Peter has been completely convinced by Bucky, and in his heart he also wants to seize this glimmer of hope, which is almost the most likely hope for him to seize.
He lifted his feet and walked away, preparing to return to the cave and try to enter the dream world again to obtain his possible salvation.
Bucky stood on the spot and did not follow. He just stared at Peter's back, with a trace of worry in his eyes, but more of expectation. Then, his eyes once again focused on the pit where a few seeds were buried.
For them, what is buried here is not just a seed, but also the germ of their hope in this desperate world.
They believe, they force themselves to believe that what Peter gets in the dream world must be what they hope for.
Bucky subconsciously ignored the danger sense in Peter's mouth, and Peter didn't mention it much.
It's not that they don't care, it's that they don't want to care.
Even if they need to take huge risks, as long as there is a slight possibility of redeeming this desperate world, they are willing to take this risk.
Bucky knew this, and so did Peter. Therefore, Bucky said it directly, and Peter did not refute it.
"Huh?!"
Peter had just walked to the entrance of the cave when he suddenly heard Bucky's suspicious and thick nasal voice coming from behind.
Peter, who was originally a little worried about what was wrong with the seeds he buried, turned around after swiping and almost jogged to approach Bucky.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Let me just say there's something wrong with them. It seems like we can no longer go to the dream world. Damn it, I knew how I could suddenly get in touch with a magical world!"
"Bucky, get out of there quickly!"
"Bucky, ba..."
"... How is that possible?!"
Peter's voice stopped suddenly, and his steps stopped unconsciously. His eyes widened, staring at the place where he had just buried the seeds, and his neck stretched forward unconsciously.
A few green wheat seedlings were just growing there, with their flexible leaves swaying gently in the breeze. Like everything he saw in his dream, they had a perfect texture.
The nearest one, Bucky, was already kneeling on one knee, lowering his head to take a closer look, and tentatively stroking the leaves with his hands.
"It's true, I just saw them, they suddenly grew out of the ground, just like... in the blink of an eye!"
Bucky's words were full of surprises, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot due to the violent fluctuations in emotion.
"I seemed to see a light... a green light..."
Peter listened to Bucky's muttering, and bent down, staring at those soft-looking leaves, trying to see something.
It's a pity that he didn't see anything, he only saw the same perfect texture that existed in everything he saw in the dream world.
"Gudong...!"
Peter swallowed, the voice was so loud that even Peter himself was startled.
He tremblingly stretched out a hand, stretched out his index finger and touched the leaf.
Without warning, a faint trace of red-gray energy emerged from his fingertips, quickly submerged into the leaves, flashed before his eyes, and then disappeared.
"Suck--!"
Peter's whole body froze, his pupils quickly expanded and contracted, and the flash of light on his finger was still reflected in his eyes.
At that moment, he didn't even feel anything, as if the light didn't come from his fingers.
"What is this?"
"A surprise you brought back from your dream?"
Bucky also saw it. He grabbed Peter's palm directly, his eyes suddenly became sharp and cold, like a wolf that had seen its prey.
"I..."
Peter's lips moved slightly, and he was about to speak, but when his eyes moved to the blade that had absorbed the energy just now, he felt his heart tremble and he was stunned.
Sensing something was wrong with Peter, Bucky did not let go of Peter's palm and moved his eyes over. Then, he was also stunned.
The leaves don't change, they don't grow taller, they don't change color, they just... have a little more on them.
A... black and gold ring covered with fine lines.
The ring was placed by Li Ge who had just crossed the rift in time and space and entered this world.
Just above the cave, the hidden Li Ge had been observing the two Peter for a while.
Not only that, he also let go of his perception and carefully understood the situation within thousands of miles around him.
When he saw those dilapidated cities, as well as withered bones and zombies, Li Ge had already made some guesses about the situation in this world.
--Zombie Universe in What If...?, a desperate world.
Within the range of Li Ge's perception, the number of humans still hanging on is extremely small.
He even saw Tony, who had turned into a zombie, and Steve, Natasha, and Barton, who had also turned into zombies, eating the survivors they had just captured.
Flesh and blood splattered, bones flew everywhere, blood was everywhere, and internal organs were dragged far and wide.
You chewed on the hands, I chewed on the legs, he bit on the neck, and the remaining one just stuffed his head into the torn belly and swallowed it hard.
It is a bloody picture of Hell evil spirits devouring human corpses.
Seeing this made Li Ge feel sick for a while and immediately withdrew his perception.
Then, he focused more on Peter, who had signed a contract with him, and Bucky, who lived with him.
He watched the two of them bury the seeds that Peter brought back from his Block World, watched them discuss his Block World with excitement and anticipation, and watched them be frightened by the abnormal growth rate of the seeds.
In this short period of time, Li Ge was thinking quickly about what kind of attitude he would use to deal with this already broken and desperate world.
For this reason, Li Ge dived his consciousness into the long river of time in this world, completely looked at the origin and development process of zombies, and even analyzed the countless possibilities in the future.
The zombie virus in this world was caused by Dr. Pym trying to rescue his wife who was trapped in the Quantum Realm. As a result, he was bitten by his wife who was already infected with the zombie virus, and was then brought back through his body.
It's not the influence of the power of the cancerous dimension, it's not brought back from other dimensions by Strange, it's not caused by Magneto accidentally, and it's not any other reason.
In one of the possible futures seen by Li Ge, Peter and Bucky found some survivors. They wanted to use Dr. Pym's quantum technology to solve the zombie virus. However, Zombie Tony saw through it and led a group of superhero zombies to eat them all.
Then, Zombie Tony and other zombie superheroes developed technology to travel through time and space to other universes, spreading the terror of zombies to the multiverse.
Li Ge has seen many futures, and almost all of them have this kind of desperate ending. There are very few futures that solve the zombie virus, and every success is almost impossible to replicate.
And now, the arrival of Li Ge has once again added unpredictable variables. The future of this world depends on his thoughts.