This discovery would undoubtedly overturn the scientific community.
So, the version of himself in the parallel timeline actually dared to remove the transformation of his armor on an alien spaceship. In his opinion, that was quite brave.
Before he could think further, Tony Stark in the image spoke: "Our only advantage is that he'll come to us! So, we'll use that. Okay, I have a plan, at least a preliminary idea!"
"It's simple, we lure him in, take him down, and then take what we want!"
At this moment, Tony Stark clearly hadn't realized that the being he was about to face this time wasn't even on the same level as those he'd dealt with before.
Compared to the likes of Obadiah, Killian, Ultron, Loki, and Thanos, those were really small fry.
Such a simple plan was completely useless.
Of course, a complex plan wouldn't be of much use either. After all, the combined strength of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't enough to take on Thanos alone.
It's all about being useless anyway.
"We don't need to get bogged down fighting him; we just want the gauntlet!" Tony Stark continued to explain his thoughts and ideas.
But obviously, the Guardians of the Galaxy weren't interested in that. Their usual approach was a brute-force one: bring on the soldiers, and dam the water to the earth.
"We have to work together. If we can face him with a do-or-die attitude..."
Before Tony Stark could finish, Star-Lord interrupted, saying, "Buddy, stop with the do-or-die stuff. We don't get that. Yeah, we're optimists. Your plan is good, the only flaw is that it sucks, so leave it to me. I'll show you what's reliable!"
"Tell him about how we saved the universe with dancing!" Drax the Destroyer said.
[Reliable, hahaha. Star-Lord is really good at setting up flags for failure. Let's put a flag here, the first teammate-as-pig in Marvel history is born!]
The styles of the superheroes were so different that even Lin Feng couldn't help but send a comment, because this scene was too funny.
And before everyone could figure out what was happening, or rather, what would happen in the future, why was Star-Lord called Marvel's number one teammate by Lin Feng?
Apparently, based on Lin Feng's consistent track record, whatever he said would basically come true.
Clearly, this Star-Lord must have done something very unlikable, not at all as reliable as he claimed to be.
Hearing this, Tony Stark, who was already dissatisfied with these people, used his primary talent, which was also the talent of offending people, and directly gave the guy a fitting nickname: Peter Pan.
Seeing that the two sides were about to get into a heated argument again, Mantis found Doctor Strange meditating in the back, as if he was performing a ritual, constantly shaking his head, with a green light emanating from his entire body.
"Strange, are you okay?" Tony Stark asked, but received no response.
"I seem to have seen this scene before. Those people who smoke weed, isn't this the state they're in? They're all over the streets!" Bruce Banner said.
Everyone of course knew what he was referring to: those weed smokers who crawled around on the streets like zombies.
However, before they could say anything more, Doctor Strange suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Spider-Man (Peter Parker) immediately asked, "What are you doing?"
"I went to the future, and I saw different endings!" Doctor Strange couldn't help but say. "I saw all the outcomes of this battle!"
Everyone was shocked by Doctor Strange's words, but they weren't surprised.
From the Ancient One's previous actions, they had roughly understood that the Time Stone could be used to see the future.
It seemed that Doctor Strange's strength had significantly improved by this point, and he could now observe the future like the Ancient One.
"How many endings did you see?" Star-Lord asked with a serious expression.
Clearly, everyone was beginning to realize how serious this question was.
"Fourteen million, six hundred and five!" Doctor Strange announced the staggering number.
Everyone who heard this almost couldn't help but gasp, making an outstanding contribution to preventing global warming.
Whether it was the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy members within the screen, or those who were reading the diary outside the screen, they hadn't expected to see so many outcomes, so many possibilities for the future.
They had known, to varying degrees, that every choice could create a different future, but "countless" was just a vague term. Who knew how many there could actually be? But now they all knew the extent of this vague term, and how absurd it could be.
Over fourteen million outcomes!
The sheer number was enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.
"I think I'm starting to understand why the Ancient One was so indifferent to life and death. Besides the possibility that she can survive in a spiritual state, the most important reason might be that after seeing your own death countless times, you become numb!" Black Widow (Natasha) showed a look of sudden realization. "Only by truly experiencing it can you let go!"
Everyone nodded. The Ancient One's detachment transcended life and death, transcended human nature. Normally, few could see through their own life and death.
There is great terror between life and death; that's what this means.
Even if a group of superheroes are willing to sacrifice themselves for the world, that sacrifice needs to be worthwhile. If it's just a pointless death, then probably no one would be willing.
Only by witnessing countless deaths and starting over countless times can one become truly tired and overcome the fear of life and death.
After everyone discussed the situation, Tony Stark asked a crucial question in the video: "So, how many times did we win?"
Facing everyone's expectant expressions, Doctor Strange spoke: "Only once!"
Everyone gasped again upon hearing this. Once.
Out of more than fourteen million outcomes, they only won once! Only that one outcome led to the final victory.
"So, I seem to understand Ancient One's death now. His death was to make the timeline move towards a better direction!" Bruce Banner said. "If some good outcomes have to be achieved at the cost of human lives, maybe this is the only option!"
"So, we will die in the future, and this is the price for defeating Thanos?" Hawkeye Barton said with a serious expression.
They all knew Thanos was terrifying, but they were the ones who ultimately won. So what did that mean? It meant they had a chance.
Otherwise, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange wouldn't have messed up with the multiverse later.
But the question was, how would they need to die to reach the final victory?
They weren't on that sacred timeline, so their future wasn't fixed. There were countless possibilities, which was a good thing, because their future wasn't restricted.
But it also meant that no one would correct their mistakes. They could very well die in this battle against Thanos.
"If we have to take this path, if we have to pay this price to defeat Thanos, I think I will!" Tony Stark said. "But what exactly should we do?"
After everything he had been through, Tony Stark's life awareness had long surpassed what it used to be. He was worthy of the title Iron Man.
"So the death of the Ancient One was also a necessary condition for Stephen Strange to become Doctor Strange and defeat Dormammu, the dark dimension lord!" Nick Fury said. "I think he must have tried many methods, but eventually found that none of them worked. Only by following this path could he achieve the result he wanted!"
When everyone analyzed this, they truly understood the Ancient One's thoughts, why he had hurriedly received his death, dying without any dignity, because this might be his only choice.
And Lin Feng's teasing about his eagerness to get off work was just that, teasing. The real situation wasn't like that.
Now, whether they wanted to or not, since they had seen over fourteen million possible outcomes, with victory only occurring once and only one path to it, they had no choice.
They could only be the one who succeeded; they couldn't accept being one of the remaining fourteen million plus outcomes.
Even if the result was that they all had to pay with their lives, they had no choice.
And they were also prepared for this.
"Now, all the clues are in Lin Feng's diary. We can only find a way to make Lin Feng write more in his diary, to write what we want to see. Perhaps then we can know what the only correct path is!" Nick Fury said.
Everyone thought about it and nodded.
This seemed to be the only way, and it was also a relatively practical one!
But soon they didn't have time to discuss this anymore. In the image, Thanos had already appeared. He had teleported to Titan using the Space Stone and looked at the incredibly broken and desolate scene around him, but his expression was blank.
Here is his base, also the homeworld of the Titan race, now completely desolate.
Actually, he had many means to change things, whether through technology or magic, but he didn't choose to do so.
Because for him, this constantly reminded him of what a terrifying consequence it would be if he didn't pay attention to environmental protection, didn't pay attention to sustainable development, and allowed the unlimited expansion of the population.
Yes, the supervillain Thanos, was actually a Family Planning Commission director!
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