Chapter 351: Anticlimactic Ending

The phantom in Lucas's palm shifted, beginning to illustrate Infinite Ultron's life.

An artificial intelligence created by Tony using the Mind Stone, after awakening self-awareness, easily defeated its creator and destroyed humanity.

Years later, he killed Thanos, who had arrived on Earth with five Infinity Stones, collected all six Infinity Stones, and led a mechanical army to pacify the entire Universe.

Seeing this, Hela frowned.

Although she knew it was something that had happened in a parallel Universe, she couldn't help but ask, "What about Asgard? Did this robot not discover Asgard?"

"In that Universe, Asgard had already been destroyed by Surtur."

"Surtur destroyed Asgard? Did Asgard in that Universe lose the War of the Four Realms?" Loki exclaimed.

Then he answered himself, "Right, that Universe didn't have you, Lucas, to help."

"No, that Universe didn't have the War of the Four Realms." Lucas said with a half-smile.

"Speaking of which, in that Universe, it was Thor who ordered Surtur to be resurrected to destroy Asgard. The purpose was to stop Hela."

"Fuck, this bastard!" X2

"I'm going to kill him right now!" Hela was furious.

She hadn't expected Thor, her seemingly honest brother, to be so vicious, giving an order to destroy Asgard just to contend for the throne.

And he had previously claimed he wished someone would become the King of Asgard.

"Is there some hidden reason for this, Lucas?" After his initial shock, Loki regained his composure, discerning a clue from Lucas's expression.

"Here, see for yourselves."

Lucas's palm projection shifted, changing from Infinite Ultron's life to "Thor: Ragnarok."

Odin returned to Valhalla in Norway on Earth, and Hela was freed, engaging in a fierce battle with Thor and Loki.

Thor and Loki were no match.

Loki summoned the Bifrost Bridge, intending to escape. However, Hela followed and threw both of them off the Bifrost Bridge.

Hela used this to return to Asgard, subdued Asgard by force, and slaughtered those who opposed her, including Thor's good friend, Volstagg, one of The Warriors Three.

"No wonder."

Seeing this, Loki suddenly understood why the struggle for the Asgardian throne between Thor and Hela in that Universe had become so tragic.

Volstagg was Thor's beloved friend and brother.

"Hmph!" Hela snorted.

"Even so, Thor has no right to order the destruction of Asgard. He is not the King, only the King has the power to decide Asgard's fate."

Lucas slightly dragged the progress bar of the projection in his palm, pulling it to the scene where Odin conversed with Thor.

Odin said earnestly, "Asgard has never been a place, it is where the people are."

It was precisely because of Odin's words that Thor made the decision to destroy Asgard to stop Hela from pursuing the fleeing Asgardian.

Hela: "..."

Loki let out a dry laugh to smooth things over. "This is just something that happened in a parallel Universe, eister. We can learn from it, there's no need to pay too much attention. Look at that robot, let's continue watching that robot."

Hela remained silent, neither refusing nor agreeing.

"Alright." Lucas shrugged, and the protagonist of his palm projection changed back to Infinite Ultron.

After an unknown number of years, Infinite Ultron accidentally discovered the existence of the Multiverse, and he began to spread his peace-making efforts from a single Universe to the Multiverse.

This time, Hela and Loki finally saw Asgard.

However, their proud Asgard fell again and again under the feet of Infinite Ultron's mechanical army.

During this process, Ultron, wielding six Infinity Stones, demonstrated his terrifying power, shattering stars and destroying galaxies with every gesture.

Furthermore, as Infinite Ultron continuously collected Infinity Stones from various Universes and handed them over to the Ultron variants in those Universes.

Gradually, a legion composed of six-Infinity Stones Ultron emerged. This legion rampaged across the Multiverse, destroying countless Universes and civilizations, one after another.

Despair.

Hela felt only despair at this moment.

Even if she successfully conquered the Multiverse and established a great Asgard spanning the Multiverse, facing the Ultron Legion, what then?

No! There's still a way!

Hela's eyes lit up.

She could imitate Infinite Ultron, collecting a set of Infinity Stones every time she conquered a Universe, to arm the Asgardian army.

This way, once the Multiversal Asgard was established, she would also have an Infinity Stone army to contend with the Ultron Legion.

The previously silent projection suddenly played a narration.

"Infinite Ultron and his Ultron Legion were invincible, destroying countless Universes and civilizations, yet the Multiversal gods ignored it, until that man appeared."

The projection screen changed, and the protagonist became Lucas, who was overcoming obstacles and tracking down Infinite Ultron's whereabouts.

The narration passionately said.

"Lucas and his friend Ikor, after days and nights of pursuit, finally found Infinite Ultron. A war that would decide the fate of the Multiverse was about to begin."

The projection screen split into two.

