# Chapter 422: Questioning
Tony Stark reached out and stroked the railing of the long bridge. The cool touch, and the delicate carving of the Bixi on the railing done with exquisite craftsmanship, made him couldn't help but ask Lane, who was ahead, "Is this entire bridge built from Eastern White Jade?"
As a top tycoon, Tony Stark naturally had plenty of contact with the world's top luxury goods. In his villa on Hawaii Island, he had several mutton fat white jade ornaments.
This was a gift from a Partner from The East. Pepper Potts said that the price of this kind of jade stone was calculated by the gram, several times more expensive than gold.
If this entire jade stone bridge was truly built entirely from White Jade, it would be worth at least a hundred billion. Could it be that the market value of Stark Industries wasn't even worth as much as this bridge, or perhaps in this Universe, this Eastern White Jade was so common that it was worthless?
"Mr. Stark, you've misunderstood. This is just ordinary jade ore, not White Jade! If it were truly built with White Jade, you'd have to excavate the entire jade mine of The East," Lane turned back and explained with a smile to Tony Stark.
Tony Stark nodded.
His finger traced the handrail of the long bridge. The delicate, cool touch was indeed very similar to the White Jade he had stroked. While Lane turned back to continue leading the way, a silver water sphere the size of a melon seed dripped from Tony Stark's cuff into the carved groove of the handrail. The silver water sphere slid rapidly along the carvings on the bridge body towards the bottom of the bridge. Just before it dripped off, the countless nanobots inside this nanometer bead quickly extended spider-like mechanical tentacles, gripping the bridge body and rapidly tracking Tony Stark's signal on the bridge from the bottom, keeping pace with him.
Silver water spheres formed by nanobots dripped from the bridge surface from time to time, quickly aggregating into a silver water sphere the size of a basketball at the bottom of the bridge. The silver water sphere transformed into a flat liquid attached to the underside of the bridge body. The nanobots simulated changing their own color, adjusting to the same optical camouflage as the White Jade stone of the bridge body, thus concealing themselves beneath the bridge surface.
Tony Stark's action was very secretive. Even Star-Lord, who was half a step behind him, almost walking side-by-side, didn't notice the slightest clue. Tony Stark walked behind Lane, but his sunglasses projected a series of projections directly onto his retina. While commanding FRIDAY to hack into Tang Group's Security System, Tony Stark also controlled the nanotech armor beneath the bridge. The distracted Iron Man was completely unaware that a thick mist had risen from the Lake Surface at some point. The white mist ascended, quickly engulfing the bridge body. Standing on the bridge, it felt as if he were stepping on the Sea of Clouds.
*Chila chila—*
As the rising mist engulfed the bridge body, the projection of the nanotech armor, separated and projected onto Tony Stark's retina by his sunglasses, suddenly turned completely static, as if being interfered with by something.
Not only the connection with the nanotech armor, but his artificial intelligence, FRIDAY, also seemed to be experiencing lag. How was this possible? Although FRIDAY was not as human-like as his former Butler, J.A.R.V.I.S., its algorithms and computing speed had been greatly improved through his modifications.
How could there be lag? He was constantly equipped with a nanomaterial central processor on his body, whose capacity was enough to keep FRIDAY running at full power.
The sunglasses he carried with him were a control center for controlling the armor and FRIDAY. After discovering the unknown incident, Tony Stark subconsciously took off his sunglasses. The vast white mist around him instantly made him slightly stunned. Just before he got on the bridge, the Lake Surface was still a vast expanse of misty waves, with lotus leaves covering the sky. How could such a large mist appear?
Lane, who was leading the way, seemed to sense Tony Stark's hesitant footsteps. He stopped, turned around, and his gaze inadvertently swept over Tony Stark's sunglasses.
"Mr. Stark, are you looking at this mist?"
Tony Stark nodded without concealing anything: "This mist came so quickly, and it's so thick!"
Lane smiled, walked to the Lakeside, leaned on the railing, and looked down. The mist beneath the bridge seemed even thicker. In the thick mist where you couldn't see your hand, a few black shadows flashed and disappeared in the mist.
"When the water is abundant, mist is easily generated. Such heavy mist occurs frequently on this Lake Surface. It will dissipate when the sun comes out! But it's strange, no matter how thick the mist is, it has never risen above the bridge surface. It's also a spectacle of Raccoon City!"
In the thick mist, more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods with bone wings on their backs shuttled through the thick mist. These demonic creatures, evolved from skeleton demons, extended their pair of bone claws, shaped like bird claws and three feet long, and tore the silver water sphere into shattered pieces.
The silver nanometer water sphere, the moment it broke apart, quickly reassembled. Under its internal autonomous combat center, this nanometer water sphere quickly formed a nanotech armor.
