The "translucent human body," this miraculous thing, was not the first time everyone in front of the screen had seen it, except for Dr. Banner.
Everyone knew without a doubt what that thing really was.
That was the soul of the Hulk!
That was the soul of Banner!
With just one palm strike, the Ancient One actually managed to knock out the soul of the Hulk.
"Gasp!"In front of the screen, gasps of astonishment erupted one after another. Everyone was on the verge of popping their eyes out, their hearts nearly bursting from the shock.
They simply couldn't believe their eyes.
To slap a soul out with a single palm—what kind of godly technique was this?
This was just too terrifying!
"Gulp!"
Star-Lord couldn't help but swallow hard, exclaiming in awe, "So this is the Ancient One? She's incredibly powerful!"
The others around him all felt the same way.Everyone had long anticipated that the Ancient One's power should be incredibly strong, and it wouldn't be surprising if she could defeat the Hulk. But now, seeing it happen?
This wasn't just a defeat; it was a complete domination, a crushing victory.
The Hulk, such a formidable being, seemed like a weak little lamb in front of the Ancient One.
Utterly defenseless!
No one had ever dared to imagine that the Hulk, with his immense strength, could one day appear so feeble in front of someone else.
Everyone was deeply awestruck by the Ancient One's overwhelming power."Now, can we start over?"
On the screen.
The Ancient One, who had just knocked Hulk's soul out of his body, looked as if she had done something trivial, casually glancing at Dr. Banner, who was now in a soul state.
Dr. Banner was stunned for a long, long time before he finally came to his senses and explained the actual problem he was facing to the Ancient One.
"Sorry, I can't help you, Bruce!"
But contrary to everyone's expectations, the Ancient One refused.Despite knowing the ins and outs of the matter, she firmly refused without any hesitation.
It was so decisive.
"If I hand over the Time Stone and help your reality, it would destroy mine," the Ancient One also had her own sufficient reasons.
This was something that everyone had not considered before.
"With all due respect, science does not support your claim," Dr. Banner continued to press the Ancient One with his persuasion.Ancient One glanced at Dr. Banner and suddenly made a swift motion with her hand, causing a beam of golden light to appear before the two of them.
At one point along the beam, six Infinity Stones were continuously orbiting.
No one knew what Ancient One intended to do, so they all watched the large screen with curiosity, waiting for her explanation.
"The Infinity Stones create the flow of time as you perceive it," Ancient One began, using the beam as an example to demonstrate and explain to Dr. Banner. "If one is removed, it creates a branch."At this point, the Ancient One gently flicked away the Time Stone that was encircling her.
In that place, a branch immediately appeared from what was originally a single beam of light.
"This might be beneficial for your reality, but for our timeline, it's not necessarily so," the Ancient One continued to speak eloquently to Dr. Banner. "In this new branch of reality, without our primary weapon against the dark dimension, our world would be overturned, and millions would suffer disaster."
"Tell me, Doctor, can your science prevent all this?"It must be said that Master Ancient One's words are quite reasonable, and everyone in front of the screen couldn't find any reason to refute them for a moment.
After all, we can't let Earth be invaded by the dark dimension just to fight against Thanos, can we?
The terrifying face of Dormammu couldn't help but appear in everyone's minds, causing them to shiver involuntarily.
Compared to that, everyone would rather face Thanos!
"No, we can't," Dr. Banner did not deny this, but he had his own theory, "But we can erase this possibility!""After we use the gem, we can return each gem back to its original point in time."
"From a temporal perspective, in that reality, it was never taken away in the first place."
At this point, Dr. Banner reached out and took back the Time Gem that the Ancient One had flicked away, placing it back in its original location.
The branch of the light beam that had formed due to the removal of the Time Gem simply vanished.
It must be said, Dr. Banner's theory is quite compelling.
"But you've overlooked the most crucial part."Master Ancient One pointed out the most critical issue with precision, "To return the stones, you must first survive."
"We will, I will, I promise!" Dr. Banner assured Master Ancient One emphatically.
"I cannot risk our reality on a mere promise," Master Ancient One remained unmoved. "The Sorcerer Supreme has the duty to protect the Time Stone."
"Then why did Strange give it away?" Dr. Banner asked with righteous indignation.
"What did you say?"Master Ancient One was caught off guard by Dr. Banner's statement.
So was everyone in front of the screen.
From what Dr. Banner was saying, did Doctor Strange actually voluntarily hand over the stone to Thanos?
"Dr. Strange, he gave the stone to Thanos!" Dr. Banner repeated.
"Voluntarily?"
"Yes!"
"Why?" Master Ancient One asked, utterly bewildered and puzzled.
Her question voiced the thoughts of everyone present at the scene.Doctor Strange couldn't possibly be unaware of Thanos's purpose in collecting the Infinity Stones. Under such circumstances, he still handed over the Time Stone to Thanos?
That seems a bit off, doesn't it?
"How should I know?" Dr. Banner's voice chimed in, equally baffled. "Maybe he made a mistake."
"Or perhaps I was mistaken," the Ancient One mused after a moment of contemplation, saying just that.
With that, she simply reached out, gesturing vaguely towards the distance, and Hulk's body whooshed over in an instant.
She then "encased" Dr. Banner's soul within it.Dr. Banner transformed into the Hulk once again.
After completing all this, the Ancient One crossed her hands, and with a wave of magic, the Eye of Agamotto hanging on her chest automatically opened.
The Ancient One then took out the Time Stone and handed it to the Hulk.
"Strange will become the best among us," the Ancient One said to the Hulk at this moment.
"So he must have had a reason for doing that," the Hulk responded, taking up the Ancient One's words.
