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Chapter 830: Everything is Moving Slowly Towards the Future (Marvel Completed, DC Universe Starts Tomorrow)
The funeral went smoothly, without any of the ups and downs found in novels. It seemed unlikely anyone would provoke Asgard at this time.
Yang Le and Gwen left after the funeral. Having just gone through a great war, Asgard had many matters to attend to and couldn't properly entertain them.
The two were also sensible, using official business as an excuse to decline Queen Frigga's polite invitation and proactively left Asgard.
Naturally, honored guests leaving required someone to see them off. Queen Frigga personally led the Asgardian Royal Family to send them away. As for Thor, who didn't show his face, Frigga could only offer an awkward smile and say he was busy with important things.
Although Yang Le was filled with curiosity, he wasn't one to delve into everything. For example, he didn't plan to investigate this matter further.
After seeing them off, Frigga hurriedly returned to Asgard, her goal clear: Loki's Room.
Pushing open the door, the first thing Frigga saw was Thor sitting on a chair. He held a piece of paper in his hand, and his expression suggested he had just made a decision.
Frigga asked, "Have you found Loki?"
"No." Thor shook his head. "I'm just about to go look."
"Is that so?" The usually observant Frigga didn't notice the oddness in Thor's words and continued, "Then I'll arrange for manpower to search immediately. You don't need to worry about this. You still have much to learn about being a God King."
Thor shook his head again, saying, "You won't be able to find her. I have to handle this personally."
"Nonsense!" Frigga frowned. "You are a God King. The Nine Realms need you to guard them. How can you leave casually? Just to find a…"
"Just to find my sister," Thor interrupted Frigga, his tone calm as he continued, "I know, Mother, you resent her for opening that door. Many in Asgard probably share your thoughts."
"Loki is afraid of seeing what's in your eyes when she wakes up, so she left first. Father said before he died that nothing is more important than family, so I must bring her back."
"She was already desperate enough when she was bound by that hammer. I can't let her become even more desperate."
Frigga wanted to say more, but the sound of knocking at the doorway stopped her. She turned her head and saw Balder standing at the doorway.
"Um, the Vanir envoy hasn't left yet, and I think one of you should go see them."
Balder was a little embarrassed, unsure if he had come at an inopportune time.
"You've come at just the right time, Brother." Thor stood up and strode to Balder's side, slapping him on the shoulder.
Before Balder could react, he felt a surge of immense energy flow into his body from Thor's right hand. This powerful power suppressed him, preventing Balder from reacting in any way.
By the time Balder came to his senses, he only heard Thor's words.
"Now you are the new God King."
When he opened his eyes again, Thor was gone, and only a helpless-looking Frigga stood before him.
"What are you still standing there for? As the new God King, you still have much to learn. Let's start with diplomacy."
"Oh… ah?!"
…
Time flies like an arrow. Several months had passed since the Ten Realms War, and in the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year again, December.
After several months, Earth's reconstruction progress was quite impressive. Basically, all nations had returned to normal.
However, the map of some nations had undergone slight changes. Some small countries simply merged into larger nations. After experiencing a global great war, humanity's perspective was finally no longer limited to Earth.
Faced with the unknown universe and the extraterrestrial visitors who could arrive at any time, people chose to stick together for warmth. Small countries merged into large nations, and large nations began to unite. It was estimated that the world map would undergo a major change soon.
But all of this had nothing to do with Yang Le. Although many people had realized the necessity of superhumans during the crisis, considering the long-standing issue of coexistence between superhumans and humans, Yang Le still decided to do something.
Therefore, taking advantage of the agreement between the mutants and the Supreme Celestial, he created a larger man-made island and built a city on it.
This city did not belong to any nation or organization; it was completely independent. Yang Le named it Metropolis, meaning the City of Tomorrow.
Yang Le's purpose in establishing Metropolis was to provide a haven for superhumans and to indirectly fulfill his agreement with the mutants. Since Cyclops had decided to coexist with humans, it was better to first interact with superhumans similar to themselves.
Of course, Metropolis welcomed not only superhumans but also ordinary people. The purpose of establishing this city was to eliminate the estrangement between superhumans and humans.
Here, superhumans no longer needed to deliberately hide themselves. You could boldly reveal your ability, and there would be specialized organizations to analyze your ability and list in detail the professions you could pursue in the future.
In short, in Metropolis, superhumans were like ordinary people with special talents. You didn't have to embark on the path of a superhero because of your superpower; you could also become an ordinary person with characteristics.
