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Chapter 343 You Just Discovered Bugs

Deep within the First Firmament Universe lies a colossal, awe-inspiring void, the loneliest place in the First Firmament Universe.

Like a graveyard of stars, galaxies are scarce and almost empty.

But this is just appearance.

Beneath the surface, invisible dark matter fills the voids of the entire universe, within which dark energy surges and flows.

However, at this very moment, in this vast cosmic void, these dark matter and dark energy, invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, are disappearing at an extremely rapid rate, making this cosmic void a truly empty place.

In this void, the First Sky led the Dark Gods to block Russell's path.

"Damn bug, I've got you!"

In the void, a faint blue halo flickered, and the First Avatar of the Azure Sky walked out from it.

Russell looked around and noticed that the pale blue halo was constantly flashing around him, near and far.

Teams of Dark Celestials also appeared as the ghostly aura flickered.

Their positions were deliberate and staggered. Lights shone from their chests simultaneously, shooting out beams of black energy that intertwined to form a mysterious pattern.

At the center of the design is Russell.

Russell examined the Dark Gods' formation with great interest and laughed, "First Sky, you must have never lived as an ordinary person."

"If you were an ordinary person and bugs got into your room, you'd at most have noticed me, but you'd be a long way from catching me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Russell went from stillness to extreme speed, transforming into a streak of silver light and shooting out.

"Stop him!"

Without needing an order from the First Heaven, the Dark Gods, having formed a battle formation, had already begun their operation.

Countless black beams of light appeared, instantly cutting the cosmic void where Russell was located into countless small spaces, and adding a barrier to the edge of each space.

In the Dark Celestials' vision, these barriers at the edge of space would not hinder the Dark Celestials' and First Sky's operations, but would effectively limit Russell's escape.

But ideas are just ideas.

Suddenly, Russell's energy aura changed; his signature shimmering white faded, turning into a multicolored black identical to that of the Dark Gods.

Whoosh!

As if he were merely passing through a body of water, without encountering any hindrance, Russell directly passed through the barrier to the next space after absorbing the dark matter and dark energy in a small area of ​​space.

Seeing this, the First Heaven, which was chasing behind, was furious. This was no different from the act of devouring the energy of the First Heaven's universe in front of him, its master.

"Damn insect, I'll crush your head, break your ribs, and rip out your soul!"

A faint blue halo flickered, and the First Sky teleported again, intending to go in front of Russell and block him.

This time, the teleportation landing point of the First Sky was not announced with great fanfare; there was no commotion whatsoever.

However, Russell raised an eyebrow, as if he knew in advance that the First Sky Teleport had landed, and suddenly turned to avoid it.

"Damn bug, all you can do is run away?!"

Upon hearing this, Russell slightly changed his route and, as he passed a member of the Dark Celestials, unleashed a punch from a distance, sending out a terrifying beam of dark energy.

Before the Dark Celestial could react, a beam of pitch-black energy had already crossed space and arrived in front of him, slamming into the energy barrier on his body that was formed by countless Dark Celestials.

This energy barrier was formed by the combined power of all the Dark Celestials and was further reinforced by the First Celestial's home ground. This member of the Dark Celestials firmly believed that the intruder could not possibly shatter his energy barrier with a single punch.

So, ignoring the attack, he instead raised his hand to Russell, trying to control the space around Russell to form a cage.

The Dark Celestials' conjecture was correct; Russell's casual strike was indeed insufficient to shatter the energy barrier formed by the combined power of all the Dark Celestials, but he also did not need to shatter it.

The energy barrier on the surface of the Dark God Group flickered slightly, allowing Russell's attack to pass through it.

Rumble!!!

With a deafening roar, the Dark God exploded on the spot, turning into a spark that illuminated the empty, dark void of the universe.

Of course, this process will take hundreds of millions or even billions of years—provided that the First Universe still exists by then.

"Damn it, Aspirant, why can he just walk right through the obstacles you set up, and why are your energy barriers useless against him!"

The First Sky angrily questioned.

