Loki still couldn't believe what was happening, disbelieving the existence of the Time Variance Authority; it was ridiculous.
"Time Keepers? The Sacred Timeline?"
Loki almost burst out laughing.
They were kidding him.
"Who would believe such nonsense?"
Loki didn't believe it, but soon he saw the Time Variance Authority's terrifying nature, which was like a circus.
Someone who didn't follow the rules was directly pruned by the Time Variance Authority.
They just vanished on the spot!
This not only frightened Loki but also the Avengers.
The screen went black, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This scene was simple, with no intense battles, but the impact of this video far surpassed any of the previous ones featuring the Skyfather-level characters.
The entire video had a comedic feel, with Loki constantly embarrassing himself. This began the moment he used the Tesseract to escape, making the whole thing seem ridiculous.
The Time Variance Authority (TVA) seemed like an ordinary American government agency, and the people there didn't appear to have any special abilities.
However, the truly terrifying aspect was this: a place that was essentially like a normal local government office in the US could toy with Loki, the Asgardian God of Mischief, as if he were a puppet.
They could even easily control the flow of time and reverse it.
In the main world, only someone like the Ancient One, using the Eye of Agamotto, could achieve such a feat. But in the TVA, it seemed anyone could do it, just by using a collar around their neck.
Wasn't that terrifying enough?
Even more terrifying was that Loki seemed to have lost all his godly powers and was at the mercy of the TVA agents, who looked like ordinary people.
Everyone was silent, unsure of what to say.
At that moment, in the palace of Asgard, Thor spoke, "Father, Loki..."
"He isn't the Loki you know!" Odin said, letting out a long breath.
The Multiverse War, the Timeline War!
If that day truly came, he would undoubtedly have to fight for his own timeline.
No, it was only a matter of time!
His death wasn't a true death, just like how the Ancient One had taken the opportunity to retire. His death was merely a journey to Valhalla, which had long been prepared. Therefore, it couldn't be considered a real death.
In other words, if there truly were a Timeline War, a Multiverse War, he might still be able to participate.
So, at this moment, he had already begun preparing for his own timeline.
Tony Stark and the others were right. Even someone as powerful as Odin, no matter how open-minded, wouldn't sacrifice his own people for those in other universes or timelines.
If protecting my world requires the death of yours, then let your world die!
So, even if that person was his own familiar son, Loki...
But after the timeline branched, he was no longer his own rebellious son.
He was the Loki of another world.
The future timeline war, no, perhaps it has already begun.
From Miss Minutes's words, it was clear that different choices would create new timelines, and if they weren't resolved in time, it would lead to great chaos, even a new timeline war.
And the fact that this timeline had existed for so long without being erased indicated that a chaotic timeline war might have already occurred again.
There's a difference between those close and those distant. This thought occurred to him almost as soon as he learned of the existence of the Sacred Timeline. That wasn't our Loki.
He had another son, but it wasn't the one before him.
If it didn't involve the Multiverse war, he could treat this Loki as his own son, but if it did… then it simply didn't.
"So, what exactly is this Time Variance Authority all about? This by-the-book, no-room-for-flexibility feeling… it's just like our government agencies!" Hawkeye Barton couldn't help but complain. "But this Time Variance Authority, they're all ordinary people? In Lin Feng's words, they're all hardworking wage slaves."
"And what did you expect?" Black Widow Natasha asked.
Hawkeye Barton said, "I thought, given how powerful Lin Feng described them, it would be an organization of gods, each with incredible strength, who would crush Loki with absolute power and then take him away for judgment."
"I told you to read fewer fantasy novels!" Black Widow Natasha retorted. "You're always reading those Chinese cultivation novels; can't you get enough?"
Hawkeye Barton chuckled and said, "But they're really captivating. I read about Chinese fantasy novels in Lin Feng's diary before. I didn't expect them to be so engaging; they're really good!"
"But isn't it even more terrifying that these ordinary people can easily handle a god like Loki?" Tony Stark chimed in.
Everyone thought about it. It was true that even if the Time Variance Authority were all gods, it was still just a larger super-powered organization.
It was like Kamar-Taj to ordinary people.
However, these ordinary people could easily handle gods, and they could casually give the Tesseract to the front desk. That casual slackness was, in a way, even more terrifying.
"The Sacred Timeline can actually be reset! I finally understand what Lin Feng said!" Bruce Banner said. "When Lin Feng first traveled here, he was very worried about the TVA, fearing that the TVA would suddenly appear in front of him. At that time, we were thinking, is there such an organization that can easily find certain people hidden among the crowd?
But we didn't know who had such an ability back then, but now we know. The TVA really has such an ability. They can find Loki the first moment something goes wrong. I think this might even include the time it takes to respond after receiving a report!"
Everyone nodded. At that time, they didn't understand how terrifying the TVA was, and they had tried every way to increase the threat level of the TVA. But when they really saw it with their own eyes, they were still shocked.
"So, if we follow the TVA's people in the video, each of us has probably deviated from our original life script, right? Are we all time criminals?" Hill said.
Everyone suddenly realized that they had been thinking about Lin Feng at first. Lin Feng, as an outsider, directly disrupted the entire timeline, causing them all to deviate from their original life scripts.
So, they always thought the TVA was after, perhaps, Lin Feng.
But now it seems, is it possible that they are also time criminals, just as unforgivable in the eyes of the Time Variance Authority?
"But if so many people are time criminals, the Time Variance Authority would be too busy!" Coulson said. "Even we couldn't handle so many at once!"
In Coulson's eyes, the Time Variance Authority was actually the same as S.H.I.E.L.D.
Because they also maintained order in the public sphere, eliminating super criminals who would disrupt social order before they became powerful enough to affect society as a whole.
In this process, they had to face aliens, vampires, werewolves, various terrorists, super-powered individuals, and so on.
In short, they couldn't let these unstable factors affect the stable operation of society.
Of course, sometimes they also had to clean up the mess for social troublemakers like Lin Feng, to prevent ordinary people from being shocked by encountering Lin Feng.
Even those superheroes are actually within their field of vision.
And they can't possibly deal with so many people all at once; otherwise, how would they manage?
"But they don't have to deal with anyone!" Black Widow Natasha said. "For example, they could go back to the day Lin Feng arrived, capture him before he develops, and then reset the entire timeline, making the world return to the way it was without him!"
Everyone gasped at the thought. To put it cruelly, it would be like wiping out all life on the entire timeline.
For example, people like them had already undergone various changes because of Lin Feng, and were no longer the same as their original selves. If the timeline were reset, wouldn't that be equivalent to countless lives disappearing?
And disappearing without them even knowing it?
"Speaking of which, Thanos is merciful compared to them. At least Thanos only wiped out half the life in the universe, right?" Bruce Banner said.
Although they still didn't know why Thanos wanted to eliminate half the life in the world, they found it terrifying when they knew at the time.
It wasn't just Earth, but half the life in the entire universe that was going to be annihilated.
Now, compared to the TVA, Thanos was truly soft-hearted.
"Countless trillions of lives born on the countless timelines that have deviated because of Lin Feng's appearance will also be erased in an instant, without any awareness!"
Captain America Rogers said in shock.
Even the most evil Nazis in the world weren't this evil. What a thoroughly wicked organization.
"If that's the case, why haven't they erased us? Has something happened to the TVA that caused it to lose its function?" At this moment, Hawkeye Barton suddenly thought of a blind spot and asked.
Everyone was stunned for a moment; it did seem to be the case.
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