Once this policy was publicized, a large number of superhumans immediately flocked to Metropolis. Not everyone had a hero dream or wanted to be a terrorist. Most people still wanted to live a peaceful life, and Metropolis gave them this opportunity.
After negotiation, even the Green Lantern Corps established their base in Metropolis. As the only superhero organization on Earth, in addition to patrolling the entire Solar System, they also took on the work of the Metropolis police.
After all, you couldn't guarantee that everyone came with goodwill. To manage superhumans, you could only send out superhumans, and the Green Lanterns were the best choice.
Coincidentally, the Green Lanterns were hesitating about where to build their base because they didn't want to interfere in the politics of various nations. The two sides hit it off.
The Green Lanterns could exchange their actual labor for the right to use a building near the center of Metropolis, just like washing dishes to pay for meals.
With the Green Lantern Corps in charge, the safety level of Metropolis could only be described with one idiom: doors left unbolted at night.
According to American Comics setting, there were many geniuses among superhumans, such as Amadeus Cho, Beast, and so on. Because geniuses attracted geniuses, Metropolis became a gathering place for geniuses within a month or two of its establishment.
Like Tony Stark, because of his dad's reason, he couldn't get along in any nation and could only throw himself into Metropolis. The addition of these people exponentially increased Metropolis's technology level and education level.
By the way, the mayor of Metropolis was also a super genius. Her name was Valeria Richards. Yang Le immediately pushed the trouble to her.
Everyone in the worldwide knew that Metropolis had the best school in the world. Many parents wanted to send their children there, but those who could study at Metropolis School were either geniuses or superhumans.
Metropolis, based on the concept of coexistence, naturally welcomed all comers, accepting them as long as the school had vacancies. However, ordinary people who enrolled would also proactively request to transfer schools because they couldn't keep up with the geniuses and couldn't integrate into the superhuman environment.
After Metropolis could operate, Yang Le naturally moved into this city with Gwen. Katie also moved in with them, and they both enrolled in Metropolis High School.
Both of them showed great interest in this high school where 80% of the students were superhumans. This interest later turned into satisfaction. It seemed that both of them liked the atmosphere of this high school very much.
The teachers here were not only ordinary people but also mutants (Cyclops and others), and even superheroes (Peter would also come to work part-time when he was free). For children, this was simply the best school in the world.
It was also the safest. Any student who wanted to cause trouble would be immediately subdued by the school security guard.
By the way, the school's security guard included a middle-aged man who was only 1.6 meters tall but whose body was as heavy as a car, and an old man in a wheelchair who could summon countless chairs with a gaze and press people to the ground.
There was also a rarely seen but burly, golden-haired strongman who always wore a hammer at his waist, with arms thicker than people's thighs, and a golden-haired beautiful teenager who was always smiling but whose anger could cause terrifying things to happen.
And there was an Asian youth who looked unremarkable but was respected by all faculty and staff, had a close relationship with the famous beauty Miss Gwen Stacy, and always wore a digital watch on his hand.
These few people were called the Four Heavenly Kings by the children who were rebellious due to puberty. Why were there five people but they were called the Four Heavenly Kings? Because it was normal for the Four Heavenly Kings to have five.
As the fifth of the Four Heavenly Kings, Yang Le lived a comfortable life. Every day, he sat in the security guard room. When school was over, he went home with Gwen, living like a retired old man.
But today was different. Yang Le was going to perk up today. Of course, this wasn't because it was December and Christmas was just around the corner.
Metropolis was a city that had accepted people from countless nations, so it naturally paid attention to the cultures of all nations. Large festivals like the Spring Festival and Christmas were celebrated.
As Christmas approached, the school was also decorated a lot. Smiles filled the faces of both students and faculty and staff. Festivals always brought emotions that were usually absent.
Moreover, this was the first Christmas after the war. Everyone was holding back their energy, wanting to celebrate the festival grandly to celebrate the new life.
Yang Le naturally had this thought too, but his excitement today had nothing to do with these. Because today was Gwen's birthday.
Since transmigrating to the Marvel Universe, Yang Le had celebrated Gwen's birthday several times, but today was a little different because today was Gwen's coming-of-age day.
In the past, although he and Gwen were not much different in age, one was an adult and the other was a minor. Gwen might not care, but Yang Le was always afraid of others looking at her with strange gazes.
But today was different. After today, Gwen would be an adult, so he decided to give Gwen a big one.
Yang Le pretended to be nonchalant and waited early at the school gate, looking just like he usually did when waiting for Gwen to get out of school.
Old Magneto, who had recovered from his Plant Person State and was on duty with Yang Le, saw Yang Le's unusualness. He used his ability slightly and knew what Yang Le was going to do. He didn't expose it and just sat in his wheelchair to complete his work.
