124. A New World.

An endless desolate plain stretched out, the ruins of the city extended here, and countless rubble spread over this lifeless land, covered by the yellow dust carried by the howling cold wind.

In the ruins formed by a collapsed building, a bonfire became the only source of light here. The firelight flickered continuously, casting shadows on the walls that twisted and trembled incessantly. This was the only bright place on this lifeless earth. Even though the firelight wasn't large, it still illuminated the darkness and warmed the hearts.

Alex tightened his trench coat, holding a wooden stick and stirring the firewood in the bonfire. Beside him, two young people lay quietly, Pietro and Kara, who were still unconscious at the moment.

Alex had just arrived in this world. After sealing off the polluted reality, he used his last bit of strength to 'peel' Pietro and Kara from two different realities. Fortunately, they weren't 'natives' of that world, so they weren't severely polluted. After Alex completely severed the connection between the cocoon and the outside world, the pollution on them disappeared. However, this rough method also severely impacted their spirits.

As for Mephisto and the Elder God, Alex hadn't contacted them after everything ended, but he estimated they had already reaped satisfactory rewards.

As agreed before, Alex only sealed the polluted timeline. Outside the Earth dimension, there were countless unpolluted souls, and apart from these, the broken world and cosmic fragments would be thoroughly divided between the two lords. But those had nothing to do with Alex anymore. Without the supply of power, he desperately needed to find a world to rest in, so he had to let Miss Minutes initiate a random traversal.

Alex didn't expect that this time the timepad would send him to such a place. No matter how bad the previous universe was, it would give him time to prepare. But this time, he was directly thrown into a wasteland. It looked like the apocalyptic crisis had already happened, and everything was over.

Of course, Alex ending up like this was partly his own doing. He sighed heavily, patting the timepad in his coat pocket.

When he finished that reality and prepared to leave with the unconscious Pietro and Kara, Alex suddenly had a thought. A thought he always wanted but didn't dare to have—to see the history of the timepad.

Alex had always had this question. The secret of the timepad always lingered in his mind. Even though it was bound to him and Miss Minutes, Alex was still unsure. He wanted to know more about the secrets behind the timepad. Since the timepad appeared in the wasteland universe for unknown reasons, he, who had already mastered the wasteland universe, could completely search the timeline of that universe to see how the timepad appeared.

Originally, this was just a thought because Alex knew his strength wasn't enough. It was obvious that a huge secret was hidden behind the timepad, and corresponding unimaginable dangers existed. So, at that time, Alex could only hide this question in his heart, not showing it. But later, things changed. With the power beyond reality dimensions, Alex could feel the terrifying energy he held. His every move could cause reality to collapse and planets to perish.

With such powerful energy, the thought buried in Alex's heart emerged again. He wanted to know the origin of the timepad, who its previous owner was, and how it appeared in the wasteland universe. However, this action almost blew up the entire wasteland universe.

It was like a hole was poked in a balloon. The wasteland universe originally had no magical energy, and the whole universe was 'deflated,' with everything in a lifeless state. But Alex's gaze brought countless complex energies. Logically, this energy was invisible and intangible, and it wouldn't affect the multiverse. But strangely, this energy rapidly filled the wasteland universe and inflated it like a balloon.

At that moment, the hazard of the 'hole' appeared. The history of the timepad seemed deliberately erased, and the blank historical hole constantly tore the timeline and was about to collapse. Seeing this, Alex could only withdraw his gaze and use all his energy to fill the gap. Fortunately, Alex reacted in time, blocking the hole with more violent magical energy, preventing the wasteland universe from losing control.

Because of this, Alex ended up in his current state and came to a more dangerous universe. However, Alex's action wasn't without gain. In his fleeting glimpse, he saw a fragment from beyond time, from history, and in that fragment, he vaguely saw a pair of eyes.

It was a pair of eyes that Alex couldn't forget. He couldn't recall the color of the pupils or anything else, as if everything was a dream. In his waking moments, Alex only remembered the existence of those eyes and the surprise they revealed.

Who was the owner of those eyes?

Was that person the previous user of the timepad?

Or was it something more inexplicable hidden beneath the wasteland universe, surprised that he discovered its existence?

Alex didn't know, but he knew these were beyond his current knowledge. To understand these secrets, he needed more powerful strength.

"Ugh."

Pietro's groan instantly drew Alex's attention.

"You're awake. I thought Kara would wake up before you."

"Don't underestimate my super speed." Pietro shakily sat up, refusing Alex's help, and asked, "Got anything to eat? I'm starving."

"Already prepared." Alex took out some fast food from his magical space, mostly doughnuts, burgers, and dumplings.

Originally, these were meant to be stored in the bottomless universe, but after throwing Deadpool's polluted head in there, Alex lost interest in it, fearing the things inside would also get polluted. Later, Alex also threw the sealed timeline in there, making the bottomless universe entirely unusable.

Luckily, as a wizard, creating a small space of his own was easy, like Doctor Strange or Loki. Though not large, it was convenient. Taking the food, Pietro couldn't resist his hunger and started eating voraciously. While eating, Pietro asked. "Where are Moon Knight and the others?"

"They're still 'alive,' living in their respective universes." Alex said flatly.

"What did you do? I feel like I've lost part of my memory."

Pietro rubbed his head.

"You didn't lose your memory. You were unconscious. Your spirits couldn't endure the power of crossing reality barriers while awake. To save you, I had to do this." Alex replied.

"Got it." Pietro nodded, then asked again, "Where are we?"

"This is a new timeline and the world we'll temporarily live in."

Alex looked at Pietro devouring the food and sighed in relief, smiling.

"Don't worry, it's safe here."

"."

Pietro stopped chewing.

He looked around.

"You're lying."

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