Chapter 218 Maybe we have been erased but we don't know it?
Why weren't they erased?
"Because it might have been erased, but we just don't know it!" Bruce Banner said. Because the formation of the timeline is not as we imagine, second by second, or even smaller units expanding backward, it takes countless billions of years to expand to the end of the timeline. On the contrary, if we stand at a higher dimension, time may be born at the same time from the beginning to the end. This is because everything is already determined, and no matter how hard we try, it cannot be changed. So our existence may have appeared the moment Lin Feng appeared, but it was also erased at the same time. We just don't know it. Even for those standing at a higher dimension, this timeline only existed for a moment, but for us, it is a lifetime!"
"Didn't the Ancient One say before that no matter what she did, she would still die at this point? No matter how she tried to influence the process, she only got worse. That's why she was killed so easily. To a large extent, she saw no hope of surviving this disaster!" Bruce Banner continued. "So that's a false future. No matter how things develop, the final outcome is unresolved. It seems there are countless possibilities, but in fact, there are no such possibilities.
Lin Feng mentioned in his diary that Hammer might become Iron Man, but there's never been such a possibility. From the beginning to the end, there's only been you. Even the timeline might be fixed. Even my being irradiated by gamma rays and turning into a monster is all predetermined. For example, the timeline where I wasn't irradiated by gamma rays might not exist. It's all fake!"
When Tony Stark heard this, he didn't feel any better because Justin Hammer couldn't become Iron Man. Instead, he asked, "You mean, destiny?"
Because it was destined to be like this, Tony Stark was destined to become Iron Man, and Peter Parker was destined to become Spider-Man.
Bruce Banner was destined to be exposed to gamma rays, and a guy named Hulk appeared in his body.
All of this was a script that had been written long ago!
"No, it's not fate, but it's pretty close!" Bruce Banner said. "Because it's not really destiny. I've been thinking about it a lot, and I'm starting to understand."
"Someone modified it, and that person is the TVA!" Tony Stark said. "It seems like the future has countless possibilities. One timeline extends outward, and that's called a timeline. Countless timelines extend outward, which can be understood as time bushes, similar to the concept of grass. But in reality, there is a gardener who cuts away all timelines he deems incorrect, leaving only one timeline. And that's what we call destiny!"
Everyone gasped. If they understood the so-called fate from this perspective, it would only make their hair stand on end. Fate, which was originally illusory, began to become more real.
The original joke was that there was a non-existent God who controlled fate and everything was God's will.
But that's just some kind of catchphrase, or something only deeply religious people believe.
But now the virtual God has been transformed into the real TVA.
This is the scariest part. Your every move is arranged by others, just like a puppet performing on a stage.
All incorrect timelines are cut out so that a fixed destiny can be formed.
"So Ancient One's death wasn't due to the expensive special effects, as Lin Feng joked, but rather because the Time Variance Administration was determined to see him die. No matter how he tried to save himself, at that point in time, he would inevitably die, and he would inevitably go down that path!" Black Widow Natasha said with sudden realization. "Although there were originally countless possibilities, as the Time Variance Administration gradually eliminated the unnecessary ones, only one remained!"
"So she was willing to die not because she couldn't resist the energy of the dark dimension, but because she couldn't resist such a fate. When things haven't happened yet, there are countless possibilities, but after things happen, no matter how many there are, they will collapse into one!" Nick Fury said.
"So, there have never been infinite possibilities. There has always been only one future. If an unexpected possibility arises, it will be cut off just like this. This possibility is like... someone standing at the end of endless time, looking back!" Tony Stark immediately followed up, "I understand. Maybe the Time Variance Administration is at the end of time, the end point of the destruction of the entire multiverse. Looking back at that time, everything is actually an established fact that has already happened. In other words, what we think of as an endless future, in the eyes of this Time Variance Administration, actually does not exist at all, right? Countless futures have long collapsed into just one!"
