Chapter 4104: MU: The Super-Body Event (Part 192)

With the plan formulated, everyone began to act. Just as Nick was preparing to deploy the ghosts, many people suddenly felt an intense energy fluctuation coming from deep within the Nine Realms.

Super-Body, Manhattan Batman, Scarlet Witch, and other such beings all turned their heads in one direction. That was where the roots of the World Tree lay.

Almost instantly, a majestic phantom rose from behind the World Tree, and an immensely powerful energy fluctuation swept across the entire universe. Thor, the God of Light, broke through the extreme wall of the single universe and became a being of multiverse-level existence.

However, due to the nature of the Asgardian gods, he had merely overdrawn thousands of years of power in advance and had not undergone a qualitative change, so he did not become "the one and only." After all, Odin, who already possessed thousands of years of power, was not the only one either.

The ascension lasted only for a moment. Soon, Thor retracted his power and returned to the peak of the single universe. Even so, he was much stronger than before. By the time he arrived at the command center, he was radiating a powerful energy fluctuation that could not be ignored.

"Excellent, we have another powerful helper," Main Universe Batman said.

"It's more than that," Greed smiled and said, "The method to break the deadlock is always hidden in the smallest of details. What is the nemesis of nightmares?"

Main Universe Batman did not guess the riddle for a moment. But Arkham Batman, as one who cleared the Riddler's riddles overnight, immediately said the answer: "Lei Sheng."

Main Universe Batman suddenly realized. In countless rainy nights, when he was drowning in terrifying nightmares, it was often the thunder from the horizon that startled him awake from his dreams.

Lei Sheng, this natural phenomenon that best displays the power of nature and seems specifically designed to manifest the wrath of God, is the nemesis of all human dreams.

It might sound a bit ridiculous, and the everyday trope of nightmares being interrupted by thunder seems insufficient as evidence of forces clashing. But in mysticism, symbolism is very important.

Humans sleep at night, so nightmares possess the attributes of night and darkness; while thunder is more conspicuous in the night, it is the light within the darkness, thus simultaneously possessing the attributes of night and light. Both belong to the night, yet one is bright and one is dark, making them perfectly opposed.

Main Universe Batman looked at Greed, his expression as if to say, "So you had planned this all along."

Greed just smiled at him.

Upon hearing Batman's plan, Thor nodded and said, "No problem. I think if I strike with all my might, I should be able to shatter the barrier of the Nightmare Dimension. Then you can gather your strength and deal a fatal blow to Nightmare Darkseid."

Main Universe Batman nodded; this was indeed better. After all, if too much power were wasted on breaking the barrier, or if the breaking were too slow, it might give Nightmare Darkseid a chance to run.

With this problem solved, there were more issues. Main Universe Batman said again, "Under these circumstances, a frontal war is unfavorable for us. It's better to launch a sneak attack. Just using ghosts to deceive Darkseid isn't enough; we still need a frontal force to pin him down, forcing him to commit his energy to the confrontation so we can find an opening."

Stark also agreed with his view, saying, "Why don't we split into two groups? One group drags him out in the multiverse, and the other group launches a sneak attack while he's off guard."

Thor shook his head and said, "Without multiverse-level strength, going into the multiverse is just seeking death. The power there is more chaotic and violent, and there are many mysterious existences and abstract entities. Even I have to be cautious, let alone you all."

"We'd better find an existence that is naturally multiverse-level," Agent opened his mouth to say, "It doesn't have to be stronger than Nightmare Darkseid, but it must have the ability to drag him down."

Main Universe Batman looked at Greed. None of them here knew much about the Marvel multiverse, nor did they know which powerful existences were in the multiverse; only Greed knew.

Greed shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Even if we don't look for one, with the reckless way Nightmare Darkseid is acting, he will soon encounter an opponent."

And just as he said, Nightmare Darkseid, who had recklessly explored the multiverse shortly after his ascension, never expected that the monsters and freaks on the Marvel side were no less than those on his side. And because of the settings, many multiverse-level existences were quite mischievous, the primary representative being Adam—yes, the "Speedy Brother" who had been busy in the Center Universe and almost got himself involved.

Adam Warlock cannot really be counted as multiverse-level, but after all, there is the Living Tribunal Adam. After becoming the Living Tribunal, Adam could exist in every multiverse simultaneously; in other words, all Adams in the multiverse were Living Tribunal Adam, which is "the one and only." This is a typical multiverse-level existence.

Moreover, the Living Tribunal has always loved to meddle in other people's business, and there are events large and small in the universe that involve him, making him particularly prone to being "stacked." Living Tribunal Adam is a setting superior to the Living Tribunal, so he can meddle in even more business. While wandering in the multiverse, he happened to run into Nightmare Darkseid.

Then Living Tribunal Adam had to think: Why is this little comrade's code different from others? Thinking back to his big boss's recent complaints, it turns out you're the one causing so many program errors, right?

