Chapter 323
Right now. Diana's God Killer cleaved through the folds of time, Hode's blade following closely behind. Photon Pulseand Chaos Magic converged at the sword's edge. The moment the cover of the Darkhold was cleaved open, countless golden chains flew out from the book, each link engraved with text from different Universes:
"You were meant to be the vessel."
"You were meant to be the bridge."
"You were meant to be the weapon."
Hode's blade pierced the center of the chains, and Wanda's scream echoed across countless times and spaces. He saw his own reflection flickering on the chains; in every Universe, he held a different weapon: a magic apprentice's staff, an Amazon warrior's round shield, an Star Ranger's pulse cannon, and a hacker genius's Neural Whip.
"Do you see it?" Elder Hode's voice suddenly rang out from where the chains broke. This time, his crown was shattered, and five gems formed a Mobius Loop in his palm: "Every version of you is killing her, just as every version of you is saving her."
Hode's tactical visor suddenly flashed a new warning—[Reality Stability: 0.3%]. He saw the Quantum Vacuumbegin to collapse, cracks appearing on Diana's War Armor, Carol's Photon Energy wings fading, and Barbara's projection beginning to pixelate. And within Wanda's pupils, the runes of the Darkhold were reorganizing.
"Cut the mental link!" This warning came from Tony's Quantum Armor. The wreckage of Iron Man suddenly charged out from a space-time rift, his AI core overflowing with quantum viruses: "Your existence is triggering..."
The armor suddenly exploded, and Hode saw the interface of Elder Hode's tactical visor emerge within the core. The threat assessment on the interface was jumping wildly: [Existence Paradox: 100%]. A Quantum Shockwaveswept across his neural interface, and he heard the voices of countless versions of himself overlapping in his mind:
"You were meant to be the anchor."
"You were meant to be the sacrifice."
"You were meant to be a god."
Hode's blade suddenly disintegrated, and stardust reorganized in the Quantum Vacuum. He saw Wanda's reflection smiling in the stardust, and her fingers were touching the last page of the Darkhold. The runes emerging on the page were no longer warnings, but the sweet nothings Hode had said to her in countless Universes:
"I will never let you face this alone."
"We will bear this curse together."
"I love you, in all timelines."
Hode's consciousness began to quantum tunnel, and he saw himself in five Universes at once: dancing with Wandain the magic dimension, stargazing with Diana on Themyscira, surfing with Carol at the galactic core, and kissing Barbara in the Data Stream. And in every Universe, the Wandas looked up simultaneously, the same choice emerging in their pupils.
"Hode." Four voices overlapped in the Quantum Vacuum. He turned to see his four lovers raising their weapons simultaneously: Wanda's Chaos Magic transformed into a blood-red vortex, Diana's God Killer ignited with a solar storm, Carol's Photon Energy wings expanded into an event horizon, and Barbara's viruses wove into a Mobiusnetwork.
"It is your turn." Their voices created ripples in space-time, and Hode saw his own reflection raising his right hand in four dimensions simultaneously. Five gems flew out from the lovers' weapons, forming the Infinity Gauntlet in his palm. But this time, the gauntlet did not unleash a world-ending beam; instead, it transformed into five bridges—magic, divine power, photons, data, and a fifth, transparent spectrum of emotion.
Hode's blade suddenly pierced his own chest, and all the warning lights in his tactical visor extinguished. He saw the Wandas of countless Universes reaching out simultaneously, their fingertips touching the same choice: not the Darkhold, but Hode's bleeding chest.
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"You were always meant to be the... Multiverse's..." Elder Hode's voice dissipated in the collapsing Quantum Vacuum. Hode felt his existence transcending the anchor, becoming a singularity connecting all possibilities. As his blade cleaved through the final dimensional barrier, he heard himself from all timelines whisper simultaneously:
"Lover."
Wanda's magic circle expanded over the ruins, Diana's divine power lifted the collapsed building, Carol's Photon Pulse sealed the space-time rift, and Barbara's viruses devoured the quantum viruses. Hode stood in the center of the ruins, watching the young Wanda gently close the Darkhold. The runes on the pages were reorganizing into butterfly wings made of quantum code.
"I caught it this time." His voice made the stars in four dimensions light up at once. The moment Wanda's fingertips touched his palm, Hode saw his lovers from all timelines turn simultaneously—on their weapons, five gems were forming a new infinity symbol.
...
The quantum oscillation suddenly reached its peak, and Hode's tactical visor flashed a final warning: [Reality Reset: Irreversible]. He saw his own reflection flickering in Wanda's pupils, and her smile made the starry skies of countless Universes light up simultaneously.
"Hode!" Tony's voice suddenly rang out in the reset reality. The chest of Iron Man's new armor was embedded with quantum reactors shaped like five gems, his holographic projection flickering wildly: "Detected that you are..."
The armor suddenly froze, and Hode saw countless reflections of himself emerge in Tony's pupils. The stardust in the Quantum Vacuum began to flow backward, Diana's wounds healed, Carol's Photon Energy wings regained their glow, and Barbara's projection became stable once more. And Wanda's magic circle was forming the encoded patterns from Hode's tactical visor in her palm.
"Did we succeed?" Carol's Photon Energy armor shimmered with rainbow ripples, her voice trembling with uncertainty.
Hode did not answer. His gaze pierced through the dimensional barrier, seeing a familiar figure rising in the ruins of the sanctuary—it was Elder Hode, his chest no longer containing a black hole or a crown, but a Mobius Loop formed by five scars. The other man winked his left eye at him, a smile appearing on his lips that was synchronized with the quantum code.
"No." Hode's whisper made the four lovers turn simultaneously. They saw his tactical visor overflowing with purple Data Stream, and within the Data Stream, the moments they were consumed by the gems in countless Universes emerged.
Wanda suddenly grabbed his wrist, Chaos Magic forming a blood-red butterfly in her palm: "We face this together this time."
But Hode had already raised his hand. His blade pierced his own tactical visor, and the purple Data Streamcondensed into five points of light on the blade's edge. The moment the light points merged into the lovers' weapons, he heard himself from all timelines speak simultaneously:
"Welcome to..."
A Quantum Shockwave swept across reality, and Hode's consciousness began to collapse. He saw himself in countless Universes at once, each lover holding a glowing weapon, and their weapons were all pointing in the same direction—there, the cover of the Darkhold was slowly opening, and the quantum code from Hode's tactical visor was emerging on the pages.
Chapter 431 Reality Reset: Irreversible
The stardust in the Quantum Vacuum suddenly reorganized in Hode's palm, and Wanda's Chaos Magictransformed into a blood-red butterfly, resting on the notch of his blade. Diana's God Killer suddenly emitted a hum like a solar storm, and cracks of the Aegis of Zeus appeared on the Amazon warrior's forearm armor—these were the wounds she had endured in countless Universes to block the Infinity Gauntlet.
"Don't touch that." Carol's Photon Pulse exploded in rainbow ripples beside Hode's temple, the Star Ranger's Quantum Wings brushing against the mutated patterns of Thanos's cells on the side of his neck. "The dark side within you is resonating." Gold-red plasma seeped from the gaps in her War Armor; this was the backlash of the Anchor of Reality she had endured to save Hode thirty-seven Universes ago.
