**Chapter 387: Experiment, Error**
With Steppenwolf's threat gone, and the Mother Box taken out of the DC Universe by Tang Song, even if the Justice League wanted to resurrect Superman, they had no immediate method.
However, according to the information brought back by Star-Lord, Tang Song's mole embedded within the Avengers, Batman of the Justice League seemed intent on coming to their universe through the Quantum Tunnel to search for the lost Mother Box.
He also wanted to investigate the mastermind behind the Blood Sacrifice. However, when he proposed borrowing the Ant-Man Suit and the method for creating the Quantum Tunnel from the Avengers, he was met with unanimous opposition from the Avengers.
The existence of the Quantum Tunnel, Pym Particles, and the manufacturing method for the Ant-Man Suit were related to the safety of their universe. Neither Captain America nor Tony Stark would easily let these technologies fall into others' hands.
According to Star-Lord, during this period, the Avengers were not searching for new universes but were alleviating the pressure brought by the DC Universe.
After all, having close contact with the legendary Demon King of Hell was an experience that even the thick-skinned Superheroes needed time to recover from.
Star-Lord's purpose in coming to this universe was still the Pym Particles. However, he said that Tony Stark seemed to be conducting research in this area, apparently trying to decipher Pym Particles. If he succeeded, Star-Lord would lose his excuse to come to this universe.
This time, Star-Lord came to this universe through the Quantum Tunnel, and Tang Song specifically arranged a father-son reunion for him, featuring Yondu, Star-Lord, and Ego.
The difference was that Ego, a Celestial, was sealed inside a Crystal Ball.
After listening to Yondu recount the entire story between him and Ego, Star-Lord, though unwilling, had to admit that the spherical object sealed within the Glass ball was his biological father.
And he was also a Bastard who wanted to kill him and had killed his mother.
Finally, Star-Lord took the Crystal Ball with him. He would find an opportunity to take Ego to that World full of the Worm Race, letting Ego eliminate the Worm Race to atone for his sins.
"Interstellar Worm Race: mmp"
Inside the laboratory, a room entirely constructed from Adamantium Alloy, Tang Song pushed a searchlight above a microscope slide. *Click!* He flipped the green instrument switch on the searchlight. Inside the searchlight, a fist-sized, uneven black orb instantly burst into firelight on its surface.
This inconspicuous black orb was originally a Star from a Desolate Star Zone, plucked by Tang Song using Great Divine Power and confined within the searchlight.
Nuclear fission reactions continuously occurred inside the black orb, instantly turning it into a yellow sun, emitting endless light and heat.
These thermal energy and light were gathered by a Grand Sun Formation inscribed on the surface of the searchlight, converging to form a solar ray with a high temperature of over a hundred million degrees, shining onto the microscope slide.
*Sizzle!*
Although Tang Song had protected the microscope slide with magic power, the microscope slide, polished from hard exotic alloy, still began to dissolve and boil under this terrifying high temperature.
Conversely, the Superman living cells on the microscope slide, which were originally in a near-dormant state, began to become active under this high temperature and started absorbing energy from the sunlight. While Tang Song used magic power to protect this high-tech alien equipment worth billions of galactic credits, he simultaneously recorded the structure of the Superman cells and their method of absorbing sunlight through an observation device.
So-called cultivation is a process of continuously improving oneself. Cultivation below the True Immortal stage is essentially a process of continuously accumulating internal energy, transforming the physical body, and increasing physical body strength and soul strength.
As for restriction formations, forbidden techniques, various magic arts, magic tools, and magic treasures, they are merely path protection techniques on the cultivation path, helping cultivators avoid the Three Calamities and Five Tribulations and protect the path and cut karma.
After Tang Song's Nascent Divinity underwent Pure Yang Transformation and was refined into a Pure Yang Primordial Spirit, his subsequent cultivation would no longer be a simple accumulation of energy but would involve touching upon the Immortal Golden Nature and refining his trace of true spirit to be immortal and undamaged.
The Creation Realm above Pure Yang also has other appellations: Golden Immortal of Creation, Immortal Golden Immortal. Cultivating to this step, one can theoretically achieve true immortality. In the Jambudvīpa World, Golden Nature is the root of immortality and undamagedness. Once Golden Nature is attained, one is immortal and undamaged in all time and space, gaining it once means gaining it forever, attaining it once means attaining it forever.
Compared to the so-called immortals in this universe, the lifespan of an Immortal Golden Immortal can truly be said to be longevity equal to heaven and earth, longevity equal to the universe.
Moreover, in terms of immortality, theoretically, a Golden Immortal cannot be easily killed unless they are erased at the root of time and space.
Only by cultivating oneself to the state of immortal and undamaged can one withstand the erosion of time and space and be qualified to touch upon the subsequent Great Luo Realm—
From Pure Yang True Immortal to Immortal Golden Immortal, it is not merely a process of energy accumulation. It also requires deep self-understanding, advancing simultaneously in divine soul, magic power, physical body, and Essence, Qi, Spirit, achieving immortal soul true spirit and immortal physical body. To achieve this, one needs persistent effort, refining oneself bit by bit, with the three flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit blooming atop one's head, only then can creation be achieved.
