Chapter 638: The Beginning of the Endgame
With the slow extinguishing of the planetary engine's pillar of light, Qiao Lu reappeared in the Marvel Universe.
At this time, almost a year has passed since the Infinity War, and the Battle of New York was two years ago, and the world has gradually come out of the scars of war, and there are no traces of the past wounds.
With the joint efforts of the coalition government and the Avengers, the crime rate on Earth in the Marvel Universe has been reduced a lot.
At least it won't be like in the past, where a supervillain pops up every now and then, saying that he wants to destroy all mankind, and almost let him succeed.
With the support of the coalition government, the Avengers' actions became more organized and cooperative.
Instead of being alone heroes who break into enemy lines, they surround and catch criminals with SWAT units equipped with high-tech weapons.
When a large pile of steel suits is blocked in the air under the command of Jarvis, and the Avengers and SWAT units carry out assaults on the ground, criminals basically have no choice but to take their hands down, literally unable to fly.
The human race has basically settled down, but the entire Marvel Universe is still undercurrent.
Not long after Qiao Lu returned, he learned from the Wandering Earth Embassy that many strange things had happened during the time he was away.
There was a bizarre gravitational field anomaly and space distortion on Earth, and a female scientist, Jane Foster, disappeared in this event, and her life and death are still unknown.
Stephen Strange, who was closely watched by Jolu, traveled to Nepal as he was told, and never returned, eventually losing his target by his followers.
This is mostly unexpected, and if it hadn't happened, it would have been even more difficult to collect all the Infinity Stones.
Jolu made his way to the Avengers base, which was their home turf after all, and he would definitely need their help.
Unlike the last time she came back, only Black Widow was alone in the base, this time Qiao Lu came to visit, but unexpectedly saw almost the entire Avengers.
Except for Thor, everyone else is in the base, which is very rare.
The Avengers often come together when something big happens, and on weekdays, they are busy with their own affairs, and if one person can solve the problem, there is no need for the Avengers to assemble.
So finding out that they were all in the base today, it made Qiao Lu have an ominous premonition.
"Qiao Lu, you're here."
Captain America came out in surprise to greet him, and the others came out to hear his voice.
Qiao Lu once again confirmed the number of people, it is really only Thor, who is not there, and even Tony, Iron Man, who is a member of the council, is here.
"Finally waiting for you to come." Quicksilver stretched his muscles to himself, "I haven't had a mission for too long, and I'm about to rust." ”
Qiao Lu smiled and asked, "Are you guys idle?" ”
This is a very rare thing, under normal circumstances, these superheroes are busy saving the world all day long, how can they stay in the base all the time.
"There aren't so many people who don't know each other to dare to mess with us." Tony said bluntly, "Look at Thanos's fate like this, who would dare to come over?" ”
This is true, Thanos is also famous in the Marvel Universe, and the news of his fall on Earth may have spread throughout the universe.
What's more, in the Infinity War, Qiao Lu also showed the power of a community with a shared future for mankind, summoning armies from all planes to compete with Thanos, and that battle alone can deter most of the forces, who would dare to run to the earth to die?
As for the petty fights of ordinary criminals, there is no longer a need for the Avengers to come out in person.
"So now we stay in the base all day long, and the occasional incident is resolved without waiting for us to arrive." Quicksilver said resentfully.
"It's a good thing, I don't miss the days when Hydra was still around." Captain America said.
"yes, it's good." Tony raised his glass and took a sip of red wine and said, "That's what we're working for, so that the world doesn't need us anymore." ”
It's a pity that his idea may not be as he wished.
Qiao Lu finally asked, "What about Thor?" ”
Tony shrugged and replied, "Back in Asgard, peace has been restored to Earth, but the Nine Kingdoms have fallen into chaos. As a god, he had countless troubles. ”
"It's a pity that Thor didn't want us to help him, and he insisted that Asgard could handle these problems on his own, so we could only watch." Captain America said.
Qiao Lu asked, "What trouble did he have?" ”
"Who knows, the Dark Elves, the Goddess of Death, Ragnarok or something, we can't control it anyway." Tony teased.
"Isn't that all a big deal?"
Qiao Lu was embarrassed for a moment, but considering that Thor had now obtained the Storm Tomahawk, maybe he could really handle it.
The problem is that the other party may still have reality gems, and if they use it wisely, Thor will still suffer a big loss.
While Jolu and the rest of the Avengers were discussing whether or not to go to Asgard to help Thor, an urgent message arrived, pushing the seriousness of the matter to a new level.
The staff of the Wandering Earth Embassy contacted Qiao Lu and said:
"Director Joel, Dr. Stephen Strange has appeared in New York! He was first inexplicably seriously injured and sent to the hospital for treatment, and then got out of danger through surgery, and then came back with bizarre news. Then we received the news that he took a seriously injured woman to the hospital again, but this time the woman died. ”
"I see, thanks."
Of course, Qiao Lu knew what this meant, and he turned to the crowd of the Avengers and said:
"I'm sorry, I have urgent business to attend to, and we'll talk about going to Asgard later."
Then Qiao Lu immediately rushed to the hospital where Strange was to see if the situation was the same as he thought.
When Qiao Lu arrived at the hospital, Strange was staring blankly at a corpse on the operating table.
At this time, he was dressed in a simple outfit, wearing a red cloak and a bronze pendant on his chest, and his temperament was also very different from before.
Now he's no longer Dr. Stephen Strange, but Doctor Strange who has inherited the title of Supreme Mage!
As for the corpse on the operating table, dressed in a blood-stained yellow robe, with a bald head symbolizing her status as a monk, it was the previous Supreme Master, the Ancient One.
Doctor Strange slowly raised his head, as if he had expected Qiao Lu to come, and said in a calm and sad tone:
"The Ancient One Mage is dead, and there is no one left to stop Dormammu from invading this world."
The whereabouts of the last two Infinity Stones have been revealed, and Qiao Lu's adventure in the Marvel Universe has entered the endgame!
(End of chapter)