Chapter 574: Marvel: Stop It, We

(supplement) (supplement) →:: mayiwsk

The stream murmured softly, the mountains serene and elegant, white clouds drifted lazily; as the elevator door opened, a cool breeze drifted gently, as if one had stepped into a fairyland on earth.

"Would you like coffee or tea?"

Su Su Tuoni Stark walked past Ancient One carrying a stainless steel teapot.

"Tea." Ancient One glanced around at the scenery, then said to Su Su Tuoni Stark: "You seem to have known me long before, Stark."

"You're an Oscar winner. Uh, well, I've watched some movies." Su Su Tuoni pulled out a remote, switched off the Tom and Jerry episode Star was watching, and replaced it with Avengers: Endgame.

"I know things about other timelines."

After watching for a moment, Ancient One raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised.

It was precisely the scene where Hulk tried to steal the Time Stone and she caught him—though the "actors" had slightly different faces.

"I thought you'd come find us outsiders on day one, so I prepared some tea and pastries for bribery."

Meng Qi chuckled, and from his sleeve of heaven and earth, a pot of hot tea and fragrant Chinese pastries flew out: "I left two gifts for the Supreme Sorcerer—you've already received them."

Ancient One nodded, placed the teacup on the table, and asked: "Did you leave the Great Luo Heaven of another dimension specifically to investigate this?"

That day, Meng Qi attempted to use the Three Pure Ones' faith as an anchor, hiding himself through the Principle of All Effects, and moved to capture another team's Reincarnator.

He captured one captive then and there; the other two weren't truly killed by Meng Qi—they fell into a state of neither life nor death in that instant, left for Ancient One to deal with upon her arrival.

Originally, the intent was to show goodwill and draw Ancient One into investigating the other team, but later it became clear there was no need.

"You dog, you've acquired more assets again?" Su Lin stared at Meng Qi.

"Do you think it's possible?" Meng Qi snorted. The Yuan Shi Tianzun here exists beyond Earth's dimension—he merely borrowed the concept's resonance temporarily.

"I am not the Yuan Shi Tianzun you know. I come honestly now to assist my friend Su Su Tuoni Stark in resolving the crisis facing this world's Earth."

Ancient One smiled: "I've traveled the cosmos and multiverses. Your Wuji essence cannot deceive me."

The three oldest primordial gods: Gaia represents absolute yin, the Creator represents absolute yang, and Yuan Shi Tianzun maintains the balance of yin and yang—he was born from Wuji, symbolizing Wuji.

In this world, the Heavenly Court was established by Yuan Shi Tianzun granting mortals divine power through the Peaches of Immortality; these deities are called 'immortals,' and Yuan Shi Tianzun appointed the Jade Emperor to rule over them in his stead.

After a brief silence, Meng Qi smiled: "I cultivate the Wuji Seal—it's natural I carry Wuji essence."

Ancient One merely shook her head, smiling without speaking.

"." Meng Qi's smile froze on his face; he immediately stood and inspected himself—but found no anomaly: "That shouldn't be possible?"

This bald woman must be deceiving this Taoist.

"Impressive! You got your household registration so fast?" Su Lin praised.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan, pouring himself tea, smiled with relief: "I'm used to it."

Go ahead, open it all—the experience of climbing on foot is something you folks who ride private jets will never understand.

Zhong Li looked at Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan and pulled out a handkerchief from his sleeve.

"I didn't cry."

"Tea spilled over—wipe the table."

Everyone's expressions varied: some like Teacher Yan Sen didn't understand what happened; others like Shi Hao ate calmly without reaction; still others like Song Shuhang were typing "666" on the side.

"no" — only Su Su Tuoni Stark.

He stood frozen, chest heaving with labored breaths, lost in whatever thoughts surged through his mind.

Though puzzled by their reactions, Ancient One said nothing—she reached into her robe, chanted a spell, and withdrew something.

The conclusion was not hard to reach.

