"The Ancient One said she had prevented countless terrible events."
Captain America spoke up at this moment, his expression solemn, "It seems Earth has already experienced many crises."
With the Ancient One's abilities, if she called them terrible events, everyone couldn't imagine what kind of events they were.
But everyone has lived for so long, and apart from the Battle of New York, the Battle of Wakanda, and some other major events that will happen in the future, they have never heard of any other terrible events.And the Ancient One was on her deathbed, she wouldn't lie about something like this.
This shows that the Ancient One led the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, silently preventing those terrible events from happening to Earth.
Defeating the threats of those terrible enemies.
From this perspective, it's not an exaggeration to call the Ancient One the guardian of Earth.
Yet, such a person died on the operating table in such a way.
Everyone sighed even more.Please listen to the question: On Titan, the heroes engaged in a great battle with Thanos. Who did Doctor Strange ultimately surrender the Time Stone to save?
[A. Thanos' adopted daughter Gamora]
[B. Star-Lord Peter Quill]
[C. Captain America Steve Rogers]
[D. Iron Man Tony Stark]
[Friendly reminder: Correct answers will be rewarded with 500 kilograms of Adamantium.][Those who answer incorrectly will have a random attribute deducted, including but not limited to knowledge, experience, skills, possessions, etc...]
Amidst the discussions of the crowd, the latest question appeared.
Everyone temporarily stopped discussing and refocused their attention on the big screen.
In the previous questions, everyone had just learned that Doctor Strange had voluntarily handed the Time Stone over to Thanos, and this question would reveal the specific reasons why Doctor Strange did so.
Everyone was quite interested in this.
"Titan, this is Thanos's home planet."Thor immediately introduced to everyone, "Titan used to be a very prosperous planet, but I don't know why, it has now become an abandoned planet."
When Thor first came to Earth, he had never even heard the name Thanos.
However, after experiencing a series of quizzes, Thor returned to Asgard and immediately conducted a series of investigations into Thanos.
Now, Thor has a lot of information about Thanos.
As Thanos's home planet, Thor had naturally heard of Titan.However, after everyone learned from Star-Lord that Thanos' nickname was "The Mad Titan," they guessed that this planet was Thanos' homeworld, even without Thor's explanation.
"Do you know why Thanos is called the Mad Titan?" Star-Lord then began to educate everyone, "Because Thanos slaughtered half of all life on Titan!"
"He doesn't even spare his own homeworld, he's truly a madman!" Dr. Banner couldn't help but exclaim.
One can only imagine how cold-blooded someone who would ruthlessly wield a butcher's knife against their own homeworld could be."Everyone, as you all know, I once fought Thanos on an alien planet. Considering this question, I think that must have been Titan."
Tony Stark then spoke, addressing everyone.
Except for Star-Lord, the others who had shared intelligence exchanged glances and largely agreed with Tony Stark's assessment.
Although this judgment was just speculation, everyone believed there was a high probability of it being true.
Firstly, Earth is not a planet that has reached an interstellar level.Earth's exploration of the universe is limited to observations from astronomical telescopes and, at best, sending probes to the Moon and Mars.
Occasionally landing on the Moon to take some pictures.
In this context, the possibility of Tony Stark gallivanting around the interstellar space is very small. Wherever he went, it wouldn't be an easy feat.
In other words, people don't think Tony Stark's trips to alien planets would happen often, and it's highly likely it would only happen once.
At worst, it would be a few times.Secondly, Tony Stark had previously mentioned that the planet where he fought Thanos was a deserted planet.
Just now, everyone also received confirmation from Thor that Titan is now precisely a deserted planet!
Isn't that a bit of a coincidence?
Considering Earth's lack of interstellar capabilities, coupled with the coincidence of both being deserted planets, the possibility of Tony Stark's battle with Thanos taking place on Titan is quite high.
"Stark was stabbed in the abdomen by Thanos in that battle and almost killed, so could the answer be Tony Stark?"Thor immediately chimed in from the side, his eyes gleaming.
"That's a bit of a rash judgment."
Tony Stark shook his head. "Besides, it's clear that whether or not there's a threat of death isn't the basis for judging this question, because we can't possibly know if the others in the options are facing the same threat."
"Even if we take a step back and assume that none of the others in the options are facing a threat of death, and only I am, so what?"
"That still doesn't mean Doctor Strange would give up the Time Stone to save me. That's the Time Stone!""It's perfectly normal to have to sacrifice your comrades' lives on the battlefield. Didn't the Scarlet Witch kill Vision?"
Although the relevant footage didn't explicitly show Vision dying after the Mind Stone was destroyed, the Scarlet Witch was crying so hard, Vision was probably a goner.
"Fine!" Thor shrugged. "I was just saying."
"So how should we analyze this problem?""Stark, you're right. Doctor Strange might not save us even if we're facing a life-threatening situation, but if we're not facing a life-threatening situation, he's even less likely to save us, right? Why would he save us if everything's fine?"
Star-Lord shrugged at this point, voicing his question, leaving everyone speechless.
Facing a life-threatening situation, he might not save you. Not facing a life-threatening situation, he's even less likely to save you.
What's even worse is that we can't possibly know if we're facing a life-threatening situation or not.
So how do we analyze this problem?
It's simply impossible to know where to start!"I think... Star-Lord actually has a point this time." Strange nodded, very much agreeing with Star-Lord's point of view.
If we don't figure out Doctor Strange's criteria for saving people, there's no way to judge this question.
