Marvel Naruto Crusoe
Chapter 496
Phantom's voice changed: "But...Lan, as a friend, can you also give me some advice?"
Zhang Lan: "!!!???"
For some reason, Zhang Lan felt like he was being tricked...
His original intention was to not interfere with Phantom's future choices, and strive to allow Phantom to be himself.
Who would have thought that Phantom's feelings for him are no longer the command of a master and servant, but more like a father and son's dependence.
Born to be dependent, he thinks that Zhang Lan, as his "father", made the right choices.
That being said, there seems to be nothing wrong.
In itself, the phantom was exchanged by Zhang Lan from the system, and followed Zhang Lan from artificial intelligence to the current super mechanical life.
It can be said bluntly that if Phantom and Zhang Lan were to fight...
Who is the strongest on Earth is yet to be known.
Although Zhang Lan's ability is super strong, and the [Eternal Kaleidoscope] in his left eye is also incomprehensible, but...
The phantom is based on the body controlled by the S-level light, fused with the fragments of the law of the mind stone, the fire source of Cybertron, and it is also the life card hub that controls Atlantis.
Based on Phantom's understanding of Zhang Lan, it is certain that he will not take the lead. The endless unmanned fighter jets and combat robots can exhaust Zhang Lan to death.
Not to mention, the Atlantis space carrier itself is a big killer - its main cannon can smash an earth easily.
However, as a phantom produced by the system, no matter how it evolves, unless he has surpassed the law itself, it is absolutely impossible to surpass Zhang Lan.
After flashing all kinds of information in her mind, Zhang Lan became clearer about the relationship between herself and Phantom.
"Well...Phantom, if it were my suggestion, I would suggest you save the energy points and rule fragments first. The main god system is constantly evolving, and the current exchange list does not have items that are very suitable for you. Instead of being particular, It’s better to save it and wait for good things to come in the future.”
Zhang Lan expressed his point of view, and Phantom nodded in agreement. He obviously intended to do so.
Smiling and shaking her head, Zhang Lan was about to leave, but was held back by the phantom.
"Blue, I don't actually have the complete technology tree of Atlantis. The life card is just the control hub for all weapons. The specific details are still in..."
Speaking of this, Phantom suddenly stopped talking, as if it was difficult to speak.
"Huh? It's hard to guess..." Zhang Lan immediately realized: "Is it inside Atlantis?"
"Yes... Well, it's not actually the case." Phantom said in a somewhat tangled tone: "The data is indeed in Atlantis, but the conditions for obtaining it are a bit complicated. The conditions set by Poseidon at the beginning required You can only obtain it after fully activating Atlantis. This is to prevent you from making a wedding dress for others when you are not strong enough."
Frowning, Zhang Lan stroked the passage of Phantom, and concluded the following points.
One, in order to obtain a complete Atlantis technological civilization, Atlantis must be fully activated.
Second, this layer of restrictions was set by Poseidon, fearing that Zhang Lan would be hijacked by others, and then obtain the technological civilization of Atlantis.
Third, with Poseidon's ability to predict the future, he must have seen that there will be people who can hold Zhang Lan hostage in the future, and they are very interested in the Atlantis civilization.
The first two points are pretty simple, but the third point...
"Now, who else can hold me hostage?" Zhang Lan frowned, very puzzled.
Unable to understand, Zhang Lan stopped thinking about it, shook her head, and focused on the current problem.
To fully activate Atlantis is not just a matter of talking about it.
You know, the entire American continent is only a small part of Atlantis, how huge will the real Atlantis be?
It can be said that a full one-fifth of the earth's area is covered by Atlantis.
What is the surface area of the earth?
930 square kilometers.
That is, Atlantis has a surface area of at least [-] million.
If you want to launch him from the rock formation and fly into space, then the United States, Mexico, Hawaii and other countries, archipelagoes, desert islands, and most of the ocean above it.
This is not a small amount.
It is this piece of land that is home to nearly one-fifth of the earth's population, more than a billion people.
Although Atlantis has enough power to push all the continental plates into space, but most of the uppermost continental plates will be burned and vaporized in the atmosphere before they reach space.
