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It was only when Kevin landed on the cruise ship's deck that he felt something was off.
Previously, when observing from outside, the model of this cruise ship seemed at most to be merely overlapping. Kevin had speculated that there might be a problem with the space on this cruise ship, but he thought it would be at most two worlds' cruise ships overlapping.
But...
In a corner of the deck, Kevin saw a cartoonized bucket...
It was truly cartoonized, similar to the cartoon style popular in the United States around the 1990s.
Kevin tried to touch the cartoonized bucket, but when his hand landed on it, he found his hand also turned into a cartoonish appearance.
Terrified, he immediately pulled his hand back.
Fortunately, once out of the bucket's range, Kevin's hand returned to its original state.
"Could it be that there's more than one space here? Oh no, the spatial interweaving seems to have become more severe."
When he saw that cartoonized bucket, Kevin knew that the space on this ship probably wasn't just his world and this The Boys world.
There were probably also the Black Robe parallel universes from comics and animations.
Kevin remembered the Ancient One saying that his The Boys world, due to his changes, had become an anomaly that was rampaging across the timeline.
It might interweave with all parallel worlds.
The reason it first encountered this The Boys world was simply because their timelines were relatively close.
But this didn't mean Kevin's world wouldn't collide with other parallel worlds.
Looking at it now, it was a problem with the Ghost's companion's ability, causing not just two worlds to interweave, but most of the worlds related to the The Boys world to overlap.
However, the fact that Supes from the The Boys world could cause such a terrifying thing to happen indicates that the Supes in this world have quite a lot of potential.
The spatial interweaving caused the space on the cruise ship to become extremely unstable. Kevin could almost foresee what the interior space of this ship would become.
The most troublesome issue right now isn't the problem on the ship.
The problematic point is that Kevin is unsure if this situation will continue to spread outwards.
If this situation continues to spread outwards, then this world might also face a crisis of spatial disorder.
The consequences of multiverse interweaving were slowly revealing themselves, and Kevin finally put away his playful attitude and began to seriously deal with this matter.
"First, I need to find the culprit who caused all of this."
The culprit certainly wasn't Kevin; it was the fellow who triggered the cruise ship's spatial disorder.
The Supe who called himself 'Flashback'.
"Then... then I'll take it one step at a time."
After finding Flashback, Kevin hadn't decided how to deal with him.
If this spatial disorder was intentionally caused by that guy, Kevin might kill him.
But he couldn't imagine that person doing something so foolish that would include himself, which means this was most likely an accident.
Since it was an accident, Kevin couldn't just casually kill someone.
However, not killing him might not resolve the spatial interweaving, which is why Kevin felt troubled and didn't know how to handle it.
He could only take it one step at a time.
Walking from the deck into the interior of the cruise ship, Kevin's senses were fully engaged, attempting to locate any life forms within the cruise ship.
Earlier, from the outside, due to the spatial interweaving, Kevin's senses were affected, preventing him from perceiving the existence of life inside, which is why he decided to personally enter the cruise ship.
And now, even after entering the cruise ship, Kevin's senses were unable to function as they should.
It wasn't that he couldn't sense anything; it was that his perception was extremely chaotic.
For example, Kevin originally intended to sense an object on the left, but somehow it ended up on an object on the right.
He wanted to sense the existence of the lower deck of the cruise ship, but for some reason, he ended up on the upper deck.
Although not completely chaotic, it still greatly reduced Kevin's sensory effectiveness.
His effective sensing range was only about five or six meters; beyond that distance, it would be affected by the spatial interweaving.
This was enough to show how severe the spatial interweaving was here.
Under such severe influence, Kevin could only use a clumsy method, slowly searching floor by floor.
But this method was too inefficient. After searching two floors and finding nothing, Kevin began to look for other ways.
"Tsk, if only this place could be filled with water..."
Opening a door to a derelict cruise ship room, only to find it filled with cartoon graffiti, Kevin silently closed the door, contemplating the feasibility of filling the place with water.
In deep water, Kevin's sensory abilities would be further enhanced, with improvements in both precision and range.
If this place were completely filled with water...
No, that's not right.
Kevin suddenly thought that his thinking could be more expansive; why did it have to be filled with water?
Hadn't he been using mist quite skillfully these past few days? So why not use mist?
He didn't even need to fill the entire cruise ship with mist. He just needed to condense the mist into threads, spreading like a spiderweb to every corner of the cruise ship, which would achieve the same effect of sensing everything within the cruise ship.
Thinking of this, Kevin immediately closed his eyes and began to operate according to his conception.
Slowly, solidified mist, like spider silk, extended from him as the center towards other directions of the cruise ship.
...
"No, the phone still isn't working."
In a room somewhere inside the cruise ship, Barry put down his phone and said helplessly to the others nearby.
Beside Barry, the girl Ghost, Paul in a wheelchair, and the Black man codenamed Flashback, were all gathered, discussing countermeasures.
Barry had just turned around when he heard the Narrator, Paul, prattling on:
"It's clear there's no signal here because of Flashback's mistake, which has trapped everyone in a strange cage from which we can't escape. What's more terrifying is that we're not the only ones in this cage."
