Chapter 153

"Bang!"

With a dull thud of metal colliding, the whistling Mjolnir hit Thanos squarely on the back of the head, causing him to stagger.

Thor, with his severely out-of-shape beer belly, roared, immediately leaped up, held the Stormbreaker high, and slashed fiercely at Thanos, carrying violent, raging blue-white thunder.

Thanos barely steadied himself, brandished his double-edged broadsword, and angrily met the Stormbreaker.

"Boom!"

Another loud noise, the Stormbreaker and the double-edged broadsword collided, sending out a strong shockwave.

At the same time, the Mjolnir that had been knocked away suddenly turned and fell into the hands of Steve Rogers nearby.

Seeing this scene, neither Thor nor the other Avengers were the least bit surprised.

They had long known that Captain America was worthy of lifting Mjolnir, they just hadn't said it out loud!

With the blessing of Mjolnir, Captain America also gained the ability to fight Thanos in close quarters.

Coupled with the healthy Hulk who hadn't snapped his fingers, and Drax of the Guardians of the Galaxy, four melee tanks surrounded Thanos, beating him up mercilessly.

In the sky around them, ranged heroes like Iron Man, Star-Lord, and Rocket Raccoon held various energy weapons, seizing opportunities from time to time to fire a shot, keeping Thanos too busy to handle everything.

Just then, the Scarlet Witch, wearing a dark red trench coat, made an imposing entrance.

She stared at Thanos with hateful eyes, gritting her teeth while saying "You took everything from me," and used Chaos Magic to imprison Thanos's body.

Scarlet energy wrapped around his limbs, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free.

Seizing this opportunity, Thor and Captain America held the Stormbreaker and Mjolnir high, joined forces to summon blue-white thunder as thick as a house, and bombarded Thanos.

Tony's arm nano-armor transformed into a maximum-power energy cannon, and the thrusters behind him detached, turning into four floating cannons, beginning to bombard the controlled Thanos wildly.

The others weren't idle either, all using their strongest methods on Thanos.

For a time, energy of various colors raged on the battlefield, tearing Thanos's golden armor, piercing his skin defenses, and leaving scorched wounds on his body.

Long-lost pain came from all over his body; Thanos was extremely angry, immediately roared, actually broke free from the shackles of the scarlet energy, grabbed the broken double-edged broadsword at his feet, shattered the Vibranium shield with one strike, kicked Captain America away, and then turned to grab the Hulk, hard-carrying the energy bombardment to smash him into Drax.

But even so, the offensive from the Avengers coalition did not stop for a moment.

Looking at the sorry state of Thanos in the ocean of energy, Lin Yu thought it was a pity; this Thanos was not as powerful as in the comics, and without an army or stones, he was simply no match for the future Avengers.

Just then, a deafening sonic boom came from the sky.

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and looked up, only to see a golden-red fire light shooting in from the horizon, dragging a long trail, and crashing down in front of Thanos.

When the fire light faded, a woman radiating golden light appeared from within.

It was none other than Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Earth's number one combat power after Thor's decadence!

According to her performance in the movie, her strength was enough to rival a Thanos possessing four to five Infinity Stones.

Her late arrival made things worse for the already struggling Thanos, completely stripping him of the qualifications to confront the future Avengers.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yu shook his head, knowing that there was nothing left to see in this battle.

His fingers moved slightly, and the Time Stone beside him bloomed with green light, enveloping Thor, who was in the middle of the fight.

In an instant, Thor's figure changed; his beer belly disappeared rapidly like a deflated balloon, his muscles bulged crazily, and he had actually returned to his peak state from five years ago!

Thor was startled at first, then felt wild joy in his heart, hurriedly picked up the Stormbreaker, and rushed toward Thanos with a heart full of hatred and rage.

At this moment, Thanos's arms were already held by Captain Marvel and the Hulk, and his two legs were also stuck in the ground, tightly wrapped by scarlet energy tentacles.

Thor roared, glared into Thanos's eyes, and in a way different from five years ago, chopped off Thanos's head with one axe.

"Plop!"

The purple-potato-like head fell to the ground, rolled twice, and then died without closing its eyes, losing all signs of life.

The Avengers had finally succeeded in their revenge, but they didn't cheer, instead falling into a long silence.

Along this journey, they had lost too much; whether it was Vision who died five years ago or Natasha from not long ago, they were all regrets they could no longer undo...

"Oh, Natasha, I might have a way!"

Learning the root cause of everyone's disappointment, the future Lin Lie said this with a smile.

"...?"

Everyone was stunned, unable to help but turn their heads, gazing at him with fiery eyes.

Even Lin Yu looked surprised, unable to help but say: "Things the Infinity Stones can't do, you can?"

The future Lin Lie hesitated: "As long as there is still an intact corpse, it shouldn't be a problem..."

The group member Lin Lie was stunned, then looked enlightened, and asked in the system's team channel: "Revival Coin?"