That would be an absolute disaster.
Therefore, if you want to fully activate Atlantis, you still need to have a long-term plan.
But... everyone's wedding is scheduled for one month later, and the planet destroyer will probably arrive as scheduled, so... it won't be a problem for one-fifth of the earth.
Who knows, will the Silver Surfer be able to be persuaded by Susan, as in the movie, to radiate the spirit of sacrificing his life for righteousness?
Zhang Lan will never hand over her destiny to an illusory possibility.
Phantom obviously understood the difficulty, so he didn't ask this question directly, but kept silent, waiting for Zhang Lan to make a decision.
Thinking about it, the moment he got the task, he had already calculated this result, so he directly connected to Zhang Lan's communication without hesitation.
Zhang Lan frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a reasonable solution.
Unable to do so, Zhang Lan waved his hand to let Phantom gather everyone.
He is going to hold the first all-hands meeting since the founding of the People's Republic of China!
------------
Daybreak No. [-] base, conference hall, in front of the circular conference table.
Headed by Zhang Lan, Peter and Harry on the left and right, followed by Katie, Harry, Fury, Natasha, Banner, Fantastic Four, Patton, Connors, Logan, Charles, Jean, Rogers.
A total of 18 people filled the entire round table meeting.
This is the first time.
"OK, then, Lan, why did you call us together?" Tony held his forehead with a headache: "You have to know, I was making out with Pepper at the time, and we were about to hit a home run. Well...if you don’t come up with a reasonable explanation, this matter will never end!”
Lightly cast a glance at Tony, who was a little bit superior, Zhang Lan didn't care, pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, coughed, and a projection of the whole system appeared on everyone's heads.
That is a projection of the earth.
"Well, we've known each other for a long time. We're convening today because there is a problem involving billions of human beings that needs to be resolved through negotiation."
In a word, the attitude of the crowd immediately corrected.
Zhang Lan pointed to the projection of the earth above his head: "So, as you can see, this is the big guy earth under our feet."
——"And on Earth, we actually have another trump card, and that is..."
As he spoke, a round silver-white projection like a flying saucer appeared from above the northern hemisphere of the United States, occupying an area of
According to reports, it is fully one-fifth the size of the earth.
Including the United States, Mexico, parts of the Atlantic Ocean, parts of the Northern Ocean and many other regions.
"Oh, hell!" Logan swears directly: "Lan, don't tell me that this time our goal is a space battleship that is one-fifth the size of the earth?"
Sure enough, it was a usual fighting style, thinking that the opponent was the enemy.
On the contrary, Banner's understanding was broken: "No, I don't think this should be the enemy, but the ruins of the Atlantis civilization?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Lan nodded towards Banner: "You two are half right. In fact, this big guy is the space battleship of Atlantis. I inherited it, so... it is ours now. of fighting strength."
As soon as these words came out, except for Phantom, who had already known about it, the rest of the people couldn't help but exclaimed.
Among them, Rhett, Tony, and Banner are the three great scientists who are the craziest, and the light in their eyes can't be stopped no matter what.
Tony: "Lan, can I disassemble this big guy and study it? I promise I can press it back."
Rhett: "Oh, Lan, you must let me live on it, such a precious achievement, you're telling us now!"
Banner: "Well...Tony, you will definitely need me when you take down this big guy."
Rogers: "I just slept all night last night...What, the world has changed again?"
Hill: "Wow, this big guy, I must be its commander, it must feel good!"
Katie: "Enn, Sister Hill, I will be your assistant."
...
Everyone said what they said, and the scene was completely chaotic.
Zhang Lan didn't care either. In fact, he sat down after he finished telling the news, watching everyone's reactions leisurely, which seemed rather interesting.
At the scene, there was no trace of seriousness, it was just a group of friends talking about something, and it was impossible to see that it was a world-class event about the lives of billions of people.
This made it difficult for Connors and Charles to accept. They put on a tiger face, thinking that everyone was too relaxed.
Zhang Lan was on the sidelines and had a panoramic view of this scene.
After everyone calmed down slowly, he signaled Phantom to continue talking.
