Chapter 733
At the edge of the Marvel universe, after the cosmic cube and Shiler in the cosmic cube disappeared directly, Eternity was stunned in place.
Standing at his level, he naturally couldn't feel the existence of the DC God, so he didn't know what happened at all.
Logically speaking, Shiler disappeared, and he should feel happy, but for some reason, he always felt a chill behind his back.
There was no way, Eternity could only ask OAA for his meaning, but who knew that OAA intended to leave directly. Eternity chased after him anxiously and asked: "Then what about Shiler?"
"Leave it to you." OAA replied.
"But... what about that cosmic cube?"
"Leave it to him." OAA replied again.
So, Eternity watched his big boss leave in silence. He never felt that the wind in the universe was so cold, blowing his face haggard and his body in a mess.
Suddenly, he felt himself shiver. An aura he was very familiar with appeared in the universe again. He heard Shiler's voice echoing in the universe:
"Eternity, I am here to negotiate terms!
!"
Eternity was now sure that he really had something called blood pressure, otherwise he couldn't explain the feeling of his brain exploding now.
Eternity suddenly felt that he also had a respiratory system. He tried to breathe deeply several times, then brought Shiler to the Eternity Temple and asked: "What exactly do you want to do???"
"Don't be angry, calm down. I know you really want to kill me now, but you can't do that. Otherwise, you can try."
"I am the universe itself, and I can erase you from the universe!
!"
After Eternity finished speaking, light flashed on his body, and light also flashed on Shiler's body, and then... nothing happened.
With a "whoosh," a halo lit up on Shiler's head.
He stretched out a hand, pointed at the halo, and said: "This is the reward for psychological treatment paid by a poor father to his poor son. Please allow me to reintroduce myself, a... new angel who just settled in heaven."
Eternity felt that if he had lungs, they would definitely explode now. He really couldn't imagine what kind of god would contract Shiler.
"I paid so much just to exchange for the basic conditions to talk to you safely. Eternity, I have such great respect for you because you are the most fundamental cornerstone of this universe."
"I know, I know, the work is so heavy, the tasks are endless. Perhaps before, you had some colleagues and superiors you could rely on, but now..."
Shiler shook his head, showed a sympathetic expression, and said: "Colleagues are completely unreliable. Either they disappear and don't talk, or they only drag you down. The boss is very dissatisfied with you, sent you to such a remote place, and even completely refuses to give you spiritual support..."
"My god, do you see it? This is the face of a capitalist. Obviously, all the complicated and trivial basic work is done by you, but no one remembers your hard work. They only think you have too many things."
Eternity wanted to speak, but Shiler interrupted him. He said: "Also, I think you should have understood that the boss doesn't know what Death did? I think it's not necessarily. Since it is such a high-level existence, how could he not know the little actions Death made?"
"Death made a lot of messes and troubles, and he didn't intend to stop them at all. But what about you? You didn't even make a mistake. You worked conscientiously to solve all the troubles, and what did you get in the end?"
And Shiler's last sentence really made Eternity silent. Shiler looked at Eternity and said: "Why don't you think about it... is he really worthy?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Eternity asked.
"Since you are omniscient and omnipotent, you should know the situation of humans. To put it bluntly, it's just a job. If you can't bear it, you don't have to bear it. This boss is not good, why not change one?"
"You are crazy." Eternity gave a conclusion and said: "Why don't you listen to what you are saying? You are a human, and you come to persuade a god to change bosses?"
"Precisely because I am a human, I have to come to persuade you. Eternity, there is no creature in this world that understands you better than humans. We have such abundant emotions and sympathy. We sympathize with all creatures in this world, including gods."
Shiler showed a slightly sad expression and said:
"Since the birth of all things in the universe, humans have begun to explore the mystery of eternity. If any life in this universe feels that everything you do is taken for granted, then I want to tell you on behalf of humans that humans don't think so."
"We have always believed that all life in the universe has the right to pursue fairness, and we have always been fighting for it."
"Human power is so meager, but the spirit is never extinguished. Eternity, the world loves God, and the way we express our love is to accept the other party to pursue a better future."
Eternity stood silently in the Eternity Temple. He felt absurd about all this. Reason was telling him that the lunatic in front of him was just talking nonsense because all these troubles were caused by him.
But ask yourself, does he really have no complaints at all?
Even without Shiler, the pile of things Death made would explode sooner or later. When the cosmic order is chaotic, who will solve the mess?
Eternity touched his conscience and said, whether it is work attitude, work ability, or work results, is he really not as good as Death?
Then why does OAA seem to turn a blind eye to Death's mistakes, and leave a pile of messes for him to clean up?
In this world, as long as there are creatures with personalities, it is inevitable to have such emotions.
It doesn't matter how much work a person does in a company. What's terrible is that another colleague not only does less work but also always causes trouble. And this is not terrible. What's terrible is that the big boss turns a blind eye to this and completely indulges it.
"I can't leave here." Eternity's tone calmed down. He said: "I am the universe, the universe is me. Everything you see here is me..."
"Yes, I didn't ask you to leave the universe." Shiler nodded and said.
"Then what do you want to do?"
"My meaning is, why don't you leave with your house?" Shiler asked in a relaxed tone.
"What exactly are you talking about???" Eternity found that he could understand what this person said, but he could never fully understand his meaning.