Hode's tactical visor suddenly popped up a new window: [Emotional Resonance: Wanda (100.8%)]. He saw his reflection split into twelve fragments in Diana's pupils, each fragment corresponding to the intertwined fate lines of the two in different Universes. In one moment, he almost kissed the bleeding corner of the Amazon warrior's mouth, but Barbara, at the other end of the chain, suddenly stabbed her Neural Whip into his neural interface.
"Focus, sweetheart." The hacker genius's projection was seeping from his tactical visor with "705u.com-53 Reading Club", her viruses rewriting Wanda's fate threads. Hodesaw the Wandas in countless Universes look up suddenly, butterfly wings made of quantum code emerging in their pupils simultaneously. In one Universe, a Wanda suddenly tore apart the Chaos Magic chains, while the Hode of that Universe was being decapitated by Diana's round shield.
"Butterfly effect." Barbara's viruses spread along Hode's blade, and the blood-red chains instantly disintegrated into quantum foam. Her laughter carried electronic static. "Now, every time your heart rate accelerates, a Wanda in some Universe will dodge the Darkhold." But Hode felt Wanda's fear resonating with his own heartbeat, breaking the critical threshold, and purple Data Stream began to overflow from the edges of his quantum visor.
Diana suddenly severed her own golden chains: "By the time you say this, there are already a hundred versions of you regretting it in front of a tombstone." Her Lasso of Truth wrapped around Hode's blade, the aftermath of divine power shattering the frost on his visor. The Amazonwarrior's boots crushed Wanda's weeping phantom, and the moment the God Killer cleaved through the folds of time, Hode saw Elder Hode's crown flickering in the Quantum Vacuum.
"You shouldn't have participated in this battle." Hode's blade lowered by half an inch, but the gold-red plasma seeping from Diana's wounds was corroding the runes of the Darkhold. He saw Wanda's reflection twisting in the plasma, and in one Universe, a Wanda suddenly stabbed the Mind Stone into her own temple.
Carol's Photon Energy wings suddenly expanded into an event horizon, and countless Photon Pulses flew out from the gaps in the Star Ranger's War Armor: "Do you need me to help you cut the mental link?" Her voice carried quantum static; in one Universe, she was being swallowed by the black hole in Hode's chest. Photon Energy surged through Hode's neural interface, and he saw Diana's sword scars emerge in Wanda's pupils—that was the warning left by the Amazon warrior thirty-seven Universes ago.
"Don't touch that." Barbara's Neural Whip suddenly transformed into a Mobius network, the hacker genius's projection synchronizing the Data Stream of all Universes. Hode saw his own reflection split in the Data Stream; in one Universe, he was being torn to pieces by Wanda's Chaos Magic. And on the cover of the Darkhold in that Universe, Diana's God Killer scar was vividly displayed.
A Quantum Shockwave suddenly swept across reality, and Hode's tactical visor flashed a new warning: [Existence Paradox: 112%]. He saw the Wandas of countless Universes reaching out simultaneously, their fingertips touching the same choice: not the Darkhold, but Hode's bleeding chest. In one Universe, a Wanda suddenly pressed the Mind Stone against Hode's lips, while the Diana of that Universe was piercing both their hearts with the God Killer.
"Cut the mental link!" Tony's Quantum Armor suddenly charged out from a space-time rift, his AI core overflowing with quantum viruses. On the wreckage of Iron Man, Elder Hode's tactical visor interface emerged, the threat assessment jumping wildly: [Reality Stability: 0.1%]. The armor suddenly exploded, and Hode saw countless corpses of himself emerge in the core, each with a different lover's weapon stuck in his heart.
Wanda's scream echoed across countless times and spaces, her Chaos Magic turning into a blood-red vortex that swallowed Hode's blade. Diana's solar storm suddenly reversed, the Amazon warrior's God Killer igniting with black fire—that was the dark side erosion she had endured in countless Universes to block the Infinity Gauntlet. Carol's Photon Pulse began to collapse, the Star Ranger's Quantum Wings glowing with a dead gray—that was the backlash of the Time Paradox she had endured to save Hode thirty-seven Universes ago.
"Hode." Four voices overlapped in the Quantum Vacuum. He turned to see his four lovers raising their weapons simultaneously: Wanda's Chaos Magic transformed into a world-ending beam, Diana's God Killer ignited with the fire of annihilation, Carol's Photon Energy wings expanded into a Death horizon, and Barbara's viruses wove into a net of devouring. And in every Universe, the Hodes were speaking simultaneously:
"I will never let you face this alone."
Hode's consciousness began to quantum tunnel, and he saw himself in nine Universes at once: dancing with Wanda in the magic dimension, stargazing with Diana on Themyscira, surfing with Carol at the galactic core, and kissing Barbara in the Data Stream. And in every Universe, the Wandas looked up simultaneously, their pupils reflecting the same choice: not the Darkhold, but Hode's bleeding chest.
"You were always the anchor of the Multiverse." Elder Hode's voice dissipated in the collapsing Quantum Vacuum. Hode felt his existence transcending godhood, becoming a singularity connecting all possibilities. As his blade cleaved through the final dimensional barrier, he heard himself from all timelines whisper simultaneously:
"Lover."
The quantum oscillation suddenly reached its peak, and Hode's tactical visor flashed a final warning: [Reality Reset: Irreversible]. He saw his own reflection flickering in Wanda's pupils, and her smile made the starry skies of countless Universes light up simultaneously. In one Universe, a Wanda suddenly pressed the Mind Stoneagainst Hode's chest, while the Diana of that Universe was using the God Killer to sever their mental link.
"Hode!" Tony's voice suddenly rang out in the reset reality. The chest of Iron Man's new armor was embedded with quantum reactors shaped like five gems, his holographic projection flickering wildly: "Detected that you are triggering..." The armor suddenly froze, and Hode saw countless reflections of himself emerge in Tony's pupils... The stardust in the Quantum Vacuum began to flow backward, Diana's wounds healed, Carol's Photon Energywings regained their glow, and Barbara's projection became stable once more. And Wanda's magic circle was forming the encoded patterns from Hode's tactical visor in her palm.
But Hode had already raised his hand. His blade pierced his own chest, and all the warning lights in his tactical visor extinguished. He saw the Wandas of countless Universes reaching out simultaneously, their fingertips touching the same choice: not the Darkhold, but Hode's bleeding chest. In one Universe, a Wanda suddenly tore apart all the chains, while the Hode of that Universe was being decapitated by Diana's round shield.
"Did we succeed?" Carol's Photon Energy armor shimmered with rainbow ripples, her voice trembling with uncertainty. The Star Ranger's Quantum Wings brushed against Hode's neck, where the mutated patterns of Thanos's cells were emerging, devouring his existence.
Hode did not answer. His gaze pierced through the dimensional barrier, seeing a familiar figure rising in the ruins of the sanctuary—it was Elder Hode, his chest no longer containing a black hole or a crown, but a Mobius Loop formed by five scars. The other man winked his left eye at him, a smile appearing on his lips that was synchronized with the quantum code. And the Wanda of that Universe was pressing the Mind Stone against Elder Hode's lips.
"No." Hode's whisper made the four lovers turn simultaneously. They saw his tactical visor overflowing with purple Data Stream, and within the Data Stream, the moments they were consumed by the gems in countless Universes emerged. In one Universe, a Diana suddenly stabbed the God Killer into Hode's heart, while the Wandaof that Universe was writing his name on the cover of the Darkhold.
