[On the big screen, the footage continues]
[Loki looked at Thor, his face smeared with blood, and helplessly raised his right hand. A blue Tesseract slowly began forming in his palm.]
[Thor shouted in disappointment: "You really are the worst brother."]
[Loki stepped forward holding the Tesseract and said to Thor: "I assure you, brother, the sun will shine on us again."]
[Thanos sneered: "Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian."]
[Loki raised an eyebrow: "Well, for one thing I'm not Asgardian. And for another… we have a Hulk."]
[Thanos' pupils contracted as he turned to look behind him.]
[At that moment, a green monster leapt at him from behind, sending Thanos flying.]
This unexpected turn immediately stunned countless viewers.
[Thor: "Loki, so this was your plan?"]
[Mordo: "Hmph, no wonder you're the god of lies in Norse legend, truly cunning."]
[Loki Odinson: "This is called using brains over brawn. You ignorant mortals wouldn't understand the wisdom of the gods."]
[Tony Stark: "This green guy… could he be the legendary Hulk?"]
[Stephen Strange: "Hm, you recognize this monster?"]
[Tony Stark: "I only heard about him in the news. Last month, he apparently fought another monster in New York, nearly leveling the entire Harlem area."]
[Stephen Strange: "Last month? By then, I had already left New York."]
[Peter Parker: "What? I've lived in New York the whole time. How did I never hear about this?"]
[Tony Stark: "Hey hey, you're not joking, right? Something this big, I even heard about it in California. How could you not know?"]
[Tony Stark: "Are you really a New Yorker?!"]
[Peter Parker: "This…"]
At this moment, Peter Parker was truly bewildered. Could it be… he was living in a fake New York?
[Stephen Strange: "If this green guy is really that strong, maybe he can even defeat that purple Thanos?"]
Asgard.
Odin sat on his throne, watching the scrolling chat below the screen, quietly sighing.
With the Infinity Gauntlet and the Power Stone, Thanos' sheer strength… could already rival Odin himself.
That green monster simply couldn't beat him!
What surprised Odin most, however, was what Loki said on the screen: "I am not Asgardian."
To say such a thing—does this mean in the future Loki knows his true heritage?
Thinking of this, Odin's expression instantly became extremely complicated.
[The footage continued.]
[Though the Hulk temporarily gained the upper hand through surprise, he was soon overwhelmed by Thanos.]
[Under Thanos' mountain-like fist, the Hulk was soon bloodied and collapsed, motionless.]
[Thor picked up an iron pipe and attempted a sneak attack on Thanos, but was immediately struck down and restrained by Ebony Maw's telekinesis.]
[At this near-hopeless moment, the gravely wounded Heimdall used his last bit of power to activate the Bifrost and teleport the Hulk away.]
By this point, some viewers in the livestream could no longer hold back.
[Tony Stark: "Whoa, this purple guy is way too strong, this is overpowered."]
[Peter Parker: "So scary… is this the power of aliens?"]
[Mordo: "Besides Thanos, those five minions around him don't seem weak either. This fight might be hopeless."]
[Loki Odinson: "Heimdall… since you can still use the Bifrost, why teleport the Hulk instead of Thor and me? What's the point of moving that green idiot?"]
[Thor: "Loki, calm down. The Heimdall in the footage probably has no power left. That green guy just happened to be nearby, so… there was no other choice."]
Loki furrowed his brows and bitterly chuckled.
He never dreamed he would one day be advised by Thor to stay calm!
However, the situation in the footage was truly near desperate.
Loki realized that if they really ended up in such a scenario, all he could do was escape.
[Seeing the Hulk teleported away, Thanos took a battle blade from Ebony Maw and approached Heimdall, coldly saying: "That was a mistake."]
[Then Thanos raised the blade and pierced Heimdall's chest in one strike.]
[Seeing this, the restrained Thor let out a heartrending scream: "No!!!"]
Watching this, the Asgardian hall once again fell into complete silence.
Those who were observing the footage seemed to feel, through the screen, Heimdall's despair and pain in his final moments.
"Damn it!"
Thor's facial muscles twitched, and his teeth clenched tightly.
At the core of the Bifrost, Heimdall's expression seemed unreadable, yet a trace of complexity lingered in his golden eyes.
Though he possessed eyes capable of seeing through all Nine Realms, he never imagined he would one day witness his own death firsthand!
[Footage continues]
[Ebony Maw knelt on one knee, offering the Tesseract to Thanos, respectfully saying: "My humble personage bows before your grandeur. No other being has ever had the might, nay the nobility to wield not one but two Infinity Stones!"]
[Thanos crushed the Tesseract with his bare hand and extracted the Space Stone.]
[Next, he embedded the Space Stone into the Infinity Gauntlet. Blue light instantly illuminated the interior of the entire spaceship.]
Seeing Thanos successfully acquire the power of the second Infinity Stone, even Odin's eye twitched.
At this critical moment, the footage suddenly paused. Immediately after, the system's emotionless voice sounded:
[Question: What will Loki do next?]
[A. Escape on his own]
[B. Rescue Thor and escape together]
[C. Rescue Thor and join forces to fight Thanos]
[D. Go alone, trying to kill Thanos with a hidden dagger]
[Start answering! Each viewer in the livestream has only one chance!]
[Failure to answer correctly will trigger an unknown punishment!]
At the sound of this question, Loki's eyes suddenly lit up.
Putting himself in that situation, the only thing he could do would be to escape as quickly as possible!
Otherwise… wait there to die?
Just as Loki prepared to respond, he suddenly remembered something else.
From the footage so far, his future self seemed unusually close with Thor.
For the sake of that foolish brother, he even handed over the Tesseract.
Judging from this, would his future self really abandon Thor and escape alone?
As Loki hesitated, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.
[I choose A, escape on my own!]
Loki turned to see Stephen Strange holding the Gungnir, smiling confidently:
"You must be the God of Mischief from Norse mythology, and that brother of yours is the God of Thunder, Thor, right?"
"I don't know if you're the real gods, but if the myths are true, Loki… you would never be the kind to risk your life for someone else."
"So I can be certain: the you in the video would definitely choose to escape alone!"