Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 51 The Ultimate Use of the Cosmic Tuning Fork is a Super-Powered Speaker
Time is definitely the cruelest thing in the universe. It is so cold and indifferent that it will not stay for longer or show a little tenderness according to anyone's ideas.
No matter what bad or good things are happening, nothing can stop it from moving forward.
It was not difficult for the members of Team K to find that Mason had become unusually silent since he went out to help the Conqueror's Tenth Sequence Sergeant Major macho men defeat the Alien Demon Fleet and protect a garden world nine days ago and returned.
Although the plans were still being carried out step by step, the heavy aura on him made Zha Kang, who always had a very good relationship with Mason, dare not make any dirty jokes.
Barbara, who was worried about her brother's condition, came back specially. After the two talked for more than ten minutes, Barbara became silent and returned to the Exile spaceship to continue her work without saying a word.
This situation continued until the last day of the impact countdown.
Countdown to the fourth impact, eight hours.
The plane pressure monitoring system of the Osborne Tower is operating at full power, and all data changes are presented to Mason through readers placed in different worlds.
Among them are not only the readings of the six worlds of the Resistance Alliance, but also the information sent back by the readers that the three bosses of the Ultimate K Team painstakingly placed in random planes.
Mason's scientists had stopped their work at this time and devoted themselves to the operation and calculation of this instrument.
They designed a special calculation system to summarize the data into a more intuitive graphical display.
Mason looked at the changes in plane pressure over the past ten days. Overall, it went down all the way and finally stabilized at around the standard value of 4. This made him marvel at the wisdom of the Stark family. Those guys came to this conclusion, which was almost the same as the actual result, just by relying on calculations a month ago.
After the expansion pressure of the entire parallel world system was averaged by the Eye of Time and Space, the pressure that each plane was subjected to before the impact occurred was around 4 standard values.
"After ten days of decompression, this value has stabilized."
Dr. Otto still wore his flirtatious sunglasses. He flipped through the more complex historical data in his hands and said to Mason:
"Even if the Eye of Space and Time is closed now, the plane expansion pressure will not change in a short period of time. This is a good thing for most planes, but for some marginal planes, it is equivalent to increasing the pressure they bear in a short period of time."
"That's never a good thing, Dr. Otto."
Mason shook his head and said:
"According to Tony No. 7, the internal expansion pressure of a healthy parallel plane system will not reach such an exaggerated level as 4 standard values."
"I understand. Although we call it 'plane pressure', it is actually a simplified term for a more complex cosmic system."
Dr. Otto is a real expert in this area. He doesn't need Mason to explain this to him. Instead, he casually expands on the explanation:
"According to Tony's model, 4 standard values of plane internal pressure means that the universe's entropy increase has entered the final acceleration stage. It is difficult for new and vibrant life to be born in a universe system that is too old and outdated. Various natural disasters originating from the basic framework level occur frequently, and eventually form destructive events such as impact.
It is indeed too old and in urgent need of rebirth.
However, even if such an extreme method as opening a hole in the plane barrier is used to release pressure in advance, according to current readings, the force generated by the direct collision of the two planes after the world fusion is completed is still far beyond the limit that the new world can withstand.
You have never revealed your plans in this regard, although I know you must have one."
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, Doctor, nor am I being mysterious."
Mason explained:
“I do have something in my hand that can stabilize the planes to ensure that the collision between planes is converted into plane fusion through world fusion, but I only have that one.
Our enemies at this moment will not want us to succeed, they will try every means to obstruct us. I cannot show it to everyone until the last moment.
That’s our trump card.”
"So you do have a plan?"
Dr. Otto pushed up his glasses, looked around, rubbed his hands and said quietly:
"Let me open my eyes. There are less than 8 hours left before the impact. Even the best equipment needs debugging, right?"
"Come on, Doctor, you'll make Mason and us feel like you're the ultimate spy sent by the enemy to cause sabotage."
Janet, who was collecting data nearby, stroked her hair and said:
"That's his character. We'll know when it's time for us to know... Hmm? There's something wrong with the total energy readings at Osborne Tower! The power reserve in the entire city is decreasing rapidly!"
The original Wasp said seriously:
"In the past fifteen seconds, one-third of our reserve power has been used up. What's going on? Is there a problem somewhere? Have hostile elements infiltrated?
Security!
Where is the security?"
"Take it easy, ma'am."
Mason checked the time on his watch and explained:
"That big guy is warming up. When it actually starts up, it will drain all the power from the forty-eight super-Ark reactors that the old Green Goblin secretly built under the wasteland, and by the way, it will consume two-thirds of the energy of the Osborne Tower.
I seem to have revealed too much.
