MC Creative Mode: Wholesale Perpetual Motion Machine

Chapter 285 Interested in vetoing the First Force of the Universe?
At first glance, they are no different from the image in Spider-Man's memory—still with the same low intelligence, weak will, and extremely low energy output that is disproportionate to their powerful energy reserves.

In different parallel universes, Sentinels may take different forms, some powerful and some weak, but one consistent characteristic remains constant—a weak will and a low intelligence.

But looking back at the two universes he himself inhabits...

As he travels backward through the time vortex, ending the beginning and end of each cycle time and time again, Spider-Man gradually discovers that dealing with the zombie Sentinels is becoming increasingly difficult.

Initially, visual effects were sufficient to deceive the zombies, but as the story progressed, the required effects had to become increasingly dramatic; otherwise, the zombie sentries wouldn't "die of fright."

What frustrates him even more is that he cannot intervene in the gap between the beginning and end of each time loop.

That was a strange place that the zombie sentinels inexplicably arrived at during the multiverse teleportation process of the observer.

A space filled with endless white light, pedestrians walked towards the end of the light, and there were also beings with wings on their backs and halos on their heads by the roadside, like angels, checking the pedestrians.

It's a place that seems like paradise.

Before officially leaping into the past of another parallel universe, the zombie sentinels are always transported here to slaughter and devour these people "heading to heaven" and "angels" before falling into the starting point of the next cycle with a man named Ash.

Only here, Spider-Man could see the endless white light through the Sentinels' senses, but he couldn't penetrate it with his power to completely eliminate the zombie Sentinels within.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the zombie sentinel's timeless nature remembered his repeated attempts to erase him, and when it was erased in the last cycle, it unleashed an even more terrifying power.

As the cycle neared its end, in the very first cycle, after the zombie Sentinel had once again feasted in the Land of White Light, it was transported to the past of another universe, preparing to become the source of the zombie virus, when it caught Spider-Man's fist.

"Heh!" A grotesque grin spread across the face, his gaze fixed on Spider-Man, foul saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth. "You're Spider-Man, aren't you?"

"Hee hee hee!!!"

"I haven't tasted you yet!"

"You've hit me so many times, shouldn't I punch you once?"

Before he could finish speaking, a punch containing indescribable power, seemingly more terrifying than any sight or time-space Spider-Man had ever seen, crashed down with a deafening roar!

however……

With a "smack," the fist stopped on the pixelated shield in Spider-Man's hand. The seemingly endless power vanished the moment it touched the shield.

"Huh?" The zombie sentinel was stunned for a moment, then Spider-Man slapped it into eight pieces with a sword made of pixel blocks.

Only then did Fang Zheng appear out of nowhere, standing beside Spider-Man. "How do you feel with this sword I gave you—the one that can pierce Plank's timeline—and this shield for defense?"

"Really..." Spider-Man looked at the strangely styled sword and shield in his hand, then at the remains of the zombie Sentinel at his feet, and sighed. "Indescribably powerful."

“But…” Standing at the beginning and end of the first time loop, Spider-Man hesitated as he looked at Fang Zheng, at this increasingly mysterious young man. “As you said, I won’t be satisfied with this, right?”

"So, does that mean that my actions up to this point might still have different results than I wanted, and that there are still some things that are not right?"

Fang Zheng pointed to the beginning of time ahead. "The answer is right there, why don't you go and see for yourself?"

“Okay.” Standing at the starting point of the vortex of the river of time, Spider-Man continued to walk towards the more distant past.

Standing at the beginning of time, Spider-Man plopped down, allowing his power to extend endlessly into the future, causing the two universes, which were originally just a single timeline, to begin splitting downwards at several branching points.

Originally, these were two universes with a single-line time flow. If they are not expanded, then in the time loop from the first to the last, no matter how much the superheroes struggle, once the time loop is restored, everything will return to its original point under the change of time.

The depravity will be erased, the struggle will be erased, and everything will return to nothingness, becoming one of the possibilities recorded on the single timeline of these two universes, but never truly revealed.

This might not have been a big deal for the former Spider-Man, since the world had been saved and the people threatened by the zombie crisis had been saved as well.

But in Spider-Man's eyes, which now transcends time and space, even in a single timeline, the countless lives that experience different changes in each loop are still different lives.

only……

At the start of the first cycle, purple lightning streaked across the sky.

Ash, a traveler from the multiverse, should have ascended to Heaven for his many good deeds and battles against evil, but he was caught in the crossfire when a Sentinel broke into the “Path to Heaven” and fell into a trash can again, waking up dazed and confused.

The "Book of the Dead," which followed him, possessed an old beggar and told him the truth that the universe was about to be destroyed.

A loud bang suddenly exploded in downtown New York City, and the Avengers rushed to investigate.

Then, nothing more.

The zombie Sentinels, who were supposed to trigger the zombie crisis, have been completely eliminated by Spider-Man, or rather, completely banished from both parallel universes.