He felt utterly exhausted. His opponent was a slippery worm, and his teammates were a bunch of useless bums.

No, perhaps without his knowledge, the ambitious individuals actually had a negative effect.

The First Sky remembered.

When he sent the Dark Celestials to invade the Eternal Universe, in order for Mr. 1610 to obtain the information fragments from the First Universe within him and to study the method of unifying the Eternal Universe from the multiverse into a single universe, the Dark Celestials deliberately surrendered.

This action did indeed work.

In 1610, Mr. Fantastic, as the Dark Celestials and the First Firmament had hoped, transformed Eternity into a single universe. This gave the First Firmament an opportunity, which it seized to devour Eternity into its body.

However, this also led to the leakage of some intelligence about the First Sky and most of the information about the Dark God Ancestor.

Meanwhile, Russell continued his random movements within the vast cosmic void of the First Universe.

He would sometimes rush to the left, sometimes to the right, entirely depending on his mood.

As for the Dark Gods who blocked their way.

If it weren't for the First Heaven of Fear, the Dark Gods would have fled long ago.

We can't fight them, we simply can't fight them!

All their methods were completely ineffective against the invading enemy.

Russell almost completely deconstructed the information about the Dark Celestials. In Russell's eyes, their attacks were like meat buns, posing no threat whatsoever, and the more the merrier.

However, Russell had a large table of delicacies to enjoy at the moment and couldn't worry about these few meat buns.

Eternal Universe, inside Tower 2.

Everyone looked at the projection. Since Russell left the Eternal Universe and entered the First Universe, he hadn't blinked at all, seemingly unaware of the unbearable dryness and itchiness in his eyes.

"How is Master Russell now?" asked the Invisible Woman, Susan.

The main focus of the projected image was still the First Sky and Eternity, from which she could not obtain any useful information.

"have no idea."

"I can't see anything."

"Me too."

"Me too."

Invisible Woman Susan:

Seeing everyone's serious and focused expressions, she thought they had discovered something.

Suppressing the urge to complain, Susan, the Invisible Woman, turned her gaze to the silent Planet Eater and repeated, "Dr. Garland, are you aware of Mage Russell's current situation?"

The Planet Eater slowly shook its head: "I don't know either. I can't probe the interior of the First Celestial Universe. This projection of the First Celestial Universe is something I deduced based on the situation of Eternity."

"What do we do then? We know nothing. Are we just supposed to wait here for the results?"

"Calm down, beautiful lady. Even if we know the situation, there's nothing we can do." Tony Stark withdrew his gaze from the projection.

If he had known that the First Sky section wasn't actually filmed but was deduced by the Planet Eater, he wouldn't have bothered watching it so closely.

Not only Tony Stark (616), but most of the other Tony Starks were like this.

Perhaps we can prepare a will.

Who will it be left to? If the world ends, we won't be the only ones to suffer.

Now, everyone go home and say goodbye to your loved ones.

Uh, let's forget about it. What if the universe doesn't end up destroyed? That would be a disaster!

So be it, it's better to die than to die with regrets.

One Iron Man stood up, followed by a group of them.

They asked Galactus to send them back to their own universe so they could spend their final moments with their families before Schrödinger's doomsday arrived.

The planet devourer nodded gravely.

Since Russell entered the First Firmament, the speed at which the First Firmament has been torn apart from eternity has not slowed down, which gave Planet Eater an ominous feeling.

"Although Mage Russell is as powerful as a cosmic deity, even more powerful than most cosmic deities, it's still too much of a stretch for him to directly participate in this cosmic war."

With a sigh in his heart, Galactus called Tower 2 AI to activate Tower 2 and send these Tony Starks back to their respective universes as soon as possible.

"I have a way."

1610 Mr. Fantastic suddenly spoke up, and when everyone looked at him, he explained:

"A long time ago (before Eternity was swallowed by the First Firmament), I sent several probes out into all things. I just successfully made contact with one of the probes and am now processing the data it transmitted back."

A moment later, the data processing was completed, and the data was converted into a video clip and played inside Tower 2.

