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Chapter 221. Beyond the clone, there is another clone.

Chapter 221. Beyond the clone, there is another clone.

Two strange energies approached the cancerous universe without attracting the attention of any Outer Gods, as if it were a natural flow of energy.

The Outer Gods possess immense power, but they are largely indifferent to the places they pollute.

Most of them focus on life forms with exceptionally unique souls and wills.

Just as the tyrannical among the four peddlers craves a life of fighting and violence, and the cunning one craves a life of scheming and manipulation.

The more a life resists, the more the Outer Gods may like it; the stronger one's obsession, the more likely one is to attract the attention of the Outer Gods.

Moreover, Ji Yuan has a unique way of concealing his energy, so as long as he doesn't reveal his aura, he won't be detected by the Outer Gods.

Soon, following the natural flow of energy, they arrived before the cancerous universe.

Surprisingly, there isn't just one cancerous universe here, but two.

Both universes exhibit the same posture, a strange posture that seems to be breathing life.

At the center of the universe, there is a pitch-black abyss-like opening. From a distance, it looks like a gaping maw that devours everything. Apart from that, it seems no different from other universes, and it does not have the texture of flesh and blood.

"Senior, this is different from what I've seen before. I remember there was only one cancerous universe back then."

Zero whispered, not forgetting to knock out the strange thing inside him. It's best for humans to avoid looking at such eerie things.

"It is indeed different," Ji Yuan replied telepathically. In the remaining memories of the four peddlers, there should only be one universe.

"Never mind, let's go in first. A mere outer god can't hurt me."

After saying that, the two streams of energy silently entered a universe.

Upon entering space, Ji Yuan felt an extremely strong sense of unease. Filled with doubt, he brought Zero to Earth.

A veiled consciousness swept across the entire Earth, yielding worrying results.

This universe is a mirror universe of mirror universes, a universe copied by the Outer God.

It's not hard to guess what they want to do: create mirror copies of superheroes and throw them into space. Once a superhero is discovered by the normal universe, the Outer Gods' goal will be achieved.

It must be said that the Outer God's plan was very malicious. These cloned superheroes did not know that they were part of the Outer God. Their memories were the memories of normal superheroes, except that they had an additional part of the memories of the destruction of the universe and their wandering in the universe alone.

Once they enter the normal universe, they will become the anchor point for the Outer Gods' invasion. They may even fight the Outer Gods at that time. In the moment before being controlled by the Outer Gods, the cloned superheroes will all believe that they are normal.

Ji Yuan had a strong premonition that this might be the work of the cult of the strange. Few outer gods use such manipulative methods; most of them just go straight for the kill, corrupting if they can, and then thinking of other ways if they can't.

After a brief exploration, Ji Yuan left with Zero. The place was full of replicas made from the cells of the evil god, and there wasn't much to see.

They then entered another universe.

Ji Yuan doesn't know much about the Cancer Universe, but he has a general understanding of the origin of the Cancer Universe in the original storyline.

In the original storyline, the Cancer Universe is a mirror universe of the 616 main universe. The difference between the two is that Captain Marvel made completely different choices in the two universes.

The Captain Marvel here is not Carol Danvers, but Mar-Vell.

Captain Marvel is not a person, but a title; Mar-Vell was the original Captain Marvel.

He developed cancer from inhaling toxic gas and eventually passed away on Titan, surrounded by many superheroes.

This is the ending for Mar-Vell in the main universe.

The Cancer Universe is completely different. In the last moments of his life, he heard the whispers of the Outer God, sacrificed all his former comrades and partners, and received the blessing of the Outer God, thus surviving cancer.

The universe was thus dragged into an abyss by the Outer God, and all life was corrupted by the Outer God, becoming part of the Outer God. Of course, there is a high probability that some can resist the corruption.

For example, Wanda's chaos magic has a very high energy level, which greatly increases the probability of resisting some of the pollution and maintaining a certain level of rationality.

Upon entering space, Ji Yuan immediately had a completely different feeling.

It was an omnipresent gaze, a gaze projected into the universe from an outer god.

Sensing the source of the gaze, Ji felt a sense of foreboding.

It wasn't that they were discovered, but rather that there were too few observers. The cancerous universe was the stronghold of the Outer Gods; what did these few observers amount to? The other Outer Gods were on vacation, so he quickly transmitted his voice to Zero: "Zero, follow my power and probe the observers in the universe to see if there's anything different."

Zero obediently followed Ji Yuan's power to investigate, and soon he also discovered that something was wrong.

"There's so much less. When I traveled to this universe, my vision was at least dozens of times larger than it is now. Could it be that the Outer Gods left beforehand?"

"No," Ji Yuan denied the answer. "Even if they leave, they wouldn't deliberately erase all traces of their past. This is their base of operations; it's too strange."

"Could it be that the Outer Gods have discovered us?" Zero asked.

"That's even less likely," Ji Yuan denied again. "They wouldn't react like that if they found out. Never mind, let's find out if there's anyone we can save. Once we've found them, we'll just destroy this universe. We'll deal with the rest later."

After saying that, he began to advance from the edge of the universe toward Earth at the center of the universe, his consciousness quietly sweeping over every inch of land and every starry sky.

Unfortunately, he found no beings with self-awareness until he reached beyond Earth; all he encountered along the way were life forms completely corrupted by the Outer Gods.

When his consciousness reached Earth and saw the scene there, Ji Yuan suddenly realized why there were so few eyes in the universe.

Because—all the Outer Gods are entrenched on Earth, seemingly waiting for someone.

They were naturally waiting for Ji Yuan.

Why is he so certain?

Because there are four ancient gods on Earth.

The Earth is divided into four equal parts, or four regions.

Violence, pleasure, filth, and an eerie tranquility.

This is the symbol of the four street vendors.

These four areas are also vaguely connected in some way, seemingly forming a magic array that unites the power of outer gods.

"So there were clones in addition to clones. No wonder they are the Four Little Vendors. They fooled me completely. They were plotting to trick me into being destroyed in the cancerous universe back then."

Ji Yuan sighed inwardly, realizing he had underestimated the four peddlers; they were just waiting for him to come to them.

But—so what?

Ji Yuan led Zero into the area on Earth that represented pleasure, and no Outer God was able to detect it.

"If I put hundreds of Ultra Bombs here, would you be able to spot them?"

Ji Yuan smiled knowingly. "You like playing with clones, huh? Then I'll play too!"