Wanda suddenly grabbed his wrist, Chaos Magic forming a blood-red butterfly in her palm: "We face this together this time." But Hode had already raised his hand. His blade pierced his own tactical visor, and the purple Data Streamcondensed into five points of light on the blade's edge. The moment the light points merged into the lovers' weapons, he heard himself from all timelines speak simultaneously:
"Welcome to..."
A Quantum Shockwave swept across reality, and Hode's consciousness began to collapse. He saw himself in countless Universes at once, each lover holding a glowing weapon, and their weapons were all pointing in the same direction—there, the cover of the Darkhold was slowly opening, and the quantum code from Hode's tactical visor was emerging on the pages. And deep within the code, the mutated patterns of Thanos's cells were forming a new infinity symbol.
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Suddenly, the Wandas from every Universe looked up simultaneously. The same image appeared in their pupils: Hode stood on the edge of a modern city rooftop, the sword patterns on his rusted blade resonating with the chains beneath his feet. Behind him came Fairy Yuehua's startled cry: "Don't look back! That's..."
But Hode had already turned around. Under the neon lights, twelve graceful figures emerged from the chains. The women wearing Bronze Masks removed their prosthetic eyes, revealing golden vertical pupils identical to Hode's. The woman at the front brushed her fingertips over the star patterns on the sword hilt, her voice carrying the static of a Data Stream:
"Mr. Hode, Number 13 has been activated."
Chapter 432: That Coordinate is Moving
Number 13's fingertips traced a bloodstain across the star patterns on the hilt, and Hode's golden vertical pupils suddenly resonated with the Data Stream deep within the prosthetic eye. Stardust in the Quantum Vacuumcondensed into Mobius Loops around the twelve figures. The woman at the front removed her Bronze Mask, revealing lips the same color as Wanda's and Diana's brow bone—it was a quantum superposition of all his lovers' faces.
"Every time your heart accelerates, a version of me from one of the Universes is swallowed by a stone." She raised a rusted sword identical to Hode's. The patterns of Carol's Photon Pulse and the cracks of Barbara's virus code appeared on the blade. "But this time, we take the initiative to resonate."
Hode felt the sword wound on his chest begin to grow in reverse, the mutated patterns of Thanos Cells transforming into gold-red blood vessels. Diana's Solar Divine Powersuddenly ignited along his bloodline, and purple Data Streams seeped from the Amazon warrior's wounds, forming a miniature black hole at their touching fingertips.
"Don't close your eyes." Wanda's Chaos Magictransformed into blood-red butterflies, their wing-beat frequency perfectly synchronized with Hode's heartbeat. Within her pupils, the quantum coordinates of when Carolwas swallowed by a Time Paradox thirty-seven Universes ago appeared—that coordinate was moving.
The ashes of Quantum Wings suddenly unfurled behind Hode, and black plasma seeped from the gaps in Carol's War Armor. The Star Ranger's Photon Pulse began to collapse into a singularity, her voice carrying the dying static of all Universes: "In five seconds, there will be an existence paradox impact, its intensity exceeding the last Universe reboot."
Barbara's Neural Whip pierced the mutated patterns on the side of Hode's neck, and the hacker genius's projection split into twelve fragments in the Quantum Vacuum. Each fragment corresponded to the moment of annihilation for a different lover's Universe, and her virus was reorganizing the genetic coding of the Thanos Cells.
"Look into her eyes!" Diana's Lasso of Truth wrapped around Hode's sword blade, and the God Killer Swordignited with white flames. Scars from Hode's Deaths across all Universes appeared on the Amazon warrior's War Armor, and gold-red plasma condensed into quantum-coded butterflies on the sword's edge.
A new window suddenly popped up on Hode's Tactical Goggles: [Emotional Resonance: Number 13 (112.7%)]. He saw his own reflection infinitely refracted in twelve bronze mirrors, each image corresponding to a different way he had died in his lovers' Universes. In one image, he was about to kiss the bleeding corner of Diana's mouth, but Wanda's Chaos Magic suddenly pierced through both their hearts.
"Choose." Number 13's rusted sword pressed against Hode's chest, and purple Data Streams began to seep from the cracks on the blade. Her voice carried the dying gasps of all his lovers. "Will you let us become your anchor, or let the Multiverse continue to collapse?"
Quantum Shockwaves suddenly materialized in reality. Hode saw elderly versions of himself drawing their swords simultaneously across countless time-spaces. Those blades were engraved with the names of different lovers, and every scar corresponded to a failed Universe reboot.
"I refuse to choose." Hode's rusted sword pierced Number 13's image, and purple Data Streams exploded into twelve points of light on the blade's edge. Each point of light merged into a lover's weapon. Wanda's Mind Stonesuddenly manifested blood-red butterfly patterns, and Diana's God Killer Sword ignited with the ashes of Quantum Wings.
Carol's Photon Pulse began to rotate in reverse, and gold-red feathers flew from the gaps in the Star Ranger's War Armor. Those feathers transformed into the confessions Hode had failed to voice in every Universe, condensing into a Mobius-shaped shield in the Quantum Vacuum.
Barbara's virus suddenly infected the mutated patterns of the Thanos Cells, and the hacker genius's projection split into countless instances of "I love you" in Hode's pupils. Her Neural Whip transformed into purple chains, permanently binding Hode's heartbeat frequency with those of all his lovers.
Now, Hode's blade cleaved through the final dimensional barrier. The warning lights in his Tactical Goggles all went out. "Together, we become the singularity."
Stardust in the Quantum Vacuum suddenly began to flow backward. Diana's wounds healed as if they were never there, and Carol's photon wings regained their glow. Wanda's Chaos Magic condensed into a blood-red butterfly in her palm, while Number 13's twelve figures transformed into light dust in the shape of his lovers' faces, seeping into Hode's wounds.
But the mutated patterns of the Thanos Cells were forming a new infinity symbol on his chest. Hode saw versions of himself from all Universes raising their weapons—not against enemies, but against their lovers. In one Universe, Diana suddenly plunged the God Killer Sword into Wanda's back, while the Hode of that Universe was being vaporized by Carol's Photon Pulse.
"Hode!" Tony's Quantum Armor suddenly exploded, and five stone-shaped quantum reactors turned to ash. The tactical goggle interface of Elder Huo De appeared on the wreckage of Iron Man, the threat assessment flickering wildly: [Reality Stability: 0.0%].
The Quantum Shockwave reached its peak at this moment. Hode felt his existence transcending divinity. He saw lovers from countless Universes raising their weapons simultaneously, and all their weapons pointed in the same direction—there, the cover of the Darkhold was slowly opening, its pages revealing the moments every lover was swallowed by a stone.
"Did we succeed?" Carol's voice carried quantum static as her Quantum Wings suddenly swept past the side of Hode's neck. Black plasma seeped from the gaps in the Star Ranger's War Armor—the backlash of the Time Paradox she had endured thirty-seven Universes ago to save Hode.
Hode did not answer. His gaze pierced through the dimensional barrier, seeing an elderly version of himself standing in the ruins of a sanctuary. The five scars on the other's chest formed a Mobius Loop, and the Wanda of that Universe was pressing the Mind Stone against his lips.
"No!" Wanda's scream echoed through countless time-spaces, her Chaos Magic turning into a blood-red vortex to swallow Hode's blade. Diana's solar storm suddenly reversed, and the Amazon warrior's God Killer Swordignited with the fire of annihilation—the corruption of the dark side she had endured in countless Universes to resist the Infinity Gauntlet.