One showed Lucas's profile, seemingly observing something, expressionless.

The other showed the rapidly advancing Ultron Legion, their ranks neat, the expressions beneath their masks seemingly smiling.

Is it here? The war where Lucas goes all out and shakes the Multiverse.

Hela and Loki's hearts tightened simultaneously.

Even though they had already deduced the victor of that war from the outcome, the sight of tens of thousands of six-Infinity Stones Ultron rushing towards them still put immense pressure on them.

The narration suddenly turned calm. "And it ended in an instant, the Ultron Legion was completely annihilated."

On the screen, a silver droplet emerged behind Lucas. He raised his hand, snapped his fingers, and the silver droplet disappeared.

The silver droplet flew for a while.

Almost simultaneously, the Ultron Legion suddenly self-destructed en masse, exploding into a massive fireball.

An anticlimactic ending.

Hela and Loki's only evaluation of this so-called Multiverse-deciding battle was these three words.

Seeing the Ultron Legion's rampant slaughter across the Multiverse and hearing the impassioned narration, Hela and Loki had expected a brutal, life-and-death struggle, never imagining such a hasty conclusion.

This left them quite speechless.

After the speechlessness came disbelief.

Hela and Loki could not believe that such a powerful legion, almost entirely composed of beings as powerful as their father Odin, or even beyond Odin, could be crushed as easily as stepping on an ant.

"This matter is no secret in the Multiverse. If you don't believe it, you can inquire about it yourselves. Of course, the information you find and my authentic information might have a slight discrepancy." Lucas's tone was flat.

He looked at Hela. "My full-speed travel alone is almost too much for the Multiverse to bear."

"Once I go all out, it's highly likely to completely tear apart the nearby Superflow and the various dimensions and Universes within the Superflow. Even... break through the Neutral Zone beyond the Superflow."

"Hela, you want to see me go all out, nothing more than to pinpoint your own level in the Multiverse. I assume you've figured it out by now, haven't you?"

Hela nodded. "Last question."

"Okay, but I also have a condition."

"How much strength did you use when fighting me?"

"Do you care how many drops of water are in the vast ocean surrounding Asgard?" Lucas retorted.

Hela was silent for a long time, then asked coldly, "Your condition?"

Seeing this, Lucas said, "Guard the Kamar-Taj defense line for another two years."

"Of course, you don't need to stay in Kamar-Taj all the time like before, but if someone calls for help, you need to provide support."

"With you here, does Kamar-Taj still need my support?"

"I won't always be in Kamar-Taj."

With that, Lucas drew a circle with his fingers, and golden-yellow sparks flashed, opening a portal to a bookstore in New York.

With this matter concluded, he no longer needed to return to Kamar-Taj.

Stepping forward, Lucas passed through the portal, but Hela followed closely behind.

Lucas asked, "Aren't you going back to Asgard?"

Hela said indifferently, "No longer."

For some reason, Lucas heard a hint of uncharacteristic laziness in her voice, as if a breath had been let out.

After watching Infinite Ultron's life, Hela was deeply moved. She was no longer in a hurry to return to Asgard to seize power, but instead stayed on Earth, eating and wandering around, as if she had given up.

Lucas simply instructed Wong to arrange a secretary for Hela from the Kamar-Taj sorcerer group and did not interfere further.

As long as Hela stayed on Earth, she would be able to arrive immediately if anything major happened. And with such a powerful helper, Lucas could set off on his next journey with peace of mind.

Time flew by, and three months had passed since the last time the spaceship returned from Neutral Zone.

On the outskirts of New York, at Avengers Tower, the spaceship named Ark by Tony was preparing to set sail again.

Unlike last time, the goal of this voyage was no longer to conduct tests and collect data, but to travel beyond all things to peek into the truth of Eternity's situation.

Therefore, Bruce, Steve, Natasha, and other Avengers withdrew.

In addition, Lucas specifically invited Sorcerer Supreme Strange to join.

The reason was that this trip beyond all things might involve directly facing and conversing with Eternity.

As the embodiment of the Multiverse, Eternity was undoubtedly the foremost expert in the Marvel world in the field of cosmic structure.

The problem that plagued Sorcerer Supreme Strange—how to reshape his Universe—might be as easy and obvious as one plus one equals two for Eternity.

Ultimately, there were four people on the Ark when it departed: Lucas, Sorcerer Supreme Strange, Tony, and Ultron.

Tony and Ultron were responsible for piloting the spaceship, while Lucas and Strange were responsible for escorting it.

However, in practice, Tony largely shifted the task of piloting the spaceship to Ultron, calling it 'training Ultron's ability to independently handle complex and unknown problems'.

Lucas did the same, also shifting the escort work to Strange, reasoning that he needed to hide his tracks, otherwise he would attract even more terrifying enemies the moment he arrived beyond all things.