"Buzz!"
Not far away, in a transparent device the size of a soda can, resembling an oil lamp, the originally golden light source had turned purple.
This was the Time Trimming and Resetting Device that had been activated as soon as the Timekeepers appeared.
Golden turning to purple meant that trimming and resetting had begun.
Centered on the Time Trimming and Resetting Device, an invisible energy quickly spread in all directions.
The originally bare brown land instantly turned into bizarre, colorful hues upon contact with this energy.
Immediately after, the Timekeepers and the people of the Survivor Squad disappeared one after another.
In the blink of an eye, this energy had reached in front of Su Quan.
Su Quan made no move, quietly waiting for this energy to rush towards him.
"Bang!"
Su Quan was hit by a strong impact.
In a daze, he felt a confusing sense of spatial and temporal dislocation.
It was as if he was repeatedly jumping between two spaces.
No.
To be precise, he was being pulled!
He could vaguely feel two forces pulling at him.
One wanted to pull him away, and one wanted to keep him in place.
For a moment, the two competing forces were evenly matched.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, Su Quan felt a dizzying sensation, followed by a violent jolt of his body—the pulling sensation disappeared?!
Steadying himself, he found that he was standing in the same spot.
The black baton and Time Controller beside him were still there, and Thanos, who was kneeling in the distance, was also still there.
But the Timekeepers and the Survivor Squad who had been trimmed earlier did not exist in any form.
They didn't return from the Void, nor did another 'them' appear.
"This is—the Time Trimming and Resetting Device failed, but not completely failed?"
Trimming and resetting are two concepts.
The essence of trimming is equivalent to teleportation, teleporting from other locations to the Void, affecting the present and the future.
Even if Su Quan had the ability to negate time, the past was constant and could not be changed.
But his present and future were not constant, so trimming was still effective on him.
Resetting is more like rolling back and replaying.
Delete the current progress and jump back to an earlier point in time to start over.
However, when it came to Su Quan, this kind of rollback was not allowed.
So trimming succeeded, and the current process was deleted.
But also because of Su Quan, after the current process was deleted, the earlier process could not be imported, and it could not start over.
So—resetting failed.
Trimming and resetting are complementary and indispensable.
This result of failure but not complete failure led to the timeline not being reset, but the Timekeepers and the Survivor Squad were successfully trimmed into the Void.
As for why he wasn't trimmed?
It should be related to the mechanism of the resetting device.
Throwing the equipment that originally belonged to the Timekeepers into the Mirror Dimension, Su Quan teleported to the Void.
Half an hour later.
Su Quan walked out of the golden rectangular portal with the Survivor Squad and Timekeepers, their expressions varied.
Their faces showed fascinating expressions, some angry and shocked, others bewildered and stunned.
In just half an hour, their long-held worldview and beliefs were shattered.
The members of the Survivor Squad learned for the first time that their World was not the only one.
It was also the first time they knew about organizations like the Time Variance Authority and places like the Void.
And it was the first time they knew that their World was a doomsday timeline destined to be destroyed.
It was the same for the Timekeepers, even more shocked and harder to accept than them.
They originally thought that being trimmed would definitely mean certain death.
They never expected that this time's target time criminal had actually conquered the Void and become the Void Lord.
Those time criminals who had been judged and trimmed not only survived here, but also lived very peacefully and comfortably.
That would have been fine, after all, no one knew the situation in the Void.
What they truly couldn't accept was that their self-proclaimed sacred status and beliefs were all fake.
They were actually Time Criminals, just like the ones they apprehended!
It was just that they had been brainwashed by the Time Variance Authority, losing their original identities and memories.
Then, they completely transformed.
They became Timekeepers, maintaining the stability of the sacred timeline for the Time Variance Authority and apprehending Time Criminals.
One had to admit, this was truly a great irony!
As the Captain of this group of Timekeepers, although C-20 was equally flustered, she forced herself to calm down.
Looking at the Time Criminal who had revealed the truth to them, no, it should be said Void Lord, she spoke in a deep voice:
"What do You want us to do?"
Su Quan shook his head and said indifferently, "It's not that I look down on You, okay, maybe I do look down on You."
