Inventory of Chaos: Iconic Scenes That Shattered Everyone Instantly-Chapter 227: ICISEI Episode 213
Episode 213: You should have... You should have gone for the head!
『 However, at this very moment, something unexpected happened.
A trace of admiration actually surfaced in those eyes filled with killing intent.
"You have my respect, Stark." Thanos slowly loosened his grip on his prey and said, "When I’m done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember you."
Before his voice had even faded, a familiar and firm voice interrupted his ritual.
"Stop!" Doctor Strange suddenly appeared, having woken himself up in time from where he had been knocked unconscious by the battle.
"Spare his life." The mage looked calmly at the Titan before him and proposed, his gaze shifting to the scarred but stubbornly surviving figure to add: "If you spare this man’s life, I will give you the Time Stone you seek."
Hearing this, a look of disbelief flashed through Iron Man’s eyes as he glanced at Doctor Strange.
He never expected that Doctor Strange would be willing to hand over the Time Stone to save him.
Back at the New York Sanctum, he had proposed destroying the Time Stone, and Strange had resolutely refused.
But this time, Doctor Strange had made such a decision for his sake; this shocked Tony Stark to the core.
Even Thanos was somewhat in disbelief. He scanned back and forth between Iron Man and Doctor Strange several times before finally aiming the Infinity Gauntlet at Doctor Strange.
"No tricks." Thanos’s voice was deep and commanding.
The weak Iron Man tried to stop Doctor Strange, "Stop, I can’t let you sacrifice half the life in the universe for me. If that happens, I will be a sinner."
However, Doctor Strange paid no heed to Iron Man...
He reached gently into the air, and a gem emitting an emerald glow suddenly appeared before their eyes.
Every Infinity Stone contained extremely powerful energy; even a magician with a constitution as strong as Doctor Strange needed to use magic to safely touch such a treasure...
At this moment, a complex look appeared in his eyes—reluctance interwoven with resolve. Finally, he made up his mind and handed the Time Stone to Thanos.
When Thanos took hold of the Time Stone, he immediately felt the powerful energy transmitting from it, proving that this was a genuine Infinity Stone.
After obtaining the Time Stone, Thanos immediately used the Space Stone to teleport to Earth, beginning his search for the final Mind Stone.
Amidst the ruins, Tony Stark managed to treat his wounds before looking up to ask Steven Strange, "Why did you do that? Didn’t you say that stone was extremely important?"
Doctor Strange looked at Tony with a profound gaze, "We’re in the ENDGAME now."
Although Tony was puzzled, he did not continue to question him.
He knew that saying anything now would be of no help; he could only wait for the next arrangement of fate. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Eriri Spencer Sawamura (Saekano): "Why? Why hand it over?" ]
[ Gabriel (Gabriel DropOut): "Exactly, if you can’t beat him, can’t you just hide?" ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "Yeah, yeah." ]
[ Conan Edogawa (Detective Conan): "For the sake of half the lives in the universe, it would have been better to hide." ]
[ Ancient One (Earth-616): "Perhaps he has his own thoughts. He is, after all, the future Sorcerer Supreme." ]
[ Nobi Nobita (Doraemon): "Huh? What does that mean?" ]
[ Ancient One (Earth-616): "Keep watching. Soon, perhaps we will know." ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "So annoying, another riddler." ]
[ March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail): "No choice then, we just have to keep watching to see what happens." ]
[ .....]
『 Thanos used the Space Stone to instantly teleport to Earth. Facing the siege of Captain America and the other heroes, he effortlessly neutralized all their attacks.
Immediately after, he walked slowly toward a red-haired woman kneeling and weeping on the ground.
Lying at this woman’s feet was a robot with red skin—it was Vision.
This red-haired woman was known as the Scarlet Witch. Her tears were like a bursting dam, unable to stop.
The pain of having just lost her lover caused her entire being to collapse.
Thanos looked at the scene before him and said calmly, "I understand your feelings, my child. Better than anyone."
The Scarlet Witch suddenly looked up, glaring at Thanos and rebuking him, "You understand nothing!"
She had just personally ended the life of the person she loved most; the pain in her heart was something no one could resolve.
However, Thanos did not get angry. Instead, he felt a similarity between them.
"Today, I lost more than you can know," he said, a trace of sorrow in his tone.
Despite his words, Thanos did not stop walking, for he had no time to mourn lost things.
"But now is no time to mourn." With such determination, he walked to Vision’s side.
The newly acquired Time Stone on the Infinity Gauntlet shone with an emerald light.
