Unexpected Visitor

Sunshine, beaches, beautiful women... but it's all just a brief intermission.

Chen Tian flicked his wrist slightly, and the Space Stone's deep blue light silently enveloped him.

The biting wind of Kamar-Taj filled my nostrils, mingling with the familiar, aged scents of wood and incense.

Chen Tian stood on the highest terrace, with the boundless snow-capped mountains below. Behind the terrace, in a house, an old man sat with candlelight and fragrant tea.

"Ancient One," Chen Tian spoke, his voice exceptionally clear in the silence.

The old man slowly raised his head, his movements hesitant and cautious.

Those eyes, though deeply etched with wrinkles, remained as profound and serene as the universe, gleaming with an all-seeing wisdom.

Upon seeing Chen Tian, a familiar, slightly teasing smile bloomed on her face, her voice hoarse yet warm. "Chen Tian? The Mediterranean winds couldn't smooth the wrinkles between your brows? Looks like the holiday wasn't enough to ease your worries."

Chen Tian Earth Flow the house naturally and sat down opposite her. "This place is colder than the Fridge, be careful not to freeze your bones."

Ancient One chuckled, a hint of self-deprecation in his voice, "These old bones of mine can only rely on my eyes to see and my nose to smell the drafty parts of this 'rag' now."

Her gaze fell on Chen Tian, and she said knowingly, "Having something on your mind, wanting to go back? What's the knot you're stuck on?"

"Yes, 2023." Chen Tian didn't beat around the bush.

"2023..." Ancient One repeated, the smile in her eyes fading, replaced by a complex and heavy sorrow.

She remained silent for a moment, as if glimpsing that tragic scene again through the dust of time.

"That singularity... the place where it was torn apart and then stitched back together. You're going to the eye of the storm, aren't you? The moment when six stars converge, heroes return and fall, and mortals throw punches at the universe?"

"You know the year I'm going, and the time of Thanos's fleet attack," Chen Tian said confidently.

Ancient One did not deny it.

Her withered hand reached out, slowly and laboriously, and pushed a cup of tea towards Chen Tian: "The ripples of time there... chaotic yet focused. The moment the six primal forces collided, the coordinates were like the sun, and also like a vortex that devoured everything..."

"The heart of the violence."

Her fingertips paused heavily, and a string of spacetime coordinates accurate to the millisecond was suddenly imprinted in Chen Tian's mind—a portal key where magical runes and physical coordinates were perfectly intertwined.

Ancient One withdrew her hand, slightly out of breath, the weariness of old age hard to conceal. She gazed at Chen Tian, her eyes seemingly piercing through him, seeing the end of the journey. "That moment... bearing supreme joy and endless sorrow. Hope and despair intertwined, a hero was born... and fell."

Her voice lowered, "Chen Tian, why are we going to that place?"

Chen Tian sensed the precise coordinates in his consciousness, and the five gems resonated faintly on his wrist. "Nothing much, just want to restore this chaotic 'New World' to its original state."

The Ancient One gazed intently at him, her wrinkles seeming to deepen. "It's more than that, isn't it? But it's alright, go do what you want. The timeline? I can't control that, and I can't control anything else either."

As she spoke, she gave a kind and warm smile, "No one can control you."

"Take care of yourself and avoid the cold wind," Chen Tian solemnly advised, then said no more.

The Space Stone's eerie blue light shone once more.

An ancient bronze bell rang softly and forlornly in the wind.

Enveloped in blue light, Chen Tian locked onto that scorching coordinate point deep within his consciousness—the final ruins of the Endgame.

"Ancient One, I really didn't think that much about it. Since we're going to retrieve the Soul Stone, why not take the opportunity to make up for our regrets?"

(The protagonist can travel back to the point in time when Zombie Thanos invaded, but since time travel is inevitable anyway, let's go all out! Don't say it's unscientific or baseless—it's all the work of the author!)

When Chen Tian transmitted the coordinates given to him by the Ancient One to Tony via the quantum communicator, the underground laboratory of the Arbitrator Tower instantly erupted into chaos.

