Sorcerer Ancient One, I have two questions regarding your plan.
First, how long will it take you to use the Space Stone to send Galactus away?
If it takes too long, given the power gap between us and Galactus, we probably won't be able to hold out.
Second, even if you do use the power of the Tesseract to send him away, what if he comes back?
With Galactus's power, even if you send him to the other side of the Universe, if he wants to, he should be able to find his way back in not too long, right?
After hearing Ancient One's thoughts, Adam raised two crucial questions.
Facing an existence of Galactus's level, even with all of Earth's Superheroes helping, their effect would likely be limited; the main reliance would still be on him.
But without having fought him, he also wasn't confident in how long he could stall.
Also, if it was just sending him away, it would only be a temporary solution. If Galactus returned a second time, having been forewarned, it wouldn't be so easy to repeat the same trick.
Ancient One was very calm about the questions Adam raised; she had clearly anticipated these issues and had solutions:
"For the first question, because of Galactus's power, I'm not sure how long it will take to teleport him away, but it probably won't be fast."
"For the second question, from what I understand, when Galactus devours Planets, he usually has his subordinates search nearby star systems, and they can arrive in a few days."
"If he is sent very far away by me, and his subordinates haven't re-locked onto Earth's coordinates, he generally won't specifically cross several galaxies, spending several months to come back and find Earth."
Saying this, she saw that Adam didn't seem too resistant and continued:
"To be even safer, we need to first capture Galactus's subordinate."
"I know his origin; as long as we help him restore the memories and emotions erased by Galactus, then he might become our ally."
"His power is of the same origin as Galactus's, which can greatly help you stall Galactus and also prevent Galactus from re-locking onto Earth's coordinates."
"As expected of Sorcerer Ancient One. Coincidentally, I also have an idea. If it can be achieved, combined with your idea, the success rate should greatly increase."
At this moment, Adam also explained his previous plan one by one.
Ancient One's plan actually already had a high success rate, but even if it ultimately succeeded, many people would likely sacrifice themselves.
To stall an existence of Galactus's level, even for one more second, would certainly cost the lives of many Superheroes.
Therefore, it would be better to let Arishem the Judge stall Galactus for them first. If Arishem the Judge won, then they wouldn't need to continue with the later plan.
If Arishem the Judge lost and died, it wouldn't be too late for them to continue, and they would also avoid a future celestial embryo hatching crisis, which was simply killing two birds with one stone.
"That is a good idea."
Ancient One's eyes lit up when she heard Adam's plan.
She naturally knew about the celestial embryo long ago.
However, in the future she saw, this was not a crisis, because the Eternal would solve this crisis themselves and would not cause any harm to Earth.
If Arishem the Judge could be used to deal with Galactus, it could indeed greatly increase the chances of victory.
She had already made a pact with Eternity; after her death, she would follow Eternity to explore and learn the mysteries of the Multiverse, but that did not mean she would be particularly friendly to the Celestials created by Eternity.
Eternity wouldn't care if one Planet Earth was destroyed; it cared about the entire Universe.
But as the Sorcerer Supreme, her responsibility was to protect Earth. As long as she was alive, she would use every means possible, even breaking rules, to preserve Earth.
So, if she could use the Celestials to deal with Galactus and protect Earth, she would naturally be very willing.
Even if this led to the death of a Celestial, she would not hesitate. Eternity would not have any emotional fluctuations over the death of a Celestial, especially when it was killed by Galactus.
Moreover, there was nothing wrong with this. In the Multiverse, there were many instances of Celestials and Galactus clashing, with either Celestials being killed or Galactus being killed. This was also a normal phenomenon in the development of the Universe.
"Indeed, Ancient One is no saint either."
Seeing Ancient One agree so readily, Adam couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Ancient One had lived for five hundred years by borrowing Dormammu's dark energy, all to protect Earth's safety. She was naturally not a bad person.
However, she was also not purely a good person.
Unless it was an event that would destroy Earth, she would not intervene, no matter how many casualties there were.
Even though she knew Kaecilius would betray her and kill many Kamar-Taj sorcerers, for Doctor Strange to take over as Sorcerer Supreme, and for the safety of Earth, she did not fully try to stop him.
In the end, she even used her own death to make Doctor Strange feel guilty and compelled to take on the heavy responsibility of Sorcerer Supreme.
Susan and Nick Fury, who had been listening to Ancient One and Adam discuss the plan, were now completely stunned.
The silver invader from outer space was already terrifying enough; they never expected an even more terrifying Master behind him who ate Planets like snacks.
And besides that, there was also some celestial embryo in Earth's core that, once hatched, would absorb the entire Planet and the life of its creatures, as well as those Celestials who created Planets.
These things were simply too far beyond their comprehension and too horrifying.
Facing these existences, they, these tiny humans, truly didn't even count as ants.
As a scientist and the general manager of the League of Heroes, Susan could definitely be said to be well-informed, having seen so many strange abilities of Superheroes.
And Nick Fury, as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., whose wife had spent several years in the Kree Empire in the Universe, considered himself to know many, many secrets.
But even so, they were still terrified today.
"So, our first step now should be to find and subdue Silver Surfer."
Adam looked at Ancient One, and Ancient One nodded:
"Don't worry, I know where he is right now."
Saying that, she opened a portal and stepped through.
Adam didn't immediately follow. Instead, he instructed Susan and Nick Fury separately:
"Susan, immediately gather all B-class Superheroes and above back to headquarters. Then call Professor X and tell him about our situation here."
"Director Fury, you are responsible for appeasing the leaders of various countries. Don't tell them the truth, because it's useless and will only cause trouble."
"Also, remember to send the Tesseract over."
After giving his instructions, Adam then stepped through the portal.