As the urgent bell rang, after a while, students wearing clothes of various colors walked out of the school. For a time, it was a sea of people, making one dizzy.
However, Yang Le still saw Gwen at a glance. Spider-Woman was chatting and laughing with Katie and her newly acquainted mutant friend Illyana, walking towards the school gate.
The group hadn't walked far when they saw the nonchalant Yang Le. Amidst the teasing of Katie and others, Gwen walked out of the crowd towards Yang Le with a normal expression.
If she used to be shy when teased at first, Gwen had become accustomed to it after a long time of torment. She was no longer like a child now.
"Let's go?" Gwen's mood was inexplicably cheerful. Her spider-sense had been ringing intermittently since the after-school bell rang. Although she didn't know why, she always felt it was a good thing.
"Let's go." Yang Le rarely said anything witty today, but honestly followed Gwen and walked home. This made the latter very strange.
"You're a bit strange today." Gwen frowned slightly. "What's wrong? Are you hiding something from me?"
Yang Le almost gave it away. He originally wanted to wait until they got home to tell Gwen, but looking at her face, he couldn't hold back.
So he took out a small box from his upper clothes pocket, opened it, and said to Gwen, "Today is your birthday, so I want to propose to you."
This sentence not only stunned Gwen but also stunned all the students and faculty and staff at the school gate. Just like you thought, there was no shortage of atmosphere-makers at any time.
However, before the atmosphere-makers could shout anything like "Say yes to him," Gwen took the small box first and said with a smile, "You're a little rushed, Great Hero, but I like your efficiency."
With that, Gwen took out the diamond ring in the box. It was a diamond ring that looked ordinary. At first glance, there was nothing special about it.
"A bit embarrassing to say," Yang Le scratched his head at this time. "That's what I took from my heart after transforming into Diamondhead. It means my heart is all here with you."
After hearing this, Gwen first showed a disdainful expression, but her eyes, which were as moist as lakes, couldn't hide her happiness.
"Very cheesy, but very effective. I fall for this kind of thing." Gwen blinked playfully. "Congratulations on passing the test, Mr. Yang Le, but you still have to pass my dad's test."
Yang Le also smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for more, Miss Gwen Stacy."
Marvel Universe officially ends, DC starts tomorrow.
Note:
(End of chapter)
The funeral went smoothly, without any of the ups and downs found in novels. It seemed unlikely anyone would provoke Asgard at this time.
Yang Le and Gwen left after the funeral. Having just gone through a great war, Asgard had many matters to attend to and couldn't properly entertain them.
The two were also sensible, using official business as an excuse to decline Queen Frigga's polite invitation and proactively left Asgard.
Naturally, honored guests leaving required someone to see them off. Queen Frigga personally led the Asgardian Royal Family to send them away. As for Thor, who didn't show his face, Frigga could only offer an awkward smile and say he was busy with important things.
Although Yang Le was filled with curiosity, he wasn't one to delve into everything. For example, he didn't plan to investigate this matter further.
After seeing them off, Frigga hurriedly returned to Asgard, her goal clear: Loki's Room.
Pushing open the door, the first thing Frigga saw was Thor sitting on a chair. He held a piece of paper in his hand, and his expression suggested he had just made a decision.
Frigga asked, "Have you found Loki?"
"No." Thor shook his head. "I'm just about to go look."
"Is that so?" The usually observant Frigga didn't notice the oddness in Thor's words and continued, "Then I'll arrange for manpower to search immediately. You don't need to worry about this. You still have much to learn about being a God King."
Thor shook his head again, saying, "You won't be able to find her. I have to handle this personally."
"Nonsense!" Frigga frowned. "You are a God King. The Nine Realms need you to guard them. How can you leave casually? Just to find a…"
"Just to find my sister," Thor interrupted Frigga, his tone calm as he continued, "I know, Mother, you resent her for opening that door. Many in Asgard probably share your thoughts."
"Loki is afraid of seeing what's in your eyes when she wakes up, so she left first. Father said before he died that nothing is more important than family, so I must bring her back."
"She was already desperate enough when she was bound by that hammer. I can't let her become even more desperate."
Frigga wanted to say more, but the sound of knocking at the doorway stopped her. She turned her head and saw Balder standing at the doorway.
"Um, the Vanir envoy hasn't left yet, and I think one of you should go see them."
Balder was a little embarrassed, unsure if he had come at an inopportune time.
"You've come at just the right time, Brother." Thor stood up and strode to Balder's side, slapping him on the shoulder.
