"Let's go see them all!"
Although Tony said he wanted to go see everyone, he couldn't just leave whenever he wanted. He had to arrange his work matters properly, and Ethan also had some arrangements to make.
For example, taking advantage of this time, everyone should go and learn about interstellar travel and combat knowledge.
Considering various factors, Ethan finally sent everyone to the Starship Troopers world. With the equipment provided by Tony and Ada's technology, everyone successively obtained a legal identity.
For a while, they would live in this world. Considering this was the first time he was truly letting them go to a world to study or obtain something, Ethan didn't set mandatory tasks. However, including Evelyn, they all hoped to make some contributions.
It's predictable that their first choice would definitely be to join the military. The backdrop of Starship Troopers is a world ruled by a military government. In this world, if you don't join the army, you won't gain citizen status, and young people take pride in enlisting.
Although the military recruits annually, Ethan didn't recommend they all enlist in a rush. He wasn't sure if this world had such gender equality in all industries, or if it was just the infantry camps that were like that. To prevent these guys from being clueless, Ethan specifically mentioned this point.
Clearly, the women on Ethan's ship had no interest in this kind of equality. Evelyn, Sherry, and others had already changed their minds.
Jonathan, on the other hand, became interested in the military. It seems this guy, who originally hadn't considered joining the army, might end up going into the military.
Ada, as always, was inscrutable. After looking at Ethan with a half-smile for a while, she smiled and waved goodbye to him.
Ethan also simply waved goodbye to everyone and returned to the Marvel Universe alone.
It was only then that he realized Betty had also quietly gone with them. Leaving aside his other companions, who had all undergone considerable enhancements, Betty... well, she couldn't be considered a normal person either.
"But... if you join the army, you need a physical examination, right?"
Ethan didn't know if these guys would be directly discovered as aliens during the physical and then be hunted down by the entire planet. That scene would be very interesting.
After thinking about it, Ethan decided not to remind them. Sooner or later, they would have to go to various planes alone for adventures or to carry out the tasks Ethan assigned. It was impossible for Ethan to consider every single detail. It was much better to start training now than to run into trouble alone later. At least this time, almost everyone was there, and their combat power was guaranteed.
Moreover, there was still Galahad. His shield could bring everyone back if necessary. That was the last resort. However, with the personalities of this group, they probably wouldn't use it unless they were in true despair.
Returning to the manor and seeing the once lively mansion suddenly become quiet, Ethan was too lazy to stay any longer. He directly opened a portal and went to Tony's place.
Considering he might run into the guy and Pepper doing some indescribable things, Ethan didn't teleport inside the house but arrived at the main gate.
Jarvis monitored everything around the residence. Ethan didn't need to ring the doorbell. Jarvis, who had already notified Tony, had proactively opened the gate.
"Mr. Stark is in the meditation room on the lower level."
"Thank you, Jarvis."
"You're welcome, Lord Ethan."
Ethan felt that Jarvis's tone had become more lively. He remembered that Jarvis at this time already had a slight sense of self-awareness. If Tony hadn't suddenly wanted to create Ultron, triggering a series of events that turned Jarvis into Vision, the artificial intelligence Jarvis might have continued to evolve and eventually become a brand new life form.
Thinking of this, he felt that the original plot's Tony was too hasty. The kind of artificial intelligence he hoped for was actually by his side. Given enough time, Jarvis could completely become a better AI than Ultron, capable of doing what he expected it to do, with a much lower chance of problems than Ultron.
It was just that Tony always hoped for a one-step solution, directly tinkering with Ultron, and then causing a series of troubles.
Of course, the current Tony didn't have time to tinker with Ultron. Now he knew how vast the universe was and how complex the world was. The situation facing Earth was simply not something an artificial intelligence could solve.
Whether it was the powerful forces in the galaxy or the various evil entities from other planes, any one of them wanting to attack Earth could potentially wipe out the entire planet and human civilization.
Under these circumstances, he could only work hard to improve himself, while also trying to stimulate the progress of the entire Earth civilization. Only then could Earth and humanity truly survive in this world for a long time.
Upon receiving Jarvis's notification, Tony quickly came up from the lower level. From the arcane energy fluctuations that hadn't completely dissipated from his body, it could be seen that he had just finished a magic training session.
