American Comics Universe: I, the Containment Object Revealed at the Start

The vehicle ran out of gas, forcing them to continue on foot. Unfortunately, halfway there, Joseph suddenly fell seriously ill and had to set up camp to rest.

Chapter 454 Time and space chaos

While Joseph was resting, the other expedition members were saying something, but Joseph, perhaps due to his illness, couldn't understand a word they were saying.

By the sixth day, Joseph had finally recovered, and the group continued their journey towards the Antarctic worm. This time, the worm seemed even further away, so they decided to keep going no matter what, to see how it moved.

Strangely enough, Joseph kept hearing strange noises along the way, as if someone was calling them. But the others didn't hear anything.

The strange things continued. Sometime during the expedition, Joseph had separated from the others and never saw his fellow expedition members again, forced to continue the mission alone.

As time went on, Joseph found that the distance between himself and the Antarctic monster had not decreased, and he could no longer find his way back. Strange noises kept coming from his ears, and he had no idea what was happening.

At this moment, Joseph realized that he was probably trapped in a vicious cycle, unable to leave this place. In utter despair, Joseph decided to leave behind a diary, in which he wrote:

"Whoever sees this strange worm, please leave immediately and do not approach it!"

Joseph looked at his writings and notebook, feeling as if he'd seen them somewhere before, but his memory was failing and he couldn't recall where. He had no choice but to leave it for the time being.

Joseph had lost track of how long he had walked or how much time had passed. His memory was fading; he was starting to forget why he was there, and he almost couldn't even remember his own name.

Without realizing it, Joseph found himself next to the Antarctic monster. When he came to his senses, he was knocked down by the monster's tentacles.

This moment acted like a fuse, igniting Joseph's temper. He was already in a bad state; his companion had mysteriously disappeared, his memory was fragmented, he couldn't remember many things, and the surrounding white expanse gave him no idea where he was. This made him feel extremely depressed, and now, with just a slight clash, his temper exploded!

【"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!"】

Joseph went berserk, frantically chopping off the tentacles, severing every one he could see. When he finally stopped, he was astonished to find that the Antarctic monster that had been right in front of him had vanished without a trace, leaving only a trail of tentacles scattered on the ground as proof that it had once been there.

Joseph then took out test tubes and instruments to examine the fragments and blood scattered on the ground, discovering that it was actually human tissue! This meant that Joseph had attacked a human.

This outcome utterly shocked Joseph. He remembered very clearly that he had attacked the tentacles, so why had he turned into a human?

At this moment, Joseph was terrified. He turned and ran, determined to leave this place along the path he had come from, no matter how far away it was; he didn't want to stay here for another second.

After running for a while, Joseph saw a group of people approaching in the distance. He shouted desperately at them to stop them. But those people seemed deaf; no matter how desperately Joseph shouted, they couldn't hear him at all.

[Finally, Joseph was shocked to discover that the group of people seemed to have merged into one, and that person was getting closer and closer to him.]

By the time Joseph realized what was happening, the person had bumped into him and fallen to the ground. Joseph rushed over to help him up, only to discover, to his astonishment, that the person looked exactly like him!

[Then the man suddenly stood up and went berserk, pulling out a knife and frantically hacking at Joseph. Joseph had no chance to fight back and was brutally hacked to death.]

The video about the Antarctic worm will pause here.

Everyone had their own expression after watching it.

Then the screen continued to play.

"After the loss of many lives, the containment organization summarized the characteristics of the Antarctic Monster: it possesses an extremely powerful ability to cause cognitive distortion and warp spacetime. Its anomalies activate once someone approaches it. Everyone will perceive it as moving further away, but this is actually due to spatial distortion; the Antarctic Monster has never moved."

"Furthermore, the longer one stays near the Antarctic monster, the more cognitive errors occur, leading to memory loss. Simultaneously, one loses all sense of time, becomes disoriented, and gradually becomes separated from their companions."

"In the end, the victim will bump into their counterpart in another timeline, kill themselves, and then the cycle will repeat itself. No one knows how long this will continue; perhaps as long as that timeline exists, the self-killing will continue indefinitely."

"We tried every method to contain the Antarctic monster, but all attempts failed. Even bombarding it with long-range weapons couldn't harm it in the slightest."

"Fortunately, the Antarctic worm doesn't seem to leave its location. We just need to use it as the center and drive away anyone who gets too close."

"However, it might leave this place one day, and then we'll have to find a way to locate it, or find a way to permanently contain it."

After reading the introduction about the Antarctic worm, everyone couldn't help but comment.

