The Ancient Undying One Who Had Lived for Thousands of Years

"Who are you..."

"Tony Stark???"

"How did you become like this???"

Thor, who could see right through Tony Stark's true state at a glance, was dumbfounded.

The bustling New York City had already surprised him enough, but then Tony Stark appeared before him in spirit form...

Now, he's not curious at all why the S.H.I.E.L.D.. team hasn't stepped in to do anything about how New York has become like this.

Who knows, they might all be wiped out, leaving only Tony Stark.

"Well, I'm actually close to death right now. It's just that a sorcerer named Stephen Strange used magic to allow my soul to temporarily leave my body..." Stark briefly described to Thor what had happened on Earth recently.

Thor was stunned by what he heard.

How long has he been on Sakaar?

The Earth has undergone such a huge change—

"Wait, you just said Loki isn't dead?" Thor's eyes widened suddenly as he realized what he was saying.

"Not only did he not die, but it seems he's become a guide for another universe. The cosmic invasion Stephen Strange mentioned must be the work of your good brother." Stark's expression didn't look good when Loki was mentioned.

Compared to Beckett, Loki's behavior was clearly more repulsive to him.

At least Beckett's conflict with Asgard, or rather Odin, was solely about saving Hela, while Loki's actions...

Those who lead others astray are despised in any universe.

"..."

Thor's mind was still a bit muddled after escaping from Sakaar, and he seemed unable to accept that his beloved younger brother had become a wicked collaborator.

Loki, he knows him too well.

He enjoys betrayal, loves deception, and even has a penchant for pranks.

But Thor knew he was actually a good man.

At the very least, Thor believed that there were still good people who could be saved.

This is why Thor specifically came to Earth to take Loki away.

"Okay, I know you need time to process this, but unfortunately, time is exactly what we lack right now."

"Let me ask you a question first, Thor: can you restore this city to its original state?"

"Or rather, let the people in this city return to normal." Although reluctant, Tony Stark, who was currently helpless against the ice sculptures, could only place his hopes for breaking the ice on the returning Thor.

Who told him to be just a soul that couldn't do anything right now? Apart from the spellbook that Strange gave him earlier, he couldn't even lift a brick. He was truly powerless.

"Probably, I can give it a try."

Thor, having regained his title as the God of Thor, nodded, putting aside his worries about his brother Loki, and lightning crackled between his fingers.

Although Thor's magical skills were not as profound as Loki's, as Thor crown prince of Asgard, he was not completely ignorant of everything.

"Wait a minute Thor!"

Just as Thor was about to lift the lockdown in New York in his own way, a sudden voice interrupted him.

"Who?!" Thor and Stark instinctively became alert.

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

Captain Marvel Carol Vers, trailing a golden tail of flame, dissipated the light that had been obscuring her face and descended from the sky.

"You are... the woman Nick Fury summoned?" Stark still had some recollection of Carol, a woman he had only met once.

It wasn't because she was particularly beautiful or had a great figure; it was simply because Carol Vers was the only woman he had ever seen who was said to be able to physically traverse the universe.

Woman!

"Carol, you're not dead?!" Thor seemed more excited than Stark.

Previously, he and Carol went to Vormir to see what the Soul Stone was all about, hoping to find it, but they encountered Beckett fell from the sky.

He never saw Carol again after that.

He even once thought that Carol had been killed by Beckett.

"I was imprisoned in the Dark Order before, and I escaped only after making a deal with Thanos's daughter." Carol shook her head.

"After that Asgardians named Loki appeared, I have been observing him from the shadows."

"Some of his men are strangely strong, especially the one named Clark; I'm no match for him."

"So, instead of selling them, I secretly collected some of their energy properties and returned to my own spaceship to research and develop this thing."

As a "cosmic policeman" dedicated to maintaining peace among civilizations across the universe, Carol Vers has long since amassed her own warships and research labs.

"Given the availability of energy samples, it is not difficult to create something specific."

Shaking the energy gem in her hand, Carol crushed it right in front of Thor and Stark.

The surging energy spread outwards from Carol, and the ice crystals that Mera had released earlier began to melt upon contact with this overflowing energy wave.

The city, which should have no connection with the ocean, now looked like a model that had just been salvaged from the seabed, with every street corner and alleyway filled with water droplets.

"Wait, what?!" Thor's eyes widened in shock as he looked around at the figures falling one after another.

The groans of human suffering became the dominant theme of this dew-covered city at that moment.

"Time is limited, so I can only create the thawed ones first." Carol will be temporarily unable to care for all the humans in New York City after they are thawed.

After all, if this drags on any longer, the entire New York could very well become a ghost town.

By then, the lifelike ice sculptures in the city will have been completely reduced to corpses.

"I'll have someone handle this." Tony Stark, a big spender on Earth dogs, took it upon himself to handle the matter.

Having transformed into Iron Man, he has long since shouldered the responsibility to society, to this city, and even to the world.

"However, Ms. Carol."

"I hope what you're about to say is good news, otherwise I'll be in a bad mood." Tony Stark's expression wasn't very pleasant as he watched Carol hesitate.

Taking on the responsibility of all human healthcare in New York City at once would present some challenges, even for the wealthy Stark Group.

It's not just about funding, but also about connections.

"Nick Fury had previously given me some information about Beckett."

"I input that information into my spaceship's AI and then had it continuously track down the history or traces of that mysterious religion."

"Now, I've found it."

Carol opened her hand, and the figure that emerged from the bracelet appeared before Thor and Stark.

"This man's name is Menis. According to the information Nick Fury gave me, he was the first Pharaoh of the Ancient Egypt dynasty."

So far this year's Spring Festival Gala only has one interesting program by Shen Teng... It's a pity it was too short, it felt like it was over as soon as it started.

Yue Yunpeng almost blurted out something at the beginning...

Two more chapters to go, I'll keep writing with the Spring Festival Gala as background music~