The future Lin Lie nodded and also replied in the team channel: "After I awakened, the system gave me five."

The group member Lin Lie couldn't help but say: "Then why didn't you use them when Thanos snapped his fingers before?"

The future Lin Lie sighed: "I wanted to use them, but this damn thing is actually a gift pack; it must be used in the inventory first to be filled into the Revival Coins..."

Group member Lin Lie: "..."

As fellow veteran players, Lin Lie understood what his future self meant in a second.

According to the game mechanics, the Revival Coin gift pack must be opened first to replenish the number of Revival Coins, and before opening, it could only exist in the inventory like other consumables, unable to be used as a Revival Coin.

"Such a serious mistake, and you never discovered it?"

"... Does discovering it after death count?"

"What do you think?"

The group member Lin Lie looked at his future self with disdain.

The Avengers naturally couldn't understand the eye contact between the two.

But this didn't prevent them from feeling incredibly excited that there was still hope for Natasha's resurrection.

However, besides the excitement, the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Scarlet Witch, Wanda, were all somewhat hesitant, seemingly wanting to ask Lin Lie to help resurrect Gamora and Vision as well.

Lin Lie had always been a person who repaid both grudges and kindness.

The future Avengers had resurrected him, and he also remembered this kindness, so he agreed immediately.

Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and the others were incredibly excited, hurriedly thanking Lin Lie profusely, then left Earth by spaceship, preparing to find Gamora's corpse.

Vision's lover, the Scarlet Witch, and his "cheap dad," Tony, were the same.

But compared to Gamora, who had exchanged her soul for the Soul Stone, his corpse was clearly easier to find.

In less than half a day, Vision's corpse with the dented forehead was personally delivered by Black Panther T'Challa.

Under the nervous and anxious gaze of everyone, the future Lin Lie took a deep breath, decisively summoned the system panel, and used a Revival Coin on Vision.

"Hum—"

In an instant, white light bloomed, and a shockwave centered on Vision's corpse spread outward in a ring.

Vision's dented forehead was rapidly repaired in the white light, soon becoming as good as new, and he slowly opened his eyes on the metal platform.

"It really succeeded!"

The Scarlet Witch excitedly stepped forward, wanting to give him a hug.

But Tony, seeing Vision's blank eyes, couldn't help but feel his heart sink and raised his hand to stop her.

"Wait, Wanda, something's wrong!"

"..."

Wanda was slightly startled, then calmed down, only then realizing that Vision's eyes were not right.

Lin Yu held the Mind Stone, sensed Vision's state, and couldn't help but sigh softly: "What a pity..."

The future Lin Lie couldn't help but say: "What's a pity?"

Lin Yu said softly: "You did succeed in resurrecting him, but he is not the Vision you know."

This was also normal; Vision's soul existed by relying on the Mind Stone, but the problem was that the Mind Stone of this world had already been destroyed by Thanos after the snap.

Even if the Revival Coin could bypass certain mechanisms of the Infinity Stones, it didn't mean it could surpass or even create Infinity Stones.

"According to that, Gamora can't be resurrected either?"

"That should be it."

"Then... what about Natasha?"

"She is different."

Lin Yu looked at the heavy-hearted Avengers around him and said: "The Soul Stone she was exchanged for is in my hands; with the power Lin Lie has shown, perhaps we can use the Soul Stone to exchange her back."

Although he said that, the Avengers no longer had the same confidence as before.

Steve was silent for a moment and sighed: "In any case, let's try it first!"

During the process of resurrecting Vision, the Avengers had already repaired the quantum tunnel device, and the team to return the stones was quickly assembled.

There were three timelines the future Avengers had traveled through; the Time Stone, Mind Stone, and Space Stone came from 2012, the Power Stone and Soul Stone came from 2014, and the Reality Stone came from 2013.

After everyone discussed it, Lin Yu would take the three stones back to 2012, the two Lin Lies would take two stones to 2014, and Thor and Captain America would take the Reality Stone to 2013.

Before leaving, Lin Yu asked Tony for quite a bit of technology, including nano-armor and a new type of arc reactor.

After doing all this, his trip to the future was considered a complete success.

As for the Infinity Stones, he just wanted to experience them; he didn't have a very strong desire to possess them.

After all, these things were specialties of the Marvel world, and their great power could only take effect in the Marvel world.

Compared to the power of the stones, Lin Yu was more interested in their authority in their respective fields; now that he had experienced it, there were no major regrets.

Passing through the quantum realm again, Lin Yu returned to the New York Sanctum of 2012.

The two versions of Gu Yi and the four group members were waiting in the New York Sanctum.

Seeing Lin Yu return, everyone's eyes lit up: "Lin Dage, you've finally returned!"

Finally?

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, his consciousness sweeping across the Sanctum, and he discovered that time here was indeed flowing in sync with the future universe.

"Is it because of the chat group, or is it an independent parallel universe?"

(End of chapter)