Chapter 288: He Comes from the Future

According to Hank Pym's description, Clark and Scott Lang finally understood the ins and outs of the situation.

Originally, to defend against Ultron, who possessed the Pym Particles, several scientists among the Avengers had upgraded the defense system of the Avengers base specifically against such threats, ensuring that neither ants nor flies could enter the building undetected.

Although the threat from Ultron had been eliminated, adhering to the principle of "using the best available," the Avengers Tower retained the watertight defense system after being rebuilt.

Unless the enemy could shrink themselves to a subatomic level or teleport like Clark, sneaking in was out of the question.

Using such a system, Tony just caught Scott Lang, who was wearing the Ant-Man suit and attempting to sneak in to steal the Pym Particles.

However, it was clear that the Scott Lang they had caught was not the same one that had come with them.

The details were too complex to be explained in a few words.

Now, Tony and the others had taken the Pym Particles from him and locked him in a detention room, waiting for them to come over for an interrogation together.

Arriving outside the interrogation room, they found Tony, Captain America, and Yilong already there. Through the glass of the detention room, they indeed saw a person sitting inside, wearing the Ant-Man suit and looking exactly like Scott Lang!

As the group entered, everyone's gaze involuntarily shifted between the two Scott Langs, making the Scott Lang beside Clark feel uncomfortable: "Why are you all staring at me like this? Although we look similar, we're not exactly the same."

Scott Lang pointed to the person inside the detention room who looked just like him: "That guy looks much older than me!"

Indeed, as Scott Lang said, the person inside looked a bit older than the one outside, but the difference wasn't significant. To Clark's eyes, the age difference between them was probably only about four years.

At this point, Scott Lang couldn't hold back anymore and shouted at the person inside: "Speak! Who are you? Why are you impersonating me? And what unspeakable plot do you have for stealing the Pym Particles!?"

The person inside looked bewildered at Scott Lang outside, hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said sincerely: "I can't tell you the truth, but please believe me, I need the Pym Particles not for evil purposes. And knowing the truth would only bring unpredictable consequences."

After a pause, as if thinking of something, he added: "If you don't believe me, you can take me for testing, check my DNA, I really am Ant-Man Scott Lang, I just need some Pym Particles to save this world!"

Tony scoffed: "I've heard that there's a race in the universe called the Skrulls, who can freely imitate anyone's appearance, voice, body structure, and even some of their powers. Mimicking DNA is not necessarily impossible for them. You need to provide something convincing for us to believe you."

The Scott Lang inside the room fell silent again, frowning as if trying to figure out how to convince everyone.

At this moment, Clark smiled slightly, stepped forward, and said: "When I first saw you, your gaze was different from when you looked at others. Could it be that you don't recognize me?"

The Scott Lang inside was taken aback: "Should I know you?"

Clark realized something and then pointed to Tony: "Do you know this guy?"

"Tony Stark."

Clark pointed to Hank Pym.

"Hank Pym."

...

After asking about everyone present, the Scott Lang inside only did not recognize Clark and Yilong.

Seeing this, Clark's lips formed a knowing smile, and then he suddenly said something that shocked the other party: "I guess you must have a suit different from the Ant-Man suit hidden on you, right?"

Scott Lang was shocked, sweating profusely as he lost the ability to think for a moment.

The quantum suit was his last trump card, and since arriving at this timeline, he had never exposed it. How did this young man know?

Wanting to deny it but seeing Clark's half-smiling expression, Scott Lang ultimately gave up the unrealistic idea and resignedly sighed, saying: "You're right, I come from the future."

Silence fell over the room. Time travel!

This news was too shocking, and everyone began to look at each other. Their gazes converged on Clark, Tony, and Hank Pym, as if seeking confirmation of the feasibility of this scientific conjecture.

However, realizing something, everyone's gaze eventually focused on Clark alone.

Because from his previous words, it wasn't hard to conclude that he knew the inside story!

Feeling everyone's gaze, Clark simply pointed at Scott Lang in the detention room and said with a smile: "Rather than my guess, let's hear from this Ant-Man from the future himself."

Some things only have a difference between zero times and countless times. Since he had already admitted to coming from the future, revealing other information didn't seem to burden the future Scott Lang anymore. After organizing his thoughts, he began to narrate everything he had seen from beginning to end.

First was the Avengers 3 plot. Although he hadn't participated in the tragic battle, his eloquence made the story vivid.

Then, after escaping from the Quantum Realm 5 years later, he came to the Avengers base and found Captain America and Black Widow.

After that, they found Banner and Tony, and Tony eventually cracked the secret of time travel. They decided to go back in time to collect the Infinity Stones, snap their fingers, and save the half of the universe eradicated by Thanos.

However, after the quantum suits were successfully developed, they needed to be tested first. Unfortunately, during the test, there was a slight mishap with the operation, and he traveled to New York in 1992. That was somewhat embarrassing...

Fortunately, he had enough Pym Particles to return, but during the return process, another accident occurred, leading him here.

Seeing that the remaining Pym Particles were not enough for further attempts, Scott Lang immediately thought of Hank Pym, who was still alive in this timeline, so he tried to find him, with predictable results.

But fortunately, he timely learned that Hank Pym was at the Avengers base.

So, he came here.

And then, he was captured.

"The process was just like that," Scott Lang said with a resigned shrug. "This plan involves the lives of half the universe in the future. So, I'm asking you, please give me some Pym Particles to take back and complete this arduous mission."

"Utter nonsense!"

Hearing Scott Lang's explanation, Hank Pym snorted coldly: "If you are from the future, and the second generation Ant-Man who inherits my mantle, how could you possibly not recognize Clark, not recognize Yilong? You should know, besides Hope, they are the closest people to me!"

Faced with this question, the future Scott Lang fumbled for words but couldn't come up with a clear answer.

Luckily, Clark spoke up: "I think it's probably because of a time branch?"

Shaking his head gently, Clark continued: "The timeline he experienced must be one where I didn't awaken my abilities due to quantum entanglement, so naturally

, I wouldn't know you. I would always be that 9-second fat nerd, and definitely not a member of the Avengers. So..."

Clark shook his head helplessly: "He must have made a stopover during his time travel, like trying to backtrack the computer interface to the D drive, but instead, went back to the 'My Computer' main interface. Trying to return, he clicked the wrong folder, going from 'My Computer/D drive/War/Indestructible Serial Number' to 'E drive/Study/Physics/Piston Motion' after some detours."

"That's how he ended up in another timeline branch. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Receiving +66666 impression points from Tony Stark!

...

Tony: "I understand all that, but I feel like I've discovered something incredible. Are your resources hidden in your computer like this?"

Clark rubbed his nose, cheekily admitting: "They were, a decade ago. I don't need those things anymore."

On the other hand, Hank Pym timely asked a critical question: "Clark, are you saying we should give him the Pym Particles to help him?"

Clark was about to speak when his expression suddenly turned cold, and he swiftly turned around, uttering a single word: "Who?"

Everyone was startled by Clark's action and followed his gaze, only to see a man dressed in ancient Egyptian pharaoh attire, wearing a blue stand-up collar cape, who had appeared behind them at some point.

This man had a very special appearance, with a huge, round head nearly as wide as his shoulders. His face somewhat resembled that of the "national dad" from Clark's previous world... Jack Ma?

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