"Friday! Immediately pull up the quantum analysis diagram for this coordinate!" Tony stared at the flashing data on the holographic projection, his face growing increasingly grim. "Damn it... this isn't just a time jump, it's crossing the barrier between parallel universes!"

Immediately, a chorus of curses erupted in the background:

Banner sighed, "This is a hundred times harder than finding a parking spot on the streets of the New York!"

Pym's roar pierced the walls, "Stark! Control your lunatic!"

Shuri slapped his forehead. "I knew hanging out with you bunch of mad scientists wouldn't lead to anything good."

Chen Tian's voice came through the communicator. "Stop complaining, get ready to go. The Soul Stone is waiting for us, and while we're at it... let's have a fight."

Three days later, in the Quantum Park next to the Arbitrator Tower.

Tony was adjusting the massive Quantum Tunnel generator, muttering to himself, "I must have been crazy to agree to this plan..."

The Transmigration Squad's lineup is arguably the most luxurious in history:

Dante kept muttering something in Vergil's ear, but after Vergil glared at him, he dared not speak.

Bayonetta elegantly inspected the firearms, while also giving Saitama a fashion tip.

Kiana jumped up and down excitedly. "Hahaha, it's my turn to shine again!"

Madara crossed his arms and sneered, "Let's go."

Natasha and Banner, each carrying a box containing their Gold Cloth, chatted and laughed, as if they were heading not to a battlefield, but to a scenic picnic in the countryside.

Steve, who stayed behind, instructed Chen Tian like a mother hen, "Remember, be cautious in all actions..."

2B nodded expressionlessly. "I'll take good care of the house."

"Everyone in position!" Tony put on his special helmet. "Quantum Tunnel activation countdown... 3, 2, 1!"

Blue light engulfed the entire park, instantly shrinking everyone's bodies to an invisible state, vanishing from their original spot; the veil of time and space was torn apart at that moment...

The battlefield was a scene of utter devastation, like something out of an apocalypse.

Tony was slammed into the ground again, blood blurring his vision.

He struggled to lift his eyes and saw Thanos's invincible figure, grinning maliciously, his fingertips just millimeters away from the golden gauntlet inlaid with the Six Infinity Stones!

Captain America used his last bit of strength to throw the shield, but Thanos easily slapped it away with a backhand, and the shield spun and embedded itself deeply in a pile of scrap metal in the distance.

Carol, enveloped in iridescent light, tore through the air and blasted towards Thanos, forcefully blasting away the purple Power Stone energy that Thanos had gathered in his other hand!

Thor, wielding Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, his eyes blazing with white light, was unable to withstand Thanos's attack and was choked by Thanos and thrown away.

Despair, like a cold, venomous snake, coiled around the heart of every survivor.

Tony's gaze struggled past Thanos's massive body to land on Doctor Strange, who was stopping the flood from reaching the ruins not far away.

Strange's face was equally disheveled, but his eyes were unusually clear.

He stared intently at Tony, then slowly and solemnly extended one finger—representing the only possibility of victory out of 14,065 possible outcomes!

Tony's gaze swept across the surroundings: Wakanda's Warrior lay fallen in droves, Hulk slumped in a pile of rubble, panting heavily, Ant-Man shrank to avoid the aftershocks of the energy, Hawkeye struggled to support himself... The Alliance's defenses had collapsed.

A surge of burning resolve instantly burned away the confusion and pain in Tony's eyes.

"Ugh--!" With a roar, Tony squeezed out his last bit of strength and burst out of the crater! The Mark 85 Nanotech Armor unleashed its final propulsion flames, transforming into a blur as Thanos!

The target, that hand about to the Snap!

His hands, with immense force, clamped down firmly on the two fingers Thanos was about to the Snap! The immense force of the struggle caused Thanos's arm to pause.

"Get out of my way, you bug!" Thanos's eyes flashed with annoyed surprise as his other giant fist slammed into Tony's chest armor with destructive wind pressure!