Ancient One: What an incredible creature! It’s obvious that this monster can manipulate time and space. Anyone who tries to get close to it will not leave alive.

Strange: But why doesn't this monster move?

Rogers: Is it because he hasn't eaten enough that he can't move?

Sun Wukong: Does this monster look really that powerful? Is it really impossible to defeat it?

Ancient One: Unless you can also control time and space, you probably won't even be able to touch this monster.

Arthur: How is that possible? Wouldn't that mean there's no solution? We can only watch it from a distance to prevent it from escaping.

Loki: Foolish. How can you possibly stop them when you can't even touch them?

Arthur: Who are you calling stupid! You're using a double entendre!

Loki: Hmph.

Mei Terumi: This monster looks disgusting, I really don't want to encounter it.

While everyone was talking at once, the screen began predicting where the Antarctic monster would appear.

[A strange Antarctic insect has been predicted to appear in the Saint Seiya LC universe]

When the sound on the screen ends.

In the Antarctic of the Saint Seiya LC world, a gigantic worm, hundreds of meters long and covered with tentacles and many legs, suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

Chapter 455 Difficult to Contain

Albafica: These disgusting bugs, how could they appear in our world!

Degel: Is it in Antarctica? Should I go there?

Sage: No, this monster is very problematic. It can control space and time, and send Defteros and Shion to their doom.

Defteros: Me? Well, I'll give it a try.

Saint Seiya: Lost Universe Sanctuary.

After the Pope decided on the candidates, Shion instantly teleported the two of them to Antarctica.

Hades City.

"Lord Hades, shall we take action?"

"Radamandis asked."

"No, just watch."

Aaron shook his head and calmly looked at the screen.

"Monsters that control time and space and affect cognition can only scare humans at most."

Danadus, standing nearby, gave a disdainful sneer.

Hypnos was too lazy to make a sound.

Seeing that Aaron had no intention of sending anyone out, all the Specters stayed put.

However, there was only one guy who wouldn't listen, and that was Yoma.

In his own alternate dimension, Yao Ma looked at the strange insect on the screen and grinned mischievously.

"You can actually control time and space? Let me see how capable you are. If you're interesting, perhaps you could become my pet."

At this time, Shion, Defteros, and Degel had already arrived at Antarctica, and were quite a distance away from the Antarctic monster.

"Should I teleport there?"

Shion inquired.

"No need, let's test it with long-range attacks first."

Defteros shook his head, then released an extremely hot aura from his entire body.

In Defteros's hands, an enormous microcosm gathered, as if countless galaxies were compressed into a super-giant star cluster!

"Galaxy Starburst!"

Defteros unleashed his compressed cosmos in one breath, transforming it into an exceptionally large beam of light that shot towards the distant Antarctic monster like a comet!

"Boom!!!"

The terrifying galactic starburst caused an incredibly massive explosion upon impact.

It was filled with destructive energy and dazzling light, almost covering most of Antarctica!

"So strong! No wonder he's Defteros!"

Shion squinted and raised his hands to block the terrifying energy impact.

He was amazed by the power of Defteros's Galactic Explosion.

Defteros simply stood there calmly watching the destruction he had caused, his brows furrowed, as if something was amiss.

"Strange, I seem to sense other microcosmic energies. Is it just my imagination?"

As Defteros pondered, everything calmed down, and the scene before them left the two of them in shock.

Antarctica, which was once covered with icebergs, has been turned into a flat plain.

This was only because Defteros deliberately controlled the scale; otherwise, the entire Antarctic would have been destroyed.

However, even under such terrifying power, the Antarctic monster remained in the same spot, seemingly unharmed!

"How is that possible! It clearly looked like it hit!"

Upon seeing this, Defteros exclaimed in disbelief.

No one knew better than him just how terrifying the power of a galactic explosion was; it contained the power to destroy the entire galaxy!

Why is that monster completely unharmed?

Defteros, skeptical, immediately jumped into the air to observe carefully.

Everything around the Antarctic monster was flattened, except for the monster itself and its location, which remained completely unharmed!

"Could it have dodged at the last second by manipulating space and time?"

Defteros couldn't help but think this.

"In that case, let's see who has the stronger spatial abilities!"

After Defteros finished speaking, he immediately ignited his inner cosmos.

"Another dimension!"

Suddenly, the environment around the Antarctic monster transformed into a bizarre and surreal world filled with countless grids and nothingness.

Now, Defteros has brought the Antarctic monster to an alternate dimension that is very far from the real world!