hotmtlnovel Chapter 4079 MU Superbody Major Event (159)
Chapter 4079 MU Superbody Major Event (159)
Chapter 4079 MU: The Superbody Incident (159)
The ability to mass-produce soldiers is a hallmark of the three great empires. While they primarily rely on virtually unlimited resources to do so, the art of efficiently converting resources into soldiers is a profound science. Even more complex is ensuring these manufactured soldiers reach the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Anyone who has played automation-based games should understand that the final output depends not only on the production efficiency of the mine and the assembly plant, but also on the efficiency of the conveyor belts. In fact, in the later stages of the game, conveyor belt efficiency becomes the most crucial factor.
Assuming the mining efficiency of a mine and the assembly efficiency of a factory are unlimited, the only thing to optimize is the conveyor belt efficiency—that is, how to get the manufactured products to their destination in the most efficient way. This is where things get complicated. You could say that building a factory is easy, but managing the wiring is a nightmare. What started as a small adjustment to the conveyor belt can turn into a nightmare.
Humanity is still somewhat lacking in this regard; to be precise, it cannot currently utilize this technology, as it does not possess unlimited resources, nor does it have the substantial wealth of the three great empires.
However, this technology was something that had to be mastered sooner or later. After all, the human population was far too small, and to wage a protracted war against the three great empires, they certainly couldn't rely solely on their own race. And their allies, the Asgardians, were even fewer in number, and despite years of development, they hadn't made much progress. Therefore, they had no choice but to rely on humans to rapidly build up their military.
Stark's priority was to acquire the technology first. Although he didn't think it was particularly advanced, it was still a useful reference, and one can never have too much research material.
The two empires clearly realized they couldn't let him take it. After all, if humanity's independently developed technology could create something as illogical as the Steel Demon God, then if he copied their work, who knows what bizarre things he might create? In that case, they really wouldn't be able to defeat him.
The Hellfire has a self-destruct system, but Stark has controlled it and it's inoperable, so the only option is to destroy it from the outside. Instantly, countless soldiers surged towards Stark. Stark was also a little overwhelmed; how long would this take to delete?
His latest method of attacking by modifying the universe's programming is still in the exploratory stage and is more suitable for precision work; otherwise, he would have simply deleted everything bearing the insignia of the three great empires, saving him the trouble of killing them. In reality, that doesn't work.
He had no choice but to conjure a mechanical army, barely managing to achieve a stalemate in the annihilation. Though slow, it was still manageable. When they passed the Annihilation Zerg, the Zerg seemed uninterested in him. He simply carried the hive back to his base.
As soon as he returned, he saw an identical mother hive placed in the center of the base. Schiller's voice rang in his ears: "Didn't you want to study this thing? I got you one, take a look."
Stark simply tossed the one he was holding to Reed, reverted to Iron Man form, flew over, and said, "This is in excellent condition. Did you disassemble it and bring it back?"
"No, I was worried about problems during assembly, so I brought it back using a dust fog machine to ensure the internal structure remained unchanged..."
While the two were studying the Broodmother, Thor successfully destroyed the fifth Broodmother. With experience from the previous ones, the later ones would become increasingly faster. After assessing the shield's limits, Thor decided to divide the Thors into three teams of a few people each, with enough strength to break through the shield, thus increasing efficiency.
Because they discovered that the Mother Nests could also create more Mother Nests. Initially, because they weren't threatened, they didn't activate this production line. However, after discovering that they were attacking the Mother Nests, the Mother Nests began continuously producing themselves. Thus, if they weren't eliminated quickly enough, the number of Mother Nests would only increase.
After splitting up, the efficiency was much faster. Thor and the other Thors gathered their power again, and just as the lightning was about to strike, the lightning power in Thor's hand suddenly exploded.
Boom! Boom!
Thor was caught completely off guard and was blasted away. In the instant he lost his balance, he felt a "buzz" in his brain, his head throbbed, and his mind went blank, so much so that he didn't have time to use any self-defense abilities.
Immediately afterward, a sharp pain shot through his chest as an X-ray pierced right through him. He turned his head and saw a strong, green-skinned figure slowly vanish into nothingness.
“Damn it, it’s Martian Manhunter…” Thor felt his life force drain away in an instant. His heart had been completely melted by the rays, and a strange force was preventing him from healing.
In the blink of an eye, a dense white light appeared, and a life force akin to the origin of the universe sustained his last vestige of life. The other Thors were stunned, but they rushed over, trying to drag Thor back.
But since the other side had already made their move, they wouldn't let them leave so easily. As soon as the Thors made their move, they felt a sharp pain in their brains and were unable to control themselves for a moment.