The trouble was over, and after listening to the phantom explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly, everyone began to fall into a state of contemplation.
This problem, if one is not handled well, is not a problem of one or two countries, but a problem at the earth level.
After the launch of Atlantis, is it only the countries above it that suffer?
The butterfly effect caused by its activation may cause no less harm than the direct damage it causes.
The ocean will be disturbed, creating a massive tsunami.
The sea breeze will be gathered, and a large wave of storms will make the coastal countries miserable.
After the continents are burned in the atmosphere, there will inevitably be small pieces of land that will turn into meteorites and fall, which will be a catastrophe for the creatures on the bottom of the sea.
...
And so on, it's a huge problem.
The handling of these details is definitely a careless one, which will cause major consequences.
However, he was very unwilling to let such a big guy stay underground...
In the end, it was Rogers who asked for the sake of the earth: "Can't this big guy stay underground? Isn't it pretty good without it before."
"As you all know, I have the ability to speak." Zhang Lan pulled up her prophet's tiger skin again: "In the near future, there will be a planet-level huge destroyer descending on the earth. Waiting for all energy to feed on, unfortunately, I am not sure about defeating it."
Needless to say, everyone understands the next words.
Starting Atlantis is really a helpless move.
But... what everyone is more concerned about is, what the hell is the Planet Destroyer?
To this, Zhang Lan replied that he did not know when the other party would come to earth, maybe tomorrow, maybe a year later, maybe ten years later, or maybe 100 years later.
In short, the age is random.
This made everyone understand more and more that the start of Atlantis was imminent.
As a result, questions about the activation of Atlantis were raised one by one, and then everyone discussed the most reasonable solution.
First, with regard to all populations above Atlantis, it is necessary to move out of the danger zone first.
Secondly, for the placement of continental plates, they cannot be directly pushed into space, which will cause the earth to lose more than one-fifth of its living area, and make the already vast ocean even more vast.
This is unacceptable to human beings.
...
Questions were raised one by one, and then resolved one by one.
This meeting concerning the fate of the earth lasted for three days and three nights.
Even with Zhang Lan's super strong body, he felt a little tired, let alone other people. Among them, Charles, who was the weakest, had been sleeping all the time, but his mental strength was active in the meeting.
But in any case, the problem is indeed solved almost perfectly.
Next, there is the question of implementation.
"OK!" Zhang Lan slapped the table: "Then the plan is finalized. Time is tight and there is no time to discuss it again one by one. The scope of everyone's respective responsibilities will be sorted out and sent to everyone later. Everyone has... .Well, Fury, how long will it take you to lobby people from all countries?”
"Three days!" Fury stretched out three fingers: "If you don't sleep, three days is enough for me to convince all the leaders of the country to agree."
"Okay." Zhang Lan nodded: "Rogers, the evacuation force you are in charge of follows Fury. He persuaded a country, and you immediately start the evacuation of civilians. I will send 1 shadow clones to wait for your command to set up the space. Door."
——"Then the problem of the vanguard has been explained, and everyone has started to perform their duties."
As she spoke, Zhang Lan stretched out her right hand, and Harry, Peter and others put their hands on one by one.
"Everyone, listen, if this incident is handled well, our [Dark Dawn Empire] will soar into the sky, and the population, productivity, etc. will all undergo a qualitative leap, everyone, let's work hard!"
Fury yelled after him: "Long live [Dawn Empire]!"
The crowd followed and shouted: "Long live [Dawn Empire]!"
The hands were thrown high, and then dropped heavily. All the men left the venue with hurried steps, leaving Zhang Lan, Katie, Hill, Natasha, and Susan alone.
"Lan..." Katie held Zhang Lan's right hand and said coquettishly: "What about the tasks of sister Natasha and me? You didn't even arrange our work just now."
"Why don't you have a job?" Zhang Lan nodded Katie's little nose: "We can't let Pepper do the wedding, right? The three of you have to help."
"Can..."
"Come on." Zhang Lan interrupted Katie's argument: "There are a lot of us here, and it's not yet your turn to go to the battlefield."
