"Tony, but that's illegal." Someone seemed to say from the audience, hidden within the cheers.
"I just heard that." Tony raised the microphone. "Someone said it's illegal. Indeed, in most states, we don't allow people to privately own weapons of mass destruction. But I want to say that this War Machine family version is completely different. Next, please welcome the chairman of Virtual Reality Company, Shen He, to introduce the product."
The stage lights immediately turned to Shen He.
The cheers gradually subsided, and the impression Shen He and Tony gave people was completely different.
If Tony made people feel relaxed, then Shen He would make people feel oppressed.
This was due to his few appearances, all of which demonstrated the domineering nature of the Chaldea's leader.
"Everyone, we meet again."
But this time, Shen He had a smile on his face.
"Today, I'm not the leader of Chaldea, but the chairman of the Virtual Reality Company. However, most people probably don't even know what our company does."
Perhaps because of the smile on Shen He's face, or perhaps because Tony was still standing beside him, there was a little laughter from the audience.
"Virtual Reality Company…" Shen He paused deliberately, then continued, "In fact, it's just as the name suggests. Our technology can bring everyone's minds to a computer-simulated virtual world, just like in the Matrix World."
The scene fell into a strange silence once more.
People looked at each other, as if they wanted to confirm what they had heard.
Then came cheers and clamor that threatened to lift the roof.
Even in the Marvel world, there have long been many fantasy works that have imagined virtual worlds. Among them, the Matrix World is the closest to a Sleep Pod, and also the most famous work. Therefore, everyone understood what Shen He meant, and also understood what the machine on the stage, which looked like a Sleep Pod, was.
This is a virtual world, a virtual world that can create another omnipotent world!
This is even more outrageous than an alien invasion.
In this information age, anyone with a normal IQ can imagine the impact the emergence of a virtual world will have on the entire human society.
It's no exaggeration to say that if Shen He's words are true, people can no longer imagine what their future lives in the world will be like.
Alien invasion plus a virtual world...
Even the World Security Council, which was currently watching the press conference, felt a sense of silence.
If they were to follow their conspiracy theory mindset, the virtual world simply has too many possibilities to conquer the entire world.
Mind control.
Setting up equipment in the Sleep Pod that can arbitrarily kill people.
Artificial Intelligence controlling automatons, indirectly taking over the entire world.
Wait...
Similar fantasy works are a dime a dozen.
This is a mess, a complete mess.
The most crucial thing is that this virtual world seems to be bundled and sold with Tony's weapons.
Regardless of what the people in the world were thinking, Shen He's explanation continued.
He put in a lot of effort to quell the cheers.
"I believe many of you have already guessed," Shen He raised his voice. "That's right, this Virtual Sleep Pod is bound one-to-one with this War Machine. In other words, people can lie inside and remotely control the robots designed by Tony to participate in wars without risking their lives."
The people at the scene were going wild.
And the people in front of their TVs were about to go crazy too.
This kind of thing, which belonged entirely in works of fantasy, was being presented to them so bluntly, and they were being told that each of them could purchase it.
"Everyone," Shen He simply threw away the microphone, letting his voice override everyone else's. "We've considered many situations. We've also considered handing this set of devices directly to the military. But, Tony believes that, at least in this country, we cannot allow such a huge weapon gap between the people and the military."
"That's right, this is my decision."
Tony took the blame directly. His voice calmed the frenzied shouts of the people somewhat, and everyone looked up at him.
"I once shut down Stark Industries' Weapons Division because I found that my weapons were being used to harm innocent people instead of protecting them. I can't allow this to happen again, so, if Iron Man can't protect you, let my inventions protect you. You can also use them to defend your freedom. This is the right granted to us by our Constitution."
It has to be said that the Constitution, which allows people to possess violence, is the biggest support for the promotion of Virtual Reality.
Tony's weapons combined with Virtual Reality can even solve most of the illegal violence problems caused by firearms, because its use will be strictly under supervision. Artificial Intelligence will bring a whole set of perfect usage guidelines. Unless the Artificial Intelligence barrier of Jarvis is breached, no one will be able to use this War Machine for criminal activities.
In addition, it can be used for accident rescue, can combat crime, and can make everyone a superhero.
Just a rough thought can imagine what kind of changes it will bring to the whole world.
Absolute violence under absolute supervision.
This is the reason why Tony was so excited a few days ago. He saw what he had been dreaming of from this.
A barrier, a barrier built by countless people.
Of course, there are still many problems, the biggest of which is the credibility of the Virtual Reality Company.
This is also where the product is most vulnerable to public criticism.
People buy weapons and take them home, but these weapons are, to some extent, still controlled by the Virtual Reality Company. So, is this violence in the hands of the people, or in the hands of Chaldea?
For this question, Shen He and Tony had naturally thought of a solution in the past few days.
So, after the people at the scene calmed down, they had a "plant" raise the sharp question in public.
"We can answer this question with two points," Shen He replied first. "Firstly, with Chaldea's strength, there's no need to go to so much trouble if we wanted to conquer Earth. I think the battles in the past few days have proven this point. Besides, Chaldea isn't very interested in managing companies; Tony will be fully responsible for the management of civilian products."
This was the first point. Compared to Chaldea, Tony, as the inventor of the weapons, was undoubtedly more trustworthy.
"Secondly," Tony interjected at this moment, "Our purpose in selling these weapons is only to narrow the gap between civilian weapons and military weapons, and to ensure people's safety. However, what we sell to the military is different from what we sell to civilians; we will hand over the management rights of military products completely."
The military representatives on the stage, who were busy communicating with their superiors, all stood up immediately upon hearing this.
"Are you serious?" The person in charge couldn't contain himself and grabbed the microphone, asking loudly.
"Of course, it's true, but I want to retain some design rights," Tony said softly. "That way, if I see my weapons being used to harm innocent people again, I'll know who's responsible. And, for the sake of world peace, I won't just sell to you. I'll sell to all the countries in the world that I think are capable of using them properly."
The military representative who had stood up immediately turned a shade of purple from excitement.
"You can't do this," he couldn't help but shout. "You're betraying your country; you're breaking the law."
"Alright," Tony shrugged indifferently. "If that's what the government thinks, I think I'm ready to immigrate."
At this point, would Tony care about such threats?
Of course not.
In the past, because of Stark Industries' presence in the United States, he had to consider the government's influence.
But now.
No matter which country he went to, he could instantly establish a company larger than Stark Industries. Because anyone with eyes could see the enormous benefits represented by this product, and the military power displayed by Chaldea was enough for Tony to break free from the original chessboard and become one of the players.
Most importantly, if the first point was to appease the people.
Then the second point was to exchange interests with various forces.
Tony didn't specify which "countries capable of using weapons well" he meant. Without being able to violently seize the technology, he controlled the initiative in sharing the benefits.
In addition, the Aliens were still eyeing them covetously.
Do you want benefits, or do you want war? The choice is yours, that's roughly the idea.
As for turning hostile after obtaining powerful weapons...
How could Tony possibly just hand over his hard work so easily? The use of War Machine depended on Jarvis's calculations.
This wasn't like the weapons of the past, like missiles, that anyone could just pick up and use.
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