"More than a hundred times?!" Gwen's eyes widened, so shocked she almost forgot to flap her wings and dropped a bit.
Gwen nodded seriously: "That's right, and I feel terrifyingly strong right now. I have this illusion that if I wanted to, I could even destroy a Planet!"
"No, that's not an illusion. If you fully unleash the power of the Symbiote dragon that Knull injected with most of his power, you could actually destroy a Planet of average size!"
Ryan stood to the side and added calmly, confirming Gwen's hypothesis about her own strength.
This made Gwen almost cry out of envy: "Wuwu, I'm so jealous of you, Gwen. Your physique has increased a hundredfold, so you'll definitely be able to handle Ryan in the future. I'll be the only one suffering from now on..."
Gwen: ?
What on Earth are you talking about!
Ryan floated over to Gwen, patted her head, and comforted her: "It's okay. Symbiotes have strong growth potential. Especially since your Red Dragon and Gwen's Black Dragon are both super Symbiotes born from Knull's primordial bloodline, their potential is infinite. You'll eventually become as strong as Gwen one day!"
"Before that, I'll be a little gentler with you alone~"
?
Gwen heard this and her eyes widened too.
Wait, no, Ryan, why are you fooling around with her too!
And what does being 'gentler with her alone' mean? What about me?
Facing the gaze from Gwen, Ryan just smiled without speaking.
Gwen: I'm doomed!
I got stronger, but I've also become the main target to take on the enemy's firepower?
Ahem...
Suddenly, a coughing notification sound came from Ryan's bracelet.
Ryan looked down and saw it was a call from Strange.
Thankfully, the bracelet made by Spider-Man 2099 could make interdimensional calls; otherwise, Ryan, who was in a separate micro-Universe, wouldn't have been able to receive Strange's call.
After connecting, Strange's projection appeared.
Seeing the pitch-black cosmic environment where Ryan was, Strange was stunned, then exclaimed: "I have to say, even though you're sometimes not really human, your efficiency is truly high. I just called you, haven't even said what the matter is, and you're already in the Dark Dimension!"
Ryan: ...
This guy really holds a grudge. Isn't it just that I made him and Christine have a little separation for a year?
Is it worth holding onto that for so long?
And did this guy misunderstand something...
Ryan shook his head helplessly: "Stephen, I'm not in the Dark Dimension..."
Strange looked at the pitch-black, lightless environment around Ryan and said skeptically: "You're not in the Dark Dimension? But besides the Dark Dimension, where else would there be such a pitch-black deep space without even a single star?"
Ryan shrugged: "Maybe there wasn't before, but now there is. This is a micro-Universe I just created~"
"You created a micro-Universe? Awesome!"
Hearing this, Strange gave Ryan a thumbs up.
If he can create a Universe just like that, then what else is there to say? It's just awesome!
Looking at Strange, whose mental state had clearly improved and whose gloomy aura had dissipated, Ryan smiled slightly: "Alright, enough small talk. You contacted me this time because Dormammu is here?"
When it came to business, Strange's expression became much more serious: "That's right. With Ultron's assistance over this period, I tracked down the traitor Kaecilius again. However, he re-recruited several powerful henchmen this time, and I wasn't able to hold him down; he got away again!"
"And based on the harsh words he left behind, Dormammu is already on his way to Earth. Furthermore, among the new dark followers he recruited, there is a very Strange woman!"
"She seems to be able to cut through space. I'm afraid she'll use this ability to let Dormammu bypass the Sanctum's protection and enter Earth directly once he reaches Earth's vicinity. So you'd better hurry back. Without the Time Stone, I'm afraid we can't hold off Dormammu!"
"Alright, I'll be back immediately." Ryan's expression turned a bit serious upon hearing this.
"About how long will it take for you to get back?" Strange seemed a bit urgent.
After all, Dormammu was an ancient entity that had threatened Earth for ten thousand years, the monarch of the entire Dark Dimension, and unimaginably powerful.
Without Ryan, the strongest person on Earth, he always felt uneasy!
And in the very next second of his worry, he felt his shoulder being tapped from behind.
Strange didn't even turn his head: "Wait a moment, Christine, I'm talking about serious business with Ryan. This concerns the safety of Earth..."
"Oh, then I'm really sorry for interrupting the major life event the two of you were about to have~"
At this moment, a clear male voice came from behind Strange.
Strange was startled and spun around, only to realize that the person behind him wasn't Christine at all, and there was more than one person.
Instead, one tall and two short, three people were standing behind him, looking at him with a teasing gaze.
Wasn't this Ryan, who he had just been talking to, and the two Gwens?
"Holy crap! How did you get to my house?!" Strange couldn't help but exclaim in a very American way, clutching his head.
"Didn't you say the situation was urgent and asked me to come back quickly? Isn't this fast enough?" Ryan said matter-of-factly.
"Fast enough!" Strange's mouth twitched violently when he heard this: "There wasn't really a need to be this urgent, this fast..."
"Ah!!!"
Just then, a scream rang out.
The real Christine had just finished showering and was walking out of the bathroom; opening the door, she saw three extra people in the room.
And most importantly, because she was about to have a major life event with Strange, Christine wasn't wearing anything right now...
"I didn't see anything..."
Ryan silently turned his head away.
The two Gwens, on the other hand, widened their eyes: (⊙ˍ⊙)
"Christine, Ryan and I have urgent business to discuss. You wait at home for me to return..."
Strange's face darkened. He waved his hand to open a portal to the Spider Base and pushed the turning Ryan and the two Gwens, who were still wide-eyed and looking at his girlfriend, into the portal together.
If it weren't for the fact that the two Gwens were girls, he would have really wanted to hit someone!
As for Ryan, he couldn't beat him...
But what Strange didn't know was that even if the two Gwens were men, he wouldn't be able to beat them now either.
No matter how high your magic attainments are, can you block this Planet-busting punch of mine?
After Strange also stepped through the portal and arrived at the Spider Base, he hurriedly closed the portal.
Strange glared at Ryan: "Even if you can teleport back instantly, next time, please don't randomly set your return point in someone else's home. That's illegal, okay?"
Ryan raised an eyebrow and smiled: "How about I give Kingpin a call and have him grant me a special permit for legal entry?"
Strange's face went even darker upon hearing this. How could he have forgotten that the new President, that fatso Kingpin, was one of Ryan's people!
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