——"Prepare well, dress up beautifully, and wait for us to marry you!"
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Zhang Lan: "!!!???"
For some reason, Zhang Lan felt like he was being tricked...
His original intention was to not interfere with Phantom's future choices, and strive to allow Phantom to be himself.
Who would have thought that Phantom's feelings for him are no longer the command of a master and servant, but more like a father and son's dependence.
Born to be dependent, he thinks that Zhang Lan, as his "father", made the right choices.
That being said, there seems to be nothing wrong.
In itself, the phantom was exchanged by Zhang Lan from the system, and followed Zhang Lan from artificial intelligence to the current super mechanical life.
It can be said bluntly that if Phantom and Zhang Lan were to fight...
Who is the strongest on Earth is yet to be known.
Although Zhang Lan's ability is super strong, and the [Eternal Kaleidoscope] in his left eye is also incomprehensible, but...
The phantom is based on the body controlled by the S-level light, fused with the fragments of the law of the mind stone, the fire source of Cybertron, and it is also the life card hub that controls Atlantis.
Based on Phantom's understanding of Zhang Lan, it is certain that he will not take the lead. The endless unmanned fighter jets and combat robots can exhaust Zhang Lan to death.
Not to mention, the Atlantis space carrier itself is a big killer - its main cannon can smash an earth easily.
However, as a phantom produced by the system, no matter how it evolves, unless he has surpassed the law itself, it is absolutely impossible to surpass Zhang Lan.
After flashing all kinds of information in her mind, Zhang Lan became clearer about the relationship between herself and Phantom.
"Well...Phantom, if it were my suggestion, I would suggest you save the energy points and rule fragments first. The main god system is constantly evolving, and the current exchange list does not have items that are very suitable for you. Instead of being particular, It’s better to save it and wait for good things to come in the future.”
Zhang Lan expressed his point of view, and Phantom nodded in agreement. He obviously intended to do so.
Smiling and shaking her head, Zhang Lan was about to leave, but was held back by the phantom.
"Blue, I don't actually have the complete technology tree of Atlantis. The life card is just the control hub for all weapons. The specific details are still in..."
Speaking of this, Phantom suddenly stopped talking, as if it was difficult to speak.
"Huh? It's hard to guess..." Zhang Lan immediately realized: "Is it inside Atlantis?"
"Yes... Well, it's not actually the case." Phantom said in a somewhat tangled tone: "The data is indeed in Atlantis, but the conditions for obtaining it are a bit complicated. The conditions set by Poseidon at the beginning required You can only obtain it after fully activating Atlantis. This is to prevent you from making a wedding dress for others when you are not strong enough."
Frowning, Zhang Lan stroked the passage of Phantom, and concluded the following points.
One, in order to obtain a complete Atlantis technological civilization, Atlantis must be fully activated.
Second, this layer of restrictions was set by Poseidon, fearing that Zhang Lan would be hijacked by others, and then obtain the technological civilization of Atlantis.
Third, with Poseidon's ability to predict the future, he must have seen that there will be people who can hold Zhang Lan hostage in the future, and they are very interested in the Atlantis civilization.
The first two points are pretty simple, but the third point...
"Now, who else can hold me hostage?" Zhang Lan frowned, very puzzled.
Unable to understand, Zhang Lan stopped thinking about it, shook her head, and focused on the current problem.
To fully activate Atlantis is not just a matter of talking about it.
You know, the entire American continent is only a small part of Atlantis, how huge will the real Atlantis be?
It can be said that a full one-fifth of the earth's area is covered by Atlantis.
What is the surface area of the earth?
930 square kilometers.
That is, Atlantis has a surface area of at least [-] million.
If you want to launch him from the rock formation and fly into space, then the United States, Mexico, Hawaii and other countries, archipelagoes, desert islands, and most of the ocean above it.
This is not a small amount.
It is this piece of land that is home to nearly one-fifth of the earth's population, more than a billion people.
Although Atlantis has enough power to push all the continental plates into space, but most of the uppermost continental plates will be burned and vaporized in the atmosphere before they reach space.
That would be an absolute disaster.
