Seeing Thanos snap his fingers, everyone in the live broadcast room was stunned.
Peter Parker, who had just received a reward, also opened his eyes in disbelief, and the joy in his eyes completely turned into surprise and fear.
New Mexico.
"How is this possible?"
The shouts full of joy in front of the large screen suddenly stopped, the smile on Thor's face instantly stiffened, and his entire person stood rigidly in place, unable to move.
Seeing his appearance, Jane Foster carefully walked up to him and quietly asked:
"What is wrong, you... did you not defeat the enemy?"
Thor looked lost, as if walking in a dream, and murmured:
"He snapped his fingers, I let that bastard snap his fingers!"
[The image continues.]
[When the light from Thanos's snap disappeared, Thor was surprised to discover that the Infinity Gauntlet on Thanos's left hand had become torn and damaged, and was still releasing steam, as if it had become "old" in an instant.]
[As if he had already sensed that something was not right, Thor's eyes widened. He asked in a doubtful tone:]
["What did you do?"]
[The heavily injured Thanos did not answer him at all, but only looked back and forth at the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand.]
[Seeing this, Thor unbearably shouted:]
["What did you do?"]
[Thanos gritted his teeth and raised his right hand. The Space Stone on the Infinity Gauntlet suddenly shone, dissolving blue mist and swallowing him into it.]
["Boom."]
[Stormbreaker, stained with Thanos's blood, firmly fell to the ground.]
[Looking at Stormbreaker on the ground, Thor's face was full of a catastrophic expression, his throat moved, and he looked as if he were swallowing saliva.]
[At this moment, the heavily injured Captain America, Steve Rogers, came out, looked at the empty ground and quickly asked:]
["Where did he go?"]
[Without an answer, Captain America quickly asked:]
["Thor, where did Thanos go?"]
[At this moment, the familiar voice of Winter Soldier rang in Captain America's ears.]
["Steve."]
[Captain America turned his head and saw a scene that made his pupils suddenly contract fiercely, and his heartbeat almost stop!]
[He saw his old friend Bucky Barnes walking over with a rifle in one hand.]
[But while he was walking, Bucky's left arm was turning into dust at a speed visible to the naked eye.]
[Bucky turned his head and looked at Steve. He had only opened his mouth and looked as if he wanted to say something, but his legs instantly turned into ash, causing him to fall to the ground.]
[With a soft sound, Bucky's body, the moment it fell, broke apart into countless particles of ash and drifted away with the wind. Only his rifles remained on the ground.]
[Captain America walked up to the place where Bucky's corpse had been with an expression of disbelief. Extreme horror showed on his face.]
[Thor watched this scene before him. A tremor appeared in his eyes.]
[He knew that he had made a great mistake.]
[He let Thanos snap those fingers.]
[Whoosh...]
[Just like snowflakes, Wakanda warriors on the plain turned into ash one after another, and disappeared without a trace.]
[Those who were lucky enough not to turn into ash could only watch the terrifying scene before them, but could do nothing.]
["Get up, general! Quickly get up."]
[Black Panther T'Challa stretched out his hand and tried to pull up the female general who had fallen to the ground.]
["Now is not the time to sacrifice yourself."]
[The female general had only just grabbed T'Challa's outstretched hand, when she discovered that T'Challa's body was gradually turning into ash from the shoulder, floating without a trace in the air.]
[Watching his body gradually turn into ash, Groot opened his mouth and said to Rocket Raccoon before him: "I am Groot."]
[Rocket Raccoon's eyes widened, and he walked forward, shouting in disbelief:]
["Oh, do not go, Groot."]
[But when he walked to Groot's side, a gust of wind passed, and that tree-man's body completely turned into dust and disappeared without a trace.]
[Kneeling on the ground and holding Vision, who had already turned into waste, Scarlet Witch's body gradually turned into ash.]
[But it seemed that she had accepted her fate. She did not even say a word, only showing a desperate expression at the last moment.]
