Extorting The Watcher!

High-Dimensional Observation Space.

There is no distinction between up, down, left, or right here; there are only countless Crystal screens floating in the void. Each screen reflects the birth and death of a parallel universe in real time.

The Watcher Uatu, stood in the void.

His enormous, planet-like body trembled slightly, and for the first time, a look of terror appeared in his blindingly pure white eyes.

Blast the dimensional wall?

Forcibly intruding into an absolutely neutral observation field?

This is something even the demon gods at the Multiverse level couldn't do!

Crack!

The supposedly unbreakable dimensional barrier of the observation space shattered like fragile glass.

A dazzling starlight, mixed with golden time gears, crashed in forcefully!

The violent dimensional storm instantly overturned tens of thousands of Crystal screens in the vicinity. The images playing the history of other universes short-circuited and went out under the impact of starlight.

The starlight faded.

Jiang Li deactivated his [Clockwork X] transformation and reverted to his human form.

He hovered in this strange space, patted off non-existent dust from his clothes, and then looked up at the ridiculously large, blue, bald giant before him.

"You..."

Uatu's voice resonated throughout the space like a booming bell, "Variable. You are violating the observation protocol of the Multiverse! You shouldn't be here!"

"Not only am I here, I'm also here to collect some interest."

Jiang Li sneered.

The Omnitrix on his left wrist flashed a glaring green light.

Although he had relinquished his Alien X form, the massive computing power that had just been expanded at the system's core gave Jiang Li absolute authority in this space composed of spirit and laws.

"Get down here!"

Jiang Li suddenly raised his right hand and made a grabbing motion in the air with his five fingers!

Buzz--!

Jiang Li forcibly altered the underlying laws of this higher-dimensional space.

Uatu's enormous conceptual body, as large as a planet, was uncontrollably and rapidly shrinking!

"No! My conceptual projection!"

Uatu was horrified to discover that the oppressive feeling of his high dimension that he was so proud of had vanished. In the blink of an eye, he had been forcibly compressed into an ordinary bald, burly man who was only a little over two meters tall and wore a blue Cloak.

Before he could even stand up straight...

Swish!

Jiang Li instantly teleported in front of him.

Without any of the polite greetings between gods, Jiang Li simply reached out and grabbed the Watcher by the collar of his Cloak, lifting this ancient cosmic god up in one swift motion.

What are you looking at?

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes, staring at Uatu's glowing white eyeballs.

"Presumptuous!"

Uatu was furious. Who was he? He was the Watcher had witnessed countless universes being destroyed and reborn! He could even hold his own against Infinity Ultron Stones.

Now I've been grabbed by the collar by a human?

Uatu was just about to mobilize Cosmic Energy to retaliate.

"Smack!"

Jiang Li didn't hold back and delivered a resounding slap across the Watcher's bald head.

The crisp sound of a slap echoed continuously in the deathly silent observation space.

Uatu was stunned.

He's lived for billions of years, and this is the first time he's ever been slapped across the face.

"I worked myself to the bone down there, using every ounce of my strength to take down that crappy robot, and I even managed to sew up your universe along the way."

Jiang Li grabbed his collar, her eyes fierce, looking just like a street thug collecting protection money.

"You watched the show from the VIP observation deck for half a day for nothing? This isn't over until you pay for your ticket!"

Others revered the Watcher as a god, but in Jiang Li's eyes, he was just a voyeur, and an extremely wealthy one at that.

"I...I am a neutral entity! I cannot interfere..." Uatu flushed red as he tried to reason with them.

"No interference, right?"

Jiang Li sneered, clenching his left fist. The genetic phantoms of the Four Arms and the Humungousaur flickered on his fist. "Then I'll blow your cataract-like eyes out, and you'll remain neutral and not retaliate?"

The palpable killing intent sent a chill down Uatu.

He had no doubt that this madman who had just swallowed Six Infinity Stones was absolutely capable of doing such a thing!

"Wait! What do you want!"

Uatu compromised. He didn't want to endure a pointless beating for the sake of so-called principles.

That's more like it.

Jiang Li let go of his hand and patted the wrinkles on his Cloak.

"I don't need much. Just give me a list of the coordinates of unclaimed high-grade Vibranium and Uru veins, as well as various rare cosmic alloys in other universes. I need to upgrade my base and my girlfriend."

blackmail.

Blatant extortion.

Uatu took a deep breath. Countless streams of data flashed across his eyes.

A few seconds later, a data orb emitting blue light floated out of his eyes and landed in Jiang Li's hand.

"The coordinates you need are all inside."

Uatu rubbed his aching bald head, his eyes filled with apprehension as he looked at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li tossed the data orb into the system space and nodded in satisfaction.

With these Multiverse- level resources, the defenses of the Plumbers base will see a qualitative leap. Gwen's new armor will also be secured.

"Alright, you keep watching your show, I'm going home. See you later."

Jiang Li around, preparing to return along the same path as before, using the still incompletely healed spatial rift.

Just as he was about to step out of the observation space.

"There's a variable, I must warn you."

Uatu's voice sounded behind him, no longer angry, but carrying an extremely serious and heavy tone.

What you did today crossed the line.

"You destroyed Infinity Ultron, stitched together the universe, and even devoured the Infinity Stones. You forcibly altered the 'predetermined history' that was destined for destruction."

Jiang Li stopped walking, without turning around. "So?"

"Therefore, you have created an enormous 'branch timeline'."

Uatu's gaze pierced through the void, as if looking into a deeper realm. "You've attracted the attention of that organization. Those Gardener who prune timelines... [Time Variance Authority (TVA)]."

They won't allow a mistake like yours to exist.

"They... have already come looking for you."

Jiang Li stood at the edge of the spatial rift, listening to Uatu's warning, but a cold, indifferent smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Gardener pruning the branches of time?"

Jiang Li raised his wrist and looked at the dark green Omnitrix logo on it.

"Let them do it."

"Perfect timing, my system balance is short of money again."

Swish!

Jiang Li transformed into a streak of green light and burst out of the observation space.

The moment he left, the final ten-meter-wide dimensional rift closed completely.

Main Universe. Moon, Plumbers Base.

The door to the underground bunker was slowly opened.

Gwen stumbled out of the ruins. When she saw the familiar figure, unharmed, falling from the sky, her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"River!"

She suddenly threw herself into Jiang Li's arms, hugging his neck tightly, tears streaming down her face.

Jiang Li caught her and gently patted her dusty back.

"It's alright now."

Jiang Li raised his head and looked at the universe and starry sky, which had returned to tranquility.