The chaos and panic in the A. I. M. sea base did not last long. After it was confirmed that the priceless "Titan" prototype armor (which contained a large amount of unbacked experimental data) had completely turned into a pile of scrap iron that no longer had any energy response and even the core structure was inexplicably brittle, MODOK's consternation quickly turned into hysterical rage.
"Check! Give me a thorough investigation! Which link is the problem? Energy overload? Material defect? Or... sabotage?!" His shrill voice echoed in the passage of the base, and his huge brain trembled slightly with anger. He would never believe that mysterious blow, and would rather blame it on internal mistakes or the conspiracy of competitors. A. I. M.'s research and development direction became more radical and dangerous, as if to prove something through more crazy adventures, or in other words, to cover up the fear deep in his heart that he was unwilling to admit.
But those parties who truly felt the fleeting but majestic "Silent Will" fell into deeper silence and shock.
The sensor of the Shi'ar reconnaissance ship captured the incomprehensible intervention waveform across space. Its energy characteristics are highly homologous with "Individual Alpha", but its mode of action is not a simple violent destruction, but more like a... "negation" at the rule level, directly erasing the state of energy existence.
"Rule-level intervention..." Captain Varick looked at the analysis report and felt that his throat was dry. This was far beyond "powerful" in the general sense, and was close to... the power of the legendary god of the universe. He once again strictly ordered the entire ship to maintain the highest level of silence, and even considered whether to retreat to a safe distance again. The value and risk of this observation report were rising exponentially.
Wakanda's Princess Shuri captured the subtle Vibranium energy induction--at that moment, Vibranium all over the world seemed to have produced extremely subtle The slight, synchronous resonance and trembling seemed to be paying tribute to some higher authority, or... fear. This made her even more convinced that that existence had extraordinary perception and even influence on the special substance Vibranium.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was busy extinguishing the subsequent commotion caused by the near-explosion of the A. I. M. base, and was unable to capture the details of the space-spanning intervention at the first time. However, Fury's intuition told him that this accident was by no means a simple experimental failure. A depressing feeling of impending rain enveloped the hearts of those who knew about it.
All these disturbances, speculations and fears failed to reach Xiao Han's ears. He was still enjoying his sunshine, but he felt that the world seemed a lot quieter and more pleasant because of it. To him, it was just dealing with an unexpected source of noise, and it was not essentially different from swatting a buzzing mosquito to death.
However, his freewheeling "silence" this time was like a stone thrown into the pond of the multidimensional universe. Its ripples spread out and finally touched some older and more transcendent existences.
Somewhere beyond the conventional three-dimensional space, there is a "place" whose shape and location cannot be described in human language. There is no light, no darkness, no concept of the passage of time, only endless information flows rushing and intersecting like a galaxy.
A member of a cosmic race called "Watchers" - Uatu (Uatu), is usually responsible for observing the earth's location number Universe-616 - Eternity's unchanging, huge head is slightly tilted in a certain direction. In his star-like eyes, countless future scenes that are happening or may happen are reflected.
Just now, an extremely small branch of "possibility" that originally existed clearly suddenly became completely Oblivion without warning.
In that branch, A. I. M.'s crazy experiment will trigger a medium-sized explosion, and the leaked energy will attract another wave of small-scale alien scavengers, which will trigger a series of chain reactions, eventually leading to a regional conflict, and may even expose part of Wakanda's strength in advance...
But now, this branch has disappeared. It was not changed, but was "pruned" from its roots by some absolute force, as if it had never existed.
The consciousness of Uatu focuses on that point of Oblivion and traces its origin.
His "eyes" crossed dimensions and fell on the seemingly ordinary individual on Malibu Beach. He saw that moment of intervention, which was not based on hatred, justice or any complex motives, but simply stemmed from... "boredom".
He also saw more: around this individual, countless "possibility" fibers were becoming extremely unstable. The river of the future that should have been clear and distinct was now becoming chaotic, and a huge, unpredictable vortex was forming. Every slightest emotional fluctuation of this individual, every unconscious ups and downs of energy, and even just turning over, were centered on it, crazily disturbing all the timelines he could observe.
Shi'ar Empire's contact, Kree's provocation again, the Collector's conspiracy, the movements of the internal forces of the earth... all these plots that might have developed clearly have now become vague probability clouds, and their direction depends entirely on the individual's mood at the next moment.
Uatu observed silently. Watchers is absolutely neutral. They record but do not interfere. This is an iron rule.
But he has never seen such a huge, concentrated, and unpredictable "variable". This existence named Xiao Han itself is like a walking singularity, a living paradox that constantly distorts reality.
He raised his hand (if that could be called a hand), and an invisible flow of information merged into the surging river of cosmic information. This was an "abnormal report" marked as the highest priority and sent to Watchers Council.
The content of the report is succinct and surprising:
Observation target: Universe-616, Earth, individual: Xiao Han.
Status: Active, Stable, Unpredictability continues to increase.
Impact Assessment: Its existence itself has become the largest source of realistic disturbance in the local universe sector. The confidence of all future prediction models based on this sector has dropped below the critical value.
Recommendation: Increase the observation priority to 'Omega' and continue to monitor its potential impact on the structure of reality and the stability of the time flow. Any external intervention against this individual may lead to the risk of unpredictable reality collapse.
Note: No intervention is required, intervention is not possible, just wait and see.
After the message was sent, Uatu once again set his sights on the earth. In his Eternity calm eyes, there seemed to be a very small wave called "curiosity". He wanted to see what kind of unknown shore this unexpected variable would eventually lead to the galaxy in the universe.
At the same time, on the earth, almost all supernatural beings or powerful individuals with keen senses felt an inexplicable palpitation at the same moment, as if some higher-level "eyes" had just scanned the world and then quickly left.
Sorcerer Supreme Strange was meditating in New York Sanctum, maintaining the protective magic circle of Book of the Vishanti, when he suddenly felt a slight fluctuation in the magic circle, as if it had been lightly touched by something, but it disappeared instantly.
"Wang, do you feel it?" He opened his eyes and asked doubtfully.
The fat librarian Wang frowned and felt it. "It seems like something... passed? Very fast, very... high and far away."
The two of them looked at each other and saw confusion and a hint of uneasiness in each other's eyes. There seemed to be nothing unusual at the magical level, but that feeling was by no means an illusion.
Asgard, Bifrost's Guardians Heimdall, the eyes that could see through Nine Realms narrowed slightly, and he seemed to see an extremely thin layer of "gaze" that was neither good nor evil passing through Midgard (Earth), but he could not trace its source.
Even Xiao Han, who was lying on the beach, moved his eyebrows slightly.
Something seemed to have "looked" at this place very, very far away and very quickly just now? The feeling was completely different from the previous prying eyes. It had no emotion or purpose, like a gust of wind, or... an automatically running scanning program?
He was too lazy to look into it. As long as there was no noise, just watch it if you wanted to.
He adjusted his posture and continued to focus on absorbing energy.
But the highest level Watchers in the universe has already entered the scene.
The uproar caused by him finally attracted the attention of the real "administrator".
The storm is still gathering in the unknown distance, but its scope has exceeded anyone's imagination.