Relying on his immortality, Moon Knight frantically provoked Supreme Superman, only to be frozen solid by a blast of his Ice Breath.
He wanted to take him back and offer him to Kytheron as his spoils of war, and to let this false god's follower see the only true God in this World.
However, the Avengers team and the Fantastic Four had different ideas; they also wanted to keep this living specimen for research.
So, while the others cleaned up the mess, Tony flew forward, intending to negotiate with Supreme Superman:
"Uh, Superman, I hope it's okay to call you that. You know, I love comics too, and I absolutely adore that blue bodysuit of yours!"
"Tin Man, remember this: I am Supreme Superman. If you get my name wrong again, I'll strip off your tin and hang you on top of that skyscraper to catch the cold wind."
Supreme Superman showed no respect to Iron Man's attempt to get chummy.
Looking at Supreme Superman's arrogant face, Tony had no doubt that he would follow through on his words, and he dropped his joking smile.
"OK, Mr. Supreme Superman, I wanted to discuss something with you. I'd like to buy that ice sculpture you have, and you can name your price!"
As a businessman, Tony's first consideration for acquiring anything was never anything other than money.
As for using other moral arguments to coerce someone, he disdained such actions. More importantly, the arrogant Superman in front of him didn't seem like a moral person.
"This is my trophy, offered to the great Kryptonian God, Lord God Kytheron. Don't even think about it. If you say another word, I'll let you taste my fist!"
Without any hesitation, Supreme Superman immediately rejected the proposal.
"That's truly a shame!"
After being rebuffed, Tony wasn't discouraged in the slightest; he had already anticipated this outcome.
"However, Mr. Supreme Superman, could I please ask you to stay and help us with the aftermath of this virus outbreak?"
Changing the subject, Tony made another request to Supreme Superman.
Upon hearing this, Supreme Superman was about to refuse when he suddenly received instructions from Kytheron to agree and prepare to play the role of a Superhero.
Although he was a bit confused by his Lord God's instructions, Supreme Superman accepted without any hesitation!
"Lord God wants me to stay and assist you all!"
At this moment, Tony's interest in the Lord God mentioned by Supreme Superman grew immensely.
"Mr. Supreme Superman, how many super-infected individuals did you kill?"
To ensure no one was missed, Tony began to tally the numbers.
"Including the one frozen in front of me, five in total!"
Hearing this number, Tony immediately had a bad feeling.
"One more is missing!"
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Meanwhile, the heroes surveying the battlefield looked at the dismembered bodies scattered everywhere, their hearts heavy.
The silver lining was that these super-infected individuals seemed to have no intention of infecting ordinary people, as nearly every deceased ordinary person's body was torn to shreds!
"We should confirm that all super-infected individuals have been dealt with. Now, the only things we need to worry about are residual viruses and potentially hidden infected individuals. Therefore, none of us can leave Manhattan for now, to prevent the virus from attaching to us and spreading further."
"Especially all nearby water sources and body remains, which must be handled with the highest level of virus protection!"
"Everyone will undergo thorough disinfection once reinforcements arrive!"
On the issue of aftermath, the Avengers team and the Fantastic Four reached an agreement.
Having all witnessed the hellish scene, they naturally understood the terrifying nature of this virus.
"I don't need to, do I? I don't believe any virus can survive the thousands of degrees of heat from my flames!"
Human Torch, however, had a different opinion on this.
Indeed, his situation was very special.
He could transform his entire body into raging flames, with his surface temperature easily reaching four to five thousand degrees, not much different from the surface of the Sun.
He was probably the only one least likely to carry the virus!
"Johnny, we are a team!"
At this, Susan, as his older sister, immediately stopped her younger brother.
"Alright, I have no objections!"
Human Torch still held respect for his sister.
"Everyone, wait. The situation isn't as optimistic as we thought, because we seem to have missed an even bigger problem!"
Just then, Tony flew over with Supreme Superman and said in a deep voice.
"What's going on, Tony?"
Captain America asked with a solemn expression.
Although Tony Stark had a wild and unruly personality, he was never sloppy when it came to serious matters, so Captain America instantly tensed up.
The other Superheroes also turned their gaze towards Tony.
"I just cross-referenced information with Mr. Supreme Superman. There were a total of six super-infected individuals; four were eliminated, one was captured, and one escaped!"
"What? Damn it, this is trouble!"
Immediately, both sides' personnel were shocked and paled.
"That guy seems to possess an Ant-Man suit with the same functions as Scott's, capable of enlarging or shrinking his body!"
"And before we arrived, Spider-Man had also gotten here first, but now we can't find any trace of him, nor any signs of him being harmed on the battlefield."
"Tony, are you saying Spider-Man might have been infected?"
Captain America had a very good impression of this good neighbor who was active in Queens, and had tried to recruit him into the Avengers more than once.
"It's just a worst-case guess. It's possible Spider-Man went to track down the escaped infected individual!"
Tony could only try to guess in a positive direction.
The Superheroes were discussing how to find the escaped zombie Ant-Man, unaware that he, now shrunk to the size of an ant, was hiding underground, eavesdropping on everything they were saying.
It was not easy to come to this World with countless fresh meats, but the feast had just begun and was forced to stop. Ant-Man undoubtedly found such a result unacceptable!
"This Universe seems a bit different, Superman. Why can characters from comics appear in reality? Does this Universe really have a Planet called Kryptonian?"
"The key to everything lies in the unknown existence of Superman. As long as he is infected, then the rest are nothing to fear."
Having experienced battles in two Universes, Ant-Man was very clear about the fatal threat posed by top-tier combat power.
Although he didn't want another competitor to snatch his food, it was something he had to do.
So he decided to first find his counterpart in this Universe and snatch Pym Particles from him. He wanted to shrink himself to a subatomic state, then bypass Supreme Superman's defenses and dismantle him from within.
As for Spider-Man, when the ant-sized Ant-Man bit him on the neck, he knew something was terribly wrong!
Relying on his still-intact sanity, he used his web-shooters to tightly wrap himself into a large white cocoon.
"Goodbye, Aunt Mei, Mary Jane."
These were Peter Parker's last words before his brain was taken over by hunger.
However, just as he finished speaking, a faint light appeared, and in the next second, the cocoon wrapping him appeared out of thin air before Kytheron.
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