Chapter 1832: Journey of a Madman (Part 45)

Strange retreated rapidly, but Aoben's claw-like hands were already in front of him. Purple light shot out from his eyes, but his pupils showed no signs of dilation, and his consciousness was clear. Strange realized that Aoben might have been corrupted by an evil god long ago.

Strange's hands rotated in front of him, and magical energy condensed into a giant golden shield, blocking Aoben's first attack. Strange flipped and landed, staring coldly at Aoben. "Secret realm manager Aoben, you actually dare to communicate with an evil god. Do you want to violate the contract with Kamar-Taj?!"

"What do you know!" Aoben laughed wickedly. "I am the one protecting the universe, and you, Strange, the great Sorcerer Supreme, you are the culprit for the universe's destruction. Only by killing you can the universe be safe!"

After speaking, Aoben swung his staff and flew up again. Strange didn't show weakness, and the two began a fierce collision in the air.

The two flew in mid-air and fought fiercely. Strange continuously constructed golden shields and used magic whips to restrict Aoben's movements. Aoben didn't care and used all his power to crash into Strange.

Just as the two fought above the Great Library, they suddenly heard a loud "boom." Dust rose, obscuring the sky.

Strange turned back and paused, hovering in the air not far from the Great Library, looking at the collapsed Great Library, his eyes widening slightly.

"Look, Sorcerer Supreme, the other you destroyed everything, and he will also destroy the universe like this... Ugh!"

Countless tentacles shot out, covering half the sky like volcanic lava erupting. Aoben was instantly wrapped by one of the giant tentacles, swung back and forth twice, and was cut in two amidst screams.

Strange retreated rapidly, but it was too late. One of the tentacles whipped toward him at a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture. Strange had no choice but to raise his arms to defend.

"Bang!"

Strange was smashed into the ground. He lay on the ground, coughed twice, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He stood up staggeringly and looked up at a giant eye slowly rising in the Great Library. Strange called out his name, "Shuma-Gorath..."

And below the dark small island, Strange and several children stood quietly in the shadows. Obviously, this was not a sudden accidental situation, but a carefully arranged trap.

Strange sighed softly, but his gaze appeared very firm. He said: "We were originally one person, there is no need to split into two. And if it is true as you said, that we must jump out of the timeline and break through the extreme wall of the single universe, then we must become one."

"But I don't want to waste any power on him. Anyway, Shuma-Gorath is also my target. Let them fight to both sides' injury, and then we will sit and reap the benefits. This is just right."

Helen glanced at Strange's expression, touched the goosebumps on her arm, and shivered slightly.

Stephen Strange was a superhero with considerable potential to be a villain. The root cause was the paranoia in his bones. This paranoia allowed him to walk out of a remote town when he was an ordinary person and become a world-famous surgeon. And when he became the Sorcerer Supreme, it became even more unstoppable.

Perhaps this was also the reason why he was destined to become the Sorcerer Supreme. No one was more suitable for the word "Supreme" than someone who had to do everything to the best of their ability.

Strange floated silently in the distance, seeing the other self who was fighting to the death with the eye demon covered in wounds, but he had no emotional fluctuations. Although he felt all the pain and despair, in order to save Christine, he was willing to pay any price.

Finally, the other Strange tried his best to give the eye demon a final heavy blow, but he was also pierced through the chest by a tentacle. After falling heavily to the ground, he could no longer climb up.

Just as planned, Helen went to deal with the injured eye demon, while the blackened Doctor Strange appeared beside the other self.

"You... will destroy... everything..." Lying on the ground with a big hole in his chest, Strange looked at the air with unfocused eyes and said: "You can't save... give up..."

Strange stood in front of him, looking at the other self with eyes sunken in his eye sockets, and said: "Without paranoia, there is no talent. If I were someone who would give up, the tragedy wouldn't have happened from the beginning."

"But since I have endured all this, I won't let it be meaningless. I want to see who gave God the courage to bestow talent upon me."

After speaking, Strange opened his mouth, and brilliant light shone from his eyes, mouth, and nose. The other Strange, who was gasping for breath, was pulled up from the ground.

Strange opened his arms, and the two figures became one. When he turned around again, the two identical voices gradually overlapped.

"Nothing can limit me, nothing can bind me. I will transcend everything until I take back everything I deserve."

"Boom!"

A giant tentacle that had been cut off fell in front of Strange. The dust rose and dissipated. Helen, who was crossing her arms, flew down, hovered above the tentacle, and said:

"Come on, the feast has begun."

But Strange's gaze crossed Helen and looked at a certain place behind her. There, he saw a vague humanoid shadow with a huge head and a blue cloak, who was somewhere in the void, expressing his views on observing all this across the barrier.

