Chapter 140: R: The Great Bat Incident (Part 17)

Everyone behind the defensive line saw that the figure, which seemed a bit small under the overwhelming bat tide, directly stuck two spider silks to the buildings next to it.

There was no one in those two buildings anymore, and the building bodies were already shaky in the battle the night before. This time, the two spider silks Spider-Man shot out were black, and the tops had a large net, directly sticking to most of the area of the building surface.

Immediately after, Spider-Man exerted force with both arms, contracting inward. The two buildings made a tooth-aching squeezing sound and began to tilt gradually.

In the shocked eyes of everyone, the two huge buildings collapsed with a bang. Violent smoke and dust rose. The first batch of bats rushing toward the defensive line didn't expect this situation at all and were buried under the high building on the spot.

Everyone on the scene was stunned.

Those were two high buildings dozens of meters tall!

Previously on the battlefield, Peter had mostly played the role of a support character with maxed-out agility; wherever an emergency occurred, he would arrive at the first opportunity, either repairing defensive fortifications or escorting the wounded, serving primarily in an auxiliary capacity.

This was the first time everyone realized how powerful Spider-Man was. Stark's armor mask opened, and he stared straight at Peter, finding that he didn't have any signs of fatigue at all.

When the building collapsed, Peter dodged nimbly, then dragged a truck next to him and smashed it at the fish that slipped through the net. The giant truck with tires as tall as a person was no different from a small stone in his hands.

Stark swallowed his saliva. Steve said, "Can your armor do this with full output?"

Stark hesitated and said, "It could, but it can't use this kind of force-exerting method, it must find a support point, this is not scientific..."

"His upper limit should be more than this." Steve looked at Spider-Man killing in the center of the battlefield.

Also as a physical mutation, Steve understood this very well. He said, "Peter's power is still far from being fully developed. His upper limit must be terrifyingly high. Even the spider-sense is the same."

Stark frowned and said with some anxiety, "I feel some pressure now. If it's really as you said, then I'm afraid his spider-sense can really achieve the effect of prophecy."

"I'm talking about the future." Steve looked at Stark and said, "At least until now, Peter is still in the adaptation period. The power brought by this mutation is far from reaching its peak, even the spider-sense is the same."

"To be honest, I feel a bit suspicious. Peter told me before that his spider-sense rarely forms a specific picture, especially one that lasts for such a long time. From you ejecting from the armor, falling, and then falling to the ground, this is also too specific."

"Could it be that spider-sense also has some split-screen camera lenses? First shoot what environment you are in, then shoot the action of you ejecting from the armor and falling, and finally shoot the result of landing. Even if it's a prophecy, there's no such clear and explicit one."

"Since you put it that way, I also feel something is wrong." Stark said doubtfully, "Peter never mentioned before that he had the ability to foresee the future, especially foreseeing it so clearly and accurately."

"Perhaps he can do it in the future." Steve concluded, "But it seems that the spider-sense ability matching his current power shouldn't have such a clear prophecy."

"No matter what, I still have to be prepared. After all, if this is true, then things will become very tricky."

Spider-Man blocked the first wave of the most violent attacks, which provided a breathing space for the defensive line in the rear.

When the second wave of bats attacked again, the bats also learned to be smart, no longer rushing down from mid-air in a flurry, but part of them turned into human form, coordinating with ground attacks to weaken human anti-air firepower.

After a day of preparation, human firepower was greatly improved. Due to some operations by Pierce and Nick, all units participating in the defense received sufficient heavy firepower supplements. Under these circumstances, the advantage of human weapons was reflected.

Most human heavy weapons would trigger high temperatures and explosions, which were exactly what the vampires feared most, and besides the target that needed precision strikes, the splash damage was also very high.

In some more important defensive locations, oil drums that could be detonated by snipers were set up, and if necessary, the explosion and fire of the oil drums could be used to interrupt the rhythm of the bats' attacks.

At first, the entire defensive rhythm was very good, various weapons covered each other, and the defensive line pushed forward layer by layer. Before long, they even counterattacked to the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge.

But soon, many problems began to highlight, for example, humans underestimated the spirit of this group of bats not fearing death, or rather, this group of bats was completely controlled by something, turning into crazy cannon fodder.

Hawkeye just detonated an oil drum, the explosion seriously injured a bat, and also made another bat stained with fire, but that burning bat not only didn't retreat, but instead, with a body of fire, rushed into the nearest machine gun base.

Although the machine gunner was prepared, one person was still ignited by the fire. If it weren't for his companions extinguishing it in time, he might not have survived.

However, the burns also made him unable to continue fighting, and soon he was picked up by a hexagonal nut robot.

This group of crazy bats simply didn't want their lives, preferring to hurt the enemy by eight hundred and lose one thousand, just to continue the attack.

Hawkeye put down his bow, cursed under his breath, and said to Natasha on the other end of the walkie-talkie, "What exactly is going on? This group of bats is even crazier than last night!"

"They are likely controlled by some power of the Bat God they preach." Natasha's tone was as calm as ever. "But Nick told me that perhaps there will be a turning point soon."

As the battle situation became more and more intense, the human advantage gradually faded, and the two sides began to stalemate like a meat grinder.

Stark just repelled the attack of a crazy bat with one shot. Immediately after, the steel armor soared into the sky, and several shots repelled the bats that were about to charge the position. At this time, Jarvis's voice came from the cheek: "Communication from Stark Tower lab, the communicator is Dr. Connors."

"Connect the communication." Stark said, floating in mid-air.

Dr. Connors' voice came from the headset. His speech was fast, and his tone was very calm. Connors said, "Listen, first of all, regardless of the principle, I have created a kind of medicine. If released properly, it can make all the bats on the battlefield lose their combat ability at once."

