A week passed quickly.
Star-Lord excitedly brought news that Yondu had set off with a team of raiders on a mission.
The opportunity everyone had been waiting for had finally arrived.
Upon receiving the news, everyone immediately gathered together.
"This is the core of Yondu's base, and this is a safe room where Yondu keeps the Power Stone,"
Star-Lord explained, holding a floor plan of the base.
"This safe room uses the most advanced security system in the entire universe; forcibly breaking through it is practically impossible."
"Besides, to get to this safe room, I calculated the route; even the shortest path requires passing through thirteen doors."
"Each door is heavily guarded, and of course, dozens of fully armed soldiers guard the outside of the safe room around the clock. I don't need to elaborate, right?"
"In other words, what we need to do now is to at least break through these twelve doors and then breach the safe room."
"Does anyone have any questions?"
Star-Lord glanced at everyone present and asked.
Frankly speaking, this mission is extremely difficult.
Leaving aside how difficult it is to silently pass through those twelve doors, even if they did, entering the safe room would be virtually impossible.
It's an interstellar safe room.
Even if Tony Stark and his crew are geniuses, could they possibly crack an interstellar security system?
Moreover, there are guards outside the safe room.
The difficulty is unimaginable.
However, everyone already knew about Yondu's base and had a detailed plan in place, so it wasn't a problem.
"Proceed as planned,"
Captain America said after a brief pause.
Without further ado, the group used the Rainbow Bridge to reach Asgard, then boarded an Asgardian ship to rendezvous with Star-Lord.
Whoosh!
After seven jumps, the ship came to a stop.
Tony Stark and his crew, led by Star-Lord, arrived outside Yondu's base.
"Star-Lord, let's begin!"
Captain America nodded to Star-Lord.
Star-Lord nodded in return and swaggered towards Yondu's base.
Being one of their own, Star-Lord faced no resistance and advanced smoothly into the base.
After waiting outside for about two hours, Star-Lord's voice came through the comms: "Guys, control room's taken care of. It's your turn."
"OK, Vision, it's your turn!"
Tony Stark immediately said to Vision.
Without a word, Vision flew out in a flash.
"Vision, Marker Three, a patrol just passed by there. You can go in from there," Star-Lord's voice immediately came through the comms.
"Star-Lord, you know I'm a robot, I can do X-ray vision, right?" Vision said.
Even so, the location Star-Lord indicated was indeed the best entry point.
Vision followed Star-Lord's instructions and arrived at Marker Three.
However, this wasn't a checkpoint, but... a solid wall.
That's right, no one intended to go in through the door, after all, Vision could walk through walls!
With X-ray vision and wall-penetrating abilities, Vision was undoubtedly the best candidate for this mission.
With these two abilities, plus Star-Lord's inside help from within the control center, Vision could easily infiltrate the safe room undetected and steal the Power Stone.
The universe's most advanced security system would be utterly meaningless against Vision; he could simply walk through walls.
This was the plan everyone had initially devised.
"Scott, you can begin too,"
Captain America said seriously to Scott Lang after Vision began his operation.
"Understood!"
Scott Lang, wearing the Ant-Man suit, replied, instantly shrinking to the size of an ant.
Then, riding an ant, he buzzed away.
However, Scott Lang chose a different route than Vision; the two split up, working in tandem.
This way, even if one group encountered an accident and was discovered, the other could continue the mission.
The possibility of both groups being discovered simultaneously was low.
Even the possibility of either group being discovered was low.
Everyone was still very confident about this mission.
Therefore, the atmosphere on site was quite relaxed.
"What a pity, I was actually quite eager to see Yondu's whistle arrow."
"Sorry, Stark, not that I'm underestimating you, but your armor might not be able to withstand Yondu's whistle arrow."
"Really, Thor? You say you're not underestimating me? We've known each other for so long, and you actually think I can't withstand Yondu's whistle arrow?"
...
Tony Stark, Thor, Dr. Banner, and the others were still chatting casually, their faces showing no sign of tension.
Even the usually serious and austere Captain America occasionally chimed in.
Under these circumstances, time ticked by.
Twenty minutes later.
"Alright everyone, Scott and I are inside the safe room. I've found the Power Stone."
Vision's voice rang out over the communication channel, instantly lifting everyone's spirits.
The plan had been executed to a point where it was half successful.
"Now, activate the electronic pulser!"
Scott Lang's voice followed immediately. "OK, all done. All the electronic equipment in the safe room has malfunctioned."
After doing all this, a dazzling light suddenly shot out from the Mind Stone on Vision's forehead.
They forcibly cut open the safe.
Thanks to the electronic pulse provided by Star-Lord, all electronic devices were disabled, so no alarms were triggered.
The Power Stone was obtained by Vision silently.
"Mission accomplished, Power Stone in hand!"
Vision announced over the comms.
"Well done! Vision, Scott, begin the evacuation," Tony Stark said gleefully.
"Haha, yeah!"
Scott Lang shouted excitedly.
Needless to say, Vision and Scott Lang once again used their unique abilities to quietly escape from Yondu's base.