But that's precisely the problem everyone is facing now: they can't analyze what that criteria is.
Saving someone whether or not they face a threat of death... what other situation would warrant saving them?
Even before that, there's a key question that needs to be clarified: no one can judge which of the four people in the options actually needs to be saved!What if they're perfectly fine and don't need saving at all?
The question doesn't tell us that everyone needs Doctor Strange to save them, and that Doctor Strange is indifferent to the deaths of others, only choosing one person to save.
The answer to this question can only be chosen from the list of those who "need to be saved"!
But who is on this list, no one knows.
This is just the first step.Even if this list is finalized, what is Doctor Strange's basis for saving people?
It still needs to be analyzed carefully.
"Everyone, let's look at the options first," Captain America said to everyone after a moment of silence, "See if we can find anything."
Following Captain America's words, everyone present began to focus their attention on the options on the big screen.
They started to rack their brains and think carefully.
"Gamora? That woman who has green skin but looks like she has an exotic beauty.""Star-Lord spoke first, a hint of surprise in his voice, "She's Thanos's daughter?"
In the footage of Star-Lord's "dance-off to save the galaxy," Gamora's name was displayed, and Star-Lord even invited Gamora to dance.
But the result was predictable.
No sane person would do something so embarrassing, and Gamora decisively refused.
Star-Lord knew she was a future teammate in saving the galaxy, but he didn't know her identity."Now revealed by the answering system, they were caught completely off guard.
"Gamora participated in the Endgame battle; she appeared on Titan to fight Thanos. This isn't anything surprising."
Captain America immediately said with a very certain tone.
"It's not just Gamora; everyone in the options appeared in the Endgame battle," Dr. Banner interjected from the side. "Judging from this aspect, none of them have any issues."
"Banner is right; we need more compelling evidence."Strange couldn't help but nod in agreement.
From a tactical standpoint, nothing could be determined.
"Everyone, I think Gamora can be ruled out."
After a moment of contemplation, Tony Stark spoke to everyone in a serious and certain tone.
"Looks like Stark's thought of something again." Star-Lord shrugged beside him, looking at Tony Stark with anticipation.
Everyone else present also looked at Tony Stark with anticipation, waiting for his answer."When Thanos appeared on Titan, he already possessed four Infinity Stones, and the Soul Stone was one of them!"
"Everyone, do you remember how to obtain the Soul Stone?"
Tony Stark's reminder sparked a sudden flash of insight in the minds of the older individuals who had experienced the related questions, and they immediately realized.
"That's right, Stark, it's not Gamora, Gamora was already dead before that!" Dr. Banner was the first to react, his eyes gleaming as he interjected.In the footage of Black Widow and Hawkeye Barton going to find the Soul Stone, Black Widow once said that Thanos didn't take his daughter with him when he left.
Obviously, Thanos used his daughter's soul to trade for the Soul Stone!
So, was that daughter Gamora?
The answer is yes!
Because when everyone went with Captain Marvel to cut off Thanos' head, Thanos' other daughter, Nebula, also went along.
So who the dead daughter is, is beyond doubt."What do you mean Gamora is dead? What are you talking about?" Star-Lord, completely clueless, couldn't help but ask with a bewildered expression.
"Star-Lord, you really should have joined us for the quiz show."
Dr. Banner first made a sarcastic remark, and then explained the relevant information to Star-Lord.
Even slow-reacting Thor finally understood after Dr. Banner's explanation.
"It sounds like there's no problem, but there's one premise: how do you know that Thanos only has Gamora and Nebula as daughters?"Star-Lord raised a pointed question.
"Because we just caught Gamora, so, yes, Thanos only has these two daughters!" Tony Stark said to Star-Lord with a flamboyant air.
"What about Endgame?"
"Endgame happened after Thanos collected all six stones and traveled through time. That's a Gamora from another timeline."
That settles it, Gamora can definitely be ruled out.
"Besides Gamora, I can rule myself out too."Captain America then spoke up, also making a judgment.
"During the Battle of Wakanda, Banner specifically introduced Thanos to me, which shows that I didn't know Thanos at all back then!"
"So I didn't participate in the battle on Titan!"
The chronological order is easy to determine.
Thanos on Titan had four Infinity Stones. After Doctor Strange voluntarily handed over the Time Stone, he had five. Then, Thanos, with five stones, came to Wakanda.This option is also fine; like the Captain America and Gamora options, it can be definitively ruled out.
Although everyone was initially stuck and didn't know where to start, things went quite smoothly after the formal analysis.
Two options were quickly and indisputably eliminated.
With only two options left, it's much easier to work with, even a pure guess has a 50% chance of being correct.
Of the remaining two options, Tony Stark definitely participated in the Battle of Titan, so everyone mainly focused their analysis on Star-Lord.See if we can exclude Star-Lord, like Captain America and Gamora.
Unfortunately, the Star-Lord option is rather "stubborn" and cannot be excluded.
"It seems we can only choose between Stark and Star-Lord," Strange said, glancing at everyone. "So, the problems we faced before have resurfaced."
"But fortunately, we only need to choose between two people, which makes the situation much simpler,"
Dr. Banner said with a smile.Because at least this confirms one thing: Tony Stark needs to be rescued!
He was stabbed through the abdomen by Thanos and seriously injured.
Everyone just needs to analyze Star-Lord, and there are only two possibilities: one, Star-Lord also needs to be rescued, and two, Star-Lord does not need to be rescued.
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