New York, Brooklyn, Heisenberg Tower.
Heisenberg lay on the rooftop sunbathing, bored out of his mind, lazily guessing what that little Avengers gathering had just been about.
In his eyes, there was only one reason the Avengers assembled ahead of schedule.
They were planning to deal with him.
So what were they going to use to deal with him?
The Hulk?
Yeah, right. With even a little brainpower, Heisenberg could come up with a way to handle that big guy.
He could fly. Just drag the Hulk into the sun and toss him straight toward the center.
Even if that didn't kill him, what was the Hulk going to do about the sun's gravity?
If S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't stupid, they absolutely wouldn't let the Hulk come into contact with him.
Because if there wasn't a conflict, the Hulk could stay a "trump card" on the surface.
If they really fought, sorry. There goes your trump card.
So in the end, would they use Captain Marvel?
Or were they really going to treat Purple Man as his weakness?
To be honest, with a Kryptonian brain, Heisenberg's mind was very good at taking sharp turns.
Purple Man was bait Heisenberg tossed out to push S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hydra.
Since Marvel's Earth had Superman comics, then S.H.I.E.L.D. should understand one thing. His so-called resistance to "magic" really was a tiny bit lower than his resistance to pure physical attacks.
He shoved Purple Man, a master of mind control, right into their faces, and he showed an obvious intent to kill Purple Man at all costs.
That would make them very likely to doubt his motive and grow interested in Purple Man.
And if S.H.I.E.L.D. grew interested in Purple Man, that meant the Hydra hidden inside S.H.I.E.L.D. would grow interested too.
Heisenberg…
He wanted the entire Hydra.
Compared to S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra was the real enterprise that did big things.
Ahem, not enterprise. Organization.
In any case, with Hydra, he'd have countless resources and subordinates.
Then, using Hydra's existing foundation as the core, rename it, restructure it, and rule humanity as a whole.
After that, he would be responsible for bringing in alien tech and fleets, bringing in alien research talent.
If anyone thought humans couldn't make a name for themselves in space?
Impossible.
The Marvel universe wasn't the Three-Body universe. Marvel wasn't that hard to survive in.
He just had to simplify Star-Lord's gear a little, then mass-issue it.
Or simplify Yondu's arrow a few dozen steps, then mass-issue it.
Then mass-issue that junker ship the Valkyrie used in Thor: Ragnarok.
Hah.
You think humans would be worse than aliens?
At the very least, they wouldn't be much worse than the thugs on Yondu's ship…
So up to now, Heisenberg had more or less found a target, his overall blueprint in the Marvel universe.
Use Hydra to rule human society, recruit members for the Injustice League to boost humanity's pool of top-tier powerhouses.
March into the cosmos, wage war across the cosmos, and he…
Lies down and makes money.
At that thought, Heisenberg almost wanted to jump up and start dancing.
But before he launched his plan, he was still missing a tiny bit of timing.
First, he had to persuade Earth's guardian for the last two thousand years.
The Ancient One.
Second, he had to use every major event from the movies to continuously expand the Injustice League.
Finally, he had to make up his mind, because once his plan started, humanity was guaranteed to suffer heavy casualties.
Most of those casualties would be in Europe and America, since Heisenberg didn't want to screw over the Chinese in the Marvel world.
But they were still lives, one after another. He had to be ready.
Ready to bear the losses, and ready to be cursed until his head split open.
Those boring people would probably curse him until they foamed at the mouth when the time came.
Sigh. The more people cursed, the more people would need to be killed. What a vicious cycle. Should he kill until they didn't dare curse, or keep using public opinion to wrap himself and his goals in pretty packaging?
By the time he thought this far, the sky had dimmed.
Heisenberg planned to get up and move around.
Now, then. A quick trip to the Himalayas to meet that old bald man!
Boom!
Heisenberg launched into the air, then shot forward. The sky looked like it had been split in half by his sharp body.
In the blink of an eye, Heisenberg saw the snowy mountains he'd visited not long ago.
But he couldn't see where the Ancient One was hiding.
How was he supposed to make her come out and meet him?
Easy.
His eyes flashed red, and scorching heat vision fired out.
In only a moment, the mountain he stared at collapsed.
A violent avalanche erupted. Heisenberg even saw a few unlucky climbers staring at the summit with faces full of despair.
"Oh, there's a climbing team."
Heisenberg quietly flew near them. Those members were already panicking like ants on a hot pan, desperately searching for any way to survive.
Heisenberg grumbled inside.
"Ancient One, if you don't rewind this little slice of time, then I can only freeze the avalanche to a stop!"
He wasn't actually a complete lunatic. He wasn't going to stand there and watch them die one by one in front of him.
And the person who appeared next proved Heisenberg had guessed right.
In the air where Heisenberg hovered, the Ancient One appeared quietly, smiled at him, and said, "Heisenberg, go stop this, like you intended to in the first place."
"Mhm."
Heisenberg nodded, floated to the front of the twenty-plus climbers, and saw they were clearly Chinese. There were little flags stuck in their backpacks.
