Ch: 234-241
Chapter 234
Knull stopped laughing, scarlet eyes locking on Bai Ye: "You freed me just to ask about Xin?"
"No."
Bai Ye flexed his wrist, confidence written across his face:
"I wanted to see whether the so-called god of the symbiotes is worthy of being my opponent."
Hearing the disdain in Bai Ye's tone, Knull's face twisted instantly: "Fine—you've succeeded in angering me."
The next second, Knull launched a Zero-Frame Opener.
Dark energy, without any wind-up, formed countless blades that stabbed toward Bai Ye.
Yet those blades shattered mere meters away from him!
Bai Ye's figure vanished, reappearing in front of Knull the next instant; his fist blazed gold as he drove a straight punch into Knull's chest.
Bang!!!
Knull was sent flying, smashing through several Bone Mountains before finally stopping.
He looked down at the dented armor on his chest, shock surfacing in his eyes.
"Impossible!"
What is this energy? Why did he just feel suppressed?!
Knull stared at the man before him, realizing he was more than merely powerful.
Bai Ye smiled faintly; that bit of offense hadn't cost him the slightest stamina. He provoked again:
"That's it?"
Knull froze, then erupted in full fury; the entire Planet's dark energy converged on him, his form rapidly swelling to a hundred meters tall.
"I'll show you true power!"
Martina was about to step forward when Bai Ye raised a hand to stop her.
"Stand back—let me play."
Venom poked his head from Eddie's collar, incredulous: "Boss, you call this playing?!"
Eddie swallowed, giving Knull a pitying glance: "Suddenly I feel kind of sorry for Knull."
After absorbing the darkness, Knull wasted no words; he lifted a hand and clenched.
Crack!
Space collapsed like fragile eggshell, countless shards turning into dark chains that shot at Bai Ye from every direction.
A golden flash lit Bai Ye's eyes; all incoming chains froze meters away.
Then they shattered as though hitting an invisible wall!
"Still far from enough."
Knull only grinned and vanished.
Bang!!!
A black-spiked titanic fist burst from the void, slamming squarely into Bai Ye's chest.
The aftershock shattered the Symbiote-composed Planet, the shockwave sweeping half the star system.
Fortunately Bai Ye took most of the blow with his body; otherwise the whole Universe would have suffered.
Equally lucky were Venom and company, shielded by Bai Ye's Bio-Force Field.
Otherwise, with those two weaklings, the aftershock would have vaporized them.
Bai Ye glanced at his chest, gauging Knull's power, and nodded slightly.
Then he looked up at Knull, excitement flickering in his eyes.
"Not bad—let's keep going!"
Though Knull's strength still fell short, as a punching bag he was fully qualified.
Moments later Knull manifested in space, now swollen to the size of a galaxy.
Dark energy veins, like blood vessels, wrapped around his body.
"Warm-up over."
Knull swept both arms; a black-red torrent wider than a star surged forth.
Where it passed, starlight and galaxies were devoured.
Bai Ye neither dodged nor evaded—he simply raised an arm, fingers splayed.
Rumble!!!
The torrent swallowed him; the explosion lit the galaxy.
Knull's face suddenly changed; he spun around.
"Too slow."
Bai Ye's voice came from the blazing light.
Before Knull could react, a golden-energy hand-chop struck the back of his neck!
"Argh!"
Knull's colossal frame lurched forward, smashing a string of drifting asteroids.
He roared, spun, and slashed; several space-rending dark arcs swept at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye caught the strike with one hand and pierced Knull's shoulder with the other.
"Pfft!"
Knull bellowed as dark energy morphed into countless monsters lunging at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye merely smiled and raised his right hand; a burst of golden light shot out.
Swish!
All of Knull's dark creations disintegrated instantly.
Knull stared, utterly dumbfounded.
"..."
Equally stunned were Venom and Eddie, still under the Bio-Force Field.
Venom: "..."
Eddie swallowed and muttered: "Taking it back—Boss is just bullying a noob."
Knull couldn't understand; the man's abilities countered him perfectly.
Every one of his attacks had been effortlessly neutralized.
Knull's expression darkened as his mind raced.
Bai Ye floated up, patted Knull's rigid giant cheek: "Hey, still want more?"
Knull's scarlet eyes flickered wildly; finally he shrank back to normal size.
"What exactly do you want?" Knull asked, more cautious than ever.
Bai Ye dropped his playful look, raised two fingers, and said straight:
"Two things."
"First, never touch Venom and Eddie—I'm taking them as subordinates."
"Second..."
He stared into Knull's eyes and said seriously: "Come pull off something big with me."
Hearing this, Knull froze in confusion:
"What?"
Bai Ye turned, gazing at the crumbling edge of the Universe.
He snapped his fingers, mending the fracturing boundary, and told Knull:
"Somebody killed Galactus and is now hunting Cosmic Deities."
With that he glanced back, flashing a dangerous smile: "Interested in meeting him together?"
Indeed, the instant Galactus fell Bai Ye had already sensed it.
Knull remained silent for a long while, then let out a low laugh: "Killed Galactus?"
He tore open a spatial rift and said bluntly: "Lead the way."
Martina tilted her head, looking adorably clueless as she asked Bai Ye: "What's he doing?"
Venom was completely dumbstruck: "Wait—so you two just reached an agreement?!"
Eddie slapped Venom's head and barked: "Don't try to read the big shots' minds, idiot."
"Jerk, you're no genius either!"
Amid Venom and Eddie's bickering, everyone left through the rift Knull had torn.
In a distant corner of the Universe, a pair of gloomy eyes watched it all unfold...
Just as Bai Ye and Knull forged their initial alliance and prepared to strike,
the Bai Ye Universe faced another cosmic-collision crisis.
Back at Kamar-Taj, Strange frowned at the sky: "Master, do you feel that?"
Ancient One beside him gazed through the clouds: "The collision wave has arrived earlier than predicted."
On the distant horizon, two Earths could be seen unnaturally drifting closer.
Last time they had been absent, busy with dimensional demon issues.
"Do we intervene?" Strange asked.
Ancient One shook her head: "The Avengers can handle it; we'll deal with the dimensional demon first."
Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, conference room.
The Avengers assembled once more, seated along one side of the table.
A holographic projector slowly rotated at the center, casting images of two approaching Planets.
Dim light in the room reflected every superhero's grave expression.
Tony Stark stood at the main console, tapping to summon a complex energy map.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason I called you is simple:"
He paused and said: "The Universe-collision crisis is back."
Expressions around the table varied, but no one looked surprised.
After the last collision they had already guessed it wouldn't be the only one.
Dr. Banner adjusted his glasses and took over:
"We've analyzed all the data, but we still can't tell whether this cosmic phenomenon is natural or..."
He paused, then looked around: "...someone is pulling the strings."
The room fell into brief silence.
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Wanda nodded in agreement with Banner: "If it's man-made, whoever did it must be at least Cosmic Deity level."
Susan picked up: "And this collision is coming fast."
Ju Ziyun, twirling her pen in boredom, suddenly said,
"Could it be connected to the Death of the deity you mentioned?"
The room's mood shifted; many here knew the Universe held mighty gods.
And the Death of such beings was nothing short of shocking.
"Death of a Cosmic Deity?" Power Princess murmured, "Their duty is to keep the cosmos balanced."
"If his Death has thrown universal law into chaos," Dr. Spectrum mused.
Tony rapped the table, cutting through the thoughts.
"Whatever the cause, the immediate crisis comes first."
He called up fresh data. "From last time, we have less than eight hours to separate the two Universes."
Spider-Man Peter Parker shot a hand up. "Uh, Mr. Stark, does someone have to hop over and take a look this time?"
"I can go."