Although the Reincarnation Space assigned everyone identities legally and traceably, the actions these Reincarnators took and the chaos they caused simply never existed in the original timeline.

For example, the Iron Man of Yongchun—had it been the original Ant-Man Scott to endure that beating, his grave would already be three zhang tall with grass.

"That's correct." Su Lin nodded.

Ancient One clenched her right hand tighter, looked at Su Su Tuoni Stark, and asked: "Do you trust them?"

"No—I mean I trust them completely." Su Su Tuoni snapped back, his lips curving into an exaggerated grin as he looked at Ancient One.

"Besides those zombies last time, do you know of any other time-travelers?"

"They call themselves Reincarnators."

The Reincarnation Space generally imposes no strict secrecy on Reincarnators; in fact, some actively reveal information during missions.

Ancient One shook her head slightly, placed her hand on the table and opened it—two dim, irregular shards of light appeared.

"I've been investigating these over the past few days. You all should have them too."

Using the magic recorded in the Book of Vishanti, combined with her own knowledge and the Eye of Agamotto, she found traces within time.

At the instant a being called a Reincarnator dies, a concept crystal like this emerges in the universe—and if left undisturbed, it dissolves into the world.

"With this—"

Ancient One thought for a moment, cast a spell to draw a ritual circle on the ground, and a pig-like beast with blood-red skin appeared before them.

The beast immediately tucked its tail, motionless, as Ancient One placed a shard of light on its forehead.

"Woof!"

In less than a breath, the beast was gone—only a trembling, cowering German Shepherd remained.

Probably peed itself.

"Can we eat dog meat tonight?" Zhang Chuang was the first to ask in the group chat.

"Do you like dog meat, Zhou Ge?" Huai Shi suddenly asked.

"A long time ago I ate it—but later I raised a dog, a breed called Fugen Dog, very obedient and loyal, so I stopped liking it—cough cough…" Zhou Mingrui spoke while wolfing down his food, choking on his throat.

"Cough! Cough cough!"

"Drink some water."

Huai Shi passed over a bottle of cola.

After gulping down a few sips of happy water and coughing for a long while, Zhou Mingrui finally recovered, slumping comfortably in his chair and picking up another piece of fried chicken.

"You're such a gentle, considerate kid, Huai Shi," Zhou Mingrui said with a look of sorrow, yet his face lit up with satisfaction the moment the food entered his mouth:

"But it's not too bad—they just weirdly forbid me from speaking, otherwise they've been feeding me here to five-star standards."

"If you're afraid I'll hold you back, just say it outright, Bao Laoshi—be a real deadweight."

"But since I'm here in Marvel for once, I really want to snag some superpower to take back."

Huai Shi also said this was his first time joining a Reincarnation Space mission; perhaps because they were both 'newbies,' and because he didn't target Zhou Mingrui like the others did, Zhou Mingrui felt more at ease speaking with him.

Huai Shi asked: "What kind of superpower do you want?"

"Anything's fine—old saying goes, the rich rely on tech, the poor on mutations—I don't care," Zhou Mingrui sighed. "If all else fails, some USD or gold would do."

"." Huai Shi opened his mouth but held back.

In fact, he also wanted to get some pocket money.

"Trapped here, I can't go out to complete the Master God's main quest."

Zhou Mingrui suddenly sighed and said: "I could also be some legendary assassin, legendary killer—I'm pretty good at things like Faith Leap."

He remembered the drink he bought from the vending machine downstairs at his company; after drinking it, he lost some weight, his vision improved, and he no longer needed hay piles beneath him when jumping off buildings.

"True enough—after all, in this place, villains can lift up your brand-new car you bought with all your savings and hurl it at the hero, and the hero catches your car and smashes it—along with the villain—right into your house bought on loan."

Zhou Mingrui nodded in strong agreement: "Before you know it, you're half-paralyzed, and every day you get text messages from the bank about your debt."

As he spoke, he glanced at Huai Shi, then suppressed the urge to twitch his lips.

