The shape of disaster is abstract to an almost philosophical level.
Globally, people have begun to experience a strange "weakened sense of presence." Instead of disappearing, their own existence has become blurry, transparent, and easy to be ignored. The footsteps have become softer, the voices are difficult to attract attention, and it is easy to be ignored even when standing in front of others. The sense of existence of objects is also weakening, keys are clearly on the table but difficult to be "seen", and important documents have become "inconspicuous" and easy to be ignored.
"It's not optical invisibility, it's not cognitive interference!" Bruce·Banner In the S.H.I.E.L.D. command center, looking at the abnormal downward curve of the global concentration index and presence perception index, his voice was confused and a little uneasy, "It is the 'weight' of 'existence' itself that is being reduced! The 'influence' of individuals and objects on reality and consciousness is being weakened!"
Nick Fury's single eye scanned the vague but heart-stopping reports. "Source? Purpose?"
"Unable to locate the physical source!" Maria·Hill responded, "The energy signature... is not so much energy as it is some kind of 'conceptual operation'! It seems to be modifying the intensity parameter of the attribute 'existence' itself!"
The holographic image of Tony·Stark appeared, and he tried to scan himself with various sensors, but the readings were normal, but he did feel that his speech seemed to be more difficult to attract the audience. "Friday named it 'Presence Attenuation Field'! It reduces the 'saliency' of things in reality and consciousness! Our communication efficiency is declining because the information becomes 'inconspicuous'!"
Strange and Wang felt in Sanctum Sanctorum that the foundation of magical existence seemed to be weakening. "This is not to eliminate the existence, but to 'fade' it," Strange said with a solemn expression, "There is something that is 'lowering the contrast' of the entire reality!"
Avengers itself was also affected. The inspiring effect of Captain America was greatly reduced, the dazzling appearance of Iron Man became dull, and the stealth of Black Widow almost became a real "non-existence". They tried hard to maintain order, but their words and actions seemed to have lost their previous "weight", and it was difficult to attract enough attention and response.
Social operations have become inefficient, communication is difficult, and collective actions are difficult to organize. The world seems to be slowly "fading out."
Malibu Beach.
Xiao Han noticed that a seagull seemed to ignore his existence and almost bumped into him. What made him even more displeased was that he felt that his absolute and unignorable "sense of existence" seemed to be disturbed by an extremely subtle "dilution", just like the purest light was mixed with a trace of impurities. This feeling made him seem less "real" when absorbing sunlight.
"Existential interference." He whispered displeasedly. Super-Senses - especially the ultimate perception of the absoluteness of his own existence and the intensity of his influence on reality - instantly locked onto the abnormal operations that permeated the level of real rules and attempted to reduce the "weight of existence".
To him, it's like trying to desaturate a painting, making it dull and dull and needs to be corrected.
He did not even look for the source of the operation, but subconsciously "manifested" his biological existence field that was absolutely "existent", absolutely "significant", and could not be ignored in any way.
It's like adding the brightest and purest paint to a dark painting, forcibly restoring its color saturation.
The abnormal rule operation that attempts to reduce the "sense of presence" and weaken the "saliency", at the moment of contact with this absolute "existence" and "salience" biological field, its internal "dilution" instructions are like being covered by strong colors, and are instantly reversed, enhanced, and reset.
The global Presence Dilution phenomenon came to an abrupt end.
People's footsteps became solid again, words regained weight, and objects became "eye-catching" again. The world was forcibly pulled back to high-definition mode from that slow "fade out".
Avengers was stunned in place, suddenly finding that his and others' existence had returned to its normal "weight" and "saliency".
"The sense of presence... has been restored?" Steve felt that his words were inspiring again.
"It's him again?" Natasha found that he could easily attract everyone's attention again.
Doctor Banner watched as the index representing the intensity of existence returned to normal instantly and murmured, "He... He used his absolute 'existence' to act as a 'contrast enhancer'? Forcibly raising the 'existence saturation' of reality?"
Strange felt the restoration of the "clear" and "powerful" sense of reality and breathed a sigh of relief, "For him, maybe he just felt that the 'world' just now was too dim and the sense of existence was too weak, which affected his 'conspicuousness', so he 'brightened' it."
In an abstract field that transcends the level of existence, an experimental consciousness that is studying the "Watchers effect" and "existence intensity" is surprised to find that its down-regulation operation on the "existence parameter" of the target reality has been forcibly overwritten and reversely enhanced.
It detects the power that completely "reverses" and "strengthens" its operation, and feels an absolute existence characteristic that is extremely "existent" and extremely "significant" and cannot be diluted in any form.
It silently sets the presence parameters of the experimental reality (identification: 616) to "read-only" and "maximum locked", and notes. "The target reality has an unparsable 'Existence Amplifier'. Any operation that attempts to reduce its presence intensity or significance will trigger a mandatory presence enhancement. The experimental conditions are contaminated. Recommendation: Terminate all related research to avoid being assimilated by its presence backlash."
Xiao Han felt that the "clear" and "real" sense of existence in his surroundings had returned, and his own absolute sense of existence that could not be ignored became pure and stable again. The seagull avoided him in panic.
The world finally stopped "fading".
This is good.
As for who is turning down the "volume" of existence? Why?
He has no interest.