It was as if everyone had entered a high-speed passageway. Around them stretched a dazzling, multicolored tunnel, and they were swept along by a force toward some target point.
It felt as though a long time had passed, yet also as though it had only been an instant. Their sense of time had become muddled in their memories. Under a powerful shove, they staggered out of the passageway and appeared in a vast, kaleidoscopic space.
Above them, a spherical object slowly retracted into a metal panel.
"Where is this?" Wayne and the others instantly went on guard. Wayne and those who had once seen the brilliant beam of light that heralded Thanos's arrival scanned their surroundings as if facing a mortal enemy, as though some terrifying creature might suddenly emerge and attack them at any moment.
"This is Silent City."
A gentle voice rang through the open space. It was not loud, yet through some strange energy resonance and the structure of the buildings, it reached the ears of everyone in the plaza with perfect clarity.
"Luke!" Captain was almost beside himself with joy upon hearing that voice. He had already had a premonition before, but hearing Luke's voice confirmed that he had truly come home this time.
He would be able to see his beloved Peggy Carter again and reunite with his companions. More importantly, the feeling of returning home filled him with belonging and peace.
"Welcome home, Captain. I hope you enjoyed your trip." A hazy glow lit up in the plaza. A somewhat hunched old man stepped out from the Light Screen and walked over under Captain's astonished gaze.
"Luke?" Seeing the hunched figure approach, Captain's face filled with disbelief. He asked in alarm, "How much time has passed here? How did you grow so old? Where's