Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 408 Gwen's Whereabouts (Second Update!!)
No. 123, Xijing Town.

In the living room.

Hawke, having received a message from his daughter Jean, leaned back on the sofa, listening to Peter, the spider demon who seemed to have been to the multiverse and had become quite talkative since his trip, excitedly recounting his experiences on that multiverse Earth.

Wanda and Pietro were also listening to Peter recount the events on another Earth.

Actually, there is nothing much to say.

"On that planet, there is no you, no Gwen, and likewise, no Wanda, no Pietro, no Tony Stark, and no organization like S.H.I.E.L.D."

"I don't even know how I got there."

After Peter finished excitedly recounting what happened on the other Earth, he frowned and looked at Hawke: "And I don't know how we got back."

I didn't feel anything at all.

but……

They did indeed return, and in a very smooth way. One second they were discussing how to find the quantum realm, and the next they were hearing news about Tony Stark.

That's magic.

Wanda was also amazed: "Peter, you said you went to another Earth for the past three months, but in our memory, it's as if you never left."

Peter looked toward Wanda.

"Time reset".

"Time reset?"

"Ah."

Peter nodded: "After Felicia and I suddenly arrived on that Earth, we had many unfamiliar memories. But when Felicia and I saw the necklace that Hawk gave to Ben, we remembered Hawk and that's when we discovered the clue."

Upon hearing this, Wanda frowned slightly and looked at Hawke, who was sitting silently to the side.

"Have our memories been replaced?"

"What's being replaced isn't your memories, but time itself."

"Time has changed again."

Hawke shook his head and chuckled, feeling speechless.

When Earth was completely integrated into the main universe, time vibrated, altering Earth's timeline once.

But at that time, Earth was integrated into the time of the main universe, or more precisely, the time after the god Grihas usurped the throne.

The god Grimus has now left this universe, and the true time of the main universe has returned.

one more time.

New dynasty, new atmosphere.

A new timeline, new memories.

Wanda understood the key point in Hawke's words.

"Again? Was the time changed before?"

"Yes."

"When?"

Remember Doctor Strange?

"That cloaked mage who insists everyone call him Doctor?"

The image of Doctor Strange flashed into Wanda's mind.

Hawke nodded.

"The previous Sorcerer Supreme was the Ancient One. When Doctor Strange took over, after Earth and the World Tree were completely separated, time was reset once."

"I don't feel anything."

"normal."

Hawke looked at Wanda, who was frowning, and said, "Your time is within the flow of cosmic time, so naturally you won't notice anything unusual."

Upon hearing this, Wanda seemed to realize something and looked at Hawke.

“Gwen also… went to the multiverse, right? According to this, I shouldn’t have any memories of Gwen either.”

"and many more!"

Upon hearing this, Peter looked at Hawke and asked, "Gwen went to the Multiverse too?"

Hawke nodded.

Peter was shocked.

"what happened?"

"It's a long story."

Hawke shook his head and smiled, then looked at Wanda and explained Wanda's question: "The reason you still remember Gwen is because Gwen is irreplaceable."

In a word.

His Gwen is irreplaceable.

Hawk's timeline is already inextricably intertwined with Gwen's; Gwen exists in every point in Hawk's past that can be called a node.

and so……

Time doesn't seem to want to erase all of Gwen's memories.

But can't.

Because if he really did that, he would have to give Hawke a Gwen to replace Gwen at important points in his life.

Can it find the person to replace Gwen? Let's not even talk about Hawk's time being independent of this universe.

It cannot.

So, it might be able to transfer Gwen to some multiverse, but it can't erase the traces of Gwen's existence. This is why Hawk and Gwen's friends still remember Gwen.

"Unlike Peter."

"He was replaced."

"A little spider also named Peter Parker."

As Hawke spoke, a flash of red light from the Reality Stone appeared in his eyes, and then an image of the Dutch spider was projected into the living room.

When Wanda saw the Dutch spider projected out, a thought struck her.

"I think I vaguely remember him."

"this is me?"

Peter stared at the projected Dutch spider, slightly taken aback, his expression somewhat surprised: "How old am I?"

Hawke smiled.

"Fourteen."

"I mutated when I was sixteen."

"This has been brought forward." "Okay."

Peter opened his mouth, looking at the projected spider: "Then Aunt May..."

Hawke raised an eyebrow, and the projected image changed, revealing Tom Holland's Aunt May.

moment.

A gasp of shock echoed through the living room.

Wanda and Pietro both looked at Peter, who seemed to be sweeping away all the air in the living room.

