216: Chapter 216 That's Iron Man?

Billions of netizens worldwide and analysts in various intelligence centers The Other Side of the Ocean held their breath at this moment, staring intently at their screens, fearing they might miss a single detail in the blink of an eye.

First to burst into the frame was a massive square formation composed of eight hundred heavy-duty Chengying Mechas.

The camera angle was extremely low, pushing forward slowly, almost hugging the ground.

Cold gray high-strength composite armor filled the entire screen, with every joint of the armor exuding the violent aesthetics of industry.

That sense of oppression could be felt even through the screen.

In the next second, the bullet chats in the domestic live stream room turned pure white, densely covering the entire screen.

"Haha, this is the heavy equipment of a great power!"

"It really provides a full sense of security; a full formation of eight hundred units ready to strike at any time—anyone who sees this will be dazed!"

"Yesterday I only saw low-definition footage, but today it's a direct close-up. This armor texture, this pressure—I'm going to save this; I could watch it for a lifetime!"

In stark contrast to the domestic carnival.

The foreign audience and high-level officials of various major powers felt a chill down their spines as they looked at this dense formation of mechas.

The footage from yesterday, where an entire fleet was vaporized by a single shot, replayed uncontrollably in their minds.

Time passed minute by minute.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Three minutes.

The camera kept weaving between the eight hundred Chengying Mecha units, switching perspectives to show the majestic appearance of this iron legion from all angles without any blind spots.

The number of online viewers in the live stream room had reached an absurdly high level, yet the bullet chats had actually become sparse.

It wasn't that the audience had left.

Rather, everyone had fallen into an indescribable silence.

"Wait, wasn't it supposed to be an introduction to the 'real south heaven gate project'?"

"Yeah, why is it all just yesterday's Chengying Mechas?"

"What about the follow-up? There isn't even a host coming out to explain; are they just letting us watch a static display?"

Doubt spread through the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.

In a conference room The Other Side of the Ocean, the tense backs of the big shots slowly relaxed.

And it was at that moment that a sudden change occurred.

The camera abruptly swung toward the sky.

In the azure firmament, an extremely thin, streamlined figure burst into the frame from the top right corner without any warning!

The camera quickly captured, locked on, and zoomed in.

It was actually a set of Individual Combat Armor that tightly fitted the human body's contours!

The armor's overall paint job featured a highly high-tech weave of dark gold and deep red, reflecting a mesmerizing luster under the early winter sun.

Hidden vector thrusters on the back and stabilizers on the soles were spitting out dazzling azure tail flames.

In mid-air, it performed an extremely agile angular hover that completely defied aerodynamics!

The camera pulled in close, locking on tight.

At the chest of the armor, a Cold Controllable Nuclear Fusion Core—only the size of an adult's fist but emitting an intense ghostly blue glow—was pulsing wildly!

This streamlined silhouette, this posture control, this glowing reactor on the chest...

A crazy term that existed only in science fiction movies and was revered as a belief by countless people popped into the minds of billions worldwide—

Iron Man?!

After a brief, dead silence.

The foreign internet went into a complete frenzy!

Netizens The Other Side of the Ocean, especially those fanatical fans deeply poisoned by superhero culture, fell into unprecedentedly ecstatic cheers as they looked at this armor, which was so familiar it was etched into their bones.

"My God! That's Iron Man!"

"So Iron Man isn't just a movie; it's real! There really is an Iron Man in this world!"

"Hahaha! I knew it! I knew our technology The Other Side of the Ocean was number one in the world! What does that Chengying Mecha from Xia Country count for? Our superhero is here!"

Fanatical remarks echoed in many rooms The Other Side of the Ocean.

This blind self-confidence and cultural arrogance made them subconsciously categorize the Individual Combat Armor as a secret weapon of The Other Side of the Ocean the moment they saw it, even thinking a superhero from The Other Side of the Ocean had hacked into the Xia Country live stream.

Meanwhile, in the domestic scene, Xia Country netizens were also looking at that figure soaring in the sky with expressions of bewilderment, not reacting for a moment to what was happening.

Under the gaze of everyone.

The Individual Combat Armor traced a perfect arc in mid-air, then the engine thrust reversed, and the tail flames weakened.

"Thud."

A heavy sound of metal hitting the ground.

The armor landed steadily right in front of the square formation of eight hundred heavy-duty Chengying Mechas.

Compared to the five or six-meter-tall, mountain-like Chengying Mecha formation behind it, this roughly two-meter-tall individual mecha appeared extremely small, even somewhat thin.

But the shock it brought far exceeded those eight hundred heavy-duty behemoths!

Because it was the Iron Man that had fallen from fantasy into reality!

On the screen.

The Individual Combat Armor stood quietly in front of the eight hundred behemoths, like a commander reviewing a vast army.

In the next second.

Under the intense gaze of billions of eyes.

Amidst the fanatical expectations of countless fans The Other Side of the Ocean.

The streamlined helmet of the Individual Combat Armor made an extremely crisp mechanical clicking sound.

"Click—hiss!"

Accompanied by the slight sound of pressure being released, the faceplate split from the middle, automatically sliding and retracting to both sides, finally hiding perfectly into the gaps of the neck armor.

A young, handsome face, with a three-part mischievous and seven-part composed smile, was exposed without any concealment to the cameras of the entire world.

The air across the entire internet seemed to be completely sucked dry in this instant.

The overwhelming cheers from The Other Side of the Ocean seemed to be strangled by an invisible giant hand, coming to an abrupt halt!

Countless foreign netizens sitting in front of their computers had the wild joy on their faces freeze completely, their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

That was not the white face they were familiar with.

But a genuine Xia Country person with black hair and black eyes.

The fans The Other Side of the Ocean completely broke down!

"WTF?!!!"

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! How can it be an Asian person?!"

"Is that Lin Yuan? Is it that Xia Country devil who created Controlled Nuclear Fusion and the Chengying Mecha?!"

The sound of collapsing beliefs rang out in countless corners simultaneously.

And domestically.

After a second of dead silence, the Xia Country internet erupted with a violent wave of sound enough to overturn the entire planet!

"God Lin!!!"

"It's Lin Yuan! It's Academician Lin Yuan, who created Controlled Nuclear Fusion and the Photolithography Machine!"

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! My scalp is tingling! It really is God Lin! God Lin has appeared wearing the Iron Man armor!"

"To hell with Marvel movies! To hell with superheroes! This is an Individual Combat Armor that belongs only to our Xia Country!"

The ultimate reversal brought the ultimate sense of satisfaction!

Lin Yuan stood in front of the eight hundred Chengying Mechas; his gaze did not look at the iron legion behind him but looked levelly at the camera.

That gaze seemed to penetrate the screen, looking directly at those high-and-mighty decision-makers The Other Side of the Ocean, directly at every person in the world who was in shock.

Then, he slightly raised his chin, the corners of his lips curling into an arc, and his voice spread clearly across the globe through the amplification system.

"Welcome, everyone, to this live stream."

"I am Lin Yuan."