"My meaning is, since things are like this now, why don't you take this universe out for a walk, relax, and find a new job by the way."
Eternity finally understood his meaning. He descended slowly, came to Shiler, and then looked down at him:
"It seems you have some recommendations?"
Shiler smiled and said: "You know why your boss would feel very troubled by me releasing different characters into the multiverse?"
Eternity stared at him and asked: "Why?"
Eternity really didn't know. He only knew that OAA felt this was a big trouble, but OAA didn't explain the specific principle to him.
"I believe you should have seen that outside the barrier of the world, there are many universes. I can clearly say that in farther places, there are more universes."
"The characters I released are actually characters from other universes. Because of some reasons, once they leave their own universe and go to other universes, then the supreme existence of this universe needs to pay some price to hire them."
"If no money is paid, it may cause very serious disputes, and even lead to the destruction of the universe."
Shiler explained this problem in a way that Eternity could understand as much as possible.
After listening to Shiler's explanation, Eternity turned to look outside the infinite universe. Outside the barrier of the Marvel main world, there is infinite space.
There might be infinite universes like the Marvel main universe there.
For humans, resigning means no income, but gaining a certain degree of freedom, and can pursue poetry and distance to the fullest. For Eternity, no salary is not a big problem at all, because he originally had no salary, but he has indeed never had any freedom. Where the universe is, he is there.
Work is his duty and his instinct. He was born for this. However, any creature with emotions and personality will have curiosity and yearning for unknown places.
And this incident made Eternity feel even more that working conscientiously every day has no reward.
Infinity and Oblivion basically sleep every day, Galactus is looking for something to eat every day, Death is falling in love besides making messes. They can all fish, why can't he?
"Eternity, I know you think I'm looking for trouble, but in fact, I'm just providing you with a possibility to pursue a new life. If it weren't for this incident, would OAA let you out?"
Shiler spread his hands and said: "You can only work here until the universe is destroyed. Will your colleagues and boss thank you for this? I believe you have already seen their attitude."
"I need to consider it." Eternity didn't answer directly, but Shiler smiled. He knew Eternity was moved.
Human nature is a very complex thing. No one knows whether the strong yearning for freedom is a unique emotion evolved by humans in the long evolutionary process.
But there is no doubt that in any literary and artistic work created by humans, all life is pursuing freedom, regardless of whether this has meaning or how much price it takes.
"Of course, you have infinite time to think about this problem." Shiler didn't continue this topic, but said:
"Communication is the best answer to solve all problems. Look, now, we have solved most of the problems, but, I won't hide it from you, there is still one problem bothering me."
"What problem?"
"Death." Shiler replied.
"I have already banned all unauthorized transactions." Eternity said: "All resurrections are no longer allowed."
"Yes, this is very fair and impartial, but..." Shiler pointed his fingertips at each other and said: "Outside the law, there is still a need for compassion. In such a big universe, some resurrection behaviors will not cause too much damage and can be discussed..."
"And now, you and your brothers and sisters have left the original company. You can only rely on each other. At this time, if you do it too thoroughly, it is really a bit offensive, isn't it?"
"What do you want to do again?" Eternity already understood Shiler's way of talking very well. Every sentence he said had meaning.
"My meaning is, since there is no boss watching, you don't need to be harsh on your colleagues. Making a little change might be more conducive to your future choices."
Looking at Shiler's smile, Eternity was silent.
Two days later, in a morning, Shiler, who was still in a dream, heard a "buzzing" sound.
Looking at the clock on the wall, it was exactly 6 o'clock in the morning, which was the time he got up.
After Shiler sat up from the bed, he found that it wasn't his phone ringing, but the Obelisk that had been thrown into his cabinet, which was vibrating non-stop.
Shiler opened the cabinet door, took out the Obelisk, and put it to his ear and said: "Hello, who is it?"
"I am Death. Come over now, it won't be valid after the deadline." Death's voice came from the opposite side.
"Coming."
After hanging up, Shiler fell directly on the spot, his heartbeat and breathing stopped completely, and his soul came to the Death Kingdom.
Just as he arrived at the back garden of the Death Kingdom, Death threw a contract at him in a bad mood and said: "Your Valhalla."
Shiler looked through the contract and said: "The conditions here are too different from what we agreed on before! You can't be so untrustworthy!"
Death snorted coldly and said: "Things are different now. Now, the requirements for resurrection in the entire universe are very strict. Even the Valhalla of Asgard only has three resurrection quotas within ten years. Existence like the Egyptian pantheon was disqualified from resurrection long ago."
Shiler looked down and saw that the contract stated that ten people could be resurrected within a year, but there were conditions.
First, the resurrected person must have died within ten days. Those who have been dead for decades are definitely not allowed.
In addition, everyone only has one resurrection opportunity. If they die again for the second time, they cannot be resurrected. And resurrection only manages resurrection, not healing. If they die again because of serious injuries, there is no way to resurrect them again.
It sounds like there are many restrictive conditions, but in fact, it is already very generous. After all, even Asgard doesn't have as many quotas as Shiler, and the restrictions are stricter than Shiler's.
Shiler closed the contract casually and said: "Alright, that's it, I'm going back."
Death narrowed her eyes suspiciously, looking at Shiler's disappearing back, she always felt a chill behind her back.
End of Chapter
