Marvel: Little Genius - Chapter: 433 (Patreon)
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Snap—!
Fingers came together, and there was a resounding explosion in mid-air.
The cosmic-level energy gathered by the Infinity Stones completely disregarded the rules of space and time, spreading throughout the entire universe in an instant.
Inside the explosion-proof laboratory, the people present only felt a gentle breeze on their faces, and everything had already concluded peacefully.
Dr. Banner, expanding his last bit of strength, removed the Infinity Gauntlet from his hand and collapsed on the ground, completely exhausted.
Seeing this, everyone rushed to him and surrounded Dr. Banner.
On the ground, Dr. Banner had fallen into unconsciousness, and profuse sweat had dampened the floor.
Baymax's inflatable mechanical exoskeleton quickly approached and performed an emergency scan on him. "Everyone, rest assured, Dr. Banner is not seriously harmed. There are no injuries to his skin or internal organs, and he is in an overall healthy condition.
The reason for his fainting is partly due to enduring prolonged and intense pain, a natural self-preservation mechanism.
On the other hand, the self-healing potential gained from the Extremis transformation was greatly stimulated, depleting a significant amount of energy during the body's repair process. In simple terms, he fainted from exhaustion."
Hearing Baymax's report, the initially anxious group of people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially Natasha, who, upon hearing that Dr. Banner was okay, seemed like a puppet with cut strings. She slumped down beside Dr. Banner.
After reporting the situation, Baymax immediately began to provide medical care for Dr. Banner, administering highly concentrated nutritional fluids, releasing soothing energy waves, and providing targeted treatment based on Dr. Banner's physical condition.
At the same time, the defense of the Avengers' base started to deactivate, and the energy shield and metal barriers were retracted under the control of Friday.
Scott walked to the window of the explosion-proof laboratory and looked outside, where a small tree had taken root and stood on the land beyond the window. Several sparrows chattered away on its branches, giving it a summery feel.
Everything seemed as calm and peaceful as it was five years ago, just before Thanos snapped his fingers.
But Scott, who had been living in the base for so long, knew very well that this small tree had completely disappeared from this universe after the snap five years ago.
At this moment, the reappearance of the vanished scene could only prove one thing: their time heist plan had truly succeeded!
If it were only this piece of evidence, it wouldn't be enough to completely reassure everyone. However, the next second, Hawkeye's phone, placed on the table, received a call and started vibrating.
The caller ID displayed on the phone screen was none other than Laura, Hawkeye's wife, who had disappeared for five years.
"Darling?" Hawkeye answered the phone excitedly but also with some worry that things might not be as he expected.
"It's me, Clint. Has something happened?"
"It's nothing, dear. I'll explain when I get home later. I have something to take care of right now."
After hanging up the phone, Hawkeye turned around excitedly and announced to the others, "Guys, I think we did it!"
"Friday, help me see if you can contact Mark..." With Hawkeye's confirmation, Tony eagerly had Friday send a communication request to Mark.
Tony wanted to confirm whether Mark had been resurrected as planned.
But even before Friday could establish contact with Mark, Baymax, who had completed Dr. Banner's treatment, delivered good news.
"Sir, Master has already been resurrected, just as he anticipated. The death of his duplicate did not affect the successful resurrection of the original by the Infinity Stones.
Furthermore, the other companions who disappeared on Titan have also been successfully resurrected and have been brought back to the New York Sanctum by Master.
However, because he needs to receive and integrate the memory information left by his soul duplicate before he can return to the base."
When Mark's duplicate was resurrected with the help of soul fragments, he had left a memory backup, including detailed instructions about the time heist plan and speculations about the resurrection after the plan's success.
When Mark and Baymax communicated, Baymax had already transmitted this data to Mark.
Now, Mark was under the protection of Doctor Strange and a few others at the New York Sanctum, examining these memory records. Therefore, he had not yet returned to the base.
However, receiving this news gave everyone a sense of excitement. Their efforts over these days had finally paid off, and they had achieved the desired results.
Rocket, upon learning that all the Guardians had been resurrected, was filled with excitement and eagerly wanted to celebrate with Nebula.
However, after looking around carefully, Rocket couldn't find Nebula's figure.
"Strange, where's Nebula?"
Completely unaware, while everyone was rejoicing in the laboratory, Nebula had come to the control panel of the quantum spacetime tunnel alone and activated the passage for time-space travel.
On the holographic screen, the location connected by this spacetime passage was clearly displayed.
If Mark and Thor were here at this moment, they would undoubtedly find this particular time highly familiar.
Because on this very day, the Dark Elves attacked Asgard to obtain the Aether particles hidden within, and thanks to Mark's intervention, Frigga, the Queen of Asgard, was spared from being killed by Malekith.
What's more, their time heist plan, the current Thor, Rocket, and Nebula bringing back the Reality Stones, all revolved around this specific point in time.
Up to this point, a loophole that Mark had never considered had finally emerged. He had thought that by swapping the tasks of Nebula and Baymax, he could avoid any leaks in the original storyline.
However, Mark had forgotten one crucial detail. At the same time the Reality Stones were reborn, there was another significant event—the once-in-a-millennium alignment of the Nine Realms.
The spatial disturbance caused by the alignment shortened the distance between two different Nebulas in time and space, allowing the Nebulas from different timelines, who were initially unable to communicate, to finally establish a connection.
Mark's carefully planned time heist plan began to deviate from his perfect vision from that moment onwards.
And because of this oversight in his thinking, the ultimate battle that he had hoped to avoid was about to unfold on Earth...