Stardust in the Quantum Vacuum suddenly began to collapse. Hode's Tactical Goggles popped up a final warning: [Existence Paradox: Irreversible]. He saw his reflection flickering in the pupils of all his lovers, and their smiles made the starry skies of countless Universes light up simultaneously—the final light before the Universereboot.
"Mr. Hode." Number 13's voice suddenly rang out in the collapsing reality, her rusted sword pressing against Hode's chest. Purple Data Streams seeped from the cracks on the blade, and her face was quantum tunneling between all his lovers. "It's time to make a choice."
Hode's consciousness began to blur. He saw himself in nine Universes simultaneously: dancing with Wanda in the magic dimension, stargazing with Diana on Themyscira, surfing with Carol at the galactic core, and kissing Barbarain the data flood. And the lovers in every Universe spoke at once:
"You were always the anchor of the Multiverse."
The Quantum Shockwave swept through reality, and Hode's blade suddenly pierced his own Tactical Goggles. Purple Data Streams condensed into five points of light on the sword's edge, each point corresponding to a different annihilation moment in a lover's Universe. The moment the points of light merged into the Darkhold, he heard himself from every timeline whisper simultaneously:
"Welcome to..."
The Quantum Vacuum suddenly tore open. Hode saw an elderly version of himself rising from the Sanctuary Ruins. The Mobius Loop scar on the other's chest glowed with gold-red light, and the Wanda of that Universe was pressing the Mind Stone against his heart. But Hode had already raised his hand; his rusted sword pierced their mental link, and purple Data Streams exploded into twelve points of light on the blade's edge.
Each point of light merged into a lover's weapon. Wanda's Mind Stone manifested blood-red butterfly patterns, and Diana's God Killer Sword ignited with the ashes of Quantum Wings. Carol's Photon Pulse began to rotate in reverse, gold-red feathers flew from the gaps in the Star Ranger's War Armor, and Barbara's virus was reorganizing the genetic coding of every Universe.
"Together, we become the singularity." Hode's whisper caused the Quantum Vacuum to flow backward, and stardust condensed into Mobius Loops around the twelve figures. Number 13's rusted sword pressed against his chest, purple Data Streams seeping from its cracks, as her face quantum tunneled between all his lovers.
When Hode's blade cleaved through the final dimensional barrier, he saw lovers from all Universes raising their weapons simultaneously—not against an enemy, but against their own hearts. In one Universe, Diana suddenly plunged the God Killer Sword into Wanda's back, while the Hode of that Universe was being vaporized by Carol's Photon Pulse. Yet their lips all curled into smiles synchronized with the quantum coding, as if this were their long-destined conclusion.
The Quantum Shockwave reached its peak, and Hode's consciousness began to collapse. He saw himself in countless Universes at once, each lover holding a glowing weapon, and their weapons were pointing in the same direction—there, the cover of the Darkhold was slowly opening, its pages revealing the quantum coding from Hode's Tactical Goggles. Deep within the code, the mutated patterns of the Thanos Cells were forming a new infinity symbol, its shape identical to the star pattern on Number 13's sword hilt.
Chapter 433: Welcome to... the New Multiverse
Hode's senses became exceptionally sharp. He could clearly perceive the heartbeat of every lover in every Universe; they were like drumbeats echoing in the depths of his consciousness. In the magic dimension, Wanda's figure gradually blurred, her Chaos Magic transforming into countless blood-red butterflies that fluttered around Hodeas if performing a final farewell.
"Hode, you will always be my light." Wanda's voice flickered in and out amidst the fluttering of the butterflies, carrying a hint of resolve and tenderness.
On Themyscira, Diana held her God Killer Sword high, Solar Divine Power condensing into a dazzling halo around her. Her gaze was firm, yet it hid a sense of reluctance: "Hode, the glory of the Amazons is with you." The sword light flashed, but it did not strike Hode; instead, it slashed toward an invisible presence in the void, as if carving out a path for him.
At the galactic core, Carol's Photon Pulse was as brilliant as the stars, her Quantum Wings tracing magnificent trails in the void. "Hode, the brightest star in the galaxy, don't let us become each other's regret." Carol's voice carried the free-spiritedness of an Star Ranger, yet it could not hide the deep affection in her heart.
In the data flood, Barbara's Neural Whip turned into streaks of purple lightning, darting between virtuality and reality. "Hode, there will always be a place for you in my code." Her smile carried the characteristic cunning and determination of a hacker genius, and virus codes wove an invisible net in the air, attempting to capture this moment that was about to vanish.
Complex emotions surged in Hode's heart. He knew well that every choice meant sacrifice. But sacrifice did not always mean loss; sometimes, it was a transmission of power. His gaze pierced through layers of dimensions, seeing his elderly self standing in the Sanctuary Ruins, the Mobius Loop scar on his chest seemingly telling stories of unfinished business.
"It's time." Hode whispered. His rusted sword traced an arc in the air, and a more concentrated purple Data Streamseeped from the cracks on the blade. This Data Streamwas the emotional bond between him and his lovers, as well as the source of their collective power.
Suddenly, an unprecedented power surged within Hode's body—it was the convergence of love and faith from all his lovers. He felt his body being lifted by an invisible force, transcending the constraints of time and space, arriving at a brand-new dimension.
In this dimension, there was no passage of time and no spatial limits, only pure existence and consciousness. Hodesaw Wanda's Mind Stone; it was no longer a patch of chaos but had transformed into a brilliant starry sky, where every star represented a Universe, and every Universecontained their figures.
Diana's Solar Divine Power turned into eternal radiance here, illuminating the path Hode traveled. Carol's Photon Pulse became endless energy, nourishing every inch of space under this starry sky. Barbara's virus code wove the most complex network here, connecting every Universeand every life.
"We are the Multiverse itself." Such a voice rang in Hode's heart—it was the resonance of all his lovers and the awakening deep within his own soul.
Just then, a dark power surged from the depths of the void. It was the final form of the Thanos Cells, attempting to swallow this starry sky and return everything to nothingness. Hode felt an unprecedented threat, but he also knew that this was the very moment they had been waiting for.
"Together, we fight to the end." Hode's voice was firm and powerful. His rusted sword traced a brilliant arc in the air, and the purple Data Stream on the blade erupted instantly, transforming into sharp sword qi that met the dark power head-on.
Wanda's Mind Stone emitted bursts of blood-red light, and Chaos Magic became the strongest shield at this moment, resisting the dark invasion. Diana's God Killer Swordblazed with fire, and Solar Divine Power turned into scorching beams of light that pierced the dark barrier.
Carol's Photon Pulse reached its peak at this moment, and the gold-red feathers flying from the gaps in the Star Ranger's War Armor became countless rays of light, illuminating every corner of the darkness. Barbara's virus code demonstrated its most powerful destructive force, invading the genetic coding of the Thanos Cells and dismantling this dark power from within.
The battle was exceptionally fierce. Hode fought side-by-side with his lovers, their powers merging together at this moment to form an unprecedentedly strong force. This force was not just for fighting darkness; it was creating new possibilities.
However, just as they were about to achieve victory, an even more powerful force suddenly descended. This force transcended the boundaries of the Multiverse, seemingly coming from another, higher dimension, carrying an irresistible majesty.
