American Comics: Multiverse of Madness

"Messages from other multiverses?"

Susan's brows furrowed. She looked at Reed, who was in an agitated state and kept writing something on the table, and felt full of uneasiness in her heart.

Unlike Reed Richards, Susan is not interested in exploring the mysteries of the universe at all. Although she is also a scientist, her dream has always been to benefit society and give back to the people, rather than actively exploring things that may cause danger. .

What's more, she is now a mother, and everything she does will be centered on her children. In her impression, anything that has anything to do with the 'multiverse' will not end well.

Think about the past. It was Reed's research on time that attracted countless enemies from the future. Now this information from the multiverse is obviously not something they should touch.

"No, I still have to report to Zhang Yi."

Shaking her head, Susan moved her feet much faster.

That would be fine if it was before. Now they both work under Zhang Yi, and they are obliged to report any accidents to each other, let alone information from other universes.

If things go wrong, this may have some impact on the wasteland universe. This place has just settled down and there must not be any outside influence.

After all, his two children live in the wasteland.

Reed heard Susan's words, but he had no intention of stopping the other party.

He also knew the importance of this matter, not to mention that Zhang Yi's understanding of the multiverse was much deeper than his. It was relatively safer to have the other party handle it.

And in fact, there was almost no need for Susan to come over.

All the actions of the two of them were under the watchful eye of Miss Time. As early as when the multi-dimensional time barrier oscillator mutated, Miss Time told Zhang Yi about it.

"Unexpectedly, we can actually receive information from other parallel universes here."

[After all, we are outside the timeline. This kind of signal flowing in the multiverse will always pass near us. It is not impossible for Reed's equipment to receive some of it unintentionally.]

Miss Time stood on Zhang Yi's shoulder and explained softly.

"No, what I'm more curious about is actually the source of the information. The multiverse is full of unknowns. Some universes can even be called 'disaster' or 'purgatory'. In this case, no one is sure what they will encounter. kind of universe."

Zhang Yi took a sip of tea, frowned, and continued.

"And actively sending out signals is equivalent to actively exposing the coordinates of your own universe. If you are not careful, you will become the target of attacks from other evil universes. This completely violates the dark forest theory."

Hearing this, Miss Time also nodded thoughtfully.

[The adults are right. Maybe they have enough confidence. After all, the world is such a big place, and there are always some people who can’t find an opponent]

"Maybe"

Zhang Yi shook his head, he was a little unsure.

[So, what do you think? 】

Zhang Ye didn't answer, but quietly held the tea cup and stared at the floor-to-ceiling window in trance.

Having traveled many times, Zhang Yi has also been to several universes. Whether it is Marvel or DC, he has been to all the universes that are oppressive and hopeless. Now that he has taken control of the wasteland, he just wants to get rid of those troubles.

At this moment, footsteps came from the silent corridor, and the invisible woman Susan hurried over.

As soon as she arrived in the hall, Susan saw Zhang Yi standing alone by the floor-to-ceiling window in the dim room, looking out.

Under this environment, Susan's pace unconsciously slowed down.

Although she didn't know what Zhang Yi was doing, Susan didn't want to ruin the quiet atmosphere. She quietly came behind Zhang Yi and spoke in a low voice.

"Mr. Zhang Yi, there was an accident in the laboratory. When we were debugging the equipment, we seemed to have inadvertently received some messages from other universes."

"Well, I already know."

Zhang Yi casually put the tea cup back into the magic space and turned around.

"You already know." Susan breathed a sigh of relief. That's right. After all, Zhang Yi is the master of this place, and nothing here can escape his eyes. "Then what are we going to do about it?"

"Is there any way to decipher that information?" Zhang Yi asked.

"I'm not sure about this, but my husband should have a way. He is very enthusiastic about this, but I'm afraid it will have some bad effects."

Looking at Susan's somewhat complicated look, Zhang Yi paused slightly and spoke.

"I understand your concerns, Susan, but have you ever thought that since the other party's information can be received by us, it proves that the other party's universe is not far away from us. This is the biggest impact on us."

"You mean"

After hearing Zhang Yi's words, Susan reacted immediately.

Zhang Ye also followed her words and continued.

"Yes, the Wasteland Universe is an abandoned world, and there are obviously various more dangerous worlds nearby. Now that we have saved this universe, we still need to be careful about unknown risks from outside the universe."

