Doctor Doom

"Following the original timeline, he would naturally join the Time Administration Bureau and eventually become the God of Stories across all timelines, Eternity sitting on his own throne."

Doctor Paradox omitted the details of the incident and began to speak slowly.

"But things are different now."

"That Time Administration Bureau has been taken over by another group, and they are dismantling the barriers of your universe."

Thor casually placed the reforged hammer on the back of the unconscious Loki, and then sat on it himself.

"Are you treating me like a rug?"

Loki protested, then retaliated without holding back.

"Move your butt a little."

Instead of moving, Thor pushed him down with his buttocks.

"What do you mean by dismantling the barriers of our universe?" Loki asked, patting his behind.

"Literal meaning."

"Within Ben's watch, there exists a powerful being, omnipotent, but certain conditions are required for them to act."

"In order to prevent the timeline from being cut off due to Ben's appearance, and the destruction of the universe due to other reasons, they unanimously agreed to set up a barrier outside the universe to prevent the invasion of certain threats."

Doctor Paradox, leaning on his cane like a gentleman, proudly declared, "Unfortunately, I was one of those who were rejected."

"Moreover, it's a complete timeline lockdown; even if I travel to the future, it won't work."

"This makes it impossible for me to contact Ben, or to be within billions of light-years of his range."

Thor realized something was wrong. "If there are barriers outside our universe that prevent it from being destroyed, then why are there Collision Crisis happening?"

"This is because the mastermind Collision Crisis possesses abilities no less than those of the Celestials," Contradiction stated.

Wow, who isn't a god now!

Loki shrugged. "Didn't I tell you I'm the God of Mischief? And that I was Thor and the King of Asgard for a time?"

Far from it.

Contradiction laughed, "Even your father Odin is nothing compared to them."

"This is alarmist."

Loki doesn't fully trust the Contradiction yet.

"I appreciate you taking us away from that awful place, but that doesn't mean I completely trust you."

Suspicious people are such a hassle.

He said helplessly, with Contradiction.

"I'm telling the truth. It's okay if you don't believe me; you'll find out once you're in the Time Administration Bureau."

Loki remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

He and Thor had come to investigate the Collision Crisis, and although it wasn't directly related to the Time Administration Bureau, they heard a name Ben had mentioned before— Maltruant.

This led Loki and Thor to decide to investigate further.

"Then, Loki, you will take this Loki and go to the Time Administration Bureau. Before Maltruant eliminates the He Who Remains, he won't make any major moves. You must prevent him from obtaining the Power of Time at the Time Administration Bureau."

Contradiction seemed certain that Loki would agree, and gave the order directly.

What about me?

"Thor asked."

"Thor Odinson, didn't you want to know who's manipulating the Collision Crisis? I can tell you the answer directly."

The Contradiction.

"Those people are Beyonders."

"Your so-called Celestial, even the Five Major Abstracts, or even the Living Tribunal, are not even on the same level as them."

"Although they were created as servants of the gods by the Celestials during the Second Universe era, they already possessed power surpassing that of the Creator."

Have you ever heard of the Cosmic Cube?

Loki held up the Rubik's Tesseract: "This?"

"No, the Cube can freely alter everything in the universe; its power is equivalent to the combined power of the six Infinity Stones."

"The Beyonders created countless the Cube of universes with Infinity fraction of their power, meaning they only needed an extremely small amount of power to alter everything in the Multiverse."

"Their power even surpasses that of Alien X, the terrifying being from Ben Watch."

Thor rubbed his stomach.

The Contradiction's claim of Beyonders seemed so exaggerated to him that he didn't quite grasp its reality.

Just like an ordinary person suddenly seeing astronomical figures like ten trillion or trillion, aside from being dazzled by a string of zeros, it's hard to imagine what they actually look like.

The Contradiction seemed to understand, so it stretched out its finger and made a fiddling motion.

"Like a child playing with marbles, a mere flick of the finger can destroy two universes."

"Simply poke a hole in this desert, and countless grains of sand will gather towards the center. And the Multiverse, in their eyes, is like grains of sand."

"Then--Boon!"

Loki understood.

"So, Earth is the 'hole' they poked with their fingers, and it's because of this 'hole' that the Multiverse collide with Earth as an anchor point?"

"Of course, they are not without weaknesses," he Contradiction. "Another new friend and I, whom I've only known for a short time, decided to cooperate to avert this devastating crisis."

As he spoke, he stepped aside to make room for him, and a burst of green magical energy unfolded, revealing a man clad in silver armor and a green Cloak.

And who are you?

Thor looked at his opponent warily, sensing the immense energy and threat emanating from him.

But the other party merely glanced at Thor with disdain, offering no reply, and instead said to Doctor Paradox, "Contradiction, you know perfectly well how powerful our enemy is, so why did you bring in these two useless helpers?"

Who are you calling useless!

Loki and Thor were enraged and were about to make a move when the other side knocked them both down with a single wave of his hand.

"Waste!"

"Don't say that, Doctor Doom," he Contradiction himself. "If the plan goes smoothly, Loki can master the power of the Time Root. And time is one of the few weaknesses that Beyonders. Their time is linear; if it weren't, I wouldn't have been able to lead you to escape from them so many times."

"As for Thor, he possesses the power of the Phoenix within him."

"Phoenix..."

Doctor Doom was finally moved.

The Phoenix Force is the psychic hub of all realities in the Omniverse, connecting the psychic energy of the entire Omniverse, and is indeed capable of dealing with beings Beyonders.

"If we cannot summon that power, it will all be empty talk."

"Doctor Doom said."

"You always have to try."

"Thor, come with us and prepare to fight the Beyonders. We may even face those Beyonders directly. I hope you won't be afraid."

"Hmph, I will not yield!"

Thor naturally didn't want to be underestimated.

Contradiction glanced at his watch, pursed his lips, and said, "In that case, let's get started. The Time Administration Bureau."

He snapped his fingers, Loki suddenly realized that everyone in the entire desert had disappeared, leaving only himself.

Just as he was about to stand up, orange, semi-transparent boxes that looked like they didn't have enough special effects budget appeared in front of him, and fully armed soldiers stepped out with guns raised.