'Since I can't go up, I'll go down to find some fun.'
Frieza thought of those bizarre parallel worlds in Marvel.
For example, the Universe where all heroes were turned into animals (Earth-8311).
For example, the Universe where everyone was gender-swapped.
Or even the Cthulhu-esque Cancerverse.
Frieza's eyes lit up. 'The Cancerverse? That distorted world where Death has been completely eliminated and life proliferates infinitely? That sounds quite substantial.'
'That disgusting yet tenacious vitality... If it were used to create biological weapons or used to refine life essence...'
Frieza licked his lips, the greed in his eyes burning once more.
"It's decided!"
He suddenly stood up and waved his hand grandly.
"Thanos!"
"Assemble the army! Prepare for war!"
"Our next target."
"The Cancerverse!"
"I am going to perform a complete excision surgery on that tumor-ridden world!"
"And while I'm at it..."
"I'll bring back all those immortal monsters to use as infinite energy batteries."
"As you command! Lord Frieza!!!"
Thanos roared with excitement.
There was another war to fight and against the kind of enemies that could never be fully killed.
This was simply paradise!
...
Meanwhile.
In the deepest reaches of the Multiverse.
A giant radiating golden light, possessing three faces, slowly opened his eyes.
The Living Tribunal.
He gazed at that frantically expanding white speck of light.
Upon the face representing "Necessity," a hint of gravity appeared.
"That variable is polluting the very foundations of the entire Multiverse."
"If he is allowed to come into contact with those ancient evil gods of the Cancerverse, I fear the balance of this eon will be shattered."
"A judgment must be made."
The Living Tribunal slowly raised the staff in his hand.
—
Between the folds of space.
The colossal rift called "The Fault" exuded a sickening, putrid stench.
Purple pus oozed through the void and countless twisted tentacles writhed in the dark.
This was the gateway to the Cancerverse. A forbidden zone where the line between life and death had utterly collapsed.
"Ugh…"
On the flagship's observation deck, Loki clamped a hand over his mouth, face green.
"Lord Frieza, do we really have to go in?"
"The stench here… it's ten thousand times worse than Asgard's dungeons."
Frieza lounged in a golden hover-throne, a perfumed handkerchief daintily covering his nose.
"Bear it, Loki."
Though Frieza's tone remained unruffled, disgust flickered across his brow.
"Admittedly, the sanitation leaves much to be desired."
"But…"
He pointed at the vast life-energy surging within the fissure.
"There's an endless supply of free "batteries" in there."
"In a Universe where Death itself is gone, every creature is a perpetual-motion machine."
"Drag them back and stuff them into the ship's engines. We'll never worry about power again."
A capitalist's greedy grin appeared on Frieza's lips.
"It's called recycling, understand?"
Loki swallowed his nausea and nodded. "As you command, Lord Frieza."
"Thanos."
Frieza turned to the already battle-ready Thanos.
"This enemy is special. They can't be killed, can't be cut down. So…"
A fingertip lit with black light.
"Use this."
Shoom!
The beam shot into Thanos and swept through the entire vanguard fleet.
It was Ki imbued with the attribute of "Destruction".
Perfect for countering infinitely regenerating undead.
"Grind every last one of their cells to ash."
"Yes, Lord Frieza."
Thanos' eyes blazed and black flames roared to life along his blade.
"All forces, attack!"
Rumble!
The colossal white fleet stabbed like a red-hot blade into the filthy Fault.
…
Cancerverse.
A warped, demented, hopelessly overcrowded world.
Here, life was no gift but a curse. Without death, life multiplied endlessly. Worlds were choked with lumps of flesh and tentacles.
The sky was meat-pink, the oceans blood-red. Even the air floated with drifting spores.
"Intruders!"
"Fresh… meat!"
Sensing alien life, the Universe's natives boiled forth. Countless eye-studded, fang-mawed, tentacled terrors surged from every planet to assail the fleet.
At their head, familiar uniforms stretched over rotting, twisted bodies.
Fallen "heroes."
The Revengers!
Corrupted Steve, Thor, Tony…
Once champions, now lapdogs of the Many-Angled Ones.
"For Lord Mar-Vell!"
Steve hoisted a shield studded with tumorous growths and rasped.
"Devour them all!"
Boom!
Battle exploded.
This time, however, Frieza did not linger backstage. The place was too revolting, he wouldn't stay a second longer than necessary.
"Swift victory."
Frieza shot out of the flagship.
Below, a writhing ocean of flesh made his scalp prickle.
Crimson eyes flashed with ultimate cruelty. "Such a sight offends even my eyes. Since you love crowding together…"
He slowly raised his right hand. Six Infinity Stones whirled and merged into a sphere of jet-black energy.
It wasn't a Death Ball.
It was a black hole.
"Swallow… everything."
With a casual flick, he tossed the marble-sized orb toward the largest meat-planet.
Hummm—
The instant it touched ground, the black hole erupted and a terrifying gravitational collapse began.
Monsters mid-roar, fallen heroes mid-bellow, no time even to scream, were shredded, stretched, and sucked into the bottomless abyss.
"No! Impossible!"
Thor watched in horror as his vaunted immortality meant nothing, even the concept of "his body" was devoured.
"What power is this?!"
"The power of… a cleaner."
Frieza hovered above the hole, coldly watching the planet spiral down like toilet water.
"Since you cherish eternal life, enjoy eternal silence in the void."
Minutes later, the once-crowded star-system was scoured clean and not a speck of dust remained.
[Ding! Cancerverse deity feels fear!]
[Fear Points +5 Trillion!]
[Ding! Old Ones' sanity reaches zero!]
[Fear points +8 Trillion!]
…
"Not bad."
Frieza watched the skyrocketing Fear points, his mood improving.
"Disgusting work, but the payoff's sweet."
He turned to his busy crew.
"Thanos, stop playing. Catch the ones that look presentable and pack them up."
"The rest…"
He pointed at the still-writhing Nebula.
"Burn it all."
"Use the biggest flames."
"Yes, Lord Frieza."
Deep within the Multiverse, in Omnipotence City, an emergency conclave of the true heavyweights was underway.
Zeus (Main Universe), Odin (Main Universe), supreme Godkings of every pantheon, sat around a round table, in their usual celebration.
As the gods were having fun—
BOOM!!!
The gates of Omnipotence City were kicked open.
A white-suited man whose very presence stole breath strolled in, elegant and lethal. Behind him were a pack of wolfish enforcers.
"My, my…"
Frieza surveyed the gathered deities, showing the smile that made even gods afraid.
"Lively gathering."
"Having a party?"
"Mind if…"
He straightened his tie, stepped to the table, and planted a boot on the marble before Zeus.
"…Lord Frieza joins?"