"Hey, Tony, be careful! You can't put it in until you align it!"

  "Come on, Banner, have some faith in me. I can't possibly put it in incorrectly!"

  "I can see your fingers are shaking. It's inevitable that you'll be nervous the first time. I completely understand that you can't afford any accidents at such a critical time."

  "Banner, if you could just shut up and give me some peace and quiet, I'm sure it would definitely make my work more productive."

  "…"

  S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters, in the laboratory.

  Iron Man operated the robot arm, constantly adjusting its position.

  Dr. Banner was holding a tablet computer, entering various data, and sketching an internal structure model.

  Due to the disintegration of the Infinity Gauntlet, the Avengers had to create a new device to contain the six gems by themselves.

  Naturally, this kind of task belonged to the scientific research team's two top strengths, Iron Man and Dr. Banner.

  "I don't understand. How did Luke manage to avoid Thanos's snap?"

  Dr. Banner chatted while he worked.

  Ever since they learned that Thanos had died and got his just deserts, the nervous and heavy inner emotions of the superheroes gradually relaxed.

  As Luke told them before, the best way to face fear was to overcome it.

  The cosmic overlord, who wiped out half of the life in the universe and defeated the Avengers, had finally collapsed.

  This also meant that the crisis encountered by human beings on earth and the cosmic civilization of the universe had ended.

  It's just that they were sent away in the end.

  The superheroes didn't see how Luke resolved Thanos and got the six Infinity Stones.

  "According to Luke himself, it probably means that he doesn't belong to this universe."

  Iron Man frowned slightly, gazing at the six stones placed on the mechanical arm, and grimaced.

  "It's like an auto assembly line that could only destroy what was produced on its own line with a production date and a label on it. As an outsider, Luke wasn't influenced by the Infinity Stones."

  Dr. Banner appeared to be somewhat confused by this and asked very critically, "But at the moment Luke entered this universe, his existence became a fact."

  "If something that isn't from this universe could ignore the effect of the Infinity Stones, suppose I find a dog from Luke's universe, then, even if Thanos snapped his fingers a few times, he wouldn't be able to kill the dog?"

  Iron Man shrugged his shoulders, stopped the work at hand, thought for a few seconds, and replied, "This should also relate to the level of the universe and the issue of personal strength."

  "What do you mean by the level of the universe?"

  Dr. Banner scratched his head. During this time, the ones who had more contact with Luke were mainly Tony, Thor, and Captain Rogers.

  If we're talking about personal interaction, at most we can add one more person, Carol, Captain Marvel.

  "You can think of the universe as a box, and when we open the one we are in, we will find a bigger box on it."

  Iron Man was very interested in the box theory Luke mentioned casually and continued, "Some people have divided these boxes into different grades, linked to the strength of those unimaginable ancient beings themselves."

  "In a word, Thanos could snap his fingers to erase a puppy of another universe, but he can't even touch the existence of Superman."

  "If you have to explain it scientifically, what's the saying? Oh, yes! 'When things don't work out, that's quantum mechanics.' "

  "You take the Infinity Gauntlet being able to erase life as a fundamental fact. In fact, the six stones interfere with quantum time and space to delete the existence of individuals. Thus, making someone disappear in the real world."

  "Luke's existence isn't located in the current quantum space-time. He's too large, so deleting all his data is too problematic."

  Dr. Banner gave an audible "Oh" and seemed to understand.

  These days, if you put the word 'quantum mechanics' in front of anything, it would immediately highlight the extraordinary high-level characteristic.

  After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Tony, what do you think the original ending of this universe was?"

  "Who knows, the magician Strange mentioned that out of the 14 million possible futures he saw, we only won once."

  Iron Man joked with a bitter smile at the corner of his mouth, "Now that I think about it, Superman may represent the 'one' that Strange was talking about."

  "No matter what, this is the best ending we could possibly get!"

  Dr. Banner nodded silently with a smile on his face.

  …


  …


  "I now realize that being a superhero of Midgard is even more troublesome than being a good King of Asgard."

  In the office lobby of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters, Thor complained.

  It was their fifth day back on Earth from outer space, and Iron Man and Dr. Banner were responsible for building the new gauntlet.

  The rest of the superheroes came forward to stabilize people's hearts and maintain the nearly collapsed social order in various countries.

  Compared with the former, the latter's work seemed easier.

  Actually, it wasn't.

  What would happen when the world lost half of its population?

  First of all, some criminals would appear among those survivors.

  They began to act recklessly, taking away the goods in stores and supermarkets.

  Drive away high-end cars that they couldn't afford before, smash the windows of clothing stores, and wear expensive fashionable clothes.

