Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 557 The Collapsing Timeline (Second Update!!)

In the somewhat murky sewer.

Hawke followed the woman named Andy through the sewers for a distance until they reached their shelter.

Although it's called a shelter, it's actually just a converted water storage tank in the sewers.

Dozens of poorly dressed male and female survivors live here.

Despite their different skin colors, they all share the same goal of living, minimizing their physical activity as much as possible, and seemingly adhering to the rules here. Even when they do communicate, they do so not with words, but with the slightest possible gestures.

Andy, standing to the side, slightly raised his Adam's apple as he recounted the events that had occurred in this timeline.

Hawke listened quietly.

According to Andy, the Avengers do exist in this timeline.

Iron Man Tony Stark.

Captain America, Steve Rogers.

Black Widow Natasha Romanoff.

Thor and Wanda, the Scarlet Witch, both exist, but Vision, which Hawke mentioned, does not.

It's as if Vision never existed on this timeline.

obviously.

In the main timeline, any trace of Vision Hawk's existence has been erased by the Celestials with the tacit approval of Universe 616 itself.

This was one possibility that Hawke guessed after seeing Andy's bewildered expression after introducing himself.

And Andy's words proved this point.

but……

Hawke was somewhat confused. Even if the Celestials could manipulate time, it wouldn't be easy to directly erase a timeline.

In Andy's words, everything in this timeline, all the calamities, originated from this person.

"Superman!"

"..."

Hawke raised an eyebrow and looked at Andy when he heard the name Andy mentioned.

"Who?"

His code name is Superman.

"Uh……"

Hawke blinked. "Does this Superman have a name?"

Andy shook his head: "Some people know, but I don't."

Hawke frowned deeply.

"So this Superman and Scarlet Witch you're talking about?"

"The apocalypse we are experiencing was caused by these two people."

"hiss."

Hawke gasped.

Andy then recounted the origins of this calamity.

All of this can be traced back to the scorching event.

"After the Avengers perfectly resolved the annihilation incident, almost everyone returned except for Superman, so Scarlet Witch..."

"and many more."

Hawke interrupted Andy almost the instant he began to speak: "You mean, the 'Sparkling Annihilation' incident was perfectly resolved?"

Andy nodded.

"Yes."

"Iron Man and Black Widow didn't die back then?"

"No."

"understood."

Hawke nodded upon hearing this, his confusion now resolved.

At first, he thought the Celestials had completely erased his existence.

But that's almost impossible.

Again.

The past cannot be changed, and what's more, this past still belongs to him. Therefore, even if the Celestials who control time wanted to alter his past, it would be impossible for him not to notice.

obviously.

The Celestials did not reset the past, but rather rewrote time based on what had already happened.

So the story in this timeline only started to change after he and Wanda left this timeline.

Hawke even understood how the Celestials had concocted that ambiguous version of himself.

To be precise, that ambiguous self was not created by the Celestials.

It was Wanda.

Yes.

Another Wanda, but this Wanda was indeed created by the Celestials, and the ambiguous self was created by the Celestials through the method of creating Wanda, indirectly creating it from Wanda's timeline.

Again.

Hawke's time has been compressed, so no matter what the Celestials do, they will be detected if they touch his time.

But Wanda is different.

Although Wanda exists at every moment in his timeline, Wanda's own time is not compressed.

Therefore, the Celestials cannot create Hawk through Hawk's timeline, but they can create an alternate Wanda through Wanda's timeline and then create a Hawk that exists in Wanda's timeline through Wanda's timeline.

This is why Hawke felt that the so-called "Hawk" was not quite right.

As for why Andy said he had never heard of Vision, Hawke guessed a possibility from Andy's subsequent words.

It wasn't that Vision Hawk's existence was erased, but rather that Andy had never heard of Vision.

I've never heard of it in the literal sense.

Because in the current timeline, a full ten years have passed since the end of the scorching event.

Time is both a cure and a poison. Time can make you forget all the unpleasant memories, but it can also make someone who has been absent for a long time forgotten by the whole world.

Not to mention that there are people who want to deliberately forget this person.

Although Hawke and Wanda worked together to help the humans in this timeline resolve the annihilation event, humans are the most ungrateful creatures.

