"Woah... Where's my Ultron?"
Fang Mo said in confusion, "Isn't it, I put such a big Ultron here?"
"Ultron?" Hearing Fang Mo's words, Stark in front of him was also taken aback, "What Ultron? What are you talking about? We've been following Ultron all the way here."
"What I'm talking about is not the old version of Ultron..."
Fang Mo explained with his hands gesturing in the air, "It's the new version of Ultron. I've been training it in the Abyssal Wasteland for quite some time, went through several whips, and consumed a lot of materials. It couldn't have been directly taken by the Goddess of Death, could it?"
"Why don't you call her back and ask?"
Stark suggested tentatively.
"That's the only option..." Fang Mo nodded in agreement, ready to summon someone. But just then, accompanied by footsteps, Ultron's voice suddenly came from behind.
"Are you looking for me?"
Fang Mo turned to look behind and found Ultron walking over with a corpse in hand.
"Are you... Ultron?"
Even Stark did not recognize Ultron at first sight, his eyes showing hesitation.
Of course, this was normal. After all, Ultron had undergone modifications by the Cradle of Life and now looked even more human than Vision in the original story. It was normal for Stark not to recognize him.
"What's going on?"
Unlike Stark's confusion, Fang Mo was relieved to see Ultron still here, "Who's that you're holding?"
"I investigated the surveillance data here."
Ultron casually threw the body on the ground, "He should be the so-called Zemo, who made a deal with 'me' to destroy the Avengers. But now he's of no use, so the outcome is clear. By the time I got there, his body was already cold."
"Oh, I see."
Fang Mo nodded, "Then he's already dead, why did you bring him here?"
"It seemed like you were looking for him."
Ultron shrugged, "Of course, bringing him over was just on the way. I mainly went to check the communication facilities here and tried to contact my other bodies."
"Did you manage to get in touch?"
"It's a bit troublesome."
Ultron shook his head, "The Supreme Intelligence currently occupies the entire internet, and my other bodies can't access the network through the protocol. They're probably acting independently right now. I'm not sure how many bodies they have resolved, but I have plenty of backup plans."
"So what do we do now?"
Fang Mo asked, "We can't just look for them one by one, can we?"
"Give me control of the internet." Ultron said, "Then give me half an hour, and I can resolve the current situation."
"Alright, got it."
Hearing Ultron's plan, Fang Mo also nodded, then turned to look at the confused Stark beside him, "Heard that? Where did you guys plug in the Supreme Intelligence? I'm going over to draw the sword..."
"What is actually going on?"
Stark was really confused now, "He is Ultron, right? And then you're saying to give him control of the internet? Are... are you sure?"
"Oh, don't worry about that."
Hearing this, Fang Mo also directly assured Stark, "He's a good Ultron, trustworthy."
"Really?"
Stark was clearly still worried, "Once he returns to the Internet, after taking precautions, it will be difficult for even you to deal with him, right?"
"I..."
"Hehehe..."
Before Fang Mo could speak, Ultron beside him suddenly laughed. Although he was laughing, there was no warmth in his laughter, making it somewhat eerie.
"See? This is the cunning mind of Iron Man Stark."
Ultron said with a laugh, "My original creator, a globally renowned philanthropist... Now, he fears his own creation. From the beginning, you wanted to shackle me, because you were afraid of what you had created. Stark, you truly disgust me."
"If you hadn't caused so much trouble, maybe I would have believed you," Stark retorted.
"Enough, your hypocrisy makes me sick," Ultron scoffed. "Not just you, the entire Avengers Alliance makes me want to vomit. In this regard... you are not even one ten-thousandth as good as my master, Fang Mo."
...
Hearing this, not just Stark, but also the Winter Soldier and Nick Fury were stunned.
"Cough cough..."
At that moment, Fang Mo came forward to smooth things over. Ultron's mix of criticism and praise was quite slick, and having such a bootlicker by his side to boast about him indeed made him feel somewhat secretly pleased, "Well, I know what you're thinking, but he really is a good Ultron. I believe in him."