Susan rose, volunteering for the task.
Wanda stood too. "Susan and I together."
Ju Ziyun stretched languidly. "Then I'll—"
"No."
Tony cut her off flatly,
"You three are our heaviest hitters; we can't risk all of you."
He looked around. "We move as a team, same as always."
Thor scratched his head. "Spectrum and I can keep the energies stable."
"Colossus and I will guard the ground assets," Wolverine said around his cigar.
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Black Widow Natasha pulled up an ops plan. "We've deployed a global defense net, but the key is stopping this collision."
"If we can't, running anywhere is pointless, right?" Speed Demon interjected.
Everyone paused; no one answered—they didn't know.
All they could do was try to avert the crash.
Susan leaned on the table, sweeping her gaze across the room.
"Rather than sit here talking, why not go to the site?"
"Maybe the folks in the other Universe are doing exactly the same—coming to scout us?"
0 ... The team exchanged glances and quickly reached consensus.
"She's right."
Wolverine rose, cigar clamped. "Waiting around won't cut it."
"That's how we handled it last time," Dr. Spectrum agreed.
Tony looked around; seeing no objections, he slapped the table.
"Then it's settled."
At his word everyone stood as one.
Wanda, already prepared, flicked her wrist.
Bzzt!
A huge spatial Portal yawned open in the center of the room.
Beyond it, the same red expanse produced by the imminent cosmic collision.
Without hesitation Wanda stepped through first.
Susan followed; Ju Ziyun rolled her neck and muttered, "Let's hope the people over there are civil."
Tony drew a breath; his armor's visor snapped shut. "Jarvis, log everything."
With that he strode into the Portal, the rest right behind him...
Dr. Banner adjusted his glasses, taking a last look at the climbing energy readings on the monitor before stepping in.
"Energy levels are still rising."
Spider-Man Peter Parker inhaled. "Let's hope the other side isn't full of evil superheroes."
Power Princess patted his shoulder. "Stay positive—maybe Earth's twin has a solution."
As the last person entered, the Portal in the conference room slowly sealed.
Only scattered documents and a running holo-projection were left behind.
On it, the two Planets had inched even closer.
The Avengers stepped out of the Portal.
Crimson light bathed their faces; they could feel fragments of two Universes intertwining here.
"No one from the other side?" Black Widow scanned warily.
Suddenly space rippled nearby as another Portal began to form.
"Stand ready!" Tony snapped his palm-cannon up.
Everyone snapped to battle-stations—Wanda already had her hands raised.
The instant the Portal finished opening, a figure in blue-black uniform stepped through.
Spider-Man, Peter Parker, blurted, "Who's that?"
The newcomer was a hero none of them had ever seen: Black features, a costume that reminded them of Blue Marvel.
Next came Captain Carter, Black Bolt in black fatigues, a Black man in sorcerer's robes, Mister Fantastic, and a bald man in a wheelchair.
One after another, strangers to the white night universe appeared.
And so the heroes of two Universes met at the border between spaces.
Susan narrowed her eyes, force-fields sweeping the visitors in seconds.
"They're not enemies—but not quite friends either."
Wanda's Chaos Magic still crackled around her fingers. "Let's talk first."
Tony's faceplate lifted and he stepped forward. "Let's see how they play it."
The two groups squared off, studying each other in silence.
The white night universe's Little Spider muttered, "That's all of them?"
Reed Richards stepped up at once, rubber arm sweeping wide.
"Listen, kid, this is all we need—we're Earth's mightiest superhero team."
He gestured proudly to the silent man in black behind him.
"Take this one—if Black Bolt so much as whispers, you're all toast…"
His words died; everyone froze.
Because Black Bolt, the Inhuman king whose voice could level cities, was frantically feeling his own face.
No lips.
No teeth.
His mouth had vanished.
Wanda tilted her head, scarlet still fading from her eyes.
"What mouth?"
Soft as silk, her question dropped the room into dead silence.
On the other side, chaos erupted.
"Fuck!" the Black Captain Marvel shouted.
"Impossible!" Captain Carter tightened her grip on her Vibranium shield.
Black Bolt staggered back, fingers trembling over the smooth skin where his mouth had been, eyes wider than ever.
He stared at Wanda as though she were a monster.
From the home team, Ju Ziyun snickered.
"Wow—now he's literally speechless."
Susan grinned. "Nice work, Wanda!"
Tony's faceplate snapped up; he looked half-amused, half-horrified.
"Well, negotiation advantage: us."
Across the gap, the Black sorcerer's face darkened; the eye of agamotto flared.
"You altered reality?"
Wanda flicked her hair back languidly. "Obviously."
Captain Carter raised her shield, eyes slits. "Looks like we won't be talking nicely after all."
With those words the air turned brittle.
The Black Captain Marvel struck first, blazing golden light erupting from her body.
She shot forward like a living comet.
BOOM!!
But Susan was faster, streaking in to slam a flying kick into Maria's chest.
The parallel Captain Marvel hadn't time to blink before she was hurled backward, carving a long golden trail through the void. "What?!"
Shock flashed across Captain Carter's face; instinctively she hurled her shield.
Ju Ziyun lifted a hand with lazy grace—snap.
One finger batted the spinning shield back. "That all you got?"
At the first sign of attack, the White-Night heroes exploded into motion.
Power Princess's sword blazed as she leapt high, bringing it down on Captain Carter's Vibraniumshield.
Sparks sprayed; Carter reeled under the blow.
At the rear of the parallel team, Professor X pressed fingertips to his temples, reaching for a psychic takeover.
"Argh!" A sudden scream tore from him.
Wanda hadn't moved; a faint red glimmer danced in her eyes.
"Telepathy? Cute." She smirked. "Too bad you're weak."
The Black sorcerer—Mordo—hurled up a mystic shield, ancient runes swirling in the air.
BANG!!
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The Hulk of the Prime Universe had already charged in front of him; the green giant grinned and smashed the seemingly unbreakable magic barrier with one punch.
Mordo was sent flying by the aftershock, crashing into the ground far away.
The whole clash lasted only a few seconds; the people from the Parallel Universe were already routed.
Black Bolt 3.4, the only one who hadn't joined the fight, stood in place, trembling fingers brushing over his smooth face.
Where his mouth should have been was now nothing but flat skin.
His eyes were full of terror, as though he'd seen the most frightening thing in the World.
"That's it?"
Tony hovered in mid-air, palm repulsors still charged, and said in disappointment, "I thought you were stronger than this."
Reed Richards, the Mister Fantastic of the Parallel Universe, sat slumped on the ground, his rubber body limp and drooping.
"This isn't scientific—why are you so powerful?"
"Your intel's outdated, Rubber Man," Wolverine retracted his claws.
With the fight over, the Parallel Universe group lay scattered on the ground, encircled by the heroes of the Prime Universe.
The Black Captain Marvel propped herself up, staring at Susan in horror.
Venom Universe
Above the city of Doomsday, the sky tore open.
The gray clouds were ripped apart, and a pitch-black fissure silently unfurled.
Symbiote soldiers across the city froze as though an invisible hand had seized their throats.
The Symbiote matter inside them trembled uncontrollably, a primordial terror surging through their bloodlines.
"Wh-what is that?" a soldier stammered, looking up.
From the black rift a figure stepped out.
Pale hair cascaded, obsidian armor sheathed his body, and the crimson dragon on his chest writhed as if alive.
His eyes were blood-red; merely standing there thickened the air like congealed blood.
Knull, the god of the symbiotes!
Every Symbiote inside the soldiers instantly lost control, bursting from their hosts.
They turned into viscous black fluid, prostrate on the ground like vassals.
The forcibly separated human hosts collapsed, staring skyward in terror.
"Creator!"
