Li Yue, how is it? Have you found the cause? Why did your world become like this?"
Annie was standing still, her eyes anxiously looking towards where Li Yue had disappeared, waiting for him with some unease. After seeing Li Yue reappear, she rushed forward and asked him!
"I've figured out the cause, but… alas!"
Li Yue sighed. If his guess was correct, Dormammu from the Dark Dimension should be invading Earth right now.
And the current situation was that everyone on Earth had been subjected to a time-stopping spell. Besides the Ancient One, only Doctor Strange, who possessed the Time Stone, could do something like this.
However, Li Yue and Annie had just returned from another universe, so the time-stopping effect didn't apply to them.
But Li Yue wasn't sighing because of this. In his memory, Dormammu's invasion seemed to be a 2017 event. And when he left, the plot of Thor 1 had just ended. Could it be that he had only been in The Boys' world for a little over a month, but nearly seven years had passed here?
"The plot is moving too fast. Readers will probably kill me!"
Moreover, the invasion location was different from what he remembered. In his memory, it was in Hong Kong, but now it had become New York. Li Yue couldn't help but feel sad for the citizens of New York. They had just suffered an alien invasion in 2012, and now they were being invaded by Dormammu. It could be said that disasters were constant!
… "Li Yue, don't just sigh. Since we already know the cause, let's work together to solve it!"
Annie watched Li Yue sigh and fall silent, and couldn't help but say to him with a somewhat anxious tone.
"Alright, to be honest, I don't have any particularly good ideas, but we'd better go to the scene and see what's going on!"
Li Yue certainly wouldn't lose his fighting spirit like this. With his current strength, he should be able to confront Dormammu head-on. However, it was said that Dormammu had the energy of an entire Dark Dimension as a backup, so he probably wouldn't be able to kill him.
"I'll listen to you!"
Annie agreed to Li Yue's decision without hesitation!
"Since that's the case, Mantis Shrimp… ah, no! Annie, let's go!"
Li Yue directly took Annie and left Kamar-Taj, instantly arriving on the streets of New York.
At this moment in New York, another world seemed to have appeared in the sky, slowly devouring Earth. Countless asteroids were scattered within it, making it somewhat dazzling to look at.
Although it was called the Dark Dimension, the planets within it actually still had colorful lights, making it appear even more dreamlike.
And on the streets of New York, countless pedestrians were scrambling to escape, their faces filled with panic. Accompanied by dazzling explosion sparks and flying cars, everything was frozen in this moment, forming a "beautiful" scene.
Of course, if those pedestrians were still conscious now, they would definitely curse Li Yue to death. Beautiful, my ass! Can't you see we're running for our lives? Do you have any public morality?
… "Welcome to another world, a world plagued by disasters."
At this moment, Li Yue stood with his back to the scene, his arms spread wide, mimicking Tony introducing weapons, and said to Annie in a showy manner!
Unfortunately, his demeanor and his casual clothes, combined with the frozen scene of countless people in various desperate escape poses behind him, were too out of place.
"At a time like this, don't joke around!"
Annie mercilessly interrupted Li Yue's attempt to show off, walking past him, brushing against his body.
Li Yue also helplessly put down his hands.
Alas, failed attempt to show off!
… Li Yue and Annie walked through the streets, looking for clues, or rather, Li Yue wanted to see if he could find some familiar faces.
And indeed, Li Yue found a few. It was Kaecilius, who now had panda eyes, the sorcerer who had initially welcomed Li Yue to Kamar-Taj.
At this moment, he was frozen in place in a strange posture, body leaning forward, one leg raised in the air, looking as if he wanted to rush forward to stop something.
Behind him were a man and a woman in similar attire. Li Yue also found their faces somewhat familiar; he should have seen them at Kamar-Taj. And they also had panda eyes like Kaecilius.
"Alas, he refused to be a good sorcerer and instead fell into darkness, believing in Dormammu."
Li Yue looked at Kaecilius, who he had gotten along with quite well before, now turned out like this, and felt a bit helpless. They say fate plays tricks on people, and it's true. He didn't expect such a huge change to occur in just over a month.
"What? You know this person? His makeup is too ugly!"
Annie saw Li Yue stop in front of Kaecilius and couldn't help but ask him. However, after seeing Kaecilius's face, Annie couldn't help but complain, there was no way around it, it was indeed too ugly.
"We knew each other before, but he is indeed a pitiful person. Life has given him too much misfortune."
When Li Yue watched the Doctor Strange movie, he didn't have much affection for Kaecilius, who was a pure villain. However, after personally interacting with him during his last visit to Kamar-Taj, Li Yue changed his opinion of him.
After experiencing so much misfortune, he could still make resurrecting his wife and son his ultimate goal, which was truly admirable. Unfortunately, he used the wrong method; Dormammu could not fulfill his wish to resurrect his wife and children… Li Yue abandoned his sentimental thoughts. Now, he still had to find a way to resolve this matter. After all, Li Yue didn't want to live forever in a world where everyone was frozen. He certainly didn't have the lewd thoughts of some perverted man from a certain country. No, absolutely not!
However, since he had seen Kaecilius and his followers here, he should also see the librarian, Fat Man (Fatty) Wong, and Mordo, who he also had a good relationship with.
And Doctor Strange should be going to negotiate with Dormammu now.
"Did something change again? You stay here, I'll fly up and take a look?"
Li Yue felt a bit confused in his heart, because the current situation had exceeded his expectations. He pointed to the dark world in the sky and suggested to Annie.
"No, I want to follow you!"
As Li Yue expected, Annie resolutely rejected his suggestion.
Li Yue thought about it. It was indeed not good to leave her alone here; if danger arose, he wouldn't be able to come to her rescue in time.
And taking her with him would allow him to protect her better, not to mention she also had superpowers, although not very strong.
"Alright, let's go in together and take a look."
Li Yue grabbed Annie's arm and flew directly into the sky, heading towards that unknown dark space.
After entering, Li Yue's mental power was fully unleashed. Although in this space, it seemed as if some power was vaguely obstructing Li Yue's investigation, Li Yue could still perceive everything within a hundred-meter radius.
If attacked, Li Yue would quickly react and prepare his defenses.
However, the anticipated attack did not occur. Li Yue flew around the entrance for a long time but didn't find a single person, let alone Doctor Strange and Dormammu.
Just as Li Yue was feeling somewhat uncertain, he suddenly felt something unusual in the space ahead. Li Yue's mental power attached to it, not knowing what would happen. Li Yue assumed a defensive posture, ready to strike or flee immediately if anything seemed amiss.
Crack, crack, crack… A sound like shattering glass came, which Li Yue was very familiar with.
"Annie, we found the location!"
Li Yue said to Annie with a slightly excited voice, and flew directly forward! Passing through that shattered space, what came into view was the bald back of a person wearing a yellow monk's robe!
Li Yue couldn't help but blurt out!
"Ancient One, why aren't you dead yet?"