Earth's River of Destiny

After recording the planet's location, Xia Yu tore through space and returned directly to the base.

Without bothering to explain anything to Captain Marvel, he immediately pulled Natasha out and made her explain everything to Captain Marvel.

Turning around, I found the Ancient One and Doctor Strange were there too.

Coincidentally, compared to Stan Lee, Xia Yu actually believed more in the speculations of sorcerers like the Ancient One, rather than in the vague and ethereal concept of fate.

Doctor Strange looked at Xia Yu with a strange expression.

Ancient One explained from the side, "We've been here for a while, and Natasha has already told us everything about what's happened recently."

Ancient One had known all along that Xia Yu wasn't from this world, but she was unaware of all the recent events that had transpired.

"The Time Variance Authority is likely a race or tool created by the Cosmic Will to control the universe, much like Asgard. Their birth was accompanied by a certain mission."

As expected, the Ancient One is one of the people on Earth who understands the universe best; she got straight to the heart of the matter as soon as she opened her mouth.

Odin had said something similar before.

"Actually, we in Kamar-Taj are the same, except we weren't created by humans, but rather our existence was passed down through generations. The so-called Time Variance Authority is more direct, more like a tool."

Compared to others, the Ancient One and Odin had some understanding of fate.

This is why Xia Yu pulled Xia Yu Ancient One back from her doomed death and why she tries to avoid appearing in public as much as possible.

She was also afraid of triggering some unpredictable events, but she didn't expect Xia Yu to directly confront this so-called fate.

The idea of creating a department to manipulate fate through various means suddenly seemed less frightening to the Ancient One.

"Since we bear the mission of the universe, why is Asgard destined to be destroyed, and you destined to die?"

Doctor Strange asked, puzzled.

Ancient One sighed softly and uttered four words in Huaxia language: "Heavenly Dao is ruthless!"

Xia Yu wholeheartedly agreed. Doctor Strange seemed not to understand and was about to ask something when Xia Yu waved him off.

"We'll talk about other things later. I'll take you somewhere."

Besides the Ancient One and Doctor Strange, Xia Yu also invited Tony.

In some ways, scientists may have a more intuitive understanding of problems than monks.

Taking out the detector he got from Captain Marvel, Xia Yu activated it, and sure enough, every person on Earth was radiating invisible energy.

Especially the Avengers' base; the energy here is more than the combined energy of billions of people outside.

Just like before, Xia Yu probed as he headed towards the Earth’s Core.

Several hours later, the group of four, protected by Xia Yu's energy, discovered this Fate Temple on Earth.

This is the name Xia Yu just came up with.

On the way, Xia Yu had already told them about discovering the River of Destiny in the Quantum Realm.

He also shared his and Stan Lee's speculations, without mentioning Stan Lee himself.

Four people are intertwined in this small River of Destiny.

Apart from Xia Yu, the other three people kept exclaiming in amazement.

After they had looked enough, Xia Yu spread his hands and said to them, "Tell me your thoughts. This concerns the fate of the entire universe. Although I hate to admit it, the Time Variance Authority lurking in the shadows is really giving me a headache."

"The more we understand about fate, the better our chances of winning will be."

The Ancient One spoke first, "I'm wondering if the existence of these planets' own River of Destiny has anything to do with you taking over the River of Destiny of this universe."

"When did that girl's subordinates start using this detector? If it was some time after they started using it that it detected the problem, then we can determine whether it's because Xia took away the influence of the River of Destiny."

Is there a way to determine this?

Tony then asked Xia Yu.

Xia Yu thought for a moment, then slapped his forehead. "I almost forgot, wait a minute."

After saying that, he immediately immersed his mind in the River of Destiny and randomly picked a relatively thick line of destiny.

Not long after, Xia Yu said, "That's right, it happened after I took it. I saw the Captain, and I'm absolutely certain it started the day we time-traveled."

"Wait, you removed the universe's River of Destiny. Even if a new River of Destiny were to be created, it should originate within the Quantum Realm, encompassing the entire universe. Why would a single planet produce something like this?"

Doctor Strange pointed to the River of Destiny and said...

"Fate is the most elusive thing in the universe, and now Earth actually has its own, which means we now have our own dedicated server, right?"

Doctor Strange said jokingly.

"What did you say?"

Tony suddenly jumped up and yelled at Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange was startled. "Are you hearing things?"

"No! No! No!" Tony shook his head repeatedly.

"You just mentioned servers? Earth now has its own dedicated server?"

Tony said excitedly to Doctor Strange.

"That's right, it seems you heard me clearly. What are you thinking about?"

Doctor Strange realized that his words might have inspired Tony Stark.

"I thought of my server. You all know, I used to have an AI butler, JARVIS."

"Its true nature is the countless server sets I hid in the basement of Malibu's house."

"Then the Ultron incident happened, and to prevent such a tragedy from happening again, I implemented a tiered management and restriction system."

To help everyone understand better, Tony opened a three-dimensional stereoscopic screen.

At the very top is one server, below which are more than ten servers, and below each of those servers, on the third level, are even more numerous servers, densely packed together.

After opening the server, Tony pointed to the top server and said...

"This is our universe, and so-called destiny is simply the rules and laws governing the operation of everything in the universe."

"I programmed this server, inputting countless instructions that determined its operation, scope, and everything else. This is what's called destiny; it was written and placed there long ago. This is the River of Destiny in the universe."

Tony pointed again to the dozen or so servers on the second floor below.

"These servers represent our Parallel Universes. Of course, there are definitely more than these. These are the servers I use to increase computing speed and distribute the workload. Each one corresponds to a universe."

"Their initial instructions are all the same, but as they handle different matters, subtle differences gradually emerge, and this is what distinguishes the River of Destinies of each universe."

"And the third layer below, I liken them to independent planets. They are simply there to add functionality, computing speed, and so on. They don't receive any instructions from me; they directly receive commands from the server above."