"With Your strength, what can You do? Overthrow the Time Variance Authority? Can You do it?"
"No!"
"Forget about overthrowing them, if they knew You had learned the truth, haha, I'd consider You impressive if You could escape alive!"
C-20 was a bit indignant: "Are we supposed to do nothing and continue to serve them?"
"Poverty dictates tactical infiltration, wealth dictates carpet bombing. Caliber is justice, range is truth. Volley fire is romance, explosion is art."
"Without strength, why be indignant?"
"Just go back and hide yourselves properly. Do what You need to do. When I need You, I will naturally contact You."
Su Quan didn't expect them to accomplish anything major. As long as they could relay messages when needed and act as tools for him to farm drop rewards, that would be enough.
He certainly wouldn't mind having more good things like the Time Controller and the black short staff.
"Okay, we'll go back, but You have to return our equipment. Otherwise, how can we explain ourselves when we go back?" C-20 said.
Su Quan looked at her: "You are truly beautiful."
Although she was wearing an ill-fitting uniform, with her dark skin tone and defined features, C-20 could indeed be considered beautiful in some people's aesthetics.
C-20 was momentarily stunned: "You, what do You mean?"
"What do I mean? Haha, I mean You are truly beautiful, and You are thinking beautifully!"
Su Quan curled his lip and directly used the Time Controller to open a portal straight to the Time Variance Authority.
Immediately after, with a gentle wave of his finger, without waiting for C-20 to speak, he directly controlled her and the other Timekeepers, sending them flying into the portal.
"Whoosh!"
The portal disappeared.
Su Quan put away the Time Controller and looked at the Survivor Squad.
"Tell me, what are Your thoughts? If You are unwilling, I can lend You this thing."
Su Quan took off the Infinity Gauntlet and offered it to them.
This was originally their only hope for saving the World, but now, no one reached out to take it.
"Boom!"
Just then, a powerful and brilliant colorful beam of light suddenly descended from the sky, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
A brilliant beam of colorful light erupted with a powerful shockwave. Everyone subconsciously lowered their heads and raised their hands, shielding themselves from the blinding light and the impact of the strong wind.
"Whoosh—"
An axe carrying lightning flew horizontally out of the colorful beam of light, spinning and chopping the attracted zombies into pieces, scattering them all over the ground.
The zombies in Wakanda wouldn't just stay put because of Su Quan's fight with Thanos and the appearance of the Timekeepers.
On the contrary.
Such a big commotion here had attracted the zombies from afar.
"This is the Bifrost Bridge!"
"Thor, it's Thor!!!"
Bruce Banner shouted excitedly, staring intently at the figure emerging from the gradually disappearing Bifrost Bridge.
"Bang!"
The axe, after completing a circle, automatically flew back into Thor's hand.
Thor held the axe in his right hand, with a raccoon holding a laser gun perched on his left shoulder.
At the same time, a Groot stood beside him!
"Thor!!!"
Bruce Banner shouted again.
Although the others weren't as excited as him, their originally low and mournful mood was also lifted by Thor's appearance.
Rocket Raccoon jumped down from Thor's shoulder, loaded his weapon, looking ready for a fight.
Thor's gaze quickly swept through the crowd and soon found Thanos kneeling on the ground.
Hatred and anger overwhelmed his reason. He didn't wonder why Thanos was kneeling on the ground; he only had one thought.
Revenge!
"Thanos!!!"
Thor roared with fury, and the Stormbreaker in his hand flashed with violent lightning, directly throwing it towards Thanos.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
The high-speed spinning Stormbreaker, carrying an unmatched power of lightning and momentum, went straight for Thanos's head.
Thanos knelt there with his head down, unmoving, as if he were already dead.
Just as Thor's great revenge was about to be achieved, and Stormbreaker was about to strike Thanos, a clean, slender, and unremarkable hand reached out.
"Bang!"
Stormbreaker was caught, stopping right in front of Thanos.
Thor's angry shout, trailing off, came to an abrupt halt!
He stared coldly at the man who had caught his axe and saved Thanos.
Those who help Thanos are enemies!
Thor reached out to summon Stormbreaker, preparing to rush over and kill the opponent, and then kill Thanos.