Peter wasn't too shocked when he saw someone younger than himself, but he was utterly shocked when he saw Aunt May projected onto the screen.

"This is Aunt Mei."

"Yes."

Hawke's lips curled up as he looked at his friend Peter and teased, "Envious?"

Peter snapped out of his reverie, glanced at Hawke's upturned lips, and shook his head: "I'm not envious, I'm just a little incredulous."

Hawke smiled.

"It's a multiverse, after all. There are different versions of you, so naturally there are different versions of Aunt Mei."

"But you are not in my multiverse."

"That's quite normal."

Hawke said calmly, "The world is vast and diverse."

Peter nodded upon hearing this, then looked at Hawke and asked, "Have you figured out how to get Gwen back?"

Hawke shook his head: "I haven't decided yet."

one more time.

There are ways to travel through the multiverse, but he hasn't found the right way yet.

Once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Although the time trap has disappeared for now, what if it was just an illusion?

Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet still heading towards them, is not necessarily wrong, but it is only a last resort, a choice that one has no other choice but to make.

Hawke has no shortage of time.

To reiterate, even if Gwen was taken to some multiverse and hidden by the Celestials, the Celestials wouldn't dare touch a single hair on her head.

As long as he's alive, Gwen is safe.

and so……

Until a way to completely bypass time and travel to the multiverse is found, Hawke's only option at present is to quickly develop his eighth sense.

Hawke thought to himself, then changed the subject from Gwen, looked at Peter, and said with a smile, "I'm glad you're back, Peter."

Peter looked at the smile on Hawke's face and said, "Thank you."

He suppressed his speculations about the quantum realm connecting to the multiverse.

After all, he didn't know if his conjectures about the quantum realm were actually correct. What if he said them and they turned out to be false? Wouldn't that have been a waste of time?

So he planned to test it himself, and if it worked, he could tell Hawke later.

soon.

Just as I heard the oven ding, Wanda got up from the sofa and went out to the kitchen. She took out some freshly baked pastries from the oven and said to Peter, "Peter, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Let's eat together."

Peter snapped out of his reverie and looked at Wanda, who was extending an invitation to him.

Just as he was about to speak, Hawke pulled him to his feet: "Since you're already here, eat before you leave."

Peter had no choice but to be led to the restaurant by Hawke.

Hawke took the slice of bread that Wanda handed him, which was already spread with sauce, took a casual bite, and then paused, looking at the sauce on the bread.

"This sauce..."

“Gwen taught me this, but it doesn’t taste right. I made it according to the card Gwen gave me.”

Wanda handed Peter the sliced ​​bread, then glanced at Hawke as she spoke.

Upon hearing this, Hawke's mind raced, and he chuckled, saying, "It feels somewhat familiar," before falling silent and continuing to eat the bread in his hand.

"This is my secret recipe, the first exclusive recipe of the Phoenix family, the kind that only members of the Phoenix family will know in the future."

Gwen's mysterious words from back then resurfaced in Hawke's mind.

Hawke ate the sauce in his hand, which was not 100% similar but was 99% similar, and then looked at Wanda, who was busy working across from him, and a thought struck him.

"Ah."

"Gwen!"

"..."

At that moment, Gwen, who was on Earth in a multiverse, seemed to hear something, subconsciously looked up, and then saw a smiling woman walking towards her not far away.

"Dr. Phoenix?"

"……it's me."

"Dr. Richards may see you now. Please let me come with you."

"Thank you."

Gwen was taken aback at first, then reacted, stood up from the waiting chair, thanked the woman in front of her, grabbed the documents she had prepared over the past few days, and followed the woman leading the way toward the elevator lobby not far away.

This is a building located in Stark Industries.

But there are no Stark Industries here, no Osborn Industries here, and not even any of the names Gwen knows.

same.

There's no Hawk, Tony Stark, or Peter Parker here, no Iron Man, no Spider-Man, and not even S.H.I.E.L.D.

But this Earth also has its own superheroes, or, as the people here say, they prefer to call them a super family.

As Gwen followed the woman leading the way toward the elevator, she glanced at the posters hanging on the wall and recalled the information about this extraordinary family.

Sitting idly by and waiting to die is not in her nature.

She was able to find Hawke by traversing the vast forest back then, and now she can find Hawke once again by traversing the vast multiverse.

She just needs a little help.

"Reed Richards."

"He is hailed as the smartest person in the world."

"I hope he will believe what I say."

As Gwen followed the woman leading the way into the elevator, she felt the elevator rapidly ascending and thought to herself.

……

(End of this chapter)