Chapter 4001: MU: The Super-Body Event (92)

"Lei Shen, we have read the report you submitted regarding the deaths of the two Lei Shen's. They both died from that kind of thin line trap at the end. May I ask if they didn't see it, or had nowhere to hide?"

The main universe Lei Shen thought carefully, tilted his head, and said to the microphone: "Both. They hadn't seen this kind of trap before and didn't know how lethal it was. This might have led them to make wrong tactical decisions in the process of advancing. Simply put, they thought that hitting it wouldn't be a big deal. So in the process of fighting with people, they didn't deliberately dodge. Ultimately leading to their deaths."

"Then in the process of them falling into danger, did you have the opportunity to offer a helping hand?"

The main universe Lei Shen made a wait gesture. He turned his head to communicate with other Lei Shen's, and also had eye contact with Loki, then shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not. Besides that kind of thin line, we were also facing attacks from the opponent's heroes. The front battlefield intensity was very high, there was no ability to help others, and one shouldn't ask anyone to abandon their tactical goals to save people who were unlikely to be saved. Of course, this is my understanding. In your view, it might lack humanitarian spirit, but this is Asgard's universal consensus."

"Fine. Then the next question." Captain America looked at Loki again, then said, "Why did you choose to enter at that time?"

"Because we had already determined that the mages had no combat power." Loki sat in the front row, close to the microphone and said, "The essence of the counter-encirclement plan is an inside-outside joint attack. If there is no pressure outward from the inside, just relying on the outside pushing in won't work. When the external pressure is given to the limit, naturally it is the center blooming. I think the timing I chose was correct."

Captain America didn't comment, just nodded, and then looked at Charles and asked: "Why did you decide to retreat at that time?"

"Because I think we can't add more casualties." Charles answered. But Erik next to him lightly touched his elbow, so Charles added: "Of course, the battle results were already enough. Continuing to fight would increase consumption exponentially, but the harvest wouldn't be much. Better to stop here, at least we can maintain the advantage."

Captain America nodded again. There was nothing to ask about these people who participated in the battle, because they indeed had no problems, and could even be said to have performed very well.

Lei Shen and the Asgardians were quite fierce, always pushing the opponent. Loki's entry timing was very appropriate, making the counter-encirclement plan a success in one fell swoop. Charles's choice of retreat time point was also not bad; continuing to fight could kill a few more, but the casualties on their side would also rise sharply, although slightly conservative, it couldn't be counted as wrong.

Then only the biggest problem of the whole battle remained—Doctor Strange.

Captain America hadn't asked yet, when the main universe Doctor Strange cleared his throat, tested the mic, and said: "I can tell you why I asked other Doctor Stranges not to retreat. This is not shirking responsibility, I just hope you understand what I was thinking, and why I thought so."

"First of all, as the initiator of this war, at least an important component of combat power, you didn't notify me at all when formulating this tactic of changing bases. I didn't participate in the decision-making, nor did I have any channel to express my opinions. Although saying this after causing such a huge loss is very much like shirking responsibility, because I think this is a very big problem, I still have to say it."

"First of all, people in the central universe cannot judge all universes by the standards of your universe, and assume that our situation is the same as yours, assume that our thoughts will also be the same as yours, and then use this thought to formulate strategies, and take it for granted that others will perfectly comply. I think you also know this is impossible."

"Even if I don't say it, you also know that your universe's situation is an exception in the multiverse and does not have universality. Most universes have worse situations than your universe. The suspicious character we possess and the isolationism we practice were learned from one painful lesson after another. It is impossible for us to become enthusiastic, friendly, and open in just one day. This kind of transformation takes time."

"Then let's talk about the retreat. After you formulated the plan to transfer bases, you notified us. However, for most Doctor Stranges, Asgard is not worth trusting, and Loki is even less worth trusting. I believe that even if the number of sacrifices is so large, the Doctor Stranges present will still agree with what I said."

"Because, no matter how good the Asgard of this universe is to you, it has never produced anything that can gain our trust. I can fully understand the urgency of time, you couldn't convince us through actions, but even in terms of language, you didn't make any effort. Not only that, but you also let us know that the person in charge of logistics at the base is Loki, which will only increase our distrust. If you had considered this situation from our perspective, revealing this information was very stupid."

"We were not not retreating from the outpost, but didn't want to go to the Asgard base. Even this decision hadn't been finalized yet. We were just discussing what to do next, but you gave up communication in advance and decided to use us as bait to fight a counter-encirclement battle."

