Bab 402: Chapter 402: Beyond the Pantheon
This time, seeking the Living Tribunal yielded some useful information for Clark.
At least he wasn't completely in the dark about the enemies he was about to face. Apart from witnessing their combat methods, he also learned several crucial pieces of information:
1. The enemies were not only immensely powerful but also vast in number.
2. They seemed to harbor a fear of Clark, at least for now they weren't ready to confront him directly.
3. These foes shared a common name: the Beyonders.
This situation was unlike any Clark had faced before. In the past, his strategy against any formidable adversary was essentially to upgrade himself. As long as he increased his own power to a level that could overwhelmingly crush his opponents, any technique they possessed would be ineffective against him.
Just a touch and they would crumble!
However, Clark's current power had reached the near-omnipotent, universal scale, and advancing further using conventional methods was utterly impossible.
Even the path of refining the Infinity Stones, known as "Dongtian," was blocked. He had already mastered all six Infinity Stones, and there was nothing left to refine.
Thus, after leaving the sanctuary of the Living Tribunal, he didn't rush back to Earth. Instead, he searched the extradimensional space, hoping to uncover more clues about his enemies.
Since he couldn't simply overpower this challenge as before, he had to adhere to the principle of knowing both the enemy and himself to devise a plan. To achieve this, he needed to gather as much intelligence on the enemy as possible.
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Meanwhile, the Science Group had entered a critical phase.
Mr. Fantastic had previously completed the prototype of a space-time travel machine. This time, with the addition of Hank Pym, Beast, Hulk, Tony, Fury, and other world-leading scientists, their progress was significant.
The saying went, "One God, two Oblivions, three Pyms, four Beasts, five Hulks, six Tonys." Though this was a ranking of their achievements in various parallel universes and not entirely accurate, now, in this universe, except for the deceased Dr. Destruction, all the top-ranked scientists were collaborating on the same research.
Gathering these geniuses together generated formidable power. In less than ten days, they had perfected the original prototype machine and tested it by successfully traveling to and from the X-Men universe and Spider-Gwen's Universe-65.
The machine was now ready; the only piece missing was pinning down the exact location of Universe-1610.
These universe numbers were merely identifiers assigned by cosmic entities for record-keeping. For the scientists who didn't invent these labels, finding a specific universe among countless similar ones was an enormous challenge.
The universes weren't marked with "1610" on the outside for easy identification.
At that moment, Doctor Strange arrived through a portal crackling with sparks and lightning, making a brilliant entrance.
Although Phoenix Woman and Doctor Strange encountered a mishap during their mission, they successfully completed part of their task: locating Universe-1610 in the vast multiverse and recording its coordinates, which they handed over to the science team.
With the device for traveling across parallel universes and the exact coordinates of Universe-1610, nothing could stop these superheroes from saving the world now!
After discussions, they decided to leave the elderly Hank Pym and the young Fury behind while Mr. Fantastic, Beast, Hulk, Tony, and Doctor Strange all volunteered to go.
However, the party venturing on this inter-universal journey included more than just these individuals.
The Fantastic Four are a team, and with Mr. Fantastic stepping forward, the remaining three naturally followed.
With Beast in action, there was no reason not to include Professor X.
Thus, a group of nine assembled, donned their uniforms, and activated the inter-universal travel device.
With a "chuka" sound, they arrived at Stark Tower in Universe-1610.
"Hi!" As a familiar voice greeted them, they saw Tony casually descending the stairs, casually asking, "Friends from a parallel universe, are you here to find me?"
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Back in the extradimensional space, Clark searched for clues about the Beyonders. Whether the enemy truly feared him or had other plans, he spent a week finding only the bodies of gods like Tunxing.
Besides that, his search yielded nothing.
Having received a message at the Living Tribunal's site, Clark found no further information related to the Beyonders.
Just as he was growing restless, he suddenly felt a call from Tony and the others on Earth.
This was an instinctual response that had developed as his power grew; no matter the distance, he could sense anything related to him, even if it was just someone muttering under their breath or badmouthing him in their thoughts. (Of course, the Beyonders, who transcend natural laws, are an exception.)
Although he generally ignored such distractions, this time it was different. Tony and the others were collectively calling him, seemingly with
urgent matters to discuss, so Clark immediately focused on this.
Could that group have found some crucial clue?
Despite having reached nearly omnipotent universal power, Clark never underestimated his former comrades.
In the Marvel Universe, many troubles that even the Living Tribunal couldn't solve were resolved by these Earth-based superheroes.
Why else would they be considered the protagonists of this world?
Using Whitebeard's words: "The protagonist's halo is real!"
With a thought, Clark left the extradimensional space and appeared in the Avengers' headquarters' main hall. Looking around, he saw Tony and Doctor Strange smiling at him, with Tony holding a metal box.
"Clark," Tony said, extending the metal box towards him on behalf of all the superheroes involved in the action, "This time we too have made significant contributions to saving the multiverse. Although the real fight is still yours to lead, we helped you find this."
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