On Earth.
The black hole above New York City finally vanished.
The people trapped in the time loop finally returned to normal.
Many had no idea this was the several-thousandth time they had started screaming and frantically fled the danger zone.
But those who escaped the time loop zone discovered something bizarre.
In their memories, the disaster had clearly struck only a few dozen seconds earlier.
And they had escaped.
Yet when they checked the time afterward, half a month had already passed.
While they went around endlessly inside the time loop, more than ten days had passed outside.
Under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s coordination, countless teams had long been standing by, ready to rescue people the moment the loop ended.
But although Earth's crisis had passed.
The man who had saved Earth from danger several times vanished along with the dark opening.
Countless people gazed up at the sky, wondering when he would return.
Day after day passed on Earth.
Every day, countless people asked S.H.I.E.L.D. the same question: had he returned?
People spontaneously brought flowers to the ground beneath where the opening had been.
Even the airspace over New York City where the battle had taken place was declared a no-fly zone.
Everyone feared that even the slightest disturbance might affect the Apocalypse King's return.
The people at S.H.I.E.L.D. wore solemn expressions. Although none of them believed Apocalypse would die.
When they thought of the power of two universes colliding, none could convince themselves that a human could truly survive such a world-ending catastrophe.
Previously, Apocalypse had been trapped in Asgard for two years, leading Iron Man and Black Widow to believe he had died in battle.
That had turned out to be a false alarm.
Now, everyone hoped this really was another false alarm.
And that they could see