[Falcon Sam Wilson lay on the ground. Before he even had time to stand up, his body turned into flying ash and scattered in the wind.]
[And only a few meters away, Rhodes was calling his name.]
["Sam! Where are you?"]
[On Titan, a group of defeated people tried to gather again.]
[The female alien with horns like snails on her head suddenly widened her eyes:]
["Something is wrong."]
[As soon as the alien woman's voice fell, her body turned into dust and drifted away with the wind.]
[Then one after another disappeared in front of Tony. He watched them in horror.]
[Tony seemed to notice something, and gradually turned his head.]
[At this moment, Doctor Strange's voice rang in his ears.]
["Tony."]
[Doctor Strange looked as if he had seen through everything, and slightly shook his head:]
["I had no other choice."]
[Only after this sentence, he too turned into dust and disappeared without a trace.]
["Stark."]
[Hearing this still somewhat childish voice, Tony quickly turned around.]
[He saw Spider-Man retreating before him. "I do not feel good."]
[Tony comforted him in a pale voice: "You will be alright."]
[Spider-Man stiffened. It looked as if he could no longer even stand firmly, and suddenly fell into Tony's arms.]
["I do not... I do not know what is happening."]
[Holding tightly onto Tony, Spider-Man gradually began turning gray from his hands.]
[It looked as if he already knew his ending. Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he shouted in a crying voice: "I do not want, I do not want to leave like this..."]
["Mr. Stark..."]
[The heavily injured Tony could no longer hold Spider-Man's body, and could only lower him to the ground.]
[With his final effort, Spider-Man turned his head to look at Tony and said:]
["I am sorry!"]
[After leaving this sentence, he turned into dust and disappeared.]
[Tony grabbed hard, but caught nothing except ash.]
[Looking at the ash in his palm, Tony heavily crouched on the ground. The expression on his face was full of pain.]
[Nebula stood on high ground and said in an extremely cold voice:]
["He succeeded."]
[Putting his ash-stained hand before his mouth, Tony helplessly closed his eyes.]
[On Earth.]
[Captain America turned Vision's body over and looked at the large hole on his forehead. A trace of pain flashed in the Captain's eyes, and then his legs fell to the ground as if they had lost strength.]
[It was over, they were completely defeated in this battle.]
[Thor stood to the side with a defeated expression, as if he could not even raise his head.]
[Black Widow hurried to the Captain's side, but seeing the scene before her, she could do nothing.]
["What happened? What happened?"]
[Rhodes still seemed not to have understood the situation, only constantly asking, but no one answered his questions.]
[His face was full of despair and fear. Captain America finally squeezed one word out of his mouth.]
["Oh my God."]
[At the same time, on an unknown planet, Thanos limped out on his left leg. He sat beneath an awning.]
[Looking at the sunset in the sky, Thanos had an expression of relief on his face.]
[It looked as if he thought his task was complete.]
Just when everyone thought that this video was over, the image on the screen suddenly changed again.
[In an SUV, a bald black man is issuing orders.]
["Have you found Stark?"]
[No, S.H.I.E.L.D Deputy Director Maria Hill, who was sitting in the passenger seat, shook her head.]
[I used all satellites to search Stark's movement.]
"What? Is this me?"
Looking at the familiar one-eyed man on the screen, Nick Fury only felt that his heart would jump out of his throat, and an unimaginable chill instantly wrapped around his entire body.
[Suddenly, Maria Hill reported: "Wakanda has been attacked by aliens."]
[Fury, who was sitting in the driver's seat, calmly asked: "The attacker's strength is the same as in New York?"]
[Maria Hill answered in a low voice: "Ten times greater than in New York."]
[Fury thought for a while and ordered: "Call Clint, we want to talk to him."]
[Before he finished speaking, Maria Hill immediately shouted:]
["Nick! Watch ahead."]
[The SUV in front of them could be seen suddenly spinning in the middle of the road, almost hitting them.]
[The two of them stopped. Maria Hill stepped out to check, but discovered that the driver's seat of the car was empty.]
