New York City.
The sun beat down on the city as crowds streamed along the busy streets.
Crack!
Suddenly, a purple lightning bolt flashed across the sky.
Many people were drawn to the purple lightning, but they didn’t pay too much attention, continuing their hurried journeys.
And in a dark, damp alley, a young man, dressed in a plain suit and covered in dirt and water stains, slowly walked out of the alley.
Completely contrary to his disheveled appearance, the young man exuded the aura of someone long accustomed to a high position.
That habitually stern and dignified face and gaze now appeared exceptionally gentle and at ease.
He looked around, his eyes stinging with emotion, then drew a deep breath.
“I’m really back!”
Ethan Shaw.
In Marvel, he developed the Devil Fruit Iron Man Suit and also created the Hulk Serum that knew ninjutsu, striking fear into countless supervillains.
After easily dominating the entire Earth, he ventured into the cosmos!
He had then ventured into the cosmos, advancing through one breakthrough after another until, in fewer than five hundred years, he had reached a level of power comparable to the Living Tribunal.
Of course, this wasn’t true invincibility yet.
True invincibility came only after he obtained the Beyonder’s power from beyond the cosmic membrane.
The Beyonder’s power dismantled the system inside him, allowing him to absorb everything it had to offer.
The powers of the Beyonder and the system, combined, all merged together.
Ethan Shaw instantly transcended the Living Tribunal.
Throughout the entire Marvel Universe, he was unequivocally invincible!
Even OAA had to negotiate with him!
And so, returning to his original universe was the result of Ethan’s discussions with OAA.
As long as Ethan was willing to sacrifice all the energy within him as an offering, OAA could unleash its full power to send him back to the home universe!
Earth was the home universe.
The Marvel Universe, and any other universe, were parallel projections of the home universe!
Ethan Shaw agreed.
He unhesitatingly chose to relinquish the immense power of the Marvel Universe in exchange for the opportunity to return to the home universe.
After all, Over five centuries, he’d defeated every enemy worth fighting and enjoyed more than his fair share of romantic adventures.
His abilities, comparable to OAA’s, made him omnipotent, free to do as he pleased, ignoring all constraints, and wantonly enjoying his invincible life!
He was tired of endless battles and the loneliness that came with being virtually untouchable.
All he wanted now was to return to his own universe and enjoy a quiet, comfortable life.
Of course, Ethan didn’t leave empty-handed.
His consciousness traversing the cosmic membrane meant that all the technological information and knowledge he had ever gained through the system in his mind could be retained and put to use in the home universe!
And so, Ethan left the Marvel Universe and returned to Earth.
“Is it still the 24th today?”
Ethan glanced at the time on his phone.
“It seems I spent five hundred years in the Marvel world, but only five hours passed on Earth in the home universe…
Ugh– Lying in the alley for five hours, no wonder the smell on me is quite strong now!”
In Marvel, he lived for five hundred years, invincible all the way, with lightning and sparks…
He remembered almost every scene vividly.
Yet those five hundred years felt almost like a dream.
Without the extraordinary technological knowledge still stored in his mind, he might have believed he’d imagined the whole thing.
“A lonely night!
My heart!
Where should it be placed…”
At this moment, Ethan’s phone rang.
He pulled out a Mia phone with a cracked screen and saw the caller ID Vampire.
A cold smirk appeared on Ethan’s lips.
Although he had been away for “five hundred years,” he immediately recalled his circumstances in this world!
Back home, Ethan Shaw was an ordinary IT programmer earning a modest monthly salary.
His boss worked him to the bone, leaving him exhausted and barely able to make ends meet.
“Ethan!!!”
As soon as he answered the phone, the vampire boss’s furious roar came from the other end.
“Do you know how many calls I’ve made to you?!
Don’t you want to work anymore?
If you don’t, then get out now!
If you don’t want to work, there are plenty of others who do!!!”
His boss ranted, but Ethan remained perfectly calm.
“Take it easy, buddy.
You’re right about one thing: I quit.
And you’ll have to finish that program yourself.”
“What did you call me?!”
The vampire boss’s voice instantly rose by twenty decibels!
“Talking to a dog, how boring is it to repeat myself?”
“Don’t worry, you’ll soon be crawling at my feet, begging for your life!”
“Bye-bye!”
With that, without waiting for the vampire boss to let out another roar, Ethan hung up the phone.
“Ethan…
Good!
Good!
Very good!
You’ve really grown some guts, haven’t you?
You actually dared to hang up on me!”
Furious, his boss hurled his phone against the wall.
“I’ll make sure you never work in New York City’s tech industry again!”
“Me crawling at your feet, begging for my life?!”
“I’ll make you kneel before me, crying and begging me!!”
Leaving the alley, Ethan walked towards the location of his home as remembered.
Along the way, he saw many familiar environments…
He had visited these places in the Marvel world when he felt nostalgic, but later, due to a great battle with the Red Hulk and Abomination, this place was completely destroyed, and he could no longer see it.
Now, returning here again, Ethan was filled with many emotions.
Returning to his rented room, Ethan took a shower, feeling completely refreshed.
“After being invincible for so long, it’s time to truly enjoy life!”
“But even if I’m just living an idle life, I need some capital…
If Stark knew I couldn’t even afford a $100,000 meal right now, he’d probably laugh me into oblivion!”
WELCOME TO ETHAN’S JOURNEY FROM MARVEL’S ULTIMATE SCIENTIST TO EARTH’S GREATEST INVENTOR!
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