Before Balder could react, he felt a surge of immense energy flow into his body from Thor's right hand. This powerful power suppressed him, preventing Balder from reacting in any way.
By the time Balder came to his senses, he only heard Thor's words.
"Now you are the new God King."
When he opened his eyes again, Thor was gone, and only a helpless-looking Frigga stood before him.
"What are you still standing there for? As the new God King, you still have much to learn. Let's start with diplomacy."
"Oh… ah?!"
…
Time flies like an arrow. Several months had passed since the Ten Realms War, and in the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year again, December.
After several months, Earth's reconstruction progress was quite impressive. Basically, all nations had returned to normal.
However, the map of some nations had undergone slight changes. Some small countries simply merged into larger nations. After experiencing a global great war, humanity's perspective was finally no longer limited to Earth.
Faced with the unknown universe and the extraterrestrial visitors who could arrive at any time, people chose to stick together for warmth. Small countries merged into large nations, and large nations began to unite. It was estimated that the world map would undergo a major change soon.
But all of this had nothing to do with Yang Le. Although many people had realized the necessity of superhumans during the crisis, considering the long-standing issue of coexistence between superhumans and humans, Yang Le still decided to do something.
Therefore, taking advantage of the agreement between the mutants and the Supreme Celestial, he created a larger man-made island and built a city on it.
This city did not belong to any nation or organization; it was completely independent. Yang Le named it Metropolis, meaning the City of Tomorrow.
Yang Le's purpose in establishing Metropolis was to provide a haven for superhumans and to indirectly fulfill his agreement with the mutants. Since Cyclops had decided to coexist with humans, it was better to first interact with superhumans similar to themselves.
Of course, Metropolis welcomed not only superhumans but also ordinary people. The purpose of establishing this city was to eliminate the estrangement between superhumans and humans.
Here, superhumans no longer needed to deliberately hide themselves. You could boldly reveal your ability, and there would be specialized organizations to analyze your ability and list in detail the professions you could pursue in the future.
In short, in Metropolis, superhumans were like ordinary people with special talents. You didn't have to embark on the path of a superhero because of your superpower; you could also become an ordinary person with characteristics.
Once this policy was publicized, a large number of superhumans immediately flocked to Metropolis. Not everyone had a hero dream or wanted to be a terrorist. Most people still wanted to live a peaceful life, and Metropolis gave them this opportunity.
After negotiation, even the Green Lantern Corps established their base in Metropolis. As the only superhero organization on Earth, in addition to patrolling the entire Solar System, they also took on the work of the Metropolis police.
After all, you couldn't guarantee that everyone came with goodwill. To manage superhumans, you could only send out superhumans, and the Green Lanterns were the best choice.
Coincidentally, the Green Lanterns were hesitating about where to build their base because they didn't want to interfere in the politics of various nations. The two sides hit it off.
The Green Lanterns could exchange their actual labor for the right to use a building near the center of Metropolis, just like washing dishes to pay for meals.
With the Green Lantern Corps in charge, the safety level of Metropolis could only be described with one idiom: doors left unbolted at night.
According to American Comics setting, there were many geniuses among superhumans, such as Amadeus Cho, Beast, and so on. Because geniuses attracted geniuses, Metropolis became a gathering place for geniuses within a month or two of its establishment.
Like Tony Stark, because of his dad's reason, he couldn't get along in any nation and could only throw himself into Metropolis. The addition of these people exponentially increased Metropolis's technology level and education level.
By the way, the mayor of Metropolis was also a super genius. Her name was Valeria Richards. Yang Le immediately pushed the trouble to her.
Everyone in the worldwide knew that Metropolis had the best school in the world. Many parents wanted to send their children there, but those who could study at Metropolis School were either geniuses or superhumans.
Metropolis, based on the concept of coexistence, naturally welcomed all comers, accepting them as long as the school had vacancies. However, ordinary people who enrolled would also proactively request to transfer schools because they couldn't keep up with the geniuses and couldn't integrate into the superhuman environment.
After Metropolis could operate, Yang Le naturally moved into this city with Gwen. Katie also moved in with them, and they both enrolled in Metropolis High School.
Both of them showed great interest in this high school where 80% of the students were superhumans. This interest later turned into satisfaction. It seemed that both of them liked the atmosphere of this high school very much.
The teachers here were not only ordinary people but also mutants (Cyclops and others), and even superheroes (Peter would also come to work part-time when he was free). For children, this was simply the best school in the world.
It was also the safest. Any student who wanted to cause trouble would be immediately subdued by the school security guard.
