Chapter 3, the tragicomedy of a one-legged man
Marvel World, the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York, was once the tallest building in the world.
Even on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, which is crowded with skyscrapers, the Empire State Building still feels like it stands out from the crowd - although compared with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center farther south, the Empire State Building already looks a bit shorter. Moreover, judging from the frequency of destruction in New York in this world and the speed of replacement of skyscrapers in Manhattan, the height record of the Empire State Building is expected to be surpassed by more other tall buildings soon.
On the rooftop of the Empire State Building, a spire was built. It is said that many years ago, the famous giant monkey called "King Kong" masturbated here. On the 86th floor below the spire, there is an open-air viewing platform. The platform is surrounded by a circle of tempered glass and equipped with colored lights and coin-operated telescopes, allowing tourists from all over the world to , you can have a bird's-eye view of the busy New York street scene from the air.
And at this moment, the balcony of the Empire State Building has become an excellent auditorium to watch an "alien invasion" or "battle for the defense of the earth" - at this moment, there are many people ranging from eighty-year-olds to three-year-olds. Young children, tourists of all colors and languages, are in high spirits People were crowded together next to the tempered glass curtain wall on the rooftop terrace of the Empire State Building. Each of them held tablets, mobile phones, camcorders and cameras of various styles in their hands, looking at the dense scene near the Stark Industries Building not far away. The main battlefield with smoke billowing and explosions was endless.
The coin-operated telescopes fixed on the terrace were also crowded with people. Everyone was clamoring to witness the bloody battles of heroes such as Captain America, Iron Man and the Hulk - among them, New York City People have seen so many battle scenes of great battles between good and evil that they are almost numb. It’s not that the other tourists don’t know that they are in danger and may be swept away by this war storm at any time, but since the bomb has not been dropped on their heads, they do not feel the blood and cruelty of the war so quickly. On the contrary, they seemed to regard it as a wonderful carnival event, or an exciting underground black boxing show, and they were the audience cheering and placing bets in the stands.
However, Tang Marie, a retired female soldier who was also trapped in the Empire State Building, had no interest in watching the exciting fights of the Avengers superheroes. Because with her rich experience of brushing against death many times on the battlefield in Afghanistan, she knew that she really couldn’t stay here for long - although the Empire State Building was still some distance away from the main battlefield where the Avengers fought against aliens, it was still It's just a few streets, and one cannonball is enough to hit it. If any alien were to land on the roof of the building on a single-soldier aircraft, there would probably be no place to hide!
Unfortunately, despite this, the current retired female soldier Tang Mary is still unable to do anything, even sitting on the floor unable to move.
Because the smart prosthetic leg she bought seemed to have serious quality problems. It was broken into several pieces by the crowd just now.
The companions who accompanied Tang Marry to the Empire State Building were heartless and left her alone, and fled without knowing where they were going.
"...Oh! Damn it! Zhang Lihua, that bastard bitch! You actually sold me such a piece of shit! And Qi Jiande, you are even more disgusting! You actually ran away on your own! Next time Don’t let me meet you! Otherwise, I’ll cut off your fingers and stuff them into your butthole!”
Looking at the broken prosthetic leg on the ground, Tang Marry couldn't help but slap the ground angrily and cursed.
Well, by the way, Tang Mary is not a native of this world, but a traveler from the "world outside the box".
However, she has been living hard for several years in this obviously overly lively Marvel world...
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I remember it was a sunny and dusty day. Mary Tang from Hong Kong, and thirteen other unlucky newcomers, were suddenly popped up on the computer screen by a message saying "Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Want to truly..." Are you alive? YES/NO" dialog box was brought into infinite space, and then was thrown into a weather-beaten US military truck next to a US military base in southern Afghanistan by the main god system.
In the car, several rough-looking seniors told them that this was the plot world of "Iron Man 1". In a Hummer in front, Tony, who had not yet become Iron Man, was sitting. Stark. The identity assigned to them by the Lord God is that they are all Chinese soldiers in the US military stationed in Afghanistan. They are currently ordered to escort the arms tycoon Tony. Stark leaves...According to the plot, he will be attacked by terrorists next, so I hope everyone is prepared.
In short, after some doubts, hysteria and even mental breakdown, facing the shock of gunpoint and death, Tang Mary and fourteen other newcomers finally accepted the facts, put on the US military's desert camouflage uniforms in confusion, and prepared to Start your first adventure in infinite space.
Well, it is said to be the adventure with the highest mortality rate.
But the problem was, less than a minute after the truck drove, another unexpected mutation occurred, bringing everything to an abrupt halt.
——"...The Lord God shuts down the computer, the scene ends, and all the reincarnators are forced to eject!"
With this monotonous and mechanical voice, all the seniors disappeared without a trace in an instant under the astonishment of the newcomers! All right! It is indeed a good thing to end this death game midway, but when you seniors left, why did you leave us newcomers behind?
What's even more terrible is that one of the senior people who was ejected was the driver of this military truck!