Snap!

The armor instantly cracked and dented extensively! Tony, like a kite with a broken string, spat out blood mixed with shattered nano-units from his mouth, his body flying uncontrollably backward, crashing heavily into a pile of twisted metal debris, kicking up clouds of dust.

Thanos looked down at the struggling figures in the ruins, a hint of contempt on his face.

He stopped looking at Tony and raised the Infinity Gauntlet, having completed its mission.

"I... am Schicksal!"

With an air of absolute confidence, he snapped his the Snap without hesitation, the End half of all life in the universe!

Click!

The crisp snap of fingers echoed across the battlefield.

However... the anticipated scenario of rebooting the entire universe did not occur; nothing happened.

The battlefield remained chaotic, with the remaining Avengers forces still struggling to withstand Thanos's army's attacks.

Thanos's smug expression froze. He abruptly looked down at his gauntlet—empty! The Six Infinity Stones had vanished without a trace!

Thanos's pupils contracted to pinpoints, and his massive body trembled with immense shock and rage.

He abruptly turned his head, his gaze like a tangible Blade, piercing fiercely in the direction where Tony had fallen.

The smoke and dust from the ruins slowly dissipated.

Tony was kneeling there, his head slightly bowed, breathing heavily.

But what's most striking is the nano-armor covering his right hand!

The originally streamlined golden armor plates are now being violently washed away, torn apart, and melted by an unimaginable, extremely violent energy!

Six Infinity Stones —crimson, orange, azure, violet, emerald, and bright yellow—were forcibly embedded and fused into the nanounits on his left hand, like red-hot branding irons!

They throbbed and clashed violently on the back of Tony's hand, radiating a destructive energy powerful enough to tear everything apart!

Sizzle sizzle--!

The violent energy flow, like billions of volts of electricity or boiling magma, instantly burned away the nanolayers and tore apart the skin and muscle tissue!

Tony's left side visibly turned black and carbonized, and the terrifying energy erosion even spread over his shoulder!

The intense pain contorted Tony's handsome face, his teeth nearly grinding to powder, and Beast- like growl escaped his throat!

But the pain was only momentary. The next moment, an unprecedented willpower, surpassing the limits of life, erupted like a volcano!

All the pain, fear, and hesitation were forcibly suppressed and burned away by this will!

Tony jerked his head up! Blood streamed down his forehead, staining half his cheek red, but his eyes were sharper and more resolute than ever before, like a star forged in fire! That charred half of his body had become the cruelest medal of his unwavering will!

He stared intently at Thanos, who was momentarily stunned and incredulous at the disappearance of the gems, a blood-stained, arrogant Thanos spreading across his face, a smile a mixture of utter exhaustion and absolute victory.

Each syllable seemed to be squeezed from burning lungs, hoarse with the friction of metal, yet resounding through the heavens, like a final judgment:

"I... AM... IRON MAN!"

Tony's blood-stained self-declaration was like a final battle drumbeat, striking the hearts of every survivor!

His charred, carbonized left hand, inlaid with six Destruction Stones, held an unwavering resolve as he prepared to snap his the Snap at Thanos to the End everything!

At this critical moment, just before the energy of the Infinity Stones was about to completely engulf Tony and detonate cosmic-level energy—

Swish!

A hand covered in streamlined blue, white, and black armor precisely clamped down on Tony's wrist, which bore the weight of the Infinity Stones and destruction!

The gauntlet was adorned with cold, hard lines and dark blue energy patterns that exuded a futuristic feel. Its power was so great that it forcefully suppressed the raging energy of the gemstone!

At the same time, a voice that Tony knew by heart, yet which he knew absolutely no longer could be there, with its signature cynicism and a hint of smugness, rang clearly in his ears:

"Wow! This energy reaction is really powerful! It's a hundred times more exciting than I expected... I never thought that I, in a parallel world, would have such a 'great' moment?"

Tony suddenly and with great difficulty turned his head to the side.

