My surname is Stark, who changed my job to become a female big gun?

Chapter 584 I Saw... I Saw the End...

After this immersive search and discussion, Wanda quickly accepted Lainie's theory that people with super powers are extraordinary.

But then Wanda asked Lainie if there were other examples like Skye in SHIELD, and Lainie's answer was -

"Gone."

Lainie shook her head and waved her hand, conjuring up the scene of Sky touching the obelisk alone in the cabin.

"Skye is the only person in SHIELD who has gotten rid of the petrification phenomenon on her own so far, and the only one who has successfully gained super powers through the obelisk."

Wanda looked at the petrification that was gradually spreading upwards from Skye's palm, and couldn't help but recall the "volunteers" who had participated in Baron Strucker's human experiments with her and her siblings.

They had not been able to survive the near-death experience like himself and his brother Pietro had.

Although Wanda did not witness the tragic plight of those people with her own eyes, just from the painful screams that echoed in the underground experimental base, she could imagine what would happen to those people who never appeared again.

"So, your SHIELD is the same as Hydra?"

Wanda stared at the statue of Skye who had been completely petrified, and wondered if that didn't mean that before Skye, there were many other people who had turned to stone because they had touched the obelisk at the request of SHIELD?

"No, in fact, there are more than one supernatural object like obelisks. The Hydra was the first to study them. After the end of World War II, the Strategic Scientific Corps, the predecessor of SHIELD, confiscated one of them and sealed it up. In the process, they also learned about the terrifying effects of this mysterious obelisk."

Lainie waved her hand and conjured up another scene, which was exactly the scene where she, Sky and others intercepted Jing Xinyouliang, the second-in-command of the Hand.

“This is actually what Skye is touching upon.”

Wanda couldn't help but frown as she looked at the scene of a strange man hiding in a Bentley and touching the obelisk without permission, eventually turning himself into stone.

"You kidnapped him?"

"I guess so. However, he himself didn't understand the origin of the obelisk and tried to use it to gain super powers. In the end, he turned into stone..."

Lainie did not hide anything, nor did she explain why she did not save Jing Xin Youliang. She did not think she had done anything wrong.

"Touching a power that you can't control without permission, and eventually being bitten back by the power, this is a plot that has been seen in many movies, and I don't care about it."

"But……"

Wanda still felt a little uncomfortable.

"There's nothing to worry about. The reason we approached him in the first place was because we didn't want to see more tragedies like his happen. But who would have thought that this guy would actually be so stupid as to hold that thing in his hand."

Lainie was too lazy to dwell on these meaningless past events, so she simply waved her hand to remove all the illusions, then walked up to Wanda and looked her in the eye.

“From ancient times to the present, countless lessons from history have told us that once people have mastered some powerful power, they will often be tempted by it and eventually go to destruction.

Jing Xinyouliang is just one example. His tragedy is not unprecedented, and it will not be the last. "

Wanda looked at Lainie's firm and indifferent eyes, feeling mixed emotions.

She knew that what Lainie said made sense, but she still couldn't fully accept this indifferent attitude.

"What about Skye? Can you guarantee that she won't be tempted by this power?"

"Of course not. She is a person with her own thoughts and cognition. She is not someone's little pet..."

Lainie smiled, thinking that it was a good thing that no one else could hear their conversation, otherwise Skye would have bared her teeth at her.

"However, since I was the one who brought her to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and it was me who let her touch the obelisk, then I naturally have the responsibility to lead her onto the right track, even though I cannot guarantee that the path I take is necessarily correct..."

Facing Wanda's crimson eyes, Lainie's gaze was filled with firm confidence.

"But I can at least guarantee that her efforts will not be in vain again."

Wanda was silent after hearing this. She could hear the meaning behind Lainie's words. The promise she just made was actually also directed at her.

You know, in this illusion space created by Wanda's mind control ability, what Lainie is thinking about at the moment is almost clear to her.

Of course, Wanda could see that the woman in front of her was actually planning to recruit her and her brother, and she also valued her abilities very much.

Wanda actually has some ideas about this. She doesn't mind joining an alliance that at least sounds reliable.

But she still had a concern.

It's not because of the concern that Tony Stark, a past enemy, is in this alliance.

Even after she saw what Tony Stark truly feared, she already knew that Stark was not the arrogant and domineering guy that her siblings had imagined.

She was only concerned about her own and her brother's future, whether her and her brother's abilities would be properly respected and protected in the alliance, and whether they would be used as tools, just like Baron Stark.

Wanda and her brother Pietro certainly knew that Baron Strucker was not a good person. They had studied history and of course knew what kind of monsters Hydra was.

But at that time they only wanted revenge, and Baron Stark happened to have such ability, so the two parties hit it off.

To put it nicely, they are mutually beneficial.

To put it bluntly, they are just taking advantage of each other.

But now Baron Strucker has been captured, and he and his Hydra army have been destroyed by the Avengers in one fell swoop.

The agreement between the two parties is now invalid, and Wanda must consider the future of her and her brother.

What Lainie said before was right. Hatred could not be the driving force for them to live on for the rest of their lives. They needed something else to support themselves.

Wanda took a deep breath and looked out into the dark chaos in the distance, her heart filled with confusion and uncertainty.

Seeing this, Lainie didn't say anything more.

Anyway, there is still time for everything. Whether these brother and sister can join the Avengers depends on luck.

Thinking of this, Lainie simply changed the subject.

"By the way, what did you and Tony see before? Why were you so scared?"

Hearing this, Wanda, who was originally in a daze, shuddered unconsciously.

"I saw... I saw the end of the world..."

As she spoke, Lainie felt the chaotic space around her suddenly twist, and the scene around her changed again.

