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Rosso stared at the structural diagram, then glanced at Loki, who sat enthroned on the Throne of Time. Suddenly, he laughed, a laugh with a strange resonance.

"You know what, Loki," Rosso said, "looking at you now, I suddenly thought of someone—no, a god."

In a universe I know of, there is also a god who, to protect his beloved 'humanity,' willingly bound himself to a throne, enduring eternal solitude and responsibility. You... are quite similar."

Loki's eyes flickered slightly: "Oh? What happened to that god afterward?"

"He persisted for so long that the empire he built nearly collapsed; so long that the faith of his people made it impossible for him to rise from the throne," Rosso said slowly. "Even now."

Loki fell silent. In the depths of his eyes, which reflected countless timelines, a very subtle ripple seemed to flash.

Rosso took a few steps closer, until he was almost standing before the throne. He reached out and gently brushed his hand across the timelines that converged there. A faint golden glow emanated from his fingertips.

"I devour those desolate universes for the growth of my spirit world and to prepare for an even greater threat in the future. I absolutely need these universes," Rosso said frankly. "But since they are so important to your time structure, perhaps we can compromise."

Loki looked up, a questioning look in his eyes.

"What the spirit world needs is essentially the primordial energy of the universe, not a specific 'cosmic framework'," Rosso explained. "If I could find a way to extract the residual energy within these key cosmic 'frameworks' while preserving them..."

Or, if you could guide me to devour those 'fallen leaf universes' located at the end of the timeline, whose disappearance wouldn't affect the main structure...

The timeline and light and shadow shifted rapidly in Loki's eyes.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke: "The withered leaf universe at the end of the timeline... does indeed exist. Like autumn leaves falling, they have completed their time mission, and even if they disappear, they will not affect the main body of the World Tree. In fact, their natural dissipation is part of the time cycle itself."

He raised his hand, tracing the coordinates of several points of light in the air: "You can go to these universes. Their residual energy should be enough to meet your current needs. As for extracting energy from the key node universes..."

Loki paused for a moment, then said, "Don't touch these universes until you're absolutely certain."

"Then it's settled." Rosso withdrew his hand, the golden light dissipating. "In exchange, perhaps I can provide you with some 'variables' to save you from the consequences of constantly sitting on the 'toilet'."

Loki raised an eyebrow slightly.

Rosso continued, "I can help you keep an eye out for other beings who possess the potential and will to become 'Guardians of Time'."

Upon hearing this, Loki slightly relaxed his body, which was bound by the timeline.

"Variables..." He seemed to realize something, and then a slightly cunning Loki-esque smile appeared on his face.

"You know what, Rosso? The most important thing I've learned in all the time I've witnessed is that the best stories are never the ones that follow the script exactly, but the ones that have unexpected 'variables'."

He looked at Rosso, a flicker of the "God of Deception" returning to his eyes: "Then, it's a pleasure to cooperate. Go and devour your withered leaf universe and strengthen your spirit realm."

And I'll continue sitting here, guarding my "toilet," and figuring out how to get up from here. Or, at least, find someone who can take turns.

Rosso smiled too. He took a step back, and a golden light of teleportation began to emanate from around him.

"Take care, 'God of Stories.' I hope that next time we meet, you'll be able to get up from that 'toilet' and walk around."

Upon hearing Rosso's title, Loki was momentarily dazed, as if he had truly seen a Loki called the "God of Stories" in a higher dimension.

Then, he slowly spoke: "Thank you for your kind words."

The golden light completely dissipated, and Rosso departed from the end of time.

In the void, only Loki remained, seated upon the Throne of Time. But this time, a glimmer of "possibility" appeared in his eyes, which reflected the endless timeline.

He looked down at the "throne" beneath him, woven from countless timelines, and murmured to himself, as if speaking to the entire multiverse about time:

"It seems that even eternal stories need to be turned over a new page from time to time."

Following the dead leaf universes Loki pointed out, Rosso once again embarked on the journey to strengthen the spirit world.

The gaps between the multiverses are usually empty, and no life forms ever appear there. After countless traversals, Rosso also believed this, so his behavior when crossing universes was naturally far from elegant—he would use brute force to smash the cosmic barriers, enter the gaps, smash them again, and enter the target universe, as always.

This time, however, when the energy shattered a cosmic barrier, Rosso experienced a different feel for the first time.

"Hmm? It looks like I hit something?"

Stepping into the withered leaf universe through the shattered void, Rosso habitually scanned the entire universe with his spiritual senses just before releasing the spirit vortex.

In the universe that should have been empty, the fluctuations of souls were now being felt.

A strangely shaped spaceship was traveling at extremely high speed through the starry sky of the Dead Leaf Universe. However, unlike normal flight, the spaceship was flying at an angle, with obvious damage on one side of its fuselage, clearly indicating that it had been attacked.

Inside the spaceship, several figures were stubbornly clinging to the internal structure, struggling to maintain their positions.

"It's over! My spaceship!" Portia, who was piloting the ship, looked heartbroken, as if the fragments of the barrier stuck in the spaceship were piercing her body.

"The Supreme Being has caught up?" Captain Carter's face was grim. "I didn't expect Ultron to fail to even stop them!"

Upon hearing this, Ororo and Kahori were also on high alert. One gripped Thor's hammer tightly, while the other's eyes shone brightly with blue light. They assumed a fighting stance in the turbulent spaceship.

Only Vatu, the observer, looked puzzled: "No, it wasn't them. They wouldn't use such a brutal method to enter other universes from the Observatory." He had already sensed the attacker's identity. "It was him... but I don't know why he attacked us."

"Not the Supreme One? Then who is it?" Porty was exasperated. "What kind of time is this to be playing this guessing game?"

Vatu's gaze met Captain Carter's, who was staring intently at him: "It's the one behind the scenes who ended Infinite Ultron."

Upon hearing this, Captain Carter seemed to remember something and froze.

"Could it be that... that person, like the Supreme Beings, also wants to eliminate us?"