"This is...?" Hode's heart was filled with doubt and shock. He felt a sense of familiarity and strangeness within this power. It felt like the sum of everything he had experienced before, yet also like some brand-new, unknown existence.
At that moment, a voice rang in Hode's ear: "Hode, you are my chosen anchor and the Guardian of the Multiverse. But now, you need to make a choice—will you stay under this starry sky and guard this Universe with your lovers, or follow me to explore that unknown higher dimension?"
Hode was stunned; he hadn't expected to face such a choice. He looked back at Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara. Their eyes were filled with expectation and trust. He knew that no matter which path he chose, they would support him.
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But Hode also understood that this choice was not just about himself, but about the future of the Multiverse.
He took a deep breath, staring at that unknown higher dimension, and a feeling he had never experienced before surged in his heart.
"'I...'" Hode had just started to speak when a strong sense of danger suddenly surged into his mind.
He turned back abruptly, only to see that the dark power had returned, and it was even more ferocious than before.
"'Solve the crisis in front of you first!'" A voice echoed in Hode's heart, and without hesitation, he raised his rusted sword and charged into the darkness with his lovers.
The battle broke out again, and the power of Hode and his lovers reached its peak at this moment.
They fought desperately against the invasion of darkness, trying to win a glimmer of hope for the Multiverse.
However, just as they were about to exhaust their last bit of strength, that unknown higher dimension suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
This light penetrated the barrier of darkness, illuminating the faces of Hode and his lovers.
"'This is...?'" Hode's heart was full of doubt and expectation; he felt the warmth and hope contained within this light from the 705u.com-53 Reading Club.
Just then, a familiar voice rang in his ears: "'Hode, don't forget, you are always our light.'"
Hode was stunned. He looked back at the light, only to see the figures of Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara gradually blurring in the light, as if they were about to disappear.
"'No!'" Hode shouted, wanting to grab them, but found he couldn't reach them at all.
Just then, the light suddenly exploded, swallowing Hodeand the dark power together.
Hode felt a dizzying sensation, as if he had traveled through countless Universes and experienced countless possibilities.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a brand new dimension.
"'Where is this?'" Hode's heart was filled with doubt and curiosity. He looked around, seeing a brilliant starry sky unfolding before his eyes, each star flickering with a unique light.
Just then, a familiar voice rang in his ears: "'Hode, welcome to... the new Multiverse.'"
Chapter 434: Always remember, you are our light
Stardust flowed between Hode's fingers. He looked at his translucent hands, where purple Data Stream pulsed along the veins.
This new Universe had no boundary between sky and earth; countless crystal pillars floated in the void, each sealing fragments of different Universes—he saw young Wanda clutching a doll in the ruins of Sokovia, saw Dianabreaking her spear on an ancient battlefield, saw Carol's War Armor torn by Photon Energy, and the moment Barbara screamed in a digital cage.
"'This is not a Multiverse; it is a graveyard for them.'"
A cold female voice came from behind. When Hode turned, he almost crushed a piece of floating cosmic debris.
A woman in silver-white War Armor floated ten meters away. Her visor reflected countless reflections of Hode, each wearing a different expression—astonishment, fear, ecstasy, despair.
"'Who are you...?'"
"'You can call me the "Observer". Or more accurately, the 427th Guardian of the Universe.'" She raised her hand and tapped a crystal pillar; tentacles of Thanos's cells instantly spread across the surface of the pillar. "'See these cracks? Every Universe, before it dies, stabs its sharpest fragments into the membrane of space-time. Every time you collect one, you are one step closer to total collapse.'"
Hode's rusted sword trembled suddenly, and dark red liquid seeped from the Mobius ring scar on the hilt.
He remembered the scar on his older self's chest and realized that those unfinished stories were these Universes about to shatter.
"'Why tell me this?'"
"'Because you are the only anchor that can simultaneously carry the Emotional Spectrum of the Multiverse.'" The Observer's War Armor seeped with starlight. "'But carrying it comes with a price. Every time you use their power, the corresponding Universe accelerates its decay. Wanda's Mind Stone is collapsing, Diana's divine power is burning her soul, Carol's Photon Energy is tearing her quantum structure, and Barbara's code is suffering from entropy erosion.'"
Hode felt his heart squeezed by an invisible hand.
He saw Wanda gradually becoming transparent amidst blood-colored butterflies, saw a gap appear in Diana's blade, saw black mist seep from the gaps in Carol's War Armor, and saw Barbara's neural whip disintegrating into garbled code.
"'What can I do?'"
"'Cut off all emotional connections and become a true Guardian.'" The Observer extended a metal palm, the cosmic seed in the center flashing with seductive blue light. "'Or continue to be an anchor, watching them perish along with the entire Multiverse.'"
The rusted sword groaned. As Hode tightened his grip on the hilt, the purple Data Stream suddenly surged.
He saw his older self standing on top of the crystal pillar, tearing the Mobius ring scar in two.
"'Is there any other choice?'"
The Observer suddenly disappeared, replaced by Wanda's blurred silhouette. "'You always love asking stupid questions.'" The butterflies flying around her turned into blood-colored blades. "'Just like when you insisted on saving me back then, knowing full well that touching the Mind Stone would...'"
"'Wanda!'" Hode reached out but passed through her phantom. Diana's broken sword suddenly pierced his shoulder.
"'Amazons never retreat.'" Her voice carried the hoarseness of being scorched by the Sun. "'But this time, you should let go.'"
Carol's Photon Pulse pierced his chest from behind. Hodeheard the space ranger's War Armor disintegrating.
"'Don't be a fool, Hode.'" Golden-red liquid seeped from her broken visor. "'Is it worth it?'"
The last to appear was Barbara's purple lightning; her neural whip wrapped around Hode's neck.
"'You are always in my code, but programs always have a time to terminate.'" Her smile carried the snow of data collapse. "'Promise me, don't format those memories.'"
"'I...'" Hode's consciousness began to blur. He saw his heart precipitating purple Data Stream, each drop condensing into the faces of his lovers.
His older self suddenly jumped down from the crystal pillar, and the rusted sword precisely pierced the cosmic seed left by the Observer.
With a thunderous roar, Hode felt the memories of the 705u.com-53 Reading Club from countless Universes flood his brain.
He saw himself holding Wanda's hand for the first time, catching Diana's sword for the first time, being knocked over by Carol's Photon Pulse for the first time, being hacked into his consciousness by Barbara's virus code for the first time.
Those kisses, arguments, and moments of fighting side by side turned into ribbons of light, weaving into a new Mobius ring around him.
"'You chose the wrong answer.'" The Observer's voice came from all directions, but Hode noticed that the opponent's War Armor was cracking.
He raised the rusted sword, and the purple Data Stream on the blade suddenly materialized, turning into the weapons of his four lovers—the Mind Stone, the War Sword, the Photon Pulse, and the neural whip intertwined into a net in the void.
The crystal pillars began to resonate, and the tentacles of Thanos's cells disintegrated in the sound waves.
Hode heard Wanda's laughter, Diana's battle cry, Carol's engine roar, and the sound of Barbara's keyboard typing gushing out from every Universe fragment.
When his rusted sword pierced the energy core of the Observer's chest, he saw the face under the opponent's War Armor—it was actually the scarred face of his older self.
"'So that's it...'" Hode's consciousness began to ascend in dimension.
He saw the embryo of the new Universe gestating in the void, containing the Sokovia rebuilt by Wanda, the Themyscira guarded by Diana, the Milky Way Galaxypatrolled by Carol, and the digital World guarded by Barbara.
