Chapter 259: Harboring Ulterior Motives
If there's anyone Reed Richards in the Ultimate Universe still cared about, it would be Invisible Woman Susan. Even for a long time to come, Reed wouldn't be able to let Susan go.
He even subtly hinted to Susan multiple times about wanting to reconcile, but was rejected by Invisible Woman. Don't be fooled by Susan's firm rejections, whenever she encountered problems she couldn't solve, she would still go back to Reed Richards.
Of course, there were also many times when Reed proactively went to her door to solve problems. He was truly a persistent ex, but this also showed that his ex-girlfriend still held a place in Reed's heart.
Adding to that, Susan was snatched away by his good buddies who he had helped several times. Therefore, the destructive power of Yang Le's words was imaginable, and its power in Reed's heart was no less than an antimatter bomb.
It was a pity that Yang Le couldn't see Reed's expression of being emotionally compromised due to the helmet. However, judging from the fact that Reed's exposed corner of mouth looked like he was about to grind his teeth to pieces, he was clearly not feeling well.
His teeth grinding and gnashing, Reed finally endured it. He wasn't confident in defeating Yang Le in front of him, so starting a war in his own lair was obviously unwise. It would not only destroy his lifework of many years, but also potentially cost him his own life.
"No need for such harsh words," Reed said after calming his mood. "Although our initial impressions of each other weren't very good, I believe this won't affect our subsequent cooperation."
"Oh?" Yang Le feigned surprise. "Invaders are actually talking about cooperation with me?"
Reed said calmly, "If you didn't have strength, why would I talk about cooperation with you? It's precisely because of your strength that we are having this conversation here."
Reed's words were very true. If Yang Le didn't have enough power, Reed wouldn't be able to stand here and communicate peacefully with Yang Le after being insulted. Perhaps the visuals of Yang Le insulting him wouldn't have even occurred; Reed would have directly killed everyone and then left with the Omnitrix.
And Yang Le also knew that Reed definitely wouldn't become irreconcilable with him over a few words. Compared to the small loss of face, real gains and losses were what Reed cared about more.
This choice was like the analogy of Dian Wei and Jia Xu, the choice was obvious at a glance.
Moreover, Reed's words indicated that Yang Le's strength was enough to make him wary, so he chose cooperation. This already implied a softening of tone, so Yang Le wouldn't continue to press the issue.
"Alright, what do you want to talk about?" Yang Le no longer confronted him sharply. Who knew if Reed Richards had any disgusting countermeasures prepared? It was better not to push too hard.
Seeing Yang Le relent, Reed also breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that Yang Le would be like Thor, a blockhead who wouldn't listen to reason once a fight started. Fortunately, it seemed the other party was at least a person with normal intelligence.
And so, Reed told Yang Le about the Multiverse Crisis he had observed. Unsurprisingly, Reed was indeed eyeing Yang Le's Omnitrix. It was something he had never seen in all the universes he had observed or destroyed in the past.
Therefore, to save the entire Multiverse, Reed had no choice but to place his hope on the Omnitrix in Yang Le's hand. He hoped this inconspicuous little device in front of him could give him some inspiration.
Yang Le curled his corner of mouth, but because he was still in Ghostfreak state, Yang Le could only move his eyeballs. He knew Reed Richards was just putting on a show of bravado. Yang Le was perfectly clear that Reed cared at most about trying to protect his own Ultimate Universe, and didn't care whether other universes lived or died.
Moreover, save? Rule was more like it!
While Yang Le was slandering him in his heart, Reed had finished his long, high-sounding nonsense, revealing his true purpose.
"In summary, I hope you can temporarily lend me the device on your wrist, even just to let me examine it. This is all for the sake of the entire Multiverse."
Facing the impassioned Reed, Yang Le only said lightly.
"Do I look like Hulk to you?"
Okay, no need for further words, Reed understood Yang Le's idea. He originally thought that Yang Le's unconditional help to the Zombie Universe meant Yang Le was a moral exemplar like Captain America, but it seemed he was mistaken.
"Listen, Reed," Yang Le called out to Reed, who was still thinking about countermeasures. "I know you better than you think. You don't need to show off your scheme in front of me. To be honest, I don't believe a single word you say."
In fact, not only Reed Richards, but Yang Le would only believe half of what other Universe Reeds said. These intelligent superheroes who failed to become artists were all somewhat tainted with deception.
"I can reveal some news to you." Yang Le looked at the silent Reed and said slowly, "All multiverses will be destroyed. In the end, only two universes will remain, one is your Earth-1610, and the other is the center of the multiverse, Earth-616."
That these two universes would remain could be said to be inevitable, because the average combat power of these two universes far exceeded that of other multiverses. Not to mention the main universe Earth-616, Reed himself in the Ultimate Universe had destroyed about 67 universes in the original story.
Rather, the fact that these two universes would remain was also the result of the Beyonders' intervention. After all, in the late stages of multiverse destruction, it was originally observed that many multiverses were disappearing unknowingly. Yang Le didn't think this was a speed that normal destruction could achieve.
Reed lowered his head in silence. As an intelligent person who had observed many universes, he naturally knew about the main universe Earth-616, and he also knew that most of the superhuman of the main universe were far superior to those of other universes. Reed didn't know what others thought, but he himself was not very convinced by the Reed of the main universe.
"Moreover, the destruction of the multiverse cannot be stopped. Even if you destroy the Earth-616 universe, you still won't be able to stop the destruction of Earth-1610." Yang Le threw out a shocking piece of news. "Because all of this is just an experiment by the Beyonders. Their purpose is to destroy all multiverses."
"So, instead of haggling with me here, you might as well go back and think about how to deal with those deities."
The reason why Yang Le told Reed this message was to divert Reed away, because Yang Le was going to communicate with the two consciousness within Alien X's body next. He didn't want any unexpected event to occur when he couldn't get out.
And in Yang Le's view, Reed was the biggest unexpected event. Who knew what this guy would do.
Reed's corner of mouth twitched. Almost without thinking, he could see that what Yang Le said was not false. Under the condition that he couldn't threaten the other party, Yang Le had no need to tell him a lie. However, Reed also saw that Yang Le was probably still hiding something from him, but unfortunately, he couldn't see what it was.