Tony's words successfully made everyone turn their gaze toward Ryan, who had seemed very reliable since his arrival, and they looked at him with expectation.
As the saying goes, the onlookers see more clearly than the players. Perhaps Ryan, an observer from another Universe, could make a clearer and more correct choice than they could!
Facing the trusting and expectant gazes of all the Avengers, Ryan didn't show any stage fright at all, as if these people were still members of his Universe's Spider Family and he was still the absolute leader of that Spider Family.
Ryan sat on the chair, resting his chin on his hand. Although his tone was calm, it carried an unquestionable authority unique to a superior: "My suggestion is to resolve the risks first, then use the six Infinity Stones to bring everyone back."
"I've said before that time in the Quantum Realm is different. Although you've only been back for a short while, a long time might have passed for Thanos. No one can guarantee whether Thanos will suddenly appear when the snap happens, so we must eliminate him as a hidden threat first!"
"And the six Infinity Stones shouldn't be kept together initially. You keep these three, and I'll keep the three from my Universe. Once Thanos is dealt with, I'll lend them to you to resurrect the others."
Facing Ryan's answer, the others, most of whom were already inclined to deal with Thanos first before summoning back those annihilated by him, nodded in agreement.
Captain America nodded and said, "Very well. Tony, put the stones away."
After Tony gathered the three Infinity Stones from the table, Captain America looked around at everyone again and said seriously, "Then it's confirmed we'll deal with Thanos first. Now there's only one question left: who will go to destroy Thanos's mothership?"
Although Captain America asked this, everyone knew that besides Captain Marvel, who was far away, only three people present had the ability to destroy Thanos's mothership alone.
First was Thor, who had ascended to the God-King level after obtaining stormbreaker, and had even caught a six-stone Thanos off guard.
However, everyone looked at his large belly and slovenly, unreliable appearance, highly doubting if the current Thor still possessed the formidable strength he had when he almost killed Thanos with a single axe strike... then there was the 'hybrid' Green Doctor, created by the fusion of Hulk and Dr. Banner.
But Green Doctor had the same issue as Thor: compared to his pure Hulk state, the current Green Doctor's power had decreased by more than just a little bit!
Originally, Hulk had a buff where he grew stronger the angrier he got, but ever since Dr. Banner erased Hulk's consciousness and took control of the Hulk's body himself...
Besides the original rage buff being gone, the most important thing was that Dr. Banner, as a researcher, was simply not suited for combat!
Hulk's power was suited for a savage fighting style, but now that it was replaced by the refined Dr. Banner, fighting felt, to put it bluntly, like an idiot with zero combat experience.
So... everyone finally let their gazes fall back onto Ryan.
Powerful, unknown to Thanos, and reliable!
With these three major elements combined, Ryan was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate to raid Thanos's mothership!
But here was the problem...
Ryan was here from another Universe to watch over the safety of his Universe's Infinity Stones; how could they have the heart to let him risk his life to help them destroy Thanos's warship...
Seeing their gazes, Ryan naturally understood their meaning. His lips curled up slightly as he took the initiative: "Alright, I'll handle destroying Thanos's mothership. It just so happens I want to use the Thanos from another Universe to see exactly how strong the Thanos from our Universe is."
Seeing Ryan take on the task voluntarily made the Avengers feel quite embarrassed.
They were borrowing his stones, having him help with strategies, and now they were letting him take on the most dangerous part.
This... they would never be able to repay Ryan's kindness!
Finally, all the Avengers promised Ryan that their Universe owed him a massive favor.
While they couldn't guarantee everyone would acknowledge it, they could guarantee that every one of the Avengers would remember this kindness.
As long as Ryan needed it in the future, the Avengers of their Universe would do their utmost to help him!
And with this promise, it was enough for Ryan!
After all, hadn't he come to this Universe specifically for 'favors'?
Everyone in this Universe owes me a favor, right? That means... a certain Deerhead sitting at the end of time also has a part in this~
Rounding up, it means the God of Stories also owes me a favor!
At the very moment this thought arose in Ryan's mind... beneath a certain World Tree formed by countless intertwined emerald timelines, a Golden-Horned Fawn, also wrapped in timelines, twitched his lip on his 'Golden Throne.'
He looked at the special timeline held tightly in his right palm, his expression complex, eyes full of deep affection yet filled with helplessness.
Finally, He sighed and whispered, "Thor, although I have changed the fixed tragic fates of every parallel Universe, I can no longer personally interfere with their destinies because of it..."
"All I can do for you, for Asgard, for the Nine Realms, and for my Universe, is to bring you a new hope, and nothing more..."
Indeed, just as Ryan had thought before, although Loki had become the God of Stories holding the fate of the multiverse, he couldn't truly become a heartless machine of fate.
Or rather, if Loki were truly heartless, he wouldn't have been able to sit on this Time Throne.
So Loki still held personal feelings for the Universe he was born in, especially for the Thor and Asgard of that Universe, and would not let all tragedies happen unchecked.
But because He was trapped on the throne, He could not personally change certain tragedies.
Therefore, at the absolute point in time of traveling through parallel Universes in His Universe, Loki performed a unique interference.
He manipulated the time He was now proficient in, changing the timeline Universe that His Universe's Tony and the others were originally supposed to travel to, and sent them to another timeline Universe in the year 2012.
That timeline was—Ryan's Universe.
The special Universe where the only Variable of the multiverse existed!
A Universe whose future impact on the multiverse would even be comparable to the sacred timeline!
This was the only change Loki made for His Universe, and also the most important one!
Ryan thought it was a coincidence that people from the God of Stories' Universe traveled to his Universe.
Even the Ancient One and Odin thought so, which was why they wanted to firmly grasp this opportunity to ride his coattails, thus approaching Ryan to have him connect with the God of Stories' Universe.
But no one expected that the people from the God of Stories' Universe traveling to Ryan's Universe was not an accident at all, but a story meticulously woven by the God of Stories!
This tells us that when you are calculating against others, it's very likely you are already within someone else's calculations...
Loki was originally watching everything happening for the better in His Universe from a God's perspective with a smile, but his gaze suddenly snapped toward the World Tree formed by countless timelines.
On the World Tree, a timeline suddenly turned from a vibrant emerald green to a dead gray at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Loki frowned, raised his left hand, and grasped the timeline wrapped around him that had already turned gray, closing his eyes.
His gaze instantly pierced through the river of time, ignoring universal barriers, to see the scene occurring in the Universe where the gray timeline was located.
Tracing back to the source causing a Universe to be on the brink of death, Loki's vision arrived at an old castle and peered inside.
Loki first saw a dining table.
And what surprised Loki was that on that long dining table, someone was actually lying there—it was Spider-Man, wearing a red and blue spider suit!