On the path of cultivation, even if there are shortcuts in the early stages, in the end, time is needed to compensate. Tang Song was not in a hurry with his cultivation; he even prepared for the possibility of not breaking through to Immortal Golden Immortal within a thousand years.
But this did not prevent him from preparing some path protection techniques.
Elias Bogan in the DC Universe and the fleeting glimpse of the suspected Golden Superman existence instantly made Boss Tang, who was complacent, held Infinity Stones, and considered himself invincible in the universe, feel pressure.
He needed some means of self-protection. Using Doomsday Cells to nurture a body for the True Forms of the Twelve Ancestral Magi was one method. At the same time, the existence of Golden Superman also shocked Tang Song.
After returning to his Marvel Universe, he ordered someone to find the comic books that recorded Golden Superman. Tang Song had never imagined that Superman, merely by slumbering in the sun for fifteen thousand years, could become an existence comparable to Great Luo, a multiversal existence.
Although in some ways, this Great Luo was somewhat "watered down," the key was that the way he became a Great Luo was too easy. Just sleeping for a while, he became an existence comparable to Great Luo.
If this were to spread to the ears of those Ancient Golden Immortals in the Jambudvīpa World who had lived for millions or tens of millions of years but were unable to attain the Great Dao, they would probably be so envious that they would immediately suffer cultivation deviation.
One must know that at Tang Song's cultivation base, if he were to enter deep-level cultivation, a hundred years would feel like just a flick of a finger.
Some Ancient Golden Immortals could even remain dormant within a Great Star for hundreds of thousands of years while cultivating. Yet, in the DC Multiverse, the time it took for Golden Superman to become a multiversal existence was considered long. Elias Bogan directly inherited half of the Supreme God's creation power and became a multiversal existence.
Doctor Manhattan's power, capable of reshaping the universe and manipulating atoms, came merely from an experiment accident.
Perhaps this is the difference between worlds!
That's nonsense! Tang Song didn't believe in coincidences. He spent a day reading all the DC Comics, even having Tang Group acquire the company that owned the DC Comics copyright, and had a group of editors who originally created the DC Universe start searching for whose powers in these comic books could be replicated.
The answer was Superman. Theoretically, compared to BUG existences like the Supreme God, The Great Evil Beast, or Monitor, who were invincible from the start, or Doctor Manhattan, whose experiment accident result had a probability even smaller than the Big Bang.
Theoretically, as long as they are Kryptonian, by imitating Golden Superman and slumbering in a yellow sun for fifteen thousand years, they can possess multiversal power. This is why Tang Song had Harley Quinn obtain the cells of the deceased Superman and plucked a star as research material to study the principle of Superman absorbing yellow sunlight.
He wanted to combine the secret of Kryptonians absorbing yellow sunlight and integrate it into the Nine Cycles Profound Cultivation Method. By then, perhaps his physical body would step into the Great Luo Realm before his Nascent Divinity.
Under the focused radiance of the yellow sun, the Superman cells on the microscope slide were like independent black holes, absorbing various radiation energy from the yellow sun.
However, the result was not very satisfactory to Tang Song. From the spectral analysis of the supercomputer next to him, the utilization rate of the various radiant energy swallowed by these Superman cells was not high.
These cells were more like storage devices, storing this radiant energy. If he could dissect a Kryptonian... Tang Song looked at the spectral analysis chart, a dangerous light flickering in his eyes.
Kane's arrival made Tang Song temporarily put down his research. Inside the Hive Experiment Office, Kane recounted the sequence of events to Tang Song.
A woman named Carol Danvers inexplicably appeared and stopped the spaceship transporting personnel and supplies from Fallen Star to Sovereign, accusing them of bullying the weak and demanding they stop persecuting the Sovereign Civilization.
This woman named Carol Danvers detained five transport spaceships belonging to East Galaxy Company, specifically demanding that the person in charge of East Galaxy Company come forward to redeem them. The conditions were the release of the detained High-level Staff of Sovereign and the return of the land occupied by East Galaxy Company to Sovereign.
Facing this unreasonable woman, Kane naturally wouldn't indulge her. He personally took King Ghidorah and Adam to the exchange address left by Carol, a Desolate Planet in a Remote Area.
"You lost the fight!"
Tang Song frowned. He was not unfamiliar with the name Carol Danvers. Was it the famous Ms. Marvel! The representative of independent and self-reliant women born out of the times, an existence in the Marvel Universe comparable to Superman! She was also S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury's last trump card, an existence whose strength was not inferior to Thanos.
Well, although Nick Fury never pressed that quantum pager until his death, it also indirectly indicated Carol's strength, at least Skyfather level.
Although Kane, King Ghidorah, and Adam combined didn't win against Ms. Marvel, and the fight was somewhat unsatisfactory, a single win or loss was insignificant to Tang Song.
