After a slight internal grumble, Tony refocused his attention on the diary.
A sigh escaped his lips.
During his encounter with the future Avengers, he hadn't seen Black Widow.
So, Black Widow had indeed gone to Vormir, just as the diary described?
Sacrificing her soul there, gone forever.
Even Hulk's snap couldn't bring her back.
It was truly a pity!
But, the Purple Potato had actually slaughtered half of Asgard's population?
That guy actually turned his blade on Asgard?
The diary clearly stated that half of Asgard's population wasn't erased by Purple Potato's snap, but rather slaughtered by him!
There's a huge difference between the two.
And according to the diary, Hulk's snap only revived those who had been erased by Purple Potato.
Doesn't that mean Asgard will forever lose half its population?
Purple Potato, what have you done!
What a bloodthirsty executioner!
"Purple Potato!"
Thor, who had just returned to Asgard and hadn't had time to quell any rebellions, was instantly enraged.
A hint of killing intent even flashed in his eyes.
Purple Potato had some nerve!
Daring to provoke Asgard!
Was it because he brought back the Tesseract?
Was the other side attacking Asgard to collect the Infinity Stones?
But did Purple Potato have the ability?
To slaughter half of Asgard's population? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The mysterious diary owner must be exaggerating.
Thor didn't believe it no matter what. There was no such powerful force in the universe, not even Purple Potato.
They, Asgard, were not pushovers; they were one of the most powerful races in the entire galaxy! But no matter what, Purple Potato's act of wielding a butcher knife against Asgard was unforgivable.
No, not just Asgard; Purple Potato even attacked the Dwarves.
This made Thor even angrier.
The Dwarves are good friends and allies of Asgard.
Asgard knows how many artifacts were forged by the Dwarves, even Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, was made by them.
Thor would absolutely not allow the Purple Potato to target the Dwarves!
But, why would the Purple Potato have his eye on the Dwarves?
Thor wouldn't believe that there would be any Infinity Stones with the Dwarves in the future.
Could it be because of the Dwarves' forging technology?
After a slight pause, Thor made this perfectly reasonable guess.
Just like how his father had gone to the Dwarves to forge the Infinity Gauntlet, the Purple Potato was likely approaching them for the same purpose.
After all, using the Infinity Stones requires the Infinity Gauntlet to contain them.
Even so, was there really a need to kill?
And didn't they always kill half and leave half alive? How did it end up with only one dwarf left?
Damn it! Unforgivable!
Thor was truly enraged.
Thor had already made a decision in his heart. After dealing with the mess in Asgard, he would focus on the problem of the Purple Potato.
At the very least, he had to find out who this person was!
However, Star-Lord might not be so lucky; he wouldn't even meet Gamora!
Without Gamora's interference, Star-Lord should be directly captured by Rocket Raccoon and sent back to Yondu!
The Power Stone will fall into Yondu's hands!
And at that time, Ronan should still be looking for the Power Stone for the Purple Potato, right? It feels like Yondu and the Ravagers wouldn't be a match for Ronan at all.
So, the Power Stone will eventually be obtained by Ronan?
Without the Guardians of the Galaxy to protect it, wouldn't Xandar be destroyed ahead of schedule?
[Poor Xandar, even if it escaped the Purple Potato, it still couldn't escape Ronan.]
"So, Gamora was taken to the future by the Purple Potato as well."
This was so obvious that Tony figured it out in a second.
This showed that Gamora wasn't just the Purple Potato's daughter; she was probably quite important to him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought her on such a dangerous mission.
Unfortunately, the Purple Potato was pushing his own daughter into a death trap.
If the Purple Potato hadn't taken Gamora to the future, wouldn't she have avoided the fate of being turned to dust?
As for Star-Lord being captured by Rocket Raccoon after Gamora was gone, Tony naturally had no idea what that was all about.
But there's no doubt that at this point, the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy probably didn't know each other yet.
So...
Is this the beginning of the Guardians of the Galaxy's destiny?
Could it be the "unreliable Rocket Raccoon meets the unreliable Star-Lord and others, and then forms an unreliable team in an unreliable way" mentioned in the diary?
Tony thought it was very possible.
But whether that's exactly how it happened, only the diary's owner, Zhou Cheng, would know.
Besides that, another important piece of information was also verified here.
At that time, Star-Lord, who was a lackey under Yondu, was indeed searching for the Power Stone because of Yondu's orders, not his own will.
Looking back, it actually made sense.
After all, how could a nobody possibly get their hands on something as high-level as the Infinity Stones?
The only thing Tony hadn't expected was that Ronan collecting the Infinity Stones was actually doing Purple Potato's bidding!
Tony had been wondering earlier if those two interstellar overlords would fight over the Power Stone.
Turns out, he'd given it too much thought.
Even Ronan was working for Purple Potato!
It seemed the gap in their standings was quite large.
Of course, that was just compared to Purple Potato.
Compared to Star-Lord and the "Ravagers" led by Yondu, Ronan was still very strong.
The diary's owner, Zhou Cheng, stated with certainty that the Ravagers wouldn't be able to hold onto the Power Stone and that Ronan would seize it.
There's nothing much to say about it.
Tony wasn't surprised that Ronan destroyed Xandar.
Although he didn't know why, the diary's spoilers had already shown that Ronan seemed to have some kind of feud with Xandar.
But, why would Purple Potato also destroy Xandar?
Judging from the diary's tone, if Ronan hadn't done it, Purple Potato would have done the same!
So, had Xandar offended Purple Potato? But why would Ronan still do it even though Purple Potato wasn't around anymore? Could it be that Xandar had offended both Ronan and Purple Potato?
