"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!"
Green Hulk's explosion was incredibly sudden, shocking everyone present.
The way he died was, without a doubt, too tragic.
It was like he'd swallowed a bomb, and it detonated inside him, leaving nothing but a green, viscous goo.
Green Hulk was supposed to be the most powerful being on Earth, invulnerable to known weapons. To think he would die such a gruesome death.
"I have to say, this is really terrible," Thor couldn't help but exclaim, clicking his tongue. "I've killed countless people, and I've seen countless people killed, but I've never seen anyone die so miserably."
"Is this really what's going to happen in the future?" Doctor Banner's face looked even more bitter than usual, as if he'd just eaten a bitter melon.
He couldn't accept it at all.
What had he done to deserve such cruelty from the heavens? The screen then switched to another scene.
A tombstone appeared before everyone's eyes.
Inscribed on the tombstone were a few lines: Hope van Dyne, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
"Hope? If I remember correctly, isn't she Hank Pym's daughter?" Black Widow asked, surprised.
The fact that Hank Pym had been ousted from the company he founded by his own daughter and protégé was quite big news back then.
So Black Widow knew Hank Pym's daughter.
"When did she become a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent?" Hawkeye also looked surprised, glancing at Black Widow. "Could she have been on a secret mission all along?"
Arranging long-term undercover operations like this certainly fit Nick Fury's style. Both Black Widow and Hawkeye decided they would definitely ask Nick Fury about this when they got back.
A figure was reflected on the tombstone, and then a face appeared on the screen. It was none other than Nick Fury.
"Isn't that Hank Pym!" Nick Fury suddenly said.
Another person wearing armor appeared, glaring menacingly at Nick Fury: "You dare stand in front of her grave, you really have guts!"
It was Hank Pym.
"Don't worry about her, I don't think she'd mind, after all, she's already dead," Nick Fury said coldly and heartlessly.
"It was you, S.H.I.E.L.D., that killed her!" Hank Pym said, filled with hatred.
"Agent van Dyne died during a mission! She died outside of Odessa, Ukraine!" Nick Fury corrected Hank Pym.
"Agent? She was my daughter, my precious daughter! She missed her mother, and you exploited that!"
"Her mother was an agent?"
"Don't try to fool me, Nick Fury! You fed her a load of crap about protecting the world and saving humanity! You made her do S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty work! You let her die like her mother!"
"So, you killed them?"
With Nick Fury's words, a scene began to flash.
It was the scene of the Green Hulk being shot and falling on the overpass. The camera followed the wound, continuously extending inward and finally entering the Green Hulk's body.
Standing amidst the swirling of countless body cells, a figure materialized: Hank Pym, still clad in his armor.
He swiftly fired a "disc" at the Green Hulk's heart, causing it to swell rapidly.
The image froze at that moment.
The people present finally understood why the Green Hulk had exploded earlier.
It was undoubtedly because Hank Pym had repeatedly deployed that "disc" within the Green Hulk's body, causing it to inflate uncontrollably.
That was the final cause of the explosion.
"I have to admit, I've always underestimated Ant-Man."
Black Widow spoke first, breaking the silence.
Actually, she hadn't thought much of Ant-Man. His shrinking tactics were surprising, but once you got used to them, they weren't that big a deal.
Even when he grew large, she figured, as Captain America had said, he'd be clumsy. Black Widow hadn't taken him that seriously.
But now, seeing Ant-Man shrink to that extreme, his killing power was off the charts. His threat level had skyrocketed to a terrifying degree.
Guys like Iron Man and Captain America wouldn't stand a chance.
Maybe Thor's body could withstand whatever that thing was that made organs swell, since he was a "god."
But the others? Who could stop it?
"Natasha, what Betty Ross said about the needle containing a miniature missile...it's obvious that was Hank Pym! He hid it in the syringe and killed someone."
"You know that person. They should be one of the Avengers, which is why you went to Betty Ross to analyze it."
Hawkeye Barton said to Black Widow with a serious expression, "It's a very difficult method to defend against."
Thor chimed in with a look of arrogance, "However, it's useless against me because I'm filled with lightning! If he dares to go in, he'll never get out!"
Tony Stark couldn't help but exclaim, "Hank Pym really invented something impressive!"
Coming from Tony Stark, to say something was "impressive" was an extremely high level of praise.
Doctor Banner quickly interrupted the "unimportant" conversation, "Shouldn't we be discussing how to prevent this from happening?"
He stared intently at Black Widow, "You're a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and that dead Hope was also from S.H.I.E.L.D., so if what you're saying is true, if the question system really predicts the future, then please ensure that Hope doesn't die. Don't let her go on a mission to Odessa, Ukraine."
The questions had told everyone the full context of the situation.
Hank Pym was retaliating against S.H.I.E.L.D. precisely because his daughter had died.
"Even if you don't say anything, we'll go back and confirm this with Nick Fury, our director."
Black Widow nodded, answering Doctor Banner seriously.
Regarding Hank Pym killing the Hulk, it was that simple; there was nothing more to say.
Just don't let Hope die.
But beyond that, a bigger question had left Tony Stark and the others still baffled.
"You should have noticed it too, there are many contradictions in this image," Tony Stark said seriously to everyone at this moment.
"I'm already dead in the image, and Barton is also dead, which is very unreasonable."
"Even more unreasonable is that, Romanoff, you hadn't even joined the Avengers yet! This future is actually a past!"
With Tony Stark's words, everyone present, except for Doctor Banner, frowned deeply.
