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Kous Bradford is a wild card.

This is a fact that the other party hinted at many times during the conversation with Ancient One, and Mephisto's ambiguity and urge to leave the earth from time to time also confirm this view.

Variables are also anomalies. Cauus exists in the main universe, but is separated from the sacred timeline. In other words, everything he owns does not affect the running of the timeline, and the same goes for the Infinity Stones.

Two identical Infinity Stones cannot exist in the same plane. For example, if two Time Stones act on a certain node at the same time, it will cause the entire timeline to collapse. Because of this, in the will of the universe, the time stone of this universe will be higher than the level of another time stone - that is, the main time stone takes effect and the other one is erased!

If Cauvus gets his hands on the Infinity Stones, everything changes.

Cauus has absorbed the etheric particles, but this does not affect the arrival of another reality gem in the sacred timeline. As long as the two reality gems don't collide head-on, everything will be fine.

However, the moment Cauvus obtained the four Infinity Stones, these four stones were no longer protected by the will of the main universe, but became something independent of the main universe. Once the Infinity Stones from other universes or other timelines come to this universe, they will become new sacred objects and be protected by the will of the universe.

So Doctor Strange’s inference is completely valid!

Thanos can travel to other universes or another timeline through some means, obtain other Infinity Stones, and then use the Self-Gem to replace the Time Stone that cannot be obtained in the main universe, completing the finger snap that is destined to happen.

By the way, the Infinity Stones are actually indestructible. In "Avengers 4", Thanos admitted that he destroyed the Infinity Stones. In fact, he just smashed the Infinity Stones into a subatomic state, which will last for hundreds of thousands of years in the future. Even in millions of years, the Infinity Stones will reorganize and return again.

Looking at Kausu's expression, Strange knew that he had understood.

"Maybe because of your existence, Thanos will never have the chance to get the Eye of Agamotto in my hand, but he may have obtained other gems from other places, and this will not affect the normal operation of the main universe."

"Once the event really happens, even if I can reverse time, it will only create a new timeline and cannot affect the destined ending."

Kausu also understood this sentence.

The Eye of Agamotto can indeed reverse everything, but the Six Stones have the same level as the Time Stone, and even the Time Stone cannot change the fact that half of the universe is destroyed. In order not to produce a time paradox, the main universe will branch off a time fork, thus completing the time reversal and at the same time protecting the unmodifiable and irreversible rules of the sacred timeline.

"I'm going to kill it..."

"It's too late!" Strange said with a wry smile, "The moment Thanos decided to collect the Infinity Stones, the sacred timeline was already locked. Any action you take will create a new timeline instead of changing it. all of these!"

In "Avengers 4", War Machine Rhodes once asked a question: "Why can't we just go back to the past and kill the baby Thanos?" At that time, Hulk's answer was that changing the past cannot change the future, and That past becomes the new future, and the present becomes the past.

——Sounds complicated? In fact, it is very simple. When the past time point is changed, a new timeline is born, which is another parallel universe. Even if they do what Rhodes said, what they will return to will no longer be the sacred timeline, but a new parallel universe.

"Are we just going to have to watch Thanos collect the Infinity Stones and then kill us all with a snap of his fingers?" Kaus raised his head and stared at Doctor Strange, "Don't forget, you are also the one who was killed. One out of fifty!"

"Yes!" Strange sighed softly, "This is what is destined to happen in the sacred timeline. This node is irreversible and cannot be modified!"

His voice gradually became deeper, "Cous, don't you understand yet? This is the way the universe eliminates unstable factors! And you are the biggest variable in this universe!"

Kausu's face was calm, but in fact, there was a turmoil deep in his heart.

Step by step, he actually felt that the will of the universe was interfering with him, and he would encounter many accidents while changing the timeline. For example, the big bat that has never appeared in any plot, Mephisto who easily refuses to leave the hell plane, and Hela who is suddenly sucked into the kingdom of death and directly faces the resentment... If it weren't for Kausu who has been I always act cautiously and rarely take uncertain risks, fearing that these "accidents" may lead to inestimable consequences.

These thoughts only flashed in his mind, and he immediately figured out the cause and effect. He accurately captured a key message in Strange's words, "You mean...'this node' is irreversible and cannot be modified?"

"Yes!" Strange finally smiled this time, and he smiled happily.

"The timeline is not endlessly continuous and fixed. It is also section by section, section by section. When a certain time node is reached, a specific scene triggers the anchoring of the timeline, and its 'present' and 'past' are both Unchangeable.”

"But what about after the node..."

Strange shrugged, "No one said it wasn't a normal timeline, right?"

Kausi also laughed, "So, in the timeline you see, the last node is when Thanos is preparing to collect the infinite stones. From that time until Thanos collects six stones, this period of time Everything will be locked!”

"That's right!" Strange nodded, "Thanos is destined to collect six gems and embed them into the Infinity Gauntlet for a constant period of time - no matter what method you use, even if you put Thanos Either way, the sacred timeline will make your actions completely ineffective due to the unconscious interference of the will of the universe."

"Is this the case every time out of the 14,000,605 times you've seen the ending?"

"Not that many, out of the 2,450,000 times I've seen the future..." Doctor Strange smiled and stretched out his hand, "Every time!"

"Is there any chance of victory?"

"Sorry, no!"

"So, do I exist?"

"Sorry, no..."

Kausi laughed, put down his wine glass, and bumped fists with Strange, "Then, let's do it for the 2450001st time!"

"Any plans?"

"Hmm..." Kausu thought for a while, "Not yet, can you give me some tips?"

"I'll give you one!" Strange poured himself a glass of wine. "Since we know that Thanos will definitely collect six gems, how about killing Thanos with gloves on?"

"Are you serious?" Kausi blinked, "Six-gem Thanos?"

"I saw that at least three people were enough to hold off against the six-gem Thanos for a while, and I thought that might be a good opportunity!"

"...Three?"