But black matter was seeping from the surface of the embryo; that was the entropy-increasing cancer contaminated by Thanos's cells.
"'Hode!'" The calls of his four lovers suddenly exploded in his ears. He woke up with a start and found himself still standing in the ruins of the sanctuary.
His older self was smiling not far away, the Mobius ring scar on his chest completely healed.
"'You passed the test.'" The other person's voice carried the echo of space-time overlap. "'Now, go create the Multiverse that belongs to you.'"
Hode was just about to speak when he suddenly heard Wanda's Mind Stone sound an alarm.
He turned and saw Diana's sword pointing to the sky, Carol's War Armor charging up, and Barbara's neural whip turning into a purple Energy Shield—above the ruins of the sanctuary, countless contaminated Universe fragments were falling, each fragment sealing the ultimate form of Thanos's cells.
"'This time, we won't let you fight alone.'" Wanda's blood-colored butterflies formed armor around Hode, Diana's divine power condensed into a light sword, Carol's Photon Pulse burned on her fists, and Barbara's virus code unfolded a firewall in the void.
Hode gripped the rusted sword, and the purple Data Stream on the blade suddenly split into four rays of light.
He saw his four lovers standing on different fragments, each using their own power to fight the entropy erosion.
And the largest fragment was suspended above his head, in which the sealed Thanos's cells had evolved into a purple giant wearing a Mobius ring.
"'The future of the Multiverse is now in your hands.'" His older self's voice rang from the hilt. As Hode leaped toward the purple giant, he heard Wanda's last whisper: "'Always remember, you are our light.'"
Chapter 435: Thanos's whisper echoes in the depths of the singularity
The Mobius ring on the purple giant's chest suddenly opened, and countless space-time tentacles pierced Hode's skin.
The ultimate form of Thanos's cells shrieked, and the sealed Universe fragments exploded in the sound waves, black entropy-increasing matter splashing into the sky like ink.
"'This is not a simple physical attack.'" Carol's Photon Pulse condensed into a golden-red shield in the void, but the tentacles pierced directly through the Energy Shield. "'It is extracting our timeline!'"
Hode felt his memories fading; the image of young Wandaclutching her doll became blurred, and the battlefield where Diana broke her spear began to collapse.
The purple Data Stream on the rusted sword suddenly flowed backward, and Barbara's virus code seeped from the hilt, weaving into a defensive network on the surface of Hode's skin.
"'Don't let it touch your consciousness!'" Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into blood-colored chains, twisting three tentacles into quantum dust.
But more tentacles surged from behind the giant, and Diana's light sword chipped the moment it cut the tentacles.
"'The Amazon's sword cannot cut the curse of time.'" Diana's blonde hair turned white in the wind of entropy increase. Her divine power burned with blinding flames. "'But you need to try this—'"
She suddenly plunged the War Sword into the ground. The phantom of Themyscira spread from the blade, and the barrier formed by golden wheat fields and the statue of Zeus temporarily resisted the tentacles' invasion.
Hode seized the opportunity to leap onto the giant's shoulder. The moment the rusted sword pierced the Mobius ring, he saw his older self smiling in another timeline.
"'Not pierce, but connect.'" Elder Hode's voice vibrated on the blade, and the purple Data Stream suddenly surged backward into the giant's body along the tentacles.
Thanos's cells' shriek turned into a scream, and the contaminated Universe fragments began to purify.
"'What are you doing?'" Blue light seeped from the gaps in Carol's War Armor. Her Photon Pulse resonated with Hode's Data Stream. "'This will overload your consciousness!'"
Hode felt countless memories colliding in his mind. He saw Wanda casting Chaos Magic simultaneously in countless parallel Universes, Diana using weapons of different forms to fight entropy increase, Carol traveling through different timelines absorbing stellar energy, and Barbara's virus code creating new Universes in the cracks between digital and reality.
"'We were originally fragments of the Multiverse.'" Hodethrust the rusted sword deeper into the Mobius ring, and the purple Data Stream turned into the figures of his four lovers wrapping around the giant. "'Now it's time to return to the whole.'"
Wanda's blood-colored butterflies suddenly pierced the giant's chest, bringing out countless flashing cosmic cores.
Diana's light sword ignited a solar storm, melting the entropy-increasing matter into golden rain.
Carol's Photon Pulse broke through the critical point, tearing a rift to the new Universe above the giant's head.
Barbara's virus code spread along the rift, carving a protection protocol into the data foundation of the newborn Universe.
The purple giant began to disintegrate, its Mobius ring turning into a star ring surrounding the new Universe, while the remains of Thanos's cells were sealed by Dianausing the soil of Themyscira.
But Hode discovered that before the giant dissipated, it had pierced a certain space-time tentacle into his own heart.
"'You...'" He looked down and saw a new Mobius ring scar appearing on his chest, and the purple Data Stream was reorganizing his DNA sequence.
The four lovers suddenly groaned at the same time, their ability marks appearing with resonance ripples on their respective bodies.
"'This is not contamination, it is an anchor.'" Elder Hode's voice came from the depths of the new Universe. "'When you become the Multiverse itself, their power is no longer a burden, but...'"
A thunderous roar interrupted the space-time communication, and a larger rift suddenly opened above the ruins of the sanctuary.
Thanos, wearing a purple crown, stepped out of the rift. His Infinity Gauntlet was embedded with six gems eroded by entropy increase, and countless infected Universeembryos floated behind him.
"'Hode, my child.'" Thanos's voice carried the echo of space-time. "'You have proven the power of the Emotional Spectrum, but the survival of the Multiverse requires a more thorough... reset.'"
The moment he snapped his fingers, all the infected Universe embryos began to collapse.
Hode saw Wanda bleeding from seven orifices simultaneously in countless Universes, Diana's divine power eroding her bones, Carol's Photon Pulse tearing her atoms, and Barbara's virus code suffering from backlash.
"'No!'" Hode's rusted sword burst out with unprecedented light. He stabbed the sword into the ground, and the purple Data Stream turned into a pillar of light that shot straight into the sky.
The star ring of the new Universe began to resonate, Wanda's Mind Stone was reborn in the pillar of light, Diana's divine power condensed into a giant bow of light, Carol's Photon Pulse turned into a star spear, and Barbara's virus code wove into a digital canopy.
"'This time, we choose actively.'" Hode grasped the energy in the pillar of light, his pupils turning into a galaxy composed of purple Data Stream. "'Not protection, but... evolution.'"
The four lovers nodded at the same time, their power fusing with Hode's pillar of light, turning into four rainbow rays that pierced through space-time.
Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet began to crack, and the eroded gems were purified in the rainbow light.
But just on the eve of victory, Hode suddenly saw his older self standing behind Thanos, pressing the Mobius ring scar onto the other's chest.
"'You... why?'" Hode's question was swallowed by space-time. He saw his older self reveal a gratified smile, and then was swallowed by the rainbow light along with Thanos.
The ruins of the sanctuary began to collapse, cracks appeared in the star ring of the new Universe, and the four lovers reached out simultaneously to grab Hode, but their bodies were dissipating in the rainbow light.
"'Hode, remember—'" Wanda's voice turned into blood-colored butterflies, Diana's battle cry turned into a solar wind, Carol's engine roar turned into a photon meteor, Barbara's keyboard typing turned into a digital ghost. "'You are always the... of the Multiverse.'"