In an instant, a green magic array emerged from his hand, the rings of light rotating around him. 』
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『 Viewers of Countless World 』
This scene couldn’t help but remind people of the spectacular scenes when Doctor Strange cast spells, but unlike the golden magic arrays used by the Doctor, the one in Thanos’s hand appeared a strange green—undoubtedly, this was all due to the influence of the Time Stone.
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『 Under the powerful effect of the Time Stone, Vision’s shattered body began to undergo bizarre changes.
The parts previously destroyed by the Scarlet Witch using her terrifying Chaos Power were rapidly regenerating.
The parts that had fallen to the ground miraculously returned to their original positions one by one. Even the Mind Stone—which had also been destroyed by the Scarlet Witch—was restored to its original state under the influence of this power. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "Even though it was already destroyed, he actually..." ]
[ Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu): "That world is in danger." ]
[ Rimuru Tempest (Tensura): "So scary, you can’t even end yourself if you want to." ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "I feel like this person, and I will have a lot of connections." ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "But, the future us is really in big trouble." ]
[ .....]
『 The Scarlet Witch was shocked to witness this scene. She wanted to rush forward to stop it all, but was knocked to the ground by a sudden force, completely losing consciousness.
At this moment, Thanos tightly gripped Vision’s throat, completely disregarding the desperate groans coming from the other party.
He roughly pressed his palm against the Mind Stone embedded in Vision’s forehead, then twisted forcefully.
Accompanied by the terrible sound of metal fracturing, the area on Vision’s forehead instantly collapsed, exposing the mechanical structure inside.
The moment Thanos ruthlessly plucked the Mind Stone from Vision’s head, Vision’s entire body suddenly became dim and dull, as if all vitality had been drawn away, turning from a vibrant red to a lifeless gray.
Finally obtaining the last Infinity Stone, a strong sense of excitement surged from the depths of Thanos’s heart.
He held this precious and familiar gem, observing it carefully for a good while, unable to help but sigh at the unpredictability of fate.
"Who would have thought? In my life, the Mind Stone was the first Infinity Stone to fall into my hands, and now, it happens to be the last one returned to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he intended to place the Mind Stone into the Infinity Gauntlet on his wrist, which already held the other five stones.
But strangely, as he prepared to do so, he found that without any active manipulation, the small Mind Stone seemed to be summoned by something, spontaneously moving closer to its five brothers, and finally firmly occupying its rightful position.
As the Mind Stone settled into place, an indescribably massive energy surged into Thanos’s body.
This was not just an increase in power, but a test of the body, bringing with it extremely intense pain.
All the abilities from the six Infinity Stones were attempting to break through Thanos’s physical limits, surging wildly within him.
Just as Thanos was struggling to control this sudden, massive power, a blinding bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky, striking his body with incomparable precision.
Immediately following that, under the effect of the powerful shockwave, Thanos, carrying six different cosmic energies, was heavily blasted away, sliding along the ground for quite a distance before stopping. 』
『 .....』
〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Who?!" ]
[ Kiana (Honkai: Impact Third): "Finally, support has arrived! Can they stop him now?" ]
[ .....]
『 Thor stood there, looking as majestic as before, only now he held a Stormbreaker shining with a cold light in his hands.
Facing the threat descending from the sky, Thanos didn’t hesitate to activate the power of the Infinity Stones embedded on his person. A thick beam of light shot toward Thor like a meteor streaking across the sky.
Seeing the destructive energy approaching, Thor showed no intention of retreating.
He tightly gripped the weapon in his hand—that legendary divine artifact—and hurled it with force.
Unexpectedly, upon encountering the super-strong power impact released by the Infinity Stones, this artifact was not deflected but instead pushed forward even more courageously.
With a deafening ’bang,’ the Stormbreaker struck Thanos’s body with incomparable precision. 』
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『 Viewers of Countless World 』
Everyone was stunned, for no one had expected this weapon to be so formidable, easily breaking through a defense network that not even the hardest substances could penetrate.
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『 When Thor landed beside Thanos again, the latter was already lying on the ground, gasping for breath.
Thor, burning with rage, let his temper loose, grabbing the other’s head tightly and roaring: "I told you, you’d die for that!"
After speaking, he pushed the section of the Stormbreaker embedded deep in the enemy’s chest even harder.
The intense pain caused even someone as tough as Thanos to involuntarily let out a low groan, but he still used every last bit of strength to look at his opponent.
"You should... have gone for the head..." he said with weak breath.
At the same time, this cosmic overlord quickly used the Infinity Gauntlet to deliver a fatal blow—a crisp but terrifying finger snap rang out!
