PFC Chapter 4008 MU Superbody Major Event (88)
Chapter 4008 MU Superbody Major Event (88)
Chapter 4008 MU: The Superbody Incident (Eighty-Eight)
The Time Bureau office. Mobius is reviewing the Flash's file, shaking his head and sighing as he reads.
"I wonder who manages the timeline in that world, but I bet they're working overtime every day. If that guy were in our world, I'd be exhausted."
Schiller, holding a cup of coffee, leaned against the wall, turned his head to look out the window at the hallway, and said, "We can't hold him for long. Batman will soon be calling for reinforcements. I advise you to release him quickly and not get entangled with them for too long."
"Why?" Möbius turned to look at him with some confusion. "Although entering the Speed Force is quite taxing for us, that's precisely why we should seize this opportunity. Now that we have it under control, we should control it a little longer, shouldn't we?"
“The reinforcements Batman brought in won’t be as easy to deal with as they are.” Schiller took a sip of coffee, shook his head and said, “Anyway, I won’t confront him head-on. If you want to fight, I won’t stop you.”
Schiller finished speaking and left the office. Möbius watched his retreating figure, shaking his head, feeling somewhat bewildered. So far, the Time Bureau's greatest adversary was Helen, who had bitten them six hundred times in three seconds. Apart from her, no one else in the timeline could even hold their own against them for more than a few rounds.
Just as Möbius turned his gaze back to the data, the alarm suddenly went off. All the Time Management Bureau employees looked at their communicators.
"Intruder! Intruder! I repeat, someone has breached the Time Management Bureau through the timeline!!!"
Mobius rushed out of the office immediately. Before he could even say a word, he saw the strong, gray figure appear in the lobby and toss a Time Administration employee carrying a weapon out like trash.
He stared wide-eyed, and the other man seemed to have noticed his gaze. When he turned around, Möbius saw a Superman symbol emblazoned on his chest.
"Is that some kind of Superman?" Möbius swallowed hard. "How did he even get here?!"
The gates opened, and more soldiers surrounded the burly figure in the center. The figure didn't even move; a casual sweep of his eyes sent everyone flying.
One of the employees fired a time ray from a weapon, but it didn't even cause a splash when it hit the target. This weapon, which could directly disrupt the opponent's time, was completely ineffective against him. He then casually swung his arm, and everyone, weapons and all, flew through the air, smashing through several walls.
Möbius now understood why Schiller had warned them against a direct confrontation with him.
"Wait!" Mobius shouted, "We can give you the Flash, just stop destroying this place!"
The other person looked at him again, their eyes chillingly cold, like a venomous snake when they stared at someone. Mobius felt his legs go weak, but he still managed to straighten up and said, "The Time Management Bureau is responsible for maintaining the stability of the timeline; we have our own reason for being. If you destroy this place, the changes in the timeline might also affect the people in your universe. Take the Flash and leave."
The other person neither agreed nor disagreed. Mobius walked over and opened the door to the prison for him. By the time he turned back, the other person had vanished. Soon, the alarm sounded, alerting him that an intruder had entered the prison area; the Flash had likely been taken away.
Only then did Schiller leisurely emerge from another office. He shook his head and said to Mobius, "I warned you, the reinforcements Batman brought are no pushovers. There's still a fight to be had at the outpost."
"Who exactly is that guy?"
"Hail, a super Kryptonian."
"A Super Kryptonian? But aren't Kryptonians already Superman?"
"Yes, Superman calls him Superman."
The Time Bureau's headquarters is located at a different time flow than the outside world. Therefore, when Hale led the Flash and his team out of the Time Bureau, the battle at the outpost was not yet over.
“You guys go back first,” Hale said to the Flash, arms crossed. “Batman wants to talk to you.”
The Flashes looked dejected, but the Flash from the main universe nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back now. Be careful too, the bomb that Thor has is very dangerous, we must not let him detonate it."
Hale nodded, then teleported to the center of the outpost at top speed. Since he remained within the timeline, external time barely moved. The bomb in Thor's hand was still unexploded, giving him time to examine it closely.
Hale circled Thor several times, scrutinizing the crack with his superhuman and microscopic vision, and finally concluded: this was not a complete universe, though it was very close. In terms of creating a universe, even a 1% difference was a huge gap. The essence of the universe lay in things that carbon-based life could never understand or touch, and this crack clearly lacked them.
However, Hale agreed with the Flash's assessment: as a bomb, this thing was indeed powerful enough. If it had successfully detonated, no one here would have gotten out alive. The loss of so many Wonder Woman, Shazam, Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern here was indeed a loss Batman could not accept.
So how could he stop him? Hale stroked his chin, deep in thought, though he wasn't really good at such things. Theories like cosmology were far removed from his understanding; the only solution he knew for all problems was—a punch.
