Thor ultimately failed to snap his fingers.
It was not because everyone was disgusted by the cheese oozing all over him.
It was because Banner noticed something was wrong.
"Guys, come over here. You need to see this!"
Banner, now merged with Hulk, rapidly worked the controls and brought up satellite footage.
A three-dimensional projection of the Earth above their heads appeared.
"The Earth approaching us has suddenly become solid!"
Banner's face was grave and tense. "I'm afraid our earlier guess was right. That Earth is going to collide with ours!"
At this point in time, Thanos's snap had taken away half of Earth's population.
Everywhere in the world was steeped in chaos and the dispirited aftermath of disaster.
Even Kamar-Taj had been stretched thin during this time. Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme who had taken up the position on short notice, managed everything and barely held off the invasion of the Dimension Demon Gods.
So the Avengers here had received no intelligence from Kamar-Taj—or rather, from Strange.
They did not know that the Earth closing in overhead had represented a collision between two universes from the very beginning.
The Avengers of the B2 Universe crowded around the projection.
They discussed the other Earth, which looked hostile no matter how they viewed it.
Just then.
Outside the conference room, Nebula successfully opened the Quantum Tunnel.
Thanos and his army suddenly appeared beyond Earth in utter silence.
Thousands of cannons aboard the fleet opened, gathering terrifying energy amid flashing light. They targeted Avengers Base and unleashed a full barrage!
Meteor-shower-like energy shells plunged through the atmosphere.
In the blink of an eye, they bombarded Avengers Base.
Avengers Base had been built by Tony to resemble a fortress.
Yet now, it seemed to be nothing more than fragile LEGO bricks.
It rapidly collapsed