Another Black-Clad Man

Below is a huge building, entirely gold in color, which looks somewhat like the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.

However, it is much, much larger than that one, both in terms of floor space and height.

When Xia Yu landed, he glanced at the building. It was hollow in the middle and looked from above like four buildings, two wide and two narrow, similar to the Burj Al Arab, combined together.

Xia Yu landed steadily on the ground, and the Black-Clad Man around the building began to gather in Xia Yu direction.

At a glance, there were over a hundred people, all holding various energy weapons. Judging from the faint energy glow at the muzzle, these energy weapons should be quite powerful.

"Boss, let's do it. We can't act recklessly outside. He's come to our territory. With so many people, can't we handle him alone? Once we kill him, everything can go back to normal."

The leader was still the same Black-Clad Man, the one Xia Yu had killed last. That man was clearly a puppet, created using some unknown technology.

The Black-Clad Man listened to his subordinate's words, but there was not a trace of relaxation in his eyes. If it were two years ago, they would have had a sliver of hope if they fought with all their might, but now, even in the Quantum Realm, they were helpless against Xia Yu.

Xia Yu clearly heard what his subordinates said, and after landing, he grinned at the more than one hundred people in front of him.

"So many people welcomed me, and you want to attack me?"

Facing over 100 people from the Time Variance Authority, Xia Yu raised an eyebrow and uttered a single, understated sentence, an invisible pressure descending upon everyone in the Time Variance Authority.

It's like an ordinary person facing an ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The person who had spoken earlier was the first to be affected, staggering back several steps due to Xia Yu's oppressive aura, probably feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Despite the intimidating aura, the relatively young man spoke to Xia Yu.

"Xia Yu, Ravagers, this is the Quantum Realm. The energy of the Infinity Stones on you can't operate within the rules of the Original Universe. Be smart and cooperate with us, otherwise..."

As he spoke, he pulled the bolt of his gun, the threat obvious.

"Ravagers? Is that the nickname you gave me? It's awful. But you don't seem to know me very well. To deal with you, I don't even need rules, let alone energy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Yu pushed off the ground with his left foot and rushed into the crowd of people from the Time Variance Authority like Flash.

At this moment, Natasha and Tony had reached the rooftop of the building in front of them.

As expected, without Xia Yu and the Herbal medicine Tower, there are naturally no rooftop apartments here either.

Tony sat on a square exhaust pipe and spoke to Natasha.

"I just checked all the records at Stark Industries, Obadiah Stane is indeed secretly selling weapons to terrorists. If I'm not mistaken, he's probably planning a kidnapping of me. Outside of Xia, this world is exactly the same as before."

Natasha also checked and verified a lot of things through S.H.I.E.L.D.. channels, and her conclusion was exactly the same as Tony's.

"What I'm concerned about now is where Xia went. If we've entered a Parallel Universes instead of our past, then what about Xia? Could he have gone to that world where he himself appeared?"

"Impossible!"

Tony immediately refuted Natasha's statement.

"I invented the device, and I calibrated it myself. It's impossible for us to be separated into two worlds directly. There are only two possibilities for this situation: our time travel was interfered with, by some force we don't know about."

What about the second one?

Natasha then asked.

The second possibility is...

Tony took a deep breath.

"Everything that Black-Clad Man said last time was true, and everything he showed us was true. Xia doesn't belong to this world at all. He's not part of the trajectory of fate, or rather, the world where Xia exists has become independent and can't be connected to any Parallel Universes, not even the same spacetime. So we've returned to the normal trajectory of fate."

This was the only solution Tony could come up with.

What about Xia?

Natasha asked anxiously.

"He didn't come, or rather, this world refused Xia's entry, preventing him from bringing unpredictable changes to more parallel worlds."

"Clap clap!"

A burst of rapid applause rang out.

Natasha and Tony instantly switched to combat mode, each drawing their weapons and aiming them at the direction of the sound.

"As expected of the genius Tony Stark, your prediction wasn't entirely correct, but it was close enough."

It's you!

Tony and Natasha narrowed their eyes slightly, a hint of wariness in their expressions.

The man who arrived was none other than the one who had previously visited the Avengers Compound, stood beside Thanos when Thanos the Snap, and was now the Black-Clad Man Xia Yu was facing.

Isn't he currently fighting Xia Yu at the headquarters of the Time Variance Authority?

Why is it still here?

"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm. In fact, my job is to repair the broken fate, the chaotic timeline, and so on. You are not my enemies."

Natasha and Tony remained motionless, while Tony's palm laser cannon flickered with energy, seemingly ready to strike at any moment.

"I understand why you are hostile towards me, but you need to know that I am not Xia's enemy either. It's just that he disrupted destiny. If destiny were allowed to continue on its original course, we would not harm any of you, including Xia and everyone else in the world."

"Why should we believe you? You led Thanos to destroy half of all life in the universe."

Tony said coldly.

"That's something that can be undone. It was originally within fate. You've known Xia for many years, so you must know the Huaxia saying: 'What you hear isn't real, what you see is real.' I can show you what the original fate was like. All the choices are up to you."

The Black-Clad Man raised his hands and spoke.

"I don't care about fate. Tell me, where is Xia?"

Natasha spoke first, expressing her unease at not knowing Xia Yu's whereabouts.

"Don't worry, he's perfectly safe now. Stark is right; he's just been rejected by this world. You'll be able to see him when you get back."

"Let's see what happens in the future."

The Black-Clad Man waved his hand, and the whole world sped up!