The intense pain blurred his vision, but the striking armor—primarily blue and white with black outlining its sharp contours, and flowing blue energy bands on the shoulder armor and joints, with the faintly visible, futuristic propulsion wing structure on its back—instantly filled his field of vision, filled with an unprecedented sense of unfamiliarity and coolness.

The streamlined mask covering the face contracted and disintegrated upwards like flower petals, revealing a face.

A face that belongs to Tony Stark!

But being younger, and having not experienced so much profound pain and sacrifice, he still carried that genius's arrogance and cynicism between his brows, and even habitually wore a smug, roguish smile at the corner of his mouth.

Tony's pupils contracted sharply, as if he were witnessing the most absurd illusion!

He wanted to speak, to question, to roar, but only a hoarse, bellows-like sound came from his throat; the excruciating pain and energy erosion had almost completely robbed him of his ability to speak.

Only those tired yet sharp eyes stared intently at this "self," filled with extreme shock and incomprehension.

"Shh, don't get excited, it's an old guy from a parallel universe." The transmigrated Tony grinned, his smile as bright as a big boy who had just pulled off a prank, but deep in his cynical eyes was an undeniable determination.

He grasped the wrist of the native Tony and activated nanotechnology.

The six raging gems on Tony's hand seemed to be guided and detached by an invisible force, transforming into Six Paths streams of light that instantly transferred and perfectly embedded themselves into the specially designed grooves in the blue, white, and black armor on Tony's left hand!

The moment the gem was embedded, the surface of the armor shimmered with light, and the dark blue energy patterns, like a blazing galaxy, hummed, yet steadily withstood this terrifying power without showing any sign of collapse!

At the same time, Tony's right hand shot out like lightning, and a delicate silver can sprayed out a large amount of medical nano-spray that shimmered with a cold silver-white light, precisely covering Tony's charred and horrifying left side!

"Relax, buddy." Transcendent Tony said in his distinctive, slightly mocking tone as he quickly tended to the fatal wounds of the native Tony. His gaze swept past the native Tony's shoulder and locked onto Thanos in the distance, who was enraged and incredulous over the disappearance of the Infinity Stones.

"The medical nanobots will temporarily save your life. As for that purple sweet potato spirit..."

A confident smile crept across Tony's lips, his eyes gleaming like stars. "Leave it to us to 'take care of'!"

Before he could finish speaking!

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Several figures, each with a distinct style yet equally formidable, descended like meteors, accompanied by piercing shrieks that tore through the air and surging energy storms, crashing Descent upon the scorched ruins beside Tony!

Time and space seemed to freeze for a moment under their imposing presence!

The smoke and dust were instantly dispersed, revealing the true form of this "luxury sightseeing group":

Dante, carrying his iconic Rebellion, wore his ever-present playful smile; Vergil, clutching Yamato, had an icy gaze, and the mere sight of him caused eerie ripples in the surrounding space.

Bayonetta landed gracefully, her high heels shattering the rocks. She even had the leisure to smooth her black hair, the muzzle of Colour My World gun gleaming dangerously. Beside her, Saitama, wearing his modified hooded suit by Tony, his bald head reflecting the battlefield Kakkō, wore a bewildered expression, as if asking, "Huh, are we there yet?" But the absolute power emanating from him distorted the very air around him.

Kiana (Herrscher of the Void form) hovered in mid-air, her golden Herrscher core gleaming at her chest. Behind her Subspace Spear slowly rotated, boundless Honkai Energy surging like a tide. Her golden eyes surveyed the battlefield, carrying a divine indifference mixed with a barely perceptible excitement. "Ha! This is much more exciting than fighting Honkai Beasts!"

Madara Uchiha crossed his arms, his cold eyes sweeping over Thanos and his army behind him. A slight smirk played on his lips—a pure and cruel fighting spirit born from seeing something worthy of destruction. "Hmph, no matter how many ants there are, they can't change the outcome."

Natasha appeared wearing the Scorpio Cloth, her pretty face filled with solemnity. She slightly rotated her wrist, and the poison needle on her index finger was covered with a teardrop-shaped light that flowed slowly.

