Syd pondered what might happen if this universe completely turned into a zombie universe.
At the current rate of virus spread, if the little Spider and the others couldn't stop it, it really could spread across the cosmos.
He was curious—if the universe became a zombie universe, what would happen to him, as a part of it?
After a moment of thought, Syd shook his head. "Most likely, nothing will happen to me."
"Except for the planet-devourers who have physical forms, abstract concepts like myself and the others—Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, Death—don't meet the conditions to be infected."
In the end, once this universe turned into a zombie universe, those zombie superheroes would begin heading toward other universes.
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but sigh. Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, Death—those guys really don't care about anything.
Unless the matter involves the destruction of the universe, they rarely appear. Even with something as serious as a zombie outbreak, none of them had shown up to stop it.
After finishing his thoughts, in order to prevent the zombie virus from spreading to the 616 main universe, Syd extended his right hand.
Crimson light from Chaos Magic shimmered, interwoven with the green glow of the Time Stone.
Next to him, Peter Parker—Spider-Man—was completely dumbfounded, having no idea what was happening.
Then, Peter felt like he was dreaming.
Everything around him began to rewind?
Buildings that had collapsed reassembled in reverse, and even the dead stood up, restored to life.
In Peter's stunned expression, in the blink of an eye, everything had returned to normal.
The streets bustled with life, people were laughing and talking as if nothing had ever happened.
Under the power of Chaos Magic and Time, it all seemed so natural, so logical.
Peter could hardly believe his eyes. He felt like he was hallucinating—how could something this surreal be real?
"Y-You... what did you just do?"
After a long pause, he turned stiffly to look at the glowing figure hovering mid-air, surrounded by radiant light.
Syd glanced at him and said casually, "I reversed time. Everything has returned to the beginning. You'd better go stop Dr. Hank Pym while you can."
"If the zombie virus breaks out again, I won't intervene."
As he spoke, his form shimmered and began to fade.
In Peter's eyes, streams of light flowed out from this incomprehensible being.
Then, with a blink, Syd disappeared—only a few scattered strands of light remained, gently glowing in the air.
"Holy crap…"
Peter Parker was completely dazed.
For a long while, a bold thought popped into his mind: "That guy… was he a god?"
Because aside from a god, he couldn't think of anyone who could reverse time like that.
Lost in a daze, Peter finally snapped out of it—he had to stop Hank Pym.
With no time to think more, he fired his webs and sped toward Dr. Hank Pym's house, simultaneously contacting Tony Stark and the others to report everything he'd just witnessed.
A while later, after hearing Peter's full explanation, Tony and the others were in utter shock.
"The zombie virus?"
"A god who reversed time?"
Was this for real?
Iron Man, Tony Stark, and the rest could hardly believe it.
Half skeptical, they went to Hank Pym's place, and after questioning him, they found out that Hank was indeed preparing to enter the Quantum Realm to rescue the Wasp, Janet.
Realizing this, Tony and the others were shaken.
They proceeded into the Quantum Realm and, just as Peter had warned, discovered that Janet had been infected with the zombie virus.
At Hank Pym's pleading, they didn't kill her, but instead detained her, hoping to research a cure for the virus.
Thus, the zombie crisis was temporarily averted.
It was only then that they truly believed Peter's words—and were profoundly shaken.
A god who could reverse time?
Unbelievable!
While they were still stunned, on the other side, in the 616 main universe, Syd had already reabsorbed the consciousness fragment he had sent out.
Sensing the faint connections forming with four different universes, he felt quite pleased. "With power from four universes now… within the single-universe tier, no one is my match."
At this point, only multiversal-level beings were still a threat to him.
With that in mind, Syd muttered, "I have to speed up the assimilation of the multiverse."
Only by truly becoming a multiversal-level being could he finally be at ease.
With that thought, he immediately began using Dreamwalking again and again.
In an instant, parts of his consciousness detached and flowed into unknown universes.
At that moment, he discovered a universe belonging to the X-Men—and it piqued his curiosity.
But just as his attention shifted slightly in that direction, a mysterious voice echoed in the minds of everyone on Earth.
"Our youngest brother… we need to speak with you."
The ethereal voice of Eternity reverberated across the planet.
Everyone was stunned.
Soon, people realized that Eternity and the others were talking to just one person—
The White-Clad Hero!
Curious, they wondered what the five cosmic beings wanted from him.
While the world speculated, Syd, standing alone in a deserted corner, thought for a moment and decided to meet them.
In the next second, his body rose into the sky, flying beyond Earth's atmosphere to converse with the cosmic entities.
At the same time, quietly, his power surged.
Five universes…
Six universes…
One after another, universes formed a connection with him, slowly assimilated into his being.
During this process, he spared some attention to the X-Men universe.
Just one glance, and he showed a surprised expression.
"The timeline's still early? Xavier and Magneto are still young?"
It seemed like the X-Men prequel era.
At this stage, there was only one individual worth noting—Sebastian Shaw, the Black King, a mutant with energy absorption abilities.
His ability to absorb energy made him nearly invincible. He could even absorb the energy of a nuclear reactor, making him a pseudo-Omega-level mutant.
"I used to compare my early-stage energy absorption—when it was only level 2—to his…"
Syd shook his head with a smile.
They both had energy absorption, but in the beginning, the difference between them was vast. Shaw was leagues ahead in power.
If not for his ability evolving recently...
(End of Chapter)
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