Tens of thousands of feet in the air, inside the massive SHIELD Helicarrier, Nick Fury stared intensely at the live satellite feed. His single, good eye was narrowed, his expression as dark and unfathomable as the abyss.
Standing beside him, Agent Phil Coulson delivered the grim after-action report regarding the absolute erasure of the White House.
"The White Demon initially slaughtered dozens of civilian protesters. He then executed several Secret Service agents. During his engagement with the X-Men, the resulting shockwaves of his attack atomized an estimated ten thousand innocent bystanders in the surrounding perimeter. Finally... he completely annihilated the White House."
Nick Fury listened in complete silence. Finally, he rendered his absolute verdict.
"The White Demon is fundamentally unfit for the Avengers Initiative. Cancel all prior contingency plans regarding his recruitment. He possesses absolutely no regard for human law, operates entirely on psychotic whims, and has officially become the single greatest threat to planet Earth."
Coulson nodded slowly. They both knew the brutal reality: SHIELD currently possessed absolutely zero countermeasures against the White Demon!
Just as Fury was reaching into his coat to pull out a modified 90s pager and call Captain Marvel, Coulson suddenly spoke up.
"Sir, according to our deepest classified archives, aren't there legendary entities known as the Eternals secretly guarding humanity? Given that the White Demon just slaughtered tens of thousands of humans in a single strike, entities whose sole purpose is to protect humanity absolutely cannot sit idly by. We could manipulate the Eternals into engaging the White Demon!"
Fury's hand paused over the pager. He was highly aware of the Eternals' existence within SHIELD's database. He was also deeply suspicious of them. He absolutely refused to believe that a group of immortal, superpowered aliens were protecting humanity purely out of the goodness of their hearts. They undoubtedly had ulterior, highly classified motives!
However, if SHIELD could orchestrate a conflict between the Eternals and the White Demon, they could potentially eliminate two massive, uncontrollable variables at the exact same time!
Fury turned to Coulson, offering a rare look of genuine approval.
"Find a way to leak the footage of the White Demon's massacre directly to the Eternals. Draw their attention. Make them view him as an apocalyptic threat to humanity that they must eliminate!"
Meanwhile, in another highly secure office within the Helicarrier, Alexander Pierce stared at his own monitor, watching the White Demon laugh maniacally over the ruins. His eyes gleamed with fanatic, predatory excitement.
To Pierce, this wasn't a tragedy; it was the ultimate opportunity! The absolute, chaotic power of the White Demon was the perfect, divine instrument for HYDRA!
He quickly and securely dispatched a coded message to his top HYDRA operatives, ordering them to initiate covert contact with the White Demon and attempt to recruit him!
...
Having officially erased the White House from the map and plunged the United States government into absolute, terrified chaos, Su Mu casually warped back to Malibu.
Since he had just committed an act of domestic terrorism on a historic scale, his relationship with SHIELD was completely, permanently severed. They would undoubtedly lock down the Tesseract in their deepest, most impenetrable black site, making it highly inconvenient for him to locate it right now.
He would just have to patiently wait for Loki to drop by Earth and deliver it to him!
With Tony Stark currently studying magic under the Sorcerer Supreme at Kamar-Taj, the luxurious cliffside mansion was entirely empty. Su Mu happily played the cuckoo, taking over the billionaire's home.
During the following days, he wasn't idle. While constantly draining the clean energy from the Arc Reactors to feed the System, he obsessively trained his Limitless and continuously practiced the Sling Ring portals.
However, when it came to the mystic arts, Su Mu clearly lacked Stephen Strange's innate, reality-bending talent. Even with the absolute sensory input of the Six Eyes and his immense cursed energy reserves, he struggled to properly visualize the destination and open a stable portal. He could generate the golden sparks, but the gateway refused to form.
He wasn't discouraged, though. He knew he was close.
As for the Limitless, he focused heavily on leveling it up because he hypothesized that higher echelons of the technique would grant him true, absolute spatial manipulation—including the ability to create a localized pocket dimension!
Currently, Su Mu had to carry ten Arc Reactors in a messenger bag slung over his shoulder. He desperately needed a pocket dimension.
It wasn't just for practical convenience. It was a matter of aesthetics! As the incredibly handsome, transcendent White Demon, walking into an apocalyptic battle wearing an over-the-shoulder man-purse completely ruined his swagger!
It's simply not elegant! Not elegant at all!
