GA: Chapter 143: The Power Wielded by the Marvel World's Infinity Stones — Restarting the Universe?
And based on what Huo Yu had shared about the civilization behind that angel — they had no conceivable interest in Earth's civilization.
Not proactively disturbing the situation was the most sensible thing they could do.
"The strongest known civilization in another universe's cosmos — it's hard to even imagine what level their technology has reached."
The elderly man in the Zhongshan suit murmured with quiet awe.
If humanity possessed that kind of technological capability, no number of mutated creatures would pose any real concern.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Something feels a little off — the group has more members than before, but the chat seems less active than it used to be."
When there were fewer members, everyone was posting constantly. Now that there were more people, fewer of them were actually talking.
Lighthouse Richest: "Probably because they hadn't realized until now just how terrifying their own worlds are."
Lighthouse Richest: "They always thought they lived in a fairly ordinary technological world — then they watch the memory copies and find out their world doesn't just have technology, it has magic, gods, a purple Titan, and that Titan is trying to destroy half the universe."
Turn Da Gu Into Soup: "No — he only wanted to wipe out half the living things in the universe. He had no intention of destroying the universe itself."
Turn Da Gu Into Soup: "And from a fairness standpoint, everyone genuinely did have a 50% chance of surviving."
Turn Da Gu Into Soup: "His goal was actually to allow the universe to develop for longer."
Lighthouse Richest: "There's no such thing as a 50% chance when it comes to something like this. When it happens to innocent people, for them it's 100% catastrophe."
Lighthouse Richest: "Using the power of the Infinity Stones to control population — making half the universe's living things disappear to reduce resource consumption."
Lighthouse Richest: "Does he think that makes him great?"
Lighthouse Richest: "Imposing your own ideology onto others is one thing — but the method he chose was murdering living beings to balance the universe."
Lighthouse Richest: "Even if half the population disappears, how long does that actually last? Eventually things would just return to the same problem."
Lighthouse Richest: "Couldn't he have just increased the resources instead?"
The Infinity Stones didn't specify they could only multiply resources by one — erasing half of all life was something Thanos chose to do, not the only thing the Stones could do. He could just as easily have chosen to eliminate more, or increase resources more.
Uchiha Dance King: "None of what you're saying matters. Would he reason with you?"
Uchiha Dance King: "No."
Uchiha Dance King: "If you're stronger than him, does anything he thinks matter?"
The Oldest Godslayer: "When Odin and the Ancient One were alive, Thanos never invaded Earth."
The Oldest Godslayer: "More interesting to me is — without the Infinity Stones, what is his actual power level?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "Thanos without the Infinity Stones... he can probably destroy a star? Though maybe not even that."
Ordinary Group Leader: "I think he can in the comics, but nothing in the films shows that so I genuinely don't know."
Ordinary Group Leader: "What I do know is that with the Infinity Stones he's absolutely terrifying."
Child of Nature: "In the Avengers' world, what those six Infinity Stones can achieve isn't determined by the Stones themselves — it's limited only by the user's imagination."
Child of Nature: "In Avengers: Endgame, the Thanos who came from the past stated that he intended to destroy this universe and create an entirely new one."
Child of Nature: "That wasn't an empty boast — because Thanos has one defining characteristic: he never lies."
In the opening of Avengers: Endgame, the Avengers couldn't believe Thanos had actually destroyed the Infinity Stones. But Nebula stepped forward and confirmed it — her father had never lied.
As far back as Titan, Thanos had told Doctor Strange his reason for collecting the Stones.
To maintain the balance of the universe.
Whether the Infinity Stones could achieve that was something Thanos understood better than anyone.
In terms of setting, Thanos's intellect was no less than Tony Stark's — if anything, a degree higher. He'd even told Tony directly that he wasn't the only one cursed by knowledge.
For Thanos, his extraordinary physical power and strength were nothing more than the means by which he pursued his ideals. From first to last, he was a scholar. A thinker.
Someone who understood the capability of every individual Infinity Stone — how could he not know what all six of them together were capable of?
Ordinary Group Leader: "Right, the Infinity Stones really are that terrifying."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Though the prerequisite is surviving the moment all six detonate their power at once. Otherwise you end up like Tony — dead."
Lighthouse Richest: "..."
Lighthouse Richest: "Honestly, if I hadn't watched it myself, I never would have imagined I could be that great."
Tony gave a self-deprecating smile.
If someone asked him right now to inhabit the future version of himself — he genuinely wouldn't want to.
It wasn't only that he hadn't formed emotional bonds with the other Avengers yet, or that his attachment to the little Spider-Man wasn't this deep. More than anything, it was that he had a wife and a daughter. His life could have been extraordinarily happy.
After all, Thanos was already dead. There was no guarantee any new crisis would even emerge.
Ordinary Group Leader: "That's hard to say — because you're Tony Stark."
Ordinary Group Leader: "For the sake of people's safety, you're always the one willing to sacrifice himself."
In Avengers 1, when Tony picked up that nuclear warhead and flew it through the wormhole — he really did go in accepting the possibility of death.
Every fight they'd ever been in carried the risk. Especially the battle with Thanos — who could guarantee they'd come out of it alive?
Worst Spirit: "When Tony raised his arm — all six Infinity Stones blazing — and said 'I am Iron Man,' I genuinely thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen."
Worst Spirit: "No wonder the Group Leader and Bai Xuan both said Tony was a human who stood shoulder to shoulder with gods."
Worst Spirit: "Such a shame he died."
Worst Spirit: "Is there any storyline where Tony gets brought back to life?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "No — apparently the actor didn't want to keep doing it, so after the Stones were returned they started a new chapter."
Ordinary Group Leader: "I stopped watching after Tony died."
Golden Flash: "Hmm, wait."
Golden Flash: "Something doesn't seem right."
Namikaze Minato looked at the Group Leader's words and frowned. Something was off.
Turn Da Gu Into Soup: "Returning the Infinity Stones makes sense — after Tony snapped his fingers, the Stones were still there, weren't they?"
Turn Da Gu Into Soup: "So why didn't they just have the Hulk do another snap and bring Tony back?"
Worst Spirit: "Hm~~~"
Ordinary Group Leader: "Kid — you've just found a plot hole."