PFC Chapter 4110 MU Superbody Major Event (187)
Chapter 4110 MU Superbody Major Event (187)
Chapter 4110 MU: The Superbody Incident (187)
Schiller ascended the moss-covered steps, passed through the vine-entwined stone archway, and followed the dripping sound of the spring water to a deep, silent forest. After leaving footprints on the grass, he saw the hidden World Tree Spring nestled in the valley. This was the Urd Spring, where Odin prayed to the World Tree for wisdom, and the final resting place of every god's soul.
Under the guise of cleaning up the battlefield in Asgard, Schiller also came to visit the seriously injured Thor on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. When he reached the spring, he saw Thor drying his hair.
“You look like you’re recovering well,” Schiller said. “How are you feeling?”
“I’ve never been this close to death before. But after experiencing it, I think you did the right thing. She was so volatile, I could barely breathe.”
Schiller smiled and said, "Sif was a little worried about you. When I came, she asked me to ask you how your recovery was going."
“I know she is a strong warrior, but it is my dereliction of duty to leave her out there to support the whole situation at this time,” Thor sighed. “As a husband, as a monarch, and as a future father, I have done far too little.”
“Don’t be discouraged, it’s good to gain experience.” Schiller sat down on a large rock by the spring and then said, “How is your recovery going?”
"It's not bad, but the World Tree won't let me leave. I don't have any other good options, so I can only wait until the war is over."
“It’s probably afraid you’ll die out there,” Schiller said with a soft sigh. “Darkseid has ascended to a higher dimension than the multiverse and will soon become a catastrophe for the multiverse. I just feel sorry that you can’t participate in this battle.”
"Then why is there this battle?" Thor rolled his eyes, his expression saying, "Don't I know you?"
“Ahem…” Schiller cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly and said, “I think you can find a way to leave. The multiverse needs your power.”
"What? Darkseid is too intense, and you can't wait to find someone to balance it out?" Thor bluntly exposed him without any mercy, and then said, "Obviously I don't care why you're doing this, but if I could get out, would I not go? My wife is pregnant."
“Then think of a way,” Schiller said. “Sometimes people need to be flexible, and the same goes for the gods.”
"Just tell me what you want to do."
"Haven't you noticed that the World Tree, which is almost dead, is quieter? Now that it's full, it dares to snatch people from the Battle Realm and even detain you here. It's utterly lawless. Don't you want to teach it a lesson?"
Thor looked utterly dejected. He said, "The World Tree is the root system of the nine kingdoms. You damaged the load-bearing wall of your own house, and now that it's finally repaired, you're telling me that the load-bearing wall was too sturdy and would have been better off left broken. Do you think that makes sense?"
"The problem is that the World Tree isn't an inanimate object; otherwise, it wouldn't have trapped you here. Since it has agency, it naturally needs some guidance to better serve us. Don't you think so?"
"Just tell me what you want to do."
"How did you borrow money from the World Tree in the first place?" Schiller asked curiously. "Odin gave it an eye in exchange for wisdom, so what can I get in return for giving it an eye?"
“You don’t even need to give it an eye. If you drop a single eyelash, it’ll run away.” Thor rolled his eyes again.
"Come on, what can I do about it?" Schiller turned to Thor and said excitedly, "I'm serious, you guys can lend me another sum. Anyway, it's out of energy, but it won't die anytime soon. At worst, we can feed it a little more when it's about to starve to death."
"But what would I do with so much energy?"
"The so-called Aesir gods getting stronger with age, isn't that just that the older you get, the more energy you can extract from the World Tree? So if you extract more energy while you're young, wouldn't you directly possess the strength of your old age? At that time, who in the multiverse would be your match?"
Thor didn't speak, only kept wiping his hair. Schiller continued, "I think you've felt it yourself. Although the power of light is high, it's actually not strong enough, or rather, it doesn't have enough power to support the power of light to exert its true power. Because you're too young. If you were Odin's age, Martian Manhunter's sneak attack from behind wouldn't have been able to do anything to you."
"Since it's going to give you this much energy sooner or later anyway, you might as well extract it all at once. As long as you achieve a high enough position in the multiverse, why worry about not having the resources to repay the World Tree's debt?"
“Let me think about it,” Thor said.
Schiller knew he was wavering, so he didn't continue to persuade him. Instead, he stood up to leave, saying, "If you've thought it through, try to use a gentler method. Don't gouge out their eyes like your father did. Sif and Loki will be terrified."
Thor nodded. Schiller turned and left. He knew Thor would make the right choice, because he really had no other choice.
The power of the God-King of Light is roughly at the pinnacle of a single universe, but it's still a step away from ascending to the level of a multiverse. This final step is that Thor is too young; the divine power he has accumulated is insufficient, limiting the power he can unleash.
In comparison to humans, it's like a ten-year-old child holding a kitchen knife. The knife is indeed very sharp and would draw blood, but the child is too small and has limited strength, so the damage they can inflict is limited, and they are easily subdued. However, if the person wielding that knife is a strong adult, it's a different story.
From Asgardian perspective, Thor and Loki are actually only recently adults, still children. Odin, who looks old, is actually in his prime, thousands of years old, the perfect time for adventure.
