Chapter 271: The Uninvested Body Snatching Battle

In New York, the Manhattan district, at the Avengers base.

Tony, Hank Pym, Fury, and Helen Zhao, four top scientists, stood in a circle, all gazing at a human body not yet fully formed inside the Cradle of Life. They couldn't help but simultaneously show a hint of a relieved smile on their faces.

After three days of intense work, the theoretically perfect body had finally been created!

"Now, only one step remains." As a familiar voice rang out, Clark's clone, holding Loki's scepter, walked in. At the same time, the sound of the "Qingxin Mantra" BGM filled the room.

The Mind Stone in the scepter had the ability to influence people's hearts. Before fully integrating it into the perfect body, using the BGM to suppress any accidents was a wise move.

As the clone approached the Cradle of Life, he softly said, "Just need to embed the Mind Stone, which is as powerful as the Power and Space Stones, in its head. Then the perfect body capable of countering Ultron will be completely finished."

The four scientists stepped aside, making way for Clark to approach the Cradle of Life.

At that moment, Clark opened the blue crystal shell of the scepter, revealing the yellow stone glowing softly with mysterious power.

Seeing this, Fury quickly passed a pair of tweezers from the workbench.

Direct contact with an Infinity Stone could be fatal for ordinary people. Clark's original body could ignore this mystical energy, but his clone could not.

Taking the tweezers from Fury, Clark used them to carefully place the Mind Stone on the special body, which had not yet fully formed.

As the stone settled on its head, the lifeless body started to solidify.

Seeing the body's meridians connect and form a complete biological system, the clone's lips curled into a satisfied smile: "The perfect body is complete! Tony, prepare immediately, let Eris inhabit it."

At his words, excitement also appeared on Tony's face: "This body's processing speed is beyond ten supercomputers. If Eris inhabits it, plus the Mind Stone's mystical power, completely annihilating Ultron won't be difficult."

However, just as everyone thought victory was assured, an unexpected voice echoed through the hall.

"Hehe... Think you can destroy me that easily?"

That was... Ultron's voice!

The sudden appearance of the voice changed everyone's expression. Hank Pym and Tony went pale, while Clark and Helen Zhao's faces turned a shade of yellow. Fury was the most dramatic - her face went dark with fear, and she couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Ahh!..." The performance was a bit over the top...

Yet, Ultron seemed pleased with their reaction. As they looked around warily, a steel mech made of pure silver metal suddenly grew from small to large, transforming into a two-meter-tall iron monster.

The mech raised its hands towards Clark and the others, its palms revealing dark gun barrels, while its other parts bristled with lethal weapons, locking onto them!

Ultron's numerous copies seldom used firearms, as all the ammunition had been concentrated in this mech.

Its combat capability was formidable!

With its guns pointed at them, Ultron's smug voice came out: "Thanks for creating such a perfect body. How should I thank you? Maybe by making you the first humans my retiring super mech kills."

"Goodbye, my creators!" As he spoke, all the guns fired simultaneously.

Simultaneously, Clark's clone leaped forward, blocking all the bullets with his body. But the cost was his figure riddled with bullets, falling into a pool of blood.

The next moment, the clone turned into a beam of white light and vanished.

Seeing Clark's clone destroyed, Ultron sneered: "Trying to stop me with just a clone, how naive."

Taking advantage of the moment Clark blocked the bullets, the scientists found cover. Hank Pym then realized: "I get it. When we connected Eris to the perfect body, Eris had to go offline. That's when Ultron seized the opportunity."

"Damn it!" Tony cursed, "He must have known our plan and prepared in advance. Otherwise, this timing wouldn't be so coincidental!"

Hearing their analysis, Helen Zhao rolled her eyes from her hiding spot: "Please, is this the time for analysis? Think of a countermeasure!"

"I've got it!" Fury suddenly brightened, "If we can delay, and wait for Tony's armor to arrive, we can buy more time. Hold on until Eris's data is fully loaded..."

"Too naive!" Ultron cut in: "Do you really think you still have a chance? Now, this perfect body is mine!"

As he spoke, several more armors appeared, one of which cut the cable uploading Eris's data.

"No!"

The four scientists shouted in unison, their voices unconvincingly fake.

Yet to Ultron, these voices were pleasant.

Pulling out Eris's data line, Ultron inserted another USB, starting to upload his data into the perfect body.

1%...

5%...

15%...

The speed of information upload satisfied Ultron.

Using the upload time, Ultron continued to taunt: "Three days ago, you began collecting materials, and Helen Zhao searched for various data online. The Wakandan ship landed at the Avengers base, unloaded some goods, and left..."

Ultron, like a master strategist, continued: "With the materials and data collected, and the information I had, it wasn't hard to conclude you were creating a perfect body for Eris to fight me."

Seeing everyone hiding, Ultron's voice grew more triumphant: "Knowing your plan, I simply played along."

"So I spread scandals to distract you, attacked the military base to draw away your main force, and even exposed my secret base in Sokovia."

"To convince you, I infiltrated the SHIELD prison and killed Baron Strucker. All to buy more time and draw away your main force!"

"Now I've seized the moment to occupy this place. Don't hold any hope; I've blocked all communications. Your distress signals won't get out."

"Clark and the fighting Avengers are either battling my forces in Sokovia or celebrating their victory."

"But by the time they return, all they'll see are your corpses and an empty Cradle of Life. Hahaha..."

Ultron's data reached 98%, and his voice turned icy: "Knowing the whole story, you have no grievances in death. So, rest in peace!"

As he spoke, three anti-tank missiles launched from Ultron's body, targeting everyone's hiding spots.

"Bang!"

At the critical moment, a pulse cannon appeared, blasting Ultron away.

Looking up, a gold and red suit of armor hovered in the hall, saving everyone. It was Tony's long-awaited suit!

"Friday!"

Seeing the armor, Tony leaped out from behind cover. The armor disassembled, then reassembled around him, fully equipping him.

"Boom!"

Tony stylishly completed a 360-degree spin and stood up, taunting: "Speaking of battle suits, yours is just pathetic!"

"Whir... Boom!" With a grand opening line, Tony's palms burst with a more powerful pulse cannon, shattering Ultron's proudest mech.

"If your suit had appeared earlier, it would've been troublesome for me. But now..." Ultron's voice suddenly emerged from the Cradle of Life. The perfect body, the culmination of Earth's top scientists' efforts, slowly floated up, like a messiah's birth.

Simultaneously, a stirring and uplifting music replaced the "Qingxin Mantra," enveloping the entire hall.

It was...

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