Especially since this is a Western area.

The Avengers may be grateful to Hawk and Wanda, but the federal government at the time may have been grateful at first, but as time went on, they became wary of Hawk.

After all, Hawke came from another planet and had dealt with several federal governments, so he could easily guess their thoughts.

In their view, Hawke might be able to help them today, but he could very well come here and colonize them tomorrow.

Well known.

Petty people always judge others by their own petty standards.

and so--

It's quite normal for the federal government to deliberately conceal Vision's existence in its subsequent propaganda.

The most important thing.

Andy wasn't a native of the United States; according to her, she moved to Texas from Europe three years after the Cataclysm.

Hawke asked with some curiosity, "Were any of the people here already here before the annihilation event?"

Andy shook his head and looked at Hawke.

"This place is called New Frankfurt."

"so?"

"The people living here are all immigrants from Frankfurt after the annihilation incident."

After the annihilation incident, half of the lives that had disappeared at that time returned.

But where is this? This is the Federation. In the years following the Cataclysm, while other countries may have seen their populations grow, the Federation's population continued to decline. Therefore, the Federation once again raised the slogan of the New American Dream to attract a large number of immigrants to this place.

The city, now reduced to ruins, is inhabited by foreigners who immigrated from Frankfurt.

Hawke thought to himself, nodded, and looked at Andy.

"please continue."

"..."

Andy looked at Hawke, whose expression was a little strange, and was curious, but he didn't ask anything and continued talking.

After the annihilation incident, everyone returned except for Scarlet Witch's lover, the so-called Superman.

Therefore, the Scarlet Witch used dark magic to find her lover.

In the process, Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, who tried to stop her, was killed by Wanda, and even Kamar-Taj was razed to the ground by Wanda.

In the end, Wanda successfully resurrected her lover. At that moment, Tony Stark, who had previously announced that he would return to his family after the Smoldering incident, stepped forward and announced that Wanda and Superman would be wanted.

then……

Things escalated and spiraled out of control, eventually turning into what we see today.

"So, the end of the world was orchestrated by Superman and Scarlet Witch?"

"Do not."

Andy continued to shake his head, then looked at Hawke: "It's Hydra."

Hawke raised an eyebrow.

Andy said in a deep voice, "Superman's full name should be Hydra Superman. It is said that this Superman was originally from Hydra. After Hydra was destroyed by Captain America, it was not really destroyed. It just went underground again. When the Avengers announced the arrest of Superman and Wanda, Hydra rose from the ashes once again and burned the whole world into what it is today, especially the Purifiers who are loyal to Superman."

Hawke said, "Is it that flying thing you were just worried about?"

Andy nodded: "Yes, there are five Cleansers in total. Each of them is a non-human being, and no one knows where they came from."

I know.

Hawke listened to Andy's words and subconsciously thought to himself.

Can fly.

They are not human, and no one knows where they came from. If nothing unexpected happens, they are most likely the Eternal Race of this time and space.

but……

"Hydra wants to rule the world, not format life. You should be survivors, not so-called resistance fighters. If that's the case, why are they..."

"Who says we're not part of the resistance?"

"..."

Hawke looked at Andy, who was dressed in coarse linen, whose weapon was just a battle axe, and whose people were all emaciated, yet claimed to be resistance fighters, and remained silent.

But the expression said it all.

Andy extended his right hand to Hawke: "Let me introduce myself, Andy Carter, head of the Federal Resistance in New Frankfurt."

Hawke raised his eyebrows.

"Carter?"

"Yes."

Hawke, hearing the familiar surname Andy utter, looked at her with curiosity: "Sharon Carter is yours..."

Andy smiled slightly: "Just because we share the same surname."

Hawke paused for a moment, then nodded.

Right.

If Sharon Carter really had some connection with Andy, it's impossible that she hadn't heard of Vision.

Hawke thought to himself, then a thought struck him, and he looked at Andy in front of him.

"Are you really a member of the Federal Resistance?"

"of course."

"Where are the Avengers?"

"New York City, including most of the Union, has been taken over by Hydra. However, the Avengers are still here, and we have one here, whom we recently contacted. I went out today to meet her, but I never expected to run into you."

"she?"

"Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)