Peter looked at this stubborn young man and sighed, "Only people with half of my bloodline can bypass the blood rune lock on the Vibranium box."
"Let me tell you, dad can guess it!" Stephen, the youngest girl, raised her chin triumphantly.
Boom!
A pillar of fire suddenly rose into the sky from the edge of the rooftop, and Johnny flew up covered in flames. "Bastards! The second round has begun - uh, why don't we fight?"
Ten minutes later, the reception hall on the top floor of Baxter Building.
The atmosphere fell into a strange and extremely dead silence.
Susan, Johnny and Ororo were sitting at the bar, their vigilant and inquiring eyes never leaving the three young people on the sofa. Qin, Felicia and Wanda were sitting on one side of the bench, with different expressions.
Peter stood in front of the coffee table, rubbing his eyebrows and breaking the silence. "So... let me introduce you formally. What are your full names?"
Hope wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "You already know me."
"My name is Stephanie·Magda·Parker!" The little girl puffed up her chest proudly, "But dad usually calls me Little Pumpkin!"
As soon as he said this, Wanda, who was sitting far away, shook his body suddenly and almost dropped his teacup. "Magda? That's... my mother's name."
Stephanie blinked his big eyes and nodded repeatedly. "Yes! Uncle Pietro usually calls me Maggie. He said that was the nickname my grandpa used to call my grandma!"
Evan's jaw almost dropped to the ground, and his fingers were gesturing wildly between Wanda and Hope: "Wait! There is too much information for me to ignore...Wanda is a child too?!"
Hope pointed to his red hair. "Obviously, my mother is Qin Grey."
"How many people will you provoke in the future?!" Johnny finally couldn't help roaring, grabbed an apple and threw it at Peter, "You bastard!"
Peter turned his head away from Apple and turned his eyes to the silver-haired boy who always had a cold face. "What about you?"
The boy leaned on the sofa and snorted casually, "Benjamin·Walter·Parker. As for who my mother is, you don't have to guess."
Felicia's face instantly turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were fixed on Benjamin's face, whose features were very similar to his own.
After a long time, she finally spoke softly and tentatively, "What... did you call me?"
Benjamin The anger in his eyes receded a little, and he turned his head awkwardly. "Hi... Mom."
"Oh my God..." Kurt crossed himself on his chest, "How many children do you have?"
"About a dozen." Stephanie counted on his fingers, "There are a lot of half-brothers and sisters. The eldest sister is Katherine, and behind her there is Mei--"
"Stop!" Peter and Hope interrupted almost simultaneously.
Peter wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Knowing too much about the future will cause serious time paradoxes. Let's get down to business. Why did you take such a big risk to travel back?"
The warmth in Benjamin's eyes disappeared instantly, replaced by cold hatred. "In order to completely destroy that Mind Stone."
"Why?" Ororo frowned.
"Because in the future, a madman who calls himself Thanos will use six gems to wipe out half of all life in the universe." Hope took over, "He believes that the resources of the universe are limited, and the balance must be maintained through the indiscriminate Carnage."
"Madman." Susan took a breath of cold air.
Benjamin stood up and stared at Peter, his eyes as sharp as knives. "What's even more ridiculous is that in that future... it was you who messed up everything with your own hands. When Thanos came, you flinched and you hesitated! It was you who caused the destruction of the world, forcing us to face ruins and war as soon as we were born!"
"Ben!" Hope shouted to stop.
"I'm right!" The boy's eyes were red, and he pointed at Peter through gritted teeth, "My mother died to save you! Half of the people in the universe died, but the most damned person... survived!"
You can hear a needle drop in the hall.
Felicia felt as if he had been stabbed hard in the heart. He subconsciously wanted to step forward to refute, but was stopped by Peter who gently raised his hand.
Peter was not angry. He just looked at his son quietly, with endless sadness and guilt in his eyes. In the illusion just now, he had already seen the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
He turned around, walked silently to the corridor leading to the laboratory, and closed the door behind his back.
"Peter!" Felicia wanted to catch up, but was blocked by the heavy alloy door.
The laboratory was dark.
Peter fell down on the swivel chair and buried his face deeply in his palms. Those memory fragments about the future were raging in his mind - Tony's despair, Thor's broken arm, the wail of the whole universe turning into ashes, and... the departure of the loved ones around him.
Knock, knock.
There was a very light knock on the door.
"Dad..." Hope's gentle voice came through the crack in the door, "Can you open the door? I want to talk to you."
Peter took a deep breath and calmed down the chaotic heartbeat. "Sassy, open the door."
The door slid open. The red-haired girl walked in quietly, pulled up a chair and sat down next to him.
"You shouldn't take Ben's words to heart." Hope comforted softly, "He just misses his mother too much."
"How... did your mother leave?" Peter's voice was a little hoarse.
Hope was silent for a moment and whispered, "It was during an advance raid by Thanos. In order to protect our evacuation, she forcibly activated the ancient power hidden in her body... Phoenix Force. She repelled the fleet, but her body was completely Oblivion."
"Phoenix..." Peter closed his eyes in pain.
"What happened next? Who else was gone?"
Hope's eyes were red. "Many people. Aunt Felicia died to protect civilians, uncle Tony, uncle Thor... too many. But dad, no one blames you! If you hadn't been organizing resistance on the front line, we wouldn't even have a chance to grow up!"
Peter raised his head and looked at her. "Then what is your real plan when you come back this time? Destroy the gems?"
"No, Infinity Stones cannot be completely destroyed by ordinary forces." Hope shook his head and took out the future gem fragment from his arms, "Strange Uncle used the fragment of Time Stone to send us back. Our plan is to use this fragment impregnated with the sealing spell to create a logical deadlock on the current Mind Stone."
"Logical deadlock?"
"Yes, completely lock its energy resonance mechanism at the macro level." A glint flashed in Hope's eyes, "Once the spell takes effect, this gem will never be able to cooperate with the other five gems. Even if Thanos wears all the gloves in the future, he will never be able to kill the world-destroying the Snap!"