Strange stared at the figure whose eyes emitted blue light and muttered to himself: "Yes, the feast has begun... I see you."

In the dark universe space, a bright light point moved from far to near. In the Galactus Engine, Thor turned to look at Stark, who was busy in front of the experimental table, and said: "You just left Helen and the others in another universe?"

"You should worry about that universe," Stark said while typing on the keyboard. "And the signal from the other universe is stronger. We have to rush over at the fastest speed. Maybe we can catch them in the act."

Nick was on the other side holding the Time Variance Authority's instrument to check the status of the destination universe. This time he had to look carefully in advance to avoid the universe being destroyed again after they went over.

Looking and looking, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He turned to look at Schiller, who was sitting on the sofa beside him, and said: "I'm afraid you have to take action this time, Doctor. The situation in this universe is a bit troublesome."

Immediately, everyone pricked up their ears. They wanted to know what kind of trouble could make Nick feel that Schiller needed to take action.

Schiller took the tablet from his hand and looked at it, suddenly realizing. Sure enough, this was the universe that possessed Killmonger.

As everyone knew, Tony Stark was kidnapped to Afghanistan and built the first suit of armor in a cave, and from then on, he embarked on the path of Iron Man.

But what if Tony Stark was kidnapped to Afghanistan and was rescued by someone else before he could build the suit in the cave, and the person who saved him wasn't a good person? What would happen?

Stark leaned over and then saw a completely different life from the content displayed on the tablet.

Tony Stark had just been kidnapped to Afghanistan and locked in a cave when he was rescued by a man named Erik.

I believe most people's impression of this black man named Erik is probably just that he shares a name with Magneto, but in fact, he had previously incited a rebellion in Wakanda.

The precious metal vibranium mined back from the Andromeda Galaxy impacted Earth's vibranium market. Under Schiller's manipulation, Erik shouted "Hail Hydra," successfully shifting the attention of Iron Man and Captain America to Hydra.

Of course, after that, he had no more utilization value and never appeared on the world stage again. As Stark looked at T'Challa behind the bar with strange eyes, T'Challa couldn't help but walk over to take a look at the content on the tablet.

After reading it, he shook his head, sighed, and said: "Erik is a very typical populist, and he thinks everything is too simple. He thinks the only significance of Wakanda uniting is to conquer the world. I said, he won't suppress the beastliness in his heart, so he is destined to be difficult to become a king."

"But in this universe, he succeeded," Stark curled his lips and said. "It's also to blame for this universe's Iron Man being too simple, actually trusting a person of unknown origin so much."

Just as Stark said, the Tony Stark of this universe, after being rescued by Erik, trusted him wholeheartedly. Not only did he hand over the security duties of Stark Industries to Erik, but in the end, he also made him the vice president of the group, and even went to find the vibranium reseller Klaw for Erik's drone armor project, indirectly causing the death of Black Panther.

The story behind doesn't need to be said. Erik, who obtained all the resources, became Killmonger. Next was a massacre.

After reading this, T'Challa said very tactfully: "Tony is a very loyal person. If he is good to someone, he will be good to him wholeheartedly. We often say that his emotions are too rich. Perhaps this is also a manifestation."

"You can just say he is naive," Nick exposed mercilessly. "Loyalty and interests shouldn't be mixed together. When the other party accepts your reward that is completely beyond common sense with peace of mind, and even wants more, you know he is a hyena that can't be fed full and will bite you at any time."

Stark rolled his eyes, but didn't refute fiercely like in the past, which was considered a default. He crossed his arms and turned to look at Schiller, saying: "This matter really requires you to take action. I just don't know if your magical little psychological doctor tricks can save the great genius Stark once again."

Schiller shook his head and didn't speak. He walked to the experimental table, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes.

Nick came to the console of the jump device and asked Schiller while operating: "Which time point do you want to jump to? It should be easier to gain his trust before Tony is attacked, right? Or simply you go to save Tony, then there won't be anything about that Erik, right?"

"Then what's the point?" Schiller smiled at Nick and said, "A certain genius is impatient to see me turn the tide."

Nick froze for a second looking at his smile. He realized that he had once again seen Schiller's eyes, which were often hidden behind his glasses, very clearly.

He understood Schiller's meaning, so he pushed the lever and adjusted the time jump point slightly later, to after Erik rescued Stark.

The Galactus Engine erupted with light again. They crossed the timeline again. Schiller stood in the teleportation array. The light of the teleportation array lit up, and his figure disappeared.

But Natasha, who was sitting on the side, seemed to recall something. The female agent turned her head, and her gaze fell on the experimental table beside her.

Under the dim light, Schiller's glasses were lying quietly on the surface of the experimental table. ===== CHAPTER 1833 =====