One day later, somewhere in the desolate desert, Roger sat cross-legged, levitating in midair.
A powerful telekinetic field suspended every grain of sand within a dozen meters around him.
Guided by his thoughts, the countless grains slowly revolved, forming a miniature sand tornado.
They merged into countless shapes, circling around Roger in the sky.
With the combination of three different telekinetic talents, Roger’s strength was improving at an astonishing rate.
At times, he even had the illusion that he could control everything.
After ending his telekinesis training, Roger let out a long breath and gently descended onto the sand.
Using his telekinesis for extended periods caused severe mental exhaustion, so he needed a short break before continuing.
He quietly summoned the system.
[You have consumed 10 Dimensional Crystals and performed ten draws. (10/100)]
[You have obtained normal rewards: …]
[Congratulations! A Special Exploration Event has been triggered.]
[You have entered the world of MapleStory. You have become an adorable adventurer.]
[Filled with nervous anticipation, you travel through towering ancient trees and arrive at Ellinia, the Magic Forest.]
[Having just graduated from the beginner village, you choose the Mage class and are about to become an official magician.]
[After a mysterious ceremony conducted by an old man with a long white beard, you successfully advance your class.]
[Reward obtained: “Teleport.”]
Roger tilted his head.
Something felt… off.
Isn’t this supposed to be the Marvel Universe?
How can the Omniverse Gacha pull skills from a game I played in my previous life?
A flood of memories entered his mind, instantly teaching him how to use the skill known as Teleport.
In essence, it was simply Blink—a basic spell every mage possessed.
But…
Mages cast spells with mana.
Roger didn’t even have a mana bar.
So what exactly was this skill consuming?
Curiosity got the better of him.
With a single thought, Roger vanished from where he stood and instantly reappeared ten meters away.
The next second—
He grabbed his head with both hands.
Veins bulged across his forehead as he collapsed onto his knees in agony.
“AHHH! Damn it! It uses mental energy!”
…
Time passed.
More than two months flew by.
Less than a week remained before Tony Stark would shatter the darkness surrounding him and begin his rebirth as Iron Man.
Thanks to the constant supply of medicine Roger had been secretly providing, Tony remained perfectly healthy.
To ensure events followed the original timeline, Roger had also paid special attention to the three men responsible for monitoring Tony.
After completing today’s daily mission, Roger returned to the desert.
Over the past two months, he had only returned to the Air Force base once for supplies.
Every other day had been spent training his telekinesis in the endless wasteland.
His telekinetic power had now reached an astonishing level.
Just yesterday, he had lifted a massive boulder weighing several tons into the air with nothing but his mind.
Then, with a furious roar—
He had crushed the entire rock into pieces using pure telekinetic force.
His rapid growth was largely thanks to possessing three different telekinetic talents simultaneously.
Their combined effect was far greater than simply adding together 1 + 1 + 1 + 0.9 + 0.9.
Roger had even tested his top speed.
At full power, he could already break the sound barrier.
The only thing preventing him from becoming even stronger…
…was his physical body.
In Chronicle, telekinesis naturally strengthened the user’s body over time.
After only a few days, the protagonists had become tough enough that ordinary knives and forks could barely injure them.
But Roger felt that process was far too slow.
Rather than waiting for telekinesis to slowly nourish his body, he’d rather make full use of the resources currently available and increase his strength as quickly as possible.
After spending this period training, Roger carefully reviewed everything that had happened recently.
During the battle against Erik Killmonger, he had failed to finish him off.
If Erik ever returned with the Wakandan army to seek revenge…
Roger definitely didn’t want to face that nightmare.
Then there was the mysterious sorcerer who had helped Erik escape.
Who exactly was he?
Why had he helped Killmonger?
Could he also be someone from another parallel universe?
…
Roger questioned the system many times afterward but received no answers.
Then, by pure coincidence, he noticed a line of tiny text at the very bottom of the Exploration interface.
“Multiverse Safe Travel Regulations”
True to his habit of being both studious—and terrified of dying—Roger painstakingly read the entire handbook.
It was nearly as thick as a brick.
In the end…
He arrived at a conclusion he didn’t particularly like.
Unfortunately…
Reality had already proven it true.
Although Roger was the only reincarnated transmigrator, the Marvel Multiverse contained countless beings capable of traveling between parallel universes.
Even the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj could open portals connecting different universes, just as they brought together the three Spider-Men from separate movie worlds.
Then there were people like America Chavez, whose innate power allowed effortless travel across dimensions.
Such travel was extremely dangerous.
Not only for the traveler…
But for entire universes.
Roger wasn’t exactly a comic expert, but he knew about Secret Wars (2015).
The collapse of the multiverse had been caused by too many people crossing between universes, triggering incursions until different Earths collided and entire realities were destroyed.
Originally…
Universe No. 12580 had existed independently outside the Marvel Multiverse.
It was Roger’s own universe.
But everything changed after his first Real Exploration.
The moment he stepped into another universe…
He opened the gate leading toward divine power.
At the same time…
He also opened the beginning of multiversal chaos.
It was much like Sylvie in the Loki television series.
Using TVA technology, she freely traveled across different worlds and timelines.
The Safety Regulations contained one sentence Roger found impossible to forget:
Those who toy with the timeline will eventually be toyed with by time itself.
Anyone who crossed into parallel universes, forcibly altered their destinies, and stole power from the resulting chaos…
Would inevitably cause irreversible changes.
And those changes often marked the beginning of a universe’s destruction.
Universe No. 12580 was merely one insignificant reality among countless worlds.
It, too, could be invaded.
Its original storyline could also be altered.
From the very moment Roger chose to pursue greater power…
Its future was destined to lose its peace forever.
Roger remained silent for an entire day as he tried to digest that realization.
Because…
He himself was one of those criminals.
He was a thief of power, wandering freely through the multiverse.
Every decision he made would create unpredictable consequences.
This was far more terrifying than a butterfly flapping its wings.
The chaos Roger unleashed affected not just a single world—
It stirred the entire multiverse.
What he had opened…
Was a gateway to catastrophe.
The truth weighed heavily on him.
When his first Real Exploration had ended…
The system’s settlement screen had displayed only a few simple words.
Yet those seemingly insignificant words…
Had quietly announced the deaths of three lives.