After pondering with his hand propping up his cheek for a long time, Tony still couldn't figure out how Thor had helped create Vision.
In fact, the playboy found it more and more unbelievable!
That was Thor, the god of thunder, who only knew how to swing his hammer! Besides that.
The diary had already mentioned that Vision's birth was the result of a collaboration between him, Tony, and Ultron.
Adding in the experience of actually creating Vision, Tony felt that Dr. Banner from that other universe was also very likely to have been involved.
After all, organic biology was indeed not his area of expertise.
So, in other words, combining all the spoilers and experience, Vision was possibly the result of the combined efforts of him, Tony, Ultron, Dr. Banner, and Thor!
Good heavens, that's quite the setup, isn't it? The process of creating Vision really seemed incredibly complex.
But how it all happened isn't important anymore, since Vision has already been created.
Tony didn't dwell on it and turned his attention back to the diary.
His expression immediately turned serious.
Thor actually suspected that the appearance of the Infinity Gems was intentional?
That someone was playing a grand game?
"Could there really be a puppet master behind all of this?"
The playboy really couldn't stay calm.
Thor's argument echoed the suspicions of the diary's previous owner, Zhou Cheng.
Back then, Zhou Cheng had expressed reasonable doubts about the Soul Gem having a guide.
After all, things like guides are indeed too obviously contrived, and no matter what, they're a bit inexplicable.
At this moment, coupled with Thor's suspicion, it further clarifies the issue.
The "mastermind theory" is definitely not groundless!
Upon thinking of this, Tony's heart grew heavier.
Anger, unwillingness, and a deep sense of helplessness all welled up.
Indeed, with his big Tony's personality, he naturally wouldn't want to be a pawn for others.
But the possible mastermind's level might be so high that even Thanos couldn't escape being manipulated and controlled, let alone them, the Avengers?
Think about it carefully; Thor's words really aren't baseless.
"After all, the Infinity Gems have existed for endless years, yet they suddenly surfaced one after another in just a few short years!"
"Although each Infinity Gem that has surfaced seems fine on its own, and each has its own 'story'."
"But those 'stories' all happened within a very close time frame. Doesn't that seem a bit coincidental?"
"Especially the Soul Gem, which even had a guide, as if afraid that others wouldn't be able to get it."
"Just explaining it away with coincidence really isn't very convincing."
"So, the question is, if Thor is right, and there is a mastermind pulling the strings behind all of this, who could it be?"
"This is an interesting topic!"
Tony, in front of the diary, began to fall into deep thought.
He really hadn't considered the emergence of the Infinity Gems from this angle before. The key was that the playboy hadn't thought much of it previously.
Even in Tony's view, the process by which each Infinity Gem surfaced was natural, nothing amiss.
The reason Loki was drawn to the Tesseract wasn't just because S.H.I.E.L.D. had been researching it, sending signals into space?
So the Power Gem surfaced, and Loki even brought the Scepter, which contained the Mind Gem, with him.
Besides that, there was the Reality Gem.
That was because of the Convergence, which Jane happened to discover.
As for the Time Gem, the playboy knew it was always kept in Kamar-Taj.
But after a period of time, it would be "handed over" to Doctor Strange.
And the Soul Gem? According to the diary's spoilers, it was in the future that Thanos, under the guidance of a "guide," killed his daughter Gamora to obtain it.
As for the Power Gem, based on the current clues, Star-Lord should have taken it from Ronan.
Looking at the appearance of each gem individually, Tony didn't see any problems.
But what if you looked at the appearance of all these gems from a grander, more overarching perspective? The playboy had already asked Thor about this, and the Infinity Gems were created before the Big Bang!
Over such a long period of time, why did they suddenly appear one after another in just the last few years? Thor had lived for fifteen hundred years and, before he got the diary, had no idea what the Infinity Gems were.
In this case, from the timing perspective, the appearance of the gems was indeed a bit coincidental.
Adding Thor's suspicions and the diary owner Zhou Cheng's suspicions, Tony couldn't stay calm any longer.
So, who could it be?
If Zhou Cheng and Thor's suspicions were true, and there was a mastermind controlling everything behind the scenes, who would it be?
If I had to guess, I think there's a huge possibility it's the Beyonder!
[With such power and such a refined taste, it must be the Beyonder, right?]
[After all, the Beyonder in the main universe did something similar, stirring up conflicts between superheroes and supervillains, and on a much grander scale.]
[In the main universe, the Beyonder directly created a universe called "Battleworld" and brought all the superheroes and supervillains there to fight!]
[This is a super ruthless individual, capable of instantly killing the Celestials with a thought, and squashing the Living Tribunal like an ant.]
[The entire multiverse is just a drop of water in front of him; he could destroy billions of universes with a single thought!]
"Beyonder!"
Tony's eyes suddenly narrowed, his attention immediately drawn to the name.
Even though this was the first time the diary mentioned it.
Even if you didn't consider anything else, just looking at the name, you could tell this person was extraordinary.
The "Beyonder"!
Anyone who dared to use "Beyond" in their name couldn't be ordinary.
He just didn't know what the Beyonder had surpassed.
Even using something like the Infinity Gems as pawns... At the very least, he had to be a being that surpassed the cosmic level, right? No, the Avengers' war with Thanos over the Infinity Gems involved time travel and the multiverse.
So, this Beyonder had to have surpassed time and space!
At the very least, he had to be on the same level as the Watcher and the TVA, right?