By the way, the school's security guard included a middle-aged man who was only 1.6 meters tall but whose body was as heavy as a car, and an old man in a wheelchair who could summon countless chairs with a gaze and press people to the ground.
There was also a rarely seen but burly, golden-haired strongman who always wore a hammer at his waist, with arms thicker than people's thighs, and a golden-haired beautiful teenager who was always smiling but whose anger could cause terrifying things to happen.
And there was an Asian youth who looked unremarkable but was respected by all faculty and staff, had a close relationship with the famous beauty Miss Gwen Stacy, and always wore a digital watch on his hand.
These few people were called the Four Heavenly Kings by the children who were rebellious due to puberty. Why were there five people but they were called the Four Heavenly Kings? Because it was normal for the Four Heavenly Kings to have five.
As the fifth of the Four Heavenly Kings, Yang Le lived a comfortable life. Every day, he sat in the security guard room. When school was over, he went home with Gwen, living like a retired old man.
But today was different. Yang Le was going to perk up today. Of course, this wasn't because it was December and Christmas was just around the corner.
Metropolis was a city that had accepted people from countless nations, so it naturally paid attention to the cultures of all nations. Large festivals like the Spring Festival and Christmas were celebrated.
As Christmas approached, the school was also decorated a lot. Smiles filled the faces of both students and faculty and staff. Festivals always brought emotions that were usually absent.
Moreover, this was the first Christmas after the war. Everyone was holding back their energy, wanting to celebrate the festival grandly to celebrate the new life.
Yang Le naturally had this thought too, but his excitement today had nothing to do with these. Because today was Gwen's birthday.
Since transmigrating to the Marvel Universe, Yang Le had celebrated Gwen's birthday several times, but today was a little different because today was Gwen's coming-of-age day.
In the past, although he and Gwen were not much different in age, one was an adult and the other was a minor. Gwen might not care, but Yang Le was always afraid of others looking at her with strange gazes.
But today was different. After today, Gwen would be an adult, so he decided to give Gwen a big one.
Yang Le pretended to be nonchalant and waited early at the school gate, looking just like he usually did when waiting for Gwen to get out of school.
Old Magneto, who had recovered from his Plant Person State and was on duty with Yang Le, saw Yang Le's unusualness. He used his ability slightly and knew what Yang Le was going to do. He didn't expose it and just sat in his wheelchair to complete his work.
As the urgent bell rang, after a while, students wearing clothes of various colors walked out of the school. For a time, it was a sea of people, making one dizzy.
However, Yang Le still saw Gwen at a glance. Spider-Woman was chatting and laughing with Katie and her newly acquainted mutant friend Illyana, walking towards the school gate.
The group hadn't walked far when they saw the nonchalant Yang Le. Amidst the teasing of Katie and others, Gwen walked out of the crowd towards Yang Le with a normal expression.
If she used to be shy when teased at first, Gwen had become accustomed to it after a long time of torment. She was no longer like a child now.
"Let's go?" Gwen's mood was inexplicably cheerful. Her spider-sense had been ringing intermittently since the after-school bell rang. Although she didn't know why, she always felt it was a good thing.
"Let's go." Yang Le rarely said anything witty today, but honestly followed Gwen and walked home. This made the latter very strange.
"You're a bit strange today." Gwen frowned slightly. "What's wrong? Are you hiding something from me?"
Yang Le almost gave it away. He originally wanted to wait until they got home to tell Gwen, but looking at her face, he couldn't hold back.
So he took out a small box from his upper clothes pocket, opened it, and said to Gwen, "Today is your birthday, so I want to propose to you."
This sentence not only stunned Gwen but also stunned all the students and faculty and staff at the school gate. Just like you thought, there was no shortage of atmosphere-makers at any time.
However, before the atmosphere-makers could shout anything like "Say yes to him," Gwen took the small box first and said with a smile, "You're a little rushed, Great Hero, but I like your efficiency."
With that, Gwen took out the diamond ring in the box. It was a diamond ring that looked ordinary. At first glance, there was nothing special about it.
"A bit embarrassing to say," Yang Le scratched his head at this time. "That's what I took from my heart after transforming into Diamondhead. It means my heart is all here with you."
After hearing this, Gwen first showed a disdainful expression, but her eyes, which were as moist as lakes, couldn't hide her happiness.
"Very cheesy, but very effective. I fall for this kind of thing." Gwen blinked playfully. "Congratulations on passing the test, Mr. Yang Le, but you still have to pass my dad's test."
Yang Le also smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for more, Miss Gwen Stacy."
Marvel Universe officially ends, DC starts tomorrow.
Note:
(End of chapter)
