Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

This is a very simple multiple choice question.

They want a world built on ruins, a world already ravaged by Sera, Scarlet Witch, and Hydra.

I still want a world where time flows on and none of this ever happened.

Captain America fell silent upon hearing Hawke's words.

Sitting with his mother, Morgan Stark, after understanding Hawke's two choices, gaped and asked, "Uncle Hawke, can you turn all of this back to a time when it never happened?"

Hawke smiled at Morgan, who was staring at him: "I am a god."

As soon as these words came out.

Morgan's expression instantly turned strange.

Hawke raised his eyebrows.

"what happened?"

"No."

Morgan tried hard to keep a straight face, as if trying not to laugh.

Hawke looked directly at Pepper.

Pepper smiled and explained to Hawke, "Tony told Morgan the story of Hulk and Loki."

Hawke's expression suddenly dawned on him.

The so-called story of Hulk and Loki naturally refers to the story where Loki roars that he is a god one minute, and then Hulk smashes him up the next.

Hawke recalled the classic scene in his mind, then looked at Morgan, who was trying not to laugh: "Okay, Morgan, I'm not a god like Loki."

Morgan blinked.

"What kind of god is Uncle Hawke?!"

"Lord God!"

Far from Skull Island, even the style has completely changed, with huge red flags with white circles and black symbols hanging on the exterior walls of every skyscraper in New York City.

New York City still has a large population today.

but……

The city was unusually quiet. Even though there were pedestrians on the streets, the atmosphere was quiet, even eerily so.

In a word.

People seemed to have lost the urge to communicate with each other, and no one had a smile on their face; they were as rigid as machines.

The car drove on the road in a very orderly manner.

Pedestrians also walked properly on the sidewalk.

No one cut in line.

There was no noise.

The scene appears very orderly, yet the atmosphere exudes an eeriness.

In New York City, in the heart of Manhattan, countless cold, metallic robots patrol and protect the former Avengers headquarters.

Yes.

The Avengers headquarters wasn't originally in Manhattan, but it's here now.

Do not ask.

The question is whether the creator, Sierra, moved the entire Avengers here after driving them away.

These patrolling robots were created by the creator, Sera, using her own body, which is made of adamantium, to protect herself.

Moreover, this Avengers headquarters is no longer called Avengers Headquarters.

Eagle's Nest!

This is the name that creator Sierra gave to the Avengers Tower.

At the very top of the Eagle's Nest, Sera, who had the same face as Hawke but was dressed in a presidential suit, stood with her hands behind her back. Completely different from Hawke, her arrogant gaze fell on the pedestrians below who were walking like ants through the window.

His greatest pleasure was standing here, watching the pedestrians below, whom he considered like ants, living under his control.

This is what makes him different from Hawke.

Although Hawke said that those who do not become gods are ultimately just ants, he mostly used this phrase to describe and encourage himself.

He never looked down on or belittled any life; every life was equal in his eyes.

Of course.

Except for enemies or races unseen in the dark.

And Sera...

He not only said it, but he also did it, regarding any life, any life inferior to his own, as an ant.

Just like right now, Icarus is kneeling behind him on one knee, giving him a report.

Just as the Thiam in every timeline makes the decision to sacrifice humanity, the Eternals of every timeline, Icarus, similarly choose to be loyal to the Celestials.

The same applies to Icarus in this timeline.

Furthermore, Icarus felt no qualms about Sera asking him to address her as the chief god.

In Icarus's view, he was created by the Celestials, so it was only right that he regarded the Celestials as his chief gods.

It's easy to understand if we use a more vivid description to describe Icarus.

Those who dare to be lackeys will always have countless reasons to defend their masters.

As for those who are unwilling to be slaves...

Of course, they were imprisoned. After reporting to Sera, Icarus went to the basement of the Eagle's Nest, behind the doors of the cells where those who no longer wished to follow the Celestials were imprisoned.

Ajak, the chieftain of the Eternals, lay weakly on the ground, his head resting on the legs of Cersei, whose face also looked somewhat haggard.

Icarus went to the window and looked at Cersei, who was sitting against the wall inside, taking care of Ajak. He once again tried to persuade her to surrender: "If you are willing, the chief god Serah is willing to give you a chance to submit."

Cersei scoffed, looking at Icarus, who came here almost every day at this time and said the same thing: "God, what kind of god is he? He's just a tool created like us."

