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"Thanos! Thanos used the Mind Stone to block our mind link! Don't come over here anymore! Don't come over here anymore!"
Several zombies who had participated in the final battle and recognized the Emperor of the Universe shouted loudly. But the group of street heroes behind them, as well as the ordinary infected people in that world, had no idea how powerful the Infinity Gauntlet was. They were still madly squeezing into the portal, fearing that if they were a step late, they would not be able to drink the blood of the people in the new world, and even their bones would be snatched away by the group of gluttons. Especially those street heroes who had not participated in the Infinity War, they were like little ghosts who had drunk Meng Po soup and were rushing to reincarnate. One next to another, one squeezed another. In the constantly shining space ripples, dumplings were falling out.
"It's over! It's all over!"
The unbelieving zombie Wolverine rushed over, but was hit by Thanos in mid-air and turned into a bloody mist. This directly caused the entire zombie hero team to begin to collapse. Of course, the first to be affected were the X-Men and the Fantastic Three. One of them lost the professor, and the other lost Reed Richards. As for those street heroes and super criminals, they didn't care so much. They only knew that there were countless living people in front of them for them to eat.
They were seen manipulating the power of Devourer of Worlds, shooting out several silver-white beams of light, and flying towards Thanos with a roar.
"madness."
Looking at the Earth heroes who had transformed into zombies, Thanos sneered with a hint of satisfaction on his face. He didn't even use the gems, and let the beams of light hit him. When the silver light faded, the Mad Titan was still standing there unscathed.
"Did you know..."
As he spoke, he rubbed his belly with his hands.
"It's a little itchy."
He raised his hand and slapped an unknown zombie that was rushing towards him back to their team. In an instant, this guy that was shattered by the huge force turned into bullets made of flesh and blood, and smashed the bodies of the front row of zombie heroes on the spot.
"Pfft..."
The broken arm pierced the chest of an X-Man during flight, and then stabbed straight into the eye of the Human Torch. The zombie X-Man stared blankly at his chest which had become a big hole, and turned around to find that the Fire Man, whose half of his head was not blown off, was smashed to the ground like a broken bag.
"No!"
The zombie-like Susan used her stance to catch her brother's body, and a mournful wail came from her broken throat.
"Eat him!"
Some stupid guy shouted in the zombie swarm. Immediately, the entire zombie swarm was completely mobilized by this stupid idiot. Street heroes and criminals formed a charge team and attacked the purple-skinned mad Titan without any fear.
"Quick, let's go!"
Pushing away several zombies that rushed forward, the Stone Man came to the Invisible Woman who was holding Jonathan's body.
"what happened?"
After pulling it once, Ben suddenly realized that he had not pulled Susan up. He punched a zombie that was approaching him without any eyes, and then he jumped in front of Susan.
"While they attack Thanos, let's hurry...Oh my God! What are you doing?"
Ben was stunned by the scene in front of him. He originally thought that Susan was hugging Johnny's body tightly because of grief, but he never expected that she would just eat him like that...
(PS: If nothing unexpected happens, this zombie army is the one led by Thanos in the Dark Winter comics...)
(PS2: Then he secretly stretched out his hand, put it in the bowl and started waiting for the ticket.)
Chapter 98 The Day Everything Dies
“Hehehe….This is food…This is food…Hehehe…”
The zombie Invisible Woman raised her head, and her pupils were not focused. In the turbid gray that was even indistinguishable, there was no sorrow or apology. The malice that was full to the point of overflowing, in an even more disgusting way, was telling the equally zombie stone man about the horrific atrocities caused by absolute hunger.
"Oh my god, you guys are so crazy..."
The zombie stone man was instinctively frightened by the eyes, first Reed, then Susan. It couldn't imagine how terrible madness would spread among the zombies after such a long period of hunger. Unfortunately, after turning around and running a few steps, it suddenly stopped and looked down at its hands in a daze.
"This looks... really delicious..."
Finally, hunger overwhelmed reason. It opened its mouth and bit its hand hard, and immediately, foam flew everywhere.
"No, this is just stone! I want to eat meat! Live meat!"
