"An aware universe?"
He-El gazed intently at the Traversal Vortex and nodded thoughtfully.
It was indeed easier to obtain a universe's underlying operating logic from a conscious universe, or one controlled by living beings.
As long as he could negotiate with a conscious universe or the beings controlling it, he could easily make a deal and obtain the underlying operating logic of their universe.
If it was an unconscious universe with no living beings controlling it, then unless it possessed something like Marvel's six Infinity Stones—a sort of universal wishing machine—that could let him observe the universe's underlying operating logic, he could only build instruments bit by bit and search for ways to peer into that logic himself.
Faced with the vast and mysterious universe, that was undoubtedly more hopeless than searching for a needle in the sea. Who knew how many years it would take just to glimpse a fraction of it?
In contrast, conscious universes and universes controlled by living beings were undoubtedly far better and easier than not knowing where to begin and having to seek out the right method.
But easy did not mean he could simply go over there and obtain it without effort.
Communication between living beings could sometimes be a major problem as well.
And now, He-El felt that he had encountered a very big problem.
When He-El extended a finger, intending to enter the Traversal Vortex directly, the universe on the other side reacted as though it were a beast sensing a threat of death. It stirred violently, growled, and prepared to utterly crush He-El, the invader, the instant he entered.
Even ordinary people who intruded into someone else's home without cause would face fierce resistance, much less He-El, who was about to enter a conscious universe.
That conscious universe could not