No, are you kidding me?
How on Earth could Black Panther manage to knock Thanos back?
If it were him, and Black Panther crashed into him like that, if he moved even an inch, he'd consider it a bad day due to a leg cramp!
And while falling, it seems Zombie Thanos fucking forgot how to use the Infinity Stones he just learned how to operate!
He didn't use the Space Stone to teleport himself, nor the Time Stone to stop time during the fall; he just let Black Panther hold onto him and stupidly fell into the liquid Vibranium.
And this wasn't even what shocked Ryan the most.
What shocked him most was that the unsolidified liquid Vibranium beneath Wakanda actually destroyed Zombie Thanos along with the six infinity stones on his Infinity Gauntlet!
This left Ryan completely speechless.
One must know that in the movies, Thanos had to use the Infinity Stones to destroy the Infinity Stones themselves, yet in this Zombie Universe, mere liquid Vibranium could destroy them...
In the end, Ryan could only attribute this to the different results produced by the Infinity Stones in each Universe.
After all, the 'what if...??' plot did introduce that the Infinity Stones of each Universe are unique; the power they can exert and how they can be destroyed are actually different.
For example, in 'what if...??', when the Multiverse team faced the six-stone Ultron, the Infinity Stone Crusher Gamora used—which could destroy the stones in her Universe—failed to destroy the stones Ultron possessed.
Perhaps the Infinity Stones of the Zombie Universe just happened to be not that strong and relatively fragile, allowing them to be destroyed by liquid Vibranium...
Well, reasonable...
And even if the Infinity Stones of this Universe were relatively weak, they were still Infinity Stones; the power generated by their explosion naturally couldn't be small.
In an instant, the liquid Vibranium beneath Wakanda was evaporated, followed by a six-colored energy beam shooting into the sky, constantly expanding and sweeping across the entire World!
At this rate of expansion, it was certain that before long, the entire Earth would be annihilated in the explosion of the Infinity Stones!
But until now, when Ryan arrived, this World had not been destroyed and was still fine, clearly because someone had stopped the explosion of the Infinity Stones.
And that was indeed the case.
Someone had stepped forward and saved this World.
But it wasn't the Zombie Queen Wanda who was showing him the recap—though she might have been able to do it—it was another big guy, and he was... Hulk!
That's right, in the footage, it was finally Dr. Banner who took the initiative to jump into the energy explosion of the Infinity Stones, transforming into the Hulk to absorb the explosive energy, eventually becoming the new vessel for the energy of the six infinity stones, thus ending the disaster!
And thus, Hulk received an epic buff, becoming the Infinite Hulk!
The footage ended there.
After watching Wanda's playback, Ryan finally understood what happened in this Zombie Universe after the five-stone Zombie Thanos arrived following the events of the 'what if...??' zombie plot.
All the questions he had since arriving in this World were now explained.
For instance, why no one in this World thought to look for the Infinity Stones to try and restore the World.
Or why the Iron Lady said Earth's atmosphere was filled with energy dust due to the Wakanda incident, blocking all signals so they couldn't enter or leave Earth.
All of this was because the six infinity stones had already been destroyed in Wakanda five years ago, and part of that rising energy had dispersed into the Earth's atmosphere.
It was just that they didn't know exactly what happened in Wakanda, so they didn't know it was caused by the explosion of the Infinity Stones.
Even the three new-generation members like Kamala probably didn't know about the Infinity Stones.
However, even though Ryan had figured everything out, it also made him feel that there were many plot holes here!
It even caused Marvel's already unreliable power scaling system to collapse once again.
But Marvel's power scaling had collapsed more than once or twice, so Ryan didn't dwell on it for long; he only needed to know that he was always improving and would always be invincible!
So, there was only one point Ryan cared about now, and that was...
The Infinite Hulk himself!
Although the Infinite Hulk wasn't the Infinity Stones themselves, but rather a host who absorbed part of the energy from their explosion, his energy level would certainly be greatly diminished compared to the original infinite energy of the six stones.
But Ryan had to admit, he was tempted by this power!
After all, no matter how much it was diminished, it was still the power of the Infinity Stones!
If he absorbed all this power into his own body, his strength would definitely leap forward again by a large margin!
Thinking of this, Ryan stared through Okoye's crimson eyes at Wanda, who was hiding somewhere unknown, a mysterious smile curling his lips:
"So, what you want is the Infinity Power inside the Hulk? You want to use that power to rewrite the future of this desperate World?"
Hearing this, Wanda did not deny it, but admitted through Okoye:
"Correct. Once I was able to refocus my thoughts and fully regain my sense of self, I tried using my power to rewrite reality. I tried to restore myself and others to how we were before, but..."
"I failed. The Quantum Virus is deeply rooted; even my Chaos Magic cannot reverse reality—at most, it allows me to stay 'awake.' At least, not with my current level of Chaos Magic..."
"So I need the Infinity Power inside the Hulk to strengthen my Chaos Magic, allowing me to truly modify this desperate World and restore it to the beautiful World it once was..."
Speaking to this point, Wanda paused, then looked at the hand where Ryan wore the bangle, confessing:
"Actually, before you appeared, the helper I had my eye on was someone else. For that, I brought 'hope' before them, wanting them to take that 'hope' and experience even greater despair, so that in the end, they would have no choice but to help me..."
"And that person was Kamala. I cannot bear the powerful energy of the six stones alone, and her bangle just happens to help me bear the energy of Space and Time. So I originally needed her to be this savior with me, but..."
"Now I think I don't need her anymore. You have obtained her bangle, and you are much stronger than she is. Teaming up with you will have a much higher success rate for rewriting this World than teaming up with her!"
"So, please, whatever your conditions are, I can agree to them, but please, you must complete this glorious mission with me!"
This time, Wanda indeed stopped speaking in riddles and explained everything clearly all at once.
At least... on the surface.
Hearing Wanda's words, a wicked smile slowly curled Ryan's lips: "Oh? Truly any condition at all?"
Looking at Ryan's expression, which was full of a certain implication, Wanda fell silent for a moment.
After a good while, Wanda said softly: "I am a zombie right now..."
Ryan shrugged nonchalantly: "I know, I don't mind~"
Hearing this, Wanda fell silent again for quite a while. Clearly, Ryan didn't mind, but Wanda herself did...
Through the red light flickering in Okoye's eye sockets, Ryan could feel the conflicted emotions of Zombie Wanda at this moment...
And Ryan did not rush her, just waited quietly...
Finally, after an unknown amount of internal struggle, Zombie Wanda grit her teeth and finally compromised through Okoye:
"As long as you can help me fix this broken World and restore it to its original state, I... I promise you!"
Hearing Wanda's compromise, Ryan's smile grew even wider:
"That's more like it. That's the wise choice. From now on, you are the third Scarlet Witch Wanda under my command, and my representative in this World!"
Hearing this, the phantom of Wanda in Okoye's eyes was clearly stunned: "Under your command? The third Scarlet Witch? Representative?"
"So... the condition you just mentioned was for me to be your subordinate, not..."
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