Aaron walked to the piles of corpses and bent down to pick up a ball of light.
"Good luck, it actually dropped an item. Hmm, a common six-barreled Gatling gun?"
As he spoke, the ball of light disappeared, and a menacing six-barreled Gatling gun appeared in his hand.
Gwen's eyelids twitched.
A pistol already has such power. If it were a bigger, thicker, longer Gatling gun, wouldn't it just tear the sky apart?
Gwen thought for a moment and drew her pistol. "What should we do next?"
"Continue exploring this boss's lair to see if there are any other valuable items and fire-breathing Dragons?"
Aaron said, "What to do? Of course, continue hunting Kang."
"This is just a small checkpoint boss. Next, I'll take you to the map to farm the ultimate boss."
Aaron held the Gatling gun with one hand and fiddled with something on it.
Gwen knew without looking that he was once again cheating with the Gatling gun.
The original six-barreled Gatling gun was plated with a layer of gold, sparkling brightly. It transformed from a common item into a an advanced item — the Golden Gatling.
Then the entire gun was covered with a faint layer of fire.
Very good, now it's a rare item: the Hellfire Golden Gatling.
Subsequently, the Gatling's bullets became sharper, more unreal, ethereal, and dazzling.
The Gatling gun barrel also shone brighter.
Good, now it's a Divine Artifact-grade item — the Infinite Hellfire Golden Gatling!
When Aaron sent a ball of energy into the Gatling gun barrel, the entire gun burst into brilliant light, and a dazzling orb of light, like an energy core, appeared near the handle.
Excellent!
An epic-grade item: the Explosive Infinite Hellfire Golden Gatling!
And then, a long, adjustable device appeared on the Gatling gun. As the device slid, the brightness of the Gatling's six barrels continuously changed, emitting a terrifying, heart-palpitating energy.
Gwenpool stared blankly at the blinding golden legendary symbol, falling silent.
The World-Destroying Explosive Infinite Hellfire Golden Gatling!
"Do you want to destroy the world?"
Gwen didn't understand. They were just playing a game, how did they become villains destroying the world?
This gun of yours... are you serious?
At this moment, Gwenpool felt that her rare-grade infinite broken gun was no longer appealing.
What the heck!
Everyone else is still playing the 1.0 version of the game, but you brought the ultimate Divine Artifact from version 100.0.
"The equipment is enhanced, time to go to the dungeon."
After Aaron finished fiddling, he waved his hand, and a dark circular portal, like a deep abyss dungeon's entrance, appeared in front of them.
Gwenpool didn't know what to say, as if giving up. "I guess we're going into a Hell-level dungeon — the Council of Kang."
"Wrong, it should be the Rise and Fall of the Council of Kang." Aaron corrected her.
Currently, the Council of Kang has not yet been officially established.
From the Kang Variant's memories, Aaron realized that Rama-Tut and others are gathering other Kangs throughout the Universe, attempting to establish the Council of Kang.
One purpose is to suppress Kang the Conqueror, and the other is to deal with Aaron, the Time Anchor.
Of course, there's also Kang of the sacred timeline.
The Council of Kang is still a few years away from its Late Stage development but it's already taking shape.
But now, Aaron won't give them time to develop. He never delays revenge for even a night if he can help it.
Aaron led Gwen into the portal.
The surroundings suddenly changed,
They were surrounded by deep, silent darkness, occasionally flashing with eerie, eye-like starlight, as if they had entered Hell.
Gwen, scared, clutched Aaron's armor and stammered, "We didn't really go to Hell, did we?"
"No, of course not. It's purely for atmosphere. I adopted a Dark Dimension teleportation method."
"The target point is ahead. Let's go."
Aaron pulled Gwen through a light gate.
The darkness receded, and they arrived at a huge plaza.
They were directly facing Rama-Tut, Immortus, and Centurion.
"Wow, it's three bosses."
As soon as Gwen spoke, she realized something was wrong.
She looked around and saw thousands of Kangs rustling in this arena-like stage. And every single one of them was Rank 99, with the three in front being Rank 100.
Every Kang Variant present had at least three red titles as a minimum.
