Chapter 152: No Need for Morality with Him!

Strange blinked and asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"

Lin Yu said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "Don't recognize me anymore?"

"That shouldn't be! Just now when you saw me, weren't you thinking in your heart, 'Which idiot brought this guy over?' How come you forgot it all in a blink of an eye?"

Strange's face stiffened, then he slapped his head and laughed dryly:

"Look at my memory, how could I not remember your honorable name!"

"..."

The smile on Lin Yu's face disappeared, and he said faintly: "Tell me, what exactly is your plan?"

Strange revealed a bitter look, glanced at the superheroes who were surging out from the portal and excitedly meeting their friends, then whispered to Lin Yu: "Your Excellency, let's talk somewhere else!"

"Fine!"

Lin Yu nodded, the Space Stone in his palm bloomed with blue light, and he moved Strange to a place where no one was around.

Feeling the power of the Space Stone, Strange sighed in his heart and simply laid his cards on the table: "That's right, I do remember your honorable name, but only the honorable name!"

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "How so?"

Strange said honestly: "Before handing over the Time Stone, I used the time secret technique one last time, making arrangements for my soul and memory, so I was able to retain some memories before the timeline changed."

"Among them was your honorable name, as well as your identity as the Lord of Dimensions."

"As for what you did on Earth and the influence you left behind, I know nothing about it now!"

So, Strange was still affected by the world's corrective force, just less than others!

Lin Yu was thoughtful, then smiled: "As expected of you, Strange. The Ancient One underestimated your ability; she thought you didn't consider my factor, but how come I feel you thought of this point long ago?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you chose this timeline not just to achieve the final ending, but also to let this universe become independent from the timeline, right?"

Strange said solemnly: "How is that possible!"

"... Really?"

"At least the current me knows nothing about it!"

Strange said righteously, quite brazenly: "If you want to blame someone, go blame the past me!"

Anyway, the past him and the current him are no longer the same person; no matter how much he suffers, it has nothing to do with him!

Sensing Strange's inner thoughts, Lin Yu was speechless.

Was this kid really taught by the female Ancient One?

Why does he feel more like a disciple of the Bai Huzi version next door!

... Huh?

You really don't say!

Now Bai Huzi and the female Ancient One have had contact; there might really be a chance for a crossover in the future!

Strange naturally didn't understand Lin Yu's thoughts.

He peeked at Lin Yu's expression and said cautiously: "You hold the Mind Stone; you should be very clear that I am truly ignorant, otherwise I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to gather so many people to deal with Thanos!"

"..."

Lin Yu came back to his senses and said noncommittally: "That's not necessarily true!"

On the other side, the Future Avengers saw their friends again, naturally incomparably excited.

Steve rushed to Bucky and Falcon, giving them each a bear hug.

Rocket Raccoon leaped onto Groot's shoulder, shedding tears while patting the tree head, and the other members of the Guardians of the Galaxy also gathered around Rocket Raccoon, teasing his loss of composure with laughter.

Ant-Man Scott hugged the returning Wasp, spreading dog food (PDA) in front of everyone.

Thor also rushed toward the Asgardian coalition with excitement, reuniting with the compatriots who died in the Snap five years ago.

On the battlefield that should have been filled with war and ruins, an excited and happy atmosphere was everywhere at this moment.

Only one place was slightly different, and that was the strange atmosphere, with two Lin Lies staring at each other with wide eyes!

Looking at that face that was obviously much more mature than his own, Lin Lie's face was strange, and a very strange feeling surged in his heart.

After a moment of silence, the two opened their mouths: "You..."

Before the words had faded, the system prompt sounded, interrupting the two's thoughts.

"Player detected nearby, team system unlocked. Do you want to invite the player to join the team?"

"Yes/No"

Two Lin Lies: "..."

Group member Lin Lie said with a strange face: "You have it too?"

Future Lin Lie also nodded with a strange face, indicating that he did indeed have a system.

Group member Lin Lie couldn't help but say: "Does that mean this thing is wholesale?"

