Chapter 151: Tampering with the Script

With a light sound, Lin Yu snapped his fingers in the nervous and expectant gaze of everyone.

The invisible fluctuation centered on the Infinity Gauntlet embedded with the six stones, spreading rapidly in a spherical shape.

From the surface, the world seemed to have no changes, but Lin Yu could sense a great power, distorting reality and tampering with the universe at a terrifying speed that transcended the expansion of the universe.

"... Did it succeed?"

Many Avengers looked at Lin Yu nervously and anxiously.

But Lin Yu did not respond, just lowered his head, looking thoughtfully at the six Infinity Stones on his hand.

"Ding-a-ling~"

The next second, a harsh cell phone ringtone sounded from the lounge next door.

The Avengers turned their heads in unison, looking toward the direction the ringtone came from.

Through the window of the laboratory, one could see Hawkeye Barton standing by the table, looking silently at the phone ringing on the table, or rather, the contact person on the phone screen labeled "Dear (Laura)."

He couldn't help but turn his head back, looking at his comrades through the window.

The Avengers revealed smiles, casting encouraging gazes one after another.

Barton took a deep breath, finally stretched out his arm, picked up the phone with trembling hands, and answered the call.

"Dear, is that you?"

"It's me, Clint, I..."

The familiar voice came from the phone; Barton's eyes instantly turned red, and his voice became choked with sobs.

Seeing this scene, the Avengers in the laboratory finally couldn't suppress their excitement, cheering excitedly.

"Succeeded!"

"We succeeded!"

"We saved everyone!"

The Avengers were so excited they couldn't control themselves, thanking Lin Yu one after another, then flew out of the laboratory, starting to contact their relatives and friends who had died in Thanos's Snap a year ago.

Looking at the backs of the crowd, Lin Lie was also infected by them, revealing a smile from the bottom of his heart.

According to this, the version of him in this universe should also have been resurrected!

Thinking that he would be able to meet the version of himself from a parallel world in a moment, Lin Lie couldn't help but feel a little nervous...

"Crack—"

Just at this moment, a crisp shattering sound came from not far away.

Lin Lie was slightly startled and immediately turned to look, only to see a crack appear on the Infinity Gauntlet in Lin Yu's hand, then the crack spread, covering the entire steel gauntlet, causing it to turn into fly ash and completely annihilate.

The six Infinity Stones detached from the gauntlet, hovering in Lin Yu's palm.

Lin Lie was full of shock, unable to help but ask: "What is going on?"

In the movie plot of Avengers 4, the snap that resurrected half the life in the universe only destroyed the Hulk's right arm; the gauntlet itself didn't suffer any serious damage.

What exactly did Lin Yu do to cause the nanotech gauntlet to suffer such serious consequences?

Hearing Lin Lie's words, Lin Yu glanced at him, turned around holding the six stones, and smiled slightly:

"You'll know in a moment!"

Sure enough, not long after, the Avengers rushed into the laboratory, looking at Lin Yu with shock or confusion:

"Your Excellency Lin Yu, what exactly is going on?!"

"Why has the world outside returned to five years ago?!"

What?!

Time flowed back five years?

Lin Lie also looked over with a full face of shock.

He saw Lin Yu's expression was indifferent, his tone leisurely: "Admittedly, saving everyone is beneficial and harmless to you, but I don't know if you have considered how much huge chaos the sudden resurrection of half the dead will cause on Earth?"

"..."

The Avengers were startled upon hearing this, then fell into silence.

Lin Yu said faintly: "Five years of time is too long for humans, long enough for the relatives, friends, and even lovers of the dead to walk out of the shadows, let go of the past, and start a brand new life."

"And at this time, the suddenly appearing dead relatives, friends, and even loved ones will intervene in their lives. What kind of disputes will this trigger on the legal and moral levels?"

"These problems, before you took action, you didn't consider them at all, right?"

The Avengers looked at each other, all feeling ashamed and embarrassed.

Lin Yu continued: "Don't think that's all. Moral and ethical issues are ultimately just small matters."

"Compared to this, the massive transfer of property, five years of technological development, the reconstruction of ruins after the war, and even some countries that were annexed due to the collapse of government systems—these are the truly serious problems!"

"If not handled carefully, legal disputes are light; it could even trigger a Third World War!"