So he did just that. Hale took a deep breath and, directly across the barrier of time, threw a punch at Thor. A tremendous amount of energy erupted from his fist, radiating dazzling light. The instant it touched Thor's chest, it collided with Thor's protective divine power, shattering space and time.
The attack came too suddenly. Thor gasped, feeling a sharp pain in his chest. He quickly withdrew his divine power, using all of it for defense. He had no choice but to put away the bomb in his hand, gripped his spear, and swung it fiercely, barely managing to force Hael back.
To everyone's surprise, the large gray man showed no sign of backing down, throwing another punch as he charged at Thor once more. Sensing the chilling wind of the punch and its undiminished power compared to the previous one, Thor knew this guy was ridiculously strong.
He had no choice but to raise his gun to meet the enemy. Thor took a deep breath, and as the power of light surged within him, he appeared like a god descended to earth, majestic and powerful.
He first unleashed a bolt of lightning at Hale, but Hale was incredibly fast and dodged it with a quick movement, then threw a punch at Thor. Thor blocked it with his gun, but felt his arm go numb from the impact.
Thor tried to maintain distance, but he lacked the speed advantage. Hale relentlessly closed in, each punch landing with devastating force. This absolute power even shook Thor's divine light, leaving deep ripples on his protective shield.
Thor knew that even if he could defeat him, it would take him some time. But the counter-encirclement plan required a swift victory, and Batman's other reinforcements were surely on their way. So, he silently recited Loki's name.
Suddenly, in the center of the battlefield, portal after portal opened. Many Lokis with distinct styles emerged from the portals, brandishing their staffs and beginning to hurl magic at the Green Lanterns.
Many Lokis arrived in the central universe long ago, but they only helped the Lokis in the central universe with some paperwork. They didn't have much experience fighting together and each fought their own battles.
However, they are still stronger than mages. On one hand, they have already obtained a lot of energy from Loki in the central universe, so they can fight without restraint; on the other hand, even if their physique is not as good as the Aesir, it is definitely much stronger than that of humans.
In other words, the "inside maneuver" in the counter-encirclement plan should have been done by the mages, but Loki took over instead, and it still achieved very good results.
Hal dodged a magic missile and was about to turn around to support his teammates when he accidentally caught a frost trap on the hem of his clothes, freezing half of his body.
Just as he was using the green light energy to thaw, he was flung into the face of Thor from the main universe by a gravitational vortex. Thor from the main universe didn't hold back and threw two punches at him.
Hal gritted his teeth and threw a punch back, but was grabbed by the arm and thrown away by Thor from the main universe. Then he dodged the Lasso of Truth and pounced on Thor again, fighting fiercely with him.
During the fight, Hal caught a glimpse of the situation out of the corner of his eye, and his heart sank.
Even if Thor hadn't detonated the giant bomb, his earlier burst of divine power had still replenished the Asgardians' energy considerably. While they had the energy gained from recovering the spaceship, they certainly couldn't outlast Asgard.
But now they couldn't escape. The Asgardians in front kept pressing in, and Loki behind them was unleashing spells without restraint. Their formation was being compressed tighter and tighter until eventually, there wasn't even room to maneuver. This greatly increased the probability of injury. The enemy's counter-encirclement plan was already showing initial success.
The first casualty occurred a dozen seconds later. Hal was wrestling with Thor from the main universe when, turning his head, he saw a Green Lantern, captured by a gravitational vortex, being shot through the heart by an arrow from Loki, instantly turning into a white light and returning to the Battleworld.
Hal was momentarily distracted and was tackled and thrown off balance by Thor from the main universe. Fortunately, Hal reacted just as Thor raised his hammer and quickly teleported away.
"First Blood!" A light screen appeared before everyone's eyes, lingered for about a second, and then disappeared, reminding everyone that the first casualty in the battle had occurred.
Hal gritted his teeth and cursed, but he still had to hurry to support his teammates who were overwhelmed by Loki's endless pranks and magic.
It seems better to fight a sorcerer. While Doctor Strange and his ilk are difficult to deal with, they are far inferior to Loki in terms of the sophistication and deception of their magic. Loki and his gang have truly sacrificed all moral principles for an indescribably disgusting fighting style; after only a few minutes of fighting, their traps are everywhere.
Logically speaking, in such a small area, setting traps would be indiscriminate, often resulting in friendly fire incidents. But those Thors, for some reason, seemed to have eyes in the back of their heads, always able to accurately pinpoint where Loki had set traps, ensuring none of them stepped on; it was always the enemies who stepped on them.
Moreover, they changed their initial aggressive style and began to cunningly dodge left and right, or pretend to be outmatched, luring several Wonder Women and Green Lanterns into traps.
And so came the second casualty in the battle. Wonder Woman unfortunately stepped into a trap and was then killed by Thor's hammer. Loki even poked half his body out of the portal and gave his brother a high-five, clearly this wasn't the first time the two had done this.