Chapter 435
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, the two magnates of the Avengers, along with Batman Bruce Wayne from the Justice League, came to a corner of the banquet hall. Tony Stark turned his head to look in Tang Song's direction and said with certainty,
"This guy talks about himself as if he's too important, as if other universes would suffer demon invasion without him!"
"We have no other choice. What just happened might very well be Him displaying His strength!" Bruce Wayne's voice was exceptionally cold.
Clearly, the strength Hela displayed just now had brought him considerable shock.
Before coming to this universe, he prided himself on having Superman and thus possessing the world. But after truly arriving in this universe, he realized that there was more than one existence capable of rivaling Superman in this universe.
There were even deities more powerful and terrifying than Superman.
"There's an ancient saying in The East that's very true: 'When under someone else's roof, one has to bow their head.' For now, we can only take things one step at a time.
However, there is no absolutely invincible strength in this world. After we go back, I will formulate a counterattack strategy. As long as He dares to commit acts that harm the universe, I will let Him know that the ants in His eyes are not to be trifled with!"
"Count me in!" Tony Stark interjected, "If it's convenient, share the data you collected with me. It looks like I need to build a new set of battlegear!"
"Alright, after we go back, I will share the collected data with you. But you need to be mentally fortified; His strength has already exceeded the scope of my understanding!"
"Powerful enemies are more challenging!" Tony Stark was not intimidated by Bruce Wayne's words. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Steve Rogers, who was deep in thought beside him: "Captain, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about how to solve the current problem, defeat the Thanos from that parallel universe! Get those Infinity Stones! Save our universe!"
"I almost forgot about the serious business. This guy named Tang Song gives me too much pressure; I even feel like Thanos is somewhat insignificant now!" Tony Stark shrugged playfully. Suddenly, an idea came to mind: "Captain, what if we gather five Infinity Stones, could we..." Tony Stark's eyes glanced towards Tang Song as he spoke.
However, before Steve Rogers could answer, he himself denied the idea: "No, no, unless it's a universe with exactly the same Quantum Entanglement, otherwise other Infinity Stones brought to this universe are just a pile of pretty stones!"
"Infinity Stones!?" Bruce Wayne asked with doubt! Perhaps the Avengers intentionally overlooked it, but they hadn't told Bruce Wayne about the Infinity Stones.
"These gemstones are products of the universe's rules. Once gathered, you can use them to do anything! Our universe was destroyed by a tyrant. He used the power of the Infinity Stones to take away half the life in the universe!" Steve Rogers answered Bruce Wayne's doubt.
"That's the existence you mentioned called Thanos!" Bruce Wayne frowned: "Why would he do that?"
"This guy is an idealistic madman. He thinks the universe's resources are limited, but the speed at which life in the universe is growing is gradually exceeding the speed of the universe's expansion, so he wants to control the universe's population!" Steve Rogers said with a bitter smile.
Hearing Captain America's explanation, Bruce Wayne's complexion was extremely expressive, "So, to protect the universe, he killed half the life in the universe!?"
For the first time, Bruce Wayne felt that someone was crazier than the Joker! And this guy was illiterate; didn't he know that even if half the life in the universe was eliminated, with the reproductive ability of life, the universe's population would return to normal within ten years?!
What was the point of him doing that? Self-aggrandizement? "Just a finger snap! Half the life in the universe turned into black dust..." Steve Rogers said, "Can you imagine that picture? Just stemming from his delusion, half the life in the universe had to be buried with him. Compared to him, the actions of this deity before me seem like a good person!
After hearing His words, I sometimes wonder, if He had been on Earth when Thanos descended, would things have been different? Maybe we could have stopped Thanos!"
"Captain!" Feeling that Steve Rogers was not in the right state, Tony Stark quickly stepped forward and patted his shoulder.
Steve Rogers waved his hand, indicating he was fine: "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just feel like I didn't do well enough back then!"
"Captain, we did our best!" Tony Stark comforted him: "Don't worry, this time we will definitely win, definitely retrieve the Infinity Stones, and save our universe!"
"Tony, Mr. Wayne, I don't deny your points. We need to guard against Him, but before that, we'd best deal with Thanos! Otherwise, once the Infinity Stones fall into his hands, it will be bad. Don't forget, he learned about the quantum tunnel from Nebula!" Steve Rogers said to the two with a solemn expression.
Steve Rogers' words instantly made Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne realize the seriousness of the matters.
"I need detailed data on Thanos!" Bruce Wayne looked at Tony Stark.
Tony Stark nodded: "My smart glasses have a backup. I'll send it to you immediately!"
Just as the two magnates of the Avengers and Batman were discussing how to deal with the Thanos from the parallel universe, Black Widow Natasha, wearing a red dress, walked towards Tang Song with a champagne glass.
She had been paying attention to Tang Song just now. Upon seeing Tang Song's group of women, she confirmed in her heart that even if this was a deity, He was a lustful deity. For the battle-hardened Black Widow, she was confident she understood men well, and she was equally confident in her own charm.
"Hello!" Natasha Romanoff walked up to Tang Song, who was chatting with Lane, holding her wine glass, and said with a face full of smiles: "Should I address you as Your Esteemed Eminence or Mr. Tang!"
