Chapter 437: From Now On, I Will Stand In The Heavens

Chapter 437: Chapter 437: From Now On, I Will Stand In The Heavens

A day passed.

The next morning, Darian woke up from bed, and the scene before his eyes remained unchanged, still carrying the tone of a black-and-white movie.

Wanda had not woken up yet, lying on her side curled into a ball, breathing heavily, looking like she was indeed exhausted last night.

"She is not a traditional mage after all; her physical fitness is just too poor."

Darian shook his head, did not wake Wanda up, got out of bed quietly, walked out of the house, and took this opportunity to check out the situation outside.

However, the impact of Chaos Magic was far greater than he had imagined.

Although he timely blocked the spread of Chaos Magic with fear energy, the affected range was still very wide, visually estimated to be at least the scale of a small town.

Centered around their house, the surrounding facilities were all assimilated into the look of the last century, turning into a residential area, and the entire region looked like an old-fashioned small town.

Darian walked forward along the sidewalk, and within a few steps, he ran head-on into a few neighbors.

These people were dressed in stiff old-fashioned clothes, and as soon as they saw him, they enthusiastically raised their hands to greet him with full smiles.

But taking a couple more glances revealed something was wrong; their expressions were trying too hard, stiff and unnatural, just like those forced performances in movies and television dramas.

Darian glanced at their information panels and found that these neighbors were all members of HYDRA.

And in their status bar, the exact same status was displayed.

[Status: Under Chaos Magic Control]

Obviously, these HYDRA members were all manipulated in their minds by Wanda using Chaos Magic, becoming background props in the script.

After all, any film and television work needs the existence of background props, just like when the protagonist and the villain fight in a novel, a group of passersby will always inexplicably refresh around, responsible for giving reactions like shock, and even coming with their own commentary, so that the protagonist can show off properly.

These HYDRA members were the same, reduced to dead extras in Wanda’s script.

HYDRA Member: "Even if you must call me an extra, do not add the word ’dead’ in front of it."

Only then did Darian know that Wanda’s Chaos Magic not only affected the entire environment, but also dragged everyone within range into it along the way.

As for why he was not controlled, it was probably the Dummy Ring playing a role again.

"Good grief, they even assigned NPCs, turning it straight into a private server game, huh."

Darian could not help muttering a complaint.

Under the influence of Chaos Magic, this town was like a large-scale virtual game.

Wanda was the only player in this game, and everyone else was an NPC.

And her Chaos Magic was the system program maintaining the operation of this World.

Any settings and rules that did not conform to this game mechanism would be treated as loopholes by Chaos Magic and disposed of, automatically corrected into reasonable content and forcibly integrated into the game.

However, it never expected that Darian, this NPC, actually broke through the code and retained his own thoughts.

Darian continued to walk forward, following the street all the way to the boundary of the town.

As soon as he approached, he saw a translucent barrier condensed from scarlet energy standing there, and on the outer periphery, a strand of yellow energy was desperately resisting the scarlet energy, preventing it from spreading further away.

The two forces continued to stalemate just like that.

Darian tentatively stretched out his finger and touched that barrier; the resistance was very strong, obviously not wanting him to leave this area.

He was the male lead of this script after all; if he, the lead actor, ran away, what else was there to act out later.

Darian did not force his way through; doing so was very likely to trigger the countermeasure mechanism of Chaos Magic, and once Chaos Magic broke out fully, fear energy alone might not be able to withstand it.

He took out a palm-sized small device and casually tossed it toward the barrier.

Fortunately, Chaos Magic only blocked people and not objects, so the device easily passed through and disappeared on the other side of the energy layer.

After finishing all this, Darian did not stay here much longer; like a street vagrant, he wandered around the town for a few circles, got a general idea of the block distribution, and turned back home.

In the following days, Darian and Wanda lived their daily lives in this fictional town, no different from a real couple.

Eating, shopping, and watching shows during the day, playing games together at night.

In the game, Darian transformed into a fearless warrior, carrying an exaggerated sniper rifle, crossing mountains and ridges, killing deep into the dark caves, challenging one level BOSS after another.

For example, Succubi, Holy Angel, Mentor, Catwoman...

