Chapter 13
Peter was a bit outgoing. Seeing Harry and Fang Shao being so close, he also came over to show the photos he had taken on his phone. He even wanted to ask Fang Shao for his phone number, but when he was rejected, he looked regretful. Harry was also a bit eager to try, but when he saw Peter was frustrated, he shut up obediently.
Harry had been in the bar for quite some time, and it was almost time for him to go home. Peter knew that Harry was also a guest from another world, and promised to bring him developed photos next time. Harry, however, remembered the unfulfilled promise he had made with another child, and was a little sad, but he still nodded and generously gave half of the gift that Totoro had given him to this new friend.
After Harry left, Peter walked around the bar curiously, looking around. If what happened before was not still fresh in his mind, he would think this place was just an ordinary bar.
The only thing that was a little unusual was the virtual scene on the doors and windows. Although he was used to high-tech, Peter also felt that the scene was harmonious, and even combined well with the air flow and temperature in the bar. He even reached out curiously to touch the window, but he only felt a slightly elastic transparent wall.
"Huh?" Peter suddenly became interested.
Fang Shao helplessly watched the boy's two hands groping around on the air wall, and even tried to push it out with more strength. But he was surprised to find that after exceeding a certain elasticity, he could no longer push the transparent barrier. And during this process, the picture in front of him did not change at all, as if the scenery really existed outside the window.
So funny.
Peter flexed his wrists excitedly, ready to continue competing with the wall.
Fang Shao couldn't bear to watch any longer and finally coughed twice, which reminded Spider-Man, who was having fun, where he was. This was not the base for him and his friends, nor was it Mr. Stark's laboratory. He put his hand down awkwardly, feeling a little nervous. "I'm sorry, sir. I..."
Fang Shao didn't mean to blame him. "Is there anything you need?" He waved the menu in his hand and gestured to the boy.
Peter felt relieved and trotted to the counter. He glanced at the menu and ordered a soda and pizza. To be honest, he was a little hungry.
Instead of using Iron Man's card, he applied for one with his own money.
But after tasting the food, the boy was a little disappointed. The food was too ordinary, just like the food in a regular fast food restaurant. The nuts that Totoro gave Harry tasted much better than them.
Peter was really curious why Stark looked so surprised.
How about a bottle of the same wine?
Peter dismissed the idea as soon as it came to his mind. Not to mention that minors are not allowed to drink, this reason alone was enough to make him give up.
No money.
A bottle of wine worth NT$1 million is not something a high school student can afford, even if he is Spider-Man.
"Ding ding dong dong~"
The door was pushed open again.
The one who came in this time was finally Tony Stark.
"Mr. Stark!" Peter stood up happily.
Stark came back without even looking at the boy he had left behind, and walked straight towards Fang Shao.
Fang Shao looked at the suitcase in Iron Man's hand and suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.
But Stark was not as cautious and careful as George, he just put the suitcase on the counter. "Click~" the lock opened, and the briefcase opened towards Fang Shao.
Gold, US dollars, and dazzling gems...
There are a wide variety of jewels and gems for you to choose from.
Fang Shao secretly complained that it turned out that all the rich people in the world had the same painting style.
"Squeak~~" The door was pushed again, but this time the guest's force was too gentle, and the door was only pushed open a crack. The wind chime behind the door swayed lightly, and the sound was fragmentary and light.
"Help……"
A man's faint voice sounded, and then a wet hand grabbed the floor.
Fang Shao ran over quickly, but his speed was not as fast as Peter who was closer to the door. The young man opened the door, grabbed the hand that was about to fall, and pulled the exhausted man out of the water.
At the same time, the countless shouts outside the door also reached the ears of everyone in the bar.
"Help!"
"Help! There are children here!"
"I don't want to die~~"
Peter was stunned.
Outside the door, there was a vast ocean. No, this was not originally an ocean. Buildings that were mostly submerged could be seen everywhere in the water, as well as cars, furniture, and wooden boards floating in a mess.
This is a city submerged by sea water.
A few lucky ones clung to buildings and floating objects to catch their breath, while many more people were up and down in the water, struggling for survival.
It was drizzling at the time, and the wind blew the raindrops onto Peter's face, making it icy cold.
Seeing the door of the bar open, people floating nearby saw hope and swam over. One of them pushed a wooden tub with a few-month-old baby lying in it. The child was concentrating on playing with his hands and had no idea what kind of danger he was facing.
"Help!" The man who had just been rescued staggered to his feet, shouted to Peter who was still standing there in a daze, and turned to pull the person out of the water. But the bar was floating in the air, still tens of centimeters away from the water surface. The man was too weak to save the person, and was almost pulled under by the person who fell into the water.
“Ah~”
Peter's spider silk came out in time, grabbed the arm of the person who fell into the water and pulled him up.
