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"Who are you?!"

[Contact the special twisted time node, collect medium time fragments x30]

Stark Council, in the basement.

Conspiracy Tony and the others looked at Colin who suddenly appeared in front of Foolish Tony, with a look of shock on their faces.

No one found out how he appeared here, and even Tony did not notice the strangeness of the network that blocked the basement layer by layer.

Ignoring Conspiracy Tony's questioning, Colin looked at the line of vague hints flashing in the text in front of him.

"Sure enough."

When his eyes fell on the descriptions of [Special Twisted Time Nodes], Colin's heart could not help but understand a little.

Just as he judged, there were indeed clues of this world in Foolish Tony.

Let me see what these [Twisted Time Nodes] represent.

He cast his inquiring eyes on the [Time Fragments (Foolish Tony)] in front of him.

This time, what Colin saw from the [Time Fragments] was no longer the dark picture like in the past. Under the countless appearances like broken glass, Tony Stark's figure appeared for the first time.

At the same time, Colin's vision began to become blurred, and countless ripples formed by green light spread from the fragments of [Time Fragments (Foolish Tony)].

These are the wrinkles formed by the fragments of the Time Stone. Looking at these spreading ripples, Colin is more and more certain of his guess.

In these ripples, Tony Stark's figure can be vaguely seen, including the birth of the Mark 1 prototype. There are also scenes of him controlling the Mark 3 armor and fighting fiercely with Iron Man. Then, as the pictures flip, they come to the scene where the other party stands in front of the media camera and announces that he is Iron Man. These are Iron Man's initial experiences.

And from these pictures, it can be seen that Tony at that time had not yet touched the fragments of the Time Stone.

As Colin was thinking, the green light continued to flash, and the pictures began to flip rapidly.

The content presented in the next picture is obviously different from what Colin is familiar with. In the picture of the lake, we can see Tony wearing an iron suit and drinking alcohol. He becomes self-destructive and the palladium element diffused in the reactor on his chest begins to corrode his blood, causing serious poisoning.

According to the normal development of time, the next story should be that Tony Stark gets the "legacy" left by his father and uses a new alternative element to save his life and complete self-redemption. However, in the picture of [Time Fragment], Tony did not find this. On the contrary, he seemed to die in a room full of wine bottles due to severe blood poisoning.

"Tony Stark is dead, so where did these Tony Starks in Stark City come from? Where are the fragments of the time gem!"

Colin stared at everything in [Time Fragment] with his eyes wide open. Everything presented in [Time Fragment (Foolish Tony)] not only did not solve his inner doubts, but made the whole thing even more confusing.

With such doubts, Colin continued to read on.

In the flashing green light, the scene did not end with Tony Stark's fall, and then jumped to the scene of the hospital. Tony, who was intubated, lay motionless in the hospital. Beside him were people walking around and Pepper Potts shouting beside the bed.

"Tony, Tony Stark, wake up..."

Looking at Pepper who kept opening and closing her mouth to shout beside Tony Stark, Colin finally understood the source of the shout.

In the perspective of [Time Fragments], you can see the almost stagnant hands on the clock on the wall of the ward and the fleeting green light on Tony Stark on the bed.

At the same time, Colin finally found the location of the fragment of the time gem. It was not in the Stark City where he and the Avengers came to, but on the unconscious Tony Stark.

Along with the flashing of light, the green light in Colin's eyes began to flash rapidly, and countless blurred pictures flashed before him.

This is the truth that Conspiracy Tony has been pursuing, but the answer is more cruel than imagined.

"Number 000..."

Just when Colin saw everything from [Time Fragment (Fool Tony)], in Stark's underground base, the voice of Cyber ​​Tony without any ups and downs seemed to have changed a little.

"What?!"

Hearing the number from Cyber ​​Tony's mouth, the expression on Conspiracy Tony's face suddenly changed. He no longer paid attention to the mysterious Colin in front of him, but raised his head and said to Cyber ​​Tony.

"You mean, before Number 001 Foolish Tony, there was another Tony?"

"I knew it, this is the truth you have been covering up. So that's it, so that's it. The first Tony in this world is not Foolish Tony, but Tony No. 000. He is the truth of this world."

Conspiracy Tony was so excited that he didn't notice Cyber ​​Tony's reaction at the moment. It was obvious that he had escaped the control of the desperate virus he had implanted.

"Tell me, what does Tony No. 000 represent!"

Tony took a deep breath and tried to control his excitement. He asked the network Tony in the base.

"No. 000, Tony the Vegetative."

However, the answer from the network Tony confirmed that the excited expression on Tony's face immediately froze.

"He is the source of the birth of the entire Stark City. All Tony Stark, including everything in this city, exists in his consciousness."

Not paying attention to the expression of conspiracy Tony, Internet Tony continued to speak.

"Brahma's dream."

This description of Internet Tony reminded detective Tony of the description of the world in Hinduism. They believed that the universe was just a dream of Brahma, and everyone lived in her dream. As long as she turned over and woke up, people would be shaken off from her dream like leaves and fall into complete nothingness.

However, Brahma probably didn't want to wake up, because the dream was too real. The sun rose and set all the time, swallows flew in spring, people whispered at night, and rain dripped from the eaves. Gradually, this happiest god forgot that she could wake up.