However, in front of Darian, a hardcore player, they were not worth mentioning at all.

Every battle, Darian easily crushed them; all bosses were defeated under his signature sniper rifle, and in the end they could only flee in panic.

During this period, Darian also saved quite a few wonderful replays and unlocked special CG animations of the bosses.

Because he was too addicted to the game, Darian forgot about serious business behind his mind.

When he recalled it, he felt extremely regretful in his heart, and immediately secretly swore not to be addicted to games anymore, finishing the serious business first before talking.

Yet every time he faced Wanda’s game invitation, he still could not help opening another round, stating that this was the last match and he would go do serious business after finishing it, but as soon as he played, he fell right back in.

One can only say that games indeed delay people!

As days passed by, Darian also gradually figured out the background setting of this script.

In the story arranged by Wanda, both he and Wanda were superpowered individuals; because they were tired of external disputes and noise, they chose to go into hiding and came to settle in this inconspicuous town.

In order not to scare the ordinary residents of the town, they deliberately hid their abilities, pretending to be an ordinary couple, intending to spend the rest of their lives here.

To some extent, this background setting indeed reflected Wanda’s inner heart.

She wanted a stable life, which was why Chaos Magic created such a utopian World for her, becoming her safe haven.

At the same time, Darian also noticed another detail.

The tone of this script was a family daily comedy, so the residents in the town were all grinning, their speech carried some abstract style, and sometimes while talking, a burst of canned laughter would suddenly pop out.

However, this script did not have a so-called main storyline; the plot direction relied entirely on the free performance of the lead actors, and Chaos Magic would not forcibly interfere with the advancement of the story.

In other words, as long as it did not exceed the broad framework set by the script, the actors could act however they liked.

Even if it was acted out like an adult film by Darian and Wanda at night, there was no problem at all.

Darian narrowed his eyes slightly.

Since Wanda was immersed in this utopian World, he would just make her feel that it was unsafe here and unwilling to stay any longer; wouldn’t this World automatically disintegrate then?

As for how to make Wanda feel unsafe, he already had a good idea in his heart.

On this day, just like usual, after eating lunch, Darian and Wanda snuggled on the sofa in the living room to watch TV.

In this era, there were truly no entertainment projects; the most past-time project was only nightlife.

Perhaps for this reason, the birth rate in the past always remained high.

Darian’s game inventory did store quite a few good things to pass the time, but unfortunately Wanda was not interested in ordinary games, so he had to accompany her to watch these outdated programs.

Ding-dong!

Right at this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Wanda was somewhat puzzled and raised her head to look in the direction of the door: "Who would come at this time?"

Darian shrugged and casually replied: "I don’t know, maybe it’s some neighbor."

Wanda got up from him, put on her slippers, and walked over to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, a man with a familiar face stood outside.

Wanda was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Pietro?"

That’s right, this person was precisely Wanda’s own brother, Pietro.

The small device Darian threw out earlier had already transmitted the message to the outside World, and Zemo sealed off the entire area according to his instructions, just waiting for the next step of instructions to send people in.

And Pietro was the helper he specially arranged to come in, accompanying him to act out a grand drama.

Chaos Magic would not prevent outsiders from entering this area, except that every intruder would be automatically brainwashed and directly turned into an NPC in this town.

But for Darian, it was not a difficult task at all; a purification skill could solve it.

Because of this, the Pietro before his eyes still retained his own will.

He already knew that Wanda’s ability had gone out of control, and she was immersed in the false World she wove, unable to extricate herself.

According to the script Darian gave him in advance, Pietro spread his arms and revealed a smile to Wanda: "Hey, my dear younger sister, don’t you welcome your big brother coming over for a visit?"

When saying this, his heart was actually a bit uncertain.

After all, everyone in this town had their own different scripts; he was not sure whether he was still her biological brother in Wanda’s setting.

Wanda raised her eyebrows and said with an unkind gaze: "Pietro, you better make yourself clear to me. Who is your younger sister? Haven’t seen each other for a while, and you don’t even take your own biological older sister seriously anymore, huh?"

Pietro: "..."

The good news was that his relationship with Wanda had not changed; they were still family.

