Regardless of the crisis, everything continued as usual until it finally arrived.
In the same Universe, while Dr. Doom began to contact Molecule Man, his friend and nemesis, Mister Fantastic Reed Richards, was not idle either.
A few days prior, while performing routine cosmic observations at his research center in the Baxter Building, he had indeed received an anomalous radio signal, and that signal was not emanating from their known Universe.
For this, he was extremely excited!
As long as he could pinpoint the source of that signal, he would be able to find another Universe.
"Reed, have you pinpointed the source of that radio signal?"
At that moment, Susan, with her dazzling blonde hair and blue tight-fitting suit, walked in, carrying a cup of steaming coffee.
After gently placing the coffee down, Susan intimately wrapped her arms around Reed's neck from behind.
After her disappointment with Doom, Susan had fallen in love with the science-loving Mister Fantastic before her.
Even Reed, whose romantic relationship was already clear, was made a little red-faced by Susan's actions, as Reed was a tech nerd.
However, seeing his girlfriend ask about serious matters, Reed immediately and excitedly stated:
"By decoding and tracing that signal, I have already pinpointed that Universe."
"It's just that the content expressed by this signal leaves me a bit confused as to what it truly means."
Reed said, stretching out his arm and typing away on the nearby computer keyboard.
Then he projected the decoded information from the signal onto a virtual image.
Hungry! Hungry! So hungry!
"The decoded signal seems to be transmitting a message of hunger, which I find a bit perplexing!"
"I even suspect that this might be a distress signal sent by someone trapped in that Universe, and for some reason, the signal was transmitted to our Universe!"
"Of course, it's also possible that the person who sent this signal just casually chose a signal to disseminate as a test!"
Reed had been thinking about the meaning of the message "hungry" for days.
He had considered countless possibilities for what this hunger could represent, and a hint of unease lingered in his heart, unsure whether he should respond to this signal.
"Sue, do you think I should respond to this signal?"
"Right now, there's an inexpressible feeling in my heart, and its presence prevents me from making a decision."
At this point, Reed asked for his girlfriend's opinion.
"Reed, I think you might try to take a break. We can call Ben and Johnny to go for afternoon tea together."
Susan suggested, looking at Reed's somewhat troubled expression.
Susan didn't want to interfere too much with her boyfriend's research; all she could do was help him relieve stress so he could return to work in a better state.
"Alright! But are you sure Johnny will actually have time to have afternoon tea with us?"
Reed also decided to temporarily put this matter aside and relax a bit.
However, the difficulty of getting his girlfriend's brother, who was probably out having fun somewhere, to come back for afternoon tea was not small.
Ever since the four of them gained superpowers from that cosmic ray radiation, they also began their Superheroes careers.
Unlike some Superheroes who needed to hide their identities, they had no intention of concealing theirs, directly debuting as the Fantastic Four.
Human Torch, in particular, wished that media cameras could capture his most impressive side every time he performed heroic deeds and put it on magazine covers.
Since gaining the halo of a Superhero, Human Torch, who already possessed a handsome appearance, naturally gained an additional, considerable charm.
His girlfriends were constantly changing, and Susan had no way to deal with this; after all, Johnny was an adult, and some things were beyond her control.
"Alright then! We can call Ben; he's been getting along very well with his girlfriend lately!"
Among the four, Ben was the only one whose physical appearance had undergone a huge change.
His originally normal human body had transformed into a monster with orange-rock skin, which directly led to him breaking up with his ex-girlfriend.
That was a considerable blow to Ben, who was rough on the outside but gentle on the inside. Coincidentally, at that time, Doom caused trouble, and Ben fell into a trap, giving up his superpowers, which almost caused the newly formed Superhero team to disband.
Fortunately, Ben later came to terms with everything, and out of a desire to save his friends, he regained his powers. Luckily, after that incident, he met his current girlfriend.
Subsequently, Susan invited Ben out, and the four of them enjoyed a simple afternoon tea.
With his mood lightened, Reed returned to the research center. Now he had made a decision: to respond to that cosmic signal.
"Hello!"
With an excited heart, Reed cautiously sent a friendly greeting.
These two simple words represented the first communication between two different Universes, a moment undoubtedly worth remembering forever for a scientist.
At this time, in the Universe of Earth-2149, endless dead silence spread.
There was almost no living creature to be seen in the entire Universe; only plants still flourished on every life-bearing Planet.
Dilapidated buildings and piles of bones on the ground, all of which proved that intelligent life once existed in this place, but now, for some unknown reason, it had become a dead land!
From the endless Universe, the focus shifted to the still blue and green Earth!
New York City's once-bustling streets were now dilapidated, countless pale skeletons piled up like mountains, among which the most conspicuous was Galactus in purple armor.
However, he too had long since turned into a pile of bones, showing no trace of his former glory!
And within the ruined Stark Tower, Hank Pym, clad in his Ant-Man suit, was currently adjusting a massive instrument beside him.
In front of him hung several terrifying, decaying human heads, and most horrifyingly, these heads were still alive, their mouths open, communicating something with Pym!
From the remaining features on the heads, one could vaguely discern that they were Iron Man Tony Stark, Mister Fantastic Reed Richards, Dr. Doom Victor Von Doom, as well as Bruce Banner, Beast Hank, and Professor X Charles Xavier.
These guys could be considered among the smartest beings on Earth!
"There's a response! Quickly lock onto the new Universe coordinates! I want meat!"
"Zombie Avengers, assemble!"
When the instrument gave a prompt, each of the rotting heads screamed wildly, their eyes glowing with bloodthirsty light.
This was a Universe of zombies. Originally, the fate of this Universe should have been intervened by Watcher, causing it to fall into an endless time loop, thereby preventing other Universes from being harmed.
But now, it seemed to be heading in an unpredictable direction due to some unknown changes.
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