"Boss! Then I'll go arrange manpower first!" Lane looked at the Black Widow who had delivered herself, nodded towards Tang Song, held his champagne glass, and walked away into the distance. "An appellation is just a codename. Since you are not my follower, calling me Mr. Tang is also fine. After all, we aren't too familiar with each other!" Tang Song smiled politely and courteously at the Black Widow before him.
Natasha's smile stiffened for a moment, which she immediately hid: "Doesn't the Bible say that God loves the people of the world? Does God only love His followers!"
"Yahweh's ways were too domineering, which is why He didn't have a good end. Now I am the new God. The Church has just revised the new Bible. If you are interested in the Bible, I can have them get you a copy when you leave!"
Tang Song at this moment completely displayed the demeanor of a 'straight man,' or rather, a 'straight God.' It wasn't that Tang Song had lost interest in beautiful women; it was just that he couldn't muster any interest in this Black Widow before him. Having cultivated to his realm, female beauty was merely a little embellishment in his long life.
The reason Tang Song still had some interest in female beauty now was purely because, compared to those old seniors who had lived for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years, he was still relatively young. Simply put, he hadn't gotten tired of such matters yet.
However, even so, Tang Song wasn't picky about everything. For example, this Black Widow before him, when he first arrived in the Marvel Universe, he might have had some interest, but now, Tang Song shook his head. After simply brushing her off with a couple of sentences, he held his wine glass and turned to leave. Just then, a voice made Tang Song stop his steps and turn his head back.
"Mr. Tang, or rather, Your Eminence, God, could you spare me some time so I can ask you a few things?" This was the voice of Wonder Woman Diana Prince.
Tang Song turned his head back. Behind him, a person also wearing a red dress was precisely Wonder Woman Diana Prince. She stood together with Black Widow Natasha, like two thorny roses. In terms of appearance, the two were equally matched. It's just that in the eyes of this kind of person, Diana, compared to Black Widow, had an extra kind of divinity surrounding her body.
With Tang Song's cultivation base now, even if he had deliberately restrained it, when looking at Natasha, he could still clearly see the foundation on her face, and even the large pores, pimples... as well as that smell that couldn't be covered even with perfume. It's not that Natasha was bad in any way; it's just that with his five senses as powerful as Tang Song's, some things would still appear before his eyes even if he didn't deliberately look.
This is also why Tang Song has been staying in Great Luo Heaven for the past two years! Tang Song looking at Diana certainly didn't have this burden. As a deity, Diana's body was indeed much better than ordinary humans. At least in Tang Song's eyes, her smooth face showed no flaws.
Tang Song smiled: "Calling me Tang Song is fine. May I ask, beautiful lady, is there something you need me for?"
Natasha looked at Tang Song's double standard behavior. Even though her mental fortitude was strong enough, she couldn't help but change her complexion. She directly held her wine glass, turned, and left.
Diana looked back at her, shrugged her shoulders, and smiled towards Tang Song: "It seems I came at the wrong time!"
Tang Song spread his hands and smiled lightly: "Maybe you came at just the right time!"
With a gaze from Tang Song, a vampire maid walked over holding two cups of champagne.
The maids who could serve at Lake Heart Island Manor were at least Viscount or Earl level Vampire Clan members elsewhere, and their eyesight was all extremely good. Although they didn't dare look directly at their Big Boss, each one was paying attention to Tang Song's movements. When they saw the Big Boss wanted wine... four or five maids around all walked towards him holding trays. But in the end, the maid closest to him won the first place.
Under the envious and jealous gazes of the crowd, she walked to Tang Song's front holding the tray. Tang Song casually placed the empty champagne glass in his hand onto the tray and took two new cups of fine wine. He handed one cup to Diana: "I wonder if the famous Wonder Woman has any questions for me?"
Diana took the wine glass from Tang Song's hand, held it, and asked in a very relaxed and natural tone: "For the sake of our brief encounter, can you answer a question for me?"
"Ask away! I will tell you everything I know!" Tang Song smiled.
"What is the actual effect of that document you made us sign?" Diana stared at Tang Song's face, carefully observing the changes in his expression.
"A contract. I just want you to be my agents, to spread faith for me in other universes!" Tang Song smiled: "Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. My employees and subordinates all know that I am a generous Boss!"
Diana stared intently into Tang Song's eyes and asked very seriously: "Then, what will happen if we violate this contract?"
Tang Song tilted his head, gently drank the champagne, and casually threw the cup out.
The cup drew a beautiful arc and landed steadily on a waiter's tray twenty meters away, as light and steady as if placed there by hand.
Tang Song sighed: "My contract is very lenient, there's no KPI assessment. The premise is, your friends don't always think about opposing me. Even a clay figure has three parts rage; what do you think a God does when angry? Hmm?!"
After staring intently at Tang Song's face for a long time, Diana helplessly spread her hands: "Regarding this matter of intruding into your residence, I am very sorry, truly very sorry. But, I can guarantee for them that such a thing will never happen again in the future."