Especially Black Widow and Hawkeye, who were even more puzzled. They had already joined the Avengers, but they hadn't encountered anything like what was shown in the images.
Yet, the time in the images was before they joined.
This didn't make any sense.
"And Agent Hope is also not right!" Black Widow said thoughtfully, adding her voice to the discussion. "As far as I know, Hope is still alive and well! Could they be two different people?"
"They're both Hank Pym's daughters, and they have the same name, so it's clearly the same person," Captain America stated firmly. "Unless Hank Pym had two daughters and gave them the same name."
That was obviously impossible.
Everyone fell silent. This was a contradiction so huge, it was impossible to explain.
"In the previous round of questions, we encountered an option about Hank Pym. Judging by Director Fury's reaction, he wasn't very familiar with Hank Pym."
"But if Hank Pym's daughter is really a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Director Fury should be very familiar with Hank Pym."
"Every S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undergoes a detailed background check!" Black Widow spoke again.
This made everyone at the scene frown, their brows furrowing like chrysanthemums blooming in late autumn.
Nothing made sense.
"That's it! It must be like this! If that's the case, it explains everything!"
It wasn't until a moment later that Tony Stark's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh.
The tone was also very affirmative.
"Stark, what have you figured out? Tell us quickly!" Thor immediately asked, very curious.
The others also turned their gazes towards Tony Stark, they also wanted to know the answer to the question.
"Romanoff, do you remember what I said during the last round of questions? The future predicted by the question system is a future in a parallel world!"
Tony Stark said with gleaming eyes.
"Stark, are you saying that in that other parallel universe, Hope is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and she died while on a mission!"
Captain America immediately realized this.
The others in the room also realized this one after another.
Stark was right. The key to this video footage hinged on a crucial premise: that Hope was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
This was the root of everything.
The origin of all the contradictions.
It was this point that created the logical inconsistencies:
If this footage was from the past, then Hope should still be alive. If it was from the future, then Black Widow and the others shouldn't be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents yet!
But what if, in another parallel world, Hope was indeed a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and died during a past mission?
All the contradictions, all the inconsistencies, would then be reasonably explained.
Sometimes it's like that. Once the truth is revealed, everyone realizes that the reality is really that simple.
"A simple hypothesis that resolves all the contradictions at once is often the correct one," Hawkeye Barton nodded. "Stark, when we get back, we can confirm Hope's situation with Director Fury and see if your theory is correct."
"Barton, remember to let me know when you confirm it," Tony Stark immediately said seriously to Hawkeye. "This is important!"
That's right, it is indeed very important.
Even if Tony Stark's "parallel universe theory" is reasonable and logical, it still lacks some persuasiveness if it's just a pure theory without factual support.
However, before, there was no opportunity to verify this theory, and of course, Tony Stark had no way to do so.
That was all he could do.
But now, this opportunity has finally arrived!
"If the existence of parallel universes can be verified, this is a major innovation in the scientific community! An achievement of the times! Enough to win the Nobel Prize!"
Doctor Banner also said with some excitement.
[Please answer: For which of the following reasons did Iron Man, Tony Stark, blow up his entire set of Iron Man armor in one go?]
[A: He fought the Ten Rings and wanted to kill the opponent's ability enhancer.]
[B. The Iron Man armor was controlled by Ultron and forced to self-destruct.]
[C. To put on a fireworks show for Pepper Potts.]
[D. Controlled by Loki's mind control, forced to self-destruct the armor.]
[Friendly reminder: Those who answer correctly will receive the Lingbo Weibu skill as a reward; Those who answer incorrectly will randomly have one of their attributes deducted, including but not limited to knowledge, experience, skills, and possessions, etc...]
As everyone was discussing, a new question appeared, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone glanced at the question, and all showed expressions of great surprise.
The Iron Man armor was the greatest tool Iron Man relied on. In the future, he would actually self-destruct the armor?
Especially Tony Stark himself, he was even more shocked than the others.
No one knew better than him how much he cared about the Iron Man armor. He was suffering from the fatal crisis of palladium poisoning, and wearing the Iron Man armor was a dead end.
Even in that situation, he still wouldn't give up his Iron Man armor.
It showed how much he valued the Iron Man armor; it had even become a kind of faith.
But now, the Q&A system was telling him that in the future, he actually blew up his armor?
"Self-destruct the armor? Stark, I have to say, that's a really crazy and extravagant act." Black Widow couldn't help but glance at Tony Stark.
"Exactly, Stark, your armor costs tens of millions, right?" Hawkeye Barton also glanced at Tony Stark.
"Tens of millions? You're underestimating my status as a super-rich person! Don't even think about getting it for less than a few hundred million!" Tony Stark said to Hawkeye with a matter-of-fact expression.
Except for Thor, who didn't understand the Earth's currency system very well, everyone else present couldn't help but gasp in amazement.
They knew the Iron Man armor was expensive, but they didn't expect it to be this expensive.
A single suit costs hundreds of millions!
So, Iron Man is currently wearing a super-luxury item worth hundreds of millions?
"Alright, let's get back to the topic," Captain America said, pulling everyone back to the subject with a serious expression. "Let's look at option A first, Stark versus the Ten Rings?"
"The enhanced members of the Ten Rings?" Thor immediately recalled, "The guy on Air Force One who could heat up his body?"
That person left a deep impression on Thor.
"Eric Savin, former Army Lieutenant Colonel. Later, he was crippled by a landmine during a mission. Then, he transformed into an enhanced individual who could fight Iron Man's armor in close combat."
Tony Stark added on the side.
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