Hearing this, Lin Lie and the Avengers all had grim expressions, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

Indeed, in these five years, some small countries collapsed due to their small size after the Snap, and the great powers were also severely damaged and urgently needed population and resources to recover.

With the two combined, the world map would naturally undergo great changes.

At such a time, the sudden resurrection of all humans who died in the Snap would definitely trigger countless disputes that cannot be detailed.

Everyone thought about it carefully, all feeling their scalps tingle and fear in their hearts.

Steve pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency's words are indeed very reasonable, and I also admit that we considered too little, but will flowing time back five years not cause problems?"

"For example, the infants born in these five years—flowing back five years, what is the difference between that and killing them?"

"This is indeed a problem." Lin Yu nodded, then said faintly, "However, can't I think of the problems you can think of?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at Tony Stark, who had been silent beside him.

Steve was slightly startled, then reacted, turning to look at Tony:

"How is Morgan doing now?"

Morgan is the daughter Tony and Pepper had in these five years.

If she really disappeared due to time flowing back, Tony couldn't be this calm.

"Still the same."

Tony looked at Lin Yu and said calmly: "The only change is that the birth date was moved forward by five years."

Didn't disappear?!

Steve understood and immediately said in shock: "You not only flowed time back, but also tampered with reality?"

"Just a part of reality." Lin Yu explained, "Those children who didn't have much causal relationship with the Snap were all protected by me. Although the rest were erased by the flowed-back time, their souls still exist in this universe."

"As long as their mothers still intend to give birth, there is still a chance of birth, at most changing a father..."

Speaking of this, Lin Yu paused, looking at the stones held in his palm with some regret: "These operations were too precise and required a massive amount of stone power, exceeding the limit the gauntlet could bear, so it was destroyed by the stones."

So that's it!

Lin Lie suddenly understood and finally understood what Lin Yu had done.

"In short, I have minimized the impact of the Snap event, but there is nothing perfect in this world; the remaining regrets, even if it's me, are powerless to change."

"It's already enough!"

Steve looked solemn and, together with many Avengers, bowed deeply to Lin Yu.

Just at this moment, Lin Yu's gaze shifted, looking outside the Avengers base, only to see golden sparks suddenly appearing in the air, turning into rays of huge portals.

"Finally here!"

A smile appeared on Lin Yu's face, and he immediately waved his hand, bringing everyone outside.

The objects whose time he flowed back and whose memories he erased were only ordinary people on Earth, while the participants of that war five years ago basically retained their memories.

Asgardians and Wakanda were naturally no exception!

Thus, in the astonished gaze of everyone, the allied forces of Asgard and Wakanda filed out from the portals.

And at the very front of all the portals, it was a portal that crossed star systems, behind which were the wreckage of alien warships and a starry sky that clearly did not belong to Earth.

Star-Lord, Mantis, and Drax of the Guardians of the Galaxy leaped out of the portal.

A spider silk followed closely behind, sticking to the ground in front of Lin Yu and the others.

Immediately after, Spider-Man in his nanotech armor swung out and landed in front of Tony Stark.

"Mr. Stark, you absolutely won't believe what happened. Do you still remember when we were on Titan? I must have fainted at the time. When I woke up, you were already gone, but Doctor Strange told us that five years had passed. Hurry, they need us, and then he started drawing that bright yellow circle..."

Peter Parker removed his faceplate, talking incessantly while gesturing with Doctor Strange's movements.

Looking at this familiar and immature face in front of him, Tony didn't say a word, stretched out his arms, hugged the boy in his arms, and patted his back with guilt and classic feelings.

For this sudden outpouring of true feelings from Mr. Stark, Spider-Man was a bit bewildered.

But after reacting, he was still quite pleased.

Compared to him, Doctor Strange, the director who planned all this, was just left bewildered.

He brought the Avengers coalition that he had finally gathered to the battlefield, but didn't see the '14 Thanos, instead seeing the unscathed Tony and Steve, as well as the new base that didn't have a trace of war at all.

Until he saw the tall figure holding the six Infinity Stones beside Tony, Strange's pupils shrank, his scalp tingled, and he finally understood why all this was happening.

In the next instant, the world in front of him zoomed in rapidly, and he was actually teleported to Lin Yu's front out of thin air.

Lin Yu held the six Infinity Stones, looking at him with a smile: "Good afternoon, Strange!"

"If I'm not mistaken, for you, this shouldn't be our first meeting, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 152 =====