Based on this rough judgment alone, Tony gave the Beyonder an extremely high evaluation.
But soon, the playboy found himself wrong.
Even though he felt he had already taken the Beyonder seriously enough, he still realized that he had underestimated the other party.
Killing the Celestials is like blowing away dust?
Killing the Living Tribunal is like crushing an ant?
This is just... too exaggerated!
So exaggerated that Tony thought the diary's owner, Zhou Cheng, was just talking nonsense.
He knew what level the Celestials were at, right?
They were the super gods who could create galaxies and form the basic structure of the universe!
And the Living Tribunal?
Not to mention.
The diary was "officially stamped" as an existence above the Celestials!
Apart from the One Above All and the Living Tribunal, the Living Tribunal was the most awesome.
This could be seen from the fact that Eternity could easily erase all the gods in the world.
But even such an existence was so vulnerable in front of the Beyonder?
Even a single thought could destroy billions of multiverses?
Hiss!
Are there beings in this world so terrifying that they defy all reason?
Even with his level of experience, Tony couldn't help but gasp.
Compared to the Beyonder's terrifying, suffocating power, the fact that he created a universe and forced superheroes and supervillains to fight seemed... almost mundane.
There's just one thing: why would the Beyonder do this?
He orchestrated a super war; what was the goal?
Could it be that he enjoyed competition, like the Grandmaster of Sakaar?
The diary mentioned that the Beyonder did have this "hobby."
What exactly was that "hobby?"
The playboy fell into deep thought, but there was no way to reach a definite conclusion.
Or perhaps the only conclusion was that a huge weight had settled in Tony's heart.
Indeed.
The Beyonder described in the diary was the Beyonder from the main universe.
The main universe is also the Marvel Universe!
Many parallel universes in the "Marvel series" are highly similar universes!
This was enough to make Tony alert.
Of course, this kind of thing is still very distant, or rather, unattainable for Thor.
I remember Thor was also planning to investigate this matter, but it's impossible for him to find anything out.
And it won't be long before Thor's good sister Hela will reunite with him, and by the way, she'll crush his hammer and beat him into a dog.
I just don't know if Thor, after his transformation, will be able to defeat Hela if he doesn't return to Asgard?
You have to know that Asgard is the source of Hela's power. As long as she is in Asgard, Hela has endless power.
This cheat is indeed a bit too much.
[However, even if she's not in Asgard, Hela's strength is actually very monstrous. Not just anyone can casually crush Mjolnir!]
"Hela!"
Thor's expression couldn't help but darken slightly, and his heart sank as well.
For Thor, "Hela" wasn't a good word at all.
Because Hela represented his father's demise, and the destruction of Asgard! Not only that.
Ever since he learned the "truth" about his sister, the Goddess of Death, Hela, had become a knot in Thor's heart.
Whether it was the spoilers from the diary, or what he learned from Odin.
Everything indicated that Hela was an unbeatable enemy.
Even though he didn't want to admit it, Thor had to concede.
Hela was a powerhouse on a completely different level, far superior to himself.
If that weren't the case, why would the Thor from another universe have been willing to pay the price of destroying Asgard?
Wasn't he just backed into a corner?
But now, Thor's eyes lit up.
Asgard, was it the source of Hela's power?
Why this was the case, the God of Thunder naturally didn't know.
But at least it pointed Thor in a direction to deal with Hela:
He couldn't let Hela return to Asgard!
This would not only prevent Asgard from being slaughtered by Hela, but also greatly weaken her strength!
Of course.
Even outside of Asgard, the Goddess of Death, Hela, was still a terrifying existence capable of crushing Mjolnir with a single hand.
She was still a formidable enemy that left Thor breathless.
Thor would need to carefully plan and prepare to deal with such an opponent.
This power level feels top-tier among Thor's arch-enemies.
She might not be as strong as the God Butcher, but it's hard to say how she'd compare to Thanos.
And if Hela had activated her "Asgard buff" and possessed infinite power, Thanos might very well be no match for her.
So, if Hela hadn't been tricked to her death by her own brother, and had truly ruled Asgard, things would have been interesting.
The most powerful Hela, along with her resurrected undead army, versus Thanos's fleet, which already possessed the Power Gem... who would win?
Asgard under Hela's rule against Thanos, who now possessed the Power Gem?
Tony's interest was immediately piqued.
It was undeniably a very interesting topic.
Thanos didn't need any introduction; the diary had revealed his information countless times.
There was no doubt that he was a super-powerful being at the top of the pyramid.
And Hela?
Putting aside everything else, just the feat of crushing Mjolnir with one hand was enough for Tony to consider her no weaker than Thanos.
Based on that, both of them had obtained similar enhancements: one had an infinite power buff, and the other possessed the Power Gem.
In this situation, who would come out on top?
Tony honestly couldn't say right now.
As for the strength of Hela's undead army versus Thanos's fleet, it was impossible to compare.
However, Tony had logically deduced one thing.
Why would Zhou Cheng, the owner of that diary, compare himself to Thanos, who had obtained the Power Gem?
Undoubtedly, it was because Thanos had also obtained the Power Gem when he killed half of Asgard's population!
Thus, the order in which Thanos obtained the Gems finally began to reveal some clues.
It was clear that the first Gem he obtained was the Power Gem.
So, what was the second Gem?
Considering that Asgard had entrusted the Reality Gem to the Collector.
So the answer, naturally, is the Tesseract, which is the Space Gem!
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