[Fury: "Are the people in that car okay?"]
[Maria Hill answered in confusion: "There is no one in the car."]
[As soon as her voice fell, the sound of propellers turning in the air was heard.]
[Fury turned around and saw a helicopter spinning in the air as if it was out of control, and in the end crashing into a building. It exploded.]
[Seeing this, Fury's expression instantly became serious, and he directly ordered:]
["Notify headquarters and activate red alert."]
[But just as he turned around, he saw Maria Hill turning into ash before him.]
[Seeing this scene, horror appeared in Fury's eyes, but soon he understood what kind of situation he was facing.]
[Immediately turning around, Fury completely ignored the ash of the passerby before him, directly rushed into his SUV and took an outdated pager from a bag.]
[But as soon as he pressed the button, Fury watched his right hand turn into dust and fly away with the wind.]
["Ah, no..."]
[When he realized that the situation could not be reversed, Fury unwillingly said one word.]
["Motherfu..."]
[He disappeared before he finished speaking.]
[With a "pop" sound, the pager from Fury's hand fell to the ground.]
[However, from the red light on the pager it could be seen that, immediately before turning into ash, Fury successfully activated it.]
[After the startup interface remained displayed for a while, a white star logo suddenly appeared on the pager.]
[After that, the screen before everyone truly turned black.]
[Avengers 3: Infinity War, display ended.]
Looking at the last text that appeared on the screen, everyone in the live broadcast room was shocked.
Although they had also heard Thanos in the video claim that, as long as he gathered 6 Infinity Stones, he could erase half of life in the universe by snapping his fingers.
But this kind of thing is too absurd and strange. In the live broadcast room, most people had doubts about it.
But by now, it could be said that everyone had nothing to say.
The six Infinity Stones truly are that terrifying!
"You can turn half of life in the universe into ash with one snap of your fingers?"
"What terrifying power!"
"What an unbelievable madman!"
Loki frowned, his smile completely disappeared, replaced by extreme seriousness and lingering fear.
"How could this happen, you had obviously already won?"
Peter Parker stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes. Although he tried to control himself, in the end tears still flowed.
He could clearly see that the child who turned into ash in Tony's hands had at most teenage years. Perhaps he was still in high school.
Even such a child was not spared. Thanos, who wants to erase half of life in the universe, truly is serious!
"Damn it, how could this happen?"
Tony struck the ground with his fist, the muscles on his face twitching, and his eyes full of grief.
Although he knew that all of this was only happening in the future.
But watching Spider-Man disappear in his hands, Tony still felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
The feeling was as if his own child had just died.
S.H.I.E.L.D. office.
"Is this my end?"
Looking at the completely disappeared image on the screen and the words "end," Nick Fury's black face was somewhat pale, and cold sweat continuously flowed from his forehead.
The scene of countless people turning into ash deeply carved itself into Fury's mind.
For a long time he would not be able to forget this scene!
And remembering the information he knew so far, an inexplicable chill spread through Fury's heart, causing his scalp to go numb and his whole body to become cold!
Too terrifying!
That alien named Thanos, as long as he gathers the six Infinity Stones, and then only needs to snap his fingers, can erase half of all life on Earth, and even in the entire universe!
How powerful is that? How terrifying?
How can such an enemy, never seen or heard of, be stopped?
Kamar-Taj.
Looking at the flying ash that floated across the sky on the screen, countless people froze in place. In their eyes there was almost endless trembling.
At that moment, whether it was ordinary magic students, or great sorcerers like Mordo and Wong, all of them felt despair.
Too terrifying.
After a moment of silence, a commotion suddenly arose on the square.
"What is going on? Why did so many people turn into ash?"
"It is Thanos, that purple madman snapped his fingers!"
"Could it be that half of the beings on Earth and in the universe were erased by him?"
"Impossible, why did Sorcerer Supreme not stop him?"
"Idiot, did you not see? By then, Sorcerer Supreme had become Strange."
