Zane pondered these thoughts as he floated to the highest point, overlooking the ever-expanding territory of the [Divine Realm].
At this moment, he was planning the future development of the [Divine Realm].
Just like Satan and Jehovah, who established their own pocket dimensions through the power of faith on Earth, Zane believed that he could achieve the same. After all, those beings operated on dimensions lower than his. Their realms could accommodate anyone they permitted to enter.
In Zane's vision, not only his current companions who were always by his side would have access to the [Divine Realm], but also entire races like the dwarves or other future allies such as the Watchers could enter freely.
This plan was necessary because Zane intended to leave the primary universe and explore the dimensional universes below.
Although the original Thanos, who slaughtered the dwarven race, and his team had already been eliminated by Zane, he was convinced that the universe's other forces would quickly scheme against the dwarves upon learning of his departure.
The dwarves would likely face another existential threat.
Thus, Zane decided he must find a way to take the dwarves with him. After all, his [King's Treasury] still held numerous artifacts that required their craftsmanship.
As for the Asgardians, Zane believed that with their deep roots and Thor's growth, they would remain safe as long as he was alive. No one would dare provoke them.
However, this brought up a critical issue: unlike incorporeal beings who didn't need sustenance, how could living beings survive within the [Divine Realm]?
It was then that Zane realized just how indispensable Skynet was.
In the past, such annoying problems were always handed over to Skynet. Even if it couldn't solve them directly, it would organize a feasible plan via its networks.
"Got it! I'll just move the dwarves' entire planet here," Zane concluded.
"But first, this place must be transformed into a pocket universe like the Domain of Watchers outside. Only then could it accommodate an entire planet."
"How should I do that?"
Zane scratched his head, pondering for a long time but coming up empty-handed.
"Forget it. I'll ask Roma when the time comes. She'll definitely know."
With that, Zane gently stroked Bastis perched on his shoulder before transforming into a flash of light and leaving the [Divine Realm].
Over the next few days, Zane, intrigued by Lorna's curiosity about the Domain of Watchers, took her on a leisurely tour.
They selected a spaceship from the Watchers' inventory, one that didn't seem too characteristic of their advanced technology.
Although both of them now had the ability to tear through space and teleport across star systems instantly, Zane and Lorna preferred the slow journey, enjoying the cosmic scenery as stars shifted around them.
Soon, Roma, upon hearing the news, descended from the Star Castle and joined them aboard their new spaceship.
To Zane's astonishment, despite being a nearly millennia-old magician, Roma demonstrated unexpected proficiency with high-tech systems.
She walked straight to the pilot's seat, input the interstellar coordinates for the Atlantheia, and piloted the spacecraft skillfully.
Thus, the three of them traveled through a wormhole and returned to the primary universe, Universe 616, heading toward the ruins of the Goddess of Vengeance.
The Watchers, as the first civilization born in the Marvel Universe, certainly had their merits.
Although their individual combat strength wasn't particularly high, their talent in technological advancement was undeniable.
To Zane, the most tangible reflection of this was the stark contrast between traveling in this spaceship and the mechanical planet they had previously used. Passing through the asteroid belts between galaxies was now far less turbulent.
Thanks to this smoother journey, Zane took the opportunity to ask Roma in the cockpit about how to expand his [Divine Realm].
However, to his surprise, even Roma didn't have an answer.
She admitted it was the first time she'd heard of someone creating a pocket dimension inside their own body.
Normally, others would reach a higher dimension and then tear open a temporal rift in the universe, stabilizing the chaotic space-time with their energy rules. The size of the resulting realm depended on their capacity: larger ones became pocket universes, while smaller ones were pocket dimensions.
After hearing this, Zane watched as Roma conjured a thick journal with magic and meticulously recorded the date and Zane's revelation about his pocket dimensions, clearly astonished.
This made Zane regret sharing details about his [Divine Realm].
Still, it made him realize that even Roma and her father, self-proclaimed Omniversal Overseers, didn't fully understand him.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a sudden flash of light inexplicably appeared inside the massive spaceship.
A young man with a calm expression emerged silently, as if out of nowhere.
All three occupants of the ship were stunned. Even Zane and Roma hadn't detected the slightest temporal or spatial disturbance.
It was worth noting that the Watchers' ship had high-dimensional energy barriers, capable of blocking most forms of space-time traversal. Yet this man entered without leaving even the faintest trace, as if passing through a paper wall without a ripple.
"Hey there, kiddo! Long time no see!"
The man greeted Zane with a casual familiarity.
Zane was taken aback by the seemingly old acquaintance tone. He didn't have many friends in this Marvel Universe, and most of them were on Earth.
Even those capable of traversing outer space wouldn't casually greet Zane, especially considering his notorious reputation for nearly wiping out Earth's superpowered beings.
Seeing Zane's puzzled reaction, the man seemed slightly disappointed. Realizing Zane didn't recognize him, he pulled out a pair of black, lensless glasses, placed them on his nose, and pointed at himself.
"Now do you recognize me? Zane, the big boss? I used to be a security guard at your Skynet Tech Corporation!"
"Too bad, after you left Earth, I quit. Looking back, those days were pretty relaxed and enjoyable. I got to meet all kinds of people."
The man's face twitched, as if reminiscing fondly about the past.
Zane nodded skeptically. It was impossible that he actually knew this man. Even though Skynet Tech was under his name, he had visited the company only a few times, leaving its management entirely to Skynet and Anna.
He didn't even know the executives, let alone a security guard.
At this point, Roma, who had been quietly observing, suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hey… hey…! Little girl from Merlin's family, I wasn't planning on pointing you out, but you couldn't resist exposing yourself, huh?"
The man raised an eyebrow at Roma, his face twitching even more noticeably.
"I wanted to pretend not to know you," she sighed. "But I didn't expect you'd go so far as to work as a security guard for Zane just to study humans."
Roma laughed even harder, ignoring the man's murderous glare, eventually breaking into uncontrollable fits of laughter.
"You two know each other?" Zane asked, piecing together some clues.
"Sort of," the man replied. "When I first arrived on Earth, I was planning to find you directly. But you had vanished. I figured you must have gone to that old geezer Merlin."
The man's expression grew calm again, a hint of arrogance surfacing.
"After all, there aren't many places in the Omniversal Reality that can block my consciousness from tracking. Her father's Domain of Watchers is one of them."
Roma turned to Zane and added, "My father once said, in thousands of years, you're the second person he can't see through."
"And the man standing before you was the first."
Zane, recalling what Uatu had told him about domain masters being invincible within their realms, couldn't help but ask curiously:
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