Originally, this power was sufficient. After all, he was at the peak of a single universe, and no being at that level could easily provoke him. Even a demon god like Mephisto wouldn't easily provoke the gods. However, now, due to the entanglement with another great world, the situation has become increasingly complicated, and such strength is no longer enough for the king who rules over the gods.
However, time waits for no one. It's impossible to wait thousands of years until Thor reaches his prime before facing his rivals; by then, it will be too late. Therefore, forcing growth is the only option.
Since it's going to be given sooner or later anyway, might as well take it all at once. That way, the World Tree will suffer less. And I haven't heard anything about the World Tree having any objections.
After persuading Thor, Schiller transformed into a mistwalker and returned to the battlefield, diligently beginning his cleanup. As the entrance to the antimatter universe gradually closed, the number of insects dwindled. The other two great empires showed signs of a counterattack, but their strength was clearly insufficient, far less than their previous large-scale offensive. These two empires had also suffered considerable losses.
I thought my mass-production tactic was invincible, but I never expected there to be such a master. These bugs don't look like they were mass-produced; how can there be so many of them?
That's why it's said that man-made things can't compare to the wonders of nature. Even the two great empires still have to manufacture more; the Annihilation of the Zerg is designed to be endless. To avoid violating this setting, even if these two empires stayed here for another thousand years, they still wouldn't be able to wipe out the Zerg. It just goes to show that in society, there are no towering trees, only things that can subdue each other.
The Supreme Intelligence and the Skrull Emperor were both getting a bit frustrated. They realized that wasting resources here was pointless; they weren't killing any Protoss, and instead, they were helping them kill so many insectoids for the humans to scavenge. If they were to give the World Tree another boost, creating a few more Skyfathers for the Aesir and humans, they would truly be devastated.
Thus, the two great empires withdrew their troops one after another, and the war ended in defeat, and once again in a dismal fashion. It's not hard to see that the three-empire格局 (geju, a term referring to the three major empires that had remained unchanged in the universe for millennia) would soon cease to exist. Next came the Age of Stars.
The robot forces of the two empires had certainly killed their fill; everywhere one looked were corpses of the Annihilation Zerg. Schiller and Gray Mist filled the antimatter battery containers provided by Reed with them, humming a tune as they swept the floor. They also collected any Asgardian shipwrecks they encountered along the way, bringing them all back to Nick. They estimated it would be enough for him to build another squadron of space carriers.
The Asgardians sent to salvage the spaceship dared not approach. Although they knew the creature ahead seemed to be a human scavenger, this cloud of mist was clearly something else. It left nothing but desolation in its wake, devouring even the smallest insect leg, all while playing eerie music. Just looking at it felt like mental pollution. A spaceship could be rebuilt, but if they led this thing to Asgard, their home might be wiped out.
The Asgardian warriors discussed the matter and ultimately decided not to retaliate against him. Instead, they went to the other side to retrieve their ships, only to find clumps of mud and a group of cats with tentacles sprouting from their mouths—none of them looking like good guys. In the end, they suffered a crushing defeat and returned empty-handed.
Sif, already overwhelmed with work as the acting God-King, was about to explode when she heard that not a single ship had been towed back. However, remembering Nick Fury's carefree attitude—he'd think if she went to him now, he'd just say he was kindly helping to clean up the battlefield—she ultimately decided to let it go and consider it charity work.
Schiller returned to Earth satisfied after cleaning up the battlefield in less than half a day. Nick was overjoyed after retrieving the mountain of supplies. The large warehouses he had dug beforehand finally came in handy.
When Schiller brought over a thousand fully charged antimatter batteries to Reid, he didn't forget to ask, "What do you need these for?"
“It’s all because of Doom,” Reed said with a slight complaint. “He insisted on dragging me into working on information flow technology. The two of us discovered that the key to converting matter into information lies in antimatter. He dumped this project on me and went off to do other things.”
"Can this technology really work?"
“I don’t know, I need to do some more research.” Reed shook his head and said, “I didn’t have enough antimatter energy before, so the cannon I built had a relatively small output and couldn’t impact matter. I’m going to build a bigger one and try again.”
"You didn't test it on Earth, did you?"
"Where else could it be? But don't worry, Germany has already built an elevator to the Earth's core, and my quota for the deep-sea laboratory has been approved. It will be safer to conduct experiments there."
Schiller didn't believe a word of Reed's assurances about safety, but he was intrigued by the antimatter cannon Reed had mentioned, so he asked, "Can that cannon be used to shoot something else?"
Reed raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you planning to use it for?"
However, he continued, "Upgrading this kind of cannon is not as simple as just increasing its caliber; improvements are needed in every aspect to enable it to withstand more antimatter energy. It cannot be built in the short term."
"What if there are references?"
“Refer to? Don’t tell me to refer to Stark’s children’s toys. In this respect, it’s always others who refer to me.”
“That’s not necessarily true,” Schiller said. “I also have a cannon here, though I’ve never used it. I can take you to see it, and if you find it useful, you can bring it back for reference.”
"You have one too? Did you build it?" Reed looked Schiller up and down, his expression full of disbelief.
"Don't worry about that, just check if it's big enough."