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Chapter 263 Tragic Iron Man: Even After Dodging the Snap, He Couldn't Escape Death

"Drifting in the universe?"

Scott Lang's voice rang out first, his face showing extreme amazement as he clicked his tongue in astonishment, "Tony Stark can actually break out of Earth in the future? That's truly amazing."

The Earth is currently only capable of landing on the moon; we haven't even been to Mars yet!

Against this backdrop of space exploration, the fact that Tony Stark could actually go out into space was quite surprising to Scott Lang and T'Challa.

"Buddy, don't make a fuss."

Tony Stark said to Scott Lang in a nonchalant tone, "Just recently, I went to an alien planet and blew up a whole world."

“Really?” Scott Lang nearly popped his eyes out.

really?

Has Tony Stark reached this level?

"Stark, have you already produced a spacecraft capable of interstellar travel?" Even T'Challa was somewhat unsettled, staring at Tony Stark in astonishment as he asked.

“Of course not, it was our Asgardian ship that took him there,” Thor added casually, which relieved Scott Lang and T'Challa.

So that's how it is!

That's not surprising.

"Alright everyone, let's get back to the questions."

Captain America's voice rang out, and seeing that everyone had strayed a bit off-topic, he immediately brought them back on track.

Everyone then refocused and repaid their attention to answering the questions.

“We already know that Tony Stark went to Titan once before, so is the ‘this time’ mentioned in the question the same as that time? I think we need to clarify this before answering the question.”

Captain America himself was the first to analyze the situation, and he made a suggestion to everyone.

If this point can be clarified, it will undoubtedly be very helpful in answering the question.

Because of the battle on Titan, everyone has already gathered a lot of clues and intelligence related to it, and there are bound to be some that can be used as a basis for analysis.

But what if it weren't for this battle?

Then we'd be completely in the dark.

"I think it must be the battle on Titan."

Strange immediately voiced his opinion: "We've actually discussed this before. With Earth's current level of space technology, it won't be able to support landing on multiple alien planets in the next few years or even a decade or so."

Among the participants, apart from Thor and Captain America, a World War II veteran, the others all possessed a high level of scientific and cultural literacy.

They understood this perfectly well, without Strange needing to explain further.

Landing on another planet is an extremely complex undertaking. It's not as simple as having a spaceship and then venturing off Earth. Before actually landing on another planet, there is a vast and complex amount of preliminary work to be done.

At the very least.

It requires an absolute and sufficient understanding and mastery of the target planet, including precise interstellar coordinates, calculations of its orbit, and data on various other relevant factors, and so on.

It requires absolute precision.

This is something that Earth cannot do.

Earth can only calculate data for some nearby celestial bodies. What about those that are farther away?

What if it's some "specific planets"?

Landing on multiple planets is clearly unrealistic.

Logically, before Tony Stark and his crew decided to land on Titan, Earth had already spent a great deal of time and invested a huge amount of resources in surveying Titan.

It is worth noting that this is only the preliminary preparation work.

What happens when all preparations are complete and we begin landing on another planet?

It could take up to several years to get there!

After all, Earth's current spacecraft rely on chemical fuel propulsion and the gravitational slingshot effect of celestial bodies. This method naturally determines that their speed cannot be increased, and even going to Mars would take about two years.

Not to mention other, more distant planets.

In other words, going to a planet sounds easy, but even if all the technology is mature, in practice it would easily take several years or even more than ten years to complete.

Given this environment, the likelihood of Tony Stark and his crew landing on multiple planets is really slim.

Everyone present shared their thoughts and ultimately agreed on this point.

The drifting in space mentioned in the title should refer to Tony Stark's trip to Titan.

Even so, there is still another issue that needs to be clarified.

"Was this drift in space before or after the Battle of Titan?" Tony Stark asked everyone in a serious tone.

It is also very important to understand this point, because these two different points in time will lead to two completely different answers.

“That’s right, that’s also a very crucial question.” Captain America nodded in agreement immediately upon hearing this.

"This question is clearly divided into two cases: whether the Stark ship encountered problems before reaching Titan or after leaving Titan."

"If the problem occurred before they reached Titan, it means that someone rescued the Starks and his crew and then brought them back to Titan!"

