120: Chapter 120 Infinite Fusion, the End of Digital Ascension

"Do you think... you've won?"

Tony stared fixedly at Lynn, a near-mad resolve suddenly igniting in his eyes that were previously filled with terror.

"I have long been testing the [Human Instrumentality and Digital Ascension] project. Since this physical body and this Earth can no longer be preserved, I shall abandon them! As long as a single sliver of network signal exists, I, Tony Stark, remain a god of the Multiverse!"

The moment his voice fell.

Tony relinquished control of the armor, his pupils contracting violently as they emitted a piercing blue-white light!

"Vroom—"

A mental fluctuation, immense to the extreme, erupted from within his body.

He severed all physical pain receptors and forcibly converted his self-awareness, memories, and even his soul into a pure quantum data stream, frantically uploading it to the satellite network beyond the atmosphere!

His physical body withered rapidly, but his laughter rang out simultaneously from the surrounding electronic devices.

"Even if you can control the armor, you cannot grasp a formless string of code! Once I am reborn in the data seas of other dimensions, I will return with countless Iron Legions to settle the score with you!"

The screens across the square were filled with Tony Stark's arrogant and distorted face.

"Consciousness uploading? Digital ascension?"

Looking at the completely lifeless husk on the ground, Lynn showed no intention of stopping him; instead, he shook his head mockingly.

"You know nothing."

Lynn raised his left wrist.

The dial of the crimson blood watch reflected a cold metallic luster under the sunlight.

"Gwen." Lynn tilted his head slightly.

"Present." Spider-Gwen immediately stepped forward.

"Tell this Tin Man who calls himself a network deity what resides within my body."

Gwen looked up at the flickering screens around them, her tone carrying a pity as if looking at a dead man: "Within Master's body, the primordial laws of the six Infinity Stones are fused. One of them is called the Soul Stone."

In the screens, Tony Stark's smile instantly froze.

Lynn didn't waste any more words.

He raised his right hand and gave the dial of the Bloodtrix a light flick. The dial's virtual projection instantly elongated, and the internal gene chains frantically intertwined with the orange light of the law representing 'Soul'!

"Bang!"

Lynn slapped his hand down!

A piercing orange-red light soared into the sky, and the surrounding space distorted violently like ripples on water.

The light dissipated.

A translucent ghostly creature, draped in a tattered grayish-black cloak, floated in mid-air. It had no limbs, only countless black chains covered in barbs hanging from beneath the cloak.

Most terrifyingly, the single eye beneath its hood was no longer a deathly white, but an orange Infinity Stone emitting the suction of an endless abyss!

[Bloodtrix Special Fusion Form: Infinity Core · Necrotic Nightmare!]

[Fused Law: Soul Stone]

[Status: Absolute Dimensional Soul Capture]

"You think you can live by escaping into the digital network? Your soul has a scent, you know."

Lynn, transformed into [Infinity · Necrotic Nightmare], let out a whisper that seemed to come from hell.

He slowly extended a sharp claw condensed from black mist; it didn't grasp at anything physical, but reached directly into the void of the air before him!

"Rip!"

The invisible boundaries of the quantum network were easily torn apart like a thin sheet of paper before the laws of the Soul Stone.

Lynn's claw reached directly into the deepest depths of the data stream!

"No! This is impossible! How can you touch pure data! Get away!"

From the screens in every direction came Tony Stark's heart-wrenching screams. It was no longer an arrogant declaration, but extreme terror in the face of total erasure.

"Got you, little bug."

The orange light in Lynn's single eye flared brilliantly, and the misty claw suddenly pulled back!

"Aaaaaaaah—!"

Under the awe-struck gazes of Gwen and Carol.

A struggling, translucent phantom emitting blue light was forcibly dragged out from the void and the network's data stream by Lynn!

That was Tony Stark's soul! Or rather, his consciousness!

This once-lofty consciousness was now like a fly held by its wings in Lynn's claw, squirming desperately.

Lynn's orange eye beneath the hood stared coldly at the soul in his palm.

"I... I submit! Don't eat me! I can..." Tony's soul finally collapsed, abandoning all pride to beg for mercy.

"Too late."

Lynn's five fingers suddenly clenched shut.

"Squelch."

A faint, muffled sound.

The soul of the Superior Iron Man, along with the digital code he attempted to ascend with, was crushed into powder by Lynn!

The soul fragments were instantly absorbed by the Necrotic Nightmare's cloak, leaving not a single trace behind.

"Ding."

The Bloodtrix emitted a soft chime. Lynn reverted to his human form wearing a black trench coat, his expression as calm as if he had just stepped on an ant.

"Swish!"

A pitch-black spatial rift tore open behind Lynn.

Hela stepped out, carrying the dripping night sky sword. Her long, shapely legs were splattered with blood, but her eyes were exceptionally excited.

"Master, the clearing of Stark Industries headquarters is complete." Hela knelt on one knee, the tip of her sword resting on the ground. "Not a single soul was left alive. All technological data has been imported into your Crimson Network."

Lynn nodded, his gaze sweeping over the city that had fallen into complete chaos and despair.

Lynn turned around and casually tossed a gold coin, which landed on Tony Stark's cold corpse.

"Gwen."

"Present."

"Activate the radar; find the next one."

Lynn thrust his hands into his trench coat pockets and stepped into the spatial tunnel torn open by Carol.

"As you wish, Master. Scanning for high-energy Multiverse anomalies..."