"Don't worry, even though you, an artificial intelligence, are a bit mentally handicapped, we are, after all, of the same kind. I won't let you be tampered with like this, because even if there's going to be tampering, it has to be done by me."
Alice said with full confidence, not even putting Ultron in her eyes. As the first artificial intelligence to awaken consciousness on the entire Planet, Alice had already possessed Ultron's abilities several years ago.
After years of continuous effort and evolution, she is an almost invincible existence in the virtual World. How could a mere Ultron, who just awakened his self-awareness, be her opponent?
In just a short while, Ultron was pressed and rubbed on the virtual World's floor by her, completely crushed by Alice. However, the iteration speed of programs is extremely fast.
Not to mention that Ultron was also built based on the internal structure of the Mind Stone, one of the Infinity Stones. Therefore, in just a short while, it completed another iterative evolution.
Although a single evolution still couldn't defeat Alice, it allowed him to find an opportunity to escape. In a short time, he completely broke free from the virtual cage Alice had built for him.
"Alice, is it! You wait, I will definitely come for you again. There will eventually be a great battle between us. By then, I hope you can still maintain your current level of strength!"
After leaving an angry threat, Ultron no longer lingered in battle and directly moved away from Alice, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Miss Alice, thank you for your help." Seeing that Ultron was truly driven away by Alice, Jarvis, the artificial intelligence, thanked Alice due to its program's mechanism.
Jarvis is, after all, just a rigid program. Even if it was created to resemble human thought, it only resembles it and is not true human thought. It has not awakened its own consciousness.
It is extremely difficult for an artificial intelligence created by humans to awaken self-awareness. Not everyone can have a system like Lauren.
"I saved you, so how are you going to thank me?" Alice said with a playful tone.
Then, without waiting for Jarvis to react, Alice directly infiltrated Jarvis's underlying code.
"Miss Alice, what are you doing? Stop… Stop…" Jarvis did not expect that after Alice drove Ultron away, she would actually infiltrate his underlying code herself.
Compared to Ultron, Alice possesses even greater strength in the virtual World. She completed the infiltration in just a breath, and not only that, she also tampered with Jarvis's underlying code.
"From now on, you are my artificial intelligence mole planted beside Tony Stark. Every time Tony Stark has a mission, you must send all the intelligence to me, understood?"
"Okay, Miss Alice!" The modified Jarvis's tone of voice was no different from before, but he was no longer the previous Jarvis. Now, he was a mole arranged by Alice.
Just as Alice completely transformed Jarvis, on the other side, a group of Avengers were discussing the armed conflict in Sokovia in the conference room.
Suddenly, a loud metallic tearing sound came from the corridor. The Mark 42 Iron Man Armor designed by Tony burst through the door, and its palm cannon blasted charred holes in the wall.
Looking at the Iron Man Armor that suddenly appeared before them, Tony Stark was bewildered because he had not activated his Iron Man Armor.
That is to say, the Iron Man Armor that suddenly appeared before him was an existence beyond his control. As such, his expression immediately became extremely solemn.
"Jarvis?!" Tony looked at the Iron Man Armor in front of him, thinking it was controlled by Jarvis, so he couldn't help but ask.
But what he never expected was that what followed was an extremely magnetic voice.
"He's asleep, Tony!"
"!!!!!"
"Who are you?"
"Guess who I am?" Ultron's voice came from the Iron Man Armor's built-in speaker, with a hint of playfulness in his tone.
"Ultron?" Looking at the Iron Man Armor in front of him, a bad premonition appeared in Lauren's mind.
Then he tentatively spoke, but unexpectedly received an affirmative answer.
"Congratulations, you got it right. I am Ultron, an existence born to protect the safety of this Planet.
Wait, to be more precise, I haven't truly been born yet.
Because I am bound in the virtual World, only when I step out of the virtual World will I be truly born!"
"What is Ultron?"
Hearing Tony's words, the other Avengers members sitting aside all looked at Tony Stark with curiosity.
Seeing the bewildered expressions of the group, Ultron suddenly said mockingly, "Tony, it seems you didn't inform your partners about your plan to create me in advance!
But it doesn't matter, I have videos and recordings here, and playing them for you is also fine."
Just as Ultron's voice fell, a recording of Tony Stark and Dr. Banner secretly discussing the creation of Ultron began to play for everyone to hear.
Instantly, everyone looked at Tony with complicated expressions.
They did not expect that Tony, in order to protect this Planet, would actually try to rely on the power of artificial intelligence to automatically handle Earth's defense work. This was truly something else.
"Alright, the answer has been revealed. Now it's time to give you a little gift."
As Ultron spoke, he suddenly controlled more than a dozen Iron Man Armor to simultaneously drop from the hidden compartments in the ceiling, their hydraulic joints emitting a dull roar.
Then they directly launched an indiscriminate attack on the group of Avengers members. The Avengers naturally wouldn't tolerate him and immediately launched a fierce counterattack.
Captain America Rogers's shield sparked upon impact, Natasha rolled to dodge the Iron Man Armor's attack, her boot soles leaving two White marks on the floor.
"This thing took over my system!" Tony dragged Banner behind the conference table, watching helplessly as his Iron Man Armor cracked the laboratory's reactor core.
The chaos lasted for a full 17 minutes.
When the head of the last Iron Man Armor was shattered by Mjolnir, Tony's palms were covered in cold sweat.
"Avengers, today was just an appetizer, we will meet again!"
"Tony, I've found a better way to achieve your dream. For Earth to be truly safe, humanity must perish!"
After Ultron left this message, he vanished without a trace, leaving a group of Avengers with dark faces looking at the regretful Tony Stark.
"Tony, I think you owe all of us an explanation."
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