Therefore, if you want to fully activate Atlantis, you still need to have a long-term plan.
But... everyone's wedding is scheduled for one month later, and the planet destroyer will probably arrive as scheduled, so... it won't be a problem for one-fifth of the earth.
Who knows, will the Silver Surfer be able to be persuaded by Susan, as in the movie, to radiate the spirit of sacrificing his life for righteousness?
Zhang Lan will never hand over her destiny to an illusory possibility.
Phantom obviously understood the difficulty, so he didn't ask this question directly, but kept silent, waiting for Zhang Lan to make a decision.
Thinking about it, the moment he got the task, he had already calculated this result, so he directly connected to Zhang Lan's communication without hesitation.
Zhang Lan frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a reasonable solution.
Unable to do so, Zhang Lan waved his hand to let Phantom gather everyone.
He is going to hold the first all-hands meeting since the founding of the People's Republic of China!
------------
Daybreak No. [-] base, conference hall, in front of the circular conference table.
Headed by Zhang Lan, Peter and Harry on the left and right, followed by Katie, Harry, Fury, Natasha, Banner, Fantastic Four, Patton, Connors, Logan, Charles, Jean, Rogers.
A total of 18 people filled the entire round table meeting.
This is the first time.
"OK, then, Lan, why did you call us together?" Tony held his forehead with a headache: "You have to know, I was making out with Pepper at the time, and we were about to hit a home run. Well...if you don’t come up with a reasonable explanation, this matter will never end!”
Lightly cast a glance at Tony, who was a little bit superior, Zhang Lan didn't care, pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, coughed, and a projection of the whole system appeared on everyone's heads.
That is a projection of the earth.
"Well, we've known each other for a long time. We're convening today because there is a problem involving billions of human beings that needs to be resolved through negotiation."
In a word, the attitude of the crowd immediately corrected.
Zhang Lan pointed to the projection of the earth above his head: "So, as you can see, this is the big guy earth under our feet."
——"And on Earth, we actually have another trump card, and that is..."
As he spoke, a round silver-white projection like a flying saucer appeared from above the northern hemisphere of the United States, occupying an area of
According to reports, it is fully one-fifth the size of the earth.
Including the United States, Mexico, parts of the Atlantic Ocean, parts of the Northern Ocean and many other regions.
"Oh, hell!" Logan swears directly: "Lan, don't tell me that this time our goal is a space battleship that is one-fifth the size of the earth?"
Sure enough, it was a usual fighting style, thinking that the opponent was the enemy.
On the contrary, Banner's understanding was broken: "No, I don't think this should be the enemy, but the ruins of the Atlantis civilization?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Lan nodded towards Banner: "You two are half right. In fact, this big guy is the space battleship of Atlantis. I inherited it, so... it is ours now. of fighting strength."
As soon as these words came out, except for Phantom, who had already known about it, the rest of the people couldn't help but exclaimed.
Among them, Rhett, Tony, and Banner are the three great scientists who are the craziest, and the light in their eyes can't be stopped no matter what.
Tony: "Lan, can I disassemble this big guy and study it? I promise I can press it back."
Rhett: "Oh, Lan, you must let me live on it, such a precious achievement, you're telling us now!"
Banner: "Well...Tony, you will definitely need me when you take down this big guy."
Rogers: "I just slept all night last night...What, the world has changed again?"
Hill: "Wow, this big guy, I must be its commander, it must feel good!"
Katie: "Enn, Sister Hill, I will be your assistant."
...
Everyone said what they said, and the scene was completely chaotic.
Zhang Lan didn't care either. In fact, he sat down after he finished telling the news, watching everyone's reactions leisurely, which seemed rather interesting.
At the scene, there was no trace of seriousness, it was just a group of friends talking about something, and it was impossible to see that it was a world-class event about the lives of billions of people.
This made it difficult for Connors and Charles to accept. They put on a tiger face, thinking that everyone was too relaxed.
Zhang Lan was on the sidelines and had a panoramic view of this scene.
After everyone calmed down slowly, he signaled Phantom to continue talking.
The trouble was over, and after listening to the phantom explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly, everyone began to fall into a state of contemplation.
