Zombie Marvel? Luckily, I'm Superman!

Tony grabbed Peter's arm, his expression changing: "What's going on?"

The patterns and colors on it were exactly the same as those of the mutated Thanos and the Chitauri soldiers and alien monsters he brought with him. My mind, which had just relaxed for two minutes, tightened up again.

"Uh, I feel a little itchy, so I took off my suit to scratch it..." Peter's expression was also not good; this was clearly not a good thing.

Thinking back to the monsters he had seen before, he became even more frightened. What if he turned into one of those monsters? Would Aunt May still recognize him?

At the same time, several exclamations rang out from different places.

"Uh... my hand..." A warrior from Wakanda suddenly looked at his arm, his voice filled with terror. Dark purple markings had also appeared on his arm.

"Me too!"

"And me!"

"What's going on?"

More and more people are noticing the same dark purple lines appearing on their bodies. The locations vary, including the arms, face, and even the chest.

"Scan and analyze immediately on Friday!"

Donning the MK85 armor again, the suit immediately split into several scanning orbs that flew toward the person exhibiting symptoms.

Soon, Friday's report came through: "Sir, the scan didn't find anything unusual; the pattern couldn't be captured by the scanner. We speculate that the pattern could be one of the following..."

Of the information given on Friday, the most probable possibility is biometric markers, followed by an unknown virus that cannot be detected by instruments.

However, based on current observations, this pattern is believed to be highly contagious.

"A virus?" Steve clenched his fist. He hadn't expected that after defeating Thanos, a new problem would arise. Even he, who could fight all day long, was now feeling mentally exhausted.

"Lin, when you snapped your fingers, didn't you take this with you?" Tony turned to ask Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's face turned grim as he stared at the markings on Peter's arm and replied in a deep voice, "When using the Infinity Stones, I clearly stated my intention to completely eliminate Thanos's army, as well as the black and purple markings on their bodies and all related threats or existences."

Lin Yi carefully considered each word twice before snapping his fingers, afraid of leaving any loopholes.

"It seems our intuition might be right. I can sense that this thing carries a hint of the dark dimension..." Strange added.

Strange's unease was confirmed, and his mood worsened. He rubbed his temples, his head aching. His magic was ineffective against the dark purple markings, and he had no idea what they were.

But just from this trace of dark dimension's aura, and recalling the previous mutated Thanos, one knows it's no good.

Lin Yi had never studied magic and could not sense the aura of the Dark Dimension. He simply felt that the seriousness and threat of this thing were even greater than Thanos.

It couldn't possibly exist as a decoration. The fact that no one is reacting now is probably because it's not the right time yet.

"What's going on? Tony, can't you even figure out what's happening with your suit?"

Thor slammed his axe into the ground and said, "How about I snap my fingers again? This time it's my turn, isn't it?"

"Is it necessary? Apart from being a little itchy, I don't seem to have any discomfort. Should I try taking some medicine?" Peter looked at the tense atmosphere again and regretted saying it.

The atmosphere had just relaxed, and everyone hadn't even had a chance to enjoy the joy of victory when he ruined it.

"I don't recommend snapping your fingers again," Strange immediately objected. "Every large-scale use of the Infinity Stones causes unpredictable disruptions to the timeline."

"Lin Yi clearly stated his needs, but the dark purple markings were not eliminated. They even spread to these people."

"Everything should have been back on track, but now there's this unknown factor. If we snap our fingers again, who can guarantee that nothing else will happen?"

Silence fell over everyone. No one doubted that Lin Yi would deliberately leave such a thing behind when he snapped his fingers. Strange was right; the possibility that this thing couldn't be eliminated was a side effect of the snap of the six Infinity Stones. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why the snap couldn't remove it.

Hope had just been realized when it was shrouded in an even deeper shadow.

Fortunately, it appears that these dark purple lines only cause itching and have not caused any other substantial harm.

However, judging from those monsters, the situation is not optimistic.

Steve stepped forward.

"Alright, let's postpone the return of the Infinity Stones and focus all our efforts on finding a solution to this pattern."

"One week. If there's still no progress after a week, then... risk snapping your fingers again! Regardless of success or failure, the gems must be sent back to their respective timelines!" Steve closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and made his decision.

"Also, no one can leave this place for the time being. We need to build a barrier to prevent this from becoming contagious as Tony said."

"You can handle building the wall, right, Tony?"

The only one capable of large-scale construction in a short period of time is Tony.

Tony, of course, wouldn't refuse. He went online again on Friday, and several construction plans were freshly generated. Tony chose the fastest plan, which would take overnight.

"I'll check the database to see if there's any useful information..." Natasha glanced at the exclamations of the crowd on the battlefield, then turned and walked towards an open space that had been reduced to ruins, hoping that the basement was still intact.

"I'll connect to the StarNet and see if there's any record of it in the universe..." Rocket took the Bertana back from Lin Yi. The Avengers base was destroyed, and he could only connect to the StarNet using the Bertana.

Tony suddenly thought of something, "I'll go ask that Nebula from the past where she is. Could she have disappeared with Thanos?" As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Lin Yi.

Clint previously mentioned in the channel that Thanos's current situation arose because the past Nebula replaced the present Nebula. Therefore, the past Nebula should know something.

"Didn't I tell you? The Nebula of the past was killed by the Nebula of the present," Clint's voice came.

"Clint? Didn't you go back?" Natasha turned her head and saw Clint walking over, asking in confusion.

"There's no going back." Clint slapped his thigh, rolled up his pants, revealing the dark purple lines on his calves...

"However, the old Gamora came along too. Perhaps we can ask Gamora, provided that Lin Yi didn't send Gamora away with him when he snapped his fingers..."

Tony's heart skipped a beat. Lin Yi seemed unaware of Gamora's existence. Judging by his snapping standards, Gamora was probably already ashes by now...

"Gamora? She should still be alive," Lin Yi said.

He hadn't forgotten this Gamora from the past, mainly because he suddenly saw Star-Lord when he snapped his fingers. At that moment, Star-Lord had somehow tripped over something and fallen onto the alien monster, yelling and shouting, which distracted Lin Yi a little.

Tony, with a complicated expression, punched Lin Yi's shoulder and exclaimed, "How do you know everything?"

Lin Yi shrugged, then pointed to the increasingly chaotic scene: "I know a lot more than that. Let's not worry about that for now and get moving."

……

An hour later, a large number of Stark Industries engineering robots entered the battlefield, clearing away the wreckage while beginning to construct a massive temporary containment perimeter.

Tony ordered a huge, lavish dinner. The warriors with the markings on their bodies quickly recovered their smiles after their initial panic.

For them, the Avengers are still there to protect them. Thanos has been truly defeated, and the black and purple markings on his body are probably some kind of virus. They just need to wait for the Avengers to come up with a solution.

Of course, this is also thanks to Steve and Banner who have been working to calm and reassure the crowd.

But is the reality really that optimistic? Not at all.