A high-ranking Symbiote Commander dropped to his knees, shaking.
Knull swept his gaze across the city; wherever he looked, dark energy surged like tides.
Symbiote structures throughout the city resonated, humming in a low chorus.
Bai Ye, Martina, Venom, and Eddie then stepped from the rift behind him.
Venom shrank behind Eddie and whisper-shouted, "Boss, I think we brought back something unbelievable."
Eddie swallowed. "You're only realizing that now?"
Ignoring their whispers, Knull raised a hand, palm downward.
In an instant all Symbiote matter in the city answered his call, racing toward him in a frenzy.
A black torrent shot skyward, condensing in Knull's grip into a savage, jagged greatsword.
It was the complete form of the crimson blade Bai Ye had snapped earlier.
Only with this black death sword back in hand was Knull truly whole.
He tightened his grip on the hilt, scarlet eyes turning to the horizon.
"Take me to the Murderer."
His voice was soft, yet it made the Planet's dark energy shudder.
Bai Ye smiled faintly and slashed open a new spatial rift.
"Stay close."
Just as they were about to step through, Martina caught Bai Ye's arm, worry written on her face. "Are you sure this is safe?"
Bai Ye glanced at Knull, who was watching them with cold indifference.
"It's fine," Bai Ye murmured. "Cosmic Deities are the ones he truly hates."
Venom clung to Eddie's shoulder and muttered, "I've got a feeling we're about to witness a war between gods!"
As the group stepped into the spatial rift, the city of Doomsday fell silent once more.
Only the collapsed soldiers and a destiny forever altered remained… white night universe
Wanda looked down from above at the heroes of the Parallel Universe.
"Can you tell us how you solved the incursion crisis?"
Reed Richards sounded puzzled. "Didn't you already know?"
Tony's faceplate snapped open, revealing his bewildered expression. "Know what?"
Captain Carter wiped dust from her face and gave a bitter laugh.
"Looks like your Universe chose a different path."
The Black Captain Marvel took a deep breath, meeting the eyes of the white night universe group.
"The cosmic-collision crisis was something even the Cosmic Deity couldn't solve; we tried every method, and in the end we could only…."
The Black Captain Marvel didn't finish the sentence, but everyone from the white night universeunderstood what he meant.
The heroes of the white night universe paled—they'd heard this answer before.
Dr. Banner's pupils shrank as he snarled, "So you destroyed another Earth?"
The Parallel Universe Professor X closed his eyes in pain.
"We had no choice; when two Universes collide, all life is annihilated."
"Bullshit!" Logan's Adamantium claws snikt-ed out in fury, and he roared,
"Charles, you were never this kind of man—so you really did kill billions?"
The Parallel Universe Mordo stood. "We saved our Universe; if you faced the same choice, what would you do?"
"You've got your reasons, but we have a better way," Susan cut him off.
Susan turned to Wanda, her gaze steady.
"Use the Infinity Stones."
Her soft voice silenced the battlefield; every eye locked on the two women.
Wanda met Susan's gaze and gave a slight nod.
With a wave of her hand, the three gems set in her armor detached.
Mind, Time, Space—the three gems hovered in mid-air.
Susan stretched out her hand, and Power, Reality, Soul separated from her armor as well.
All six Infinity Stones drifted in the void, pulsing with terrifying power.
"Wait!"
The Parallel Universe Mister Fantastic's eyes bulged. "Is that the complete set of Infinity Stones?"
His shout left the rest of the team stunned.
Black Bolt instinctively touched his face, as though recalling the fear of being dominated moments ago.
Ju Ziyun and Wanda watched quietly while the other Avengers regarded them warily.
Susan ignored their reactions and raised her right hand.
Liquid metal flowed across her armor, forming six perfect sockets on the back of her gauntlet.
One by one, the gems clicked into place.
With each insertion her aura blazed brighter; at last the final gem seated itself.
BOOM!
A radiant pillar of energy shot skyward from Susan.
Six-colored light rippled across her black-gold armor, her eyes blazing white-hot.
The sheer force drove everyone back several steps.
Under the gaze of every hero, she slowly raised her right hand, thumb and middle finger meeting.
SNAP!
The crisp snap echoed through the crimson dimension.
An invisible wave unfurled; the boundary space rippled like water.
High above, the two Earths on the verge of collision began to drift apart.
Twisting red rifts sealed shut, as though an unseen hand smoothed the tear.
The Parallel Universe heroes stared in stunned joy.
They'd never imagined the cosmic-collision crisis could be solved this way.
It meant their Universe was saved—glorious news.
"Fantastic! We—"
But before the Parallel Universe heroes could cheer,
crack.
A tiny yet piercing fracture froze every smile.
Susan looked down at the back of her hand, pupils contracting.
A hairline crack now marred the Soul and Reality Stones.
"What's going on?"
Seeing the gems split, Tony's faceplate snapped open, his expression grave. "The Stones cracked?"
Ju Ziyun stepped forward, frowning. "Overuse?"
Susan was silent, then gently traced the fracture with a finger.
She could feel the energy inside the Stones draining away—an irreversible hourglass of power.
"It's not overuse."
After studying them, Wanda answered in a low voice, "The Stones' rules have been consumed."
Long versed in rules, Wanda instantly sensed the energy and the laws within the Infinity Stones; their depletion was plain to her.
"Meaning?" Dr. Banner adjusted his glasses.
"Because the Infinity Stones aren't truly infinite—they're merely products of a single Universe."
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At this time, Susan also recovered from the shock and explained to everyone.
"Each time you rewrite reality and distort the rules, it consumes their origin, especially when resolving Universe-level crises."
She looked at the dim gem on the back of her hand: "They can withstand one more collision crisis at most, and then they will completely fail."
Hearing Susan's words, the whole place was silent for a while.
Everyone understood what this meant. If the gems failed, then their only solution would be gone, and they would be stuck searching for a new solution.
Mister Fantastic Reed from the Parallel Universe suddenly gave a wry smile:
"It seems that although our method is cruel, at least..."
"Shut up." Logan's alloy claws popped out again with a clang, and he rebuked: "What you call a solution? That's called slaughter!"
"Hey, don't be so sanctimonious. We are the top combat power of Earth. If we don't do this, who can help us? America's Dumb King?"
Mordo spoke out in a mocking tone, still brooding over being defeated.
"But at least not by you, Cotton Gin." Tony couldn't help but retort with a venomous tongue.
This sentence directly caused the blood pressure of several black heroes on the opposite side to rise.
Unfortunately, they couldn't beat the superheroes of the white night universe at all, so they could only sulk in silence.
The Chaos Magic on Wanda's body slowly dissipated, she looked at everyone, and said firmly:
"We can't give up, there must be another way."
At this moment, Ju Ziyun suddenly pointed to the distant void and reminded, "Look!"
Everyone's eyes followed the direction she was pointing!
At the space crack that had just been repaired, several figures flashed by faintly.
That thing was extremely fast, almost impossible to capture with the naked eye, but Susan and Wandatensed up at the same time.
"What is that?" Banner looked around vigilantly.
Susan narrowed her eyes, Super Vision running at full power: "Not sure, but it's observing us."
Tony immediately pulled up a holographic scan: "Energy readings are abnormal, but do not belong to any known life form."
Unfortunately, that figure disappeared too quickly, and the crowd had no idea what it was.
"No matter what that is..." Wanda withdrew her gaze.
"We have more important things to do now."
She looked at Susan and said seriously: "The gems can be used one more time, which means we still have one more chance to find a real solution."
Susan nodded, and the six gems detached from the back of her hand and returned to her and Wanda's armor.
"We must be prepared before the next collision crisis comes."