Future Lin Lie nodded: "It looks like it should be. It's just that I don't know if there are more of us in the Marvel multiverse..."

Group member Lin Lie asked again: "Haven't asked yet, are you also a transmigrator?"

Future Lin Lie nodded: "That's right."

Group member Lin Lie pursued: "Then what about the chat group?"

Future Lin Lie frowned, as if he hadn't heard clearly, and asked: "What?"

Group member Lin Lie repeated it again: "Chat group!"

Future Lin Lie shook his head, indicating that he still hadn't heard clearly.

Group member Lin Lie revealed understanding, knowing that the chat group should be the most unique thing about him.

As for the system, since there was more than one, it showed that its status was far inferior to the chat group, and it hadn't transcended time, still within the rule framework of the Marvel multiverse.

Afterward, the two exchanged information that only they knew and found that they could match up. 【152-62

However, compared to the future Lin Lie, the strength of the group member Lin Lie was clearly much weaker.

After all, his future self had already awakened as a Sword Saint, mastering powerful skills like 【Illusion Sword Dance】 and 【Raging Dragon Slash】, and even had the Sword Saint's signature awakening skill—【Extreme Ghost Sword Art: Storm Style】!

Speaking of the awakening skill, the future Lin Lie immediately began to pour out his grievances.

This thing couldn't be summoned out of thin air like in the game; he had to prepare twenty-four divine swords in advance to release it and form the storm sword array.

The most ridiculous part was that the awakening skill had extremely high requirements for the quality of the swords; at the very least, they had to be of purple quality as determined by the system.

After awakening, the future Lin Lie spent a full two years searching, and until Thanos invaded Earth, he had only collected thirteen swords qualified to form the sword array.

Without enough swords, the storm sword array could not be formed.

That was why he couldn't release the awakening skill when dealing with Thanos.

"... Is it really that difficult?"

The group member Lin Lie blinked, seemingly a bit confused.

If he remembered correctly, the basic magic artifacts Lin Dage listed in the group were basically all of purple quality as determined by the system.

Calculating at the price of two hundred points per artifact, he could meet the requirements for the sword array with just four thousand eight hundred points... this didn't seem that difficult!

After a little thought, the group member Lin Lie proposed a trade, wishing to learn sword techniques from the future Lin Lie in exchange for purple weapons.

The future Lin Lie had originally intended to provide guidance on sword techniques; hearing this, his eyes lit up, and he agreed without hesitation, teaching all the sword techniques he had mastered.

The person who understands oneself best is undoubtedly one's future self.

In just half an hour, the group member Lin Lie made rapid progress under the guidance of the future Lin Lie; the system proficiency of his basic sword techniques and major skills all increased by a significant margin, showing faint signs of a breakthrough.

If there had been more time, he certainly would have asked for more advice.

But unfortunately, by this time, everyone had already exchanged intelligence and learned the news that Nebula had been captured alive.

The future Avengers had spent five years with Nebula and had deep feelings for her, stating that they would never abandon her.

The members of the Guardians of the Galaxy immediately supported this, and others, upon learning of Nebula's actions, also responded one after another.

Thus, the Avengers coalition was assembled, preparing to fight Thanos from 2014 to the death for Nebula's sake.

With everyone united and morale high, Lin Yu naturally wouldn't refuse.

He waved his hand, established a magic barrier covering a hundred miles, and then teleported the Nebula from 2014 over, manipulating her to contact the Thanos of 2014.

"Boom!"

The next instant, a pitch-black warship emerged from the quantum tunnel and instantly hovered above the battlefield.

The massive hull could be described as blotting out the sky; although it couldn't compare to the twenty-kilometer-long Chitauri mothership, it was still seven or eight kilometers long, like a pitch-black island floating in the air.

Without a doubt, this was Thanos's exclusive ride—Sanctuary II!

Scarlet and pale blue cannons hung on both sides of the hull, aimed at the dense Avengers coalition below.