Then, what Lainie saw was a battlefield with a sea of ​​blood and corpses. Lainie didn't even need to smell the strong bloody smell, the strong stench went straight into her nose. Lainie subconsciously covered her mouth and nose with her hands, resisting the churning in her stomach and looking at Wanda who was also feeling very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, the latter waved his hand to indicate that he could still bear it, and then pointed in the direction behind Lainie.

Lainie then looked back and saw a wormhole shaped like a gate to heaven standing above the sea of ​​blood and corpses in the distance. Inside, there were countless Chitauri armies and giant Chitauri beasts attacking the battlefield where the two of them were!

The scene looked very much like what Tony saw in the original timeline, but it was more real, more shocking and terrifying than that scene.

Lainie couldn't help but frown. She was not worried that the illusions would hurt her. She simply took a step forward, stepped over the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and walked towards the direction of the Heavenly Gate.

She seemed to have just seen a familiar presence among the corpses in the distance.

Wanda, who was behind her, opened her red lips slightly when she saw this. She originally wanted to persuade Lainie not to go deeper, but seeing the latter's firm steps, she had no choice but to follow her obediently.

Tony Stark was like this before. Even though he was surrounded by the corpses of people he knew, he would leave without hesitation just like the man in front of him...

Lainie ignored Wanda behind her, and of course she didn't notice her actions at all.

In this spiritual world created by consciousness, the APG-63 radar on Lanie is ineffective and she cannot see everything around her.

She could only rely on her own eyes for the first time in a long time, trying to find those familiar places among the mountains of corpses and sea of ​​blood around her.

Coulson, Fury, Hill...

Fitz, Simmons, Maya Hansen...

One by one, extremely familiar figures appeared in Lainie's sight. Without exception, each of them fell in a pool of blood, and each of their faces was filled with pain.

Next came Natasha and Clint. One of them had her stomach stabbed with a sharp weapon, and the other had his eyes gouged out and his hands cut off.

Lainie's gaze lingered on their wounds for a moment, her brows furrowed in a frown that almost twisted into a ball.

Looking further away, Skye, who was lying in a pool of blood, had his arms shattered into powder, and next to him was Sif, who was nailed to the ground by a broken sword.

Lainie recognized the broken sword. It was the holy sword she had given to Sif. However, the blade was now full of gaps, and the originally luxurious engravings were now stained with glaring blood.

Thor's body was split in half at the shoulders, and the hammer that had always been with him was also broken into pieces.

Even the extremely powerful Hulk had his head chopped off and several sharp spears stuck in his body. One of the spears pierced through Hulk's heart and nailed him to the stone steps.

Roddy's body and armor were torn into pieces, and his upper body was crushed into a meat patty.

If it weren't for the War Machine armor, Lainie probably wouldn't have recognized that the puddle of flesh was him.

Then it was Steve. His body looked relatively intact, but the blood coming out of his head showed that he didn't make it to the end.

At the same time, as expected, the originally extremely solid Vibranium shield also broke into two pieces, one half in Steve's hand, and the other half on the ground...

Lainie took a deep breath and took a while to suppress the fear in her heart.

This scene was so despairing that if Lani hadn't known in advance that this was just an illusion and had prepared herself for it in advance, she would have been despairing.

If it were someone else, they would probably be lucky if they didn't go crazy on the spot.

But what made Lainie feel a little strange was that she didn't see her own existence among these shocking corpses.

Logically speaking, since this is where Tony's inner fear lies, it is natural that there is no body of Tony.

But why is there no corpse of mine here?

And didn’t Wanda say before that she was dead too? Then why not?
"This is! How is it possible?!"

Hearing Wanda's surprised voice behind her, Lainie looked over and saw Wanda staring at a corpse on the ground in a daze.

Seeing this, Lainie looked at the body carefully and found that Pietro was shot several times, looking like a sieve!
Lainie couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when she saw this.

This way of death looks familiar. It is exactly the same as when Pietro sacrificed himself to save Clint and the little boy in the original timeline!
"No, this is not right! Why is Pietro here?!"

Wanda seemed unable to accept it and murmured.

Then, as if her mood was affected, the originally desperate and stable illusion began to distort and collapse.

Seeing this, Lainie hurried to Wanda and tried to comfort her. It took a while for her disordered and restless breathing to calm down.

"what is going on?"

After Wanda calmed down completely, Lainie looked around at the still dark and chaotic environment, and then asked in a deep voice:
"Could it be that the illusion you saw before was different from the scene just now?"

Hearing this, Wanda, with beads of sweat on her forehead, nodded hesitantly, but then shook her head.

"Very similar, but not exactly the same. I didn't see my brother's body in the previous illusion."

Wanda tried hard not to recall the desperate scene just now, but as soon as she closed her eyes, the tragic death of her brother Pietro began to appear uncontrollably in front of her eyes.

Hearing Wanda say this, Lainie's brows furrowed even deeper.

He was unable to find his own body in the environment, but Wanda saw the death of his brother Pietro.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the memory illusion?

Is it influenced by yourself?

Or is there something else affecting Wanda's abilities?
After thinking for a long time, Lainie looked at the chaos around her and felt overwhelmed for a moment.

But unfortunately, she is not the real master of this space. Even if she can show her memories here, she still has to rely on the real controller Wanda to figure out the situation.

"Wanda, can you try to re-construct the memory you just had?"

Lainie wanted to study it more carefully to see if she could find any clues from the memory illusion itself.

However, after trying it, Wanda shook her head helplessly.

"No, I can't concentrate on remanifesting it, I... I feel a little uncomfortable..."

Wanda pressed her forehead with some pain, but it didn't look fake.

Seeing this, Lainie couldn't force it, so she could only put it aside for the time being and planned to wait until Wanda calmed down before investigating what went wrong.

(End of this chapter)