"Quickly! Call for help!!!"
One of the more powerful Thors quickly pressed the communicator, but not to a human; instead, he called Hela. Hela then left Asgard and rushed to the battlefield.
However, she didn't tell Loki that she was going to rescue Thor. Instead, she tried to downplay the situation, making it seem as if Thor was only injured and already safe. Otherwise, if Loki impulsively rushed into the battlefield, it would be a classic case of "buy one, get one free."
Unexpectedly, Thor still had the strength to receive his brother's communication, and it was during this process that his divine power dissipated completely, and he lost his last bit of life force.
The moment Hela rushed onto the battlefield, she sensed something. She looked towards Thor, but his eyes were already closed. Hela's fingertips trembled slightly; she thought she was about to see that beam of white light.
But at that moment, an indescribable tremor resonated in the hearts of all Asgardians. They all turned to look in the same direction, even though there seemed to be nothing there, every Asgardian knew that it was the direction of the World Tree.
The World Tree was wailing, a sight never before seen. At least to people in all other universes, the World Tree had always been utterly silent, almost never responding to life in the Nine Realms. The last time it reacted was when Odin sacrificed one of his eyes in exchange for the spring beneath the World Tree.
This time, however, the World Tree reacted with unprecedented intensity. Everyone saw that the white light on Thor's body had shone, but it didn't form a pillar of light; something seemed to be stopping it.
Then, a branch visible only to beings from the Nine Realms stretched out, carrying Thor's body back to the World Tree, where it was immersed in the spring beneath it.
Hela sighed softly; she roughly understood what was going on.
The World Trees in most universes are silent because these gods owe them a debt. They draw almost limitless power from the World Trees' nourishment, and the longer they stay, the more power they gain.
However, the power of the World Tree is not inexhaustible. When its power is absorbed to a certain extent, it will inevitably have to destroy the gods, otherwise it will starve to death.
Loki and Thor were born very close to Ragnarok. By then, the World Tree was starving and could barely speak, let alone take any action, so of course it couldn't react at all.
However, the gods of the central universe had repaid their debts and had been providing energy intermittently, preventing the World Tree from becoming particularly hungry. In the final moments, they even gave it a massive boost. All the resources that the three great empires had plundered throughout the universe ended up in its belly, not only satisfying its hunger but also providing some to feed the creatures of the nine great realms.
In other words, the World Tree is currently in its prime, and even if the gods are still absorbing its energy, it will be enough to sustain it for at least several thousand years. Because it is not hungry, it is naturally more active.
However, it didn't save Thor because it was particularly kind. The World Tree actually operates according to certain rules, and anything that dies in its territory should belong to it. Thor's death naturally meant that it should belong to it as well.
However, Thor had a backup plan in the Battle Realm; if he died, he would be resurrected there. The moment the white light appeared, he should have already been resurrected in the Battle Realm.
The problem is, the World Tree refuses. It feels that all the gods who died in its territory owe it a debt, and it must reclaim this power to survive. So it resists the Battle Realm's attempt to take Thor away, desperately pulling Thor towards its side. But it's well-fed and pulls with great force, and the Battle Realm hasn't been able to take it from it yet.
Logically, the authority of the Battle Realm should be above all else, but the World Tree is also one of the fundamental forces of this universe, just like the Omega Rays. The administrator overlooked this setting, resulting in a program error similar to Magneto's resurrection.
The moment the Battle Realm revived the person, the World Tree snatched him away. In other words, Thor survived, but not in the Battle Realm; he went to the World Tree.
However, after stealing Thor's World Tree, they discovered that the humans weren't actually dead. Since the World Tree couldn't reclaim the power of living gods—otherwise, it wouldn't have needed to kill the humans first during Ragnarok—it couldn't eat raw food. Therefore, bringing the humans back was pointless; it could only leave them to soak in the spring.
It's easy to imagine that behind this programming conflict was another instance of OAA working overtime continuously. This time it was a little better than the last, with only a four-day break, but not because the error was easier to resolve, but because OAA gave up even faster.
There's really no way to solve this. You can't just let the World Tree take one back, then resurrect another in the Battle World to create two Thors. If you did that, the only person who would be happy would probably be Loki, and Lucifer would definitely accuse him of rigging the match. So, that's how it is.
But Loki didn't know that although he sensed the World Tree's fluctuations, he was blinded by rage. In an instant, he ascended to become the Goddess of Light and searched all of Asgard for that damned assassin.
Unbeknownst to him, the assassin he was angrily searching for was quietly approaching Asgard, using his psychic abilities to deceive the guards, and then using his intangibility to pass through the barrier and take the Mind Scepter that Loki had thrown down.