Inside the Avengers Base
"Are you ready?" Xiao Han asked in a low voice.
Tony nervously swallowed: "Oh god, I hope our calculations are correct."
Steve gripped his shield: "We trust You."
Dr. Banner's eyes glimmered with tears: "For Natasha..."
Thor raised Mjolnir: "For Asgard!"
Rocket Raccoon hid behind Thor: "Hurry up, I hate this feeling of waiting!"
Just as everyone was concentrating, Nebula quietly took a few steps back, turned, and disappeared into the Shadow of the corridor.
Xiao Han caught this scene, but he just slightly raised the corner of his mouth and didn't point it out.
He knew that even if he stopped her, there would still be bigger trouble, so it was better to let her do it and resolve it himself all at once.
"Then..."
Xiao Han took a deep breath, slowly raised his right hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and said, "Let everyone come back."
A crisp snap echoed in the lab.
In an instant, six-colored light erupted from the gauntlet, incredibly dazzling.
The energy wave spread out with Xiao Han as the center, passing through walls, through the atmosphere, through the entire Universe...
Xiao Han could feel this power reshaping reality, and countless erased lives were returning.
His super hearing caught the gasps coming from all over the World.
Missing loved ones suddenly appeared at the dining table, empty streets were instantly filled with people, and disappeared patients in hospitals suddenly lay in their beds.
"It worked!" Clint trembled as he pulled out his phone, the screen showing a missed call from his wife.
Dr. Banner's monitoring equipment flashed wildly: "Global vital signs index surging! They're back!"
However, at this moment of celebration, the entire Base suddenly shook violently, and the ceiling lights fell one after another.
"What's going on?" Tony quickly activated his armor, "Friday, scan the external situation!"
"Sir, detecting large-scale spatial distortion." Friday's voice was interrupted by a deafening explosion.
The east wall of the Base was directly torn apart by some immense force, revealing the overcast sky outside and the massive fleet suspended there.
"That's..." Steve's pupils suddenly contracted.
A ring-shaped mothership larger than a mountain was suspended above the Base, surrounded by countless Chitauri combat ships.
And in the open space in front of the Base, a purple-skinned giant was sitting on a rock, with a golden greatsword stuck beside him.
"Thanos." Thor's voice was filled with hatred.
But what shocked them even more was that standing beside Thanos was none other than the Nebula who had just disappeared.
"Do you humans really think you can change destiny?" Thanos's low voice sounded.
"I reshaped the Universe, and yet you presume to reverse it all."
Tony quickly analyzed the situation: "Friday, energy readings!"
"Detecting time distortion reaction, Thanos's fleet arrived directly on Earth via time jump!"
Thanos raised his double-edged war blade and pointed at the Avengers: "Today, I will make You witness this Universe being completely purified. No longer half, but all of it!"
As he spoke, countless Outriders poured down from the mothership like a tide, and Chitauri aircraft filled the sky like locusts.
Steve immediately entered combat mode: "Everyone, prepare to engage!"
Thor summoned lightning: "For vengeance!"
Just then, Xiao Han slowly raised his right hand, and the gems on the Infinity Gauntlet lit up again: "Step back."
His voice wasn't loud, but it made everyone stop their actions.
Thanos also narrowed his eyes, staring vigilantly at this unfamiliar human.
"Who are You?" Thanos demanded.
Xiao Han didn't answer, but looked at the fleet in the sky, then looked at the vast army behind Thanos: "Is that all?"
Thanos was startled: "What?"
"I said..."
Xiao Han suddenly disappeared from where he was, and the next second he appeared in front of Thanos, his right hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet directly gripping Thanos's throat.
"Is your army this small?"
Thanos's reaction was extremely fast, his war blade instantly slashed towards Xiao Han's neck, but was blocked by an invisible force field one centimeter from his skin.
Xiao Han let go, a red light flashed in his eyes, and Heat Vision directly pierced through Thanos's shoulder.
"Ah!"
Thanos roared in anger, clenching his left fist and swinging it towards Xiao Han's face.
This punch was enough to daze Hulk, but the moment it touched Xiao Han's skin, Thanos's own finger bones made a cracking sound.
"This is impossible!" Thanos retreated in shock.
Xiao Han didn't pursue, but looked up at the fleet in the sky: "Since everyone is here."
He raised the Infinity Gauntlet, and the six gems simultaneously burst forth with dazzling light.
"Then disappear together."
A snap louder than before echoed across the battlefield.
In an instant, Thanos's entire fleet dissipated like sand paintings in the wind, and thousands of Outriders and Chitauri soldiers turned to ash.
Thanos himself looked down at his gradually disintegrating body, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"I... am... destiny..." Before he could finish his words, his entire being had turned into dust and scattered.
The battlefield instantly fell silent.
The Avengers watched all of this, dumbfounded.
The enemy they couldn't defeat even by risking their lives was just dealt with by Xiao Han with a snap?
Xiao Han slowly landed, the gems on the Infinity Gauntlet having dimmed.
He looked at the stunned Avengers: "The problem is solved."
Tony was the first to snap back: "My god, who exactly are You?"
"I told You," Xiao Han smiled slightly, "You can call me Superman."
[Ding! Task completed! Gained 10000 Growth Points! Random reward drawing in progress...]
[Gained: New ability, Turn Stone into Gold. Money-making artifact, as the name suggests, it can turn stones into gold.]
Xiao Han: ???
Steve walked forward and extended his hand: "Whoever You are, thank You for saving this World."
Xiao Han shook his hand: "You're welcome."
Dr. Banner looked at the Infinity Gauntlet on Xiao Han's hand: "Those gems..."
"As agreed, the Space, Mind, and Time Stones are mine." Xiao Han removed these three gems and returned the gauntlet along with the remaining Power, Reality, and Soul Stones to Tony.
"You can handle these."
Tony carefully took the gauntlet: "We'll keep them safe. Wait, are You leaving?"
Xiao Han nodded: "My task is complete, it's time to return to my own Universe."
Thor strode forward: "Wait, friend! At least tell us where You're going?"
Xiao Han smiled but didn't answer, just raised his hand and drew a golden portal.
On the other side of the door, the Avengers saw New York in 2012.
"The Time Stone needs to be returned. If fate allows, we will meet again." Xiao Han turned and stepped into the portal, his figure gradually disappearing.
The battle ended too quickly, Doctor Strange didn't even have time to open a portal.
Just before he completely left, Tony suddenly shouted: "Hey! If our World gets into trouble again, can we call You for help?"
Xiao Han's voice came from the portal: "Find Strange, he knows what to do."
The portal closed, leaving the Avengers looking at each other.
"So..."
Scott scratched his head, "We were just saved by a Superman?"
Clint looked at the phone in his hand, the screen showing a photo of him with his family: "Regardless, he helped us get back the people we lost."
Tony stared at the Infinity Gauntlet, deep in thought: "Friday, record all data on Superman. I have a feeling we'll need his help again."
Meanwhile, above New York in the 2012 movie Universe, Xiao Han's figure reappeared. The System prompt sounded again.
[Ding! Detecting host has completed all tasks, claim extra reward?]
Xiao Han smiled slightly: "Claim."
[Gained: Parallel Universe Locator (Can freely travel back and forth between explored parallel Universes)]
Xiao Han looked at the intricate device that appeared in his hand, not knowing where to start complaining.
This thing allows him to return to the previous Universe at any time, but he can also do that with portal magic.
"It seems my journey has just begun..."
He looked down at the city below, his figure turning into a streak of light, flying towards the New York Sanctum.