The climbers were stunned senseless by Heisenberg's appearance.
"That is…!"
"Holy crap, why is he floating?!"
"Ghost!"
"What the hell is that thing?!"
Hearing that familiar language, Heisenberg smiled from the heart.
"Cousins, I'm here to save you."
As he spoke, Heisenberg inhaled deeply, then flew like crazy around the avalanche line.
While flying, he used freeze breath to compact and harden the avalanche. In just three seconds, the roaring avalanche became obedient ice again.
The only bad part was…
Everest now had an extra ice ring, about 130 meters long.
Like the mountain was wearing a ring. Climbing it in the future would not be so easy.
"Ahhh!!!"
"Holy shit, an immortal, that's an immortal!"
"Why does an immortal look like a foreigner though?!"
"Cut it out, haven't you read Superman comics? He kind of looks like Superman!"
"Your Superman wears pajamas?"
"Uh…"
The climbers who'd just escaped death started excitedly arguing, but while they argued, Heisenberg had already returned to the Ancient One.
Seeing Heisenberg come back, the Ancient One nodded thoughtfully, then casually flicked a hand, and a circular space portal appeared.
"Come with me. To Kamar-Taj. We have plenty of time."
"Alright!"
Heisenberg immediately followed, stepping through the portal with the Ancient One.
The Ancient One did not避 anyone, because they appeared directly in Kamar-Taj's courtyard.
More than eighty apprentice sorcerers were training hard in the courtyard, practicing punches and kicks.
Uh…
Why were they training punches and kicks?
Some were practicing staff techniques, some were practicing blade work, and some were hopping around, left and right, up and down, drilling footwork.
Was this really Kamar-Taj, and not some circus or martial arts school?
As if she'd seen his confusion, the Ancient One pressed her lips into a smile and gestured to the disciples.
"Come greet Lord Heisenberg. His power is not weaker than mine. His attitude toward Earth differs from mine in some ways, but our goals are broadly the same."
At that, countless disciples looked toward Heisenberg.
Their eyes were full of surprise, and not all surprises were the same.
Some were respectful surprise. Some were yearning surprise. Some were wary surprise. And some…
Some were unhappy surprise.
Of course, there was also an ugly kind of "Captain Marvel" out in the cosmos, but we won't talk about that.
Heisenberg smiled at the sorcerers, while quietly spreading out his bio-field.
Everyone knew his bio-field could alter the four fundamental forces within a certain range around him.
So under Heisenberg's deliberate control, the balance inside the field instantly turned into suppression aimed at living beings.
Thoom!
Dust kicked up in the courtyard, and the sorcerers all felt their bodies sink.
Three sorcerers fainted on the spot. As for the rest, many collapsed to the ground in a mess.
Heisenberg had adjusted the weak force and gravity inside his field, and in only a brief moment, it made the sorcerers feel unwell.
At the same time, the Ancient One beside Heisenberg brought her palms together lightly.
In an instant, Heisenberg's bio-field vanished completely.
So that one gesture had already dragged everyone present into the Mirror Dimension.
Heisenberg sensed it for a moment. As long as he focused, he could still use his bio-field in the Mirror Dimension.
The Mirror Dimension altered spacetime and physical laws to a degree.
But as long as the four fundamental forces existed, the bio-field wouldn't disappear.
It was just that, because the physical laws had changed, Heisenberg needed to find the balance between forces again.
While Heisenberg was feeling out the field, the Ancient One was lecturing her disciples.
"This world is vast, sorcerers. I am not flawless."
"So you still must work hard, and prepare to respond to any unexpected situation."
"Lord Heisenberg, come to my study and talk with me. They still need practice. We don't need to occupy their time and space."
"OK, OK, up to you. Guest follows the host, right?"
"Mhm. You even seem fluent in Chinese. Your idioms are very accurate."
"Haha. I'm fluent in the universal language of all intelligent life. Chinese is one of the more… meaningful ones."
"More meaningful than the language of the planet Vaal-Karo?" the Ancient One asked.
"Can't compare." Heisenberg shook his head. "Their language, every single tone is the most beautiful song in the universe. No comparison."
"Haha. You're more humorous than I expected."
"And you're more… how do I put it, more kind than I expected?"
"Perhaps. Because you are not an enemy I need to deal with."
While they talked, the two arrived at the Ancient One's study.
Heisenberg had no real interest in the magic books piled everywhere. He didn't care whether he had magical talent either.
Especially not magical talent in the Marvel universe.
Sure, Superman had a form called "Magic Superman."
But Magic Superman wasn't Superman learning magic. It was Superman merging with a demon called Etrigan.
The demon let him wield magic. It wasn't him doing it himself. The gap was huge.
Besides, even if Superman had the talent, Heisenberg would never learn magic from the Marvel universe.
Because Marvel magic was basically spellcraft.
The power source of that spellcraft came from ancient gods wandering the cosmos. The moment you cast a spell, you would pay a price for it.
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