"I'm afraid you're right!""Master Ancient One placed the gem in Hulk's hand, then looked up and spoke to him with a grave expression, 'Bruce, I'm counting on you, we all are!'
The scene froze at this point.
This footage genuinely stunned everyone, primarily because Master Ancient One was simply too extraordinary.
His strength practically shattered everyone's understanding and redefined the word 'powerful.'
"This footage has clearly shown us that our previous speculations were correct."Captain America was the first to speak, skipping any unnecessary words and diving straight into the summary, "After Thanos destroyed the Infinity Stones, everyone indeed traveled through time to search for the other six stones."
This speculation was originally just a guess, but in this footage, the conversation between Dr. Banner and the Ancient One completely confirmed it.
"We will," this "we" clearly refers to the others who were searching for the Infinity Stones.
This is still a very important piece of information for everyone.
"The Ancient One can indeed foresee the future."Tony Stark spoke up again, "She even knows what will happen five years from now, and that Strange is the best among them, which further supports my previous speculation."
"Doctor Strange raised that one finger at me because he foresaw the future!"
This point was also generally agreed upon by everyone, with no further questions.
"That must be it. I would have voluntarily handed over the Time Stone to Thanos in the future, probably because I saw the future!"
Strange added from the side, "Otherwise, there's no explanation for why I would do that."Voluntarily handing over the Time Stone to Thanos would be equivalent to helping Thanos snap his fingers, which in turn would be aiding Thanos in slaughtering half of all life in the universe!
Apart from foreseeing the future and realizing that surrendering the stone was the method to defeat Thanos, everyone couldn't think of any other reason why Doctor Strange would do this.
"So, the way to defeat Thanos is to first let him gather all the stones once?" Captain America summarized the conclusion drawn from various clues, his voice slightly grave.
Frankly speaking, this is something Captain America cannot accept.The risk of doing this is simply too great, it's like betting the fate of the entire universe, which completely goes against Captain America's style.
"So, is traveling through time to collect the Infinity Stones again also a method to defeat Thanos in the future that Doctor Strange saw?"
Dr. Banner proposed such a seemingly obvious viewpoint on the side.
This indeed seems possible.
As the quiz continues, the puzzle pieces related to the Endgame are becoming more and more complete.
"Wait a minute!""Star-Lord couldn't help but voice his skepticism at this point, 'Since you can travel through time in the future, why not just go back to when Thanos was a child and kill him directly?'
'Wouldn't that solve everything? Nothing would happen!'
'Why go through all this trouble to travel back in time to find the stones? That seems really stupid, doesn't it?'
'He has a point!' Thor was the first to agree, glancing around at everyone as he said, 'That's exactly the question I was about to ask.'"Not just Star-Lord and Thor, but everyone except Tony Stark and Dr. Banner also thought the same.
"Changing the past changes the future accordingly? Guys, have you watched too many movies?" Tony Stark immediately shook his head, "Have you heard of the Grandmother Paradox?"
"The Grandmother Paradox? What kind of theory is that, why not the Aunt Paradox?" Star-Lord was ignorantly confident.
"It's a paradox. If someone travels back in time and kills their own grandmother, it creates a contradiction.""If he killed his grandmother, his mother would never have been born, and consequently, he wouldn't exist. So how did he manage to kill his grandmother?"
Dr. Banner, of course, had heard of this theory and briefly explained it to everyone, leaving those unfamiliar with the concept utterly bewildered and confused.
From the perspective of "killing the grandmother," it seems like an easy task.
Just one stab or a single bullet would suffice.
But what happens when that bullet is fired at the grandmother?If the grandmother had died, the person who fired the shot would not exist, and thus that bullet would also not exist.
But if a person is shot in a vital area, it's impossible for them not to die!
So, did the grandmother die or not?
No matter how you look at it, it's a contradiction.
"This theory is not a scientific theory, just an interesting paradox proposed by a novelist," Dr. Banner continued to explain to everyone. "But it tells us that trying to influence the future by changing the past doesn't work; time doesn't operate that way.""Because if you travel back to the past, that past becomes your future, and the time you were in before becomes the past!"
"So, by altering the past, you're actually just changing a new future, which doesn't change anything at all!"
After Dr. Banner's explanation, those in the audience who didn't quite understand finally had an epiphany.
No wonder the future superheroes went to such lengths to find the gems; they had no other choice.
"One more thing!"Thor also thought of something and spoke to everyone, "Master Ancient One said that protecting the Time Stone is the duty of the Sorcerer Supreme, but in the future, the Time Stone is in the hands of Doctor Strange."
"Does this mean that Doctor Strange will become the new Sorcerer Supreme in the future? The Sorcerer Supreme should be different from ordinary sorcerers, right? It sounds like the leader among sorcerers."
"That makes sense," Star-Lord nodded. "Not all sorcerers are that powerful."
[Question: By whose hand did the Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, die?][A. Dormammu, the Dark Dimension Lord]
[B. Kaecilius, the Traitor of Kamar-Taj]
[C. Thanos, the Cosmic Overlord]
[D. Infinite Ultron, the Slayer of the Multiverse]
[Friendly Reminder: Correct answers will be rewarded with Armament Haki;
Incorrect answers will result in the random deduction of one of your attributes, including but not limited to knowledge, experience, skills, possessions, etc...]
Shortly after, a new question appeared, interrupting the ongoing discussions among the crowd.Everyone was startled after just a glance at the big screen; it must be said that this question caught everyone off guard.
So, the incredibly powerful Ancient One, who could even take down the Hulk in an instant, was actually killed by someone?
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