Captain America placed Pietro's body inside the lifeboat. Hawkeye, examining his own wounds, winced in pain. "Ah!" He found a chair and wearily sat down.
A medic approached, wanting to bandage his injuries, but Hawkeye waved them off. "No! No! I'm fine!"
"It's been a long day!" He then slowly reclined on the bench, looking at Pietro's body lying nearby. He thought back to their few encounters, their brief clashes.
He had to admit, this time, Pietro had won. And there was no way for Hawkeye to ever win it back.
Wanda slowly approached Ultron, chaos magic coalescing in her hands.
Seeing her approach, Ultron called out, "Wanda! If you stay here, you'll die!"
Wanda looked at Ultron coldly. "I am dead! You know how that feels?"
She reached out, her power seizing Ultron's body. Then, his core was ripped violently from his chest.
Wanda looked at the mechanical core, still leaking oil, then raised her head to look at Ultron, who was not yet completely deactivated. "It feels like having your heart torn out!"
But Ultron had achieved his objective: 'To lure Wanda away from the core!' A heavily damaged robot crawled slowly to the core and activated it.
Captain America, standing at the edge of the city, was checking for any remaining civilians. When Ultron flipped the core, Captain America immediately realized something was wrong. He turned and sprinted towards the lifeboat behind him.
Below the city, Tony was immediately pinned down by the powerful reverse thrust. The entire city began to plummet at high speed. Captain America, in a desperate move, leaped onto the lifeboat at the last moment, narrowly avoiding being destroyed along with the city.
Captain America, lying on the edge of the lifeboat, watched Sokovia fall rapidly. All eleven thrusters within the city were operating at full power.
Tony pushed his suit to maximum speed, escaping Sokovia's pull. He then arrived at the gap he had previously created, firing a laser beam from his chest reactor, striking the bottom of the core.
"Thor!!! Aim for the target!!!"
Thor, who had just arrived and was inside the church, heard the call. He raised Mjolnir, gathering a massive amount of lightning. The lightning followed Sokovia's descent, striking Mjolnir repeatedly.
Inside the train car, Wanda floated uncontrollably in the air. Vision found her amidst the debris, gently cradling her in a princess carry. He then accelerated, leaving Sokovia.
Inside the church, Thor had raised Mjolnir high, ready to strike. As Tony shouted, "Now!!!"
Thor brought the hammer down with all his might on the core. The next instant, a terrifying energy wave exploded. In an instant, countless buildings were destroyed.
Then, the entire city of Sokovia exploded in mid-air, a deafening roar followed by its disintegration into countless fragments. Thor was also blasted away by the explosion, but his powerful physique prevented him from dying.
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Seeing Thor at the center of the shockwave, Jane Foster couldn't help but cover her mouth and worry, "Thor..."
Her good friend Daisy Louise chuckled, "He'll definitely be fine! Don't forget, he's a god!"
"Yeah! I just didn't expect the future to be so dangerous! All of humanity almost went to see God!" Erik Selvig shook his head. After being dismissed from Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., he was idle for a while. Although he could go to university to teach, more importantly, he also discovered a peculiar phenomenon.
Coincidentally, Jane Foster was recently studying the astrophysical phenomenon of the Nine Realms converging. Erik Selvig was very interested in this, so he informed her of his discovery. This was why he was here with Jane Foster.
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Amidst the countless fragments of buildings, Tony accelerated, dodging a huge stone pillar that was hurtling towards him. A large amount of debris fell into the water below him. Tony weaved left and right, dodging the falling debris.
Then, Thor also fell into the water along with the debris.
On the Quinjet, the Hulk closed the aircraft's hatch. Behind him, Natasha's voice called out, "Hey! Big guy! We did it! Job's done! Now I need you to turn around, okay?"
The Hulk, hearing Natasha's voice, slowly walked forward, looking at her through the screen.
On the Helicarrier, Natasha spoke to the Hulk through the communicator. "We can't track you in stealth mode! So please help me! I need you..."
But before she could finish, the Hulk reached out with two fingers and turned off the holographic communication.
Natasha stared at the closed communication, stunned. For a moment, she felt a surge of emotions. She took great effort to keep herself from crying. She knew the Hulk wouldn't be coming back.
The Hulk, after turning off the communication, sat slowly in the aircraft, looking up at the sky. He didn't want to stay on Earth anymore. Earth was a place of heartbreak for him. Everyone feared him, even Natasha.
He had tried to integrate into the team, but Wanda had used her magic to show the Hulk that he would always be the monster that terrified the people of Earth. Recalling the eyes of the residents of Sokovia looking at him at that time, the Hulk felt sad.
At the ruins of Sokovia, a huge crater appeared. A small stream was cut off, forming a small waterfall.
The broken opening of Strucker's underground base was also exposed to view.
An Ultron robot just crawled up, only to see Vision slowly descending from the sky in front of it. The two faced each other.
Vision looked at Ultron. "You're afraid."
Ultron replied with a hint of mockery, "Of you?"
Vision corrected him gently, "Of death. You're the last one."
"You were supposed to be the last! Stark wanted an army! And he got a puppy!"
Vision remained unruffled by Ultron's taunt. "We're both disappointments."
"Ahahaha! I suppose we are."
"Humans are odd! They think order and chaos are somehow opposites! Try to control what cannot be! But there is grace in their failings. I think you missed that."
Ultron dismissed this. "They're doomed!"
"Yes," Vision had to admit that the current Earthlings were indeed not far off. Various wars and internal conflicts plagued humanity.
"But a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts! It's a privilege to be among them."
Hearing this, Ultron cursed, "You're unbelievably naive!"
Vision was silent for a moment, then said, "Well... I was born yesterday."
Ultron lunged at him. The Mind Stone on Vision's forehead flashed brightly. And it was all over.