"We didn't lose!" Kane said glumly. "Just as we were setting up a showdown with that woman, the High Evolutionary led people to ambush Fallen Star and rescued the detained Sovereign High-level Staff from the East Galaxy Company Prison on Fallen Star! Our people suffered heavy casualties! And the several habitable planets we had gained were also lost!"
"If Shadow Storm hadn't been leading people in pursuit of the High Evolutionary, Fallen Star would have almost been blown up by him. I messed things up, Boss, I am willing to accept punishment!"
"Wait a moment!" Tang Song rubbed his brow, looking at Kane, who was hanging his head. "I don't understand. Why would the High Evolutionary get involved with Carol, and what's with Shadow Storm?"
Hearing Tang Song mention this, Kane became even more depressed. "I only found out later that the High Evolutionary has always had cooperation with the Sovereign. The Sovereign's life hatching device was improved with the help of the High Evolutionary's company! A portion of the funds from the energy batteries sold by the Sovereign over the years was paid to the High Evolutionary's company for research.
The High Evolutionary's castle is a mobile spaceship transformed from a planet. Shadow Storm led people to Mount Wundagore, but the High Evolutionary received a distress message from the Sovereign and went to Sovereign a step ahead, missing Shadow Storm!"
"What about that Ms. Marvel? What's going on with her?"
"She herself said she received a message saying we were bullying the weak. This crazy woman has been meddling in the Milky Way Galaxy. As long as there's a powerful civilization bullying the weak, she steps in to interfere. I think the High Evolutionary used her!"
After Kane finished speaking, Tang Song finally sorted everything out and understood what had happened.
The High Evolutionary, Ms. Marvel, and the remnants of the Sovereign, three forces were entangled.
"How big are our losses?"
"Boss, Fallen Star suffered two consecutive impacts and will have to be shut down for at least three months. Additionally, in this invasion by the High Evolutionary, we lost dozens of East Galaxy Company employees. The immigration operation to Sovereign was forced to halt. Now we have tens of millions of followers trapped on several Planets of Sovereign! They urgently need supplies!"
Gently stroking the leather armrest of the sofa with his finger, Tang Song looked at the dejected Kane and smiled, "Just this much loss? It shouldn't make our President Cain so discouraged!"
Tang Song lightly stroked his chin. "If it's really impossible, I'll give you a hundred thousand Yellow Turban Strongman Heavenly Generals and a million Celestial Soldiers. You can also go to Blood Sea Hell and get two Netherworld White Bone Banners. Just flatten the Sovereign Civilization and the High Evolutionary and be done with it!"
"Really!" Kane grinned ferociously. "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely clean up the Sovereign!"
"Haha!" Tang Song looked at Kane, whose dejected expression had changed, and laughed, "That's right. No one's work can be smooth sailing, right? I remember when we first started out in the New York City Area, because we didn't have passports, we were forced to keep changing places by a group of New York Police Department officers and even got shot at by those Thugs!"
Hearing Tang Song reminisce about past events, Kane also laughed. "Those Thugs who shot at us weren't they killed by the little Paper Figurine you controlled that very night? And those Police Officers had nightmares for several nights in a row; they even thought they were possessed by Demons!"
"You can use the group's internal resources as you please. Handle the Sovereign matters yourself. I have confidence in you!" Tang Song lightly scratched his chin. He looked at Kane warmly.
Immense confidence flowed from Tang Song's clear black and white eyes into Kane's body. Kane swept away his previous dejection and nodded heavily.
Tang Song smiled with satisfaction. He wasn't afraid of his subordinates encountering setbacks; he was only afraid of them becoming disheartened and losing confidence.
What did a little resource loss matter? Even if this universe was completely destroyed, he could just take them to another universe and start over.
Within the Great Luo Heaven, there were three backup quantum teleportation devices and two thousand of the most advanced Level 3 warships, enough for him to move all his subordinate forces to another universe.
"Oh, right, Boss, regarding that robot named Bande, Elder Mandel's investigation has yielded results!"
"The Universal Bank is very large, and its history is so ancient that it cannot be traced. However, there is a legend that the Universal Bank came from the previous universe and was originally just a delivery company specializing in interstellar delivery business. The manager of each branch of this company is a Bande robot, but each Bande has a different personality. The Bande on Sovereign is still on Fallen Star; he wants to open a Universal Bank branch on Fallen Star and wants to ask for your consent..."
"Let Lane handle this kind of business matter!" Saying this, Tang Song dialed Lane's communicator.
"Lane, come to Number Two Hive. Kane is here. There's a piece of business that needs your hard work!"
Hanging up the communicator, Tang Song said to Kane, "You and Lane go together for this matter. Also, call Frank and Lucien; it'll save them from complaining to me every day about their hands being itchy!"
"Also, regarding the Universal Bank, you and Lane should go find Tivan. He is a member of the Elders of the Universe. This old fellow has been around since the universe began, so he should know the background of the Universal Bank!"
(end of chapter)