A blue beam of light shot out from the center of the hull, bombarding the ground with a whistling airflow.

When the beam dissipated, a tall figure appeared there.

He had wrinkled purple skin, wore a dark golden helmet and full-body armor, held a double-edged broadsword, and slowly raised his head, facing the Avengers army all alone, saying calmly:

"This is the fu..."

"Shoo shoo shoo!"

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Before he could finish, the Avengers, already filled with rage, attacked simultaneously.

Energy beams of various colors shot in from all directions, and together with the thunder descending from the sky, covered Thanos's figure.

In just an instant, the place where Thanos stood was covered by chaotic energy, kicking up dust that filled the sky.

"Enough talk!"

"No need for morality with him, everyone, let's attack together!"

Accompanied by several arrogant shouts, the Avengers coalition had no more doubts and bombarded Thanos wildly.

It was just a pity that they didn't seem to understand the law of "no damage in the smoke."

Amidst the dust filling the sky, there were still no obvious wounds on Thanos; only his golden armor was somewhat shattered, and his purple-potato-like face was covered in dust and scorched marks.

He spun the double-edged broadsword in his hand, and while hard-carrying the bombardment of various energies, he gritted his teeth and roared:

"You brought this on yourselves!"

Before the words fell, Sanctuary II above immediately moved, and the cannons on both sides of the hull lit up with scarlet light.

Lin Yu glanced at the sky calmly, then raised his arm; the six Infinity Stones floated up following his movements, and the purple Power Stone bloomed with brilliant light under his control.

After aiming at the black warship in the sky, Lin Yu spread his five fingers wide, and then—squeezed hard!

In an instant, the massive Sanctuary II cracked with fissures, and purple light burst out from the cracks, dyeing the entire hull the deep purple of the Power Stone.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Sanctuary II that had just appeared exploded.

Terrifying energy poured out from the hull, forming a huge fireball that blotted out the sky, reflecting the clouds across the entire sky red.

The huge wreckage of the warship fell like a meteorite, carrying scorching flames, forming a meteor fire rain comparable to forbidden magic.

Lin Yu naturally couldn't ignore such a disaster-like scene; with a thought, the Power Stone retracted its light, and the Space Stone bloomed with blue light instead, releasing strands of spatial power.

In an instant, a point of black light bloomed from the center of the explosion, and in the blink of an eye, it expanded into a black hole with a diameter of over a hundred meters, swallowing all the surrounding flames and wreckage of the warship.

The falling metal wreckage also felt that devouring force, instantly stagnating in the air, and then flew back at an even faster speed, disappearing into the pitch-black hole.

In just a few breaths, the famous Sanctuary II had completely disappeared.

Lin Yu raised his hand and snapped his fingers; the Space Stone bloomed with blue light, casually hiding the black hole as well.

"... That was a one-shot kill?"

Beside Lin Yu, the two Lin Lies stared blankly at the sky.

But soon, the future Lin Lie woke up with a start and hurriedly asked: "What about Nebula?"

"Over there."

Lin Yu gestured toward a spot not far behind them.

The future Lin Lie hurriedly turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a bewildered Nebula.

And not just her; the Gamora from 2014 had also been rescued by Lin Yu, and at this moment, she was standing side-by-side with Nebula, also staring blankly at the scene before them.

They were all rescued!

The future Lin Lie breathed a sigh of relief, then asked cautiously:

"So, even without the gauntlet, you can master the power of the Infinity Stones?"

"More or less, it's just that I can't gather the power of all six stones like the gauntlet."

The future Lin Lie hesitated: "Then Thanos..."

Lin Yu glanced at him: "Are you trying to ask why I didn't take action against Thanos?"

The future Lin Lie nodded repeatedly, indicating that was exactly what he meant.

Lin Yu laughed upon hearing this, then shook his head, glancing at the stone-less Thanos who was being besieged by Thor and the others, appearing somewhat exasperated and in a sorry state:

"What's the point of me taking action..."

"Let them vent their anger!"

(End of chapter)