Sky Curtain: The Darwin Incident at the outset, the Declaration of the People's League

"Rocket, are you thinking about Yondu?"

The Rockets fell silent.

After a while, he finally spoke.

"I was just thinking, what would happen if I lost everyone one day?"

He glanced at his companions around him.

"...I'll probably end up like him."

He traveled alone to a universe, infiltrated Rick's garage, investigated, and found some things.

The Rick organization with the Samsung logo, which we generally call the Samsung Alliance, is an organization of Ricks gathered together by a particular Rick.

Our protagonist Rick single-handedly stormed in, killing everyone else, then hunting down and investigating the killer, but unfortunately to no avail. This Rick is not Prime Rick.

Various scenes of Rick's death flashed by.

Some were conducting experiments, intently adjusting a device, when they were shot in the head and collapsed limply.

Some were dancing and clubbing when Rick, the protagonist, secretly shot them to death.

Some of them were talking to Morty, with impatient expressions on their faces, and collapsed before they could even react.

The death toll was astronomical, and the technology they demonstrated was astonishing.

In the end, having gained nothing, Rick returned to his own dimension and spent his days drinking heavily.

He once wreaked havoc in a parallel universe, which attracted a large number of Ricks to his doorstep.

[The protagonist, Rick, kills everyone he sees, but eventually grows tired of the killing and tries to reconcile with the Rick Organization.]

As for the method of reconciliation...

On screen, the protagonist Rick opens a portal and, with an indifferent expression, unleashes another round of slaughter against "himself" with overwhelming weapons.

In the end, they practically wiped out all of Rick's strongholds, leaving the Ricks with no choice but to cling to the protagonist Rick's leg and beg for mercy.

[Ultimately, the two parties reached a settlement, and Ruicheng was established here.]

The Samsung logo was also retained, and Ruicheng continued to develop in a direction that prioritized authoritarianism and capitalism, while depriving people of their freedom.

After that, he left and came to a home in another dimension, where the rest of the story begins.

[But we need to pause here, because here we introduce a very important invention by the protagonist Rick, which is the second groundbreaking technology.]

Where did the first item go? Oh, I forgot to mention, the first item was his teleportation gun.

[Transported to infinite dimensions, infinite time, anything is possible!]

The second item is Ruicheng.

You don't really think Ruicheng is just a city, do you?

No, no, no, the protagonist Rick has another purpose in establishing Rick City.

That is—the central finite curve.

Ruicheng.

On a street corner, a Morty squinted as he heard the name.

Unlike the others who were chattering on and on about Morty, he was well aware of the meaning behind the name.

……

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse —

new York

Miles Morales stood on the rooftop, looking up at the sky.

"Parallel universes... countless Spider-Men, countless possibilities."

Miles recalled the time when he gained Spider-Man's powers.

Because of Kingpin's plot, Mr. Parker risked his life and died, and later several Spider-Men came.

Honestly, he really wants to visit other Spider-Man universes right now.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that ability.

——Loki World——

The Castle at the End of Time

Loki sat on his throne, gazing at the sky.

Beside him was Möbius—or rather, a projection of Möbius.

“An infinite number of versions of myself… Heh,” Loki murmured. “Interesting.”

Möbius looked at him.

"You find this interesting?"

“Of course.” Loki stood up. “That Rick is a lot like me.”

Möbius paused for a moment.

"You look like him?"

"We have all discovered the truth—the universe is not unique, time is not linear, and nothing is as we thought it was."

Loki's voice was deep.

"He is very powerful, comparable to gods with a mortal body."

"And the last one, the finite central curve... I already have a guess from the name."

"what is that?"

"Just wait and see, you'll find out soon enough."

…………

The scene shifts to a strange interior in Ruicheng, filled with countless orbs of light, which look quite bizarre.

The reason Rick built Rick City was to isolate a finite number of parallel universes from the infinite ones, and to make himself "the most Ricky Rick" in these finite universes.

Each sphere of light here represents a parallel universe.

The protagonist, Rick, selected a finite number of light orbs from an infinite number and used them to build a "wall."

Why do we do this? The answer is simple.

[This ensures that none of the Ricks, even those with teleportation guns, can escape beyond the walls.]

That is, to make the so-called "infinite parallel universes" "finite".

Therefore, the so-called "infinite universe" is merely Rick's playground; within the central, finite region, he is the strongest.

Therefore, for the protagonist Rick, everything is meaningless.

His sole purpose here is to find the murderer!

[This murderer was also trapped by this curve!]

—The World of Iron Collapse—

Black Tower Space Station

Black Tower was in her office, staring at the pile of golden spheres on the sky.

Behind her, Screw Gum stood quietly, his mechanical pupils flickering slightly.

“Central Limited Curve…”

For the first time, a complex emotion appeared in Black Tower's voice: "Choose the finite from the infinite, and make yourself the strongest among the finite."

Screw opening.

"Ms. Black Tower, are you jealous?"

Black Tower turned his head and glared at him.

"Jealousy? Would I, Black Tower, be jealous of a blue-haired drunkard?"

"Well, I have to admit, this guy is indeed a bit better than me."

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to access parallel universes yet.

She paused.

Then he walked to the window and looked at the starry sky outside.

“You know, Screws Goom. I’ve been searching for ‘infinity.’ I want to know where the end of the universe is, where the boundaries of knowledge are, and—is there anyone smarter than me?”

Screw Gum remained silent.

Black Tower continued.

“But Rick did the opposite. He turned ‘infinite’ into ‘finite’. That way he didn’t have to search anymore. That way he could be sure—he was the strongest.”

“But I can’t do it. I can’t let go of that curiosity that ‘there might be someone stronger than me.’ So I can only keep searching, keep going, keep going—uncertain.”

Screw Gum finally spoke.

"Ms. Black Tower, your choice is also a kind of courage."

Black Tower looked at him.

"courage?"

“Yes.” Screws’ voice was as calm as a machine. “Facing the infinite requires courage. But facing the finite requires—giving up.”

Are you trying to comfort me or mock me?

—In a Marvel parallel universe—

Doctor Strange stood at the high window of the Sanctum Sanctorum, looking up at the sky.

His hands were forming a complex hand seal, but no magic was flowing within them.

The king stood behind him.

"Strange?"