Tony, instead of trying to solve it alone, let's first rescue our companions and figure it out together.
Future Captain America patted Future Tony's shoulder.
"You're right."
Future Tony took a deep breath and calmed down.
One person's strength is limited; as long as everyone is rescued, there's a way to deal with the Skrulls.
He apologized to the Demon King in front of him.
"Sorry, I doubted you just now."
"It's fine, you're not the Tony I've spent a long time with."
He led everyone to the laboratory.
Future Tony had already prepared a substitute for the Infinity Gauntlet.
Although the Infinity Gauntlet made of nanometal wasn't as powerful as the original, it was enough for a snap.
Nebula walked a bit slowly, falling to the very back.
"What's wrong, Nebula?"
Ant-Man looked at her strangely.
His voice also drew the attention of Natasha and Barton, who were also at the end of the line.
Nebula's expression remained unchanged.
"I'm also an alien, so I won't go over."
"It's okay, the Demon King isn't actually a bad person. Don't you see Thor wasn't affected at all?"
Ant-Man thought Nebula was scared by the Demon King's actions against the aliens just now.
"Call me when it's over."
Nebula shook her head and turned to walk back in the original direction.
"Alright."
Ant-Man shrugged, no longer trying to persuade her.
Barton didn't find anything strange either and continued to walk a few steps forward, only to find someone hadn't caught up.
"Natasha, what are you looking at?"
Natasha looked at Nebula's disappearing back. She felt something was off. How could a woman, who like her, was trained as an assassin from a young age, be afraid of this?
"Nothing, you guys go ahead, I'm going to the restroom."
Natasha hoped she was overthinking it.
She turned and walked towards another room.
Barton and Ant-Man exchanged glances, shook their heads, and followed the main group.
Upon arriving at the laboratory, Richard handed over four Infinity Stones. The way he casually held them in his hands made Rocket's mouth twitch.
He was the only one among them who had experienced the power of the Infinity Stones.
This guy might even be stronger than Thanos.
He was a little glad he hadn't made a move earlier.
"Alright."
After placing the Infinity Stones one by one into the gauntlet.
Future Tony handed the gauntlet to Richard.
"It's up to you, Demon King. Let the people who disappeared five years ago return to the present; don't change anything."
Everyone looked at Richard nervously.
To be honest, they weren't at ease entrusting such an important task to Richard, but he was incredibly powerful, and four of the Stones were contributed by him.
At this point, it made no difference whether the Stones were in his hands or not.
Richard took it and slowly put it on his hand.
Instantly, an energy like an electric current spread to his arm.
"It's tingly."
Richard moved his arm; it felt quite comfortable.
Snap!
A snap echoed, and a massive energy fluctuation spread from Earth to the entire Universe.
---
On the other side.
Nebula arrived at the quantum travel machine and began to operate it.
As the coordinates and time were entered, the quantum travel machine began to activate.
Bang!
Nebula's raised finger stiffened as she stared in disbelief at the hole that appeared in her chest.
Behind her, Natasha, holding an energy cannon, breathed a sigh of relief as the quantum travel machine gradually stopped.
"I knew you were trouble."
"You're too late."
Over eighty percent of Nebula's body was modified with machinery; this attack couldn't kill her.
She pressed a button.
"FK!"
Natasha cursed, quickly aimed the energy cannon at the quantum travel machine, and fiercely pulled the trigger.
Boom!
Just before the quantum travel machine exploded.
A spaceship shot out from the quantum shuttle machine, crashing through the roof, and rapidly expanding in the air.
Natasha looked at the gigantic warship in the sky, filled with terror.
Thanos!
"Father will be proud of me..."
Nebula looked expectantly at the warship in the sky. Before she could finish speaking, her head was blown to pieces by a cannon.
"Die, bitch!"
Natasha casually tossed the weapon away and ran towards the laboratory.
She had no communicator on her, so she had to quickly relay this terrifying news to the others.
---
Richard took off the Infinity Gauntlet, which was emitting white smoke. The sleeve on his arm burst, revealing his perfectly intact arm.
"Demon King, thank you for your help."
Thor, with his big belly, bowed with difficulty.
If he had been a little unconvinced before, he was genuinely convinced now.
"We succeeded, right?"
Future Tony looked at Richard expectantly.
"Of course."
As soon as Richard finished speaking.
Barton's phone rang.
"It really worked."
Barton excitedly picked up his phone and put it to his ear to answer.
The others also began to find available communicators around them and started contacting people.
The thick, sturdy protective walls of the entire Base slowly opened, and sunlight shone into the room.
Richard squinted slightly, looking up at the suddenly appearing, cool warship in the sky.
"This design is quite good; it's mine now."
It was also one of his purposes for coming.
It could be used as the facade for the Demon Group.
As for using it as his personal vehicle, he wouldn't; he didn't like second-hand goods.
The next moment, countless missiles, trailing long plumes of fire, suddenly spewed from the many muzzles on the warship, raining down like a dense shower, clearly intending to unleash a barrage of attacks on the area below.
Seraphim's Shield!
Richard raised his hand and created an immeasurably large energy shield, which instantly formed a circular defensive barrier with a radius of ten kilometers.
Upon touching the shield, the missiles instantly transformed into dazzling fireballs exploding in the air, utterly unable to penetrate this powerful defense line in the slightest.
"Everyone, Thanos from another World has arrived."
Natasha rushed in from outside the door.
"Yes, we saw him too."
"Doesn't anyone else think these fireworks are quite pretty?"
"Indeed, Friday, record it."
"Demon King, how about a bottle? I really love this."
Everyone looked calm, and Thor even handed the Demon King a beer.
At this moment, everyone clearly understood that they could temporarily do nothing in the face of this crisis and could only place their hopes on Richard.
Natasha then looked up at the sky; a massive magic shield enveloped the area above.
Outside were countless explosions and flames, yet they caused no ripples, not even a sound. The attack seemed fake.
Future Tony and Future Captain America exchanged glances, both seeing shock and reassurance in each other's eyes.
Was this the feeling another version of them could experience?
An unprecedented sense of security; no matter what crisis they faced, as long as the Demon King was here, they had nothing to fear.
Future Tony also relaxed.
He even understood why Doctor Strange had given up the Stones.
This sole winning chance was just too powerful.
He would have given them too.
A moment later, the attack stopped, and everyone picked up their weapons, ready to retaliate.
Richard also withdrew Seraphim's Shield.
He slowly walked outside.
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