At the starting point of the final time loop, as purple lightning flashed across the sky once more, followed by a deafening roar, driven by an overwhelming sense of déjà vu, the numb and weary superheroes walked towards the beginning of eternal torment, waiting for the zombie sentinel who would unleash the torture to infect them all…

And then, that was it too.

Each time loop is clearly defined by Spider-Man, becoming an independent branch of time. Perhaps in the countless branches derived from these two parallel universes, new crises that affect the entire universe will still erupt, but at least for now, Spider-Man, who has become so powerful and possesses a perspective beyond time and space, believes he can stop it all.

He sighed deeply, his exhaustion evident. "Is it finally over...?"

“Of course not,” Fang Zheng’s voice rang out from the side. “Do you really think that the wails you heard in the zombie virus network have completely disappeared?”

"What?!" Spider-Man's face suddenly darkened, and he listened intently again.

When the past and future selves are simultaneously overlapped and unified, the Spider-Man who did not become a zombie and the Spider-Man who did become a zombie also overlap with each other.

Therefore, he is now both a zombie and not a zombie—Zombie Spider-Man is just a tiny part of his many facets.

As Spider-Man, whose perspective had transcended time and space, listened intently once more, the previously nonexistent wails and cries for help began to echo again. Spider-Man stared grimly into the distance; the sounds seemed to emanate from some corner of the endless, surging river of time. "Two more zombie universes, linked end to end, endlessly looping through time?"

“Yes…” Fang Zheng’s voice rang out calmly: “One and zero, positive and negative, sunlight and shadow.”

"All of these things are intertwined and have two sides to the same coin."

"Turning one side of the card over naturally implies the existence of the other side."

"Turning the page to the other side again still represents the disappearance of this side."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng had already taken a step forward, pulling one side of Spider-Man's body along with him, and instantly teleported to another distant parallel universe, arriving at a specific point in time.

Purple lightning ripped across the sky, accompanied by a deafening roar. Zombie sentinels descended, about to bring an endless, perpetually recurring zombie crisis to two parallel universes.

"Crunch, crunch"—Spider-Man clenched his fists, his eyes burning with rage.

With a single punch, he pierced through the barrier of time, and in the next instant, his presence had spread to this place, completely extinguishing the zombie crisis at its source.

However, when he listened again, the same wailing sounded once more.

It's that damn zombie universe again! The story of zombie heroes is playing out once more!
No matter how many times he stops them, no matter how many zombie sentinels from the past and future of the universe he kills, there will always be a parallel universe where a new zombie sentinel will suddenly be born, once again opening the curtain on the zombie story.

In fact, the origin story isn't just about the Sentinel who had the ability to make his wishes come true and who willingly became a zombie.

Numerous, countless origin stories of zombies are constantly unfolding.

Perhaps the original Ant-Man, in his search for his wife Wasp, who was lost in the Quantum Realm, brought back a strange quantum virus that, amplified by Pym particles, triggered a zombie crisis in the real world.

Perhaps Magneto, in an effort to eliminate humanity, spread an unknown virus he discovered in space into society, which triggered an unexpected mutation effect.

What disgusted Peter Parker even more was that he also saw another version of himself.

In a newly emerging parallel universe, Peter Parker, bitten by a mutated spider, did not gain spider superpowers. Instead, his body decayed and mutated into a terrifying spider zombie, thus triggering a global zombie crisis.

Spider-Man relentlessly eliminates one zombie crisis after another, only to watch helplessly as new crises emerge and unfold in emerging parallel universes. His teeth clenched; despite being a higher-dimensional being transcending time and space, Spider-Man is still overwhelmed by an indescribable anger and helplessness.

"No matter how hard we try, no matter how much we attempt, is the story of the zombie universe and zombie heroes an inevitable plot? Is it a damned, unavoidable possibility?!"

“No,” Fang Zheng’s voice suddenly interrupted, “this can still be stopped.”

“It might be a bit troublesome for me,” Fang Zheng continued, “but you, as part of the zombie crisis, can do it. You can completely eradicate the emergence of the zombie crisis and completely resolve all the zombie stories you can see.”

"What?" Spider-Man was full of doubt. "Why can I do it?"

“Your power is far, far greater than mine,” he said incredulously. “Greater than me, greater than those so-called creator gods, greater than the Cosmic Court, greater than that damned Lord of Heaven! Why do you say I can do it?”

Fang Zheng tilted his head and stared at Spider-Man, his gaze seemingly piercing through him and landing on something invisible behind him.

Something that, even before Founder arrived in this "Collection," constantly tried to interfere with and rewrite Founder in Gotham City, attempting to merge all the storyboards to create a new world; and something that, even after entering this "Collection," continues to try to tamper with Founder's essence.

Fang Zheng suddenly said, "Peter Parker, are you interested in vetoing the First Move?"

(End of this chapter)