Gwenpool was dumbfounded, "We've entered the boss's nest."
Do you know what's most frustrating for a Level 1 newbie who just entered the game?
It's being randomly teleported into a boss's nest composed of Level 99 and Level 100 NPCs.
Each one, taken individually, is a world-destroying entity.
The Level 1 title above her head was too tiny and helpless.
She was trembling.
The Kang Variants also looked blankly at Gwen. They looked up at the millions of health bars above Gwen's head, reaching straight to the sky, and stared in a daze.
You're telling me you're just a Level 1 newbie?
Who exactly is the boss here?
Wait, that's not right.
Why are we thinking about games?
These health bars... these Ranks and equipment?
The Kang Variants' hearts tightened. They didn't know when they had switched to game thinking due to the environment.
They subconsciously cast themselves as boss monsters, treating Aaron and Gwen as warriors clearing a dungeon.
Such terrifying cognitive ability!
Such a bizarre method!
"Are you the warriors challenging us this time? A Level 1 rookie, and a...???"
Centurion subconsciously spoke in the boss style, but as soon as he spoke, he stared blankly at the pile of question marks on Aaron's panel.
He, a boss, couldn't even see through the warrior's attributes.
What kind of garbage game is this, give me my money back!
"Something's wrong, let's get out of here!"
Rama-Tut had already reacted and quickly activated his time controller, wanting to escape. However, when he pressed the button, no time portal appeared. Instead, a red message popped up.
[Currently in a special dungeon, cannot use town portal.]
"Ah?!"
"I'm a boss, and this is my lair, and I can't leave?" Rama-Tut's mind exploded.
This garbage game!
How did he not know he was in a special dungeon? This was clearly an area they created themselves.
Aaron then lifted the Legendary Gatling gun.
Another red message appeared.
[Currently in combat, cannot use town portal scroll.]
?!!
This is time technology, what kind of damn scroll are you talking about? Which eye saw that?
"F*ck!"
"Kill him!"
Rama-Tut was enraged.
He didn't understand the current situation. But he knew, he had to kill the Level 1 newbie with millions of health bars, and the warrior with no health bar but full of question marks.
Wait, no health bar?
How do you fight without a health bar?
Rama-Tut was stunned.
Aaron's lips curved into a terrifying smile. He used the editing authority of the fourth wall to make a small modification to the settings of the Gladiator Arena 1.5 map.
After all, it was currently a custom mode and map.
What? You're asking why you can't change the settings?
It must be because you're not handsome enough.
"Carrying, carrying, carrying, carrying my bag..."
The familiar BGM started playing.
Aaron activated the Legendary Gatling Gun's Burst Mode.
The menacing barrel slowly rotated.
"Come on, bosses, let me see your limits."
"Now it's... killing time!"
Bang... Bang... Bang...
The six-barreled Gatling gun burst forth.
Forming a brilliant red line, the three level 100 Kang Variant leaders at the front instantly exploded into ash.
The power of the red line was astonishing. Everything in its path was annihilated.
The bosses in the Gladiator Arena screamed and fled towards the outside of the arena.
Gwenpool secretly gulped, seriously suspecting that Aaron was the boss of the Hell-level map.
As for the fleeing Kang Variants with boss panels... welcome, players, to the Battle Royale mode.
Aaron held the golden six-barreled Gatling gun.
The dark red bullets exploded upon hitting their targets, and in just over ten seconds, the massive Gladiator Arena was leveled.
Because the space-time of this place was locked by editing authority, the thousands of Kangs gathered here fell down in rows.
Accompanied by the leveling of the Gladiator Arena, they were annihilated.
Aaron released the trigger, the six hot gun barrels still glowing with dazzling flames.
Gwenpool put away her gun, she had also taken down two bosses amidst the chaos.
However, looking at the leveled game map, she felt no joy from winning the game.
"Game Over."
Aaron held up the Gatling gun and gently blew away the non-existent white smoke.
On the smoke-filled land, still bearing the remnants of Hellfire, clusters of golden, orange, or red light exploded.
Aaron used Gwenpool's fourth wall ability to set this space as a game world.