"So they can't allow anyone to change this established history, because any small change may give birth to a new timeline, which may trigger a new multiverse war and shake their dominance!" Captain America Rogers said.
He was not afraid to speculate on the purpose of TVA from the darkest perspective.
The so-called prevention of multiverse war is nothing but an excuse. The founding spirit of the United States is still freedom and democracy, but the result is that when faced with a soldier who self-immolated, the US tries every means to discredit and stigmatize him, treating him as a psychopath or a cult follower.
Yet he was nothing more than a pure patriot.
"Who gave them such rights, who!!!!" Tony Stark roared in a low voice. Although his parents were dead in this timeline, it was possible that in other timelines, his parents were still living well, but were eliminated by the Time Mutation Administration on the sacred timeline on the grounds of illegality.
Thinking of his parents, he suddenly couldn't hold it in anymore.
Even his own destined death, was it necessarily destined?
"In the end, it's all about strength. They have both the strength and the will, so their timeline has become the sacred timeline!" Nick Fury said, a sneer flashing across his lips.
Because in fact, he was too familiar with the way the Time Variance Administration operated, because the process that S.H.I.E.L.D. used to handle things was pretty much the same?
For example, some super criminals, some guys who endanger world peace, and some aliens, it's almost the same when they come forward to arrest people.
They also have equipment to deal with these extraordinary creatures, and the way they deal with those people is probably similar to how the Time Variance Administration dealt with Loki.
Both are organizations of similar nature, both are for maintaining stability, but they maintain the stability and security of the Earth, while the Time Variance Administration maintains the stability and security of the timeline.
So it's essentially the same, there's nothing much to say!
Everyone was silent, and after a moment, Hawkeye Barton jokingly said, "Time criminal, I never thought that one day I would become a criminal, and a time criminal at that. This world is crazy!"
Lin Feng's diary made everyone see the possibility that they might become a so-called time criminal. No, they might already be a time criminal. They sighed for a while.
Lin Feng, who had just finished writing his diary, sighed, because he was also very worried. The existence of TVA was very disadvantageous to people on other timelines, because it would erase you without hesitation.
But TVA also has its value. If there were no TVA, the Earth might have been destroyed countless times. It would be a world ruled by Hydra, a world swallowed by Dormammu, a world turned into a world of zombies, and a world conquered by Asgard.
Of course, the most important thing is that a brand new race of gods will break through the earth and be born. Even the life on earth, according to the setting, is just the nourishment prepared by the gods for the birth of their own people.
It was because of Thanos's snap of his fingers that the birth of this Celestial race was interrupted. Otherwise, the entire Earth would be torn apart. This is like on the continent of Azeroth. Once Ai-chan was about to be born, the entire planet would be completely destroyed.
Lin Feng didn't want Thanos to truly complete his final plan, but he also didn't want the gods to be born.
Therefore, the best way is to let Thanos succeed in the first half and fail in the second half.
But if Thanos really snaps his fingers, how can you ensure that you can survive?
The probability is one in two, completely random, and has nothing to do with how strong you are.
This is very dangerous, and without TVA, who knows if the Avengers can win the final war and get the people back.
So Lin Feng was also very anxious, very anxious.
It's really neither left nor right.
Moreover, this world is so strange, with Spider-Woman and Wonder Woman. I can't even imagine what else will emerge. I hope TVA will come to back me up and ensure that everything turns out fine in the end, but I'm also afraid that others will back me up and kill you, the heretic, first.
It really puts him in a dilemma.
"Or is it that this timeline is completely independent of the sacred timeline and is not split from the sacred timeline?" Lin Feng muttered to himself. He was not sure and he knew nothing.
In fact, unlike what everyone thinks of as omniscient and omnipotent, there are many things he doesn't know.
Some of the things I know clearly are from watching movies and TV series in my previous life.
Therefore, his only option now is to improve his own strength, improve comprehensively, and take the initiative into his own hands.