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Chapter 145 An Existence Beyond Time

The sneak attack by the three future Avengers was fruitless, and Tony Stark's heart sank. He switched his forearm sonic cannon back to an energy cannon and warily aimed it at the smiling stranger in front of him.

"Who do you think you are, Jackie Chan?"

Why should we get to know you?

Lin Yu glanced at Tony and said, "If you really are from the future and have a deep relationship with Lin Lie, you can't possibly not recognize me."

Tony's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. He exchanged a glance with Steve beside him and said in a deep voice, "You know Lin Lie?"

Lin Yu didn't answer directly, but instead asked again, "My name is Lin Yu. You really haven't heard of this name before?"

"Lin Yu...you also have the surname Lin?"

Tony frowned in thought, and after a moment said in a deep voice, "I do know that Lin Lie has an older brother, but his name should be Lin Feng. As for the name Lin Yu, I'm sorry, I've never heard of it before!"

"is it?"

Lin Yu asked thoughtfully, "What about Su Haoming?"

Tony and Captain America exchanged glances, then shook their heads: "Never heard of it either."

Lin Yu nodded and said, "That would be very interesting!"

With that, he waved his hand and led the two into the mirror space, disappearing from the spot.

In the alley, Ant-Man, who had just recovered, got up from the ground, shook his head, and stared wide-eyed at the empty alley around him, looking completely bewildered.

"Hey, I haven't gotten on the bus yet!"

At the same time, Lin Yu led the two to the rooftop of a building in the next block.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop, a young man riding a vortex was unleashing wind magic, and with Iron Man's help, he slashed a 20-meter-long high-speed wind blade into the neck of a Leviathan.

"Pfft-"

In an instant, foul-smelling blood and a dark yellow unidentified liquid splattered out.

The Leviathan, a hundred meters long, let out a deep and long wail before crashing down into the city below.

"boom!"

A loud bang followed, and smoke and dust billowed up, obscuring the view.

Lin Yu waved his hand, creating a gust of wind that dispersed the dust of the real world across the mirrored space.

"see it?"

"The person who fought alongside you..."

Lin Yu glanced at Tony, who was looking on in amazement, and said, "That's Su Haoming!"

Tony snapped out of his daze and said with a serious expression, "But I don't have that memory."

Captain America realized what was happening and frowned, saying, "Me too!"

No, it should be said that the current battle in New York has gone so far astray that it feels completely foreign to him.

They had never seen a single member of the chat group that was currently slaughtering Leviathan.

'Wait a minute, the only Chinese reinforcements involved in this battle should be Lin Lie and Ji Shuangshuang!'

'Where did these people come from?'

Tony was filled with doubt and couldn't help but turn to look at Lin Yu.

And then there's this person, mysterious and powerful, whose oppressive aura is no less than that of Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.

Such a powerful being could not possibly have failed to appear when Thanos invaded Earth; how could he have no recollection of him?

Lin Yu glanced at the two of them and said, "I'll ask you one more time, are you really sure... you've only traveled through time?"

"..."

Tony and Captain America fell silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Theoretically, that's how it is."

Lin Yu shook his head and said, "Theory can also be wrong."

Tony replied firmly, "But I won't!"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, intending to tease him about not being too confident, but then he remembered that the man in front of him was Iron Man, the number one actor in Marvel movies, and who seemed to have the legendary Knowledge Stone in his head, so he changed his words:

“My research in the field of time is not deep enough to give you an accurate answer. Since you are so confident, why don’t you come with me to see an expert in the field of time and let her diagnose your situation?

she?
Both Tony and Captain America were taken aback.

In the next instant, the world before their eyes changed again, and the concrete ground beneath their feet transformed into the rooftop of an ancient building.

A bald woman in a yellow robe stood on the rooftop, next to the Hulk lying dead in oversized shorts, and Dr. Bruce Banner, whom the two hadn't seen in a long time.

At that moment, the semi-transparent Dr. Banner was floating in the air, anxiously explaining something to the Ancient One.

But the Ancient One ignored him and instead turned around as if she sensed something, looking at Lin Yu and the two future Avengers.

"Lord Lin Yu!"

The Ancient One nodded to Lin Yu, seemingly unsurprised by his appearance.

Dr. Banner, who was standing nearby, looked surprised when he saw Tony and the other man.

"Tony, Steve, what brings you here?" "Bruce, long time no see~" Tony greeted him, clicking his tongue in amazement, "It's been so long since I've seen this face since you reconciled with Hulk, it seems like the last time was a year ago!"

"Tony!"

Steve frowned and said in a deep voice, "This is not the time for banter... Tell me, what exactly is going on?"

Dr. Banner's spirit gave a wry smile, glanced at the Ancient One on the rooftop, and then recounted his recent ordeal.