Tang Song raised his eyebrow and said leisurely: "Oh? After witnessing the strength I displayed, you gave up the idea of using military force to crusade against me? But neither Tony Stark nor Bruce Wayne seem like the kind of people who can be easily persuaded!"
Diana said unusually frankly: "That's right. Although I don't know what kind of person Tony Stark is, I understand Bruce. After he goes back, he will definitely find a method to formulate measures against you. But, for a deity as powerful as you, I don't think his method will be effective. And I believe you definitely won't do things that harm multiverse balance! This way, we also won't have unnecessary conflicts, right?"
Facing the beauty's compliment, Tang Song started laughing. He looked up and saw a waiter maid walking by in the distance. With a wave of his hand, a cup of fine wine flew directly into his hand.
"That's right, with my strength now, I indeed don't need to care about their challenges!"
With Tang Song's strength now, unless facing those multiversal level existences directly, others before him were just a bunch of insignificant beings.
The series of fortuitous encounters brought by the Main God Component saved him thousands, even tens of thousands of years of cultivation time. His cultivation base has now reached the Golden Immortal Realm, which can be said to have reached the bearing limit of a universe.
He naturally wouldn't put the Justice League and Avengers in his eyes anymore, especially since they had also signed a contract and become his agents, with their lives and deaths in his hands.
"Don't worry, I'm not some evil god, nor am I those extreme environmentalists. I have no interest in destruction. At most, it's just developing followers and getting some resources!"
Diana gently nodded, but sighed heavily in her heart. She didn't know if the words this man before her said were true or false.
But strength is the basis of everything. People without strength are not qualified to demand equal treatment from others.
Diana extended her hand towards Tang Song: "Then, Tang, are we friends again? Hmm, I hope our friendship won't be damaged by certain misunderstandings in the future."
Diana said it very seriously because she truly wanted to mend the relationship between the Justice League and Tang Song.
After all, no one wants to be constantly stared at by a powerful deity.
Gripping Diana's fair and tender hand, Tang Song nodded: "I never abandon my followers and friends. Since you have become my agents, then we are one. In the future, we will have many things to do together!"
The next day, sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling window into the master bedroom of Lake Heart Island Manor. Boss Tang opened his eyes from that large golden silk nanmu bed that could accommodate over a dozen people.
At this moment, the bedroom was empty. Early in the morning, Hela was pulled by Skye and others, each in a sports car, heading to the luxury goods store in Raccoon City for some shopping. Women, whether mortal or deity, have a hobby for luxury goods and jewelry, just like giant dragons for gold; that obsession comes from their bloodline.
Although the cloakrooms of just the few of them in the manor could rival the area of over a dozen other people's homes, it was clear that this group of women enjoyed the fun of shopping.
"Boss!"
In the small living room of the manor, when Tang Song finished washing up and came here, Lane was in the living room, flipping through the data on the holographic screen before him while eating breakfast.
Hearing Tang Song's footsteps, Lane looked up and greeted Tang Song, then continued to read and revise the electronic documents.
"Where is Kane?" Tang Song asked casually after sitting down.
"After you returned to your room to rest yesterday, Frank returned. They took those two Hell Lords, and a group of people went to New York. They said they went to a bar and haven't returned yet—"
The maid brought exquisite Chinese breakfast, soy milk, fried dough sticks, and thick millet porridge cooked just right.
What surprised Tang Song was that there were actually Shaobing in the breakfast—
This snack from his hometown in his previous life is not common abroad. Even those Chinese chefs in the manor wouldn't spend effort researching this thing.
Tang Song picked one up and took a bite. Hmm, it tastes good. The skin is crispy, the cooking heat was just right, and the ratio of sesame and syrup was also well-controlled.
Tang Song, who had cultivated in seclusion for a long time and hadn't properly enjoyed breakfast for a long time, rarely had such a good appetite. "Boss, are we really not going to care about Thanos's matter? I feel that the Thanos they discovered in that parallel universe is very likely the one who went missing from here!"
Lane finished the last bite of fried egg on his plate, took out a golden medicinal pill, and put it in his mouth. For him, who has cultivated the Black Dragon True Body, if he really ate freely, eating nine cows a day wouldn't be enough. Ordinary food was just for satisfying cravings; what truly fills his stomach are the medicinal pills refined by Tang Song.
"Since others have refused our help, we don't need to rush to offer unrequited effort. I have a premonition that this time they will probably suffer great loss. Do they really think they can walk sideways in the multiverse just with one Superman? It's not like he's Golden Superman!"
Tang Song finished one Shaobing, wiped the sesame seeds from the corner of his mouth, picked up the golden millet porridge cooked before him, and took a sip.
"How is the check on those cosmic coordinates Quill mentioned going?"
"The people sent out have returned. There seems to be something you are interested in in one universe!"
Saying that, Lane swiped a finger in front of him, and a holographic screen was projected in front of Tang Song. "Autobots, move out!"
That was a video clip. Inside an abandoned factory, a truck, accompanied by a muffled roar, transformed into a tall robot. It was a fighting video of it charging up and blasting away another robot.
"Optimus Prime, Transformers, the Allspark?! It is indeed a good thing!"
(end of chapter)