The X Professor from the Parallel Universe suddenly smiled wryly: "It seems that even the Infinity Stones are not truly infinite."
"Shut up, imposter." Logan spat out a mouthful of smoke and said fiercely.
Dr. Banner pushed up his glasses: "The problem is, what can we rely on when the next crisis comes?"
Hearing Banner's words, everyone present fell silent.
On Wanda and Susan's armor, those damaged gems were quietly inlaid there, as if reminding them that time was running out.
The heroes of the white night universe looked at each other and stood together tacitly.
The people from the Parallel Universe silently retreated to the side with complex expressions.
They looked at the heroes of the white night universe with both envy and a hint of unspeakable guilt in their eyes.
The superheroes of the two Universes, at this moment, took completely different paths.
Soon, the people from both Universes went back to their own homes and found their own mothers.
After Wanda sent the Avengers back to Avengers Base, she took Susan and Ju Ziyun back to the Villa.
As soon as she returned to the Villa, Susan lay directly on the sofa, motionless, obviously exhausted.
"Susan, you've worked hard these two times. Let me snap my fingers next time."
Wanda looked at Susan's tired look and said softly.
"I can help too!" Ju Ziyun said silently from the side.
Listening to the words of the two, Susan slowly opened her eyes and smiled slightly:
"`Don't worry, I'm just a little tired. It's just snapping my fingers, it won't affect me much."
Wanda looked at Susan's somewhat forced smile and was about to say something.
A golden Portal suddenly unfolded in the center of the living room, and the buzzing sound of space distortion directly interrupted the conversation of the three.
Susan stood up instantly and entered a fighting state, with invisible ripples appearing on her hands.
Wanda's Chaos Magic automatically gushed out, wandering around her.
Ju Ziyun quietly came to the best attack position, preparing to strike at the first time.
"Prepare to fight."
Susan lowered her voice, and the ripples on her hands trembled more and more violently.
The light curtain of the Portal fluctuated, and a familiar figure stepped out.
Wanda's pupils shrank suddenly, and she said in surprise: "dear?!"
The Chaos Magic dissipated instantly, and she rushed forward almost instinctively.
Seeing this, Bai Ye directly opened his arms and hugged her.
The next second, a tall woman walked out of the Portal again.
The metal sword swayed lightly at her waist, and the special armor outlined the perfect figure after the allspark was shaped.
Martina looked around slightly vigilantly, her eyes meeting Wanda and Susan's directly.
Before the three could say hello and start a conversation, another person walked out of the Portal.
Pale hair, dark armor, scarlet eyes.
Nal walked out with a gloomy face, the scarlet giant dragon-shaped totem on his chest still glowing slightly.
Susan, who had learned about the powerhouses of the Marvel Universe through Bai Ye, raised her eyebrows and teased: "Wow, a living Nal."
Nal: "...discuss"
A trace of cracks appeared on the god of the symbiotes's face for the first time.
He had lived for countless years, and it was the first time he had encountered a situation where just anyone could recognize him.
The last to appear were Eddie and Venom, who was looking around on his shoulder.
As soon as Venom saw the three women in the living room, he immediately became energetic.
"Hey! Look who it is!" Venom's tongue flicked excitedly: "A family party?"
It stared at Ju Ziyun for two seconds: "Uh, an Asian version of Black Widow?"
Ju Ziyun narrowed her eyes immediately upon hearing this, and said bluntly: "Do you want to become a specimen, black mud monster?"
"Black mud monster?!"
Venom covered his chest with an exaggerated expression and complained to Eddie: "Eddie! She insulted me!"
Eddie rubbed his forehead helplessly and said a little impatiently: "Can you be quiet for a while!"
Bai Ye ignored the clowning Venom and Eddie, coughed lightly, and introduced to Wanda and the others:
"Let me introduce you, this is Martina, from the Transformers Universe."
Wanda's red lips pursed into a line, a little curious:
"Transformers? I don't remember Transformers having... uh, this lady?"
After a brief look, Martina returned to her previous liveliness and greeted Wanda and the others excitedly:
"Hello everyone, my name is Martina. According to Bai Ye, I am the artifact spirit of the allspark."
"Our Universe was messed up by some 620 unknown guys, so I am considered a product born after changing the World line."
"So the normal Transformers series does not have me..."
Hearing Martina's words, Wanda and the other three suddenly understood and nodded.
At this moment, Nal suddenly sneered: "Can the boring family reunion be over?"
Nal's remarks made everyone present turn their attention to him.
Venom immediately bounced off Eddie's shoulder and shouted:
"Watch your tone! Old antique! This is..."
He suddenly got stuck, turned his head and whispered to Eddie: "By the way, Eddie, where is this?"
Eddie: "..."
Ju Ziyun couldn't help but chuckle: "This guy is more interesting."
Unlike the cheerful atmosphere of Bai Ye and the others, the god of the symbiotes was confused at this moment.
What's the situation? Any Earthling can recognize him?
Could it be that during the years he was sealed, the Universe started a Loki encyclopedia?
Looking at the three women, Bai Ye finally cleared his throat:
"Let me introduce again, this is Martina, a humanoid allspark from the Transformers Universe."
Martina nodded with a smile on her face to Wanda and the other three.
"This is Nal, the god of the symbiotes."
Nal snorted coldly and turned his head to the side, looking a little arrogant, how is this going?
"And Eddie Brock and his talkative Symbiote Venom."
Venom immediately bounced off Eddie's shoulder and complained:
"Hey! Boss, what do you mean talkative? I call it a social expert!"
Before he could continue to complain, he suddenly noticed Susan and exclaimed:
"Wow, this lady's uniform is so hot!"
Susan's face darkened instantly when she heard Venom's words, and she had the urge to purify them with a Force Field energy blast.
Wanda looked at Bai Ye with a smile: "So, dear, did you go to collect magical creatures on this trip?"
Bai Ye shrugged and put his arm around Wanda's shoulder.
"Long story short!"
"In Martina's Universe, I first killed an artificial intelligence that wanted to exterminate humans."
"Then I killed the members of the crazy group behind this artificial intelligence."
"After that, I took Martina to Eddie's World, liberated a city, and unsealed an ancient evil god by the way."
Martina happily summarized: "It was a fulfilling journey, it would have been better if there weren't some uncooperative guys."
Nal: "..."
Wanda and the three women were amused by Martina's hilarious summary.
Venom whispered to Eddie: "I think the atmosphere is not right, should we retreat first?"
Eddie rolled his eyes: "Where to retreat? This red-haired boss lady looks like she can make us disappear with a snap of her fingers."
Ju Ziyun finally recovered from her curiosity, pointed at Nal, and asked:
"So this is really that Nal? The Dark God? The creator of the Symbiotes?"
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Wanda and Susan also looked over curiously; they could tell this man was powerful, yet they couldn't see through him.
Knull frowned irritably—he was truly about to lose his temper, feeling as though he were on display.
"Why are you Earthlings so familiar with my résumé?"
"We saw it in a comic," Ju Ziyun answered honestly.
Knull's face twisted in disbelief. "Com…ics?"
Martina was barely keeping a straight face; she'd been through this before.
Now, watching someone else go through it, she felt an indescribable mix of emotions.
Venom suddenly cut in excitedly, "Hold up! Your Universe has comics about us? Do I have my own solo title? How were the sales? Did I become the god of the symbiotes?"
Everyone: … Wanda rubbed her forehead. "You're missing the point!"
Susan took a deep breath, walked up to Martina, and extended her hand.
"Susan Storm—pleased to meet you, Martina."
Martina shook her hand, surprise flashing in her eyes. "Your power is incredible!"
"For the record, I'm a Mutant—think of it as a person with super-powers," Susan replied with a smile.
