Chapter 4012

Darkseid was thinking.

Although Shiler spoke with certainty, this kind of thing was too bizarre; no matter how you listened to it, it sounded like a scam. But precisely because it was too bizarre and basically didn't possess the possibility of convincing others, Darkseid felt it had a few possibilities.

"I know you might be doubting whether this kind of thing can really be done, but it's actually not difficult; I can even tell you the method. It's just that this requires the help of an outsider, and I would be the best candidate."

Darkseid narrowed his eyes and looked at him, slowly opening his mouth: "Tell me the method."

"In every single universe, every character has a different origin. I mean, how they became who they are today determines what they are today. Different processes lead to different results."

"For example, Owlman among the Batmen showed us what Batman would be like today if Bruce Wei En's brother had survived. Batwoman showed us what Batman would be like if the Waynes had given birth to a daughter."

"Every individual in the universe is like this. The difference produced by a certain possibility might completely change the results of the future. And if you want to obtain a higher status, rather than working hard later, it's better to modify the innate conditions."

"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, your status on your home planet wasn't high, right? If there were a higher starting point, or if you were the only one in the multiverse from the beginning, then why would you need to rely on Batman to participate in the multiverse hegemony?"

"I understood what you said," Darkseid said, "But how do you modify your starting point?"

"Pardon my bluntness, but this part cannot be spoken; because this involves knowledge of cosmic construction. You and I are of different races, and our perspectives are also different, but in the eyes of a Dimension Lord, this is not a difficult matter."

"What reward do you want?"

"What else could a devil want? I need more believers; the Earth of this world can no longer satisfy me. When Your Majesty ascends to be the only one in the multiverse, you will inevitably have to solve Earth; I just hope to have a place on the new Earth ruled by Your Majesty, how about it?"

"You know how important Earth is."

"Yes, but a method to ascend to the multiverse is more important." Shiler looked up at Darkseid and said, "It doesn't have to be Your Majesty; it could be someone else. I think there should be quite a few evil Batmen who would be interested in this, right?"

Darkseid paced in front of the throne, the heavy sound of footsteps echoing in the hall. Then he suddenly stopped his steps, the red Omega Beams swept toward Shiler, but when they cut through Shiler's body, they only left a pile of flickering ashes on the ground.

"I'll be waiting for your reply in hell, Your Majesty."

After Shiler's voice dissipated, Darkseid sat back on the throne. He thought silently, like a statue that hadn't changed for ten thousand years.

Marking the location of the main planet of Apokolips, Shiler left the Apokolips domain. He recalled Darkseid's attitude just now and felt that convincing this New God would probably take some effort.

However, everything Shiler said was true, just changed into a way Darkseid could accept. Actually, it was nothing more than that set of modifying origin stories.

As everyone knows, the New 52 Darkseid was greatly weakened, not only becoming a stepping stone for various ruthless characters, but his origin story was also changed to be unremarkable. However, Darkseid hasn't always been like this.

In a certain story version, Darkseid is the only one in the multiverse, and every Darkseid in every single universe is an avatar of the main body. The detailed origin story doesn't need to be repeated, it's just definitely much stronger than the version of Darkseid Shiler just suggested.

As for how Shiler is going to modify the origin story, he actually doesn't need to modify it at all, because the farmer version of the origin story of the main universe's Darkseid only lasted for a very short period of time and will change back after a while, which will also make Darkseid's strength soar.

That is to say, Shiler doesn't have to do anything, Darkseid will naturally become stronger, and what he has to do is to take the credit for this to himself.

As for being the only one in the multiverse, of course, it's still unnecessary. Darkseid becoming stronger will put pressure on Batman, but if he becomes too strong, it's easy to crush the entire Justice League, which would be counterproductive.

However, if it must be changed, it's not impossible. After all, there are quite a few characters who can directly break the fourth wall and jump out of comics to change the content; it just depends on whether it's worth doing so.

On the other side, Strange, who successfully left Apokolips disguised as Constantine, set the spaceship Batman gave him to automatic cruise mode and headed toward Centaurus. And he himself left behind an illusion, then left the spaceship and rushed toward the Asgardian base.

"Professor X, Professor X!" He shouted in his mind, "Notify the command center immediately; a Guardians of the Galaxy team has been captured, and Batman might make a fuss about them. The main universe's Doctor Strange has left the solar system, and Batman might also take action against him!"

"What?" Charles didn't react for a moment, but he still immediately sent a message to everyone. Soon, the Marvel heroes gathered in the Asgardian meeting hall.

"What's going on?" Stark asked Steve in a low voice, "Who was captured? And what's up with Doctor Strange?"

"Remember the two Guardians of the Galaxy who got lost before? One was captured by Batman. As for Doctor Strange, I don't know what's going on either; shouldn't he be staying on Earth?"

