"He's dead?" Hal stared at the spot where Thanos had vanished. He still could not accept what had happened.
"According to the White Ring's perception of life, he is indeed dead. But his soul is not under the control of the Entity of Existence." Wayne's expression was equally complicated. They could not pass a simple judgment on Thanos. Aside from their opposition, there was nothing about him that made them see him as utterly evil or impossible to accept.
As for wiping out half the life in an entire universe with a snap of his fingers—
That had not happened in their universe, had it?
Moreover, according to Steve, this Thanos had not fulfilled his obsession. The one who had fulfilled it was his counterpart from another universe.
"So we won just like that?" Carol could hardly believe it. That enemy had been as powerful as a god or demon, yet his end had come in such a dramatic fashion. She still could not be sure whether Thanos was truly dead. But the White Ring's feedback undeniably confirmed that Thanos's life had faded away.
"How can this count as winning? More accurately, we suffered a complete defeat!" Wayne closed his eyes. He would rather keep fighting Thanos until the universe's final moment than face this unknown situation, one that had completely slipped beyond their control.
Without Thanos standing in their way, they would likely have to face Luke directly.
"Can't we reverse time again? Thanos is dead, and no one can stop Barry now." Hal swallowed and glanced at Barry Allen as he asked.
"It's useless. Thanos locked down the Timeline, and his death was not an ordinary death. He merged into our universe. In other words, through his own death, he permanently altered some of our universe's rules and