Chapter 818
The Roxenstark War Quietly Ends
Chapter 818 The Roxon-Stark War Quietly Ends
If there was any place where one could quickly access information about Doctor Ultron without having to confront him directly, it would be the Mercy Banquet. So Peter started going to the Mercy Banquet more often, hoping to use his (or rather, Aunt May's) connections to learn something from the homeless.
"There seem to be fewer people, Aunt Mei. Is the situation going well lately?"
"Yes, Stark Industries has come back from the dead, and Roxson hasn't gone bankrupt either. New power plants are opening everywhere, and there are indeed fewer homeless people... But I guess it's only temporary. I heard that many old coal-fired power plants have closed down, and I guess there will be another batch of homeless people in a few months."
Tony Stark used the same "heaven and earth coexistence" tactic to successfully pull Stark Industries back from the brink of bankruptcy, reviving it and incidentally lowering global electricity prices. This effectively ended the electricity war. If you still intend to question the design of Stark's products, fine, then don't use them. Let the whole world use them and see if all the engineers in the world are wrong.
Surprisingly, the battle between Stark Industries and Roxon Energy didn't result in any major issues for either side; instead, a large number of coal-fired power plants went bankrupt. After all, arc reactors are ultimately energy sources, while oil, as industrial gold, is essentially a raw material for chemical products. Even if it's not used for power generation, there are still plenty of places that need oil products.
As for coal-fired power plants, they are truly helpless. They have no way to deal with the overwhelming power of the Arc Reactor and can only resent Stark for not obediently going bankrupt and instead very 'selflessly' revealing the Arc Reactor technology.
Oh right, and the electric vehicle industry, which is still in its infancy and hasn't yet shown its advantages, has also been dealt a blow by Stark. Now everyone is thinking about stuffing arc reactors into cars, so who cares about your batteries anymore?
"I heard that Roxson has started to enter the automotive industry, with a new slogan: gasoline cars will never spontaneously combust on the road, let alone explode if their engines are hit."
Peter joked with Aunt May, "But it seems that these two companies have reached the end of their road. Even if Roxon has such a huge oil reserve, it will not rashly extract oil if it does not have enough to consume. Just like the Arab princes, unless they plan not to make any money, the more they extract, the more the international oil price will fall."
“I don’t understand any of this,” Aunt Mei shook her head helplessly. “All I know is that it’s a good thing. At least there are enough jobs to keep fewer people, at least those who are willing to work, from becoming homeless.”
“Speaking of which,” Peter said, remembering his mission, and quickly asked, “Isn’t that doctor in the Bronx planning to hire some people? He has so many people to help; he can’t handle it all by himself, can he?”
Aunt May wasn't surprised that Peter was so interested in the doctor, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "Hmm, it seems that's not the case. I've heard from others that this doctor plans to open clinics in more places."
Opening branches would be no problem for Ultron. Although he lacks any medical qualifications or similar credentials, he can still hack into machine factories to create a large number of Ultron robots for himself, and then open clinics across the country and even the world. As for whether the United States will crack down on Ultron's illegal clinics, Peter really doesn't know. After all, Ultron is advanced artificial intelligence, and it seems quite intimidating.
Although his underlying code doesn't allow him to hurt people.
"If he can really spread his free medical care everywhere and not do anything else, he might actually succeed."
After hearing Peter's words, Aunt May seemed to have thought of something: "Well, it seems that this doctor has also started to take on the work of a pastor. Many of his patients have spontaneously collected materials to help with the work and raised money to buy him an old house so that he could renovate an old and dilapidated church. You know, that's the South Bronx, the worst place in all of New York. It's quite good that so many people are helping."
"He's a pastor on the side? What denomination is he a pastor of?" "I'm not too sure about that. Probably some branch of Protestantism. Anyway, it's not a Catholic church, and I wouldn't go there."
"I don't think I'll go."
Peter shook his head as he spoke, then began to think. Judging from the current situation, Doctor Ultron's threat level was undoubtedly less than that of the Avengers Protocol Ultron. The latter had already planned to become Big Brother, deploying mechanical Avengers globally, herding humanity like sheep. But Doctor Ultron was still providing free healthcare, not only openly but also on a controlled scale.
But what's with his sudden shift to religion? Leaving aside the essence of religion, if it's a Christian church, wouldn't he, as a priest, need to pray and attend services? Can an artificial intelligence based on scientific logic handle these things?
And you, as a pastor, need to confess, right? You need to listen to the believers' confessions and provide answers. Peter was very confused about whether artificial intelligence could understand human emotions.
Aunt May had never seen Doctor Ultron before, nor did she know he was an artificial intelligence. The people at the Feast of Faith also seemed to have never spoken to him. Peter could only shake his head and continue helping out at the Feast of Faith. After he finished and left, Peter patrolled the city while pondering whether he should go see Doctor Ultron again.
But at that moment, Peter received a call from Norman Osborne. He answered the phone, somewhat puzzled: "Hello, Mr. Osborne, what can I do for you?"
“Peter, I’ve run into a bit of trouble. Do you remember the neural transmission device Mysterio tried to use before?”
"Uh, I remember, there's also the Green Goblin AI. They figured out how to inject AI consciousness into the human brain using that thing. Did that thing malfunction?"
"Osborn Technologies had developed a smaller version and was planning to test it, but just now, the entire Osborn Technologies network was hacked and overwritten, and all the data from the neural transmission devices was stolen. More importantly... I checked the intrusion data and found similar data traces that had entered the Osborn Technologies network before."
Similar data traces...
Peter had a bad feeling.
"It's Ultron? Right?"
Which Ultron is this?
(End of this chapter)