Beside her was Hulk, dressed in the Taurus Cloth. As soon as he appeared, he slammed the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

This suddenly Descent "team of tough guys from the sky," radiating a terrifying aura, instantly became the focus of the entire battlefield! Their arrival was like dropping a super bomb on a frozen lake of despair!

The once deathly silent battlefield erupted into even greater chaos and incredulous gasps!

Thanos's fury and astonishment were instantly replaced by an unprecedented solemnity. His burly body tensed, and his Infinity Gauntlet clenched into a fist (even though the gems were gone). He stared intently at the uninvited guests, especially "Tony Stark," who wore strange armor, easily seized the gems, and gave him a provocative smile!

The leader of this time-traveling team is Chen Tian.

His appearance was neither dazzling nor earth-shattering; he simply walked out of thin air and went to the two Tony.

He first glanced at the badly wounded native Tony, frowning, then looked at the transmigrated Tony and said with a smile, "This brave, fearless, and self-sacrificing me is still alive. We've arrived just in time."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tian smiled and said, "That's good."

He then looked up at Thanos, his smile vanished, his face turned ashen, and blue demonic flames began to surge around his body.

He first extended his right hand, and a small red ball spun in his palm.

Then, he suddenly clasped his hands together, and the energy ball scattered in his palms, with rings of red light spreading out from him.

The battlefield was instantly turned upside down!

All the Warrior belonging to the Avengers — Wakanda warriors, Asgardian Warriors, Hulk, Hawkeye, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Thor, Ant-Man ... whether they were Charge or struggling, it was as if they were being suddenly grabbed by a giant hand and dragged backward!

A red light swept across them, and they were involuntarily lifted off the ground, flying backward at high speed. This gentle yet irresistible force precisely flung them to a relatively safe area at the edge of the battlefield.

At the same time, Thanos's Outrider Legion, the Chitauri spaceships, the Leviathan... all the ferocious and roaring invaders were also captured by this all-encompassing crimson repulsive aura!

They were as if thrown into a violent centrifuge, slammed violently to the other side of the battlefield with tremendous force amidst ear-piercing screams and shattering sounds!

Sizzle--!

The crimson glow swept across the ground, leaving behind a massive, charred, bottomless crack! The two sides of the crack were clearly distinct!

The Chu River and Han Border!

On the left are the Avengers, still shaken and panting, watching themselves "teleported" here unharmed, their faces a mixture of bewilderment, shock, and disbelief at surviving a close call.

To the right, Thanos's army, disheveled and in disarray, had regrouped. They roared angrily at the bottomless rift, yet instinctively sensed the terrifying pressure emanating from the newly Descent invaders opposite them.

In the middle, on the huge scorched earth that Chen Tian had forcibly cleared out, only the Arbitrators team and Thanos, standing alone in front of the army, remained.

The air seemed to freeze. Only the occasional sound of gravel falling from the edge of the scarlet crack could be clearly heard.

Thanos's fierce eyes were fixed on Chen Tian in the center. This seemingly ordinary man, who could divide the battlefield with every move and display unreasonable power, suddenly became the most threatening person in Thanos's eyes!

Chen Tian raised his head and looked at Thanos. The gentle smile on his face vanished completely, replaced by a barely suppressed, ferocious excitement that was about to be unleashed.

The blue demonic flames surging on its body roared silently, like an abyss ready to devour its prey.

He didn't glance at the Avengers again, his gaze fixed solely on Thanos and the chaotic army behind him.

"Arbitrators!!!!!!"

Chen Tian's voice resounded throughout the entire battlefield, carrying a trace of the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, causing the space around him to tremble slightly.

The members of the Transmigration Squad around him were bursting with fighting spirit, and they all assumed battle stances.

"Attack."

Two words, spoken softly.

But to the Arbitrators' team, it was like igniting the key to a supercar with a V12 engine! Instantly unleashing a long-suppressed fighting spirit powerful enough to incinerate the stars!