Hearing Susan's explanation, Martina's face lit up with understanding.
Watching the scene, Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction—no melodrama was a welcome relief.
Suddenly Venom shot out from Eddie's shoulder, black tendrils gesticulating wildly.
"Wait, this isn't fair! Why do they get to play nice? According to script logic, this is when they should start… you know…"
"Shut it!" every woman in the room barked in unison.
Venom shrank back, muttering, "Fine, fine, I'll shut up," and slunk back into Eddie.
Eddie raised a hand awkwardly. "Uh, any food? We've been starving for days."
Ju Ziyun giggled. "Kitchen's that way—help yourselves."
As Eddie dragged the reluctant Venom toward the kitchen, the tension in the living room finally eased.
Wanda walked over to Bai Ye and asked in a low voice,
"So, this Martina—how did she end up with you?"
Susan and Ju Ziyun looked over; they were curious too.
"Wasn't it obvious? She's the human-shaped allspark."
You know I'm into novel things, and her potential's solid—so I brought her along."
At Bai Ye's words Wanda nodded thoughtfully, her gaze lingering on Martina before a sly grin surfaced.
"She's strong?"
"Human-shaped allspark—what do you think?" Bai Ye drawled.
"Compared to me?" Wanda pressed.
Bai Ye couldn't help laughing. "Shall we arrange a match?"
Wanda shook her head with a smile and turned to Martina. "Childish stuff—do you want to, Martina?"
The normally chaos-loving Martina simply smiled and shook her head. "Of course not."
Susan couldn't resist a jab: "Wanda, you've gone bad."
Ju Ziyun quietly stepped back. "I'm not involved."
Knull stood in the corner, crimson eyes fixed on the rowdy humans, utterly bewildered.
He—the mighty god of the symbiotes—was reduced to watching women chat.
Bai Ye seemed to read his mind, walked over and patted his shoulder.
"You'll get used to it."
Knull: "…"
Right then Knull was one "WTF" away from exploding.
He began to wonder whether allying with this man had been a mistake.
A loud bang suddenly burst from the kitchen, followed by Venom's yell: "Eddie! You nuked the microwave!"
"You insisted on heating that can!"
"You pressed the wrong button!"
Everyone in the living room exchanged glances; someone snickered first, and soon the whole room was laughing.
Everyone, that is, except Knull—he felt he'd wandered into an asylum.
Bai Ye took in the lively scene and smiled faintly. Home sweet home.
As they chatted, Susan seemed to have a question; she stepped up to Bai Ye, eyes full of doubt.
"Bai—Martina I get, but you vanish for days and come back with… this."
She paused, sweeping her gaze over the odd bunch: "a very-unfriendly-looking god of Symbiotes, plus an ordinary guy and his chatterbox Symbiote?"
She shot Knull a look; the man looked like he'd been dead for years, far too pale.
Wanda chimed in, "Exactly, dear—you had your fun; we've been run ragged. A lot's happened on Earth."
Martina's expression turned thoughtful. "A lot has happened?"
Could this Universe be under invasion like hers had been?
Knull cut their griping short, growling, "Mortals are such a pain."
His eyes locked on Bai Ye. "Didn't you tell me a Cosmic Deity who could kill Galactus was here? Where is he?"
"A Cosmic Deity that kills Galactus?" Ju Ziyun caught the key phrase. "Which Cosmic Deity?"
Bai Ye nodded and looked at everyone. "That's exactly what I was about to say—someone has killed the Devourer of Planets."
"What?!" Susan and Wanda gasped in unison.
They exchanged glances, recalling the fluctuation they'd sensed a few days ago. Could that have been Galactus's Death?
Ju Ziyun popped the last chip into her mouth. "Wow, now things are getting serious."
Venom and Eddie had already stepped out. Hearing Bai Ye's group, Venom suddenly burst from Eddie's body.
"Hold up! How are you all so calm?! That's Galactus! A Cosmic Deity! Dead, just like that?"
Eddie nodded. "This is bigger news than the President being a lizard-man!"
Martina looked curiously at Bai Ye. "Who's Galactus?"
0—asking for flowers.
"That's exactly what I was about to explain."
Bai Ye walked to the sofa in the center of the living room and sat. "Perfect, I'll explain it all together."
He snapped his fingers; a projection appeared, showing the scene he had sensed.
Galactus's colossal body drifted among shattered planets, his purple armor cracked, energy leaking everywhere.
Most horrifying was the gaping wound through his chest, its edges still lined with debris.
Wanda and the other women furrowed their brows; the footage alone made it clear this was no fight they could touch.
"These aren't ordinary battle scars," Knull said grimly. "This is erasure on a conceptual level."
Wanda looked at Bai Ye. "Who could kill Galactus?"
"Only an equal or greater being could manage it," Susan added, her face grave.
"But Bai Ye said abstract entities like Eternity and Death don't fight each other."
Ju Ziyun suddenly remembered something, then frowned.
She wished she'd read more comics; maybe then she'd know who it was.
"Could the killer be a higher-level being—stronger than those Black-Robed People leaders?" Martina's expression turned serious.
Venom shrank back. "I've got a bad feeling about this."
Everyone looked at Venom, puzzled by his outburst.
Eddie patted Venom's head awkwardly. "When have you ever had a good feeling?"
"This time it's real!" Venom's white eyes bulged. "This plot feels way too familiar—like the ultimate villain's about to show up! Scarier than Knull!"
Knull wanted to draw the black death sword and slice his loud-mouthed 'son' to pieces.
"Shut up, inferior creation," Knull hissed through clenched teeth.
Venom ducked behind Eddie. "See? He's feeling guilty!"
Knull's eyes blazed red. "You—"
"Alright, everyone," Bai Ye cut the farce short. "Whoever it is, stay calm."
He turned to Susan. "Any anomalies on Earth lately, apart from the incursion crisis?"
Though Bai Ye wasn't in this Universe, he could roughly sense events—like Galactus's Death, perceptible across the Multiverse.
Susan and Wanda exchanged looks, then told Bai Ye,
"The universal incursion happened again two days ago."
Wanda continued, "We used the Infinity '393' Stones to split the incursion."
She showed the cracked gem on her wristwatch.
"But the cost was heavy; the Stones are nearly spent."
Ju Ziyun added, "And we saw something odd at the junction—(eight) feed—but we don't know what it was."
"The Watcher?" Bai Ye raised an eyebrow.
Uatu's showing up again?
Martina frowned. "So… was it him?"
"No, different. Not The Watcher—and darker," Susan shook her head.
Knull sneered. "Looks like you've stirred up big trouble."
Bai Ye pondered, gaze drifting over everyone.
"Every clue points to a being beyond the Universe."
From memory, this matched New Avengers Vol. 3's 'Earth incursion crisis,' the prelude to Secret Wars.
If so, the mastermind was those absurdly powerful Beyonders.
Beings who could wipe out the Multiverse with a wave, yet preferred experiments.
They wanted to see how life in the Universe would respond to such a crisis.
Thinking that, Bai Ye frowned—these thrill-seekers felt a bit too much like him.
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Thinking about the Beyonders, Bai Ye couldn't wrap his head around one thing.
Why would the race that killed the Living Tribunal be wiped out in one shot by Doom's Molecule Manbomb?
He didn't know how many had died, but it still felt off.
And they could even be injured by Thor—granted, it was the low-tier Beyonders' androids.
Those guys' power scaling was absurd; Bai Ye guessed each of them might peak at the Multiverse level or higher.
After all, they'd sent only three of their number to take down the Living Tribunal.
If this really was that big event, another problem arose—the supposed opening victim didn't match.
In the original crisis the first sacrifice had been the Living Tribunal, signifying the collapse of universal order.