Their afterimages were swallowed by the rainbow light, and Hode felt his consciousness ascending in dimension.
He saw the new Universe reborn at the break of the star ring, countless civilizations sprouting in the cracks between digital and reality, but the purple Mobius ring was engraved in the DNA of all life forms.
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Is this... the ultimate answer? Hode looked down at the evolving scar on his chest, suddenly hearing a familiar laughter from behind. He turned around and saw his four lovers standing on the grassland of the newborn Universe, but the starlight of the Milky Way Galaxy flowed within their pupils.
"Welcome home, Anchor." As Wanda reached out, the butterfly dissolved into a sky full of stardust. "Now, it's your turn to complete the final puzzle."
Hode's rusty sword suddenly evolved into a star-ring-shaped energy weapon. The moment he gripped the hilt, the star ring of the new Universe suddenly collapsed into a singularity. The consciousness of all living beings converged in the singularity, and Hode saw himself and his four lovers turn into five beams of light, weaving a brand-new membrane of space-time in the newborn Big Bang.
But at the very instant space-time was recast, Hodesuddenly heard Thanos's whisper echoing from the depths of the singularity: "The ultimate form of the Emotional Spectrum... is the... of the Universe."
Chapter 436: This Time, You Won't Even Have Memories Left
The moment Hode's star-ring blade pierced into the core of the singularity, Wanda's blood-red butterfly suddenly turned into quantum chains wrapping around his wrists. Fourfold consciousness exploded in his mind like thunder. He saw Diana's golden hair branching into thousands of light paths across space-time, dark matter black blood seeping from the gaps of Carol's War Armor, and Barbara's neural whip strangling the cells of Thanos from some parallel Universe into dust.
"Don't be fooled by appearances!" Wanda's Chaos Magicbranded a blood-red warning onto Hode's retina. "Thanos's Crown of Entropy is reconstructing the reality matrix!"
Hode snapped awake, finding his star-ring blade only a nanometer away from the core of the singularity. Thanos's consciousness, lingering in the folds of space-time, suddenly materialized. A purple crown emerged from the void, and six contaminated Infinity Stones were rearranging themselves.
"The ultimate form of the Emotional Spectrum..." Thanos's phantom split into a hideous smile, "is the catalyst for the Universe's cancer."
Diana's Sun Shield suddenly disintegrated, and her Amazon War Armor "705u.com-53 Reading Club" turned into liquid gold, seeping into the earth. As the golden wave erupted from underground, Hode saw countless Dianas falling simultaneously in different space-times—some were warriors pierced by spears, some were stone statues eroded by entropy, and some were mothers holding babies, praying in the twilight of doomsday.
"Every choice is a trap." Diana's voice carried a tremor of overlapping space-times, "but Amazons never..."
Her voice was swallowed by a sudden solar flare, and Hode felt his skin quantumizing. Carol's Photon Pulsepierced through his shoulder blade from behind, and a roar mixed with cosmic radiation came from the Star Ranger's broken visor: "Look at her eyes! Inside them..."
Hode forced his head around and saw Wanda constructing a Chaos Barrier with blood-red butterflies, but floating deep within her pupils were quantum projections of countless Thanos cells. Barbara's virus code suddenly exploded in Hode's synapses, and he heard the scream of a digital ghost: "She is reversing entropy! All timelines are..."
The Reality Stone on Thanos's crown suddenly projected a holographic image. Hode saw the scene of himself and his four lovers turning into five beams of light to weave the new Universe, but purple tentacles lurked within every space-time membrane. Just as the star-ring blade was about to pierce the core, the Thanoses of all parallel Universes opened their eyes at the same time.
"For every Universe you save, you are creating ten more terrifying abysses." Thanos's phantom suddenly materialized, his purple skin peeling away to reveal a mechanical skeleton composed of countless Mobius rings. "The most fatal weakness of the Emotional Spectrum... is love itself."
Hode felt the new scar on his chest burning his DNA, as the purple Data Stream and his fourfold consciousness entered quantum entanglement. He saw Wanda raising the Mind Stone simultaneously in countless Universes, Diana severing timelines with weapons of different forms, Carol shuttling between stars to absorb energy, and Barbara fighting the entropy virus in the digital abyss.
"We have long been the same light." Hode's star-ring blade suddenly split into four weapons—blood-red chains, a giant bow of light, a star spear, and a digital barrier. When the fourfold attacks hit Thanos simultaneously, all the contaminated Infinity Stones began to resonate.
But just as the stones were about to disintegrate, Hodesuddenly heard the voice of his elder self echoing from the depths of the singularity: "Once an Anchor is established... it cannot be removed." He saw countless parallel UniverseHodes self-destructing simultaneously, with Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara in each space-time bearing the backlash in different ways.
Thanos's mechanical skeleton suddenly expanded into a Mobius strip, sweeping Hode and his four lovers into a space-time vortex. They saw the new Universe swallowed by entropy at the very instant of its birth, saw Diana's Solar Divine Power reverse into a black hole, saw Carol's Photon Pulse trigger a supernova explosion, and saw Barbara's virus code turn into a digital plague.
"This is the future you created." Thanos's phantom laughed at the center of the vortex, "Infinite Universes, infinite ways to die."
Hode's consciousness began to blur. He saw Wanda's lips moving, but all sounds were torn to shreds by the space-time storm. As Diana's blade pierced his heart, he heard the Amazon Battle Song turn into an elegy; as Carol's Photon Pulse pierced his head, he saw the Star Ranger's tears freeze into ice crystals in the vacuum; as Barbara's neural whip wrapped around his neck, he felt the digital ghost deleting his memories.
Just as the five beams of light were about to be swallowed by the vortex, Hode suddenly remembered the image of his elder self tearing the Mobius ring scar in half. His star-ring blade suddenly erupted with a glow that surpassed the spectrum, carving an anti-entropy formula into the space-time vortex.
Thanos's phantom began to distort. He saw the Hodes of countless parallel Universes opening their eyes simultaneously. Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara in every space-time were cracking the entropy equation in different ways, their consciousness and power forming a quantum network through the new scar on Hode's chest.
"You think the Anchor is just a burden?" Hode's voice overlapped across countless space-times, "It is also..."
His star-ring blade suddenly pierced Thanos's core, and the purple mechanical skeleton disintegrated into elementary particles under the anti-entropy formula. But on the eve of victory, Hode saw the bodies of Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara quantumizing simultaneously...
"We have long been the Multiverse itself." Wanda's blood-red butterfly turned into stardust. "Remember, Hode..."
The figures of his four lovers dissipated in the space-time vortex, but their consciousness imprints integrated into Hode's DNA through the new scar on his chest. He saw his star-ring blade evolving into a Mobius ring form, with each link engraved with quantum runes of his lovers' names.
When Hode fell from the space-time vortex, the Sanctuary Ruins had already turned into the embryo of a newborn Universe. He gripped the Mobius Ring Sword, and the quantum runes on the blade suddenly projected a holographic image—Wanda smiling in the rebuilt Sokovia, Diana training new Amazon warriors on Paradise Island, Carol wiping her helmet on the flagship of the Star Fleet, and Barbara weaving a firewall in the Digital Fortress.
