"Makes sense!" Hawkeye Barton shrugged, not saying anything further.
The question was why Ultron wanted to eliminate all of humanity, and when considering the four options, they definitely couldn't insert their own perspectives first. They had to put themselves in Ultron's shoes to make it logical.
Hawkeye Barton had made that mistake.
He had instinctively put himself in the equation, instead of Ultron.
"Stark's right, if we're looking at it from Ultron's perspective, option B is entirely possible," Black Widow nodded on the side. "So, we can't rule out B for now."
"Exactly!" Tony Stark spread his hands, but then his tone suddenly shifted. "But I think, maybe we can rule out A."
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Tony Stark began to methodically lay out his analysis in front of everyone.
"Do you all remember how Ultron instantly controlled the entire financial system, adding billions of dollars to Klaw's personal account?"
"I've been thinking about this ever since, how exactly was this done? It's theoretically impossible."
"Even if the hardware conditions were met, giving Ultron enough processing power, how vast is the entire financial system?"
"There are countless networks, countless programs, countless firewalls, yet Ultron cracked them all in an instant!"
"This terrifying processing power means Ultron can do whatever he wants on the network, meaning he can control any program!"
"Everyone, if he could do that to the entire financial system, can you imagine what kind of virus could infect Ultron?"
Tony Stark's words hit the nail on the head.
Not to mention that a virus comparable to the entire financial system is simply impossible, that's pure fantasy.
Even if we take a step back, even if a virus of that level actually appeared, it would still be no match for Ultron.
He was instantly controlled by the other side.
Ultron's processing power was terrifying to such an appalling degree.
"Also, everyone saw the image of Vision being created. Dr. Banner was worried that Jarvis couldn't defeat Ultron's processing matrix."
"That was indeed the case. At the time, Vision only had a portion of Ultron's processing matrix within him, but Jarvis still couldn't defeat it. Instead, he coexisted with Ultron's processing matrix in a certain way."
"That's how Vision was born."
"Everyone, this is Ultron's processing power! Although I don't want to admit it, Jarvis was clearly inferior to Ultron."
"With Ultron's terrifying processing power, it far exceeds the current era's standards."
"I don't believe any virus can infect such a program because if such a virus did appear, it would mean that all programs in the world would be vulnerable!"
"The entire network will be poisoned!"
"Everyone, how likely do you think a virus like this is?"
Everyone at the scene shook their heads. How could a virus of this magnitude even exist? Even science fiction movies wouldn't dare to set up such a plot.
After all, this kind of virus was simply too ridiculous.
"OK." Nick Fury shrugged. "Stark is right. It seems we can indeed rule out option A. Now we only have options B and D left: Is it to maintain world peace, or is it at the behest of Thanos?"
"Ultron's ideals went wrong, taking the elimination of humanity as a means to maintain world peace. This possibility is logical."
"Thanos has invaded Earth multiple times. It also seems entirely possible that he instructed Ultron to eliminate humanity."
"At the moment, both of these options seem possible. Does anyone have any thoughts?"
After a simple analysis, Nick Fury turned his gaze to the people present.
He saw that the others also wore thoughtful expressions, staring intently at the two options, unable to make a judgment for the moment.
Only Loki had a meaningful, rather playful smile on his face: "Really? You're actually seriously considering this? Aren't these two options quite obvious? Well, you are just mortals, after all!"
"Loki, you seem to know something," Black Widow turned her head and stared at Loki seriously.
"That's right, I already know the answer, do you want to hear my opinion?" Loki wore a proud smile. "Then guess whether I'll tell you."
In the previous questions, Loki needed to get information from everyone, but now the situation was completely reversed, how the tables had turned.
"I guess... you will," Black Widow said to Loki with a very certain tone.
"Why?" Loki almost couldn't help but laugh, "Why would I do that?"
"Because if you give us information now, we'll share information with you later," Black Widow said to Loki. "You'll need it."
"You think I need you?" Loki was not accustomed to feeling like someone else was controlling the pace.
"Yes, you do!" Black Widow nodded firmly. "Without our help, you got two questions wrong in a row, didn't you?"
Loki's lips twitched slightly. Although he didn't want to admit it, it was the truth.
"You're alone, but there are five of us. You're participating in the quiz for the first time, but each of us has participated several times. The relevant information we have is far more than you do."
"Whether you admit it or not, you need us far more than we need you."
"Loki, this is a rare opportunity for you. If it were me, I would seize it," Nick Fury, that cunning old fox, chimed in, nodding confidently at Loki.
"Fine! You win!" Loki, after a moment of thought, spread his hands. "I can tell you the information this time, but when it's my turn to answer questions, you also need to tell me the information I want to know."
"Of course!" Nick Fury nodded matter-of-factly.
"Option D is obviously impossible."
Loki then shared his thoughts with everyone. "Midgard is my father Odin's territory. Where would Thanos get the guts to exterminate the humans on Midgard? He wouldn't dare, even if you gave him the courage!"
No one had considered Loki's perspective on the matter, but after some thought, they raised some doubts.