Icarus remained expressionless.

"The Celestials created us, so they are naturally our supreme deities."

"Yes, he created us, and then repeatedly erased our memories. Eternity didn't treat them like that."

Cersei bluntly exposed the Celestials' mentality behind this action: "They want to rebel against eternity, so they don't want us to retain our memories because they're afraid we'll rebel against them too. But they don't need to worry at all. They just need to create you, because no matter how they treat you, you'll serve them as your gods. But I'm sorry, we won't. At least Ajax, Tina, Gilgamesh, and I won't."

Don't ask why it's only these people.

Because those she hadn't mentioned, such as Jingo, Faustos, and the elves, all chose to side with the Celestials.

However, Cersei and Ajax made no comment on their choice.

Everyone has his own ambitions.

Cersei looked down on Icarus in his current state: "If you want to be a dog, you can continue to be a dog, but you shouldn't make me and Ajax continue to be dogs like you."

Just like the elves and Jin Ge, even after learning the truth, they still chose to stand on the side of the Celestials, but they didn't come to her and Ajax dressed up and say anything like victors.

Whether it was out of guilt or for other reasons, they never came back to see her and Ajax.

Icarus listened to Cecily's words without changing his expression.

"I just made the right choice. We were created by them, and it is our duty to obey them."

"Then you should continue to obey them."

Sersi's eyes were filled with contempt as she looked at Icarus: "But remember, this planet is never short of miracles. Whenever this planet is about to be covered by darkness, there will always be a ray of light that leads the life of this planet to break through the darkness and usher in the light."

Just like when the world was about to fall to Hydra, Captain America became a miracle, leading everyone to reclaim the world.

Icarus looked at Cersei, whose eyes were sparkling with hope, but his face remained ashen: "You're still so naive."

Cersei remained expressionless.

"You are just as stubborn and ignorant."

"..."

Faced with Cecilia's disdainful gaze, Icarus, who had finally met her eyes, withdrew his gaze, turned around silently, and left.

soon.

The underground prison returned to silence once more.

Just after Icarus left, Ajax, who had been lying unconscious on Cersei's leg, slowly opened his eyes. He looked down at Cersei and asked in a low voice, "Do you really believe a miracle will happen?"

Sersi smiled slightly: "Of course, this planet is never short of miracles."

Ajax grinned when he heard this.

Where do miracles come from?

"do not know."

Cersei shook her head, though she saw no chance that life on this planet could defeat a god, her eyes still filled with hope: "But I believe in them."

Ajax was slightly taken aback.

"them?"

"the Avengers."

Sersi said firmly, "After the whole world has been conquered by Sera, I believe that as long as the Avengers are still around, Sera will not be able to completely conquer this planet. And it is precisely because the Avengers have never given up hope that I have not given up hope either."

one more time.

Just like the annihilation event, when the whole world had given up hope and had begun to face a new world where half of the lives had disappeared.

The Avengers managed to snatch back half of the lost lives.

The most important point.

Cersei looked at Ajax and said with a smile, "Anyway, staying here and maintaining a glimmer of hope is better than doing nothing."

Upon hearing this, Ajax looked at Cersei's hopeful eyes and smiled, saying, "Who says there's nothing we can do?"

Cersei was slightly taken aback.

Ajax laughed and said, "I ask you, why does Sera insist on possessing Hawke's body?"

Sersi frowned: "Sera wants to replace Hawk, the chief god from another universe, by possessing Hawk's body."

Ajax nodded: "Yes, that's his plan, but why does he insist on creating the Scarlet Witch through this timeline first, and then creating Hawk through the Scarlet Witch?"

Sersi looked at Ajak: "That's the supreme god, the true supreme god. The supreme god's time cannot be plundered, let alone directly stolen. So he can only create Hawk in Scarlet Witch's time, not Hawk in Hawk's time."

Ajax nodded again.

"So rather than saying that Hawk was created by Sera, the correct statement is that he was created by the Scarlet Witch, right?"

"That's right, what exactly are you..."

"Then here's the problem."

"The reason why Sera was able to indirectly create Hawk through Scarlet Witch is because Scarlet Witch herself wanted to resurrect Hawk."

"But the Hawk she wants to resurrect is her Hawk, not the Hawk she is now."

"Do you think this Scarlet Witch knows her Hawk has become Sera? Do you think she'll make the same choice as us, or like Icarus?"

"..." (End of this chapter)