Chapter 2104: The Ultimate New World (Part 20)

Schiller followed Silk to the archives. Silk searched the bookshelves for a long time before finally frowning and saying, "Seriously, are you sure you're not mistaken? I didn't find any record of his application..."

Schiller also frowned. Logically, this should be impossible. He felt his deduction shouldn't have any issues, but if the application record couldn't be found, things would become troublesome.

Schiller took the record sheet from Silk's hand and examined it carefully. In fact, after Nick took over the Time Variance Authority and the Spider Totems, he had assigned a number to every universe.

Of course, this numbering system was different from what Schiller had seen in the comics; it was a separate system, but they could still be cross-referenced.

After Schiller looked at it for a long time, he pointed to one of the records and said, "Isn't this the transit record for the two universes I'm looking for?"

Silk pointed to the name next to it and said, "But look, the applicant is the Spider-Man from your universe."

Schiller immediately took out his phone and began communicating with Peter. He took a photo of the application record and sent it to Peter. Peter replied very quickly.

Peter was uncharacteristically concise this time. In short, it was indeed the case. At the time, the Amazing Spider-Man felt it would be difficult if he applied himself, so he asked Peter to help him ask Silk.

As the Spider-Man of Schiller's universe, it was naturally easier for Peter to apply for people from other universes to come over, so he successfully applied for the channel. The record column also read "Approved, Single, Non-Spider-Man." It seemed that it was the White Can now.

Then Schiller asked Peter a key question: "When did the Amazing Spider-Man come to you?"

Peter immediately took a screenshot of their chat history and sent it to Schiller. Schiller keenly discovered that this happened one day before Bruce arrived.

In other words, it was very likely that the Amazing Spider-Man lived until Bruce arrived. Could this be a coincidence?

The Amazing Spider-Man had survived so many blows over the years; how could it be a coincidence that he died the moment Bruce arrived?

Schiller knew that now that the reasoning had reached this step, an on-site investigation was necessary.

But there was another problem: Schiller was a unique existence. Among the thousands of timelines and universes, there was only one Schiller.

However, whether it was the Time Variance Authority or the base of the Spider-Army under its jurisdiction, they were actually outside of time. That was why they could sit here and look at both the past and the future, and sometimes even watch themselves.

Anyone existing here did not affect their unique attribute across any timeline.

But if Schiller left this place, it would be a different story.

If he went to the Amazing Spider-Man's timeline now, but at this point in time, he was also in his own universe dealing with the White Can while searching for the Beyonder, he wasn't sure if the Marvel Universe had the ability to handle two of him appearing on the real timeline at the same time.

Therefore, it was best for Schiller to stay within the jurisdiction of the Time Variance Authority to maintain his uniqueness on the real timeline. Otherwise, if some paradox really occurred, the consequences could be terrifying.

Then again, Schiller didn't care about terrifying consequences; in fact, he really wanted to try it and see what would happen.

But he had Strange staring at him from behind. The warnings and conclusions above were all derived by Strange, and he intended to carry this theory through to the end, firmly refusing to let Schiller leave the jurisdiction of the Time Variance Authority.

At this moment, Schiller only had one choice left: to use his other account in the Dream World, which was that Skrull Schiller.

Although they were both Schiller now, they were two separate individuals after all. One of them was a native, so appearing in two universes at the same time shouldn't cause any major problems.

However, Schiller prepared not to be Schiller this time.

A long time ago, Schiller had pondered a question: being the mastermind behind the scenes was great, but one couldn't do it forever. Although there were many fools in this world, there were also many smart people. If one caused trouble too many times, it was inevitable that they would be exposed.

For example, this time, there were always people in Battleworld spreading rumors, saying that everything from the destruction of the universe down to the trash can at one's own door being kicked over was related to a psychiatrist named Schiller Rodriguez. Wasn't this pure slander?

But it was easy to spread rumors and hard to refute them. According to rumor propagation theory, his name had already spread to countless universes.

It was foreseeable that even if Battleworld were built completely, this super-large amusement park wouldn't have any exciting attractions prepared for him, because everyone looked at him as if they had seen a ghost, and there would be absolutely no fun left to watch.

Schiller had long wanted to get himself a disguise. Of course, the black sun in the Mist World was one, but that thing appeared in the form of a deity, which was really not suitable for appearing in daily life.

Even if it could appear, the impression it left on people was a bit too deep. In less than two days, it would definitely be "guard against fire, guard against theft, guard against the black sun." Wouldn't this disguise be wasted?

So Schiller planned to create a low-key disguise, and most importantly, it must not overlap with his current persona. He must ensure that no one could tell who he was.

Originally, Schiller wasn't this urgent. He planned to think carefully about how to prepare his new identity. Before Battleworld was completed, he had plenty of time to prepare.

But now, the investigation into Spider-Man was also a matter of urgency. Fortunately, Schiller had already thought about it quite a bit; everything was ready, except for moving house.