  As this group grew in size, gradually, anarchy began to spread.

  Another small group of people, seeing that everyone else was doing it, would unconsciously cling to the larger group of people.

  Just like Gustave Le Bon's book 'The Crowd', which described ——

  'Once an individual becomes a member of a group, he will no longer take responsibility for what he does, and everyone will reveal their unconstrained side.'

  The consequences of the collapse of social order were very serious. These days, the superheroes were busy being firefighters, giving speeches on TV stations, and cracking down on many rising gangs and international terrorist organizations.

  Whether it was a large country, or a small country, each citizen was one of the many parts of the machine. The loss of a screw or a gear might keep it running.

  But losing half was equivalent to a screeching halt.

  "That's for sure. As a king, all you have to do is lean on your throne and accept the worship of your people."

  Captain America had just finished a White House meeting and looked slightly tired, saying, "And to be a superhero, one must obey the law and uphold the moral rules he believes in."

  "Yesterday afternoon, I saw some children in Brooklyn. They broke the window of a store with baseball bats. Then they carried away two TVs and video games."

  "I tried to stop them, but I saw a lot of people behind them. They were like a swarm of locusts that swept through the store."

  "At that time, I didn't know what to do. Send all these people to jail, or kick and punch them as we did with the German soldiers in World War II?"

  Captain America leaned against his chair with a weak smile on his mouth.

  "That's nothing. I was in Los Angeles the day before yesterday. Those survivors who weren't erased took to the streets and thought that since half of the population disappeared, the country should allocate the remaining resources to the public, so everyone could enjoy more benefits."

  War Machine lamented.

  "Clearly, it should be a very sad thing to see so many people lose their families and friends."

  "The funerals haven't even started yet, and everyone hasn't had time to mourn. Instead, they can't wait to divide the property."

  Captain America was surprised, adding, "It's a crazy world. Various religious organizations have mushroomed, claiming that they were fully responsible for the disappearance of half of the world's population."

  "All of this was done by the gods they believed in, who sent down their wrath to punish mankind for their evil deeds."

  "What's funny is that before we even start the crackdown, these guys are fighting over who should be responsible!"

  Black Widow took a sandwich out of the microwave, bit into it, and vaguely said, "Everything is out of order. We can only hope that Tony and Banner can finish the gauntlet as soon as possible."

  "By the way, we also need someone to snap their fingers —— not an easy task."

  The superheroes sitting in the hall were silent for a moment. Then Thor, who was binge eating a bucket of ice cream, volunteered —— perhaps it was because his enemy, Thanos, had died. He was recently relaxed, fascinated with all kinds of fast food, alcoholic drinks, and best-selling games on earth.

  Rocket Raccoon, who lived next door to him, could hear Thor cursing his teammates or opponents online every day.

  Usually, his skills were too poor and would be rejected and ridiculed, and then the two sides would curse at each other.

  Fortunately, there was no real PK offline for the time being.

  Otherwise, in that game called Fortnite, a message will surely begin to spread —— never provoke violent players whose ID was 'Thor the God of Thunder'.

  "I don't think there's anyone more suitable than me in this room."

  Thor dug out a spoonful of ice cream and spoke confidently.

  "As the strongest Avenger, the son of Odin, only I can do this snap!"

  Rocket Raccoon adjusted the position of the clothes on his chest, "Hey Thor, did you know that Banner, who's working on the gauntlet right next door, is the most powerful avenger——"

  "I have heard that the Hulk beat you up on Sakaar, that Grandmaster's planet. There were videos on the intergalactic forum about the Contest of Champions."

  Thor glared at Rocket Raccoon. He wanted to say something but was interrupted by Captain Marvel.

  The other party, as a female representative, came out at this time.

  Despite the fact that she was blasted far away by the Power Stone when facing Thanos and had been down since then.

  But this kind of thing, she couldn't just leave it to the men!

  This was very wrong!

  "I have withstood an explosion from a light speed engine and then survived. I also have that kind of power in my body.

  Carol raised her fist and said, "So, maybe the task of snapping should be given to me."

  "If we have to sacrifice someone, let me do it!"

  Captain America's ideological awareness was no less than that of the others.

  Just when the group of people was arguing, the silent Nebula said, "I don't think you need to discuss this. Superman was the one who defeated Thanos and disregarded the erasing snap. He's obviously more suitable than anyone else."

  "Uh, that seems reasonable."

  The rest of them thought about it for a while, but indeed, they couldn't find a more qualified executor than Superman.

  "Where's Luke?"

  Captain America scanned around. He didn't see the biggest contributor in saving the world and the universe.

  "He said he was going to see an old friend."

  Carol answered.

  …