"The arcane fluctuations on your body are getting stronger and stronger."
"My magic strength isn't bad now, right?" Tony poured himself a glass of water. After just finishing magic training, it wasn't suitable to drink alcohol directly. It was best to drink some special drinks that could restore mental energy, but he didn't like the taste and preferred to drink ice water.
"It's more than just not bad."
There aren't many mages in the Marvel Universe, and even fewer powerful spellcasters. Although Tony hasn't been studying magic for a very long time, his talent is simply too good. Currently, on Earth, only a few people like the Ancient One can steadily suppress him in terms of magic strength alone.
If you consider that Tony constantly integrates technology and magic, creating more powerful semi-magic, semi-tech weapons, his combat power is even stronger than the power he shows.
In other words, besides the Ancient One, the mages on Earth would all be severely suppressed when facing Tony, and the time Tony has spent learning magic is probably less than a fraction of theirs.
"Truly enviable talent."
However, that's just how the mage profession is. Those with explosive talent can crush those with average talent, just like Stephen Strange will also become the Sorcerer Supreme in a very short time in the future.
Even without mentioning his later negotiations with Dormammu where he died and came back to life repeatedly in a time loop, Strange's speed of learning magic was astonishing. He mastered many spells that mages couldn't learn in a lifetime in a very short time.
And he was able to use the Eye of Agamotto, which is the Time Stone, smoothly not long after learning and coming into contact with magic. When he used the Eye of Agamotto at that time, it greatly shocked Wong and Mordo.
"Talent is something you can't envy... Besides, I remember you haven't been studying magic for very long either, right?"
"Adding it all up bit by bit, I've been practicing for decades."
Ever since the lifespan problem was solved and his appearance was fixed at the peak image of twenty-four or five years old, Ethan hadn't specifically calculated his age.
But even if he didn't pay attention, he knew that his age in this lifetime was definitely not in his twenties.
"You have at least a few thousand years to live, and only a few decades have passed... You're still considered a baby, right?"
Ethan shrugged, not correcting Tony's mistake. His lifespan was already far more than a few thousand years.
After chatting casually for a few minutes, the arcane energy fluctuations on Tony's body gradually calmed down. It was then that Ethan began to discuss serious matters with Tony.
"Are things all arranged?"
"Of course."
"Then shall we leave now?"
"We can, but let me ask first, how long will we be gone this time?"
Tony wasn't asking how long they would play outside. He was asking what time point they would return to this world after leaving this time.
According to Ethan's previous idea, it would be best if the time in several worlds was all synchronized, but it seemed this arrangement wasn't suitable now.
Even if Tony could go out and travel with him, he couldn't be away for too long, so the time in the Marvel Universe couldn't pass for too long. It was best to keep it within a month.
"This is easy to solve. As long as we leave here and don't return to this universe, we can still control the time of our return."
Anyway, to go to other universes, they would have to leave the Marvel Universe first, return to the main universe where Ethan lived, and then choose their destination.
This meant they would have to stay on a barren, airless planet for a while, but this was no problem for Tony at all.
Before leaving, Ethan noticed that Tony's right hand had an armband similar to a wristguard, which seemed a bit like the storage item he had originally made, but Tony's must have been specially modified and was a product he made himself.
"You made it yourself?"
"How's my work?"
Ethan observed it back and forth and found that the sealing performance of this storage armband seemed not very good. Could it be that Tony's technology wasn't up to par? But if this were a defective product, Tony would definitely not take it out to show off.
So... there must be something special about it.
After thinking about it, Ethan suddenly thought of something.
"Jarvis?"
"Tsk!"
Tony pursed his lips helplessly.
"You guessed it so quickly."
The sealing performance of this armband was relatively poor precisely so that the Jarvis inside could communicate with Tony outside. And the reason he made this thing was because he realized that while the artificial intelligence system was very convenient on Earth, it couldn't accompany him to other universes, and would even lose contact if he got a little far from Earth.
Without the assistance of the intelligent system, his combat power would indeed be affected, so he thought about how to solve this problem.
In the end, he chose the simplest and most direct method, carrying the massive hardware equipment with him.
(To be continued.)