Beams of white light shot out from the Palm and chest of the nanotech armor. Although the mist greatly affected lasers, Tony Stark had used some kind of black technology on his nanometer armor.
The dazzling lasers directly penetrated the thick mist, shooting onto the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods. Black mist appeared on the bodies of the White Bone Demonic Gods, and Yin wind and black mist enveloped them. In the black mist, layers of phosphorescent fire flickered, and within the phosphorescent fire, countless Yin souls and vicious spirits with ferocious faces roared faintly. The high-energy lasers struck the layers of black mist and phosphorescent fire, being gradually worn away.
*Chila!*
In the thick mist, the shadow of the White Bone Demonic God was elusive and extremely fast. As a famous Demonic Path existence in Heshan Dao and even the entire Demonic Path, the black mist and phosphorescent fire attached to the claws of the White Bone Demonic God were not only highly poisonous but could also absorb essence blood and burn the soul.
However, facing the armor formed by these extremely tiny nanobots, the White Bone Demonic God's indestructible claws, attached with black mist and phosphorescent fire, completely lost their effect.
These nanobots didn't have essence blood or soul to speak of. The hardness of the armor formed by these little things was also extremely high.
In the 9999 Universe, these little things gathered together could even block the cleaving of Thanos's double-edged war blade. Of course, it was also possible that the speed at which these nanobots filled the shortfall exceeded Thanos's cleaving speed.
For a time, although more than a dozen White Bone Demonic Gods continuously attacked the nanotech armor, they couldn't harm it in the slightest.
On the bridge surface, Tony Stark also stood by the railing at this time, looking down. The thick white mist made him feel as if he were in the Sea of Clouds. Even if he put his sunglasses back on, he couldn't sense the whereabouts of the nanotech armor he had separated.
The thick white mist seemed to be able to isolate signals.
In fact, Tony Stark guessed correctly. The lotus flowers in the lotus pond on the entire Lake Surface, along with the long bridge beneath his feet, formed a defensive array.
This mist was just a part of the array's change. As for signal jamming, that was due to the weeping willows around the lake. Some of their branches were modified signal jammers procured by East Galaxy Company.
Once these signal jammers sensed that the air humidity reached a certain level, these signal jammers would immediately activate, lock down, and scan nearby signals.
Arrays combined with technology, even immortals would scratch their heads.
Although Tony Stark was smart, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't single-handedly negate the achievements of interstellar civilizations that had developed for millions, tens of millions of years.
The technology products of these Tier 2 and Tier 3 civilizations were enough to block the signal of any technology product on Earth.
Beneath the bridge, the nanotech armor, trapped in the thick mist, quickly ceased its operations. It wasn't because of the White Bone Demonic God's attack, but because after several rounds of laser bursts, the reserve energy source of these nanobots was completely depleted. Without the power supply from Tony Stark's chest Arc Reactor, these nanobots, which he regarded as a surprise weapon, only lasted for two or three minutes under full power combat.
In the thick mist, Lane watched a small yacht sail under the bridge. Several Bodyguards from the Manor, wearing black suits and earpieces, skillfully used hooks to fish out a piece of floating ice from the water.
In the center of the ice cube, a pool of silver liquid was frozen.
The swirling thick mist couldn't obscure Lane's True Dragon Eyes. Watching the yacht sail away, he turned to Tony Stark, who was standing by the bridge, observing below.
"Mr. Stark, if you are interested in the mist scenery, I can invite you to enjoy it fully later. Boss is waiting for you at the Manor. Shall we go to the Manor first?" Tony Stark looked up at Lane's polite smiling face. He vaguely felt that the loss of contact with the nanotech armor and this strange white mist might not be an accident. Recalling his and Captain's, and Bruce Wayne's speculation about this mysterious Mr. Tang, his heart couldn't help but sink.
Facing an existence suspected to be an Evil God, who could control Hell devils, could he really win?
However, Tony Stark quickly calmed his mindset and regained his confidence. As Iron Man, the greatest Superhero in his daughter's heart, he didn't fear any evil.
Even that destructive Thanos, he dared to rush up and fight. For Morgan!
Thinking that the Quantum Tunnel controlled by that Evil God might threaten his daughter's safety, Tony Stark even wanted to disregard everything, put on his armor directly, and kill that Evil God.
But when he met Lane's gaze, which was polite but carried a hint of scrutiny, Tony Stark immediately calmed down.
"I just haven't seen such thick mist in New York before. Let's go, don't keep Mr. Tang waiting too long!"
Before coming to this Universe, Tony Stark had fantasized many times about meeting Tang Song. Although he already knew his true appearance from Star-Lord, Ant-Man, Rocket Raccoon, and Thor.
But the moment he defined him as an Evil God in his heart, Tony Stark couldn't help but associate him with those monsters with countless tentacles and eyes all over their bodies. When he actually saw Tang Song, dressed in a white suit, elegant and amiable, he even paused for a moment.