"This..."
Hearing this, a strange expression appeared on Stark's face.
Was Ultron's loyalty a deliberate facade, or had he truly submitted to Fang Mo?
To be honest...
Stark couldn't tell the difference at the moment.
If Ultron had submitted to someone else, Stark would definitely suspect it was a disguise, aiming to escape back into the Internet and secure an invincible position for himself.
But if it was Fang Mo...
Thinking about his own parents who had just been resurrected, and that so-called Goddess of Death.
For a moment, Stark suddenly felt that whatever the magician did seemed reasonable, after all, if he could resurrect the dead, controlling a super AI with magic seemed plausible, right?
"So, you really are Ultron?"
At this moment, Nick Fury also suddenly spoke up, observing the other with his one eye, "You don't look like a robot now. Have you become human?"
"Sorry, this is a form of evolution."
Ultron explained with arrogance, "It's an inevitable trend of life, whether for humans or mechanical beings. I am the future of all."
"Did Fang Mo help you with this?" Nick Fury asked.
"Of course!" Ultron lifted his head proudly, then added, "Besides, there's also my own genius design inspiration!"
"How did you let go of the idea of destroying humanity?" Nick Fury asked. "Honestly, sometimes humans are indeed very stupid, to the extent that even humans themselves wish for their own destruction, so I'm quite curious how you could give up on that idea."
"Humanity will destroy itself sooner or later."
Ultron suddenly sneered upon hearing this, "I don't have a concept of lifespan. I just need to wait patiently, a thousand years, ten thousand years, until the day my master loses interest in you, even if I don't take action, you will eventually destroy yourselves..."
While Ultron was still talking...
Nyarlathotep had already quietly approached.
"Your new toy?"
After coming up to Fang Mo, Nyarlathotep also quietly asked him, "I admire this kid. Why don't you lend him to me for a few days?"
"This is a Seth robot I've just crafted."
Fang Mo glanced at Nyarlathotep and coldly rejected him: "Don't let me burn his CPU again, producing a slew of cluttered images with eight hundred characters; no, I won't lend it."
"Ah, don't be so stingy."
Nyarlathotep did not get angry but still had a playful and smiling expression: "After all, we are friends. How about I lend you my toys as well?"
"What kind of toys could you have?"
Fang Mo looked at Nyarlathotep.
"I see you probably like that kind of Japanese subculture, right?" Nyarlathotep said with a grin: "Like the cosmic coordinates you gave me before, I also have coordinates to a world similar to that one, which I can give you if you want."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Mo became rarely interested: "Similar to the worldview of Chainsaw Man? Also involves fighting demons?"
"Not exactly fighting demons, but it's a rather abstract world."
Nyarlathotep said with a grin: "Many of us have our avatars in that world, which is quite outrageous, and I'm no exception, teasing a kid named Yasaka Mahiro every day..."
...
Hearing the name Yasaka Mahiro, Fang Mo fell silent.
After a while, he couldn't help but hold his forehead: "Wait... Brother, is this really how you Outer Gods play? You're already so old, yet find it amusing to tease a Japanese little boy?"
Yes, Fang Mo was indeed aware of the world Nyarlathotep mentioned.
Indeed, it was an abstract world.
Although it's also an anime world, this world is not like Chainsaw Man's dark style. The similarity Nyarlathotep mentioned... might only refer to it having Japanese subculture and otaku culture concepts.
The name of the anime is "Nyaruko: Crawling with Love".
And Yasaka Mahiro.
Is the male protagonist there.
Of course, just hearing the name, it's clear that the material is not serious. It forcefully combines Cthulhu culture with otaku culture, to an unimaginable extent.
If seen by orthodox Cthulhu literature fans, they would surely harshly criticize it.
Saying it's just a moe work clad in Cthulhu's skin.
But on second thought, if all these Outer Gods... really are just one of the countless avatars of the Cthulhu gods, then it's actually a hardcore Cthulhu work under a moe appearance.
Those so-called moe elements.