So why was Galactus the one who'd just been offered up?
Devourer of Worlds might be a jobber, but at full power he ranked among the Four Abstract Deities; the Beyonders shouldn't have targeted him first.
Besides, there'd been another major incident before this.
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, recalling that before Secret Wars there'd been a Constructors vs. Thanosevent.
But that storyline had been trivial; if memory served, those guys had only stirred up the 616 Main Universe.
Unless the Constructors barged into their reality, Bai Ye had no intention of interfering.
So the real enemy remained those Beyonders.
Or… was someone else pulling the strings?
Bai Ye glanced at Susan and the others—Wanda and Susan were chatting with Martina.
Ju Ziyun was boredly munching crisps, Knull played the aloof big-shot, while Venom dangled from Eddie's neck.
He remembered how Sorcerer Ancient One had asked them to fix the collapsing timeline.
Back then they'd met the Goddess of Death—she had acted anything but normal.
Could whoever stood behind her be linked to this crisis?
Bai Ye drummed his fingers on the sofa, thoughts racing.
Across the sofa, Knull kept his cold, evil-god façade.
Arms folded, crimson eyes half-lidded, he looked indifferent to everything around him.
In truth, waves of shock were already crashing inside him.
He began studying the women, wondering who could stand beside someone of Bai Ye's caliber.
First, he focused on Wanda.
Host of Chaos Magic, already Universe-level, effortlessly rewriting the laws of reality.
His gaze lingered; the chaotic energy inside her wasn't entirely self-awakened… her body had been reinforced by some pact.
"Interesting," Knull mused inwardly.
"This girl actually used Chaos Magic to contract herself in reverse, forcing her body to adapt to a higher power tier?"
The method was insanely risky—one misstep and chaos would devour her—yet she'd succeeded and kept perfect balance.
"If she keeps growing, Multiverse-tier is only a matter of time."
Knull gave an imperceptible nod, rare admiration surfacing.
He turned to Susan, who was talking with Martina, and frowned slightly.
"Huh? This physique is odd—feels like those Celestials, yet different."
Must be a Celestial modification that later broke its own ceiling and was re-forged."
As the Celestials' nemesis, Knull sensed at once the mutation in Susan's energy structure.
Overall she was evolving toward a physical godhood like Bai Ye.
Only her energy pool was far smaller, but she was still Universe-level.
"Given enough time to absorb energy…"
His heart sank: "Couldn't she reach the same tier as Bai Ye?"
What rattled him more was that Susan carried a gene-bank similar to Bai Ye's.
Which meant Bai Ye had personally engineered her upgrade.
And if he wished, he could mass-produce more of the same.
Knull's pupils shrank as he roared inside.
"Damn it—if they pop out a few more kids, the Multiverse will be ruled by their family!"
He sneaked a glance at Bai Ye and found the man frowning in thought, apparently unaware of his shock.
So Knull kept watching, shifting his gaze to Ju Ziyun.
She looked like an ordinary human, yet shared the trait of energy absorption.
Her physique differed from Bai Ye's and Susan's,
but with the same ability to absorb power and grow without limit.
And his power is almost touching the level of a single Universe.
Knull took one look at the four women beside Bai Ye and fell silent.
Martina needs no explanation; the allspark's energy is enough to sustain a Transformers Universe.
As long as Martina fully masters the allspark, she'll be a bona-fide single-Universe being.
Knull glanced at Bai Ye, then at Wanda, Susan, Ju Ziyun, and Martina, and ranted inwardly:
"Is this whole family outrageous?"
"If they all reach maturity, what then? The Universe's five street loiterers?"
"Bringing disaster wherever they go?"
Knull was so deep in thought that he accidentally bumped into Eddie.
"Hey, pal, you're blocking the way!" Eddie blurted.
Venom instantly popped from Eddie's shoulder, clamping a hand over his mouth in terror.
"Idiot! Want to die?!"
Knull slowly turned, crimson eyes coldly pinning Eddie.
Eddie found he couldn't make a sound; eyes bulging, he slapped Venom frantically.
Venom muttered helplessly, "Chief Knull! Be magnanimous—his brain's mush!"
Knull snorted and lifted the silence on Eddie.
Gasping, Eddie said, "Th-thank you."
Venom whispered urgently, "Shut up! Say another word and I'll eat your brain!"
Eddie mumbled, "You said that last time too!"
Venom: "I mean it this time!"
Knull couldn't be bothered; he sank back into thought.
Final conclusion: this family is untouchable.
Knull drew a long breath, quietly stepped back half a pace, and resolved to avoid conflict with Bai Ye's kin.
"Better keep a low profile."
The mighty god of the symbiotes, at this moment, felt an unprecedented survival crisis.
Done thinking, he sat on a corner sofa.
Crimson eyes narrowed, he observed the noisy creatures like a reserved black cat.
Right then, the three women looked at him, curious.
It startled Knull; he couldn't fathom what they wanted.
Wanda propped her chin, studying Knull with interest.
"So, what does the god of the symbiotes usually do? Create species? Destroy civilizations? Or… zone out?"
Venom couldn't help answering first, head wagging.
"I bet five bucks he zones out most of the time."
Eddie quickly covered Venom's mouth: "Can you shut up?"
Knull's eye twitched; in truth he mostly slept.
Meanwhile, Martina was leafing through Susan's collected tomes. Hearing the question, she looked up at Knull.
"Come to think of it, do Symbiotes need to eat?"
The room suddenly went quiet.
Knull: "…"
Venom burst free, excited: "Of course! We love eating brains!"
Eddie jumped in: "They love walnuts! Yeah, walnuts boost the brain!"
Susan snickered: "So Knull snacks on walnuts too?"
Ju Ziyun had already fetched a bag of walnuts from the kitchen and set it before Knull.
Knull stared at the bag; dark energy began seeping out uncontrollably.
Bai Ye, watching, almost laughed and quickly intervened: "All right, quit teasing him."
Everyone nodded and fell silent.
Eddie picked up a walnut and squeezed—
Crack.
The walnut stayed intact.
Eddie: ??!
Knull raised his hand; the walnut floated up and disintegrated into dust in the dark energy.
"Mortals, that is the correct way."
Wanda blinked: "So you actually do eat walnuts?"
Knull: "…"
Venom laughed uncontrollably: "Hahaha, the old relic got played!"
Eddie buried his face in despair: "We're dead!"
Everyone else stifled giggles.
Knull observed quietly, then asked, "You're always like this?"
Wanda tilted her head: "Like what?"
"No sense of crisis, like a bunch of cubs." Knull frowned slightly.
Venom shot back: "Hey! We've saved the World!"
"With walnuts?" Knull mocked.
Bai Ye cleared his throat and turned to Knull.
"Once I've sorted things out, we'll go after whoever killed Galactus."
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Knull frowned slightly and asked in a low voice:
"Before that, I want to know, why did the murderer attack Galactus?"
Knull was calm on the surface, but his mind was churning.
Since Bai Ye said that the other party was hunting Cosmic Deities, wouldn't he, the god of the symbiotes, also be in danger?
This thought made Knull frown even more.
No, I must take the initiative. Even if I die, I will die on the battlefield.
Bai Ye nodded in response, which was exactly what he was going to say: "So, I'm going to arrange some work for the people on Earth first."
Knull simply nodded, still maintaining his aloof demeanor.
Bai Ye was not surprised. Knull was not Venom, so it was impossible for him to be so talkative.
He looked up and gestured to Wanda and the others, his eyes gleaming.
His eyes pierced through many obstacles and saw the scene in the S.H.I.E.L.D. laboratory.
Tony, Banner, Beast, Guang Pu Bo Jiu Long Luo Si Liu Qi Ba Er Ba Shi and Black Panther, they were studying something together.
