Chapter 140: Journey Through the Multiverse

Lin Yu: "..."

Is that it?

It looks like I didn't even need to show up!

【Fan Xian: Don't be careless. Look at his expression; he might be feigning surrender.】

【He He Jingfeng: It doesn't matter. Anyway, I've thoroughly enjoyed stabbing him with that blade!】

【Lin Yu:...】

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that I still need to study dimension magic, I'd really want the group members to start a live stream and see exactly how Loki gets bested by his own little group members.

After the message was sent, the chat group fell silent again.

Lin Yu was slightly stunned and quickly said, "Where is everyone?"

【Lin Yu: Why are they gone again?】

Moments later, Xiang Yunye replied, "We met Captain America and Iron Man. They arrived a step too late and could only choose to negotiate with us. After careful discussion, we decided to temporarily hand Loki over to S. H. I. E. L. D...."

【Lin Yu: What about the Scepter of the Mind?】

【Xiang Yunye: Hehe, we've already got it!】

【Lin Yu: Let me guess, it's hidden in a storage bag?】

【Xiang Yunye: As expected of Lin Dage, you truly understand me!】

【Lin Yu: So what do you plan to do next?】

【Fan Xian: Nothing.】

【Fan Xian: The Supreme Sorcerer said this battle can only be delayed, not avoided. Since that's the case, it's better to follow the original plot and have the portal open above Stark Tower to avoid any unexpected changes.】

【Lin Lie: Exactly. The portal will definitely open successfully anyway, so there's no need to cause any trouble.】

【Lin Yu: Then wait until the Helicarrier encounters trouble, and contact me again!】

【Lin Lie: No problem!】

Several hours later, Lin Yu felt something in his heart, opened the chat group, and indeed saw the group members frantically @-ing him.

【Su Su Haoming: Something's wrong, something's wrong!】

【Su Su Haoming: The Helicarrier has started smoking. Nick Fury has urgently contacted us, saying he wants to send a Quinjet to pick us up and take us to the Helicarrier to help.】

【Su Su Haoming: According to the plot, the portal will open soon.】

【Su Su Haoming: Lin Dage, if you have nothing else to do, prepare to cross dimensions now!】

Is it already fast-forwarding to the Helicarrier incident?

Lin Yu looked regretful and could only choose to end his seclusion, preparing to return to the neighboring universe.

Just then, golden sparks burst forth in the air before him, and the white-bearded Ancient One stepped out, smiling and saying:

"Leaving already?"

"I'm only returning for a day temporarily. Why must the Sorcerer show up in person?"

"Ah~ Your Excellency is a distinguished guest of Kamar-Taj. By both reason and propriety, I should personally see you off!"

... He's just keeping a close eye on the Wotthumbe Wand!

Lin Yu complained inwardly, but on his face he appeared deeply moved, as if struck by these sincere words.

Both harbored hidden agendas and knew it clearly, so they exchanged a smile and, in perfect tacit understanding, arrived within the Mirror Dimension.

Under the Ancient One's full and focused gaze, Lin Yu closed his eyes, held the Wotthumbe Wand, let his consciousness flow into the wand, and effortlessly opened a physical dimensional door.

After doing this, Lin Yu turned to look at the Ancient One and extended his right hand with some reluctance.

The Ancient One smiled, grabbed the wand, and pulled back forcefully... pulled back... Lin Yu's strength was simply too great; the Ancient One pulled several times in succession but could not move it at all.

His face darkened, and colorful lights bloomed across his body; he didn't know how many spells he had cast to reinforce himself before he finally managed to snatch the wand back with great effort.

The space tore open with cracks during their struggle, even shattering part of the Mirror Dimension and linking this mirror world with the real world.

Yet despite such terrifying struggle, the wand remained completely unscathed!

Seeing this, Lin Yu felt even more regretful in his heart.

The Ancient One finally retrieved the wand and said with a smile, "Don't forget the agreement between us."