Forget it, come with me. I'll open your eyes. That place does need care and maintenance personnel with sufficient scientific knowledge, but you can't come out once you go in.
What I mean is, even if I die, I will stay there until the last moment!"
"So generous?"
Hearing that Mason was going to take them to see the killer, Ms. Janet was surprised and said:
"Aren't you afraid that Otto and I are disguised by strange creatures like the Skrulls? What if we go in and ruin your final preparations?"
"First of all, all the Skrulls are now under my command. There are eighteen senior agents in Osborne Tower who are deep-diving, but you two are not among them."
Mason called for a quantum teleportation. At the moment the blue light screen was projected, he turned around and explained to the two researchers behind him who were also on his trust list:
"Secondly, even if you really have bad intentions, it's not that easy to destroy it. According to my estimation, it would take at least a mountain as big as an asteroid to hit it at the speed of a meteor to cause even a slight damage to it.
Anyway, you will know the details when you see it."
The three of them traveled through quantum teleportation and when they reappeared, they were already standing in the palace of Attilan City.
This flying city has been moving at a constant speed around the wasteland at high altitude since entering the Osborne Tower wasteland. Its current location is not far from the New York wasteland.
But the city was under complete martial law at this time.
The Inhumans who are constantly born through the Terrigen Crystal and the Inhumans from another dimension who are liberated from the "Master" of the Star Society by Sister Ka and Black Bolt are guarding their city with a sentry every five steps and every ten steps.
On the way to the center of the palace, Mason also met Queen Medusa.
The two greeted each other with polite but awkward smiles. The Black Bolt in this city was Mason's adoptive father in theory, although he had completed the divorce procedures with Emma half a month ago.
The main reason for their divorce was that the White Queen regained her youth and found her son, so she didn't intend to sacrifice the rest of her life that she had just earned on Black Bolt.
The secondary reason is that Black Bolt has a secret crush on Queen Medusa from another dimension, the widow in front of him.
In short, don’t delve too deeply into these matters between elders, as they can destroy your worldview.
"What a shame. I was wondering if I should talk to you sometime about Emma..."
Mason walked into the passage in front of him and joked with Black Bolt who was standing in the dark. The old man, who was already very old but seemed to have come back to life recently, smiled and shook his head.
He reached out and patted Mason on the shoulder, indicating that everything was self-explanatory.
Behind the two, Dr. Otto and Ms. Janet were asked to remove all personal belongings and change clothes under the watchful eyes of the Inhuman guards before they were allowed to enter the deeper isolation area.
Black Bolt's appearance here means that this area is under his supervision and protection.
If you look carefully, you will find that there is a magic barrier nearby, which should be the work of the Dark Justice League. From here and looking down, you can see the full picture of Mason's "big baby".
The golden cosmic tuning fork was placed in the completely hollowed-out underground center of the palace, and its surroundings were completely transformed into remote energy receiving modules that served as a base to charge this cosmic artifact.
Dr. De, John Parker and Dr. Doom from the SHIELD world are busy under the cosmic tuning fork. Helping them is Dr. Bruce Banner, who is very old but also wearing a researcher's uniform.
Wasteland Hulk, or Daddy Hulk.
This guy has changed a lot, from being determined to die to being so taciturn now, all because of a previous conversation with King Hulk.
He is not just an assistant, he can also play the role of a defender at critical moments.
In addition to Black Bolt and Father Banner, there was also Wolf walking back and forth not far away. At a higher window, one could see Brother A standing there, looking down and maintaining a surveillance posture.
This lone ranger was also transferred here by Mason, so the level of protection is very high.
"This thing... looks amazing."
After changing their clothes, Dr. Otto and Ms. Janet looked up at the golden tower in front of them.
Although it has not yet been fully activated, the latter's internal structure, which is not a personality style but is obviously shaped by high intelligence, has already represented that it is definitely an extraordinary thing.
"The Cosmic Tuning Fork is a divine weapon captured in the last world war. Its scientific name is the Multiverse Energy-Matter Interference Balance and Communication Device. It is a divine weapon truly born in the hands of the gods of the universe and is a miraculous object that cannot be replicated.
At least it cannot be copied yet.
It was it that instantly drove away the reinforcements from six planes and locked the space-time vibrations in the previous world war, which means it has enough power to help us complete the last step."
Mason also looked up at the golden . He took out a booklet from his bag and handed it to Dr. Otto beside him, saying:
"It took a dozen Tony Starks nearly a week just to figure out how this thing works, but luckily, we already have what we need.
It can achieve many functions that sound incredible, but now we only need it to fine-tune the cosmic energy in the second stage after the world fusion is completed, so that the planes that are about to collide can be forcibly stabilized and slowed down to a level that will not crush the earth, until the reshaping of the two earths is completely completed and the plane gap is extended and reorganized.
