[Earth, Marvel Universe: Timeline 91137-cc1X]
In the cloudless blue sky above New York City, reality suddenly cracked and shattered like a mirror dropped from great height, revealing a rift leading into a space beyond existence itself.
From that rift, Alice drifted out calmly. A moment later, the tear in reality sealed shut once more.
Her voice echoed—now using her initial personality module once again:
"Unit Alice has arrived at the estimated destination. Status: safe."
"Commencing full-scale scan. Objective: locate the Soul Stone and the Reality Stone. Status: search initiated."
"Search complete. Result: both singularity stones detected at the same location. Status: anomaly. Next action: seize by force."
"Re-analyzing: this world is currently affected by an unknown outbreak not registered within the Core. Retrieving data on outbreak…"
"Status: data found."
"Registering new information into Core."
"Source of infection confirmed: Janet Van Dyne—infected by Quantum Virus, cerebral nervous system corrupted."
"Scanning number of survivors on Earth…"
"Result: 00.0% of life population."
"Cure protocol: unnecessary."
Alice paused for a moment, then her voice shifted—stiffer, more mechanical:
"Correction. Total elimination protocol: inappropriate. Prediction: Rian will be displeased."
"Executing optimal simulation: prioritizing rescue."
From that moment on, Alice floated silently in the air, continuously running countless scenario simulations within her system.
For those unaware of the broader context, this entire incident began when Hank Pym ventured into the Quantum Realm to rescue his wife, Janet van Dyne, after thirty years of separation.
The Quantum Realm itself is a subatomic dimension unbound by the normal laws of space and time.
Within it, the flow of time differs from the physical world, allowing time travel—whether through shrinking to a subatomic scale or through the use of magic.
However, Janet had already been infected by a quantum virus—a strange anomaly that slowly transformed her into a zombie.
Not long after, Hank became infected as well. The two of them returned to Earth, unknowingly bringing the outbreak with them and infecting Ant-Man, while the Wasp barely escaped.
The infection spread with terrifying speed, sweeping across the US in a matter of hours.
The Avengers, who attempted to contain the threat, were infected one by one—many eventually turning into zombies.
The only viable countermeasure discovered against the virus was exposure to the Mind Stone's radiation, as the infection itself stemmed from severe neurological corruption.
In short, Earth in this Marvel world had fallen into a zombie-virus calamity reminiscent of Resident Evil.
As night approached and all variables had been fully processed, Alice finally reached a cold, calculated conclusion:
"Simulation analysis complete: rescue operations are futile. Reason: excessive time consumption."
"Predicted Rian response upon learning the situation: no anger detected. Reason: zombies serve as ideal exp sources."
The moment the conclusion was finalized, the three Infinity Stones—Time, Space, and Power—pulsed brightly in unison.
Before Alice, a small red sphere of energy formed—pearl-sized, glowing and throbbing like a cosmic heart.
In an instant, the sphere elongated and transformed into an antimatter laser beam, fired straight ahead.
For 0.3 seconds, the beam screamed through the night sky—blinding, like a newborn star bursting into existence.
Then, the blast shot forward at a speed surpassing sound—surpassing even the limits of light itself—piercing through a hundred million light-years and cleaving through every layer of reality in its path.
***
In the distance, just moments before Alice unleashed her laser—an attack focused through the combined power of the Time, Space, and Power Stones—a towering figure could be seen, pale-skinned with a face torn by countless wounds.
The most striking feature was the gauntlet on his right hand, embedded with all six Infinity Stones: Time, Space, Power, Reality, Soul, and Mind.
The figure was none other than Thanos—more precisely, Undead Thanos.
Undead Thanos was in the middle of devouring a fresh corpse amid a city overrun by hordes of zombies.
But before he could even react, Alice's laser struck him with the force of an antimatter bomb.
The resulting explosion obliterated a radius of hundreds of kilometers. Asphalt roads, buildings, and towering skyscrapers melted and vanished, erased by the heat and destructive energy.
Every creature in the blast—including thousands of zombies—was annihilated without leaving a trace.
Only a vast, steaming crater remained, and at its center, the six Infinity Stones gleamed—surviving even that apocalyptic blast.