"Just before, Ghost encountered a strange fellow. That fellow was very similar to the Tongue of Man, but the difference was that he had legs and could walk upright."
"And..."
"Alright, Paul, can you please shut your mouth!"
Ghost impatiently snapped at Paul, clearly fed up with his nagging.
But Paul didn't stop; his mouth continued to chatter:
"Ghost is impatient; she's scolding Paul, the Narrator, but there's nothing she can do. This is Paul's ability; he cannot stop narrating everything he sees, unless someone seals his mouth."
"Of course, Paul doesn't want anyone to do that, because... Poof."
"Alright, quiet now."
Before the Narrator could finish, Flashback used tape he found from who knows where and directly stuck it over the Narrator's mouth, silencing him completely.
"Mmm mmm mmm--"
The tape was wrapped tightly, ensuring the Narrator couldn't free himself.
Once his ears were finally quiet, Flashback turned to Ghost and said:
"Even you can't get out?"
"No, the sense of direction in this place is very strange. I just tried to walk in one direction continuously, but I ended up circling back to where I started."
Ghost shook her head, indicating she was powerless.
Ghost, who could originally phase through walls, was the most suitable person to escape from the cruise ship and seek reinforcements.
But because of Flashback's loss of control, the directions in this place were completely indistinguishable. Ghost felt like she was walking in a straight line, but she would always return to her original position.
And that was still considered good.
During her travels, Ghost even went to a room full of blood-red flesh, where there was also a strange monster.
If Ghost hadn't been immune to any physical damage, she probably wouldn't have been able to return at all and would have died during her exploration.
Barry, as the oldest person among them, analyzed the current situation:
"Based on the current situation, it seems that many parallel worlds have interwoven, which is why it has become like this."
"Is it because of Flashback?"
"I don't know who you're talking about, Flashback, but if his ability allows him to travel through parallel worlds... Yes, it's very likely because of him!"
Barry said with certainty.
Originally, after rescuing Starlight and her mother, Barry wanted to follow Starlight back to Mallory's villa to meet up with Kevin.
But later, when Barry learned that Ghost might be from the same world as Kevin, he changed his mind, wanting to temporarily follow Ghost and help Kevin find a way back to his original world.
Barry knew that Kevin was trapped in this world for some reason and was looking for a way back.
Ghost's appearance just happened to provide Kevin and Barry with a clue to return.
So Barry told Starlight to take her mother back first, while he followed Ghost back to their current hiding place to see what the situation was.
But as soon as they entered the cruise ship, Ghost and Barry found they couldn't get out.
The situation inside the cruise ship became extremely complex. What were originally a few relatively complete routes, connecting the simple structure of the cabins at the top of the cruise ship, turned into a complex structure with myriad paths, seemingly leading everywhere.
It was easy for the two of them to get in, but they couldn't get out at all.
No, it's not that they couldn't get out.
Barry, relying on his super speed, stumbled upon an exit inside the cruise ship.
But the outside world connected to that exit was a distorted, abstract oil painting.
When Barry touched the ink painting, he found his arm was also assimilated and turned into an oil painting.
Terrified, he immediately retreated, taking Ghost to hide in a relatively safe place in the cabin.
Afterward, they found Flashback and the Narrator, who were also hiding there. The four reunited, and Barry tried again to call Kevin.
But the result was that the phone wouldn't connect.
They also couldn't get out.
"So what exactly happened to Flashback?"
The conversation circled back to the beginning, and Ghost looked at Flashback.
Flashback opened his mouth, extending his hand towards Barry and Ghost, saying:
"It's faster to see than to tell."
Saying this, he activated his ability on the two of them.
Flashback's ability, just like his codename, was Flashback.
A Flashback of memory.
He could 'see' a past memory of a person by sensing their emotions, and he could also weave this memory into information to transmit to others.
The ability is activated by feeling strong emotions or by touch.
Sometimes, touch isn't even necessary; being very close can also allow that person to see the memory Flashback 'sees'.
So even if Flashback couldn't touch Ghost, he could still let Ghost see his memory.
Flashback activated his ability, and memories were woven into information and flowed into Barry and Ghost's minds.
Then they saw Flashback, the Supe who wore glasses and looked like an underdeveloped otaku.
From Flashback's perspective, Flashback was clutching his head, looking very pained, for some unknown reason.
Just as Flashback was about to approach Flashback, Flashback suddenly let out a loud roar.
The next moment, waves of energy were released from his body.
The energy waves sent out an impact on the surroundings. When they hit Flashback, he felt nothing, but when they touched the surrounding buildings, those buildings began to shift and overlap as if they were moved building blocks.
And they pressed inward towards the center of the space at a rapid speed.
Flashback didn't hesitate at all. Seeing Flashback's figure already obscured by the shifted buildings, he immediately turned around, pushed the still chattering Narrator, and frantically rushed towards the room's entrance/exit.
By the time he left the room with the Narrator, their former 'safe house' was also filled with distorted architecture.
And this was Flashback and the Narrator's experience.
From their perspective, it was clear.
Flashback's ability had gone out of control.
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