Upon hearing Shiller's entire plan, Eddie had already rushed out with a camera. Even though the Iron Demon God and the King of Brightness weren't using their best forms, their power was undeniable. The two of them combined were overshadowing Ultron, even though he possessed six Infinity Gems.
However, the good news was that the Darkened Doctor Strange possessed by The Book of Dark God didn't even have a chance to fight back. Captain America captured him on the spot with a shield, waiting to hand him over to a crowd of The Ancient One for public trial.
Upon seeing that things were not going well, Infinite Ultron wanted to use the robot army he created to provide temporary relief and cover for his escape. Unfortunately, not only him had a robot army, in the blink of an eye, Iron Man also released a robot army during their confrontation.
Infinite Ultron had not been around for long, and the number of robot iterations was not high enough. They were far from perfect as the robotic warriors created by the Iron Demon God, not to mention any real teamwork. If they were to bully the opponents with numbers, they might have an advantage. But when the armies clashed, the downfall of the defense linage would happen in an instant.
As the defense line showed signs of collapse, Infinite Ultron turned and fled. As Iron Man was about to pursue, he saw that Ultron was acting stiff, like a character experiencing lag in a game.
Soon there was a second time, a third time, until in the end, Infinite Ultron froze and stopped moving.
The Avengers, fearing a trick, dared not approach casually. All of a sudden, the red light in Ultron's eyes faded out and was replaced by a sly green light.
"Hey, hey, hey, this is a super scary robot, I'm going to destroy this universe! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Thor, holding his long spear, furrowed his brow. He appeared behind Ultraon and swung the spear like a golf club, striking Ultron on the back of his head.
The voice shrieked, Thor squinted and said, "Loki? What are you doing?"
At this point, Iron Man flew over. Loki, who was occupying Ultron's body, shrugged and said, "On Earth in this universe, I found the code sample that Iron Man left behind when he transferred Ultron's consciousness. I sent it to Jarvis to have a look and he said he could figure out a way to use the same equipment to transfer my brainwaves into this body. And as you can see, I succeeded."
"You understand code?" Stark asked in awe.
Loki rolled his eyes and said, "Have you forgotten? When I saved Jarvis before, I used the Time Gem to go back countless times, which got both Helen and I arrested by the Time Management Bureau. I learned human coding long back."
"Can you find his database? Can you tell us what he's trying to do?" Steve asked, poking his head in.
After a pause, Loki cleared his throat and began to detail the creation of Infinite Ultron and his future plans.
Venom rolled his eyes at Shiller through Eddie. As expected, Shiller had prepared for this step as well. If Ultron was caught alive, he wouldn't willingly confess to his crimes as per Shiller's arrangement.
However, if Loki infiltrated and discovered him, Loki, who was in league with Shiller, would sprinkle some of his own commendable activities that didn't belong to Infinite Ultron and they wouldn't be seen through.
After Loki told The Avengers about Ultron's embellished deeds, he said, "It seems he is the culprit who caused the series of cosmic disasters. But the consciousness uploading process was too rushed and the equipment wasn't advanced enough. The killer's consciousness wasn't backed up, and he's mentally dead now."
"Well, now there's no proof of death again." Venom sarcastically thought.
Venom sighed when he heard The Avengers discussing Shiller's plan on the way back to the Devourer Engine. If this group of people were half as suspicious as Batman, they wouldn't get fooled every day, with every fool being different.
In fact, so many times now, whenever something big happened in the universe, everyone could think it was Shiller's doing. But with the heroes leveling up and the Demon King also leveling up alongside Shiller's tricks, the heroes didn't recognise him when he changed his coat.
In the past, Shiller liked to leverage power and nudge major incidents from minor incidents, often getting personally involved, influencing some people's thoughts and actions.
This time Shiller unambiguously enlisted two helpers, playing the Monkey King in a real or fake manner. These heroes didn't recognise him and thought that the investigation process was so thrilling, and the result was so happy because they were capable and lucky.
The group was still guessing where Shiller had laid the mine, unaware that Shiller had already watched a whole fireworks show.
But this time, Venom noticed that Shiller didn't seem to relax and be happy after watching the fun, he seemed to have concerns. Venom wanted to ask, but when it came to caring about others, he followed Batman's lead and kept his mouth shut.
Of course, Shiller was worried about those rowdy Beyond the Gods. They might take action at any moment, and creating the engine to propel the universe isn't something to rush, after all, the universe isn't like billiards that can be moved with just a flick of the finger.
Shiller has ample patience for developing new technologies, but in order to reserve enough research time for the White Can, he needs to find a way to stall the Beyond the Gods, preventing them from taking action in the short term.
