When Tony and the others heard this, and learned that the enemy was Thanos, they were not too shocked.
They had already known that Scott's daughter, Cassie, had come from a timeline where Thanos snapped his fingers—and it had been in 2023.
Tony even cracked a joke. "Looks like Thanos is a villain no matter where he goes, unlike me, a good guy."
"..."
Mr. Fantastic and the others were speechless. After learning that the Illuminati on the other side had a machine capable of transporting them there, they chose to end the call.
They still needed to consider whether they should go help.
"What they said is probably true, but should we go help them? The question is, can we even beat him if we go?"
Bruce Banner asked cautiously.
The other side's lineup was almost the same as theirs, except they lacked Tony as Iron Man and Bruce Banner as the Hulk. They also had an extra Black Bolt, though nobody knew how strong he was.
But no matter how confident Tony was in himself, he did not think his nanotech armor could do much damage to Thanos.
After all, Thanos was the ultimate villain in every universe. Tony was not confident to that extent...
"How about calling Ke Chen?"
Professor X, Charles, suggested.
The X-Men had previously followed Ke Chen to another world to fight, and Charles had learned a little about the situation. He knew that with Ke Chen's strength, it should not be a problem.
Besides, Ke Chen had already dealt with one Thanos. Taking care of another should not be an issue. Practice made perfect, after all.
The only difference was that the Thanos of Universe 838 was even more terrifying. He had likely already gathered all six Infinity Stones, and nobody knew who