First, psychology? Not familiar with it at all! Mind reading? Can't do it at all!

Not only could he not do these two, but he also couldn't do medicine, psychology, behavioral science, sociology, philosophy, and all other disciplines related to Schiller's current profession.

But this would lead to a problem: there was no way to explain the basis for Schiller's judgments.

In the past, when he persuaded others, he could use his professional advantages. For example, "In psychology, your situation is such and such," or "In sociology, the environment you are in is such and such, so it should be such and such."

But if he didn't use these as a basis, it would be very difficult to use his advantages to persuade others, because first, he wasn't a professional, and second, he couldn't provide any theoretical knowledge, and people always tended to believe learned experts more.

So Schiller thought of a way: he didn't intend to change his profession completely, but rather to turn his side profession into his main profession.

So what was his most famous side profession?

Perhaps some felt it was a professor, perhaps some felt it was a surgeon, but in reality, after coming here, the side profession Schiller had held for the longest time was Pope.

That's right, Schiller planned to be a charlatan.

Don't ask me how I know what you're thinking, don't ask me why I know what you want to do next, and don't ask me where the advice I give you comes from. If you ask, it's an oracle; if you ask, it's an apocalypse.

So the question arises: who is the god?

That's right, it's still Schiller himself.

The black sun disguise from before wasn't created in vain. Combined with the World Within Restraint, wouldn't the god and the divine realm be there?

Of course, the god was there, the divine realm was there, and the Pope was there, but a good sect couldn't be without believers and a divine kingdom.

But wasn't this a coincidence? Schiller had an entire tower. Wasn't this the Promised Land, the Divine Kingdom in a Dream?

Now, the god was himself, the Pope was himself, and the believers were all himself. Was there any sect in this world more united than this?

It sounded a bit absurd, but in reality, the feasibility was very high. The key lay in the fact that Schiller's Skrull body could transform.

Skrull transformation did have limitations. If one wanted to completely imitate a person, they couldn't imitate others for a long time. However, the Skrull Schiller hadn't actually completely imitated Schiller.

At the time, he was asked to imitate Schiller, but the moment he connected to Schiller's Mind Tower, he was brainwashed. Then his consciousness accessed Schiller's Mind Tower and obtained Schiller's memories.

In other words, he didn't use the ability to imitate; he only obtained Schiller's abilities through mental intervention, and then changed his appearance to Schiller's. It was merely a simple transformation, not like imitating others, where one imitated everything from the inside out, including memories.

Therefore, the Skrull Schiller hadn't actually deeply imitated Schiller, so he wasn't subject to transformation limitations. He could become anyone he wanted to be.

And by this time, for others, there was another difficulty: what kind of appearance should one take?

This wasn't like switching accounts in a game. It wasn't just about making oneself tall, beautiful, and handsome. The vast majority of people had adapted to their bodies over decades. Even if they were slightly taller or shorter, they would feel very uncomfortable.

For example, some people who had their noses raised through plastic surgery would suffer from a psychological illness called "Empty Nose Syndrome." In short, they couldn't adapt to their new noses and always felt like they couldn't catch their breath. The cause was actually that the operating system didn't match the hardware.

So, looking at some soul-swapping plots from a realistic perspective, it probably wouldn't be as described in novels or comics, where one could move freely in just a few minutes. Just adapting to various physical conditions would take months, or even years.

But Schiller didn't have this worry.

Actually, Schiller had wondered before why he didn't need to adapt to this body after crossing over. Of course, he had the answer now: because this body was originally his to begin with. His soul naturally matched the hardware of this body.

On the contrary, the original Schiller who crossed over later might have needed to adapt for a period of time. So, Lucifer getting his feathers plucked wasn't unjust. At the time, the original Schiller might have simply been unable to control the child's body and accidentally plucked out a feather.

And Schiller had no hesitation at all about what his new appearance should be. Couldn't he just turn into his past life's self?

According to the situation Lucifer described at the time, Schiller guessed that it was very likely that God was lazy when throwing him over, resulting in his past life's appearance also being mixed-race.

This was also the most important factor in why he could blend into the local circle after going to college in the United States in his past life, and even pretend to be a devout believer without anyone suspecting him. After all, in the United States, skin color was an impregnable social barrier.

After making the decision to act immediately, Schiller began moving house without stopping.

This was a fairly large project. Although Schiller didn't intend to move the entire tower, he planned to move the layers that Jormungandr had coiled up, as well as the approximately 20 layers he had built on Jormungandr over the years.

With this, the Midgard Serpent Jormungandr finally felt proud and elated. It finally changed from being aggrieved and coiling up several times according to the size of the tower to sleep, to having a vast open space where it could coil as large as it wanted, deciding the size of its own foundation.

Therefore, upon hearing that they were moving, Jormungandr was more proactive than anyone else. It couldn't wait to head to the new frontier to build the new world it had dreamed of. ===== CHAPTER 2105 =====