Zombie Marvel? Luckily, I'm Superman!

It's hard to say whether the passage of a thousand years has changed Tony's personality. Compared to his more aggressive behavior in the past, the current Tony prefers to move forward steadily.

"Perhaps, but..." Tony sighed, but before he could finish speaking, his expression changed, and his visor quickly snapped shut.

A whistling sound came from my ears, accompanied by the howling of thunder.

The suit automatically made an evasive maneuver, and the foot thrusters worked in conjunction with the hand thrusters to propel the person backward at high speed.

The Stormbreaker, which came hurtling towards Tony, barely grazed his face before crashing heavily to the ground, leaving a trail of lightning in its wake.

Turning around, they saw Thor, but it wasn't their Thor.

083 Thor waved his hand expressionlessly, and Stormbreaker rose from the ground and flew back.

The battle axe flew back into his hand, and 083 Thor turned around and blocked Thor's attack with a backhand.

He didn't engage Thor in a prolonged fight, but instead blocked the attack and quickly retreated.

Thor clicked his tongue and floated in mid-air. Seeing Tony's gaze on the ground, Thor awkwardly scratched his head.

Okay, he didn't realize the problem.

But who knew that this 083 Thor was so uncivilized? Everyone usually fights their own counterpart, and Thor never expected that 083 Thor would throw an axe at Tony.

As for the purpose, there's no need to elaborate.

In just a few seconds, 083 Tony had already gotten up, re-erected the damaged shielding metal membrane, and flew towards the depths of the eighth level.

It was so fast that it disappeared from sight in an instant, as if all its energy had been transferred to the propulsion module.

Tony was speechless. He took two steps and then stopped.

In the sky, the two Thors were fighting again. While Tony stopped, Natasha had already walked over.

"What, are you hesitating?" Natasha asked, panting.

Tony hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"How strange, how really strange, this isn't like you." Natasha's combat suit was torn and scratched all over, and she didn't care about her appearance as she plopped down on a rock next to Tony.

"And your opponent?" Tony asked instead of answering.

Natasha seemed very tired, and just nodded in one direction.

Tony looked over and saw 083 Natasha, bound like a dumpling and unconscious.

Tony raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but clap his hands.

"That's impressive."

Indeed, it was unexpected that Natasha would finish the battle the fastest; Tony thought they would be fighting for a whole day.

"There's nothing worth saying. Her kung fu skills are nothing compared to her verbal skills," Natasha scoffed.

Although Natasha, whom Tony temporarily recruited, had similar combat strength to himself, he didn't know where she came from and lacked combat experience.

Natasha even began to suspect that this 083 Natasha was a clone. But cloning also comes with combat skills; overall, this 083 Natasha is just very strange.

"Alright, stop changing the subject. Why are you hesitating?" Natasha steered the conversation back on track, looking at Tony with a questioning gaze.

"You know perfectly well what the consequences will be if he fails, don't you?"

Tony turned to look in the direction where 083 Tony had disappeared, but did not give chase or respond to Natasha's words.

Natasha couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Rebooting the dimensional rift world—this fanciful act could easily cause its collapse. Why aren't you stopping it? What are you thinking, Tony?"

As she spoke, her tone grew increasingly harsh, and Natasha even uttered the word "Tony" through gritted teeth.

Tony remained silent, and Natasha's brow twitched involuntarily.

"The dimensional gap world is a buffer zone between two dimensions. If it fails, not only will the dimensional gap world be destroyed, but it will also have unpredictable effects on both dimensions."

"Placing countless lives on a scale, gambling on a pitifully low success rate of dimensional ascension?"

Tony remained silent, and Natasha stopped talking, simply staring straight at him.

She was to Tony's side, but she was sure Tony knew she was watching him.

The gaze was scrutinizing and expectant, but that expectation slowly dimmed over time, eventually turning into disappointment.

I'm quitting.

Natasha uttered three words softly, her tone calm, devoid of her previous emotions.

She stopped looking at Tony, took off a headset with the team communication mode enabled and threw it on the ground. Then she took out a device from her pocket and threw it on the ground, which instantly transformed into a flying vehicle that looked like a motorcycle.

Natasha mounted her vehicle and chased after Tony 083 without hesitation.

Tony's lips moved beneath his visor, but he did not stop him.

"Tony, why did you do this?" Steve's voice came through the headset.

Steve's tone was also unstable, mixed with panting, as he and Captain Xiaokou were still playfully punching each other.

Compared to this impulsive Natasha, this Steve clearly maintains the composure and mindset of the Steve from the cinematic universe.

He believed that Tony must have had some other reason for not stopping 083 Tony.

That's what he thought, and that's what he asked.

"Tony, you should understand that we are a team."

"Since we're a team, let's not hide important information. Now, tell me why you did this!"

Tony sighed, opened his visor, and rubbed his temples.

"Believe me, Steve, there are some things that can't be said."

"I know we're a team, but some things have more serious consequences if spoken out."

"I know this behavior will have unpredictable consequences, but sometimes we still need some courage to face the unknown, don't we?" Tony said, his tone becoming more and more determined.

The adventurous spirit and decisiveness that had once disappeared from him seemed to have returned at this moment.

As he spoke, Tony subtly raised his eyelids, as if something in the sky was watching them.

Steve pondered Tony's words carefully.

Sometimes, it takes courage to face the unknown.

As he said this, Steve glanced in Tony's direction.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Tony slightly raised his eyelids in that instant.

The change was small; Steve wouldn't have noticed it unless he was paying close attention.

Steve instinctively wanted to look up, but he forced himself to.

This is definitely a hint that something, or rather, a line of sight, exists in the sky, or at the very top of the spatial ruins, or even outside.

That should be it. Steve seems to understand why Tony didn't explain it to Natasha.

Because you can't say anything from above, or even give Natasha a hint, because Natasha would definitely look up at the sky immediately and instinctively.

And the reason Tony isn't saying anything is most likely because something in the sky is observing them? Would they be detected if he did?

The more I think about it, the more likely it is.

So, what exactly is in the sky?