Adam's existence is quite special; he is not responsible for fixing code, but he is a colleague of existences like Eternity, and he is also an employee under OAA, so naturally, he has to share the worries for his boss and colleagues. Although he wouldn't directly attack Nightmare Darkseid, he had to conduct an investigation; otherwise, if he recklessly broke into somewhere else and caused another earth-shattering program error, wouldn't the big boss go crazy?

Thus, Nightmare Darkseid was intercepted by him, under the guise of a customs inspection. But Living Tribunal Adam had no intention of letting him go; he planned to wait for the big boss's project to finish and then pack him up and send him back to his own world.

Nightmare Darkseid certainly couldn't agree to that. He didn't dare to fight, but he could still run. This guy was also slippery; wherever there was nightmare power, he could pass through unimpeded. Just as he had invaded several universes with nightmare power before, Nightmare Darkseid directly abandoned his original body and was reborn from another source of nightmare power, disappearing with a "whoosh."

Living Tribunal Adam made Nightmare Darkseid understand that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the multiverse, and it is not something a newborn like him can control. The so-called "better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"—rather than being a grandson in the multiverse, it's better to return to the single universe and rule the roost.

Nightmare Darkseid set his sights on the Marvel main universe, because from the perspective of the multiverse, the main universe is quite special. His opponent is Main Universe Batman, so naturally, he also wants to occupy the main universe here to bring his opponent down.

Little did he know, his reckless actions in the multiverse also caused him to be targeted by another multiverse-level existence, the Will of God.

The Will of God might be a bit unfamiliar, but if you mention the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man, that is, the Calculation Element Iron Man, then it sounds familiar. In various combat power rankings, Calculation Element never fell out of the top ten, and basically ranked in the top five, while the Mechanical Overlord is just a sub-body of the Will of God, which shows the power of the Will of God.

The Will of God walked to the end of another path of electronic life, which is "infinity." Electronic lives like Jarvis are moving closer to intelligent life in order to get closer to the Creator; while the Will of God is abandoning the Creator and running wildly in the opposite direction, only gaining weight without growing taller, expanding infinitely horizontally, possessing countless threads and countless sub-bodies, which is another kind of power.

The Will of God and Nightmare Darkseid had no intersection and originally wouldn't have been targeted, but the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man and Zero Ultron had a bit of friction, and he was chasing Zero Ultron in the multiverse, which is how he bumped into Nightmare Darkseid, who was also wandering in the multiverse.

Previously, Zero Ultron had made up his mind to participate in this battle; to be precise, he had made up his mind to eliminate the Ultron here and become the only one in the multiverse.

He was indeed strong enough, having succeeded in many universes, and because many superheroes had gone to the Center Universe to participate in the war, no one paid much attention to him, making him even more arrogant, until he hit a hard nail and ran head-on into the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man.

In terms of program competition, he was definitely no match, but Zero Ultron had a very powerful body—that was a perfect, flawless body built by Stark and Doom, two top scientists, using exotic metals from other worlds. Hard hardware is strong enough, which is amazing.

Of course, that was at most enough to keep him from being slapped to death when he ran into the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man; in reality, he still couldn't win, so he could only flee for his life in the multiverse. As he ran, he ran right into Nightmare Darkseid.

In fact, the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man and Zero Ultron had no grudge; it was just that this guy's movement to eliminate Ultron was too loud and interfered with some of his actions, so he took action. But after bumping into Nightmare Darkseid, the Will of God was obviously more interested in Nightmare Darkseid.

This has to start from the universe where the Will of God is located. In the story of "Venom: The Last Dance," artificial intelligence ruled the universe, and Venom was the only resistance, but his resistance failed, and in the end, he poured out everything to create a pocket universe, resurrecting all the lives in his memory in the Venom universe. The Will of God was also shocked by this great feat of his and finally chose to preserve this universe.

However, still, the development of a pocket universe has a limit. Even with weapons like Calculation Element, the Venom universe created by Venom has natural defects and can never become a complete universe. In the long run, it will probably disappear soon, and the Will of God has been looking for a way to complete the universe, and nightmare power is one of his backup plans.

But he couldn't do anything to Nightmare Power Doctor Strange; these two basically didn't differ in the combat power rankings. Originally, he intended to find Nightmare Power Doctor Strange for a good talk, but after bumping into Nightmare Darkseid, he found that he could settle for the second best—if he couldn't handle Nightmare Power Doctor Strange, couldn't he handle a little nightmare power?

He didn't know that Nightmare Darkseid was created by Nightmare Power Doctor Strange himself; he only knew that nightmare power and dream power had similarities, and maybe they could be used. Thus, he chased Nightmare Darkseid to the Marvel main universe.

When Nightmare Darkseid saw the steel man glowing with blue light appear in front of him, he didn't take the other party seriously. Just as he was about to say something, what came into his eyes was the sandbag-sized fist of the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man.