The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 368 Time Travel
"That's a great idea!" Tony and Dr. Banner looked at each other in amazement. "We've always been worried that if we do too many experiments, the impact will be too great and a new parallel world will be created!"

There has never been any successful case to refer to when it comes to time travel, and every experiment is equivalent to an adventure. After all, no one can be sure whether there will be any danger during the experiment, let alone whether any adverse consequences will be caused to the past unintentionally.

This kind of experiment is irreversible, and it is impossible to send people back to change the history that has been changed. And the worst thing is that the people who are affected have no memory at all, and they only think that history is the way it is, and have no idea what it was like before, so they can't change it even if they want to.

If we can send a spirit projection over there, we can ensure the safety of the experimenters and minimize the impact on the past. At the very least, we won't create exaggerated situations like saving oneself, falling in love with oneself, giving birth to oneself, or killing oneself.

"I have consulted Master Ancient One. Parallel worlds do not appear easily. Only events that will cause huge impacts can generate new parallel worlds." Tony explained in detail.

"The creation of a new world requires enormous energy, and this energy can only be provided by the universe itself, except for those who deliberately create parallel worlds."

"If even a trivial matter like turning left or right when leaving the house can generate a new parallel world, then the energy that this universe needs to provide is really too much. Intelligent life is endless, and the choices made at every moment are naturally countless. The universe cannot bear this level of energy supply at all."

"Doesn't that mean that the more intelligent life there is, the faster the universe will perish?"

"According to my judgment, normally, unless it involves the six Infinity Stones and is powered by the Infinity Stones, it is difficult for the universe to create a new parallel world."

"So, from this perspective, the appearance of Zhan Liu and the birth of our parallel universe are also quite incredible!" Tony pinched his chin, thinking.

Tony from another world tilted his head and thought about it, and he also found it very strange, "Are you saying that Zhan Liu provided energy for the birth of the entire parallel universe? Or did a certain Infinity Stone pay for his energy?"

"I don't know..." Tony shook his head slowly and said hesitantly, "Maybe when he traveled through time, some treasure on him was absorbed by the universe?"

Dr. Banner waved his hand, interrupting the two people's meditation, "Who cares! What does this have to do with us? We just need to make sure that no new parallel universe will be created."

"Okay, you're right." The two Tonys smiled in relief, "We are just curious out of habit, that's all."

"At that time, the Space Stone should be the only one on Earth. As long as we are careful not to touch it, we shouldn't have to worry about this problem."

Dr. Banner reminded: "The touch I mentioned also includes the impact of the battle, so when you make a move, you'd better kill him instantly!"

"Don't give him the chance to explode!"

"You and I both know how terrifyingly fast a magnetic field warrior's progress is when facing a life-and-death situation. Although a magnetic field warrior does not have as much energy as an Infinity Stone, we do not have enough data to show how much energy is needed to create a new parallel universe. What if a high-level magnetic field warrior can also provide enough energy?"

"Don't worry!" Tony said confidently, "Master Zhan Liu was only at the ninth level at that time. Even if his realm was raised, it would take a few seconds, which was enough for me to kill him ten thousand times. Moreover, his realm would be stuck at the fiftyth level by the Ultimate Infinite Qigong."

Dr. Banner thought about it carefully and really couldn't find any reason for the failure.

"As for the battle, you don't have to worry. With your careful planning, you will definitely be able to eliminate Zhan Liu, the culprit of the world's unrest, without anyone realizing it."

"Are you sure about the time and place when Zhan Liu traveled through time?"

"This is data obtained from the SHIELD database. I don't think anyone would have falsified this information in advance."

"Is there a possibility that we actually tried to assassinate Zhan Liu before, but failed, so he was able to change the data?" Tony from another world cautiously raised a possibility.

Tony looked at him speechlessly for a while, then sighed, "You have never met Master Zhan Liu, so you don't know his character. If this really happened, I believe he would come over and kill me with a knife instead of trying to modify the data."

Dr. Banner also nodded in agreement. "Yes, he is the kind of person who thinks very simply and directly. If he can solve a problem in the simplest way, he will never take any detours."

Seeing Dr. Banner say the same thing, Tony from the other world also understood Zhan Liu's character to some extent. However, he thought about it and continued to ask, "What if he doesn't know that the person who attacked him is you?"

"Hmm..." Tony and Dr. Banner looked at each other, lowered their heads and thought for a moment, then said, "It is very likely that they will not change at all and just wait for others to deliver it to them again."

"Are you so stubborn?" Tony from the other world was a little unconvinced.

"He is just this kind of stubborn person." Tony and the others laughed bitterly. "For example, he is a staunch nationalist and looks down on Americans. He knows English, but he just won't speak it. He forces everyone to speak Chinese to him. He won't accept anyone who can't speak Chinese, even if they want to be his apprentice."

Alien Tony rolled his eyes, not understanding this way of thinking at all.

"Okay, since you are so sure that there is no problem with the time and place of Zhan Liu's time travel, then set the experimental coordinates according to this data. But just in case, I suggest moving the time forward a little bit."

This point was recognized by everyone. "It can be adjusted earlier. It is a safe method to prepare more margin. We can let the spirit projection confirm whether the time and place are correct during the experiment, and then when we officially start to implement the crossing plan, we will not make mistakes."

"Other minor mistakes don't matter, but you must pay attention to the taboos of time travel. When traveling on the same timeline, two people in the same world at different times cannot meet each other, otherwise the person with the later time point will be wiped out under the influence of the law of time!"

Dr. Banner patted Tony's shoulder heavily and said, "So, Tony, please remember your detailed itinerary during that period!"

"Oh my God!" Tony's shoulders slumped, and his face immediately turned bitter. "That was a huge amount of work, and it's been so many years. It's too difficult to recall everything."

