Stark lay back on the bed, and under Yinsen's delicate operation, the small reactor was mounted on Stark's chest.
The moment the shiny reactor was installed, it seemed to emit a strange light. Yinsen's eyes flashed, and when he looked at Stark, it seemed that Tony was suddenly different.
Tony stood up and looked at the car battery that had been with him for five days. Now, he finally got rid of its shackles, and it seemed that it was not just the shackles of the battery.
Touching the cold reactor on his chest, it seemed to make his blood boil. This new 'heart' not only gave Tony strength but also a mission.
Mark One, officially started.
In the dark and damp cave, the enthusiasm for building steel parts began.
Yinsen, who was also a scientist, saved Tony a lot of effort, and the mechanical parts slowly took shape.
In their spare time, the two would play some childish games to relax their tense moods.
This time, it was Tony's topic.
"You haven't told me where your hometown is," Tony glanced at Yinsen and asked.
Yinsen's hand paused, he licked his lips lightly, and said, "A small town called Gulmira, a very good place."
"Do you have a family?"
"Yes, I will meet them when I leave here!" Yinsen said without hesitation.
He then asked back, "Do you have a family, Stark?"
Stark looked at Yinsen for two seconds, twitched the corner of his mouth, lowered his head, and whispered, "I have no family."
"No? So, you have everything, but you have nothing," Yinsen said flatly to Tony.
Stark smiled slightly but didn't know what he was thinking.
...
Two months later, most of the Mark 1 components had been completed, but during the test, some doubts finally arose.
The leader rushed in with a dozen subordinates, and the two of them instantly became nervous, just like the first time, Tony raised his hands above his head.
But this time, instead of threatening Tony, he communicated with Yinsen in a language that Tony couldn't understand.
"Why don't you listen to me!"
"We are working, very seriously!" Yinsen explained.
The bald boss slowly walked to Yinsen, "I'll save your life, how do you repay me?"
Yinsen was forced to step back gently two steps, trying his best to explain, "The missile is very complicated, he has worked very hard!"
Two subordinates rushed forward, grabbed Yinsen, and made him kneel down.
The boss used tongs to tinker in the wrought iron stove on the side.
"Are you an idiot, don't you understand?" The voice was full of threats.
Yinsen knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "We work very hard."
He picked up a small hot red iron ball, and smiled cruelly, "Open your mouth!"
Stark also sensed danger and quickly asked Yinsen, "What does he want to do?"
The boss twisted Yinsen's head and pressed it on the anvil, "Do you think I am a fool?"
"What are you doing, tell me honestly!"
Stark squeezed his fists when he saw this as if he had guessed what would happen!
"He's building Jericho missiles!" The moment Yinsen's head hit the anvil, he seemed to give up struggling and said loudly.
"Tell me honestly!" The red-hot iron ball was near Yinsen's mouth.
"He's building Jericho missiles!"
"Speak up!" The boss seemed ready to shove the iron ball into Yinsen's throat.
"He's building Jericho missiles!"
Stark couldn't help but step forward, "What do you want? Do you want a delivery date?"
The subordinates around immediately pointed their guns at Stark as the boss walked up to him, looking very cautious.
The boss also looked back at Stark, deciding whether Yinsen's mouth could still be left.
"I need him, he is a good helper!" This is the first time Stark has said this, and the proud Tony Stark admitted that he needed someone!
"Tomorrow, you must install the missiles for me!" The boss dropped the iron, looked at the two men threateningly, and turned to leave.
Tony Stark looked at the departing boss, his eyes full of anger, and his fists clenched tightly.
Two hours later, the sound of 'clang, clang, clang...' resounded throughout the cave.
Tony, wearing only a vest, beat a metal part in his hand with a hammer.
He immersed it in the coolant, 'sizzling', and a burst of white steam appeared.
The last part of Mark One, the mask, was complete.
Without hesitation, Yinsen began to assemble the Mark 1 quickly, while Stark carried out the final inspection and program correction.
The time was tight and the task heavy, so they couldn't delay a moment.
Yinsen put all the equipment on Tony and asked, "Have you memorized the way out?"
This was the most useful information Yinsen had gathered during his time here.
"Go straight 41 steps, 16 steps to the door, take the fork on the right, 33 steps, then turn right!"
"Yes, very good, no problem!" Yinsen was already very tired and gasping.
On the other side, Stark and Yinsen's activities had been noticed. Many people hurriedly came to check the situation. A guard ran to the iron gate and shouted.
But Yinsen did not speak the guard's language, which aroused suspicion. The guard opened the door directly but was blown away by a bomb that Tony had already placed seven or eight meters away.
The explosion sound and the damaged surveillance camera meant that if they failed this time, both of them were dead. This was their last chance.
Yinsen activated the power supply program of Mark One under Tony's guidance, but as the noise outside got closer, he became more and more nervous.
All the hexagonal bolts were tightened, and Yinsen glanced back at the program progress bar, which was just halfway through, murmuring, "We need more time!"
He looked at Stark, who was fixed in the mecha, "Hey, let me buy you some time!"
"Stick to the plan, stick to the plan! Yinsen!!" Stark roared.
Listening to the sound of Yinsen running away, Tony's eyes filled with bloodshot tears.
As the program started, the voltage was loaded, all the lights went out, and the red eyes fell into darkness.
After a while, someone broke through and rushed into Stark's cave.
Using the metal armor made of steel, ordinary bullets couldn't penetrate the defense. The huge kinetic energy of the mechanical movement was enough to knock a person ten meters away, and the four intruders were quickly neutralized.
Relying on the route Yinsen told him, Tony hurried toward the exit, hoping to find Yinsen. Tony still held a glimmer of hope.
With brute force, he hammered any person in front of him, and he could go forward despite a volley of rifle fire. In the small cave, he encountered no opponents.
Finally, at the entrance of the cave, he found the dying Yinsen.
"Yinsen!" Tony called out.
Lying on the ground, Yinsen saw the bald boss and shouted desperately, "Be careful!"
A grenade from the bald boss shot over, and Tony tilted his body, narrowly avoiding it.
Tony manually fired a micro missile on his arm, but it missed the boss, and the rock on the side exploded, knocking the boss unconscious.
Tony Stark came to Yinsen's side, opened his face mask, sweating, staring at Yinsen expectantly, "Hurry up, we have to go, just take my hand, and we'll go. We said we would follow the plan!"
"I've always planned this way, Stark!" Yinsen lay on the ground pale and weak, as if the effort to warn Tony had exhausted him.
"No, you still have to see your family! Get up!" Tony said, his voice trembling.
"My family is dead, I'm going to see them now, Stark, it's okay!" Yinsen looked at Tony, "This is the ending I want!"
Tony's nose began to tremble, and his eyes were slightly red. He tried to lift the corners of his mouth and smile for Yinsen, but he moved twice and started crying again.
"Thank you for saving me!" Looking at Yinsen with moist eyes, there was dismay and pain in his eyes.
"Then cherish life, don't waste it!" After saying this, Yinsen took two breaths and lost consciousness.
Stark watched for a second, and tried his best to look away, leaving only anger inside!