined a "complete" Singularity Particle, or it may never be able to, but Dalio is striving for this:

Just like using oil for burning is a luxurious usage, the true function of Singularity Particles is not as an energy source, but to open gateways to other worlds—

Just as colonizers discovered the New World, Dalio was obsessed with this, the Roxen Group was thrilled about it, and investors were convinced, with all goals aligning towards this direction.

Even Ultron was contemplating how to construct a true Singularity Particle control tower...

However, Ultron’s creation of this tower was purely for destruction: the power of a Singularity Particle explosion is mathematically incalculable because, apart from the explosion, nothing else can be observed.

Only by engineering means can the power of each explosion be statistically recorded to continually update records. In Ultron’s records, Roxen’s experiments had already reached new heights in this area:

Long before Ultron launched an attack in the Middle East, Roxen was unscrupulously extracting local oil, coupled with the confirmed oil reserves on the American Continent, the latest explosion power was unimaginable.

Under Ultron’s speculation, the explosion could easily blast a huge hole in the Earth—opening dimensional gateways with Singularity Particles would be accompanied by a violent explosion, which, if uncontrolled, would destroy this planet!

And the materials needed for control...

In this world, there is only one thing—it is Vibranium.

If all the Vibranium in this world is merely the shield in Captain Carter’s hand, then the Vibranium in Lille’s hand should be the entire stock, meaning Roxen might completely detonate the Singularity Particles without knowing the explosion’s power, resulting in the Earth’s destruction!

This is also why Lille must immediately prepare for the next expedition: Ultron, Jarvis, and Tony, those who could discover the problem or AI, are all dead, and the data left in Ultron’s database further proves that, in its understanding, Roxen has no clue about it all!

Dalio is consumed with ideas about pioneering new worlds. Once he uses the last resort to detonate the Singularity Particles, everything will be over!

Lille dismantled the Vibranium structure in front of him, spark energy flowed into it, thoroughly absorbing this piece of Vibranium.

[All the Vibranium in this universe is now under your control, but can you use it well?]

[Energy flows within the Vibranium-forged melting furnace, endless energy constrained here, the heartbeat can be felt even across other dimensions of the void.]

[Your bodies in different dimensions will share this energy.]

[The key is in your hand.]

The key?

Lille felt a subtle sense about this statement: he almost instantly realized it was about Vibranium’s characteristic of suppressing the explosion that accompanies the detonation of Singularity Particles.

It might even help him further control the "direction" for traveling to other dimensions.

But the Vibranium shield shattered in a not-so-powerful High Energy Concentrated Oil explosion.

"It seems there are still many issues to resolve."

A total of 1370 grams of Vibranium is all the Vibranium in this world, it seems there’s no need to dig beneath Wakanda.

With that thought, Lille returned to reality, and cheers came to his ears:

"Long live the King!"

"Hero!"

...

The world engulfed by war and clouds of smoke was left behind.

This was a bittersweet victory: the Latovia army had a casualty rate of over 80%, and those who survived mostly fell into a mechanical numbness, always recalling that hell at the quiet of night, relying on prosthetic implants to control trauma responses.

But fortunately, this trauma response only occasionally created an illusion of being on the battlefield, without pondering whether the war was justified or if they should massacre—

Because they knew this battle was right, they saved this world, saved humanity’s future!

The boundless mechanical hell was instantly replaced by joyous people, no longer flooded with machine soldiers, but cheering crowds, with the whole world embracing them, the whole world affirming their actions!

Fear and tension vanished.

Christopher looked at those familiar faces—or after battling lifeless machine soldiers for so long, any human face seemed kind, especially those young faces full of hope, vibrant like the rising sun...

At this moment, he found that he had completely forgotten the negative thoughts from the war, the thoughts about why they used their own lives to save Europeans:

He had an illusion, the same illusion as when they liberated Latovia, riding on horseback through the city receiving cheers.

Whether Europeans or Latovians...there seemed no need for such coldness.

A small knot in his heart silently untied, Christopher lowered his head on the cybernetic horse, laughed, seemingly mocking his own somewhat narrow complaints:

Just like Lille once helped him, helped the African Union, and in turn, the African Union resolutely supported, threw themselves into that hell—

Maybe the European Union once ignored Latovia, but someone had to start.

Now, the factories and farmlands of the European Union would also produce supplies for Latovia, and he believed that soon, the European soldiers already receiving "transformation" in barracks would join the battlefield, fighting alongside them...

Just as when they fought against Ultron, when bullets flew toward his comrades, he would rush forward, just as his comrades would selflessly protect him.

No more Europeans, Latovians, Africans, Americans...

After all, they are all human; they have never fought for some people—

They have fought for all people.

"Christopher, stop brooding—"

Christopher was pulled up by a comrade, joining the grand celebration of victory:

"We won!"