"Who told you to wander around all day? It would be great if you could stay in the lab all day like me! Home - school - lab, just a straight line. It's easy to recall all the itineraries." Dr. Banner laughed with glee.

Tony from another world lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then comforted him, "You don't have to be so embarrassed, we don't need to know your detailed itinerary, we just need to know where you were not during that time. It's hard to recall where you've been, but it's easier to remember where you haven't been, right?" "Where didn't you go during that time?" Tony thought for a moment, "That's easy! Before I knew about Zhan Liu's existence, I had never been to Chinatown, not even once!"

"That's easy!" Dr. Banner stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. "We will arrange the time travel location to be in Chinatown, so that you can avoid meeting your past self."

Tony from another world asked again: "There is another question. How can we be sure that the world that the spirit projection traveled to is our timeline?"

"This is easy. The timeline where Zhan Liu traveled through is our timeline, and the timeline where Zhan Liu didn't travel through is not our timeline!" Dr. Banner said with a smile.

"Isn't this judgment too simple?" Tony from another world looked at Dr. Banner in surprise. "We don't know if your universe has generated a new parallel world. After all, the earth has been blown up three times, and the six Infinity Stones have appeared in turn. It wouldn't be surprising if there were a few more parallel worlds, right?"

Dr. Banner suddenly realized that he was trapped in a fixed mindset and had taken things for granted.

Now everyone fell silent and thought carefully. After a long while, Tony said:
"We can choose a secret place on Earth in advance as a hiding place, and let the spirit projection leave a token at the hidden point after arriving at the destination. If the time machine travels through the same timeline, then the token will be hidden in that hiding point, and we can check the token at this point in time. But if the machine also travels to a parallel space, then we can't see anything at this point in time."

"This method works!" The three of them raised the coffee in their hands, using it instead of wine, and clinked their glasses together lightly.

When geniuses sit together to discuss a problem, the improvement in efficiency is often not a simple addition, but an exponential growth, or even a qualitative change. The collision of ideas between geniuses often sparks more inspiration. After solving a problem again, the interest of several people is even stronger, and the discussion becomes more heated.

"Then next, we should consider what to do if the experiment fails? How can we identify the cause of failure and improve it?"

This is a very serious question.

Most scientific experiments will end in failure. All scientists face failure from time to time, even geniuses like Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, the darlings of the Marvel world, only fail less often, but it is impossible that they have never failed.

Failure is the mother of success. For scientists, experimental failure is not terrible. As long as enough data can be obtained, it means that a wrong experimental method has been successfully eliminated. They can summarize the experience and lessons and correct it next time.

The most frightening thing is that the experiment fails, but not enough experimental data is collected, and we don’t even know the reason for the failure, let alone the inability to avoid it. Then the next experiment will most likely end in failure.

For experiments of this level of time travel, the cost is too high and it is impossible to carry out multiple times, so sufficient information and data must be collected for each experiment.

"We can install an information collection device on the time-travel machine, and let the spirit projection carry the relevant equipment to record the entire process of the experiment. With these experimental data, it will be much easier for us to analyze them."

"You're too idealistic. What if the spirit projection encounters an enemy and is destroyed? Without the spirit projection to control the time machine, the machine can't come back at all. What's the point of recording the experimental data?"

"Then how about we try timed recycling?"

"This is also a method, but the time given to the spirit projection after the timer is set will be relatively short, which may affect the spirit projection's task of stealing Pym particles."

"Then let the spirit projection store the time machine in the hiding place after it reaches the destination. If the mission is successfully completed, start the time machine and return. If the mission fails and the spirit projection is destroyed, we can also see the detailed data at this point in time."

"What if the spirit projection and the machine are destroyed or captured by the enemy and fail to return?"

"Then why not just use the information collection device as a token and hide it in the hiding place. If the machine returns successfully, we can use the first-hand data directly. If the machine fails to return successfully, if it is the same timeline, we can read the data directly on the token. If it is not the same timeline... then we can only declare that the experiment has completely failed! The timeline is wrong, the machine has not returned, and the data has not been obtained. What's worse, we will even lose the soul gem used as power."

"The Soul Gem cannot be lost, so I think it's best to redesign the power system and use external power supply to prevent the Soul Gem from traveling through time and space with the time machine."

"But then the machine becomes a one-way ticket, and there's no going back, right?"

"It doesn't matter. The loss of the spirit projection doesn't matter, but the Soul Gem cannot be lost. As for the data, use what's left in the hiding place! The Pym particles stolen by the spirit projection are also placed in the hiding place. When the mission is officially carried out, I will use the Pym particles as power."

"That's okay!"

Tony and the other two high-fived each other and reached a consensus.

Several people carefully studied some details and solved the corresponding problems. After thinking it over again and again, they finally made sure that there were no omissions and they could start the modification.

If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Before modifying something, you must first learn.

Tony and the other person first got the relevant teaching materials on spiritual studies from Tony from the other world, and then quickly learned under the guidance of Tony from the other world.

The teacher is a master and the student is a genius, the learning speed is incredibly fast, within a few days Tony and Dr. Banner have completely mastered the knowledge of spiritualism.

It is not difficult for those who can do it, but it is not difficult for those who can. The three of them easily modified the time-travel machine. They transformed the power device that was originally intended to use the Time Gem into one that is dedicated to the Soul Gem. They used the external Soul Gem to power it and provide the power needed for travel.

The original teleportation chamber was also equipped with a special channel for spirits in preparation for the spirit projection and crossing experiment.

After several rounds of debugging, the three finally confirmed that there should be no problems with this version of the time machine and they could start actual experiments.

However, when they contacted Steve and others and planned to borrow the Soul Stone, they found that something went wrong with the Avengers and Steve and others were missing.

(End of this chapter)