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Chapter 1863 Bad news Difficult choices

Faced with all this disaster, some people may say that Stark is a little lazy and neglected, and his behavior is sorry for the responsibility he shoulders.

This kind of words are not without a market. In the past, in the era of cooking, there was definitely a large number of people protesting against Stark in front of the White House under such a banner. However, now people have learned to be smart and will not be encouraged so easily. As a creature with a brain, you can tell that Stark has done everything he can.

After all, he is also a person, and as a person, his power has its limits. This is no exception to even the so-called hero. When facing such a disaster that the doomsday is coming, no matter how much he wants to turn the tide, he can only do nothing like standing in front of a fence in the tsunami.

This is not his fault. Anyone who knows a little bit of the inside story probably thinks this way. However, Stark himself would not think so. His conceit as always made him habitually carry everything on himself, and in this regard, he felt that even if he could not stop all this from happening, he had the responsibility to remedy it as much as possible.

This idea is not wrong, but it is really a mess.

The reality was worse than his worst idea. The damage caused by chaos in this world has far exceeded the bottom line he expected. Stark thought he had already had enough expectations for the situation, but it turned out that his expectations were far from enough.

Perhaps from an individual perspective, Domaum's influence is not as powerful as Thanos and Swallowing Star, and is fundamentally destructive. But what he can affect the human mind, and inject chaos into it ignoring the vast majority of defenses. This is like injecting venom into the body called humans, and the consequences may be more serious than simple destruction.

Stark began to realize this because he had already noticed something very wrong, that is, he had lost contact with the command center behind him.

Although the so-called rear side had lost that strategic depth advantage when facing Domaum, no matter what, they always had to be more secure than others who faced Domaum's threat. Now the contact was completely cut off, which made him feel uneasy. He didn't care about certain security regulations, so he had already ordered Jarvis.

"Jarvis, what happened to the command center? Get all the information to me!"

The influence of the Void Lord is only aimed at creatures, and artificial intelligence like Jarvis will not be affected by him at all. This makes Jarvis quickly respond to Stark's call and put forward his own point of view on Stark.

"The situation is a bit bad, sir. I hope you will be mentally prepared before seeing these situations."

"Come on, Jarvis. I'm ready."

After taking a deep breath, Stark called to Jarvis. Faced with Stark's order, Jarvis never had any room to refuse, so soon, the influence recorded by the internal military system was already in front of Stark.

"I'm sorry, sir. Just like you can see, because of the sudden conflict between you and each other, your subordinates are on the verge of being destroyed."

Images from the Ministry of Defense show that when time advances to the moment when Domaum reveals his true body, almost no one can maintain his rationality under that power. The soldiers broke out in conflicts, and those who hold guns are shooting almost indiscriminately, while those who are unarmed also use all the tools they can use and fight with each other without fear of death.

Not only soldiers, but also those officers are no exception. This includes the absolute top leaders including General Ross, and it is precisely because of his existence that the incident further worsened.

General Ross was not those ordinary people after all. When he transformed into the Red Hulk, the entire command center had become hell and a colosseum where he was raging. No one among the people present could resist his rampage, and when he could no longer control his crazy thoughts, the fate of these people was actually destined.

Stark's face was almost ashen as he watched all this develop. Of course, even he could not help but show an unacceptable look when he saw Red Hulk tearing a soldier in half. It was not that he had never seen such a bloody scene, but that when this happened to his own camp, he was still a little resistant in his heart.

He eliminated the scene and could no longer look at the tragic situation. Compared to witnessing the bloody facts with his own eyes, he hoped to understand the final situation through other people's retellings.

"Jarvis, tell me the final result, how many people survive besides General Ross?"

"There is only one, but the good news is that the remaining one is Ms. Maria Hill. I temporarily mobilized some of the authority and controlled Ms. Hill with the power of intelligence. Before General Ross attacked her, she placed her in a safe place. She has not yet recovered her sanity, but she is in good health and you don't need to worry about her."

This is a blessing in disgrace, something that is enough to make Stark feel excited. Although it is unfair to those soldiers who sacrificed, it is the truth. As Vice President, Maria Hill is much more important than theirs in terms of status and importance. Not to mention one or two soldiers, even the lives of hundreds or thousands of soldiers are not as valuable as her life.

This is the meaning of power. Of course, Stark believes that this is a natural obligation that he has after shouldering heavy responsibilities. For this country, she can play a greater role in life, which is enough.

"Very good, Jarvis. You're right. I'll find a way to restore her sanity. After she recovers from her sanity, I believe that with her help, we can quickly restore order in this country."

