Tony didn't speak, only lowering his head in silence.
But the more it was like this, the more violently Main Universe Gwen's Spider-Sense jumped!
Her Spider-Sense was telling her that what Tony said was true!
It was just that she didn't want to believe it!
"He's right, this time is different..."
Until a calm mechanical voice appeared, making this unease in Main Universe Gwen's heart reach its peak!
Because the person who spoke these words was Ultron, who was absolutely rational and absolutely loyal to Ryan!
Ultron wouldn't lie, especially regarding matters concerning Ryan.
It would only give the most objective and truest answer!
Main Universe Gwen fell silent for a fraction of a second, heavily tossing the lifted Tony down onto the floor, and looked coldly at Ultron:
"What is Ryan's win rate against the Celestials?"
Ultron glanced indifferently at Main Universe Gwen.
"Unable to calculate a specific win rate. If calculated according to the levels edited by Master into my database, that red giant among them has already reached the Multiverse level, which is the extent of being able to destroy and create Universes. Its power has already surpassed our cognitive understanding, and it is even very likely that it has surpassed Master himself..."
"But Master has never used his full strength, and no one knows how many trump cards he has or just how powerful he truly is. He even has a record of defeating peak single-Universe Dormammu and Cancerverse Galactus head-on. Therefore, purely in terms of destructive capability, Master has already touched the edge of the Multiverse level. Even if he is not quite at a true Multiverse level, escaping would still be very simple."
"Yet the biggest problem is... the Celestials who came this time are more than one. If the arriving Celestials attack Master together, I cannot determine whether Master has the ability to escape..."
Hearing this, everyone's pupils constricted.
Because what Ultron spoke of was escape ability, not winning!
The meaning was obvious; Ultron did not believe Ryan could win this time!
This was an unprecedented situation!
Main Universe Gwen gritted her teeth, and the huge pitch-black bat wings behind her suddenly unfolded: "I'm going to help Ryan!"
For the first time, Main Universe Gwen, who had always been incomparably calm among everyone, was the first to make an uncalm decision!
And the other Gwens, along with Wanda, immediately followed suit, all unfolding their wings or hovering into the air, preparing to join the battle.
But... while they were uncalm, there was someone who remained calm.
Hum——————
A thick blue energy dome suddenly appeared in the sky, isolating the entire Spider Base within the energy barrier!
Seeing this, Main Universe Gwen's expression changed abruptly.
Because this was Earth's highest technology today, a dome force field sufficient to withstand planet-destroying attacks!
Even with her planet-destroying power, she couldn't hope to break through it anytime soon!
"What do you mean by this, Stark?!"
Main Universe Gwen, hovering in mid-air, suddenly lowered her gaze, looking murderously down at Tony who had activated the dome force field below.
But there was no fear in Tony's eyes. He only slowly flew up opposite Main Universe Gwen, handing the spider Silk egg in his hand to her: "You going won't change any outcome either; instead, it will only make the ending worse. Ryan has given you another task, take good care of it!"
Hearing this, Main Universe Gwen blankly took the ostrich-egg-sized spider Silk egg: "What is this?"
Tony shook his head slightly: "I don't know. Ryan only asked me to hand it to you, and didn't tell me what it is."
Main Universe Gwen took the spider Silk egg from Tony's hands, her eyes instantly widening to their maximum!
After a long while, she finally dropped back down to the ground.
This wasn't because she was persuaded by Tony's words.
Rather, it was because she sensed a familiar aura within the spider Silk egg.
That was Ryan's soul aura!
Ryan had once played the soul-fusion game with them, so Gwen was very familiar with Ryan's soul aura.
This spider Silk egg actually contained a wisp of Ryan's soul!
In other words, to a certain extent, this spider Silk egg was Ryan!
Gwen instantly understood that this was a backup plan left behind by Ryan!
If Ryan truly couldn't return, then this was the hope for Ryan's return!
Precisely because she figured this out, Main Universe Gwen no longer insisted on going to help Ryan.
Instead, she prepared to use her own life to guard the spider Silk egg left behind by Ryan!
Aside from everyone inside the New Spider Base...
There were two other locations paying attention to this war that would determine Earth's destiny.
In Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One and Odin sat together once more after many years apart.
"Sorcerer Supreme, do you think Ryan can win this time?" Odin was somewhat restless.
In contrast, the Ancient One appeared much calmer. She picked up her teacup, blew away the tea leaves on the surface of the tea, took a sip, and then slowly said: "How would I know? I don't have the Time Stone right now, and I am no longer the Sorcerer Supreme. I've already passed the position on to Strange; you should go ask him instead~"
Hearing this, Odin looked helpless: "At a time like this, how do you still have the mood to joke around? Your successor has decent talent, but compared to you he is still far behind. What the hell is the use of asking that kid!"
The Ancient One put down her teacup, her calm eyes meeting Odin's, and said indifferently: "Then do you think the gap between me and those beings of the Celestials is not that big?"
"We have countless variants in parallel Universes, but without exception, not a single variant has been able to reach the level of the Celestials."
"To truly defeat unique individual entities in the Multiverse like the Celestials, one needs an existence that is likewise unique within the Multiverse."
"Such existences are not many, but Ryan happens to be one of them."
Hearing this, Odin breathed a long sigh of relief: "Then you mean Ryan can win?"
The Ancient One shook her head indifferently: "No, I mean that Ryan has this kind of potential. As for whether he can win right now, I've already said, I don't know either."
"Ryan's strength has long surpassed yours and mine. Unless they are an existence of the same Multiverse level, no one knows the final outcome, unless..."
Speaking to the end, the Ancient One's expression became meaningful as she slowly said: "Go ask that God King son of yours, the only one in the Multiverse who broke the upper limit of variants, and let Him give you the answer~"
Odin: ...
He naturally knew who the God King son the Ancient One was talking about was...
It wasn't Thor, who possessed God-King-level strength and came from the Avengers Universe, nor was it Loki, the God King currently sitting on the throne of Asgard.
Rather, it was the 'Lord of Time' Loki, who at the end of time would occasionally pass through his own Universe's Loki to briefly reunite with him and Frigga!
But the problem was, although this 'son' of his had indeed broken the growth upper limit of past God Kings and become a solid Multiverse-level existence...
At the same time, He had therefore become the God King who was restricted the most in all history.
A restriction even greater than when he was previously penned up by the Celestials!
When he was restricted, he could at least move around within the range of the Nine Realms, but the range Loki could move around in was, fucking hell, just the area of a single chair!
A truly tiny-ass place!
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