One second, two seconds—
Stormbreaker was in the other person's hand, it didn't come back.
"Three seconds, five seconds—"
Stormbreaker trembled slightly, but quickly quieted down again, still not returning.
Looking at Thor's gradually awkward expression, Su Quan released Stormbreaker, allowing it to return to Thor's hand.
Bruce Banner and the others finally reacted at this moment and quickly tried to persuade the two not to fight.
After all, Su Quan wasn't an enemy, and Thanos was defeated by him.
Moreover, although Thor was one of the strongest Avengers, and had a powerful new weapon.
But facing Su Quan, who could easily paralyze the five-stone zombie Thanos, they didn't think Thor could win!
"Su Quan, Thor, You—"
The words of persuasion were cut short by Su Quan's wave of the hand, blocking them back.
Mind Manipulation Ability made them lose their ability to move and speak again.
Aside from their confused and anxious eyes, they could do nothing.
And Thor, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, the three of them, obviously couldn't accurately understand their meaning through eye contact.
"Nice axe. I have one too. Coincidentally, they are exactly the same."
Su Quan smiled and reached out, and an axe identical to Stormbreaker appeared out of thin air.
Thor, who had been about to mock, instantly widened his eyes, staring incredulously at the axe in Su Quan's hand.
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
"My axe was forged by King Eitri the Dwarf, using Asgardian Uru metal through the billions of degrees of heat of a neutron star."
"And the handle was made by my friend using his arm."
"How could You possibly have an axe exactly like mine? This is absolutely impossible!"
"I am Groot." The Groot beside him raised his hand, which had regrown.
"Fake, he didn't make a second Stormbreaker out of his arm." Rocket Raccoon translated loudly.
Su Quan chuckled, "The real can't be fake, and the fake can't be real. Whether it's real or fake, we'll know if we compare."
"Only the one in my hand is real!"
Thor leaped high with a bang, surrounded by lightning and thunder. He pointed Stormbreaker forcefully at Su Quan.
In an instant, violent lightning descended from the sky, striking directly at Su Quan.
"Bang!"
The lightning struck the ground heavily, dust instantly flew up, and a lightning pit appeared on the ground.
In mid-air, Su Quan, holding Stormbreaker, struck at Thor in the same way.
"Crack!"
The originally clear sky gradually became gloomy.
It was the same lightning surrounding him, the same flashes of lightning and thunder.
This strike was simply a replica of the previous one.
The difference was that Su Quan dodged, while Thor—
Thor, who completely hadn't expected the other party to be able to use the same move as himself, was struck directly.
The powerful lightning made Thor grunt, and he knelt on one knee, supporting his body with Stormbreaker.
Although Thor is Thor, the lightning wouldn't go easy on him just because he is Thor.
Thor is afraid of electricity, doesn't that sound a bit funny!
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Regeneration (Groot)"
...
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Super Vision (Rocket Raccoon)"
Su Quan glanced at the Groot and Rocket Raccoon who were affected by the lightning, and the corners of his mouth lifted high.
Groot's regeneration ability is one of the best in Marvel; even if only a branch is left, he can slowly grow back.
Rocket Raccoon's super vision was a bit unexpected for Su Quan, after all, his strength is in firearms, and his other abilities are not outstanding.
However, the effect of this super vision is not bad, at least it allows Su Quan to see further and clearer.
Since Rocket Raccoon and Groot both dropped rewards, Thor, the main character, would naturally be no exception.
Stormbreaker was the reward that dropped when Su Quan received Thor's Stormbreaker just now.
Real or fake Stormbreaker?
It sounds like it should be quite interesting.
So Su Quan froze Bruce Banner and the others, preparing to play with Thor.
Now it seems, Thor isn't up to par.
"Hey, your axe isn't good, want to try mine?" Su Quan shouted, and directly threw Stormbreaker out.
Powerful and heavy, with lightning and thunder.
Thor didn't dare to be careless, staring intently at the flying Stormbreaker, and grabbed it forcefully.
Exactly the same!
Really exactly the same!
Thor looked down at the two Stormbreakers in his hands and couldn't find the slightest difference.
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