The main universe Doctor Strange scanned the room with sharp eyes, then said: "If you want to be the leader of the multiverse, you must unite everyone, those who cooperate and those who don't, you must all strive to the greatest extent, because you don't have the power to choose. Either don't save, or save everyone."

"If because someone doesn't trust, you choose to directly abandon and sacrifice them; if because someone is weak, you choose not to protect and not to save, then the Multiverse Human Alliance has no significance for existence. I believe everyone present understands this better than I do."

"So, on the surface, this heavy loss seems to be caused by the wrong choices made by me and my counterparts because of distrust, but in reality, it is because you didn't handle personnel issues well, and after the contradiction broke out, you chose the simplest and crudest solution, ultimately leading to the tragedy."

"In the process of establishing the multiverse alliance, the one with the big fist is the boss, because only with sufficient hard power can you strike hard when facing strong enemies. However, if you cannot foresee the differences in the situations of various individual universes, and make different response measures according to different situations, but crudely apply your own set to everyone, requiring them to follow your ideas, then this alliance will eventually fall apart, and even various universes might turn against each other because of contradictions, worse than the current situation."

"Doctor Strange doesn't trust Asgard, but don't you have people you don't trust? If now, the command center requires you to go to Thanos's Dark Quadrant and use that place as a new base, will you go without any grudges?"

"Even if the Thanos of this universe is friendly, if no explanation is made for this order, and trust is not obtained from most people, then in the end, it won't be one or two people who resist, and today's tragedy will happen again. Isn't that so?"

After these words were finished, the conference hall was silent for a long time. It can only be said that electoral politics does have its merits, at least it has cultivated many speakers. Doctor Strange often doesn't look like a politician, but when he really wants to do something, the side of him that belongs to the Western elite will be expressed—shrewd, passionate, and extremely inflammatory.

These words can't be counted as completely reversing black and white. Schiller thought, for the handling of changing bases, the command center indeed had impropriety. However, this still has to mention a classic question: how come others can do it, but you can't?

Speaking of which, when Lei Shen was thrown to Earth by Odin, it was S. H. I. E. L. D. handling it; when Loki ravaged Earth, it was basically the Avengers responding. If you want to talk about not trusting Asgard, these people should be ranked first.

But even Iron Man, who has many things to do, didn't say much about changing bases, and honestly followed the retreat.

The essential reason for this situation is actually because Doctor Strange relied on his magic, feeling that it doesn't matter if he stays in the universe for a while longer, and he knows his own importance, feeling that he can negotiate with the command center by relying on his own strength; to put it bluntly, he just wanted people to coax him.

To put it more seriously, it is actually that they didn't realize the seriousness of the front-line battlefield. This is not Congress, not a place where you can stand steadily in your seat and repeatedly haggle and negotiate with chips, but must be strictly prohibited, otherwise lives might be lost at any time.

Captain America is a veteran, of course, he can easily realize this point, so even if he had opinions, he waited until he retreated to the base to talk about it. Iron Man, although he is also a post-war generation, knows that his body in the armor is very fragile and has awe, so even if he didn't want to go, he had to go for his own life.

Simply put, one understands the cruelty of hot war, the other lacks chips, so both made the right choice.

Only Doctor Strange, he hadn't personally experienced the cruelty of war, hadn't realized that in a hot war, an extremely tiny mistake could lead to major sacrifices, still looking at problems with the mainstream "post-Cold War" worldview of the Western world, believing that only by stalemate and using his own chips to repeatedly gain advantages can he win, and indeed mastered certain chips, so he made such a move.

As for what he said about "either don't save, or save everyone," it's not wrong in theory, but in reality, he didn't do it himself, and definitely doesn't plan to do it in the future, which is the big pie often drawn in political speeches. The only one who would put such words into practice is probably Batman.

However, this also indeed made Schiller realize that the main reason why Doctor Strange will not be easily defeated is not that he can recognize mistakes, reflect, and adjust himself very quickly after experiencing setbacks, but that he firmly believes he is absolutely not wrong far beyond ordinary people.

For others, this character is very bad, but for himself, he will never have internal friction because of failure, because he feels he hasn't failed. He won't feel that he has been abandoned by God, and won't even feel that he has fallen into a predicament, but feels as good as ever.

And it's hard to say that all the Ancient Ones of the universe chose Strange coincidentally, whether it's because of this point. Schiller thought, perhaps it's because people with this character almost cannot be gaslighted by others; madness and genius are twin brothers, and the other side of paranoia is also unimaginable firmness. At least, he is not lying in a hospital bed complaining about heaven and people now, but is outputting here with a sick body, which can be counted as a fighter. ===== CHAPTER 4002 =====