Marvel: From Lucifer to Lord of the Multiverse
Chapter 41

Solving Problems with a Formula Is Fast

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Solving Problems Fast With Formulas

Helen Cho's laboratory was in a state of utter chaos.

The clothes of Lu Xi and Helen Cho were scattered all over the floor, and various precision instruments were also strewn about in disarray.

Helen Cho lay limp on the sofa, panting heavily, her face flushed and tinged with a hint of exhaustion.

She felt as though she had gone through a cycle of life and death, pulled back and forth between extreme pleasure and fatigue, her consciousness on the verge of blurring.

After quite a while, she recovered slightly and forced herself to perk up, her eyes still flickering with a persistent obsession for research.

"Now... can I research you?"

Lu Xi dressed himself calmly, lowered his head to ponder for a moment, and said slowly:

"You can, but some conditions must be met."

Hearing that there was a chance, Helen Cho immediately perged up and said hastily:

"Go ahead, I'll agree to any condition!"

With a serious expression, Lu Xi said: "First of all, the research location must be my villa. If you need any equipment, you can move it over there, but it must never be connected to the internet, and research materials are not allowed to be taken out of the villa."

"Second, at the current stage, I will only give you one feather for research. When you have thoroughly researched this feather, we will consider the next step."

Helen Cho couldn't help but pout, complaining in a spoiled tone:

"Ah? Just one feather? What use is that."

Lu Xi gently tapped her nose and said with a smile:

"Don't treat feathers as ordinary things; I've roughly estimated that the energy contained in a single feather, if released in the form of an explosion, is probably enough to wipe the entire Queens off the map."

Hearing this, a flash of pleasant surprise appeared in Helen Cho's eyes. She nodded repeatedly and said excitedly:

"Alright, alright, alright, then there's no problem! Such a powerful sacred object is enough for me to study for a long time."

After leaving Helen Cho's place, Lu Xi felt exceptionally cheerful, flying leisurely through the air.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he stopped abruptly, his gaze turning serious in an instant.

Right directly in front of him, a portal emitting a gray light appeared out of thin air.

Light flowed within the portal, and at a glance, one could only vaguely see that the other side of the door seemed to be a completely different world.

Clearly, this was a teleportation gate.

Just as Lu Xi was filled with doubt and suspicion, he keenly sensed an aura of déjà vu coming from the other side of the door, as if an invisible force were summoning him.

His brows twitched slightly, and relying on his high-level skills and bold confidence, he flew right in.

Passing through the portal, the scene before his eyes suddenly opened up, surprisingly turning out to be a riverside resembling a paradise.

The clear river water gurgled past, the banks were covered with lush green grass, and wild flowers bloomed wantonly.

Not far away, two people were leisurely setting up fishing rods, quietly fishing by the river.

One was a short, elderly man with white hair and a face covered in the wrinkles of time, yet his eyes were deep and bright.

The other was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man wearing a simple casual outfit.

With a slight internal sense, Lu Xi felt a chill in his heart.

The old man gave him an unfathomable feeling; the energy contained within his body was like a bottomless abyss, seemingly endless.

Moreover, upon the old man, Lu Xi sensed an extremely special origin aura.

This aura seemed to share the same origin with his own, as if the other party was the true Lucifer.

More importantly, this aura was practically identical to the aura emitted by the giant hand that had dragged him into the Marvel Universe back then!

As for the other middle-aged man, at first glance he truly looked unremarkable, with nothing special about him under either appearance or aura sensing.

Yet Lu Xi did not believe things would be so simple; being able to sit leisurely fishing with such an unfathomable old man, this person must also be a terrifying existence.

He did not rush forward rashly, but instead quietly hid in the distance, silently observing the two men.

Just like that, Lu Xi watched with full concentration for a full half hour, not daring to blink his eyes, feeling uncomfortably dry.

During this half hour, the middle-aged man seemed divinely helped, catching fish one after another.

The fish basket in the water beside him had already been filled to the brim—commonly known as maxing out the basket.

Meanwhile, during this entire process, the old man's fishing rod hadn't moved even once, not a single fish having taken the bait.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man looked at the fish basket that could no longer hold any more fish, smiled with satisfaction, and subsequently stopped fishing.

Humming a cheerful little tune, he nimbly packed up his fishing equipment and turned to leave.

Judging by the looks of it, the middle-aged man and the old man did not know each other, seemingly just casual fishing buddies who happened to meet.

Lu Xi watched with twitching eye corners, truly unable to hold back any longer.

Ceasing to wait any longer, he revealed his figure and asked the old man:

"Are you Lucifer too?"

The old man was staring intently at the water surface; hearing Lu Xi's voice, the fishing rod in his hand trembled violently.

Then he flew into a rage, shouting loudly:

"Damn it, my fish! It was just about to bite!"

He turned his head angrily, glared at Lu Xi, and roared:

"You owe me my fish, this was my first fish of the day!"

Looking at the old man's appearance, Lu Xi found it hard to connect him with the image of the King of Hell, and for a moment wondered if he had mistaken the person.

Yet the strong origin aura from the other party clearly reminded Lu Xi that this guy shared the same origin as him.

Seeing Lu Xi's expression of doubting life, the old man got so angry that he simply threw the fishing rod away and said unpleasantly:

"Forget it, I'm not fishing today!"

Lu Xi complained inwardly.

Ah yes, yes, yes, not fishing today equals I didn't get skunked, solving problems fast with formulas.

The old man immediately put away his previous anger, switched to a serious expression, looked at Lu Xi, and said:

"You've finally found me; it seems you have a lot of questions."

Lu Xi slowly sat down on the stone beside him, fixed his gaze tightly on the old man, and went straight to the point:

"So, it really was you who plucked me over. Exactly why?"

The old man squinted slightly, as if falling into memories, and after pondering for a moment, slowly said:

"Answer your initial question first. That's right, I am Lucifer, the original Lucifer."

"Original?" Lu Xi was full of confusion, "What does that mean?"

Taking a deep breath, the old man began to recount:

"At the birth of my world, everything was still in a state of unformed chaos, and there was only a vague will in the world—what you people call God. However, his existence was extremely illusory and ethereal, and he might dissipate at any time."

"In order to make his existence real, he separated an existence completely opposed to himself, and that was me."

Lu Xi's eyes widened in shock, which was vastly different from the myths and legends he was familiar with:

"No way, how come I heard you were his son? The gap here is a bit big."

Hearing this, the old man instantly flew into a rage, so angry that his beard bristled:

"Son my ass, he's my son! Those were all rumors he deliberately made up and spread just to disgust me!"

Seeing this, Lu Xi smiled awkwardly and hastily apologized:

"Please continue, please continue."

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