"I knew he couldn't stay on Earth properly," Seeing Natasha sighed and said, "Originally, we were going to ask the Ancient One to come back and watch them, but the Ancient One had some things to do in other universes, and as a result, they ran away."

Stark sighed. He also knew that it was unrealistic to lock up all the Doctor Stranges; mages simply couldn't be locked up.

The war of superheroes is different from the war of ordinary people. In the war of ordinary people, even if soldiers have guns, they can be disarmed and then punished if they violate discipline; even if they resist, they are mostly killed on the spot, and basically, no young hothead dares to resist.

Superheroes are different; they have their own superpowers, and you can't disarm their superpowers, right? Even if you can forcibly tie them up, it can only target some power-type heroes; for someone like a mage, it's too difficult to tie them up.

Although if you put in the effort, you could probably do it, the manpower and material resources required are unimaginable. First, you have to build a space that completely isolates magic, then drain all the magic power from the bodies of all the Doctor Stranges, and finally lock them all in.

But actually, that wouldn't lock everyone up either; like the Dream-power Doctor Strange, he can directly enter the dream world; lock him in the front, and he'll run out the back.

The plan given by the command center is actually a delaying tactic, because the Doctor Stranges are more or less injured, so let them stay on Earth to recover from their injuries first, and then call the Ancient One back. Although the Ancient One might not be able to stop so many people, she is their teacher after all, so there is some deterrence.

Unexpectedly, the main universe's Doctor Strange didn't care about injuries at all; he opened his eyes and started causing trouble. It can only be said that one should never underestimate the mobility of a mental patient during an episode.

"What did the Professor say he was looking for just now?" Peter leaned over and asked.

"Who? The main universe's Doctor Strange?" Strange walked up from the steps behind and said, "Currently, it's speculated that it might be the Infinity Stones; he might want to use the Space or Time Infinity Stones to deal with Apokolips."

"Infinity Stones?" Peter was a bit surprised and said, "Where are the Infinity Stones in our universe?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally, their eyes fell on Loki's face.

"Why look at me? I only have one here, and it's the Mind Stone," Loki took out his scepter and said, "And I haven't used this thing for a long time; my brother's hammer is better to use."

Steve rolled his eyes slightly. The Loki in their universe had a different style from other universes; others were the number one mage of the Nine Realms, playing various deception magic with ease, but the one in their universe, whenever there was a need to do something, either called his brother to do it or carried a hammer to hack others, sometimes not even knowing who the real Thor was.

"S. H. I. E. L. D. should have an Infinity Stone, right?" Stark looked at Coulson.

Coulson shook his head and said: "No."

"How do you know?"

"Because if there were one, Nick would use this stone to ask for a sky-high maintenance fee," Seeing Natasha rolled her eyes and said, "And this also proves that these stones should be hard to find, otherwise Nick would definitely find them all and then ask for a sky-high maintenance fee for each one."

"Oh—" everyone let out a helpless sigh together.

"God, how much trouble is he going to cause us before he stops?!" The main universe Captain America couldn't help but say, "The mages suffered heavy losses before, which was enough to embarrass our universe, and now he doesn't listen to orders and runs out by himself; if he is captured, it will be a major loss whether we save him or not."

He talked for a long time, turned to look at the main universe Iron Man, but found that the main universe Iron Man was still very focused on looking at the pile of drawings on the table. The main universe Captain America couldn't help but call him a few times.

"Tony... Tony? Tony!!!"

"Ah?!" The main universe Iron Man looked up at him, reached out to roll up the drawings, and said, "Things have reached this point, you don't still want to compete for hegemony in the multiverse, do you? Embarrassing is embarrassing; anyway, we are the main universe, and there's no way they won't save us if something happens."

The main universe Captain America couldn't help but cover his forehead. He looked at the main universe Iron Man and said: "You and Steve were the ones who insisted on launching this war, saying something about wanting to win a status in the multiverse, and now you have this attitude?!"

"This war was going to be fought sooner or later; I just gave them an excuse," the main universe Iron Man looked very calm and said, "I originally thought you could see it earlier."

"What?"

"Have you ever discovered that how strong the superheroes of a universe are actually doesn't depend on how strong the superheroes are."

"What do you mean?"

"But on the overall development level of the Earth," the main universe Iron Man turned around and hugged his arms and said, "If the Earth is strong enough, it will have enough value for Asgard to value it, and we will have a staunch ally. And if the Nine Realms are strong enough, they can snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of the Three Empires, and this will make the Earth stronger. And the superheroes who don't need to be babysitters on Earth will have a broader stage and get more training, and their strength will naturally be stronger. This is the true virtuous cycle."

"In the multiverse status competition, we already lost the moment we set off, because the Earth of our universe hasn't even walked out of the solar system, and the vast majority of superheroes have no experience in cosmic combat. And the ordinary people of the central universe are already very adapted to space work; just from the ability to deal with cosmic crises, our universe has already been defeated."