Many of the Iron Man characters who had previously wanted to leave sat down again to watch closely.

In the scene, a silver streak of light bursts out of the Eternal Universe and enters the First Celestial Universe.

Afterwards, the silver streak glided through the First Sky Universe, extinguishing the stars on the First Sky wherever it passed, and its body color deepened from a deep blue.

Master Russell is causing damage within the First Heaven, in order to weaken it.

Just as the First Firmament commanded the Dark Gods to attack the Eternal Universe and corrupt Logos, thus disrupting the balance within the Eternal Universe.

"But the Dark Celestials and Logos ultimately failed. Can Mage Russell succeed?"

No one in Tower 2 could answer this question, so everyone had to keep looking down. Suddenly, countless black spots appeared around the silver light.

"Is this... the First Sky taking countermeasures?"

"This is good news. It at least shows that Russell's strategy is effective, and perhaps we can follow suit," someone said eagerly.

Just as everyone was tempted by the suggestion, the silver light in the projection suddenly disappeared.

silence!

The previously heated discussion instantly ceased, and the Tower 2 laboratory became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Is the monk Russell dead?" A murmured voice reached everyone's ears, filling them with regret and sorrow.

They weren't grieving for Russell; most of the people here didn't even know who he was.

They are grieving for the multiverse and for their own future fate.

However, there are exceptions, such as the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom, who genuinely mourned the fall of this great sorcerer who had given them a second life—partly, but more so for the Earth they lived on.

"If we don't ask Master Russell to save the Earth, will people never experience the pain and helplessness of the apocalypse a second time?" Susan the Invisible Woman asked, leaning against Mr. Fantastic.

"Perhaps." Looking down into the Invisible Woman Susan's eyes, Mr. Fantastic said, "But even if the world ends, it won't destroy the beautiful memories people once had. Every dawn and dusk, every gentle breeze and drizzle, I..."

"Hehehe, you fools, didn't you notice?" Mr. Fantastic suddenly burst into laughter:

"Although the silver light disappeared, these black spots did not leave that area, and the color of that area continued to change, becoming deeper and deeper."

"Master Russell is not dead at all!"

"That seems to be true."

After being alerted by Mr. 1610, everyone noticed the anomaly.

After the video footage ended, Mr. Fantastic replayed the scene of the silver streak disappearing. He kept slowing down the playback speed, trying to find more details.

Everyone stared intently, their eyes dry and itchy, but they didn't bother to blink.

However, the result disappointed everyone.

Even after playing frame by frame, down to the smallest unit of time, one Planck time per frame, the disappearance of the silver light was still not observable.

"Perhaps we can follow in the footsteps of Sorcerer Russell and wreak havoc in the First Universe, just like the Dark Celestials," one of the Iron Man's suggested.

The planet devourer was taken aback, utterly astonished by this audacious idea. After pondering it carefully for a moment, he refused:

"No, the Dark Celestials deliberately chose to invade the Eternal Universe when it was in a state of slumber and weakness."

"If Eternity were in a conscious state, they would be detected and suppressed by Eternity as soon as they entered."

"The First Firmament is currently in a state of wakefulness. As soon as we leave the Eternal Universe and enter its universe, we will be suppressed by it."

One Iron Man asked, "But why is it that this Russell magician can?"

"Mage Russell is currently the strongest being below Eternity, but just because he can resist the suppression of the First Firmament doesn't mean we can too," Planet Eater added.

616 Tony Stark's eyes lit up and he said, "What if we use a human wave tactic?"

"If it's just a few people, then the First Sky can easily suppress them."

"But what if countless universes and countless technological civilizations worked together to launch devastating weapons?"

Tony Stark then added, "We could even develop laws-based weapons specifically for the First Firmament universe to strike it. It just would take billions of years."

"Time is not a problem." Galactus's eyes lit up. He had already gathered so many Iron Men, so what was wrong with gathering a few more time management masters?

Moreover, there is a ready-made gathering place for time management masters in the eternal universe—the Radiant Place of Vishanti!

(End of this chapter)