"Loki, I know Odin is the Allfather, the ruler of the Nine Realms, and he is feared throughout the galaxies. But the universe is so vast, it wouldn't be strange if some beings didn't fear Odin, right?" Captain America said to Loki seriously.
"Perhaps you are right, but Thanos is not that kind of person." Loki said very firmly to Captain America.
"How do you know that?" Tony Stark immediately asked sharply from the side.
"Do you think I came here to steal the Tesseract for no reason?" Loki's words made everyone present slightly taken aback, their expressions changing.
Previously, they had speculated that Thanos was the mastermind behind the Battle of New York. Now, Loki's words confirmed it without a doubt.
Loki's theft of the Tesseract was indeed orchestrated by Thanos!
"So it was Thanos!" Captain America's expression became extremely grave. "So, showing you the true power of the Tesseract and giving you the Chitauri fleet was indeed Thanos."
"You all know quite a bit," Loki said, a hint of surprise on his face, and he became even more attentive to the answering system.
"So, I understand Thanos. Do you think Thanos wanted me to invade New York for no reason? That was just a cautious test of my father!"
"Thanos had this idea long ago, but he dared not act until I, the prince of Asgard, appeared. Only then did he dare to put this idea into practice."
"Thanos is a coward, a scaredy-cat! A villain who fears my father's name and only dares to engage in petty behind-the-scenes actions!"
Loki immediately sneered at everyone present.
Everyone on site felt a little strange. In their eyes, Thanos had always been that invincible cosmic overlord, making them breathless.
It was the first time they'd heard someone so belittle Thanos.
"But in the future, Thanos did invade Earth." Black Widow, after some contemplation, raised this question.
"What did you say? Thanos invaded Midgard? That's impossible!" Loki shook his head immediately. "With my father around, Thanos wouldn't dare."
"Could it be… that Thanos had gathered all six Infinity Stones by then?"
Tony Stark speculated, "The only time we know Thanos appeared on Earth was during the Endgame, and he had already gathered the six Infinity Stones then."
"He gathered the six Infinity Stones?" Loki's face showed surprise again.
If that's the case, then it makes sense that the other party would dare to provoke Odin.
So, the question is, what stage was Thanos at during the Ultron era?
Everyone could certainly confirm that Thanos hadn't gathered all six Infinity Stones back then, since Ultron himself possessed one.
But you couldn't say that Thanos dared to provoke Odin because he had all six. Would he have been too afraid with five or four?
Such a judgment would be a bit far-fetched.
"Looks like the intel Loki provided is useless," Hawkeye Barton said, shaking his head slightly.
"Although it didn't help us rule out option D, still...thanks for the information, Loki," Nick Fury said, shrugging at Loki.
At least, Loki helped everyone confirm that Thanos was the mastermind behind the Battle of New York, which was actually a significant gain.
"No, I haven't finished," Loki spoke again. "Thanos might have gotten bolder and dared to provoke my father because he had the Infinity Stones, but wiping out all of humanity isn't Thanos' style."
"Thanos always adheres to one principle: kill half and leave half!"
"He's invaded countless planets throughout the universe, destroying many, but he always only kills half the lifeforms!"
Loki's words immediately brightened everyone's eyes. If that was the case, then option D could be definitively ruled out.
"Kill half and leave half?" Tony Stark couldn't help but scoff first, "What is that? False kindness? To comfort his own blood-soaked heart?"
"Thanos is a madman. How would we know what a madman is thinking?" Black Widow shrugged, then glanced at the big screen, "So the answer to this question is B?"
Everyone at the scene felt slightly speechless.
"To eliminate the entire human race for world peace, don't you think that's a bit ironic and absurd?" Nick Fury couldn't help but complain.
"No, Nick Fury." Tony Stark shook his head, looking serious as he spoke to Nick Fury, "I've said it before, you can't think about this using human logic."
"In my opinion, option B is precisely the most logical and sensible choice."
"Stark, we're all ears," Nick Fury said, shrugging and gesturing towards Tony Stark.
Under everyone's gaze, Tony Stark continued to elaborate.
"According to option B, Ultron was created to maintain world peace. So, logically speaking, what direct relationship is there between maintaining world peace and the survival of all mankind?"
Everyone at the scene was momentarily stunned by Tony Stark's question. They instinctively wanted to retort, but couldn't find any words to do so.
Because if they carefully considered it, they really couldn't find a direct link between peace and the survival of humanity.
"Peace means no war. If Ultron was created with the purpose of maintaining world peace, then eliminating war should be Ultron's ultimate goal."
"I ask, is this goal contradictory to eliminating all of humanity?"
"Even wiping out all of humanity would better fulfill this purpose, because all the wars on Earth are caused by humans."
"If all humans were eliminated, there would never be war again, and Earth would usher in eternal peace."
The scene fell into a brief silence, everyone was left speechless by Tony Stark's words, stunned and bewildered.
"Based on human thinking, everyone naturally defaults to the idea that peace requires all of humanity to still be alive. If everyone dies, although there is no war, that's not called peace."
"Because if everyone dies, everything is meaningless."
"But what about for robots? No war is peace! That's the logic of a robot!"
"That's why I said option B makes the most sense."
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