"Unfortunately, I think so."
Josen patted Ant-Man on the shoulder and said, "When I found this van, there were indeed three piles of ash left by the external equipment."
"Oh. My. God!"
His girl and his generous backer's family had suddenly vanished into thin air. For Ant-Man, who had only just regained his happiness, the blow was undoubtedly devastating.
He had plummeted straight from the clouds into the sewers he knew so well.
"Wait, even so, why do you say there's still hope of saving them through the Quantum Realm?"
"Well..."
The Captain hadn't made sense of Tony and Dr. Banner's conversation earlier, and for a moment, he had no idea how to begin explaining.
Steve: Help me, help me!
"Let me explain."
Josen volunteered to take over the explanation. "A simple question, Scott. How long do you think you just spent in the Quantum Realm?"
"Well..." Scott froze for a moment, counting on his fingers as he worked it out in his head. "Two minutes? Maybe a little longer... I guess? You can't accurately sense time in that place, but I'm sure I wasn't in there for long this time."
The Heroes exchanged glances at his words. Tony and Dr. Banner, who had the highest academic qualifications, looked particularly thoughtful.
"That's where the problem lies."
Josen spread his hands and continued, "You think you were only in there for three minutes, but in reality, fifteen days have passed."
"Fifteen days?" Ant-Man Scott looked stunned. Only then did he remember that time had come up earlier too, but he had unconsciously overlooked it. "Right, the Captain mentioned that earlier..."
He frowned in thought for a while before saying, "I remember now. Dr. Pym told me that time in the Quantum Realm isn't synchronized with reality. In some time vortexes, time