Then Xandar was really good at offending people! However, even though he was grumbling inwardly, Tony had also made another guess. Considering that Purple Potato's goal was to collect the Infinity Stones, was it possible that Xandar actually had an Infinity Stone? [Ronan isn't Purple Potato, so it's uncertain whether he'll collect the Infinity Stones, but it feels like after Ronan destroys Xandar, he might also target Earth.]
[After all, Ronan was scared away by Captain Marvel when he invaded Earth, and that was a disgrace that Ronan couldn't wash away.]
[Previously, he feared Captain Marvel. Now, with the Infinity Stones, he might come back!]
[And Captain Marvel is often off-world. Can the Avengers alone stop Ronan?]
[Even if they can, it'll undoubtedly be a tough fight.]
[Wow, looking at it like this, Earth isn't safe even without Purple Potato.]
Tony: "..."
The playboy was speechless!
Because what the diary said seemed to make perfect sense!
The diary had mentioned before that Captain Marvel had scared off Ronan the Accuser.
However, the specifics weren't elaborated on much.
Later, when Tony specifically asked Nick Fury about Captain Marvel, he finally learned a little more.
It turned out that during the war between the Skrulls and the Kree, Ronan the Accuser had led a fleet to invade Earth.
But Captain Marvel, single-handedly, destroyed Ronan's "interstellar missiles" and a large part of his fleet.
She scared Ronan off.
Considering this, if Ronan truly gained more power, like obtaining the Power Stone, it wasn't impossible for him to return to Earth to redeem himself.
This made logical sense!
And what exactly was the Power Stone?
The Celestials could directly use their power to destroy a planet!
Considering Ronan's fleet, Earth's situation seemed truly dire.
At least, this lineup seemed more powerful than the Battle of New York, which Loki and the Chitauri launched.
But fortunately, even though Earth didn't have Captain Marvel, it had Destroyer Tony, and the Avengers!
Although Tony wouldn't presume the Avengers would definitely defeat Ronan, like Captain Marvel did.
But one thing was for sure.
It wouldn't be so easy for Ronan to truly destroy Earth.
Wait, Earth probably doesn't have many years left, even before Ronan arrives to destroy it?
After all, Tiamut's creation relies on life energy! Once the Earth's population reaches a certain number, Tiamut will awaken!
[If the Purple Potato hadn't wiped out half of Earth's population, it's hard to say if Earth would have even made it to Endgame.]
[Haha, that's the irony of it all.]
[The Purple Potato, who mercilessly wielded the blade against Earth, in a sense, actually saved it. Can you believe that?]
[Of course, it wasn't the ultimate salvation, but at the very least, it postponed Earth's demise, right?]
"So, this is the truth of Earth's womb?"
"This is how Tiamut grows?"
Tony's expression instantly became extremely serious.
Previously, when he learned that Tiamut was gestating in the center of the Earth, Tony was certain that it would definitely absorb energy from the Earth in some form to grow.
Although Tony didn't know the specifics, the law of conservation of energy couldn't be broken.
Now, Tony finally knew the shocking answer: the energy Tiamut absorbed was actually life energy!
In other words, it was those living humans!
This was the most cruel method Tony could imagine.
Regardless of the impact Tiamut's absorption would have on all humans on Earth…
A brutal reality had already appeared before Tony's eyes: the more people on Earth, the faster Tiamut would awaken!
And if that was the case, the diary wasn't wrong.
The Purple Potato wiping out half of Earth's population was really a "good" thing.
Of course, that's just from the perspective of Tiamut's creation.
So, is this the truth behind Purple Potato's interference with Tiamut's creation?
Tony was very curious about this when the diary mentioned it before.
He even couldn't help but wonder what exactly Purple Potato did that accidentally benefited Earth.
He didn't expect that in the end, it was still that guy's crazy method of eliminating interstellar populations.
Tony would definitely not approve of this method, no matter what.
The other diary holders must feel the same way.
So, when all is said and done, the key ultimately comes down to the Infinity Stones.
Whether it was the Purple Potato or the Celestial beings, the ultimate goal, or rather, the ultimate solution, was always the Infinity Stones!
These few words weighed heavily on Tony's mind.
It's really miserable. No matter how you look at it, without the Purple Potato, Earth is still in danger!
It might even be more dangerous.
But outside of Earth, things should be better. After all, the universe is indeed missing a somewhat obsessive lunatic.
As for the Infinity Stones, someone will probably still collect them.
If I had to guess, it would be the Collector.
After all, when Asgard entrusted the Reality Stone to the Collector, he showed his ambition.
He also planned to collect the Infinity Stones.
[Also, in the TRN877 universe, the one where Star-Lord T'Challa is from, without the Purple Potato, the Collector became the new overlord!]
The Collector.
This name has been mentioned in the diary for the second time.
Previously, Tony had judged that this person should be a big shot in the interstellar world, and now Tony's guess was confirmed.
Although the diary still didn't give much information about this person's strength, how could someone who dared to collect the Infinity Stones be ordinary? Especially in the parallel universe of Star-Lord T'Challa, this person became an overlord comparable to the Purple Potato! However, why would Asgard store the Reality Stone with the Collector?
Wait a minute, the Reality Stone!
Tony's eyes suddenly lit up.
Following the Time, Power, Space, and Mind Infinity Stones, the diary finally revealed another Infinity Stone.
Considering the naming conventions of all the Infinity Stones, does this Reality Stone have the ability to affect reality?
Like how Scarlet Witch modified the reality of Westview, does it do something similar?
If that's the case, then this Infinity Stone is incredibly overpowered!
One can only say that it truly deserves to be called an Infinity Stone; each one's characteristics are so incredibly awesome.
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