"Rest assured!"

Even if only for the sake of the Wotthumbe Wand, he would definitely return!

Lin Yu solemnly patted his chest, then stepped forward and walked into the dimensional door.

The instant he stepped into the dimensional door, the previously calm Wotthumbe Wand suddenly burst forth with green light.

The Ancient One, who was about to leave, was slightly stunned, then stopped in his tracks with a strange expression, as if he had realized something...

At the same time, Lin Yu passed through the dimensional door, only to find that he had not returned to the neighboring parallel universe, but instead arrived in an unknown world filled with deathly silence.

And the place where he stood was, unmistakably, a city ruin shrouded in darkness.

Thick bloodstains and the stench of decay permeated the air; broken streetlamps, abandoned vehicles, and countless high-rise buildings—some collapsed, others covered in blood-red vines—were scattered everywhere on the streets.

"... What is going on?"

Lin Yu frowned slightly, swept his consciousness out, and instantly covered the entire city.

At the same time, figures dormant within the city seemed startled by this sudden spiritual pressure; they all turned their heads, and pairs of scarlet eyes gazed toward Lin Yu's location.

In the next instant, all the figures suddenly moved, surging madly toward that direction.

Intense footsteps came from all directions; Lin Yu frowned slightly, flashed his figure, and appeared high in the sky, looking down at the black torrent in the city converging beneath his feet.

At the very front of the torrent in the south, unmistakably stood a figure wearing a star-spangled uniform.

He held a broken shield; his entire body was rotten, and as he ran, his body covered in tooth marks constantly squeezed the wounds, splashing out dark yellow, disgusting slime.

Looking further up, a hideous face missing half its head came into view.

Although his face had long since rotted away, judging by the letter 'A' remaining on his cowl, it was undoubtedly Captain America!

"So... this is the Zombie Universe?"

Lin Yu's forehead bulged with black lines; he had clearly opened the dimensional gate to Lin Lie's world, so why had he ended up in this universe?

... Could it be that old man Ancient One's doing?

Lin Yu thought for a moment and felt it was unlikely; although Ancient One's personality was scheming, his conduct was quite upright, and he would never commit such a disgusting act that harmed others without benefiting himself against him.

"Boom!"

Just then, a cyan-blue laser struck from behind, hitting a spatial barrier that had appeared at some unknown moment.

Lin Yu tilted his head slightly, glanced toward the direction the laser came from, and indeed saw the Zombie Iron Man flying in the air.

But compared to a normal Iron Man, this guy wasn't wearing a faceplate, revealing a head with rotting flesh and skin; the tattered armor was also covered in blood and tooth marks.

Through the cracks in the battle armor, one could even see some wriggling maggots...

"This is called Iron Man?"

Lin Yu sighed, expressing extreme disappointment in this Marvel number one.

He raised his hand and clenched it; the surrounding space instantly squeezed in, crushing the Zombie Iron Man into a lump of flesh and metal mixture.

But even so, the zombie virus within the flesh still possessed vigorous activity.

Lin Yu frowned, raised his hand to summon the flesh, and employed various methods, attempting to kill the virus.

For a moment, various holy lights, thunder, and flames bloomed consecutively in the sky, tearing open gaps in the dense black clouds above the city.

During this process, countless zombies surged crazily from all directions, piling up into a small mountain beneath Lin Yu's feet, seemingly trying to touch Lin Yu in the high sky through this method.

But Lin Yu paid no attention whatsoever to the commotion beneath his feet, continuing to conduct his experiments in his own way.

Until shortly after, when he used a purification spell from the Book of the Vishanti, only then was the zombie virus thoroughly killed!

Realizing this, Lin Yu's face instantly turned black.

If he remembered correctly, this spell should have been created by Ancient One!

"Fine, fine, fine, so you really play dirty, huh!"

Lin Yu gritted his teeth, then looked at the zombie mountain beneath his feet, shifted his mind, and released a super-large purification spell.

