In the Ark's control room, blinding red lights flashed wildly, their glare stinging everyone's eyes.
Tony Stark stared at the display inside his helmet, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.
"Damn it!"
He let out a low growl.
The armor he wore was coming apart piece by piece, while JARVIS's voice broke into fragments, like an electrical current being crushed.
Beside him, Reed Richards clutched his head in both hands. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the holographic projection, where the curves representing fundamental constants were disintegrating.
Superman Clark knelt before the viewport, his eyes squeezed shut as two trails of bloody tears slipped down his cheeks.
Eyes that could once see across an entire galaxy now seemed like a curse.
Countless parallel timelines sliced across his retinas like sharpened blades.
Every passing second was torture by a thousand cuts.
Crack—
A fissure appeared in the head of Stormbreaker, the axe Thor held in his hands.
Weblike cracks spread rapidly across it, and the light from the Six Infinity Stones set within it began to flicker.
Scarlet Witch Wanda coughed up a mouthful of blood. Her face turned deathly pale.
Adam lay curled in her arms, the Void Origin within his body on the verge of spiraling out of control.
Every member of the team was gravely wounded.
The entire team stood on the brink of annihilation.
And yet—
One man still stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in robes white as snow.
Chu Hang stood motionless at the very front of the bridge.
Turbulent currents from the collapsing space stirred his hair, yet left not the slightest mark on him.
He looked far too calm.
"Heh."
A faint smile tugged at Chu Hang's lips.
Tony and Reed both jerked their heads up.
*At a time like this... he could