Immediately, Charlie Parker darted through the giant skeletons, leaving a trail of crystalline gleam behind him. In no time, he had completely exhausted all of his web fluid.
"Ha!"
The next moment, a horde of giant apes surged forward into the skeletons. As Charlie sharply yanked the webs in his hands, the crystalline webs within the giant skeletons tightened instantly.
Snikt, snikt, snikt-
In an instant, the nearly invisible webs effortlessly sliced through the monsters' flesh, mercilessly shredding each trapped giant ape into pieces, leaving no time for the enemy to react.
Within seconds, hundreds of giant apes had been dismembered, their severed limbs strewn across the ground, a gruesome sight to behold.
Dark green blood slowly dripped off the webs, leaving them untainted by any filth.
As Charlie loosened his grip on the webs, the giant skeletons returned to a brief state of calm.
"Get in here!"
He shouted to Thanos and the others. As the group fought their way back, the relentless horde of giant apes continued to rush forward. The giant skeletons were soon piled high with corpses.
The web trap lost its killing power completely, and the group, struggling against the monster horde, quickly disappeared from Charlie's sight.
A scratched shield was stuck in the ground.
A broken nano-suit was trampled under the feet of the giant apes.
Lizard Parker's headless body was quickly reduced to dust in the struggle between the apes.
Covered in blood, Thanos swung his sword, hacking apart the monsters' bodies. He roared, he raged, as he moved step by step toward the distant golden sun.
No one could stop him.
Only he himself could.
His strength was rapidly depleting. Although the head of a giant ape hanging from his shoulder had lost its body, it still instinctively gnawed at his flesh.
His arms, legs, and waist were all tightly wrapped by the monsters.
The purple Titan dragged the monsters' bodies forward, step by step.
He mechanically swung his sword, indifferent to whether or not he hit his target.
The light in his eyes gradually faded, leaving only numbness and despair.
Until the endless monsters finally overwhelmed him.
Only then did a hint of emotion appear in Thanos's eyes.
To gain the strongest Titan body, he had slaughtered countless people, his hands stained with the blood of his kin.
He had hesitated, regretted, and struggled.
One night, in a hidden corner, after crying where no one could see, he chose to become the only one who could save Titan—Thanos.
He became more and more ruthless, getting closer and closer to his goal.
But the path was too long.
He was tired.
Really tired.
He knew he couldn't finish this journey.
His strength had limits.
He would end up buried on this despairing planet, just like countless predecessors who had tried to save Titan.
Without becoming an Eternal Titan, there was no saving Titan.
His homeland was doomed to destruction.
But he was lucky.
Because he wouldn't have to witness that moment.
...
[You have been eliminated. Resurrection not possible. Reward: Web Retrieval Mode +1]
[8 restarts remaining. Restart now?]
Back in the cosmic web, Charlie stroked his chin, deep in thought.
The endless horde of monsters was an insurmountable barrier, seemingly designed to prevent the Titans from reaching their goal.
But there might still be a way.
After understanding what the so-called Exile Journey was all about, another idea formed in his mind.
Crossing the monster horde to reach the place near the sunlight wasn't an impossible task for him.
After a moment of thought, he rubbed his wrist, manually "switching" web modes, and then flicked out a new strand of web.
"Hmm? Doesn't seem much different."
With a thought, Charlie commanded the white web in his hand, causing it to rapidly retract into his wrist, reverting to its original web fluid state.
Charlie: "..."
Well, isn't that handy—self-retracting?
Compared to "Trap Web" mode, this Web Retrieval Mode wasn't bad either.
Who knows what kind of web mode I'll get next time I restart...
This thought crossed his mind, and Charlie immediately snapped out of it, quickly squashing the idea.
That was a dangerous line of thinking.
Then he clicked [Restart].
Restart!
...
Third Resurrection Match.
This time, under Charlie's lead, the group successfully reached the altar atop the spire.
He dripped blood into the groove, and the night sky above bloomed with one spider totem after another.
Two spider totems overlapped, followed by the appearance of the fragmented spider totem.
"The spider totem wasn't reset?" Charlie mused.
So this fragmented spider totem could be taken back to his world after winning the resurrection match.
"What are you doing?" Lizard Parker asked impatiently.
Charlie noticed the occasional flash of rage in Lizard Parker's eyes and was speechless.
Geez, the friendship they had just built was that fragile?
"Nothing."
"Then let's get started and destroy this place!"
"Wait."
"Wait for what?"
"Wait for Thanos. He'll come looking for us."
"Is that your superpower again?"
"Yes."
Before long, Charlie saw Thanos once again.
"Hello, I'm Thanos, the—"
"The leader of Titan, I know," Charlie interrupted.
"You know?"
Thanos was a bit surprised.
Old Steve and the others also wore puzzled expressions.
"Little Spider, your abilities are frightening."
"Let's skip the chit-chat and get to planning."
"What plan?"
"Operation Eagle."
...
The Next Day, in the Exile Grounds.
With countless Titans as witnesses, Thanos walked reverently to the center of the altar, holding what the Titans called a "sacred artifact."
The sacred artifact was a bronze vessel that resembled a chamber pot.
To open the portal, one had to place their hand on the vessel's surface, and its mysterious power would automatically sense the so-called "divine power."
Buzz~
Thanos and Charlie simultaneously extended their hands, and runes on the vessel's surface began to glow, opening a purple portal.
"Let's go!"
Before Thanos could speak, Charlie took the lead, guiding the group into the portal.
"Strange, he seems to know the process better than I do."
Thanos, bringing up the rear, scratched his head, inadvertently pulling out a few hairs.
"Oh no, my hair loss is getting worse."
His expression was pained, but he carefully stored away the hairs before following Charlie into the portal.
As the group descended upon the desolate planet, the giant skeletons on the ground trembled, and terrifying beasts burst out from beneath the earth.
"It's the Chitauri's Leviathan weapons!" Infinite Tony exclaimed.
"No, they haven't been turned into bio-weapons yet."
Old Steve glanced at Thanos, then, following Charlie's instructions, unhesitatingly hurled Mjolnir at the Leviathan.
Boom!!
In an instant, the Leviathan, still rising into the sky, was pinned down by Mjolnir, while an endless horde of giant apes swept across the land.
"Old man, it's your turn," Charlie said.
"Got it."
Old Steve retrieved the "spare" Mjolnir, and after Charlie secured the handle with his web, he aimed at the sunlight and threw Mjolnir with all his might.
Boom!
Thunder flashed, and Charlie was pulled into the sky by Mjolnir, dragging along Thanos and the others who were bound by the webs.
"So this is Operation Eagle?" Old Steve shouted mid-air.
Charlie looked back, "What? Speak up, I can't hear you..."
Whoosh~~
The wind roared past them, and at this moment, Charlie and the others felt like grasshoppers tied to the same string.
That is not a metaphor!