In an instant, brilliant Bai Guang erupted from his body surface, like a second sun rising in the sky, dispelling the surrounding black clouds and purifying all zombie virus existing in the air.

This Bai Guang was so brilliant it almost solidified into substance; as the light spread, it actually caused ripples visible to the naked eye in the air!

In just an instant, the Bai Guang spread out, purifying everything around it with unstoppable momentum.

Zombie Spider-Man, Zombie Wolverine, Zombie Giant Ant-Man...

As long as they touched the Bai Guang, they were dissolved by it like melting ice and snow, all turning into nothingness!

In just a few seconds, the zombies and zombie virus of the entire city were casually purified by Lin Yu.

New York, long since turned into ruins, fell silent again; Lin Yu hovered in the air, his gaze shifting, seemingly able to cross over ten thousand kilometers to see the superheroes still rushing about on the Eurasian continent trying to save the world.

"... Since I'm already here, I might as well help a bit!"

While thinking this, Lin Yu took out a copied introductory magic book from his storage space, wrote this purification spell capable of killing the zombie virus on the cover, and then threw it toward the east.

In an instant, the magic book transformed into a brown streak of light and disappeared from Lin Yu's field of vision.

Afterwards, Lin Yu's figure flashed, flying into the still-open dimensional gate.

The world before his eyes was shrouded by the golden light of the gate, then changed once again.

This time, he arrived at a dilapidated castle.

Dark clouds covered the sun in the sky, with thunder and rain mixing; dozens of massive metal robots climbed the city walls, releasing various supernatural abilities like fire and lightning, fighting a life-and-death battle with the humans on the walls.

Of course, only the humans were fighting a life-and-death battle; the robots were basically engaging in one-sided slaughter.

Among these humans, the most outstanding was undoubtedly the youth whose entire body had transformed into ice...

"Iceman... so he's a mutant?"

"Then the robots opposite must be the Sentinel robots from 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'!"

Lin Yu understood in his heart, then turned his head, looking toward the interior of the castle.

He saw that at the deepest part of the castle, Kitty Pryde was sitting by a table, her hands placed on Wolverine's temples, using her ability to transmit Wolverine's consciousness to the past.

And beside the two, the two main pillars of the X-Men series—Professor X and Magneto—were waiting quietly.

Suddenly, Charles's expression froze; he couldn't help but raise his head, looking through the castle toward Lin Yu in the sky.

Just as Charles was about to transmit a voice message to Lin Yu, his figure, along with the people around him, suddenly vanished.

The mutants and Sentinel robots fighting below also lost their traces; the damaged city walls instantly returned to their original state, as if a mysterious force was spreading rapidly through the universe, changing fate and the future at an astonishing speed...

"So the reversal succeeded?"

Lin Yu was somewhat speechless, then shook his head, entering the dimensional gate before this force could affect him.

Afterwards, he experienced seven or eight more Marvel Parallel Worlds in succession.

Until exactly one hour later, he finally returned to the universe of White-Bearded Ancient One!

At this moment, the dimensional gate had long been transferred to a pure white space.

White-Bearded Ancient One formed hand seals with both hands; the Eye of Agamotto on his chest emitted Bai Guang, and he waited with a Grim Expression.

Once Lin Yu appeared, he acted without hesitation, instantly scattering countless beams of Bai Guang, smearing them all over Lin Yu's face.

Lin Yu's face turned black; just as he was about to raise a spatial barrier, he suddenly realized that these White Lights were precisely the spell he had used not long ago to purify the zombie virus!

Could it be...

Lin Yu frowned, his heart stirred, and he withdrew the spatial barrier.

Brilliant Bai Guang flickered incessantly on his body, continuously purifying any possible zombie virus, striving not to miss a single inch of space.

After a moment, the Bai Guang dissipated; Lin Yu looked at Ancient One, who had clearly sighed in relief, and said with a black face:

"Tell me, what exactly is going on here?"

(End of this chapter)