Before Schiller could retort, the image on the screen changed again. An Assassin burst into the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where Nick was, the black muzzle of his gun aimed at Nick's shocked face.
Schiller instantly gripped the armrest of his chair, and Strange's expression turned solemn as well.
Then, almost simultaneously, both of them turned their eyes toward Adam. Adam cleared his throat and said, "Let me explain. Here's what happened..."
Adam began explaining his bug-fixing theory from the beginning, as well as the whole process of cleaning up messes on all sides in an attempt to restore the chaotic universe to normal.
Simply put, to keep Schiller from destroying the universe and ruining peace, they had to smooth over everything before Schiller returned, restoring the universe to the state it had been in when he left and making sure he did not go insane.
"That's why I said this all started with you." Adam sighed. "I just didn't want you to actually drive our universe into something. You understand, right?"
Schiller glared at him unpleasantly. Adam had already given up on defending himself. He said, "Just keep watching and you'll understand. None of this was in anyone's plan, including mine."
Adam looked back at the screen. Gwen was crying her heart out to Betty, and after Gwen left, Betty sat silently by her bed. Then came the scene where she argued with Bruce Banner on the way back to the city.
Gwen's words caused Betty's emotions to fluctuate, and Betty's attitude affected Bruce Banner in turn. It led Doctor Banner, muddleheaded as he was, to fail to inspect the particle collider in time. Combined with Reed, the king of stirring up trouble, that was how the Annihilation Zerg appeared.
There was no technique to the whole chain of events, only