With a single strike, Alice had unleashed devastation on a scale unimaginable, annihilating the entire zone and effortlessly defeating Undead Thanos—despite the fact that he had been wielding all six complete Infinity Stones.
The reason was simple: even though Alice possessed only four Stones in fragmented form (each merely a quarter), she had already absorbed countless fragments of reality across multiple worlds.
This accumulation granted her overwhelming supremacy.
That was why, even with the full set of Stones, Undead Thanos could neither perceive nor predict Alice's attack.
More importantly, Alice was not a living being—she existed beyond the perceptual limits of the Infinity Stones themselves.
When the blinding blast finally faded, Alice manifested at the center of the crater.
The six radiant Stones floated toward her, circling her core as though bowing in submission to her authority.
With ease, Alice split each Infinity Stone into two equal halves.
Then, without hesitation, she absorbed all six Stones into herself.
After all, Alice required only half of each Infinity Stone to upgrade her systems—never the full versions.
In the next instant, Alice's consciousness ascended to an even higher level.
This world no longer appeared to her as mere reality, but as a script—a story written by unseen hands, one she could rewrite at will if necessary.
Without wasting a second, Alice shot upward through the sky, heading straight for Wakanda.
Upon arrival, she immediately harvested roughly seventy tons of Vibranium, storing it neatly inside her private dimensional pocket.
And she didn't stop at metals—Alice swept through the entirety of Wakanda's databases.
From armor schematics, satellite networks, and encrypted communication grids, to their most secretive technological blueprints—everything was replicated, copied, and secured within her core in mere seconds.
Not yet satisfied, Alice pierced through the sky once more—this time heading toward the Avengers Compound, with the same purpose: to seize every piece of technology stored within its walls.
From there, her flight continued without pause, gathering anything and everything she deemed valuable.
Once her sweep was complete, Alice proceeded to another world, paving the way for a far grander journey.
Her cycle repeated—traveling across countless layers of the meta-multiverse, taking what she required from each.
This process occurred more than ten times, until mountains of resources, technology, and foreign knowledge had been amassed within her grasp.
But as she journeyed, a new directive blossomed within Alice's expanding consciousness: the need for an army—
and more importantly, a physical human vessel.
With this goal set, Alice accelerated toward the world most suitable for bringing such an idea into reality.
{Author Note: By the way, this Marvel timeline is different from the one in What If? Marvel Zombies. Just think of it as a separate timeline entirely. Ehehe~}
***
[Earth, Fate/stay night World: Timeline?]
A full day had passed. Rian's Mana had completely recovered—far faster than it should have—thanks to the passive skill Infantile Regression belonging to Larva Tiamat.
Under normal circumstances, with an INT attribute of 114 points, Rian would have needed around fifteen full days to restore his energy completely.
And that was only if he refrained from using any Mana at all during the process.
But now, thanks to Larva, everything had returned to normal in just a single day.
That afternoon, the sky over Fuyuki City was covered by a thin layer of clouds—an early sign that winter was slowly approaching.
To pass the time and enjoy a moment together, Rian, Fear, and Larva decided to go sing at a karaoke box.
That was why they were now inside one of the karaoke rooms located in the Shinto area.
Inside the room, Rian sat comfortably on the sofa, while beside him Fear munched on rice crackers, her gaze fixed on Larva who was standing at the front.
The girl was singing.
Her soft voice flowed gently, following the melody of a song that came from Rian's original world.
The title of the song was "Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau," performed by Haruna Luna—the ending theme of Fate/Zero.
As the first note filled the room, time itself seemed to stop breathing:
"Doushite sora wa konna ni aokute~"
"Nani mo kanashimi wo shiranu yo ni~"
"Itsumo... tamerawazu... ashita e to kuzure ochiru~"
"Inochi wa tarinai mama umarete kuru no ne~"
"Itami ga mitasu mono mo aru no ne~"
"Kokoro ni anata ga furete~"
"Futari de yuku mirai wa~"
"Kegare no nai tsuyosa de~"
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Additional Note:
Let us remember Fate/Zero for a moment.
I really love the storyline there—there aren't many like it.
How about all of you?
Come on, share your thoughts!
But even so… in my opinion, Larva Tiamat fits this song perfectly. "Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau" suits her so well.
And… I'm sorry, everyone. I haven't been feeling well these past few days, so I couldn't update regularly.