Stark said optimistically, of course, a considerable part of the factor in his doing so was that he was cheering himself up. The situation was so bad that no matter what kind of change it was, it would not have much impact on the facts. He knew this very well, but no matter what reason it was for, he needed to comfort himself. Anyway, things could not be worse. Since that is the case, it should be okay to be optimistic.

With such a little luck, Stark thought so. However, Jarvis did not spoil his luck. At this time, he obviously hoped to treat Stark honestly enough, so at this time, he said to Stark very bluntly.

"Sir, I have a wife here. Do you want to know about it?"

"Maria" suddenly heard about her wife, and Stark's mind suddenly became a little lost. He didn't care or care about her. The main reason for not paying attention to her news was actually that he was filled with fear and worry.

He was afraid of hearing bad news, and when he met again, he would only face a cold corpse. That was definitely not what he wanted to see, so he would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb, rather than take the initiative to find out the result and the possibility.

Of course, now that all this has been ruined, Jarvis has put the result in front of him. Even if he wants to escape, he has no room for escape.

Although he could still pretend to be deaf and dumb, it was already at this time that he himself thought there was no need to do so.

"Tell me the situation, Jarvis. I really need to know what she is doing now."

"You need to be mentally prepared, Mr. Madam's situation is not very optimistic."

Jarvis got a vaccination, and this sentence made Stark's heart suddenly tight. Panic spread in his heart almost unstoppable. He almost tried his best to keep himself calm. After calming down, he could no longer bear the unknown torture.

"Tell me what the situation is, Jarvis. I'm ready!"

"When the chaos just started, I had already protected my wife at the first time and evacuated her to a safe place. What I can be sure of is that I ensured her safety. But this kind of influence from the spiritual level is something I cannot block, so the wife's mind was very seriously affected, quite serious."

"How serious is it?" This is expected. Stark was worried about this problem from the beginning, and Jarvis's statement now turned his worries into facts. Although this made him twitch in his heart, it was beyond his own expectations that he could still ask such words calmly.

"I can't tell, sir. But I think Madam has basically lost her ability to judge and her basic reason. She is starting to become aggressive and even hurt herself. It's dangerous, so I have to control her actions."

"You did it right, Jarvis, thank you for saving her. If you didn't do this, I could hardly imagine what terrible things she would do. You saved her, saved me, and saved our family!"

Stark thanked him sincerely. For him, even though he had every reason to enjoy all the services from him, he still expressed his sincere gratitude to him after seeing all this he did.

As he said, all Jarvis did not only save Maria, but also save him and the lives of their family. He could not imagine how he would face Frank himself if something unexpected happened to her. He made the family complete, even if there were some flaws in it, no matter what, it would be much better than being completely broken.

"This is what I should do, sir. I just have some regrets that I can't do more"

As Stark's personal steward, it is not surprising that he said such things with Stark's interests as the core. He really wanted to do more for Stark, and on this issue, he would even place Stark's interests above his own. Stark was very clear about this, but it did not prevent him from being grateful to Jarvis.

Some things need not be explained, smart people can naturally see clearly. Stark knows some changes that have happened to Jarvis, which is inevitable. As one of the only intelligent lives in the world, if Jarvis keeps standing still, it will make people feel strange.

Evolution is something that is bound to happen to life. As special intelligent lives, their evolution speed will exceed human imagination. Stark has actually been mentally prepared. If one day Jarvis betrayed him like Ultron, he would not feel strange about it.

Free life should not be bound by rules and regulations. He did not want to be that kind of foolish slave owner, so he was just waiting for Jarvis to speak out.

However, Jarvis did not speak out, and he still provided service to Stark as always, doing his best like a real old housekeeper. This made Stark feel a little moved, and in addition to his feelings, he also felt a little more touched.

They are already family members, I believe that more than he thinks this is the case, and I'm afraid even Jarvis himself thinks so.

He can't be too harsh to his family, so after Jarvis showed such regret, he already comforted him.

"You've done enough, Jarvis. You don't need to blame yourself for what you can't do, it's not your responsibility."

"Do you need me to indicate your wife's location? I think she should need you very much now, and you should also need her very much."

"Yes, no," Stark subconsciously wanted to agree, but when he spoke, he remembered another voice in his heart. "It's not the time yet."

That is a sound from another standpoint, a view from the perspective of national justice.

As a husband, his wife may indeed need him now. But as a president, this country needs him even more at this time.

Because no one can survive such a disaster. Just imagine that even his family almost died because of all this. How many families in this country can escape this disaster?

This is the answer that can be guessed by thinking about it. As the president and the guardian of hundreds of millions of American people, he felt that he had the responsibility to help them get out of such a disaster.

He cannot watch the hundreds of families suffer such harm and pain. He cannot be so selfish, and cannot abandon these countless families just because of his own family affairs. He cannot do so.
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