"NO!!!" Hearing this sound, although Thor reacted immediately, wanting to stop this tragedy, it was already too late. 』
『 .....』
〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "He... he missed." ]
[ Ryuga Banjou (Kamen Rider): "Exactly, if he had just chopped off the head earlier, he wouldn’t have had the chance to snap his fingers." ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "What a shame. Our future selves still didn’t succeed." ]
[ .....]
『 The scene shifted. Thanos had left, leaving behind only Stormbreaker stained with his blood...
As he used the Space Stone to flee, there was a massive wound on his body caused by the Stormbreaker, coupled with the terrifying side effects brought about by the snap, especially since the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand was on the verge of collapse.
Thor stood blankly on the spot, knowing clearly what a huge mistake he had made.
It was simply unbelievable—perhaps this was the very reason he had avoided the future before.
"Hey, Thor, where did Thanos go?" Captain America rushed over to ask about the situation after waking up. Before the other could answer, what happened next left everyone present too terrified to speak.
His best friend of many years, Bucky, simply vanished into thin air, just like a tiny grain of sand swept away by a gale, completely disappearing from this world in less than ten seconds.
Black Panther, Groot, Scarlet Witch, Falcon... At this moment, half of the life in the entire universe was rapidly disappearing, at a speed that was simply unimaginable.
On Titan, seeing the Guardians of the Galaxy members dissipate one after another, Tony Stark’s face was filled with horror.
"Tony, there was no other way." After Strange said this to him, he too disappeared completely with a burst of light.
"Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good." The abnormally sensitive perception within young Peter Parker made him realize that something bad was about to happen.
This premonition was exceptionally strong, even causing dizziness in his mind. Tony walked quickly to Peter’s side to comfort him: "You’re alright."
However, the boy’s voice carried extreme unease: "I don’t know what’s happening... I don’t want to go!"
Eventually, Peter collapsed weakly into Stark’s arms.
The feeling of being about to lose everything was so real and clear.
"I don’t want to go..." The fear brought by death filled this child, who had just started high school, with despair. At this moment, the only one who could bring him hope was the seemingly omniscient hero before him, Mr. Stark.
Just as the words "I’m sorry..." left his mouth, Peter turned into flying dust in the air and disappeared in an instant.
Tony watched the last fragment fade into the air, his legs gave way, and he sat down on the ground.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that everything he had given before was in vain...
Catastrophic scenes played out continuously on Earth. Within a single day, countless plane crashes, train derailments, and ship sinkings occurred;
Sounds of spaceship explosions were frequently heard in space.
The elimination of life on a massive scale led to a series of chain reactions:
Not just half of the biological entities that were randomly eliminated, but also many innocent bystanders lost their precious lives indirectly because of it...
Everything became unrecognizable... 』
『 .....』
〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Disappeared. Everyone disappeared." ]
[ Lala Satalin Deviluke (To LOVE-Ru): "Half the universe, gone." ]
[ March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail): "So, so scary." ]
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "Although I don’t know how big the universe is, half the life in the whole world disappearing... what enormous chaos that must create." ]
[ Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu): "Everyday life is better after all." ]
[ .....]
〜Marvel Cinematic Universe〜
S.H.I.E.L.D.—
Nick Fury watched as his future self pressed the pager left by Captain Marvel at the very last moment, and instantly felt that this move was quite wise.
Although he wasn’t sure if this action would actually summon Captain Marvel, nor did he know if she would also disappear along with everyone else, at least trying was better than being helpless.
Meanwhile, in the Land of Gods, Asgard—
Odin stared dumbfounded at the passing of half the life in the universe, but he was even more shocked by his son Thor’s outburst in the future.
Who would have thought that Thor could grow to such an astonishing degree? Facing Thanos, who held six Infinity Stones, he actually managed to inflict heavy injuries on him.
Of course, there was an element of luck involved, but it was undeniable that the power Thor displayed at that moment was at least equivalent to Thanos with three or four stones.
Not only that, but when he saw the Stormbreaker tightly gripped in Thor’s hand, Odin recognized at a glance that this weapon was exactly what he had specially prepared for his future son!
Manufacturing such a weapon was extremely difficult, requiring not only a large amount of rare materials but also extremely high forging techniques.
And the most magical part was that Odin had even integrated the energy of the Bifrost into Stormbreaker.
With it, it was like possessing the Bifrost itself, unrestrained, able to go wherever one wished.
Looking at the powerful posture of his future self on the screen, the currently still relatively immature Thor shouted excitedly:
"Look! That’s me! That’s me! I actually managed to heavily injure Thanos!"
However, the good times didn’t last long. Before his voice had faded, Thor’s face instantly turned ashen, because he clearly saw Thanos on the screen hesitate not at all to snap his fingers...
Subsequently, countless lives in the image began to disappear unseen... At this moment, Thor completely collapsed.
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