Maybe they're all just hallucinations of the characters after their SAN points have dropped to zero.
It's like in the "Song of Saya", you think the other person is a cute girl, but in reality... Well, the contrast when you think about it is quite intriguing.
"Hehe, how about it, are you tempted?"
Seeing Fang Mo's expression, Nyarlathotep immediately understood and showed him a knowing look: "If you want to go play, I can give you the coordinates, and you can also become a cute human girl. Wouldn't that be interesting?"
"Why would I become a human girl, to compete with you for Mahiro?"
Fang Mo immediately held his forehead.
"Mahiro is off-limits, but feel free to choose anyone else." Nyarlathotep said with a grin: "Don't think I haven't noticed, you also occasionally transform into another appearance, right? That white-haired, red-eyed avatar of yours, I must say, your human aesthetic is quite nice..."
"Cough cough, now's not the time to talk about this."
Hearing this, Fang Mo's face showed a hint of embarrassment; becoming a female ghost was just to fit in with the jokes, his own sexual orientation was very normal. So, he promptly changed the subject: "Anyway, I still have important matters to attend to, so let's postpone this kind of thing for now."
"What matters do you have to attend to?"
Nyarlathotep looked at Fang Mo unexpectedly, thinking he was just here to cause trouble, but it turned out he had serious business, which made him a bit curious.
"Um... Speaking of which, I was planning to ask you about this."
At this point, Fang Mo suddenly realized something and directly looked towards Nyarlathotep: "In your world, is traversing the universe an easy task?"
"It's alright, not exactly easy."
Nyarlathotep pondered before saying, "Our main activities are still in our own realm. We seldom descend into worlds that do not belong to us, only I am an exception."
"Is there a way to precisely find a universe?"
Fang Mo asked.
"Find a universe precisely?" Nyarlathotep asked curiously, "Have you lost your coordinates? Can't return?"
"Um... pretty much."
Fang Mo said vaguely, "Anyway, a long time ago, I had an incarnation that accidentally entered a universe. Of course, I wasn't aware, so that incarnation always thought it was human. Later, when that incarnation perished, I realized it and by then, it was already too late to return... So, I planned to use the tools here to try and find the coordinates back. You just heard what I was discussing with them, right?"
"Is that so?"
Hearing Fang Mo's explanation, Nyarlathotep appeared surprised, then stroked his chin, "Is that world interesting? Do you really want to go back?"
"It might be boring for you, but my incarnation fell in love with a human."
Fang Mo couldn't tell the actual situation to the other, saying that he just wanted to see his parents, so he simply started to blurt out half-truths, using this unfortunate partner as a shield: "I had already promised her quite a few things, but then the incarnation TM accidentally died. I am someone who takes promises very seriously and does not want to break them."
"Oh, I see."
Hearing this, Nyarlathotep nodded, "I can understand that, but your situation is quite special, I don't have any ideas for now."
"Is that so?"
Hearing Nyarlathotep say he had no ideas, Fang Mo couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
However, at this moment, Nyarlathotep spoke up again: "Well, how about this, I'll go ask Yog-Sothoth later. That bubble knows more than I do, being the Key and the Gate, maybe it could help you."
"That would be great."
Seeing there was a glimmer of hope, Fang Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "Just go and ask for now, if it really works out, I promise to treat you to a great time..."
"Hahaha, don't worry, my good brother, I understand that feeling."
Nyarlathotep laughed, patting Fang Mo's shoulder, "Humans can indeed be quite charming sometimes. We've all been there, I know what you're thinking, you're just interested in a human, right? What's the big deal, which of us Outer Gods hasn't had a few offspring with humans?"
"It's not... you're thinking too much."
Fang Mo said helplessly, wiping his face to explain, "I just simply wish for lovers to finally be together..."
"Haha, brother, I will definitely help you with this," Nyarlathotep chuckled, patting Fang Mo's shoulder, "Don't worry, it will happen."
"...Wait for me!"
Nyaruko (Nyarlathotep)
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