ERROR-404 Universe Collapse
"Is it still executing an infinite loop?"
Jiang Li, transformed into [Alien X], didn't even bother to glance at it.
Jiang Li slowly raised his left arm. On Alien X's dark, starry wrist, the phantom of the Omnitrix burst forth with an unprecedentedly violent green light.
"Read it."
With Jiang Li's command, the Phoenix Vortex in the center of the dial suddenly expanded.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Hundreds upon hundreds of extremely thick green data tentacles shot out directly from the void, plunging into the deepest part of that dark red viscous liquid with an unreasonable and brutal force!
Buzz--!
The Mutated Reality Stone emitted an extremely shrill, silent scream.
Its proud "reality-altering" authority, under the combined strangulation of Galvan Prime's top-tier technology and Phoenix Essence, was like plastic encountering strong acid, being forcibly peeled off and dissolved layer by layer.
A green torrent of data surged back along the tendrils.
The originally violent and twisted dark red slime began to shrink rapidly, and its color gradually changed from a turbid dark red to a crystal clear scarlet.
[Ding! Forcibly parsing cosmic-level core code...]
[Analysis progress: 50%...80%...100%!]
[WARNING! Highest-level low-level runtime engine detected!]
[Forced overwrite and patch packaging in progress...]
Three seconds later.
The dark red slime in Jiang Li's hand completely disappeared. In its place was a solid sphere of code, composed of countless lines of "0"s and "1"s, radiating a pure scarlet light.
A crisp "click" sounded.
The crimson code sphere sank directly into the Omnitrix on Jiang Li's left wrist.
On the dark matter-shaped case, in addition to the previous mechanical and neural patterns, a metal ring that shimmers with a scarlet light is inlaid directly in the center of the dial!
The system's cold and booming notification sound exploded in Jiang Li's mind:
[Congratulations, host! Successfully contained the ultimate anomaly core— the Mutated Reality Stone!]
[ERROR-404, the underlying logic virus of the universe, has been completely eradicated!]
[Ding! The watch face has received ultimate privileges Upgrade!]
[The host has gained permanent passive administrator privileges: Reality Editor!]
Jiang Li squinted, looking at the new scarlet ring on the watch face.
This is not simple magic. By incorporating the hacking mechanism of the dial, the power of the Reality Stone has been quantified into the most intuitive code permissions.
From this moment on, as long as one is within the coverage area of Jiang Li's bio-force field...
He said gravity is upward, so apples fall into the sky; he said steel is soft, so bullets hitting people turn into cotton candy.
He no longer needs to use [Alien X]'s transformation to undo reality. Under normal human conditions, he is the "God" within a radius of 100 meters.
This equipment was definitely worth the drop.
And at the very moment the Reality Stone was completely swallowed by the dial.
Rumble...
The entire S.H.I.E.L.D.. underground base, and even the entire city of New York and the entire ERROR-404 monolithic universe, echoed with desperate cries of despair, overwhelmed by the burden.
Without the support of the Reality Stone as its "underlying operating engine," this supernatural universe, which was forcibly pieced together from erroneous code, finally collapsed completely.
This is an extremely stunning visual spectacle.
There was no inferno, no major earthquake.
Instead, it's "pixelated".
Jiang Li saw that not far away, the faceless Nick Fury's body began to disintegrate into green pixel blocks, like the afterimage of a cartridge being pulled out of an old game console, instantly drifting away in the wind.
The alloy walls and ceilings of the underground base, as well as the mangled flesh and blood of the agents, all transformed into a stream of garbled data flying everywhere.
Jiang Li raised her head.
His gaze pierced through the dissipating layers of earth, and he saw the red brick buildings of Queens turning into data, and the asphalt roads of Manhattan turning into data.
The ghastly green sky seemed to have been wiped away by a giant blackboard eraser, revealing the deep, boundless, cold, and desolate void of the Multiverse behind it.
Jiang Li did not deactivate his Alien X form; he simply made a casual gesture in the air with his hand, which was covered in galaxies.
Sizzle--!
Space was easily torn apart like cloth, and a huge rift leading to the real Multiverse appeared before him.
Jiang Li strode into the rift, and the ERROR-404 universe behind him vanished into nothingness.
In the vast and boundless depths of the universe.
A massive, dark metal warship, comparable in size to the moon, hovered silently at the edge of the galaxy.
This was Jiang Li's exclusive flagship, and also the highest command center of the Viltrum Empire he had subjugated. Surrounding the warship were hundreds of thousands of star destroyers, as well as fifty enormous Celestials hidden behind the stars.
Swish!
In the throne room on the highest level of the flagship, a spatial rift suddenly tore open.
Jiang Li transformed back into his human form, dressed in a black trench coat, strode out of the rift, and sat directly on the throne made of Vibranium and the core of a star.
"King!"
On both sides of the hall, dozens of high-ranking Viltrum generals, dressed in white uniforms and with bulging muscles, knelt on one knee in unison, their eyes filled with absolute fanaticism and awe.
Jiang Li leaned back on the throne and casually waved his hand, signaling them to rise.
I was just about to check how much coverage the newly acquired [Reality Editor] on the watch face could provide.
Buzz--!
In the very center of the throne room, on the seemingly indestructible flagship deck, an extremely dazzling orange-yellow light suddenly shone without warning!
The light, like molten lava, forcibly tore open a rectangular portal in mid-air.
This orange-yellow portal is unlike any other spatial magic or wormhole technology. It exudes an extremely rigid and old-fashioned aura of the "laws of time."
"Um?"
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow, his fingers holding the cigarette hovering in mid-air.
The Viltrum generals in the hall instantly flew into a rage, unleashing dozens of terrifying sonic booms powerful enough to shatter planets. They sprang into action, surrounding the orange portal!
"Who dares to trespass on the King's flagship! You're courting death!" a general Viltrum roared, his fist glowing with a destructive red light.
Pat. Pat.
Heavy footsteps echoed from inside the portal.
Several soldiers dressed in retro police uniforms resembling those of the 1970s, wearing heavy helmets and carrying short metal batons with glowing tips, walked out of the door.
Their expressions were utterly numb. Facing dozens of Viltrumites around them, each capable of tearing planets apart with their bare hands, there wasn't a trace of fear in their eyes, only the extreme impatience of laborers.
The leading middle-aged bearded officer took out an instrument resembling an old-fashioned speedometer from his pocket, glanced at it, and then looked up at Jiang Li, who was sitting on the throne.
"Number: Unknown timeline variant."
The bearded officer raised the glowing short baton in his hand and said in an extremely arrogant, businesslike tone:
"You have just illegally erased a branch universe of a timeline, severely undermining the sanctity and unity of the Sacred Timeline."
We are TVA (Time Variance Authority)
Upon hearing these words, the hall fell into a deathly silence.
Even the hot-tempered Viltrum generals were so angry they laughed.
Hehe... Hahahaha
Jiang Li's laughter grew louder and louder as he slowly rose from the throne.
"Time Variance Authority? Sacred Timeline?"
The watch face on Jiang Li wrist suddenly burst into a breathtakingly blood-red light.