Moreover, the person sitting in the passenger seat at that time was also another senior person. All fourteen newcomers were sitting in the back compartment. Therefore, when the above things happen, the remaining newcomers have no time to take over the steering wheel!
So the next moment, the unmanned truck rushed straight down the desert road and fell into a sand pit... Fortunately, the truck's fuel tank did not explode, and the passengers were not seriously injured. Even more fortunately, due to this car accident, the newcomers fell behind and left the team that escorted Tony. Stark's street attack team then broke away from the main plot line of "Iron Man". They were not completely wiped out by the ambushed "Ten Commandments" terrorists like the US troops on the other two Humvees. He calmly waited for the rescue from the base.
But unfortunately, they also have to continue serving in the US military base in Afghanistan, performing various dangerous tasks amidst the hail of bullets all day long, and cannot return to the United States to watch the drama or enjoy life - in the army of a country with hope for democracy and freedom. Being a deserter is also punishable by death!
What's worse is that the U.S. military's war situation in the Middle East in this time and space is very different from the situation in the real world. The main opponents that have been waging a brutal tug-of-war with the US military for a long time are not extremist organizations such as Al Qaeda, the Taliban and ISIS that travelers have heard of in the news, but unheard of things like the "Ten Commandments Gang". Not to mention the war process and strategic situation, even the geographical conditions, national territory and ethnic distribution are different from the world they live in. As a result, the ability to predict history as the "traveler's golden finger" will be completely useless.
To make matters worse, in the Marvel world, the anti-American resistance in the Middle East is generally many times stronger than in the real world, and the US military has suffered heavy casualties here. And all the newcomers who lack military literacy are obviously the unlucky ones who die the fastest on the battlefield. Seven people unfortunately died in battle or were killed by terrorists after being captured; one unlucky man died in a plane crash. Another brother retired safely and returned to the United States, but before he had time to enjoy life, he contracted cancer because he played too much with depleted uranium bombs on the front line and died of the disease seven months after he retired.
As a female soldier who received a certain degree of care as usual, Tang Mary finally survived on the Afghan battlefield with bumps and bumps along the way, but she also endured numerous sexual harassments during the period, which can be said to be a realization of her own joys and sorrows. In the end, she seemed to have finally run out of luck. Unfortunately, on the last day before returning to China, she was hit by a roadside bomb during a patrol, leaving half of Tang Mary's left leg in Afghanistan forever...
But no matter what, Tang Marie, who was missing a leg, finally left the Afghan battlefield alive and returned to New York, USA. Then, Zhang Lihua, another female time traveler who retired and returned to China a few months before her, enthusiastically invited Tang Mary to share her small apartment in Chinatown, New York, and also sold her the latest smart prosthesis— —Zhang Lihua just found a job as a salesman in a company that produces prosthetic limbs.
——In fact, it’s not that you time travelers don’t know that New York in the Marvel world is dangerous, but the problem is that in the context of the global economic crisis and the outbreak of unemployment, there is only New York that is constantly being destroyed and rebuilt every day. They These retired soldiers can find jobs more easily... Besides, these former rookies have developed their courage after spending so many years on the battlefield, and are no longer so afraid of death.
In addition, it is difficult for them to judge where the plot has gone simply by relying on the news information published in newspapers and magazines. And as time goes by, the original memories in their minds have become almost blurred—not to mention that some of them have never seen a Marvel movie at all!
Next, Tang Mary's boyfriend, Qi Jiande, who is also a time traveler, also successfully retired from the front line. Tang Marry happily ran to the airport to greet him, and even dragged him around the streets of Manhattan... Unexpectedly, just when they lined up to take the elevator and boarded the 86th floor rooftop of the Empire State Building, they were met head-on. Suddenly I saw a blue beam of light penetrating the sky and the earth, tearing the sky apart!
When Qi Jiande saw this, he seemed to have remembered the plot, and his bad nature was immediately exposed. He screamed strangely, and then abandoned his disabled girlfriend in despair, turned around, got into the stairs, and ran to the floor below!
Although Tang Mary was furious and wanted to escape, she fell to the ground unsteadily and broke her prosthetic leg. And in this situation, she had nowhere to call for help, so she had to sit on the floor, cursing, and praying to God to protect her from aliens...
However, although Tang Mary, a one-legged female man, did not expect any savior to fall from the sky, her savior actually came!
——I saw two unkempt Asian men, one old and one young, holding a strange cane, suddenly stumbled in front of her, then bent down and asked in a low voice in Mandarin, "...Ahem, you OK, is this Miss Tang Mary?”
"...Uh...I am." She blinked and realized that she seemed to have never seen these two guys before, "...are you...?"
"...To make a long story short! Miss Tang Mary, please stay calm, we are coming from the world over there to rescue you..."
Political Commissar Guo looked up and observed the surroundings. He found that there were no other people around, so he leaned into Tang Mary's ear and explained in a low voice, "...You have suffered in this world. Please rest assured that the party and the country will never give up on any of our compatriots. I will let you go home safely..." In an instant, the one-legged female man Tang Mary was stunned at first, and then her eyes filled with tears...