As it said that, it raised its head and roared. As if it had transformed into the next Hulk, it leaped over countless ordinary zombies that were crowded together and now completely unable to move. Then it cut a bloody path through the surging zombies and headed straight for the Titans at the edge of the battlefield.
"Interesting... This gray soul seems to be a mixture of sin and pain. Your existence is far more surprising than I imagined. The great Thanos is very interested in you now."
The gem representing the soul only lit up for a moment, and Thanos dissipated the power it had condensed. He was a little disappointed, as he had thought that the group of zombie heroes could hold out for a while. But the moment the soul gem lit up, he saw an answer that would never satisfy him.
"But it's okay this way. I think I can still reuse you guys."
Thanos shook his head, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Obviously, the Mad Titan now has a new idea.
......
Selina had no intention of stopping the fight between Thor and Strange. Under the influence of several highly acclaimed DC comics, Marvel after the millennium also likes to make its characters more distinctive and in line with reality. Unfortunately, many screenwriters are unable to find that degree. This also led to the fact that after the 616 universe entered the Illuminati period, almost everything that happened here became a bit too much. Every member who joined the Illuminati can not only find the corresponding original sin in the seven deadly sins. The most common characteristic of this group of people is that they are almost about to write the word "arrogance" on their faces without missing a stroke.
Anyone who has read the Phoenix Five comics knows how serious this situation is. The most criticized part is that while this group of people is extremely arrogant, the writers also like to use some fancy tricks such as deus ex machina to solve the problems that are stuck in a deadlock. As a result, the overall feel of the comics is getting worse and worse.
It's not that the deus ex machina is bad. The deus ex machina in Greek classical drama has been around for nearly three centuries, and it was only regarded as a not-so-great storytelling technique. The real problem with it is that the time and place of insertion are wrong.
Take the DC comics for example. The reason why the reading experience of "Laughing Maniac" is so bad is that he is in a state of ex machina from beginning to end. As the final boss, if the existence of ex machina is known, then "Laughing Maniac" must fight with "Perpetua". Otherwise, the logic of the script will not be coherent. Ex machina must be based on reversing or ending the whole incident, so that it will not look bad. But what did our little genius, Scott Snyder, do?
He knew that there was already a Laughing Man in the state of Deus Ex Machina, but he also created a Wonder Woman who was also in the state of Deus Ex Machina! This caused the entire Death Metal comic to completely explode.
As for the subsequent Dark Crisis being worse than this, it is only because it has reached the bottom line of all writers' scripts, that is, the story logic is completely gone. Not to mention the world's number one clown Darkseid, just the world's fastest legendary Mr. Excellence has now become a hurdle that DC Comics will never be able to overcome.
Then, they normalized this threshold in the Lazarus Pool and super-doubled it...
So all the problems are actually easy to understand. The main characteristics of bad comics that give people a bad impression are that either the deus ex machina is not used in the right place, or the logic of the script is inconsistent and wrong.
As for whether Marvel has this problem, it definitely has. The secret war that Selina is about to participate in is one of them. The epic palace drama in which Molecule Man turned against the Soviet Union because of a hamburger, the limited-time return of Marvel, which was a joke of the Soviet Union, is a classic re-engraving. How did the Soviet national anthem sing back then? Yes, it was the one about the unbreakable alliance...
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
Seeing Peter Parker being held by Frank, with a look of "Stop, stop it!", Selina couldn't help but want to laugh. Not to mention whether the Punisher could hold Spider-Man, who had a strength of hundreds of tons, Peter Parker's hypocritical look was funny enough. It seems that Strange is not very likable, whether among street heroes or in the Avengers. She seriously suspected that Thor's hammering Stephen was even a kind of revenge...
"Um...can you guys stop for a moment and tell me what's going on?"
But unfortunately, the battle between the two parties did not last long, and was stopped by Tony Stark who flew over wearing the iron armor and Storm, the young star, and others who were traveling with him.
"You look like you've turned into... uh, a slug?"
Tony's eyes twitched as he looked at Stephen Strange, whose face was almost swollen like a pig's head, and then looked at the God of Thunder who was barely "persuaded" by several people rushing over. Even this famous New York playboy was a little curious about what Stephen had done to make Thor wield the hammer just to give him a facelift...
