Chapter 120 Why Are You Not Dead?
"How is it? Did you find out why your world was like this?"
Annie had obediently stayed put, anxiously waiting for Li Yue to return. She hurried to question Li Yue when he finally reappeared!
"I know the reason, but...sigh!"
Li Yue sighed. If his hunch was correct, this must be when Dark Dimension's Dormammu tried to invade Earth.
And the entire world had been frozen in time. The only people who could cast this grand spell were Ancient One and Doctor Strange, using the Time Stone.
Because Li Yue and Annie had arrived from the other universe while the spell was already active, the spell didn't affect them.
But that wasn't the cause for Li Yue's sigh. According to his memory, Dormammu's invasion occurred around 2017. He had left right after the plot of Thor ended, which was around 2010. Could it be that the one month that he spent in The Boys universe translated into seven years in the Marvel universe?
"The plot is jumping too fast. I'm afraid that the readers would beat me to death!"
Moreover, the point of Dormammu's ingress into the universe was different from what he remembered. In his memory, Dormammu had tried to invade Hong Kong, but it had been changed to New York this time.
Li Yue felt a bit sorry for the people of New York City. Not only had they been invaded by aliens back in 2012, but now they were invaded by Dormammu. The disasters in that city were endless!
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"Don't just sigh; we already know the reason, so let's find a way to fix it!"
Annie anxiously scolded Li Yue, who was sighing silently.
"To be honest, I don't really know about the specific, but we'd have a better idea about the situation if we go right to the scene of the incident!"
Naturally, Li Yue wouldn't be discouraged just by this much. He should be able to just fight Dormammu head-on with his current strength, but Dormammu also ruled over all the energy contained within the Dark Dimension, so Li Yue would probably not be able to kill him.
"I'll follow you!"
Annie agreed without a second thought!
"To the batmo—I mean, let's go!"
Li Yue teleported Annie away from Kamar-Taj and onto the streets of New York.
The sky above New York looked as if another world had descended on it, slowly devouring the Earth. Dazzling stars were scattered within the alien sky.
It might be called the Dark Dimension, but the planets within it were filled with colorful lights. It was dreamlike.
Countless pedestrians were scrambling to escape the streets of New York, their faces filled with panic. Bright explosions and thrown cars were paused in mid-air, forming a "beautiful" picture.
If any of those pedestrians could read Li Yue's thoughts, he would've been turned into Swiss cheese by a spray of bullets. Beautiful my ass, don't you see that we're running for our lives? You're heartless!
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"Welcome to another world, a world full of disasters."
Li Yue turned his back at the scene and faced Annie with his arms spread wide, mimicking the scene when Tony introduced a weapon. He pretentiously said that sentence to Annie!
Unfortunately, his demeanor, clothing style, and panicked scenery put him way out of place.
"It's not the time to joke around!"
Annie mercilessly tore down Li Yue's act and walked past him.
Li Yue helplessly dropped his hands. Sigh, his tough act failed!
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Li Yue and Annie walked on the street, trying to find some clues or familiar faces.
Needless to say, Li Yue indeed found a few of them. There was Kaecilius, whose eyes had already turned panda-like. He was the mage who had welcomed Li Yue to Kamar-Taj.
Kaecilius was frozen in a weird position. His body leaned forward, and his legs raised in the air. It seemed that he was trying to run toward something.
There was a man and a woman behind him dressed in the same attire. They also looked familiar to Li Yue; he must've met them in Kamar-Taj back then. They had the same panda eyes as Kaecilius.
"Huh, being a good mage wasn't enough for you, so you fell into darkness and worshiped Dormammu.
Li Yue observed Kaecilius, who had amicably helped him before. Yet Kaecilius ended up like this anyway. Li Yue felt a little helpless. It was said that the heavens played tricks on people, but this massive change was too much for just a month.
"What? You know this person? Isn't his makeup too ugly?"
Annie commented after seeing Li Yue stop in front of Kaecilius. She couldn't help but complain when she saw Kaecilius' face. It was indeed too ugly.
"We knew each other before, but he was a pitiful person. Life had given him too many misfortunes."
Li Yue didn't have a good impression of Kaecilius when all he knew about Kaecilius came from the Doctor Strange movie. However, meeting Kaecilius in person changed Li Yue's opinion.
Despite all his misfortune, Kaecilius' goal remained the same: reviving his wife and son. Unfortunately, he fell into a dark and mistaken place. Dormammu could never return his family to him.
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Li Yue dismissed his sentimental thought. It was time to resolve this crisis. After all, Li Yue would loathe to live in a world where time had stopped. He didn't have the vulgar thought of a certain country's men. No, sire, absolutely not!
Since Kaecilius and his zealots were here, the other Kamar-Taj guardians must be here as well, including the fat librarian Wong and the good Mage Mordo.
Doctor Strange should be negotiating with Dormammu right now.
"Did something change again? Why don't you stay here while I fly up and take a look?" Li Yue suggested while pointing at the alien dark world in the sky. He was still confused by the current situation that was beyond his expectation.
"No, I want to follow you!"
As Li Yue expected, Annie rejected Li Yue's suggestion.
Li Yue thought about it; it was really not good to leave her here alone. He could not come to rescue her in time if some trouble occurred.
He could protect her better if she went with him. She also possessed superpowers, although it was not very strong.
"Alright, let's go in and take a look."
Li Yue grabbed Annie's arm and flew into the sky towards the unknown Dark Dimension.
Li Yue put his sixth sense at full blast within the Dark Dimension. There seemed to be some kind of power that pushed back against his spiritual force, but Li Yue could still sense everything within a hundred meters.
At least Li Yue could react quickly to any attacks.
But there wasn't any attack. Li Yue had flown for quite a while within the dimension, but he couldn't see anyone. Neither Doctor Strange nor Dormammu was there.
Li Yue was very confused, but then he suddenly felt that the space in front of him was a little irregular. Li Yue focused his spiritual power on it and went into a defensive posture, ready to escape if anything went wrong.
Crack...
The sound of glass shattering: a sound that Li Yue was very familiar with.
"Annie, we found the location!"
Li Yue said excitedly to Annie and flew straight ahead! After passing through the shattered space, he saw a bald figure wearing a yellow monk robe!
Li Yue could not help but blurt out!
"Master Ancient One, why are you not dead yet?"