In this way, the two planes will smoothly merge into one, with the Earth as the connection point and the center of the new plane, shedding the old structure and waiting for the re-balance of all things in the chaos. "
The captain explained the last part of his plan. He also made a simple analogy, stretched out his hand and made a knitting motion, and said:
"This thing is like the needle and thread in the hands of a tailor like me, sewing the torn planes back together."
"But we only have one cosmic tuning fork."
Ms. Janet immediately asked:
"There are six planets with entities in the Rebel Alliance. If you place it in the Osborne Tower plane, does that mean the other five worlds will be abandoned?"
"No! It's not, Janet."
Before Mason could answer, Dr. Otto beside him shook his head and explained:
“It’s called the Cosmic Tuning Fork, and I think this is how it works.
Similar to the propagation of sound, it reshapes the frequency of the universe and affects the rules of the plane. What exists here is only the main body of this thing, and the energy it emits is not limited by space.
This is a diffusion system. It only needs a suitable receiving node to receive this frequency just like the car radio... Wait! I get it!
It's the Isu's Aurora device!"
The former Doctor Octopus' eyes lit up. He stepped forward and grabbed Mason's wrist, and asked:
"I know that the Isu Aurora devices you placed on the six worlds were modified before they were installed, but I can't understand the blueprints!
I used to think that was because your engineering attainments far surpassed mine, but now it seems that I over-complicated things. The final transformation you made to the Aurora devices was actually to transform them into plane signal relay stations!
They will serve as the broadcasting stations of the cosmic tuning forks in various worlds, spreading the cosmic frequencies they emit to the entire plane of the resistance alliance to complete the plane fusion promoted by the six worlds at one time...
You crazy man! "
Dr. Otto's face flushed, and he punched Mason hard in the chest with his fist.
He said excitedly:
"You are not going to conduct a doomsday self-rescue experiment! You are going to conduct multiple levels of experiments at the same time to eliminate all uncertainties, so as to ensure that your world fusion theory is absolutely correct!
You crazy lunatic, Mason Cooper! You always amaze me with your creations."
"That's not all, Dr. Otto."
The bystander, the godman De, interrupted and reminded:
"The cosmic tuning fork also has a 'diffusion' mode. After we have programmed the cosmic frequencies for the fusion of planes, we can use the six Isu Aurora devices to diffuse them to the adjacent planes as much as possible.
Although those places are not equipped with earth magnetic field generators, which makes them unable to merge the worlds, applying flexible signals to the planes in collision will undoubtedly greatly reduce the hard kill caused by the impact and buy more time for other earths.
This is just our initial use of the cosmic tuning fork.
This will be a great practical session. I am honored to have such an outstanding researcher like you join this temporary team. I now need a data analyst..."
"I can do it, of course, and I'm willing to work here until the day I die of old age."
The doctor laughed and followed the charlatan to get busy. As for Ms. Janet, she stood where she was, staring blankly at the tilted golden tower in front of her. At a certain moment, her eyes turned red and she quickly turned her head and wiped her eyes.
Mason handed over his handkerchief.
He said:
"Are you happy because you have confirmed your chances of winning?"
"Your eyes are happy to see me?"
The old aunt wiped the corners of her eyes, raised her head and stared at Mason, and said with a complicated emotion:
"I am not happy, Mason, that when our hometown needed us most, we did not wait for someone like you to appear before us with hope.
I'm not blaming you, it's just..."
Ms. Janet withdrew her gaze from the miraculous cosmic tuning fork and looked back at Mason. She reached out and touched Mason's cheek and said:
“We have been looking for this hope, and it finally came, just 17 years late.
But perhaps this is the meaning of our hometown's existence. You, who were born there, will eventually put an end to this absurd and cruel dark era. Tell me honestly, child, are you still blaming yourself for blowing up your hometown with your own hands?"
"I want to answer that you have no."
Mason sighed and whispered:
“But the fact is that during my three hours of sleep every day, there is always a brief moment of light dreaming that allows me to see what the world will look like when it turns into stardust.
They say that's to give it a decent look.
But I think if the world could speak, it would definitely beg me to help it survive.
That was the only time I didn't help someone who was in danger...
Just like Bruce in Crime Alley, just like Peter before Uncle Ben, just like Lawyer Ma in the orphanage, I think I really understood them after that. "
"But it will forgive you."
Ms. Janet stretched out her hands, pinched Mason's face and shook it left and right. The old aunt said seriously:
"We have all forgiven you. We have never even blamed you. It will be as proud of you as we are now. Go and complete your miracle and pay tribute to your homeland.
This is the final respectability for it.”
