At the same time, What If...? rebooted Zombie Universe.
Thor led Wanda along the bustling streets of New York.
Wanda walked beside Thor, her fingers hooking around the hem of his clothes.
She enjoyed the quiet.
There were no Avengers missions, no dimensional demons spying, just the two of them.
A gentle breeze blew by, and a withered yellow leaf twirled down from the roadside tree, landing squarely on Wanda's red hair.
Thor stopped in his tracks.
He turned around, raised his hand, pinched the fallen leaf, and removed it.
Wanda tilted her head, her long brown hair fluttering in the wind.
The air around them suddenly distorted violently.
A blinding blue light exploded, violently tearing space apart and producing a deafening sonic boom.
A man wearing tattered purple-green armor fell from mid-air.
He crashed heavily onto the asphalt road, rolled more than ten meters away, and knocked over a red fire hydrant.
High-pressure water jets shot into the sky and crashed onto the road surface.
Thor's fingers, which were holding a fallen leaf, froze in mid-air.
He stared at the man on the ground, whose body was charred black and whose skin was dark.
The man's armor was riddled with cracks, and the energy core in his chest flickered, emitting black smoke.
" Kang the Conqueror?"
Thor raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you out here instead of staying in the Quantum Realm?"
Kang Gang got up from the ground and wiped the water off his face.
He was panting heavily, his mind still replaying the siege he had just encountered in the Mirror Dimension.
Hearing the sound, he turned his head sharply.
The moment Kang saw Thor's face clearly, his expression turned to horror.
How come I get recognized everywhere I go?!
This is clearly an unknown coordinate outside the Prime Universe, so how come I encountered someone who recognized me as soon as I landed?
Kang didn't answer at all; the thrusters on his leg armor emitted faint blue flames.
He suddenly pushed off the ground, turned around, and ran.
It moved extremely fast, creating a gust of wind, and the puddles on the ground were splashed everywhere as it was trampled.
Thor shook his head.
He raised his right hand and made a grabbing motion in the air in the direction Kang had fled.
The Law of Space are activated.
The air a hundred meters away froze instantly.
Kang Feichi's body froze in mid-air.
He remained in a running posture, his armor thrusters still spewing flames, yet he couldn't move forward an inch.
Kang stared wide-eyed in horror.
He tried to activate the time-jump function of his armor, frantically tapping the control panel on his wrist.
Warning: Time flow is locked, spatial coordinates are anchored, and warping is not possible.
The mechanical sound of the armor echoed in my ears.
Kang panicked completely.
He is Kang the Conqueror, a top-tier being who has mastered time technology. How could he possibly be easily subdued here?
A powerful spatial suction force pulled him back.
A muffled thud.
Kang crashed straight down at Thor's feet, shattering the asphalt and sending gravel flying.
Thor lowered his head.
The immense mental power pierced Kang's brain without any hindrance.
The Law of Mind were at work, and violence tore through Kang's mental barrier.
Kang's brain defense mechanism collapsed instantly. Before he could even let out a scream, his eyes rolled back and he foamed at the mouth.
Countless images flashed through Thor's mind.
Hank Pym, dressed in the Ant-Man Suit, traverses the microscopic world of the Quantum Realm.
He kept throwing enlarged darts, smashing the massive energy nodes.
Those energy cores, powerful enough to destroy an entire galaxy, exploded one after another under Pym's destruction.
The entire quantum city was paralyzed, and the flames from the explosion illuminated the sky of the microcosm.
Thor clicked his tongue inwardly.
Hank Pym truly deserves his reputation as one of Marvel's three biggest troublemakers.
They just released Ultron a while ago, and now they've released Kang the Conqueror.
And then there's Kang's skin tone.
Thor looked down at the unconscious black man at his feet.
He's clearly a white person in the comic.
This damn political correctness.
They managed to turn a top-tier villain into this mess.
Thor looked down at Kang, who lay lifeless at his feet.
I don't know whether to call you lucky or unlucky.
Wanda stepped forward, crimson Chaos Magic swirling around her fingertips.
She stared warily at the man on the ground, ready to eliminate any possibility that might threaten Thor.
"Who is he?"
Thor waved his hand, dispelling the magic from Wanda's hands.
"Not important, just a Joker."
He raised his left hand, his fingertips tracing the air.
A blue portal instantly formed.
The pure Law of Space directly tore apart the barriers of the multiverse.
On the other side of the portal, in the Knowhere, in Valeria's laboratory.