Then a white spider silk shot to the top of a distant building. Peter, wearing a red and blue battle suit, flew out and moved between the remaining rooftop platforms and the spire, using spider silk to weave strong webs slightly above the water surface.
Then he rescued a drowning person and threw him onto the web. Soon, one by one, the number of drowning people nearby began to decrease. Seeing this, the drowning people who were farther away from the bar also took the initiative to swim towards the spider web and climbed onto it with the help of others.
"Young people just don't have plans." Stark walked to the door, his body covered with golden and red armor.
"Mark the human with the weakest life signal nearby and prepare for rescue." A map with countless dots flashing lit up in the mask. Stark put his hands in a flying posture. The next second, Iron Man flew into the sky with flames.
The two superheroes worked together to rescue, and within a few minutes hundreds of people who fell into the water were transferred to a safe place.
"Mr. Stark~" Peter looked at the crowded people on the spider web and the spider web that was already overwhelmed, and shouted to Iron Man. "There are too many people~ We have to think of another way~~"
Stark dived down and handed the drowned man to someone standing on a building platform. The crowd worked together to catch the weak old man, carefully squeezing out a little precious space for him. There was also a young man who looked like a doctor to check on his condition.
"Iron Man..." the old man murmured as he looked at the golden and red figure.
"What did you say?!" the doctor asked him.
The old man closed his eyes, as if he had returned to his youth full of hope and dreams.
Stark flew into the air. Looking down from above, all the buildings that could be used for shelter were already crowded with people, but there were still only a few rescued people. In the wider and farther field of vision, there were countless survivors struggling in the water throughout the city.
But this is a completely strange world.
"Help!"
Looking at the golden and red armor in the air, cries for help continued to ring out.
For a moment, Stark felt a sense of powerlessness. It was like this again, always like this...
No, he's not the only one here now...
“Beep!”
Fang Shao nervously looked at the transparent screen in midair. Finally, the words he was expecting appeared.
[Emergency authorization is successful, granting Fang Shao 0213 institution temporary second-level authority. ]
[This authorization is limited to 24 hours. An evaluation will be conducted afterwards. The evaluation results will be included in the final score of the No. 0213 institution's business internship period. Please use it with caution. ]
"It's done!"
Fang Shao left the counter and ran out. The bar was already crowded with people. But when Fang Shao passed by, they involuntarily parted ways.
When I walked to the door, Stark looked over here.
"Can you do something? No, you have to do something."
Although there was no language and no facial expression, Fang Shao clearly understood what the other person meant.
Fang Shao made an OK gesture to him.
Stark took a deep breath and controlled the negative emotions that were rising again.
The people in the bar seemed to sense something as well. They all squeezed back to make more room for Fang Shao.
Fang Shao closed his eyes and calmed his mind, as if immersed in another world.
He raised his finger slightly, and the bar slowly rose up and away from the water. The drowning people who were still wandering nearby shouted in despair.
"What's wrong?"
"Are they leaving?"
The crowd was surprised and panicked, and some young people even rushed towards Fang Shao, trying to get him to stop.
"Buzz~~"
The walls of the bar began to tremble slightly.
Fang Shao gestured with his fingers in the air, as if drawing the blueprint in his mind.
Then, the walls seemed to come alive. The wall with the windows eroded rapidly toward the other side, while the other blank walls shrank rapidly. In a few breaths, the doors and windows on the bar wall were closed.
Amid the shouts of the crowd, the ground space was pulled and deformed, and the impulsive young man lost his balance and fell to the ground. Orange, who had been very calm, was also frightened and jumped onto his cat climbing frame, hiding in his little nest and trembling.
But fortunately, the place where the crowd was located stopped changing quickly. They huddled together to draw strength, helplessly watching the changes around them.
The floorboards against the wall began to replicate themselves outward and downward, piece by piece, until the entire bar expanded like an inflated balloon.
The bar, which originally had only one floor, was transformed into a basement space, and stairs also appeared.
The doors and windows on the walls were also changing shape. The beautiful virtual scenery disappeared, and the real scene of the outside world was reflected. The glass and components on the doors and windows were swallowed up, but the frames of the doors and windows became higher and larger.
This transformation seemed complicated, but in fact it took less than half a minute. When the transformation stopped, the bar had become a huge building, 100 meters long and wide, and 8 meters high. The original doors and windows were now unified tall arches, with two on each of the four walls.
The crowd that had been packed tightly together in the bar just now now occupied a very small space, and they looked around in doubt.
"Oh my god."
“Is this a miracle?”
"That flying thing in the sky can be said to be the latest single-person battle armor. How can I explain the changes in space... I have learned physics for nothing..."
"I am dreaming."
"Then I will dream too?"
“It’s amazing.”
Fang Shao opened his eyes and looked at Stark who was still suspended in the air not far away. He made a gesture with his hands.
"Sorry for the wait. Now it's your turn."