Qinuo's attitude, the unprecedented solemnity in his words, and his description of an enemy that would destroy all forms of existence, poured over everyone like a basin of ice water.
This was not just another crisis, not a powerful enemy or faction, but an obliteration targeting the World itself!
Even Tony, who was always cynical, had completely lost his smile, his eyes filled with solemnity and… a hint of imperceptible fear, not for himself, but for the people he cherished.
"Leader."
Tony's voice rang out, devoid of his usual banter, only a seriousness that was almost pleading. He didn't even call him "Qinuo" anymore, using the most formal address instead.
"I won't run away. My life, my wisdom, my armor, all of it is on this ship. I'll fight them to the end!"
His voice carried an almost imperceptible tremor.
"But Morgan and Pepper didn't choose this war. Can they go to another Universe? At least give them a chance?"
His gaze towards Qinuo was filled with a father's and husband's plea.
This was the only retreat he wished to protect at this moment.
The eyes of everyone in the conference room instantly focused on Tony, then immediately shifted to the head seat.
General Zod frowned, Loki's eyes flickered, Professor Charles sighed, Magneto was silent…
No one mocked Tony's request. In the face of absolute destruction, seeking a glimmer of hope for loved ones was humanity's most primal reaction.
Or perhaps they also had this idea.
To let their families take refuge in another Universe, so that if they lost, their families could survive.
Qinuo's gaze fell on Tony. He was silent for a moment.
This brief silence felt like an eternity to Tony, and he had a very bad premonition.
Then, Qinuo slowly shook his head.
"Tony."
His voice was still calm, but carried a despairing weight.
"I understand your request. But…"
His gaze swept over everyone present.
"There is no other Universe."
"Beyond the Universe?"
Tony subconsciously repeated, his face instantly turning pale as a terrifying conjecture formed in his mind.
"That's right."
Qinuo's voice was like a final verdict.
"Their target is everything.
What they want to erase is not a single Planet, not a single dimension, not a single Universe bubble, but everything under the concept of 'Universe'!"
"We have no retreat, we have no choice."
"Either victory, or… a shared end with everything!"
There was no retreat.
Everyone felt an unprecedented pressure and despair at this moment.
But soon, Fire ignited in their eyes once more.
A frantic Fire, mixed with anger and determination, born from being pushed to the brink.
"Now, return to your positions! Use everything you have! Grow stronger! Prepare for battle! And then… achieve victory!"
The doors of the conference hall burst open, and the beasts of war shot out like arrows from a bowstring, heading towards their respective battlegrounds.
Qinuo stood alone by the floor-to-ceiling window, his golden eyes piercing through the city, through the atmosphere, through the endless sea of stars, as if seeing the terrifying Shadow that intended to destroy everything.
"Come, Thanos!"
"This time, I will kill You completely."
—
Qinuo then arrived at a Villa in the Himalayan Mountains.
Qinuo naturally pushed open the door and walked in. It wasn't a spacious living room, but a study filled with books.
A blonde woman in a White robe was writing something at a desk.
Qinuo walked over and took a look, his mouth twitching.
magic homework?
"I say, Yao, at a time like this, You still have the heart to write this?"
"Master, You said this was necessary learning."
Yao finished writing the last character, closed her homework, and handed it to Qinuo, a smile in her eyes.
"Necessary learning…"
Qinuo sighed, his finger tapping the magic homework book he had left.
"Yao, do You know what time it is? Even Tony Stark has forgotten to quip. Everyone is preparing to fight for their lives.
And I should be desperately recruiting fighting power and planning for the war to come, even You…"
Yao interrupted Qinuo.
"Even I have to go to the battlefield, but Master, You're a bit anxious right now, and such emotions are not conducive to solving problems."
"The more it is at this time, the more You need to calm down, and correcting homework is a very good way."
Qinuo looked at Yao, at her young face already imbued with wisdom beyond her years, her clear blue eyes reflecting the flickering Fire from the study's fireplace, as if the impending doom sweeping across the entire multiverse was just an insignificant snowstorm outside.
"I didn't expect to be lectured by You in the end."
Qinuo walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, sat down, and began to read seriously.
"The capable are teachers."
Yao's voice was calm. She stood up and placed a cup of hot tea next to Qinuo.
Yao sat back down in her seat and quietly read another book.
Qinuo's fingertip traced a rune chain with a clear energy node calculation error, his brow slightly furrowed.
He picked up the quill pen dipped in magic ink from the desk, drew a simple cross over the error, and added a note beside it.
"Node three energy overflow, reference… If You make this mistake again, You'll be punished with one hundred copies of the 'Spatial Stability Charm'."
As he finished writing, he himself was momentarily stunned.
Such a comment, at a time like this, was so absurd it made him want to laugh.
However, as he finished annotating this page, his gaze inadvertently swept over the erroneous model Yao had just deduced, and an extremely faint flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind.
That erroneous energy dissipation path… Although it completely contradicted basic theory, leading to the model's collapse, its direction of dissipation and the pattern of spatial ripples it caused… actually bore an extremely vague, almost inverse similarity to a certain incomprehensible, chaotic energy turbulence he had observed when monitoring Thanos not long ago?
He abruptly looked up at Yao.
Yao seemed to sense his gaze and also looked up from her book, with a hint of inquiry.
"Master?"
Qinuo did not answer immediately.
He lowered his head again, staring intently at the erroneous deduction he had "sentenced to death," and deep within his golden pupils, countless complex magic runes and cosmic star maps began to wildly circulate, deduce, and compare.
An indescribable feeling seized him—not that he had found the answer, but… a possibility?
An extremely tiny breakthrough, perhaps even an illusion?
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