Molecular annihilation and fragmentation sent Sean into a strange state. It was as though everything had frozen; darkness suddenly swallowed his vision, only for wave after wave of white light to blaze forth and flood the world.
"What is this...?"
Sean's consciousness sank into thought. Even though Owen Reece, the Molecule Man, had plucked the strings of matter and torn apart the stable molecular structure of his body, Sean, who possessed the Infinity Gauntlet, would not be so easily defeated.
It was simply that, at the instant his body collapsed, an invisible pulling force had dragged Sean directly into this white space.
He lost all perception of the outside world, as though he had returned to an embryonic state. Aside from a faint consciousness, everything else had ceased to exist.
He could not feel his body. Commands issued by his brain vanished without a trace, receiving no feedback whatsoever.
Even so, Sean did not panic. He remained basically calm.
In this boundless white space, he could feel nothing. It was as though he had no body, no breath; there was no air around him, no temperature... The only thing he possessed was consciousness, and the ability to think.
Like a wandering soul, Sean drifted through the endless white light. After an unknown amount of time, ripples spread across the warm sea of light, gradually dispersing.
Colors began to fill the surroundings, and sounds suddenly rushed into his ears. Like a painted canvas being rendered into existence, Sean sensed his body once again.
Yet he no longer possessed Superman-like strength. Sean's consciousness had returned to his high school body. Looking around, he found himself in Central Park in Manhattan.
He was sitting on a bench. Before him, white pigeons pecked at food, while lush shrubs and low trees stood in the