Bleecker Street.
Samuel was back again.
The portal behind him clearly showed the motionless Zombie Wanda to everyone.
When the Mind Stone was thrown back, everyone knew that Vision was dead.
Now, Zombie Wanda was also dead, right?!
Bruce Banner handed the Mind Stone to Samuel and asked with some sadness, "Are we going directly to Wakanda?"
"It's too late, tomorrow."
Samuel shook his head, "Besides, I have a feeling that Wakanda might also have a surprise."
It was still the same saying, saving the apocalyptic timeline wasn't that easy.
Isn't it common in movies?
Often, the place that is considered the safest and least likely to have problems is where problems eventually occur.
"Wakanda is protected by a force field, nothing will go wrong," Bucky said.
Although he said this, there wasn't much confidence on his face.
The reversal with Vision before was too damaging.
If they hadn't experienced it firsthand, who could believe that Vision, a robot and an Avenger, could do such a thing?
Sanctum Sanctorum.
Bathroom.
Amidst the sound of running Water, Samuel, standing behind the curtain, was thinking about Wakanda.
Wakanda's force field shield is indeed a good thing, hopefully it will still be usable when it gets into my hands.
Bucky thought that with the protection of the force field shield, Wakanda would not fall.
If it were just facing the zombie crisis, Wakanda would indeed not fall.
But what would cause Wakanda to fall wouldn't be the zombie crisis at all, but extraterrestrial visitors!
Don't forget, at this point in time, in addition to zombies, there's also Thanos!
Putting aside the zombie crisis, according to the original plot development, Thanos would assemble his army and come to Earth, and attack Wakanda.
Samuel felt that there were two possibilities for the current Wakanda.
One is that it was breached and occupied by Thanos, but not affected by the zombie crisis.
The other is that Thanos and his army were infected with the virus before or during the attack, becoming zombies, and then breached Wakanda.
Samuel leaned towards the second possibility.
Don't think it's impossible!
There was a terrifying detail he had previously overlooked.
It was the Time Stone!
When Ebony Maw and Black Dwarf first appeared, they only said they wanted to kill Bruce Banner and himself; they didn't mention the Time Stone.
When Dr. Strange appeared, he was already a zombie, and he didn't have the Time Stone on him.
Later, when Samuel was clearing the Sanctum Sanctorum, he found the Eye of Agamotto, which should have contained the stone.
Where did the Time Stone go?
Could it be that when Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight of the Black Order came looking for the stone, they encountered Dr. Strange, who had already turned into a zombie?
Then, they took the stone, but were infected and also turned into zombies?
And then, they infected the entire army, infected Thanos?
Yes, Thanos still had other Infinity Stones.
But to infect him, they didn't need to defeat him or kill him; just a small wound would be enough.
His most loyal subordinates brought the Time Stone back, and in an unsuspecting moment, they ambushed him, causing a small wound to Thanos, leading to his infection.
It's still possible, isn't it?
Besides Vision's Mind Stone, Thanos should have five stones.
A five-stone zombie Thanos?!
How could Wakanda stop him? How could the force field shield stop him?
Its fall was an inevitable outcome!
Moreover, this also explains why this is a doomsday timeline.
Assuming he wasn't there, Bucky and the others would have driven to find Vision, then luckily escaped and obtained the Mind Stone.
Where would they go?
Definitely Wakanda!
Along the way, they would surely suffer heavy losses, with a significant reduction in their numbers.
The remaining few, full of hope, would arrive in Wakanda, only to see a five-stone zombie Thanos.
Holy cow, how desperate would that be!
Using the Mind Stone to heal everyone would be utterly impossible.
Snapping his fingers to restore everything to normal?
With only a few stragglers left, how could they possibly snatch the gauntlet and snap their fingers against a five-stone zombie Thanos and his zombie army?
The outcome doesn't even need to be imagined; everyone would surely fall.
Therefore, this is a doomsday timeline, because there isn't a shred of hope or possibility!
The more Samuel thought about it, the more he felt his guess was highly probable. Should he take a look to confirm?
Open a small portal and peek inside.
If it really had fallen, it would prevent them from being unprepared when they went tomorrow.
He would be fine, but the others might just open the door to their doom.
"Bang bang bang!"
The knocking interrupted Samuel's small hand, which was about to draw a circle.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Sharon." The person outside answered and opened the door to come in.
"I found you a clean set of clothes; your old ones can't be worn anymore."
"Oh, thank you."
Samuel poked his head out from behind the curtain and saw that Sharon Carter had already placed the clothes on the sink.
Sharon Carter, after putting down the clothes, did not leave. Instead, she stood in front of the mirror, looking at her own confused face, and softly asked,
"Do you really think we have hope of saving this World?"
"We got the Mind Stone, we got the method to heal everyone."
"Wakanda is protected by a force shield, it should be humanity's last safe haven."
"We also have you; you can open a portal directly to Wakanda, avoiding all possible dangers."
"I should feel at ease. Tomorrow, at dawn, we will be able to cure everyone and save this World."
"But—"
Sharon Carter touched her still bewildered face and turned to look at Samuel.
"But why do I feel no joy? Only worry and confusion?"
Samuel pouted: "Do you like spoilers?"
"No!"
Sharon Carter shook her head: "But this time, I really hope someone can give me a spoiler."
Samuel said no more and began to draw a circle on the wall beside them.
In the golden glow, a miniature portal appeared.
Samuel and Sharon Carter immediately looked into the portal.
What greeted their eyes was a purple face, as terrifying as any other zombie.
On his hand, he wore a golden gauntlet.
On the gauntlet, five stones shimmered with light!
"Thump!"
Sharon Carter's eyes were lifeless, and she slumped powerlessly to the floor beneath the sink.
Samuel closed the portal.
Good heavens!
That purple yam shoehorn face, a five-stone zombie Thanos confirmed!
Although opening the portal directly in his face was a coincidence, the five-stone zombie Thanos's reaction and expression after the portal opened didn't seem unprepared.
He might have sensed that a portal would appear before him!
He might even have regained his sanity.
True sanity, not the kind of battle instinct.
When the portal closed, Samuel noticed his eyes; although it was only a fleeting glance, that was definitely not the look a zombie should have... PS: I suddenly feel that after Loki came online, the concepts of timelines and parallel Universes became somewhat muddled, not as clear as before, where time was time, and space was space.
For brothers who share this confusion, let's keep it simple: just understand different timelines as different parallel Universes, it's just a difference in terminology.
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