Su Mu continuously engaged the Limitless, manipulating the spatial gravity around him to passively levitate five Arc Reactors in a slow, continuous orbit around his body. The System notifications chimed continuously:
[System Notification: Energy Point +1]
[System Notification: Energy Point +1]
[System Notification: Energy Point +1]
[System Notification: Limitless EXP +1]
[System Notification: Limitless EXP +1]
...
Finally, after days of continuous, grueling spatial manipulation, the heavenly chime he had been waiting for echoed in his mind!
[System Notification: Limitless EXP +1]
[System Notification: Congratulations, Skill 'Limitless' has leveled up!]
[Limitless Lv.4 (3/5000): Interferes with matter at the atomic level to absolutely dominate space. Beyond an exponentially expanded absolute defense perimeter, the user gains localized, conceptual mastery over spatial distortion!]
A massive, overwhelming deluge of spatial comprehension violently flooded Su Mu's consciousness! Aided by the Six Eyes, he rapidly absorbed and processed the impossibly complex quantum mechanics, continuously chain-casting the Reverse Cursed Technique to instantly repair the micro-tears occurring in his brain from the sheer volume of data!
A few minutes later, having fully digested the knowledge, Su Mu instantly realized the absolute, qualitative leap the Limitless had undergone!
The System's description had subtly but profoundly changed. He now possessed "localized, conceptual mastery over spatial distortion!"
In practical terms, the upgrade manifested in two terrifying ways:
First, the absolute, automated defensive perimeter of his infinity expanded from fifty centimeters to a staggering five meters!
Second, within that absolute five-meter radius, Su Mu now possessed absolute, god-like control over space. In addition to infinite convergence (Blue) and infinite divergence (Red), he could now casually manipulate the fabric of reality itself!
He could instantly fold space to teleport within his radius, create spatial slashes that ignored conventional durability, and, most importantly—he could forge a stable pocket dimension!
His mastery over the Limitless had officially transcended Gojo Satoru's original capabilities and entered an entirely new, unprecedented echelon!
Having assimilated the knowledge, Su Mu instantly manipulated the space directly behind his back, effortlessly folding reality into a stable, invisible pocket dimension. He tossed the ten Arc Reactors inside.
Because the pocket space was an extension of his own cursed technique, he could passively absorb the reactors' energy right through the dimensional barrier!
Furthermore, Su Mu experienced another incredibly pleasant surprise. Due to his newly attained, profound mastery over the concept of space via the Level 4 Limitless, the previously confusing, esoteric mechanics of Kamar-Taj portal magic suddenly became crystal clear!
Without a moment of hesitation, Su Mu slipped the brass Sling Ring onto his fingers. He closed his eyes, clearly visualizing his target, and moved his hand in a circular motion.
A shower of brilliant golden sparks erupted! The sparks rapidly spun into a perfectly stable, circular portal right in the middle of Tony's living room!
At the exact same moment, a new notification pinged on his System interface!
[New Skill Unlocked: Mystic Portal Lv.1 (1/100)]
[Description: Consumes magical energy to open a portal to any previously visited location. Cursed Energy may be substituted for magical energy!]
Having successfully opened a portal entirely under his own power, the System finally recognized the skill. And now that it was integrated into the System, Su Mu could simply dump energy into it to artificially shatter its conceptual limits!
Level 1 allowed him to travel anywhere he had personally been.
At Level 2, he theorized he would no longer need the Sling Ring, able to open portals purely with his own power!
Level 3 would likely allow him to open a portal to anywhere within the current universe or dimension!
Level 4 would shatter the dimensional barriers, allowing him to effortlessly traverse between the Dark Dimension, the Mirror Dimension, the Quantum Realm, etc.!
And if he pushed the portal skill to Level 5, or perhaps even higher... it was an absolute certainty that he could eventually shatter the boundaries of the multiverse and travel to entirely different fictional realities! Su Mu was incredibly excited!
Arm-wrestling Superman, trading energy blasts with Son Goku, telling Homelander he was the real hero, and casually casting an infinitely superior Limitless right in front of Gojo Satoru...
Endless, absolutely thrilling realities were waiting for him!
Just as his imagination ran wild, the Six Eyes detected several highly trained individuals rapidly approaching the cliffside mansion!
A deeply euphoric, highly entertained smile spread across Su Mu's face.
Oh? New entertainment has arrived!
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