The bad news was that his seniority inexplicably dropped a tier below Wanda.

Pietro’s mouth twitched: "Uh, aren’t I just joking with you, my dear... older sister."

Wanda glared at him irritably: "What are you doing here?"

Pietro glanced inside the house and raised his hand to point at Darian: "I’m here to find him."

Wanda was even more angry now: "Show some respect. How are you talking to your brother-in-law?"

Pietro: "??????l"

What’s the situation?

This scene wasn’t written in the script!

Pietro widened his eyes, his fingers trembling: "He, he is my brother-in-law!?"

"Of course, what else?"

Wanda had a baffled expression, completely unable to understand why Pietro reacted so strongly to such common knowledge.

Pietro’s expression completely collapsed.

As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father; his mood right now was just like his own daughter suddenly being abducted by some blond punk who popped out of nowhere.

At this time, Darian walked over, looked at Pietro, and cheerfully greeted him: "Brother-in-law, why did you come?"

Pietro’s face turned black.

In the message Darian transmitted, it said he was suppressing Wanda to avoid Chaos Magic going out of control and dragging in the entire Sokovia.

So this is how you suppress it, huh!

"Your uncle!"

Before Pietro finished speaking, his entire person had already disappeared from the spot, so fast that the naked eye simply could not catch up.

The next second, he punched Darian flying, directly crashing through the wall of the house, scattering broken bricks and dust all over the ground.

"Darian!"

Wanda’s expression changed abruptly, and she turned her head to look at Pietro in disbelief: "Pietro, what on Earth are you doing!?"

Pietro’s expression was exceptionally serious: "Wanda, he is not a good person, absolutely do not trust him."

Wanda was both startled and angry: "What nonsense are you talking? He is my husband!"

Pietro gritted his teeth, his expression revealing a heaviness of having made a big decision: "I originally wanted to hide this matter, but now I have to tell you the truth. That guy is not what you think at all; his identity is fake."

"What do you mean?"

Wanda had a puzzled look.

At the same time, the surrounding air faintly began to flash with scarlet light, as if some mechanism was being triggered, ready at any time to repair the existence before them that was about to break the game rules.

Pietro showed no fear toward this, stared straight at Wanda and said: "His true identity is actually... a Viltrumite officer of the Galactic Viltrum Empire."

Wanda: "???"

Not only was she dumbfounded, even the scarlet energy around that was originally stirring about noticeably stagnated for a split second, just like a computer lagging.

Pietro did not stop and continued: "This guy is not an Earthling at all; he is a Viltrumite from an alien Planet."

"His mission is to infiltrate the interior of Earth, gradually weaken all resistance forces, and when no entity can stop him anymore, use his ability to conquer the entire Planet, turning Earth into a new colony of the Viltrum Empire."

Wanda: "...."

She felt that Pietro’s brain had short-circuited.

Even if he wanted to make up a story, at least make up a slightly reasonable one!

Right at this moment, Darian walked back from the breach in the wall, patted the dust off his clothes, completely unharmed.

Wanda subconsciously wanted to walk towards Darian.

As a result, before her footsteps could even step out, she heard Darian say in a deep voice: "I didn’t expect that even though I hid so deeply, you still discovered me."

"That’s right, I am a Viltrumite, code-named Omni-Man!"

Wanda: "..."

She felt that it wasn’t Pietro who went crazy, but herself.

What on Earth is all this!

Wanda looked at Darian with a face full of absurdity: "Darian, you aren’t playing a prank on me together with Pietro, are you?"

"Of course not."

Darian’s gaze was indifferent, just like a true supervillain, his whole body exuding an oppressive aura that kept strangers at a distance.

"Things have come to this, and I don’t need to hide it from you anymore. Actually, everything you see is my disguise."

"Every day I restrained myself, standing on the ground like an ordinary person, pretending that I was no different from you all. To be honest, I’ve long been tired of this kind of life."

"And now, I finally don’t need to hide myself anymore."

Darian’s figure slowly rose, his right hand stained with hair wax prepared long ago, sweeping backwards against his hair, combing it into the appearance of My Lord.

His whole body exuded a White light, looking down at everyone.

"From now on, I will stand in the heavens."

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