Until they reunited with Tony Stark, boarded their spaceship, and left, Yondu's base remained completely undisturbed.
The operation was a resounding success.
Back on Earth, the Quiz Masters gathered again for a heated discussion about how to handle the Power Stone and the subsequent arrangements after its acquisition.
These were crucial issues, and no quick resolution was possible.
The meeting lasted for over a week before a temporary consensus was reached.
The Power Stone would be temporarily stored at the Quiz Masters' base, under the joint care of all the Quiz Masters.
As for how to deal with Thanos, everyone had a basic idea.
"In the main universe, we had no choice; we could only passively resist Thanos, and we could only let him launch attack after attack."
"But now, we know Thanos's plan in advance, and we've made extensive preparations. So this time, this war is no longer Thanos's decision, but ours!"
In the office, Captain America spoke confidently and spiritedly in front of the participants.
With the Power Stone in hand, all the Infinity Stones except for the Soul Stone, which was far away on Vormir, were now under their control.
Asgard possessed the Space Stone and the Reality Stone, while the Mind Stone, Time Stone, and Power Stone were all on Earth.
This was undoubtedly exciting news.
Although the immense pressure was heavy, it still filled everyone with fighting spirit.
"That's right, this time, the initiative in the war is in our hands!" Black Widow nodded emphatically in agreement.
"It's time to start the resistance!" Hawkeye Barton also nodded.
"Very good, it's good that everyone has reached an agreement."
Captain America nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Tony Stark and asked, "Stark, how many suits of armor have you produced?"
"A little over a thousand." Tony Stark shrugged. "I ran out of vibranium a month ago, and adamantium two months ago."
"A little over a thousand? That's far from enough." Star-Lord frowned slightly. "Thanos's army is far more than a million strong."
"Thor, how much power can Asgard mobilize?" Captain America pondered for a moment, then turned to Thor and asked.
"I can mobilize at most a little over two hundred thousand troops." Thor pondered for a moment, then answered solemnly.
Asgard's army was certainly much larger, but Thor couldn't possibly deplete Asgard's forces all at once.
Most of the forces still needed to be stationed in Asgard.
Hearing Thor's answer, the expressions of the participants became serious.
There was still a considerable gap in strength between the two sides.
"Thanos is too powerful, so we can't confront him head-on," Nick Fury said slowly, addressing everyone. "Knowing so much about the future, wouldn't it be incredibly foolish to fight him head-on?"
"Exactly, incredibly foolish!"
Tony Stark said lazily, crossing his legs. "We may not have enough manpower, but if we plan carefully, I think taking down Thanos isn't such a big problem."
"So, Stark, do you have a good plan to counter Thanos's million-strong army?" Star-Lord couldn't help but ask.
When the power difference between the two sides is too great, all schemes and tricks are as fragile as paper tigers.
A plan can only work if the power difference between the two sides isn't too great.
"Of course, everyone, we can use his own methods against him," Tony Stark said, his expression enigmatic.
"Mr. Stark, so what's your plan?" Peter Parker asked, his eyes shining with curiosity as he stared at Tony Stark.
Everyone else turned to Tony Stark, awaiting his answer.
"The Infinity Stones!"
Tony Stark said emphatically. "We already have five Infinity Stones. Are we just going to let them gather dust? Why not use them to fight Thanos's army?"
His words left everyone speechless.
Indeed, the Infinity Stones possessed the most powerful energy in the universe; fighting Thanos's million-strong army would be absolutely no problem.
"Ultron can use the Reality Stone to create countless robots, so why can't we?" Tony Stark continued confidently. "What we need now is someone who can harness the power of the Infinity Stones, nothing more!"
"Stark, we need to consider this carefully! Unless absolutely necessary, let's not use the Infinity Stones," Captain America said thoughtfully.
"OK, if we don't use the Infinity Stones, then we'll use the lives and blood of countless warriors to fight Thanos. Is that what you'd rather do?"
Tony Stark's casual remark left Captain America speechless.
"Stark is right, we must use the power of the Infinity Stones," Dr. Banner spoke up, supporting Tony Stark. "Captain, I know what you're worried about, but your worries are unnecessary."
"We collected the stones once in the main universe, but we didn't get lost in this power, nor did we abuse it. We simply used it to do what we were supposed to do."
"That's what we did in the main universe, and that's what we will do now."
"Rogers, there really is no other way," Black Widow echoed.
"We do need the Infinity Stones. Don't forget, our enemy isn't just Thanos, but also Ultron," Hawkeye added crucially.
Everyone in the hall unanimously agreed, and even though Captain America still hesitated, he ultimately had to agree.
After all, what they said made sense.
Even if we don't use the Infinity Stones now, we'll still need them to deal with Ultron.
Captain America isn't arrogant enough to think he can defeat Ultron without them.
Besides, Dr. Banner is right.
Captain America's concern is that everyone might become obsessed with excessive power, breed ambition, and cause destruction to the world.
This has already been proven by everyone in the main universe.
So, a consensus was reached.
"OK, since everyone has no problems, let's discuss the specific plan," Nick Fury said again.
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