"Are you joking, what qualifications does that guy have? Where did Ancient One go?"
Under extreme panic, a large number of shouts and screams were heard one after another, and the square suddenly became very loud.
Mordo's face was calm and heavy like water. He looked back toward Ancient One, whose face was calm, then suddenly took a deep breath, spread his hands and shouted:
"Everyone be quiet."
The attention of the students was finally attracted, Mordo said in a deep voice:
"Now that we know who the greatest threat in the future is, from now on we must work even harder on practice! You will face the challenges of the future."
His voice paused:
"Besides, you all saw, that Thanos is not an indestructible and invincible existence!"
"If we are prepared, we will certainly be able to stop him in the future!"
Hearing Mordo's calm and steady voice, the panic in the hearts of the students finally calmed down.
And seeing that Ancient One still looked indifferent, some students even awakened the desire for even stronger training, feeling that their own cultivation was not enough.
Feeling the changes in the mentality of everyone around her, Ancient One did not say anything, but only secretly sighed in her heart:
"Exactly, in the near future I have already gone one step ahead!"
The thought of death had existed for a long time, so Ancient One was not so surprised by this.
But when she thought of the terrible consequences of Thanos's arrival on Earth, her heart, which had been dead like a dry well, trembled again.
Perhaps she should wait until Thanos's problem is resolved, and then...
Asgard.
"Thanos, that madman, is actually real."
Staring with one eye at the large screen before him, Odin unconsciously gritted his teeth, and several blood vessels appeared in his eyes.
As the God King of the Nine Realms who had lived for thousands of years, his experience and vision surpassed anyone on Earth.
Therefore, while the people on Earth were still panicking because of the dead people on the screen.
Odin had already thought of a deeper level.
Thanos's snap affects far more than Earth, and even more than the Nine Realms, but the entire universe!
On Earth alone there are billions of people, and Thanos erased half of them, which is already extremely shocking.
But how many people are there in the universe?
Hundreds of billions?
Trillions?
Quadrillions?
Quintillions?
This concept of erasing life is almost impossible to measure with numbers and words.
Because he could deeply understand the horror of Thanos's move, Odin at this moment only felt dizzy, and unconsciously leaned against the back of the throne.
Seeing Odin's appearance, Frigga, who was standing to the side, quickly stepped forward and worriedly asked:
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
Waving his hand, Odin opened his eyes, and his eyes were full of exhaustion.
At this moment, the determination in Odin's heart was already firmer than ever before.
He wants to kill Thanos.
Even if it is not for himself, nor for Asgard, but for the Nine Realms and the entire universe, this purple potato monster must die!
In the live broadcast room.
As a former surgeon, Strange had long become used to seeing life and death.
Therefore, although the scene of disappearance in the video shocked him and made his heart beat wildly, he quickly recovered.
"Everyone!"
Strange clapped his palms, which attracted the attention of everyone in the live broadcast room.
"As you can see, in the future we will all lose."
"However, precisely because we have seen such a defeat, we will not repeat this kind of future!"
Hearing this, Tony and the others mostly refreshed themselves.
However, Wanda still seemed not to have recovered from her own death, only lowering her head and murmuring:
"Thanos with 6 stones truly is powerful. Such an enemy cannot be defeated at all."
Hearing this, Loki suddenly turned his head, looked at Peter Parker and asked:
"Kid, why did you choose Thor to win just now? Is it possible you know something?"
Peter was surprised by Loki's question. First he was stunned for a while, and then he answered somewhat helplessly:
"I do not know. At that time I only thought, since everyone else lost, then Mr. Thor, who appeared so cool, maybe has a chance to win."
Hearing this answer, Loki waved his hand in disgust, then frowned, muttering to himself while thinking hard:
"Although that guy has a little stupid strength, no matter what, he cannot compete with energy that can erase half the universe."
"How did his axe defeat Thanos?"
Hearing this question, the live broadcast room first fell into silence. Suddenly, Tony slapped himself on the head and shouted:
"I think I understand how he won!"
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