But the image suddenly distorted, and Hode saw his four lovers aging simultaneously in different space-times. Wanda's Chaos Magic was gradually spiraling out of control, Diana's Solar Divine Power was burning her soul, Carol's Photon Pulse was triggering cellular decay, and Barbara's virus code was suffering from digital entropy.
"The Anchor needs periodic maintenance." Elder Huo De's voice suddenly rang out from the hilt, but Hode noticed mechanical static in his voice, or...
A thunderous roar interrupted the space-time communication, and a new crack suddenly tore open above the Sanctuary Ruins. Thanos, wearing a silver crown, stepped out of the crack, his Infinity Gauntlet embedded with six stones flashing with anti-entropy symbols, with countless repaired cosmic embryos floating behind him.
"The game has only just begun, my child." Thanos's phantom spoke simultaneously across countless space-times, "This time, you won't even have memories left."
Hode's Mobius Ring Sword suddenly let out a wail, and he saw the quantum runes on the blade being eroded by entropy matter. The moment Thanos snapped his fingers, all the repaired cosmic embryos suddenly opened purple eyes.
Hode felt his consciousness splitting, and he saw the Hodes of countless parallel Universes raising their weapons simultaneously. Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara in every space-time were fighting entropy in different ways, but their bodies were gradually becoming transparent.
"This time, I will never again..." Hode's declaration was torn to shreds by the space-time storm. He saw Thanos's silver crown suddenly turn into a Mobius ring form, with the six Infinity Stones forming a quantum cage on the ring.
Just as the cage was about to close, Hode suddenly heard the voices of his four lovers resonating on the blade: "You will always be the Multiverse's..."
Chapter 437: This Is the Weakness of Love Itself
The rubble of the Sanctuary Ruins floated into a purple star ring beneath Thanos's feet, and the anti-entropy symbols on his silver crown were devouring the quantum runes of the Mobius Ring Sword. Hode gripped the hilt, feeling the residual consciousness of his four lovers burning scorch marks on his DNA strands.
"This time, you can't save anyone." Thanos's phantom suddenly split into five clones, each wearing an Infinity Gauntlet from a different Universe. Hode's pupils contracted—embedded in one of the gauntlets was Wanda's Mind Stone, which was currently seeping dark red tear stains.
Diana's Amazon Battle Song suddenly exploded in Hode's ears, and liquid gold seeped from the blade, condensing into her phantom on the ground. "The glory of the Amazons lies not in victory or defeat," dark matter black blood seeped from the gaps of her War Armor, "but in choice." The phantom raised her hand and threw the Lasso of Truth, binding the ankle of Thanos's clone, and his purple skin was instantly covered in golden cracks.
"Choice?" Thanos's clone sneered and tore the lasso apart. "You have no idea what you are fighting against!" The cosmic embryos behind him suddenly opened thousands of pupils, each reflecting the image of Hode embracing his lovers. Carol's Photon Pulse erupted in Hode's synapses, and he subconsciously raised his sword to slash a cross light blade, only to be rebounded the moment it touched the embryo.
Barbara's virus code suddenly erupted inside Thanos, and countless digital tattoos bulged beneath his purple skin. "Entropy is the natural destination of the Universe," her holographic projection emerged from the scar on Hode's chest, "but programs always have bugs." The projection turned into a torrent of data, pouring into the embryo, only to freeze into ice crystals upon touching the anti-entropy symbols.
Hode felt the new scar on his heart reorganizing his DNA, as Wanda's Chaos Magic and Diana's Solar Divine Powerblended into a liquid rainbow in his blood. He suddenly understood the hint from his elder self—the Anchor was both a burden and a weapon. The moment the blade pierced the ground, the Sanctuary Ruins began to quantum collapse, and the Hodes of countless parallel space-times raised their weapons simultaneously.
"What you see is destruction," Hode's star-ring blade suddenly split into fourfold forms, with blood-red chains wrapping around Thanos's silver crown, the giant bow of light shooting arrows condensed from the Amazon Battle Song, the star spear piercing the core of the anti-entropy symbol, and the digital barrier converting entropy matter into code fireworks, "what we see is..."
All the repaired cosmic embryos suddenly let out a baby's cry, and Thanos's clones froze. Hode saw a newborn Universe's Hode curled up inside every embryo, with four light points floating on their chests—the consciousness imprints of Wanda, Diana, Carol, and Barbara.
"Impossible!" Thanos's mechanical skeleton made a piercing screech. He frantically tore at his purple skin, exposing the quantum circuitry composed of Mobius rings inside. "The Emotional Spectrum cannot defeat the law of entropy!"
Hode's Mobius Ring Sword suddenly vibrated in a resonance like a baby's cry, and the quantum runes on the blade reorganized into the faces of the four women. Wanda's blood-red butterfly emerged from the void, with every scale on its wings reflecting the defeat of Thanos in different Universes; Diana's liquid gold seeped into the ground, and a golden divine tree instantly bloomed in the Sanctuary Ruins, with the heroic spirits of Amazonwarriors flowing between its branches and leaves; Carol's Photon Pulse turned into a stellar storm, melting Thanos's silver crown into liquid metal; Barbara's virus code bloomed into digital flowers on the anti-entropy symbols, with each petal carrying the memories of Universes swallowed by entropy.
"We have long been the Multiverse's... Anchor." Hode's star-ring blade pierced Thanos's core, and the purple mechanical skeleton disintegrated into a sky full of stardust amidst the baby's cry. But at the moment of victory, he saw the consciousness imprints of his four lovers suddenly dim, and dark matter black blood seeped from the new scar on his chest.
A new space-time crack suddenly tore open above the Sanctuary Ruins, and countless Elder Huo Des fell from the crack. Their Mobius Ring Swords all pointed in the same direction—the embryo of the newborn Universe was blooming with a purple halo, and from within came the resonance of Wanda's Chaos Magic and Thanos's Crown of Entropy.
"For every Universe you repair," all the Elder Huo Des spoke simultaneously, their voices carrying a tremor of overlapping space-times, "you are creating infinite more terrifying abysses." Their blades pierced the ground at the same time, and liquid gold, Photon Pulses, blood-red butterflies, and digital codes interwoven into a quantum cage within the crack.
Hode felt his consciousness being torn apart by the Anchor. He saw Wanda's Chaos Barrier swallowing the newborn Universe, Diana's Sun Shield turning into a black hole, Carol's Photon Pulse triggering a supernova explosion, and Barbara's virus code turning into a digital plague. But deep within the pupils of the four women, quantum projections of countless Thanos cells floated.
"This is the weakness of love itself." Thanos's phantom emerged from the space-time crack, his purple skin completely quantumized. "The most fatal loophole of the Emotional Spectrum... is hope." The Infinity Gauntletbehind him suddenly reorganized into a Mobius ring, with six contaminated stones forming purple tentacles on the ring.
Hode's Mobius Ring Sword let out a wail like a baby's cry, and he saw the quantum runes on the blade being eroded into purple by entropy matter. The moment Thanossnapped his fingers, the Hodes of all parallel Universes raised their weapons simultaneously—but their star-ring blades were already covered in cracks.
A space-time vortex formed at the center of the Sanctuary Ruins, and Hode saw countless versions of himself aging simultaneously in different space-times. Wanda's Chaos Magic was gradually spiraling out of control, Diana's Solar Divine Power was burning her soul, Carol's Photon Pulsewas triggering cellular decay, and Barbara's virus code was suffering from digital entropy. But in every space-time, they were using their last strength to repair the scar on Hode's chest.