This surprised Bai Ye a little. Beast and Black Panther actually joined the Avengers?
Retracting his gaze, Bai Ye raised his hand and opened a Portal... S.H.I.E.L.D., a certain laboratory
Tony Stark was staring at the data in the holographic projection, his fingers flying across the virtual keyboard.
Dr. Banner on the side pushed his glasses and frowned.
"Tony, the energy readings are still unstable. If this frequency continues, the next cosmic collision may be advanced."
Beast Hank McCoy also stood next to the experiment table, his brain analyzing various possibilities.
"Theoretically speaking, if we can find a way to stabilize the spatial structure, we may be able to solve this problem."
"Is the technology enough?"
Black Panther TChalla suddenly spoke, his expression serious.
"According to Wakanda's latest research, it can briefly maintain the stability of spatial cracks."
Dr. Joseph Lyde of Spectrum nodded and said bluntly: "If that's the case, then we need a more powerful energy source to activate its properties."
Thor leaned against the wall, arms crossed: "I can provide energy, but I'm not sure if my divine power is enough."
"If my good brother - Bai, was here, his strength and wisdom might be able to solve the problem directly."
Just as Thor's voice fell, a golden Portal unfolded in the center of the laboratory without warning, and the energy fluctuations caused all the instruments to emit harsh alarms.
Tony suddenly looked up: "What's the situation?!"
Banner subconsciously took half a step back: "Wanda and them?!"
Everyone stared at the Portal warily until they saw Bai Ye standing on the other side.
Tony was stunned for a second, then showed his signature rascal smile.
"Guys, look who's back. Has God finally saved the other Universe? If you don't come back, you might not be able to find Earth."
Everyone also let down their guard when they saw this.
Banner also breathed a sigh of relief and pushed his glasses with a smile: "Welcome back, Bai."
Thor laughed heartily, with a confident expression:
"My good brother is back, maybe we don't need to study these things?"
Bai Ye stood on the other side of the Portal, watching the situation in the laboratory, and said with a faint smile: "Come here first, I have something to tell you."
Everyone looked at each other, a little confused.
Tony shrugged and took the first step across the Portal.
"Hopefully it's not news that another Universe is about to be destroyed."
Banner, Beast, Black Panther, Dr. Spectrum and Thor looked at each other and followed him in. Two O (Two) Two Yi Qian Ling Ba Er
A golden light flashed, and Tony and his party appeared in the living room.
"Wow..."
Tony looked around, his eyes lingering on Knull for a moment.
"It seems that when I was away, you guys held a villain transformation conference?"
Venom jumped out of Eddie's shoulder: "Hey! We are righteous!"
Tony frowned, the eye almost scared him.
"Looks like a righteous person who eats brains?"
Venom cracked his big mouth and his tongue danced: "Eat a little occasionally to replenish protein."
Eddie helplessly supported his forehead and vomited: "Can you shut up?"
Wanda and the other girls on the sofa couldn't help but laugh secretly.
Bai Ye smiled and looked at Tony: "It seems that S.H.I.E.L.D. has added new members during my absence."
Tony spread his hands and said in a relaxed tone: "Of course, after all, I am now the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.."
He turned to point to the two new members behind him.
"You know this blue-skinned gentleman, a high-IQ genius among Mutants; this is the King of Wakanda, T'Challa."
Beast took a step forward, pushed his glasses, and greeted: "Long time no see, Mr. Bai."
Bai Ye nodded: "Welcome to join, Hank."
Black Panther TChalla stepped forward and stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Finally met, Mr. God, I am T'Challa, the current King of Wakanda."
Black Panther?
Bai Ye thought of stealing their Vibranium in the Parallel Universe before, and suddenly came up with a bad taste.
Bai Ye shook his hand and joked: "Then will there be enough Vibranium in the future?"
T'Challa was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "As long as you need it, you can have as much as you want."
He didn't know why Bai Ye would say this. What's the difference between Vibranium and ordinary steel in the eyes of God?
As far as he knew, Vibranium was nothing in Hulk's eyes.
At this moment, everyone laughed when they heard this.
Wanda stepped forward and deliberately asked: "Then can I order a Vibranium armor?"
T'Challa responded gently: "If you want, I can immediately arrange for craftsmen to tailor it for you."
Susan and Ju Ziyun held back their laughter. Wanda was too bad. Obviously their own armors were harder than Vibranium.
Everyone else was looking at the situation in the living room.
Tony raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Ye: "Bai, aren't you going to introduce us to the others? Like that white-haired gentleman who hasn't spoken?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Venom jumped out of Eddie's shoulder.
"Shut up!"
Venom waved his tentacles nervously, fearing that Knull would attack in the next second.
"This is the god of the symbiotes!"
Eddie covered his face helplessly. This guy was in trouble now.
Knull frowned slightly and was already preparing to attack: "Can I kill him?"
Bai Ye smiled and waved his hand, then looked at everyone.
"Okay, let me formally introduce you."
He first pointed to Eddie and Venom and said to Tony and the others.
"This is Eddie Brock, and the alien Symbiote Venom on his shoulder. I'll leave them to you in the future. The Avengers happen to be missing two treasures."
Venom immediately cheered up, and his black head circled around from behind Eddie, and began to introduce himself solemnly.
"We are super Symbiotes, I am the Lethal Protector!"
After speaking, Venom controlled Eddie to stand up, and then a large amount of black matter poured out of Eddie's body, quickly wrapping him.
The next second, in everyone's shocked eyes, Eddie turned into a black monster more than two meters tall, with a long tongue wandering and a terrifying face.
Tony was stunned for a second, looking up and down: "So it's a talking asphalt that has become a Refined?"
"`You're the asphalt! Your whole family is asphalt!`" Venom immediately became furious.
Tony couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Isn't this a creature from Cthulhu mythology?"
Venom immediately retorted: "You are Cthulhu! Your whole family is Cthulhu!"
Everyone was secretly laughing. Tony and Venom's poisonous tongues were more interesting than what they saw on TV.
Bai Ye shook his head helplessly and continued to introduce, turning to Knull.
"This is Knull, the god of the symbiotes, and also the god of darkness. All the Symbiotes were created by him. His strength at his peak is similar to mine."
Bai Ye paused and added with a mysterious smile:
"By the way, he is older than Earth."
Everyone present was stunned and looked at Knull in shock.
Tony was even frozen in place. He had just ridiculed an ancient god?
Knull remained expressionless, maintaining his aloof posture.
Banner pushed his glasses and looked at Venom curiously.
"So what exactly is a Symbiote? Is it like him, sharing a body with a human?" (Good Zhao Zhao)
Everyone else also cast curious glances.
Venom immediately rushed to explain, obviously not daring to let Knull answer this question.
"We are advanced alien life forms! We can strengthen the host! We can also..."
"To put it bluntly, it's just talking black plasticine." Tony interrupted him, muttering in a low voice.
Knull suddenly raised his hand, and a dark energy brushed past Tony's ear and blasted the coffee machine behind him into slag.
"Demonstration over," Knull said lightly.
Tony turned his head stiffly and glanced at the smoking coffee machine wreckage, and silently snapped his fingers: "Okay, I'll pay for ten of them."
"`Okay, purchased, r.`" Jarvis's voice immediately came from the watch on his wrist.
Bai Ye shook his head gently, not intending to let them make trouble, he pointed to the sofa and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"Sit down and talk, there are important things to tell you."
Everyone looked at each other, then nodded.
Tony took a deep breath and walked to the nearest single sofa and sat down with a thud.
"Please, don't tell me it's the end of the World again. It's been enough of a headache lately."
Tony grabbed a donut from the coffee table and took a bite.
