The Death Knell

Su Ming, who was bending down to look through the body parts, almost lost his footing and fell.

Not because of the insect's struggle, the strangulation has fixed it so that it can't move, and it's just a carpet for the host in the insect's belly.

It was a strange feeling that he had never felt before, attacking his whole body.

It comes from nowhere, like an electric current or a ripple. When it passes through the entire universe, it inevitably affects everyone.

The X metal in the body buzzed, and the strong resonance almost made Deathstroke unable to maintain balance.

"Did you hear it?"

He immediately asked about Strangler, who was most sensitive to vibrations. If the X metal really moved, the symbiote connected to the host through the spinal cord would definitely be able to feel it.

But the armored head formed by strangulation shook, and it felt nothing.

Su Ming didn't think he had hallucinations before. Although seeing various monsters from the Cthulhu system would indeed drive people crazy, this would not happen to him.

Since the vibration does not occur on the physical level, could it be on the energy level?

"Monaco?"

"What's wrong here?"

"It's okay, go on."

No need to ask, the mage didn't respond at all. He looked at the other end of the passage while riding on horseback, as if thinking about what else was deep underground.

There were no clues in the insect's stomach, so Su Ming could only pick out the relatively complete devil's horn and throw it to the mage.

This is an alchemical material that has some value in the magic world. The mage's efforts cannot be in vain every time.

Su Ming returned to the armor, and the strangulation covered him again. He drew out his weapon and killed the bug casually.

Thick white blood sprayed all over him, but Strangler quickly absorbed it, and the armor was still as bright as new.

"I don't feel right. Something must have happened in this world just now."

"We didn't notice it, boss."

"That's the key."

Only X metal can feel it... As the origin and special energy of the DC world, even Su Ming can't say what exactly X metal can do.

He is still in the early stages of using this metal, using it as a battery to charge various props and repair damaged items.

It's like giving a primitive man a pistol and using it as a boomerang.

"There are so many things that have gone wrong in the past that we may all be part of a conspiracy, so be vigilant."

The three of them stopped, and Su Ming looked at the insect's body and thought silently.

In addition to the unknown motives of the enemy he discovered before, he had been thinking about one thing while he was in the insect's belly.

That's what Odin looked like back then.

Something was wrong. Rather than saying he didn't want to talk to him, his attitude was more like he was avoiding something, especially the last tear that made Su Ming get goosebumps all over his body.

He noticed the abnormality at the time, but did not say anything about it. He wanted to sort out all the clues to be prepared, instead of showing that he had discovered the clues and attracting everyone's attention in advance.

Zemo's behavior was also wrong. There was no need for him to strangle the goddess of fate. There were no such frivolous people in Hydra.

The golden cicada's escape after the journey to hell was actually a test for Heimdall. Odin disappeared in hell, but Heimdall didn't ask the two insiders, the wizard and Gin? He should just teleport them all back to the Rainbow Bridge. It's normal to force confessions or question them, right?

There were too many. After a trip to the Immortal Palace, most of the characters Su Ming saw were as weird as if they were possessed by dirty things.

Ronan, Malekith, Mephisto, their actions were in line with Su Ming's expectations, as well as the two brothers Thor and Loki, and Gullweg's behavior was also normal.

But that’s about all the normal people present in this whole thing.

"Gin?"

"I am here."

"Has Asgard been haunted before?"

"Uh...what do you mean by haunted? The phenomenon of disturbing spirits?"

"For example, some incomprehensible or inexplicable things happen, showing very unnatural appearances, and even cannot be explained."

"Well, in my impression, similar things have happened a lot, a series of inexplicable mysteries, and incredible rumors... But in Asgard, the occurrence of this kind of situation is different from that kind of thing. It’s not about things covered in white sheets, but it’s often about Loki or Amora.”

"I... understand, that's it. Well said, Gin."

Su Ming closed his eyes and shook his head slowly. He understood. He really hadn't thought of this aspect before, but the name Ginjiu said reminded him.

Gin didn't understand what her boss understood, but seeing that she was still helpful to him, she showed a reserved smile.

"Evacuate. There's no point in looking for Badr. We can't follow other people's stories."

Su Ming turned the God Killer into a drill and began to dig directly upward. The snake's problem was just an illusion. He had been chasing the imaginary mission target.

Gu Yi hid something. For some unknown reason, she always wanted Su Ming to become the Supreme Mage.