Saitama was the first to move! The scorched earth beneath his feet silently collapsed into a giant crater, and his body vanished from the spot! Only a blurry afterimage and a sonic boom cloud formed by the extreme speed remained in the air!

The next second, a tremendous shockwave erupted from the center of the Outriders beast horde, turning hundreds of monsters into dust in the force of the punch.

"Legacy... Start!" Dante laughed wildly, twirling the Rebellion in his hand in a dazzling display of power, Red Devil swirling around his body like a storm!

He followed closely behind Saitama, transforming into a streak of red light that tore through the air, and crashed headlong into the densest horde of Outriders beasts! Wherever his sword flashed, limbs flew through the air!

Vergil remained silent as the Yamato was drawn half an inch from its sheath, instantly slicing countless fine, dark cracks into the surrounding space!

His figure blurred, like a phantom blending into the shadows, carrying absolute sharpness and coldness, as Thanos's flank!

"The ball has begun!" Bayonetta's elegant, dance-like steps, though her high heels struck the scorched earth like the beating of war drums!

"Colour My World" danced in her palm, unleashing a storm of bullets imbued with magic, ricocheting off the Chitauri aircraft attempting to break through the crack! Each trigger pull was accompanied by her dangerous smile.

"Space, Imprison!" Kiana, the Herrscher of the Void, hovered in mid-air, her golden eyes indifferent and ruthless. With a slight lift of her slender hand, several enormous Subspace Gate instantly opened above the battlefield!

An invisible barrier of Honkai Energy crashed down like a curtain of the sky, pinning a small area of Outriders, along with the space itself, to the spot! Immediately afterward, Subspace Spear shot out from the door like a torrential rain!

"Boring grunts." Madara Uchiha sneered, and his Rinnegan activated! Several small meteorites inexplicably appeared in the sky and crashed into Thanos's army. Instantly, explosions and flying dust filled everyone's vision.

"Scorpion Sting - Crimson Kiss!" Natasha, clad in the Scorpio Cloth, moved like a golden lightning bolt! Her figure was as agile as a ghost, weaving through the chaotic enemy ranks.

The poison needle on his index finger, gleaming like a drop of water, flashed a deadly crimson! Each thrust precisely pierced the vital points of the Outriders or Chitauri soldiers. The pierced enemies instantly stiffened, strange crimson patterns appeared on their skin, and then they turned to ashes within seconds!

"Hulk! Horn!!" Under the Taurus Cloth, Hulk seemed even more muscular and powerful! He roared, his two massive fists, encased in heavy golden arm armor, slammed into the ground like the hammers of Kami!

Boom!!!

The earth rippled and tore apart violently like waves! Terrifying Shockwave spread in a ring, turning all enemies within a hundred meters of him, whether ground troops or low-flying units, into a bloody pulp!

After Tony passed through the portal and steadily delivered the Six Infinity Stones into Chen Tian's hands as streams of light, the pair of futuristic-looking propulsion wings on his back instantly unleashed a torrent of dark blue particles!

"F.R.I.D.A.Y., all weapon systems unlocked! Target—purple target and all surrounding moving objects! Free to annihilate!"

Before he could finish speaking, countless miniature missile launchers and beam cannons instantly sprang up from his armored shoulders, back, and outer arms!

"Boom boom boom boom boom--!!!" Like a swarm of metal locusts, miniature missiles and dense beams of dark blue energy instantly engulfed a massive beast tide that was gathering on Thanos's right!

The explosion's Kakkō and energy shockwave instantly engulfed it!

Chen Tian firmly grasped the six docile Infinity Stones in his hand. He looked at the extremely violent war scene before him, which he had personally ignited and which was jointly performed by this group of monsters from different dimensions. The ferocious excitement on his face finally turned into cold fighting spirit.

With a flick of his wrist, the Infinity Stones vanished from his palm. He tilted his head at Thanos, flashing a bright smile.

"Don't worry, Thanos, I won't use the Infinity Stones against you. It's much more satisfying to destroy you with my own hands."