#558 - haven't seen you for a long time

"Are you sure the Captain asked us to wait here, Stark?"

A man with long blond hair and a bushy beard looked at the playboy in front of him, whose beard was just as long as his own. Before everything happened, no one would have thought that a flamboyant libertine would become so unkempt.

"At least the voice coming from the communicator is definitely his," Tony rolled his eyes. "I also asked about the password, and I had Natasha and the others speak too. Relax, Thor, I'm definitely more careful than you are."

"Of course, unless they've been controlled, then I take it back."

Thor looked at the man in front of him, who was as cautious as could be. He opened his mouth several times, but finally obediently closed it. He knew that if he persisted, he would only be met with a barrage of words.

Although the other party was originally someone who never admitted defeat, he had become more neurotic since the woman he loved died.

To keep his ears clear, it was better to shut up here. Besides, their current identities weren't suitable for arguing loudly.

At this moment, Thor and Tony were hiding in a dilapidated building. The reason they chose this place was not only because it had a good view, allowing them to observe the surroundings while evading Thanos's subordinates.

But also because it was a theoretically dangerous building. Even without Tony's precise calculations, Thor could tell with a glance that the building was only one arm's length away from collapsing.

The dangerous building was the reason Tony chose it, because the only danger they were likely to encounter here was the building collapsing at any time.

Even fools knew that dangerous buildings shouldn't be entered casually. It was common sense, and most normal people would choose a safer place unless forced by external forces.

Thanos's armies naturally knew this too. Although Earth was ostensibly conquered by Thanos, the creatures on Earth were not all killed, and humans were no exception.

After the main resistance forces were defeated, the remaining small fry were ignored even by the Outriders, because Thanos's goal was only the Infinity Stones, and meaningless killings would only waste his time.

But even so, 80% of humanity on Earth was still killed by Thanos's armies, including resistance forces and innocent victims who were caught in the AOE and lost their lives.

The remaining humans hid in fear. After a period of time, when Thanos's armies became a little more disciplined due to searching for the Stones, the ugliness of human nature was revealed because there was no government or legal constraints.

Some established themselves as kings, while others acted as traitors, passing information to the aliens. In short, the probability of encountering bad people in a slightly intact building was very high.

If they saw the Avengers who were being targeted by Thanos, the consequences would be imaginable, because these Avengers had even turned against their own compatriots.

This feeling was not good. There were already external enemies, and humans were still fighting each other like crazy. The evil of human nature had made Steve lose his smile, so the Avengers took in as many survivors as possible and almost never absorbed outsiders.

This led to their shelter being small, but it was indeed one of the most orderly and safest places on Earth, perhaps even the safest.

Today, Tony and Thor left their safe old nest because they were sent out to search for supplies and try to contact Steve's team from the Skybreaker Brigade who had sent back a message.

In the communication, someone who seemed to be Steve brought them a lot of good news, including finding the Skybreaker Brigade's base, where they found not only ample food, but also intact technological facilities.

However, compared to the news that followed, these were not worth mentioning. The biggest good news Steve brought was that they had contacted the Skybreaker Brigade, who had been missing for more than two years, and received their support.

Everything went so smoothly that the Stark Industries boss, who had failed for two years and had forgotten what it felt like to be smooth sailing, couldn't help but be suspicious. Honestly, after falling asleep in the laboratory, he did dream, and it was a good dream.

But even dreaming wasn't as good as the reality Steve reported. Not only Tony, but any normal person would be suspicious.

For this reason, Tony specially gathered the important figures of the shelter to hold a meeting, the topic of which was whether Steve and the others might have been controlled.

The result of the discussion was half and half. Some thought they had been controlled, while others believed in miracles and felt that reality should be like this.

The discussion went on and on, and in the end, Tony decided to witness it with his own eyes. After all, although reason told him that it was more likely to be a trap, he couldn't help but fantasize about a miracle happening.

For this reason, he called on Thor, who, even though he was decadent, was still the peak of the shelter's combat power. The two of them went to the place agreed upon with Steve. If it was really a trap, although he might die, Thor should be able to break through and bring back the news.

The worst outcome was that the two of them died together. The shelter still had other Asgardians, who were not as good as Thor, but they had more of them. Banner and Suri could replace his duties.

So even if the two of them really didn't come back, it was still within the shelter's acceptable range, not to mention that they had also trained a lot of people in the shelter in the past two years. As long as not too many people died at once, the shelter wouldn't collapse.

Complex thoughts flashed through his mind. Tony put down his binoculars and looked down at the time. After discovering that there were only ten minutes left until the agreed time, he carefully walked out of the dangerous building with Thor and headed towards the destination.

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It was a dessert shop, Randy's Donuts, one of Tony's favorite donut shops. Even during his palladium poisoning period, he couldn't forget this taste.

But now the donut shop had collapsed in half, with only half of the building still standing, which perfectly fit Tony's dangerous building safety theory.

Without any surprises, they sneaked to the back door of the donut shop. Tony calmed down and knocked on the door three times according to the agreed password. Before long, the door opened.

To Tony and Thor's relief, the person who opened the door was none other than Steve himself. After seeing that it was Tony and Thor, he put down the shield in his hand, then winked and stepped aside to let the two into the house.

As soon as they entered the house, the two saw the other members of the team. Everyone looked travel-worn, but their expressions were much better than before. Ignoring these familiar figures, the two immediately noticed the burly and very conspicuous Bubba.

"Long time no see, you two," Bubba waved and greeted the two with complicated expressions.

I'm really speechless, how could I have messed up the chapter numbers so much? And I can't change the chapter names, I'm dumb.