"You were just trying to say I was beaten to a pulp, right?"
Strange got up from the ground with gnashing teeth. His wizard outfit was now turned into pieces of rags under the bombardment of thunder. How could he not hear Stark's sudden change of words?
Could it be that this birdman came here just to laugh at him?
(PS: I’m so hungry! I need some money to eat my fill!)
(PS2: Then a super loud sound was made...)
Chapter 99 Superhero Registration Act
Meanwhile, somewhere in the multiverse.
"Natasha..."
"What's up? Our playboy, Mr. Stark."
Black Widow sat on the rooftop of Stark Building, watching the setting sun in the distance, and silently lit the cigarette in her hand.
"I think we need to talk."
Tony Stark rubbed his head, dark circles appeared on his face. Ever since the zombie virus sample was successfully delivered, he started staying up late at night, and stayed up late for several days in a row. Because he couldn't sleep at all, every time he closed his eyes, he would be awakened by the bloody figure. The doctor said that his anxiety disorder was getting worse and prescribed him some valium.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Hearing this, Natasha replied calmly. After seeing the vastness and prosperity of the multiverse, she no longer cared about these superheroes playing house.
"You've changed, a lot."
Stark sighed.
"Of course I know that. Did our eldest master come here just to tell me this?"
"You wouldn't be so pushy in the past."
After telling a not-so-funny joke, Tony just laughed dryly twice.
"We are almost at the point of understanding the virus, but it has cost us a lot."
He said.
"You said that was our parallel world. I originally thought the situation would be much better, but it turned out to be worse than Reed expected. Those zombies were once heroes. And those heroes are us. After being infected, we caused a devastating disaster to the world. This is only because people don't know our true identities, those street heroes, especially the Lone Ranger. Everyone has his or her own secret identity, and this secret identity has successfully become a cover for the virus. They infect heroes, and heroes infect other heroes. Then countless unlucky people who were infected formed a zombie army, tearing ordinary people to pieces and eating them alive into their stomachs."
"All of this points to one point, that is the secret identity of the heroes. I know that this secret identity can protect the heroes' families from being threatened by criminals. But this identity also subtly affects others. If one day, the heroes are no longer righteous and they stand on the opposite side, the danger they cause is no less than another Hulk."
"so what?"
“So I want heroes to register, under the management of the government, and do justice.”
Stark smiled bitterly.
"Congress has just introduced a bill, and it was put directly into my hands. I am the captain of the Avengers, so I have to make a decision. Professor X showed the people of the World Security Council that horrible universe, and he also showed it to his old friend Magneto. Now that the X-Men have reconciled with the Brotherhood, with the help of a group of mutants, we have almost reached the end of our research on the virus."
"So, you want to push for a superhero registration bill?"
In an instant, Natasha's expression changed. She looked at Tony in surprise, and our Iron Man looked at her with even more surprise.
"How do you know the name of the bill!"
"How can you promote something like that!"
The two spoke at the same time, and then fell silent. However, Natasha spoke immediately after this short silence.
"Don't push that kind of stuff Tony, don't."
She stared into Stark's eyes, and the hungry look in her eyes made him tremble all over.
"But I don't think there's any harm in this... After all, it's a decision made by everyone's vote."
He answered helplessly.
“Voting can be faked!”
Natasha gnashed her teeth as she spoke. She knew about this thing. She had seen more than just the outbreak of the zombie virus at A-Tech. She had also seen all the things that happened before that. Especially the Superhero Registration Act, which was something that angered the heavens and the people. She hated it even more.
How many heroes died in the civil war? This is a civil war between heroes!
"I originally thought that there was no such thing in this world. It turns out to be the butterfly effect."
"Butterfly Effect?!"
Natasha's voice startled Tony.
"Our behavior of spying on the multiverse has begun to interfere with the timeline of this world. It has deviated from its original trajectory since we started to develop an antidote for the zombie virus."
She lowered her head in annoyance, took a deep puff of her cigarette and threw the butt away.