Doom's magical energy had just begun to glow.
He was preparing to display the might of Doctor Doom and take over the mess here.
Thor lifted Kang by the back of the neck with one hand and exerted force with his arm.
Kang was thrown into the portal.
He crashed onto the metal floor of the lab, slid a few meters, and bumped right into Doom's boots.
The green magical flames in Doom's palm suddenly shot up.
He stared at Kang at his feet and fell silent.
The prepared lines got stuck in my throat.
He had just announced that Doom would take action, but before he could finish speaking, the target was thrown to his feet like a dead dog.
This is a blatant disregard for Doctor Doom.
Reed sat bolt upright, staring intently at the portal.
His brain was frantically calculating, trying to decipher the energy composition of the portal he had just encountered.
The force field shield that Susan erected rippled, and she instinctively shielded Valeria behind her, assuming a defensive stance with her hands.
Ben raised his massive rock fist, producing a dull thud.
Johnny's orange-red flames flickered, and he hovered in mid-air, dumbfounded.
Thor stood at one end of the portal and spoke to Valeria in front of the control panel.
"Little brat, are you even capable?"
Thor's voice echoed throughout the entire laboratory.
"They can't even handle Kang the Conqueror, tsk tsk tsk."
Before he could finish speaking, Thor gave Valeria no time to react, and clenched his fist.
The blue portal instantly collapsed.
The spatial rift closed, and the artificial Sun's light returned to the laboratory.
Thor clapped his hands and turned to look at Wanda.
"Let's go, the dessert shop up ahead should be pretty good."
Knowhere, a laboratory.
A deathly silence fell over the air.
The only sound was Kang lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
Johnny's face was contorted in extreme pain. He extinguished the flames and landed on the ground.
He turned to look at Susan, then at Valeria.
"He called you a brat?!"
Valeria's fair cheeks flushed red quickly.
Parents were present.
The Godfather was present.
This kind of address is practically public execution.
She gritted her teeth, scratched the edge of the control panel with her fingers, and then kicked the swivel chair next to her away.
The swivel chair slammed against the metal wall with a loud bang.
She mentally tore Thor to pieces.
That bastard, he always makes such a sensational entrance, and he never forgets to mock her when he leaves.
Next time we meet, I'll definitely put some of the Celestials's neurotoxin in his beer.
Johnny stroked his chin and looked around.
"When did Thor learn to open magical portals across universes?"
"This is not magic."
Doom spoke coldly.
He withdrew the magical flames from his palm, his metal mask reflecting a cold light.
"This is pure Law of Space; it directly tore apart the barriers of the multiverse."
Doom raised his foot and kicked Kang away from where he was standing.
" Doom doesn't need anyone else's help."
Reed pushed up his non-existent glasses and strode to the spot where the portal had just disappeared.
He raised his hand and waved it in the air.
"Precise positioning across the universe, without any instrument assistance. This doesn't fit my multiverse coordinate system model. The energy decay rate is zero, and the spatial curvature is perfectly closed."
Reed abruptly turned to look at Valeria.
" Val, what level of being have you come to know? Has he mastered the very essence of the universe?"
Susan looked at Valeria's flushed face.
She knows her daughter too well.
Valeria only shows this expression when Reed forbids her from conducting dangerous experiments, or when Susan puts her in solitary confinement.
This is clearly the little girl's anger and embarrassment after her sore spot was touched.
Susan stepped forward and lowered her voice.
" Val, I know you've grown up and have your own ideas."
Susan paused, her tone becoming even gentler.
"But you're not an adult yet, so matters of the heart..."
"Stop!"
Valeria turned sharply and interrupted Susan loudly.
She pointed to the spot where the portal had just disappeared, her voice rising more than an octave.
"Which eye of yours saw me with that bastard?!"
Valeria's chest heaved with anger, and the flat grassland seemed to be gradually turning into small hills.
"He was merely my research subject! An experimental subject shrouded in mystery!"
"Cough cough..."
Reed coughed twice tactically.
He strode up to Kang.
Kang struggled to get up, only managing to prop himself up halfway with his arms.
Reed pulled a silver disc from his waist and placed it on Kang's chest.
A blue energy field instantly unfolded, firmly imprisoning Kang in place.
"Let's deal with Kang's problem first."
Reed tapped his fingers rapidly on the disc.
The blue energy field contracted continuously, emitting a crackling sound like electricity.
Kang suddenly opened his eyes in the force field and let out a painful roar.