There was nothing unusual about the first meeting. When they were in the sewers of New York, it was just an ordinary dimensional guardian meeting an uninvited guest.

But then, Gu Yi's attitude seemed to turn 180 degrees. When Su Ming took Holloway to Kama Taj, Gu Yi directly appointed Su Ming as his successor.

Shouldn't it be Holloway? He is the hero Su Ming can think of who is most similar to Doctor Strange.

The best surgeon in New York has no pedantic moral values ​​and believes in protecting and helping others. Even their appearance is somewhat similar, especially the mustache.

But Gu Yi didn't choose him, and she didn't even talk to the doctor.

So the question is, if according to the original history, Strange went to Kama Taj and was accepted as a disciple by Ancient One and became his successor.

Holloway, who has almost the same conditions as him, is not welcomed at all?

In Su Ming's view, Holloway is even stronger than Strange in many aspects, especially in terms of courage and belief. Strange often gives up on himself or does some irresponsible things.

Holloway is gifted in magic. Su Ming later asked Monaco and Hamill, and they both gave a positive answer - if Dr. Holloway changes to magic, his achievements will be much higher than his achievements in medicine. income from the field.

But Ancient One seemed to have identified Deathstroke, even if someone similar to Doctor Strange was brought to her.

The only explanation is that Ancient One inspected the future timeline and noticed something through the time stone.

She once said that Su Ming's fate could not be seen in the time stone, but if she could see everyone around Su Ming, she could naturally guess what role Deathstroke played.

This is not the first time that Gu Yi has concealed things from Su Ming, and this has nothing to do with the mystical style of the sorcerers. She will not do anything useless.

Because of the existence of the Time Stone, she has a stronger purpose in doing things than anyone else.

But now, Su Ming still doesn't understand why she did this. Will it be good for the world for him to become the Supreme Mage?

He himself knows that he cannot say that he has no sense of responsibility at all, but in most cases he is an egoist. Can such a person protect the main dimension and the earth?

He recalled the situation in DC... Well, it really worked... Although the starting point and motivation were to gain benefits, in the end they protected the earth.

Realizing this situation doesn't make him happy, because it looks like Deadpool went to the supermarket and accidentally saved the earth.

It’s full of drama and storytelling, but what Su Ming hates most now is the word ‘story’, and it seems that in every world someone is arranging a script for him...

"...What on earth was Loki thinking?"

After getting out of the dug hole, the symbiote bounced off the gravel on his body. Su Ming couldn't help but sigh. If his past experiences had Loki's handiwork, then what happened to Su Ming was the work of Loki. The product of the joint influence of Ji and Kang, a completely entangled knot.

Loki is different from Kang. Kang has incarnated into billions of individuals at thousands of points in time and is not afraid of death at all.

And Loki is a candy that can be resurrected infinitely even if he is killed. He will inherit the memory of his "previous life" and continue his previous plan.

Sometimes killing doesn't solve the problem, but makes it worse.

Su Ming knew the god of stories. This Loki story was widely circulated in the American comic circle, but he couldn't react when he encountered it suddenly.

Because the timeline seems wrong.

But then I think about it, aren't I also an external influence? The world has long been different.

A god who lives and dies, lives and dies, messes with the timeline and arranges stories for others, is really very tricky.

Trying to deal with the God of Stories is like a dog biting a tortoise, and you don't know if his influence is in your past, and how deep this influence is.

Will erasing the current God of Story mean that he in the future will be unable to write the stories Su Ming experienced before, thus affecting what happened in the past?

But the God of Story uses ‘story’ as a chessboard, so let’s plan for the story itself.

Stories, as the name suggests in Chinese, are things in the past, while stories in English are very similar to another word ‘history’.

The composition of a story requires time, place, characters, and experience, which are its four basic elements.

By interfering with one of the four elements of the story, the story changes.

For example, little cousin and Cable, they like to change the timeline. The difference is that one has a playful smile when changing history, while the other has an expressionless face.

But they all did similar things. Cable even killed dozens of himself in different timelines, while Deadpool would travel through time to fight him. He wanted to kill him, but unfortunately he couldn't.

In addition to them, the X-Men are also people who like to mess with the timeline. This is purely a matter of Professor X's education.

He didn't want to hurt anyone and thought it would be a good move to change things before anything happened, but it turned out to do more harm than good.

Although Su Ming doesn't like to interfere with the timeline because it involves too many things, he won't back down now that the matter is in front of him. He doesn't want to continue acting according to Loki's script.