"Everyone, we all know about the battle on Titan, and we are very clear about who was there. Those who are not on Titan can be ruled out."

In this situation, Captain Marvel and Thor can obviously be ruled out, since neither of them is on Titan.

That leaves Star-Lord and Doctor Strange as the remaining candidates.

Given the level of space technology on Earth, it is generally believed that Tony Stark and Doctor Strange arrived on the same spaceship, meaning that Doctor Strange was also trapped on the spaceship at the time.

The answer is quite obvious; it is undoubtedly Star-Lord.

Furthermore, it was clear that Tony Stark met Star-Lord for the first time on Titan, which fits the situation where Star-Lord saved him.

"But if it's another case, when leaving Titan, then Star-Lord and Doctor Strange can be ruled out."

Thor chimed in, "We all know they died in the snap. You can't bring the dead back to life."

"So the answer can only be Captain Marvel, or me."

This is more interesting.

In this situation, the two people who were initially ruled out in the previous scenario became the candidates.

The candidates, or even the answers, in the above situation were eliminated without any controversy at this point.

Therefore, it is essential to first clarify when the "cosmic drifting" mentioned in the question actually refers to.

After a brief discussion, everyone quickly reached a consensus on this point.

"I think it was when we left Titan."

After a moment, Strange offered his reasoning: "Everyone knows I would open the portal. If the ship broke down before reaching Titan, why wouldn't I open the portal and take everyone to Titan?"

"Instead of letting Stark wait to die on the ship?"

"After Thanos snapped his fingers, I was reduced to ashes, so I couldn't use the portal to take Tony Stark away, which is why he was trapped in the spaceship."

"Doesn't that make sense?"

“Perhaps your portal couldn’t open to places you hadn’t been before? Perhaps you were already injured at the time? Unable to even open a portal?” Scott Lang shrugged, offering two hypothetical scenarios.

However, he was quickly proven wrong by Strange.

"First of all, I was not injured. I fought a great battle with Thanos on Titan," Strange continued to everyone with a serious expression.

"Furthermore, although I am not a mage yet, we have seen many images of mages opening dimensional portals, and I don't think they need to have been to that place beforehand."

"Of course, I can't be sure about that, but even if what you're saying does happen, I still have the Time Stone!"

"If it really comes to the point of waiting to die, why don't I reverse time and restore the spaceship to its state before it was damaged?"

“That makes sense!” Thor couldn’t help but nod repeatedly.

What Strange said is indeed a powerful argument.

"One more thing, the question says that the spaceship is damaged, even to the point that it can no longer be operated and can only drift in space waiting to die."

After a moment of contemplation, T'Challa spoke up, "We don't know what caused the ship to break down. It could be a flight accident, or it could be because of that great war you mentioned. Which possibility is more likely?"

“Of course, the possibility of a major war is higher,” Tony Stark said with absolute certainty. “Flight accidents are low-probability events, but a major war on Titan is a foregone conclusion!”

Moreover, everyone is well aware of the scale and extent of the great war on Titan.

It's perfectly normal for a spaceship to be damaged in a battle of that magnitude.

"Okay, so it seems we can determine the exact time now," Scott Lang said, shrugging.

“That’s right, it’s quite obvious that the spaceship broke down when it left Titan,” Captain America nodded.

Everyone else present agreed on this timing, so there was no doubt about it.

"Then we can rule out Star-Lord and Doctor Strange, those two guys who were turned to dust. The answer can only be me or Captain Marvel."

Thor clapped his hands, his arrogance once again shining on his face. "Oh, sorry, there's no 'or.' The answer to this question is definitely me! Stark, I saved your life in the future."

"Should I write you a thank-you note?" Tony Stark gave him a disdainful look.

No one else present really took Thor's words to heart; everyone began to ponder.

Let's see if we can recall anything and make a selection between Captain Marvel and Thor.

Let's take a brief look.

As Captain America pondered, he began to organize his thoughts: "Thor was in Wakanda when Thanos snapped his fingers, and even witnessed Thanos snap his fingers."

"After that, the Starks left Titan, and given the timeline, it's possible that Thor went to rescue them."