"Just say it, what do I need to do." Stark said dryly.

"I already told Nick before that I have a better method to solve the problem from the root, and now I have succeeded, just the last step."

"In short, I used the lizard serum I extracted, that is, the components of the serum that can turn me into a lizard monster, and made them into an infectious mutant serum to infect those bats."

"Once the bats are infected, they will start to lizardize. Unlike humans, bats cannot turn into lizard-men, but will only become lizardized, such as growing thick scales, growing tails and legs, and losing the ability to fly."

"I changed the components to make this mutation more uncontrollable, so they might grow a tail on their chest, or be crushed to death by thick scales."

"This kind of mutation is completely uncontrollable, so once infected, the mutated bats will almost completely lose their combat ability."

"But won't that infect humans?" Stark asked.

"Of course not, otherwise why would I study so many bats? This is a targeted infectious serum, completely ineffective against humans. I have already tested it."

"Fine, then what else do you need?"

"In order to eliminate the combat ability of all bats at once, I need a spray generator with sufficient power, preferably one that can spray this mutant serum out in an instant, covering the entire battlefield, infecting all bats, and the speed must be fast to avoid them using any magical means to counter it."

Stark thought for a while, looked at the increasingly tragic battle situation on the ground, and said, "Then let's do it. I remember I still have an ultraviolet generator. Can you see if that can be used?"

"I have looked at the blueprints of all your generators. According to the estimation, its power is not enough. Light and gas are different. Gas requires huge driving force to quickly cover the entire battlefield."

"Then hurry up and modify it. I have already opened all the lab permissions to you."

"Ethan and I have already created a version, just the final debugging is missing. It will enter the field within half an hour. The problem you need to consider now is where to set it up, and how to detonate it."

Connors said quickly, "Theoretically, its spray range will be a spherical shape with a diameter of about 300 meters. To maximize the use of this range, the setup location of the generator will inevitably not be on the ground. Find a high building within the closest range of the engagement zone. Once you choose the location, we will immediately transport the generator over."

Stark said, "Actually, there is only such a high building within the entire range."

He looked up and saw the Brooklyn Heights building located on the east side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Stark seemed to have a feeling, Connors heard silence on the other end of the communication, he asked, "What's wrong?"

After a while, Stark's voice came: "No... nothing. Only one building meets the conditions you mentioned. Once the generator is debugged, transport it to the roof of the Brooklyn Heights building immediately. Jarvis has already sent the accurate positioning, I'll be waiting there."

Connors heard a strange emotion at the end of his words, but he didn't have time to continue chatting, and soon hung up the phone.

On the other side, Peter swung with spider silk and flew to Stark's side, then said, "The situation on the front line is very bad. Where could the turning point Natasha mentioned be? Do you know? Mr. Stark?"

"Don't worry about these." Stark's voice came from the armor, with a trace of electrical distortion. Stark continued, "Tell Steve to lead a small team to clear all the vampires near the Heights building. I'm going up there."

"Heights building?" Peter looked back and found that it was the tallest high building nearby. He said, "No! Wait! You can't go!

You forgot, you forgot that..."

"I didn't forget, Peter, I remember very clearly, but I must go." Iron Man, wearing armor, flew directly toward that side. Peter shouted at him from behind, "No!

! You know you will die if you do that! My god..."

Peter took out the walkie-talkie and said to Steve, "Hurry and stop Stark! He's crazy! He's going to the Heights building!"

"Peter, protect Stark well." Steve's voice came from the walkie-talkie. Obviously, he also received Connors' communication. He said, "Some things, even if you know there won't be any good results, must be done."

Peter was almost crazy with anxiety. Having seen that picture with his own eyes, no matter what, he couldn't accept this happening. He said to Stark, "You don't have to go up, I'll go up alone. What is there that I can't handle? I..."

"The activation of the generator takes time, and the infection also takes time to take effect." Stark's voice was very calm. He said, "One person cannot defend against the attack of bats while activating the generator, and evacuation also requires people to respond. One person absolutely cannot complete it."

"Then we can think of other ways, it doesn't have to be..."

"Peter, I said long ago..." Stark stopped. His faceplate rose. Peter saw Stark's face. He didn't see any panic or fear on it. He looked calmer than usual.

"If I were greedy for life and afraid of death, I should be hiding under the layers of protection of Stark Tower now, instead of fighting here."

"I have no necessity to rush to the battlefield and come to the front line, but since I have done so, it proves that I am prepared to sacrifice just like these ordinary people on the front line."

In the pitch-black night sky, Peter hung on the wall of a building, looking at Stark floating opposite him.

The hair under Stark's faceplate was blown about by the wind, and those eyes seemed to have absorbed all the surrounding light, reminding Peter of that sunrise he and Stark had seen together at the beginning.

"Even without the prophecy you made, I have been worried every single second on the battlefield."

"Advanced armor, even more advanced armor—I will keep developing all kinds of armor, and the reason is the fear of death."

"The First Minister of the Great Ming"

"What I didn't tell you is that on that night in the cave in Afghanistan, besides the pain, there was endless fear; no one is not afraid of death."

Peter heard pain beginning to mingle in Stark's voice, as if he were recalling things he didn't want to recall.

"At that time, I knew I was dying, and no one could tell me whether I would actually survive..."

"Just like today, I know I am about to die..."

Stark closed his eyes, his voice beginning to tremble, gradually blown away by the cold wind of the Brooklyn night.

"I might be crazy; I know there is a dead end ahead, but there is a voice constantly urging me to do this, I must do this..."

"And I can only do this."