According to Internet Tony's description, Stark City seemed to be a similar existence.

All Tony Starks that appear in this world are the consciousness of Tony, the vegetative man number 000. This is why these Tony Starks seem to have different personalities, because each of them more or less represents a certain personality or experience of Tony Stark.

Whether it is Old Man Tony, Dog Tony, Tony, or even Conspiracy Tony, Rebellious Tony, it is the same.

"Enough, stop talking, shut up!"

The truth given by Internet Tony is far beyond the scope that Conspiracy Tony can bear. He did not expect that the truth he has been pursuing would be such a result. Everyone, including him, is nothing but a void existence, just a thought or idea in Tony Stark's consciousness. One day when Tony Stark wakes up, he and the Stark City under his feet will fall into endless nothingness.

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"I said, sometimes the truth is not what you expect."

Perhaps because the truth of this world is too cruel, when Tony learned all this, he had to convert himself into cold data to avoid falling into madness, or like Tony No. 003 at the beginning, he chose to end his life because he couldn't bear it.

From this point of view, it is quite lucky for Tony No. 001 to become a fool, because he doesn't need to worry about these.

"In that case, why do you tell us the truth now!"

Unlike the innocent fool Tony on the side, the expression on Tony's face at this moment has completely lost the indifference of the past. He can't accept that he is just a false existence in the consciousness of a vegetative person. The more he is good at thinking, the more difficult it is to face this situation of denying his own meaning.

But as Tony Stark, everyone, including Tony, is quite smart.

"It turns out that my existence is meaningless."

Swoosh--

Pulling the trigger of the laser gun in his hand, it directly penetrated his head, and the cowardly Tony said with a dull face.

As a cowardly existence in Tony Stark's consciousness, he was the first to be unable to bear this cruel reality.

At the same time, not only him, but also the Iron Man Corps in the basement base who thought that Cyber ​​Tony had escaped the control of the Extremis virus and regained freedom were also in chaos and self-doubt.

In this chaos, Detective Tony's reaction was unexpectedly calm.

He just stretched out his trembling fingers, took the laser gun from the cowardly Tony's hand, and stood aside and watched everything silently, looking at the chaotic scene around him, as if he was a little out of place.

"Why are you not like them? Did you know all this a long time ago or..."

Seeing everything that happened in front of him, Colin looked at Detective Tony standing alone and couldn't help asking.

"Of course not."

Shaking his head, Detective Tony glanced at Colin beside him. The other party avoided the surveillance of Cyber ​​Tony's dragnet and appeared silently in the base room, which means that he has a very terrible infiltration ability.

This ability, if it were any other time, would make people wary, but now no Tony Stark has expressed his opinion on it.

Because all of them fell into deep self-doubt.

"Like all of them, I know the truth for the first time."

Looking at the particularly calm detective Tony beside him, and then looking at the people in self-doubt in front of him, Colin couldn't help asking.

"Regret?"

Colin originally thought that detective Tony would regret his hard pursuit of the truth, but the other party shook his head and said firmly

"No."

"If everyone who appears in this city represents a certain will of Tony Stark, then my existence undoubtedly represents his desire to know the answer and sober thoughts, so even if I am given another choice, I will still embark on the road of finding the truth without hesitation."

Although it was just a certain consciousness of Tony Stark, Colin saw the other party's perseverance and strong willpower from detective Tony.

"So, are you here to find the truth as well?"

After saying all this, Detective Tony also glanced at Colin beside him and said.

"Yes."

Tony Stark in front of Colin nodded in response without denying his purpose.

It is impossible that the existence of Stark City is caused by the consciousness of Tony Stark in a vegetative state alone. The power of the Time Gem fragments is obviously involved.

It is precisely because of the existence of the gem fragments that these Tony Starks can constantly appear in this city that is obviously built on falsehood but is extremely real. Even the dimension channel of the dark Doctor Strange can be connected to this world, which is somewhat similar to Colin's positive world.

However, the difference is that the ability of the Time Gem fragment that Colin originally obtained is to construct a world on the real timeline, while the ability of the Time Gem fragment on Tony Stark is more inclined to himself. This has formed a situation where there is a clear boundary in Stark City, but Tony Stark in the city is born in it all the time.

"Have you thought of a way to wake up Tony Stark?"

Hearing Colin's answer, Detective Tony continued to ask in a calm tone.

Hearing Detective Tony's question, Colin looked at him deeply again.

"You should know that once Tony Stark in a vegetative state wakes up, it means that the entire Stark City will no longer exist, including you who exist in this city."

Even if it is just a consciousness split by the power of the Time Stone fragment, these Tony Starks also have their own ideas, which is to some extent also "alive".

"Of course."

Nodding, Detective Tony obviously expected this.

"In this case, why are you still?"

"As I said, whether it is me or conspiracy Tony, the pursuit of the truth does not just mean that in fact, Tony Stark in a vegetative state has not given up on waking himself up. It is precisely because he has such an idea that we will find the truth at all costs. Now that the truth has been discovered, it is naturally time to wake up."

"Tony Stark has been sleeping for long enough, so long that there have been so many Tony Starks in a city. It is time to see and touch the existence of the real world with your own eyes. After all, there are still people waiting for him to save..."