Within those golden light clusters, the brilliant light of the Infinity Stones could faintly be seen.
The ability of the fourth wall was indeed extraordinary.
He didn't need to use the Inhibition Field to disable the Kang Variants' time and space technology.
He could also change their minds, making them subconsciously act according to game logic.
Of course, Gwenpool certainly couldn't do this. She hadn't developed her abilities enough. If it were her dealing with the Kang Variants, it wouldn't be so easy. At most, she could ensure her own survival.
However, next, Aaron still had an experiment to conduct.
"Gwenpool, do you want to see my Universe?" Aaron invited Gwenpool.
Gwenpool hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, I'm really looking forward to observing your world."
Hearing this, Aaron smiled and left with Gwenpool.
After they left, this game map was forcefully erased by a mysterious power. Everything returned to the dark void, as if it had never existed.
As Aaron left, he used his fourth wall ability to erase this "frame." In short, he erased the Council of Kang event.
This area was completely turned into absolute nothingness.
This was the authority of "editing."
Just as Aaron was traveling through the space barrier with Gwenpool, returning to his own Universe—
In a cosmic rift.
On the River of Time.
The two saw "floating" on the River of Time, one shattered wreck and corpse after another.
At a quick glance, there were countless floating corpses marked with TVA, as well as spaceship wreckage.
Gwenpool covered her mouth and pointed into the distance. "Oh my God, isn't that Eternity, one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe?"
"He... how did he die here?"
"Did some super villain kill him?"
"Has another major event erupted?"
"Wait... is that Kang?"
"Ah! And Moon Knight. No mistake, that costume, with the crescent moon symbol..."
"And the Celestials?!"
"Huh? Why is Thanos' Sanctuary II spaceship here too?!"
Gwenpool was stunned. "What is this place? Is it the Tomb of the Gods? A cosmic junkyard?"
"Is it the Void?"
Aaron scanned the area with a solemn expression, then realized something, his face turning strange.
"I think... they weren't killed, but rather crashed to their deaths."
"Huh?! Why would they do that?" Gwenpool didn't understand.
"Probably... they went crazy?"
Aaron didn't explain much. It was clear that these guys had all tried to cross his timeline, only to become part of the River of Time.
"Let's go, there's nothing to see here." Aaron pulled Gwenpool away.
After returning to Aaron Industries, Aaron immediately looked up at the long string of health bars above Gwenpool's head.
Gwenpool also noticed this, and at the same time, she sensed the surprised gazes from the surrounding crowd.
Gwenpool was originally a "loser," a homebody, and socially anxious. Although she became outgoing and socially adept after putting on her mask, she couldn't stand being stared at like a giant panda.
"Um... can you erase that sky-high health bar above my head first? I don't want two Boeing airliners to collide and crash right now."
Aaron chuckled and removed Gwenpool's game data. "Then you should get to know your abilities better."
Gwenpool rolled her eyes. "You think everyone is like you, the protagonist of the world, a bug?"
Aaron shrugged, saying meaningfully, "Maybe you are the protagonist of some worlds?"
Before Gwenpool could speak, Aaron continued to study the fourth wall ability.
The experimental results made him quite satisfied. The character settings enhanced by editing authority were constant and persistent.
As long as it was within the Marvel Universe, no matter which Universe one traveled to, the added settings would be permanently effective.
No, it probably wouldn't work in certain special "Real Universes" outside the fourth wall but it was still quite good.
If Aaron was willing, he could use editing authority to change other people's settings, granting them superpowers that didn't originally exist, in other words, systems or cheats.
The upper limit of this ability depended on his energy and his mastery of the ability.
The upper limit was hard to say, but it could make people game-ified, allowing them to revive continuously and live forever.
Of course, Aaron still preferred the Primordial Furnace.
Editing authority was powerful, but other people in the Marvel Universe also controlled similar editing authority, which could be erased by other authorities.
However, the abilities granted by the Primordial Furnace were genuine and could not be overwritten or tampered with by other editing authorities.
If there was a definite advantage, it was that editing authority didn't require data and could grant others all sorts of wild, unreasonable abilities based on a thought.
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