Tang Song sized up Tony Stark before him. From his appearance, he was indeed eighty to ninety percent similar to the Tony of this Universe, but he seemed calmer and more mature than Tony. Tang Song even saw a few strands of white hair on his head.
It seemed that failing to successfully stop Thanos and leading to the destruction of half the Universe had a significant impact on this Iron Man.
"Welcome, welcome. I didn't expect my small Manor to host two different Mr. Starks. This World is truly marvelous!"
Tang Song was very enthusiastic about Tony Stark's arrival, actively extending his hand to shake his hand.
Tony Stark extended his hand and shook hands with Tang Song, feeling the warm human body temperature in his Palm.
His gaze shifted. A nanometer thread hung from the button on his cuff. The tiny nanobots extended a probe, ready to collect a biological sample of Tang Song.
*Chichi chichi—*
The mechanical tentacles probe of the nanobots almost smoked from drilling, but it couldn't collect any skin cells from Tang Song.
"Hmm, there are insects!"
Before Tony Stark could react, Tang Song actively released his hand. He pinched his thumb and index finger together, as if he had pinched a little bug, and casually rubbed them. Then, he took the handkerchief handed to him by Lane from the side and wiped his hands, instructing, "Tell the people below to do a good job of pest control in the Manor. Don't slack off just because I don't live here often!"
"Yes, Boss! I will handle it!" Lane took the handkerchief Tang Song had used with both hands, turned around, and began to scold the Manor's steward.
Tony Stark, however, was pale at this moment, cold sweat continuously flowing down his spine. Just now, his retina was projecting the perspective of that nanometer collection robot. The moment Tang Song's finger crushed it, it felt like two large mountains pressing down on him simultaneously.
Moreover, the alarm image on his retina showing the destroyed nanobots made his heart feel faintly cold. One had to know that these extremely ordinary nanobots were invisible to ordinary people unless they used a high-power microscope.
So, can a person crush bacteria with their bare hands? Unless that person is a God, or a Demon!
Looking at the smiling Tang Song, Tony Stark felt as if a vast dark cloud, like a Demon, was appearing behind him and enveloping him.
By the time Tony Stark arrived at Lake Heart Island Manor, it was already noon. According to the tradition of the Chinese people, if a Guest arrived at this hour, they should at least be treated to a meal.
Tang Song was by the Lakeside and ordered a feast to be prepared. On one hand, it was to entertain the visiting Tony Stark, and on the other, it was to welcome Star-Lord, who had returned from being an Undercover Agent.
For this, Tang Song had people bring two jars of Zijinchun from the Wine Cellar. These two jars of wine were purchased by him at a high price at the Sotheby's Auction in HK. It was said to have been unearthed from a Wine Cellar buried deep underground in Xi'an.
As for whether wine from over two thousand years ago was drinkable, on Earth in Tang Song's first life, he couldn't guarantee it. But in this Marvel World with a supernatural side, the Eastern ancient country had always been the center of the World in ancient times. Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang), the emperor who founded the Han dynasty, clearly also possessed some kind of supernatural power.
The Wine Cellar where this wine was stored was somehow enchanted with magic arts. After more than two thousand years, the wine had not only not spoiled but had become even more mellow and fragrant.
When Tang Song broke open the clay seal of a jar of wine, a burst of wine aroma immediately lingered by the Lakeside, even causing the fish in the lake water to sway, adding three points of intoxication.
The deep red liquid was poured into individual wine cups. "Come, come, Mr. Stark, you are a Guest here. We can discuss any matters after we eat. Taste this wine, Zijinchun. You've definitely never drunk it before. It's said to be fine wine brewed by order of Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang) back then, with a history of over two thousand years!"
Under Tang Song's enthusiastic urging, after just one cup, Tony Stark felt intoxication wash over him. However, the mellow fragrance in his mouth was indeed different from the red wine and champagne he had drunk.
After two or three cups of wine, although Tony Stark felt slightly tipsy, he didn't feel any discomfort from being drunk. Instead, a surge of boldness welled up in his heart.
As the saying goes, wine emboldens the timid. What's more, Iron Man Tony Stark was not a timid person.
So, under the gazes of Star-Lord and Lane, who looked as if to say, "You're so brave," Tony Stark directly propped himself up on the oak long table, stood up, glared at Tang Song, and questioned:
"Tang, what exactly do you want to do?"
Tang Song held the wine cup filled with Zijinchun in his hand, drained the wine in the cup in one gulp, placed the cup on the table, picked up the ivory chopsticks, picked up a slice of beef, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
Hmm, it tastes good!
Only after swallowing the beef in his mouth did Tang Song slowly look up at Tony Stark: "There are many things I want to do. Which aspect are you asking about?"
(end of chapter)