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Banner stole a glance at Knull, then sat next to Tony. "Maybe it really is."
Thor leaned against the arm of the sofa. "Let's hear what Bai has to say first."
Beast, Spectrum, and Black Panther took seats nearby.
Bai Ye walked over and sat beside Wanda and the other three women. Martina sat down quietly, saying nothing—she was still getting used to this place.
So for the moment Martina stayed very quiet.
Knull silently claimed a single seat; Eddie perched beside him, trembling, while Venom inched to the shoulder farthest from Knull.
Once everyone was seated, Bai Ye tapped the sofa lightly, expression turning serious. "Those cosmic collisions aren't natural."
Tony snapped upright. "What do you mean?"
"Someone is steering this," Bai Ye told the room, voice grave.
"Like hunters driving prey, they're forcing Universes to devour one another."
T'Chala asked in a low voice, "To what end?"
"An experiment," Bai Ye paused. "Or simply entertainment."
Tony froze. "So we're up against maniacs who toy with Universes?"
Bai Ye's gaze swept slowly across everyone present, voice dropping.
Before they arrived, Bai Ye had already deduced the culprit: Jiu Qi Yi Ba Liu.
"Correct. We're not facing a single enemy, but an entire race."
"What?!"
Tony shot off the sofa again, then caught himself.
"Sorry." He sat back down, embarrassed.
Even Knull's crimson pupils shrank to slits at the news.
Bai Ye studied their reactions: Wanda, Susan, and the others were shocked but composed.
Martina merely looked lost, not yet grasping the horror.
Banner and Thor furrowed their brows.
Bai Ye continued, "Every member of this race is at least Multiverse-level—likely far beyond."
These were only Bai Ye's guesses; in truth they might be even more absurd—perhaps each one rivaled the Living Tribunal, or surpassed it.
After all, they had crafted the Cosmic Cube, and Molecule Man Owen was a bomb of their making.
Bai Ye paused, then went on.
"Not long ago they did something that shook the entire Multiverse."
Beast couldn't help asking, "What did they do?"
Everyone held their breath; the lab was so quiet Venom's gulp was audible.
"They hunted and killed Galactus himself—a Multiverse-level being."
Every face wore a different shade of disbelief.
After meeting their eyes, Bai Ye slowly spoke their name.
"If my guess is right, they are…"
"The Beyonders!!!"
Having voiced his deduction, Bai Ye gave the room a brief introduction.
"The Beyonders exist outside the Omniverse itself."
Tony tugged the corner of his mouth. "Arrogant name."
His head throbbed; he didn't know what else lurked in the cosmos, but these beings seemed bent on destroying it.
"I've never heard of them," T'Challa said solemnly.
As Earth's most advanced nation, they knew of the Milky Way's three great empires.
They had even detected Kree surveillance ships, yet found no record of the Beyonders.
Wanda frowned. "Not even dark magic mentions them!"
Knull's scarlet eyes flickered.
An existence beyond the Omniverse? If true, Knull suddenly felt… ordinary.
For the first time in his eons as a dark god, an unfamiliar emotion surfaced: powerlessness.
He had never heard of such a race. Until now, the mightiest being he knew was the Living Tribunal.
That three-headed, cloth-draped figure he loathed most.
Yet he recalled another—perhaps even stronger—being.
In the darkness he had found a rift between Universes, and there saw a formless entity whose eyes were constellations.
Later he learned it was a remnant of the First Firmament.
Perhaps that being knew of the Beyonders?
Across the sofa, Banner also frowned, voice trembling.
"What can we do? How do we stop them?"
He hesitated, looking at Bai Ye.
"If—if I sacrifice myself and let the Hulk unleash the full Gamma Hell, could that end it?"
(Gamma Hell was an energy Bai Ye once mentioned—said to solve anything once released.)
"No, Bruce, absolutely not…"
Tony stared in shock, words dying when he realized it might be their only option.
Every eye turned to Bai Ye.
The air in the lab froze; even Venom held its breath—though it didn't need to breathe.
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes; this possibility had never occurred to him, mainly because no one would ever consider it.
If Banner was right, letting the Hulk fully tap the energy of the Gamma Hell… No one spoke; they all waited for Bai Ye's answer.
Bai Ye drummed his fingers on the arm-rest, weighing the idea.
Gamma Hell is O-level, on par with OAA itself—the very embodiment of every dark facet of the cosmos.
But letting the Hulk run wild with that power wouldn't be a solution.
It would unleash another catastrophe—one even more terrifying than the Beyonders!
Imagining an enemy worse than the Beyonders, Bai Ye looked around and shook his head.
"No. Unless we're absolutely out of options, we can't use this."
Bai Ye turned to Banner. To keep the truth about O hidden, he lied:
"If we did that, the Hulk still couldn't stop them—they'd just keep disintegrating him."
"He'd resurrect endlessly from Gamma Hell, trapped in an eternal loop, or even sealed away."
"Gamma Hell energy is immense, but the Hulk's body can't withstand an attack on an omniversal scale."
"Then what do we do?" Susan couldn't help asking.
Bai Ye stood and snapped his fingers; a star-field sprang into view, showing several colossal silhouettes.
They had no fixed shape—indescribable, ineffable beings.
"First, the worst-case plan: we need allies."
"Eternity, Infinity, Death… every Cosmic Deity must learn of this threat—or perhaps they already have."
"Even they can't handle the Beyonders."
Knull sneered. "Count on those old relics?"
Yet his grip loosened; he knew they might have to unite with other gods after all.
"Secondly," Bai Ye went on—this time with no images.
"If we can't beat them, we draw out an even stronger foe and make them fight each other."
Bai Ye didn't mention another possible route.
Replace Molecule Man and, during Secret Wars, become the inheritor of the Beyonders' power.
But that required his presence not to warp the timeline so that Doctor Doom still becomes The Great Annihilator.
As long as Doom becomes The Great Annihilator, the original timeline would lead him and Doctor Strange to that Land of Nihility.
Everyone blinked, utterly bewildered.
Tony cut in. "Hold on—did you just say a stronger enemy?"
He drew a sharp breath. "There's something stronger than the Beyonders?"
Seeing their shocked faces, Bai Ye nodded. "Correct."
"The Beyonders sit at omniversal—or even above omniversal—level, and quite a few beings reach or near that tier."
Stunned, the group struggled to digest the news.
Beast swallowed. "Who are they? And what exactly is omniversal level?"
Everyone—except Bai Ye and Knull—wanted to know.
Bai Ye pointed at Knull, and all eyes turned.
"This dark god, Knull—if he absorbed all darkness in the Multiverse, he'd peak at Multiverse level."
"Omniversal is the realm that towers above the Multiverse."
Bai Ye snapped again; more images appeared.
"Near omniversal, I know of two: The Rune, born in another cosmos—
whether he's truly omniversal, no one can say."
Bai Ye sipped his drink and pointed to another scene.
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"The second is the living embodiment of the Infinity Stones, cosmic balance itself—Nemesis!"
She, too, stands at the Multiverse's summit; her exact level, like The Rune's, remains unknown."
"Wait—that's not all, is it?" Tony spotted the flaw, jabbing at the last image.
It showed only blackness and two vast, eye-like lights.
Ju Ziyun frowned, recalling Marvel comics, and asked hesitantly, "Oppa, that's the The First Firmament, right?"
Ju Ziyun frowned, recalling Marvel comics, and asked hesitantly, "Oppa, that's the The First Firmament, right?"
"Exactly—the The First Firmament."
Bai Ye explained, "It's the only being I'm sure surpasses the omniversal Living Tribunal."
"Not a god, but the consciousness of the very first Universe."
"Yet if we draw it out, I can't say whether it can stand against the Beyonders."