What a beautiful, understanding kid—why the hell is he a boy?!

Thinking of this made Zhou Mingrui feel exhausted—life, like compensatory leave after overtime, was full of deception everywhere.

"Zhou Ge, are you done eating?" Huai Shi held up the 'seal' on his hand.

"Please, let me breathe through my mouth for a bit," Zhou Mingrui understood, since even the 'team bully' senior had spoken—he changed the subject: "Do you have a girlfriend yet?"

Huai Shi shook his head: "Not yet."

"While you're young, date a few girls—you're good at cooking and playing the violin, plenty of girls will like you," Zhou Mingrui said, sounding like a seasoned veteran.

"But don't be a player—I've got a boss at my company who's a player; if you ever meet a landmine girl, getting locked in a basement wouldn't be surprising."

I'm not a player—I'm just a male escort.

Huai Shi wanted to joke, but he found it hard to explain to this 'sleepwalking' Ke Zong in front of him, so after thinking it over, he gave up.

Perhaps because he'd been sealed off most of the time—even eating couldn't make a sound in the past few days—and now Zhou Mingrui seemed unable to see the chat group messages, he'd been holding it in so long he'd become talkative.

Though he didn't know what Ke Zong had done before, torturing this sleepwalking Ke Zong was going too far.

Huai Shi frowned: "Why?"

"In a place like Marvel, where they constantly trigger multiverse events, look at what our side quests are called?" Zhou Mingrui smiled and said:

"Isn't it called 'Superspatial Battlefield'?"

"The main quest is called 'Temporal Mercenary'—if it involves time and space, it definitely won't be this simple."

"It might turn into something like the 'Marvel: Secret Wars' series, where a bunch of timelines, universes, and characters get mashed together into one big event."

"Don't forget—the Master God and the Reincarnators aren't nice people."

"Nah, I'm just a deadweight too," Huai Shi shook his head. "Helping out in the kitchen and occasionally playing the violin here is fine."

Zhou Mingrui echoed Huai Shi's words: "Don't worry—when the sky falls, the seniors will hold it up."

He dipped the last piece of special fried chicken in plum sauce, popped it in his mouth, then downed a large cup of lemon water.

The discomfort and panic of these past few days gradually faded, as if the conversation had eased his pressure.

"Come on, stick it on."

The demon beast's corpse lay on the ground; Gu Yi placed the magical-sealed and re-extracted light fragments onto the table.

"As long as you possess this crystal, I won't be able to know what the other person did, nor see any future temporal changes."

Gu Yi withdrew her gaze thoughtfully:

"Everything is reasonable and exists within this world—but I'm certain time and space will shift and split in uncontrollable directions."

"I thought you should know the origin of this thing."

Meng Qi held another light fragment, stared at it for a while, then helplessly shook his head.

Either it's inside this soul-bound, indestructible object.

Unexpectedly, no one could identify the origin of this crystal—not even Gu Yi was puzzled.

"Welcome to Kamar-Taj."

She stood up and tried to use the Ring of Levitation to leave, but sparks erupted.

It was certain that space was completely sealed both inside and out, with many terrifying traps set.

In the end, Gu Yi could only choose to take the elevator downstairs and leave.

Ye Fan looked at the chat group's 'Everything Available': "Do you have any stock?"

Su Lin rolled his eyes; during Gu Yi's wait for the elevator, he walked over to the light fragment, picked it up, and said:

"I need to know what this thing is."

Shh—

The light fragment turned into a tiny streak of light and flew into the belt hanging at Su Lin's waist; the bleak, pale blue glow of the belt suddenly brightened with a glimmer of light from a distant past.

Everyone's muscles and skin tightened involuntarily; they stared blankly at the belt's owner.

Su Lin's temples began throbbing rhythmically.

Gu Yi turned around and looked: "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing."

Su Lin smiled sincerely: "Goodbye."

(End of chapter)

: mayiwsk