It's a shame they didn't do enough research. They assumed Doctor Strange was the Sorcerer Supreme seven years ago, but it turns out he only practiced magic for two years and was a famous neurosurgeon seven years ago.

Dr. Banner rushed to the New York Temple in a daze, but instead of finding Doctor Strange, he only saw an ordinary bald woman in a yellow robe.

Unfortunately, this bald woman was wearing the Time Stone they had been longing for around her neck.

Dr. Banner, frustrated by his unsuccessful demands, attempted to seize the item, only to be struck in the chest by the Ancient One, who used a celestial projection technique to separate his body from his soul.

Seeing that physical methods were ineffective and he was instead instantly killed by his opponent, Banner was shocked and decisively admitted defeat, and began to patiently reason with the Ancient One.

But before he could persuade Gu Yi, Lin Yu appeared here with the two of them.

"So...this lady is the expert you were talking about?"

Tony turned to look at Lin Yu and asked.

Lin Yu nodded and said, "That's right!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the Ancient One: "These three claim to be from seven years in the future, but I find it a bit strange. I would appreciate it if you could help me diagnose whether they are from the future or from some parallel universe."

No diagnosis is needed.

The Ancient One shook his head and said, "They are indeed from the future... a future without you!"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh?"

Tony couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

Gu Yi glanced at him and said, "It's very simple. Lord Lin Yu has transcended time, or rather, transcended the time of this world!"

"To explain it using the science you believe in most, His existence is a unified spacetime entity, and time only flows through Him when He interacts with reality."

"The reverse is also true. When you meet Him in this world, the past and the future will be affected simultaneously, so that only the present Lord Lin Yu remains in the entire river of time."

"Even if your future does indeed bear traces of Him, it will be erased, causing changes to all those involved, and even the entire universe, to completely forget anything related to Him..."

what? !

Tony and the others' pupils dilated in shock, seemingly finding the Ancient One's explanation unbelievable.

There is such a terrifying existence in this world that even time cannot affect it!
Upon hearing the Ancient One's explanation, Lin Yu seemed to be deep in thought, and couldn't help but recall his experience in "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

Back then, Shadowcat sent Wolverine's consciousness to the past, altering history to reverse the future.

At the very moment the future was reversed, Lin Yu did indeed sense a world-correcting force sweeping across the universe, and he was the only being in the entire universe unaffected by this force of reversal.

According to the Ancient One's logic, even if Tony and the others did come from the future, the future had already been altered by a similar corrective force the instant they traveled to the present...

"Now you understand why I was unwilling to hand over the Time Stone to you, right?"

The Ancient One turned her head and glanced at Dr. Banner's soul, saying calmly, "From the moment you disrupted the order of time, the future you inhabit has been a parallel universe!"

"..."

Tony and Banner exchanged a glance and fell silent.

The Ancient One calmly said, "Protecting the Time Stone is the Sorcerer Supreme's duty. I cannot allow my reality to be destroyed by dark forces in order to save your reality."

Dr. Banner couldn't help but ask, "Then why did Strange give the Infinity Stones to Thanos?"

Gu Yi was taken aback upon hearing this, and frowned, asking, "Was it voluntary?"

Dr. Banner and Tony exchanged a glance and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right!"

The Ancient One fell into deep thought, then shook her head after a moment and sighed, "I'm sorry, Dr. Banner, I still don't trust you. Strange is indeed the best among us."

"But even he couldn't foresee the future after Lord Lin Yu's interference..."

Steve frowned and said, "But didn't you say that our future no longer includes Lord Lin Yu?"

Tony, standing nearby, shook his head and said, "What the Sorcerer Supreme means is that our future becoming a parallel universe is already the result of Lord Lin Yu's intervention. She can't be sure whether Strange has considered this factor."

"so what should I do now?"

Dr. Banner couldn't help but ask, "Is there absolutely no hope for our future?"

Lin Yu, who had been watching the show with great interest, quickly raised his hand and said, "I have an idea!"

Everyone perked up and turned their gazes toward it.

Lin Yu laughed and said, "Supreme Sorcerer, aren't you just worried that the Time Stone won't return? No problem, I'll hold it for you. I happen to be quite interested in this future universe and plan to go and take a look!"

Does this mean you want me to hand over the Time Stone?
Gu Yi's face darkened. Was it possible that, rather than lending the Time Stone to the future universe, handing it over to Lin Yu was the future she least wanted to see?
After all, the former still has a chance of being returned, while the latter is like throwing a meat bun to a dog—it's gone forever!

After a moment's thought, she turned to Dr. Banner and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Uh... you want to borrow the Time Stone?"

"no problem!"

(End of this chapter)