Following Susan to Reed Richards' laboratory, the other party was typing away on the keyboard with great interest.

Seeing Susan and Zhang Yi come in, Reed immediately spoke.

"Zhang Yi, you came just in time. I have collected most of the information. The other party is obviously a very outstanding scientist. They have been releasing repeated frequencies. As long as you give me some time, I can decipher them. .”

Hearing this, Zhang Yi nodded, and then said seriously.

"Yeah, but I want to remind you, don't take the initiative to contact them before you know the truth and falsehood of the other party, let alone expose our position."

"I know, it's the law of the dark jungle."

Reed took off his glasses and replied seriously.

"If the wasteland universe is regarded as a planet in a dark universe, then the other multiverses are other planetary civilizations in darkness. We don't understand each other's technological level at all. If we rashly light a flame, it will only attract more attention. .”

"As long as you know, I won't remind you more."

Zhang Yi felt an inexplicable pressure appear in his heart.

The unknown is always terrifying, and for Zhang Yi, who had seen the darkness that swallowed everything, it was a good indication of his mental state at the moment.

Living in a dark and desperate dimension, the wasteland is surrounded by various chaotic worlds. Although he doesn't know what kind of existence these 'neighbors' are, Zhang Yi always feels that everything hidden in the darkness is a terrifying gaze.

No one knows where this information came from.

What Zhang Yi is most curious about and worried about right now is undoubtedly what this repeatedly played message is.

If the whole article is 'Don't answer, don't answer, don't answer! ’.

Just thinking about it made Zhang Yi break into a cold sweat and his hair stood on end.

Yes, countless unknown worlds.

There are also countless stories presented by the unknown universe.

I have witnessed the creation of reality, the death of countless gods and the destruction of celestial bodies, the birth of entire worlds and the apocalypse of civilizations.

I know that all things will eventually come to an 'end'. Such an ending can be beautiful and peaceful, calmly accepting the demise of one's existence and then happily welcoming the next new life, and the cycle begins again and again.

But there are some special universes, and their demise brings about more than just beauty and peace.

But endless pain and torture

"Brother, you talk a lot."

Seeing Susan and Reed starting their work, Zhang Yi silently came to the corner and stood with the observer in the shadow.

"You are really elusive. If you hadn't spoken, I wouldn't have noticed your presence."

""In a specific environment, my existence is not easily affected by space, time, and matter. The me you see is not me in reality, so most people cannot observe my existence. reason. ""

"It's like astral projection, right?"

Zhang Yi murmured to himself, but then he didn't think about it in detail. Instead, he turned his head and asked seriously.

"You should know more about this information than I do. Being able to spread signals near the wasteland universe means that the other party is quite close to us."

"".""

This time, the observers fell silent.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi continued to ask.

"Perhaps for us, the other party is dark and unknown, but it is not the case for you. You can see them, and you know the true situation of the other party."

""I know what you want to ask, Witch Crow, but I can't talk too much about this matter, because it is not my mission, and that universe is not within the scope of my observation. ""

"Wait, it's not within your observation range?"

Zhang Yi frowned.

"You personally said that your observation target is the thousands of multiverses outside the wasteland. How can the other party not be within your range when it is so close to us?"

The observer looked at Zhang Yi calmly and smiled for the first time.

""The boundaries of the multiverse are not divided like this. This is a category that ordinary humans cannot touch, and you are no exception. This is not data that can be defined by space or distance. ""

"Can you tell me in detail?"

Zhang Yi was a little confused, but he roughly guessed something.

""In the eyes of ordinary people, the scope of the multiverse should be visible to the naked eye, but in fact, in the eyes of observers, the multiverse is more like prisms. ""

The observer looked directly at Zhang Yi and said calmly.

""How can you be sure that the messages you receive are not continuously reflected through different cosmic prisms? ""

This time, Zhang Yi had some enlightenment.

Perhaps, his guess was wrong from the beginning.

Zhang Yi has always thought and interacted from an ordinary person's point of view. This inertia of thinking made him take it for granted that the 'distance' of the multiverse is a simple spatial range.

That is, the connection between reality and different dimensions.

But the fact is that the argument for the multiverse must be based on space. In other words, this is not a concept that can be calculated or labeled using any symbolic unit.