To counter the Beyond the Gods, he must start with the Molecular People. Shiller has a way to deal with the Molecular People, but the first and most critical step from zero to one is the most difficult. He must handle the Molecular People without alerting the Beyond the Gods.
The Transcendent should be considered Shiller's first opponent since arriving in the Marvel universe, which is why he takes them particularly seriously.
In the past, there have been many villains intent on destroying the Earth or the cosmos, even the likes of Reed have put this into practice. But for Shiller, they were merely obstacles, or more like misplaced garbage, all of which could be utilized in some position in his plan.
But the Transcendent are different, and their uniqueness is not due to their strength, but because their philosophy is diametrically opposed to Shiller's, they are the "most godlike of the gods."
The Cosmic Sorcerer often receive worship from weaker beings. Some, like the Black Panther and other demon gods, see themselves as gods, creating their own dimensions, protecting their followers. But they have the motivation to become stronger, seeking to gain more energy to survive the brutal elimination competitions of the cosmos, or at least to pursue everlasting existence; they have ambitions and desires.
The Asgardians are referred to as gods, and they see themselves as the God Clan, but their understanding of god is more like a powerful creature that surpasses everything in strength. Essentially, they have not stepped outside of all things, and they do not see themselves as transcendent of everything. Often, emotionally rich individuals like Thor are born among them. They can only be said to be a rather arrogant part of all beings.
The five great gods, such as Eternity and Death, are indeed gods and see themselves as such. They are transcendent and generally do not participate in the struggles of the material world. However, they have responsibilities as they embody and manage the rules, like gardeners and software managers.
But the Transcendent are different from them. They have no desires, no intention to move forward, no emotions, they step outside of everything, take no responsibilities, and are not busy for anything.
The Transcendent observe everything in the cosmos without emotions but can interfere at any time, or they can destroy countless universes for the sake of an experiment. They are unquestionably gods.
Of course, Shiller is not standing on a moral high ground accusing them. If you read his assessments closely, you will find that Shiller sometimes behaves like this, he is simply enjoying himself.
The biggest contradiction between them is that they enjoy different things.
Folks who enjoy fun and those who lead a daily life are not enemies. Some might feel that fun-lovers always create chaos, making life difficult for daily-lifers. But the chaos initiated by pure fun-seekers is rare and can't stir up any waves in the tide of chaos created by people with interests.
If ordinary people can survive such fierce waves, then seeing one more drop of water won't make them more miserable. Moreover, most of the time, they don't even realize they're suffering due to the mental abuse inflicted by some terrible psychopaths.
There are indeed many contradictions between fun-seekers and interest-driven people. Those who chase fame and profit can't understand what these madmen, who revel in watching the world burn, are laughing at. Meanwhile, fun-seekers find the pursuit of interest itself to be ludicrous. The plans of both sides often conflict and hinder each other, naturally resulting in many contradictions.
But their real enemies are among themselves.
The most terrifying situation is when two madmen focus on you at the same time, but their academic research directions are completely different, even diametrically opposed.
The fun of watching the cosmos can be generally divided into the World faction and the Life faction. The World faction, represented by the Beyond the Gods, views the cosmos as a whole and believes everything in it is born naturally and should evolve together. They see intelligent life as merely a product of the world's evolution. The evolution of the world, whether through natural or artificial interference, is considered interesting. And to see more such fun, they don't mind if the universe is destroyed.
The Life faction revolves around intelligent life, believing that it is the evolution of intelligent life that has transformed the world. Shiller always believes that the bizarre, absurd, and complex relationships that arise among countless intelligent lives are the greatest fun. Therefore, they must be well protected. The universe may be chaotic but cannot be destroyed. Once the stage collapses, there will be no more drama.
In simple terms, the Transcendent see themselves as passers-by who find it amusing to destroy an ant hill with a single kick. Shiller, on the other hand, believes that he should be like an ant living in an ant hill, finding the exploration of ant social behavior and social structure to be fun.
Despite surprising alignment in academic pursuits between the two sides, their directions are opposite and mutually hostile. One seeks amusement in the inevitable destruction of the universe, while the other insists on preserving the existence of the universe for the sake of amusement. This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
If this relationship is applied to DC and placed on the Laughing Bat, the result would be the same.
The reason Shiller can get along so well with Gotham Villains is that Shiller's joy lies in observing their changes and interactions, in planning, in gaming, and in watching everything go as planned.
The joy of laughing lies in destruction, in kicking the chessboard when others are playing the chess game.
Shiller hopes for an infinite future with infinite developmental possibilities; Laughing Bat hopes that everyone he sees ends at this moment.
Such people can never reconcile, not only because their views are in opposition to each other, but also because each wants to prove to the other that only they are right.