This problem, if one is not handled well, is not a problem of one or two countries, but a problem at the earth level.
After the launch of Atlantis, is it only the countries above it that suffer?
The butterfly effect caused by its activation may cause no less harm than the direct damage it causes.
The ocean will be disturbed, creating a massive tsunami.
The sea breeze will be gathered, and a large wave of storms will make the coastal countries miserable.
After the continents are burned in the atmosphere, there will inevitably be small pieces of land that will turn into meteorites and fall, which will be a catastrophe for the creatures on the bottom of the sea.
...
And so on, it's a huge problem.
The handling of these details is definitely a careless one, which will cause major consequences.
However, he was very unwilling to let such a big guy stay underground...
In the end, it was Rogers who asked for the sake of the earth: "Can't this big guy stay underground? Isn't it pretty good without it before."
"As you all know, I have the ability to speak." Zhang Lan pulled up her prophet's tiger skin again: "In the near future, there will be a planet-level huge destroyer descending on the earth. Waiting for all energy to feed on, unfortunately, I am not sure about defeating it."
Needless to say, everyone understands the next words.
Starting Atlantis is really a helpless move.
But... what everyone is more concerned about is, what the hell is the Planet Destroyer?
To this, Zhang Lan replied that he did not know when the other party would come to earth, maybe tomorrow, maybe a year later, maybe ten years later, or maybe 100 years later.
In short, the age is random.
This made everyone understand more and more that the start of Atlantis was imminent.
As a result, questions about the activation of Atlantis were raised one by one, and then everyone discussed the most reasonable solution.
First, with regard to all populations above Atlantis, it is necessary to move out of the danger zone first.
Secondly, for the placement of continental plates, they cannot be directly pushed into space, which will cause the earth to lose more than one-fifth of its living area, and make the already vast ocean even more vast.
This is unacceptable to human beings.
...
Questions were raised one by one, and then resolved one by one.
This meeting concerning the fate of the earth lasted for three days and three nights.
Even with Zhang Lan's super strong body, he felt a little tired, let alone other people. Among them, Charles, who was the weakest, had been sleeping all the time, but his mental strength was active in the meeting.
But in any case, the problem is indeed solved almost perfectly.
Next, there is the question of implementation.
"OK!" Zhang Lan slapped the table: "Then the plan is finalized. Time is tight and there is no time to discuss it again one by one. The scope of everyone's respective responsibilities will be sorted out and sent to everyone later. Everyone has... .Well, Fury, how long will it take you to lobby people from all countries?”
"Three days!" Fury stretched out three fingers: "If you don't sleep, three days is enough for me to convince all the leaders of the country to agree."
"Okay." Zhang Lan nodded: "Rogers, the evacuation force you are in charge of follows Fury. He persuaded a country, and you immediately start the evacuation of civilians. I will send 1 shadow clones to wait for your command to set up the space. Door."
——"Then the problem of the vanguard has been explained, and everyone has started to perform their duties."
As she spoke, Zhang Lan stretched out her right hand, and Harry, Peter and others put their hands on one by one.
"Everyone, listen, if this incident is handled well, our [Dark Dawn Empire] will soar into the sky, and the population, productivity, etc. will all undergo a qualitative leap, everyone, let's work hard!"
Fury yelled after him: "Long live [Dawn Empire]!"
The crowd followed and shouted: "Long live [Dawn Empire]!"
The hands were thrown high, and then dropped heavily. All the men left the venue with hurried steps, leaving Zhang Lan, Katie, Hill, Natasha, and Susan alone.
"Lan..." Katie held Zhang Lan's right hand and said coquettishly: "What about the tasks of sister Natasha and me? You didn't even arrange our work just now."
"Why don't you have a job?" Zhang Lan nodded Katie's little nose: "We can't let Pepper do the wedding, right? The three of you have to help."
"Can..."
"Come on." Zhang Lan interrupted Katie's argument: "There are a lot of us here, and it's not yet your turn to go to the battlefield."
——"Prepare well, dress up beautifully, and wait for us to marry you!"
Remember the mobile version URL: m.
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