Marvel: Apocalyptic Beginning, a High-Level Game!

Chapter 70 The Sorrow of a Lonely Realm

(The matter on Earth has come to an end, and the next step is to go to space. But before that, I want to address everyone's concerns about the connection between the protagonist and this world, so that people won't say that the protagonist has no feelings for this world or is an NPC. Let me reiterate! What I want to write is a traditional, kind, Eastern-style hero.)

Only by establishing a sense of identification can the protagonist position themselves properly in the major events to come. I honestly feel somewhat inadequate in my writing skills, and can only dedicate a single paragraph to this. I wanted to write a more three-dimensional protagonist.

Please don't say I'm padding the story; I promise I'll give you ten chapters when it goes live next week! This is my last chance to attract readers! Please keep reading! Don't let the book sit unread!

Hanlu stared at the dumplings in front of him and realized a very serious problem!

the first!

It's noon now.

It's really not important. After all, he can eat dumplings whenever he wants, and it doesn't really matter how long it takes.

but……

but……

Hanlu tried her best to act normal, picked up a dumpling with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth. She even conjured up a plate of vinegar, dipped her dumpling in it a couple of times to add some flavor, and then conjured up a clove of garlic to eat with it.

In the end, it became strange-looking.

but.

Some people eat pasta, some eat bread, and some even eat fried chicken.

Hanlu, the only one out of place among everyone, was eating dumplings with chopsticks, and her expression was somewhat strange.

Even Shang-Chi and Detective Wu, who at least look somewhat Chinese, were there eating fried chicken and bread.

That's outrageous!!

Hanlu despised this act of forgetting one's roots from the bottom of her heart, but...

But nothing can cover up a bloody truth.

He was like an outsider who didn't fit in.

Even though they had fought side by side, even though they had been through so much together, the sudden realization that they were actually very different and felt a sense of estrangement always gave him a feeling of...

We've finished eating.

After finishing her meal, Hanlu didn't want to say anything and went straight to the sea platform to enjoy the breeze.

Meanwhile, Belfast, who had been waiting patiently, gently took the leftover dishes from the other person on the deck, preparing to wash them.

Everyone watched this somewhat strange scene without giving it a second thought, and continued eating.

Even Thor and Alexei had started drinking contests, and Icarus had joined in.

Can a robot get drunk?

As Zemo ate the French toast he had carefully prepared, he steadily pressed down on his knife and fork, while also glancing at the numerous superheroes around him out of the corner of his eye.

He desperately hoped that someone with a modicum of sense would step forward and say something. But unfortunately...

Even the most enigmatic Moon Knight among them has a low sensitivity to humanistic concerns, especially when it comes to interpersonal relationships.

He felt inexplicably unwell at that moment.

Why do I feel like I'm about to become these superheroes' babysitter?

After everyone finished eating and was about to leave, Zemo, whose cold and stern face was like a sculpture, was already waiting at the door. As John passed by, Zemo grabbed his shoulder and pulled him over.

"Zemo, what's the matter?"

"Something's urgent! Something very important!"

John and the others looked at Zemo's serious expression with some curiosity, somewhat puzzled.

……

Did you know that a philosopher named Maslow once said that a person has five needs in life?

1. Physiological needs: The most basic needs for survival, including food, water, air, sleep, and sex. These needs form the basis of other needs and will dominate human behavior when they are not met.

2. Safety Needs: The need for stability, security, and protection, including personal safety, health security, ownership of resources and property, as well as job stability and family safety. Once these needs are met, people will pursue higher-level needs.

3. Needs for love and belonging: The need for social interaction and emotional connection, including familial love, romantic love, friendship, and positive interpersonal relationships. A sense of belonging refers to being accepted and recognized by a group.

4. The need for respect: This includes self-esteem and being respected by others. Self-esteem is manifested in the recognition of one's own value, while being respected comes from the recognition and appreciation of others, such as achievements and status.

5. Self-actualization needs: The highest level of need, the pursuit of fully developing one's personal potential, realizing ideals and ambitions, and becoming the person one hopes to be.

Zemo, unusually, lumped together all the gods, demons, ghosts, half-humans and half-ghosts in front of him and began to reason with them.

Everyone was crammed into the small room, and they were all a little bored.

After all, it felt like being lectured by a student while Zemo kept banging on the blackboard.

"So... what are you trying to say?"

Zemo looked at John, who was also somewhat serious but clearly hadn't grasped the point of being serious, and wished he could slap him on the head.

With a light press of the button on his finger, the blackboard filled with Zemo's various analytical points split open to the left and right, revealing the monitor inside. Along with the familiar figure on the screen and the calm waves where the sea and sky met, everyone appeared before them.

"Cold Dew?"

Everyone clearly knows who this figure is, after all, besides this figure, there are also two silver-haired ship girls standing beside him, guarding him.

That looks so familiar.

Meanwhile, on the platform, Hanlu, who felt something was amiss, looked around and was about to turn around when she was greeted by the gentle smiles of her two kind and friendly ship girls.

That's so strange.

Why does he feel like he's being stared at by tens of thousands of eyes?

Am I being too sensitive?

Unbeknownst to him, in that instant he turned around—even under such normal circumstances—his perception had already become extraordinary.

Indeed, dozens of eyes were staring at him.

"Alright, Zemo! Get to the point, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Thor probably didn't want to deal with this mess; if it weren't related to the Cold Dew, he probably would have just walked away.

He hadn't forgotten this guy, but after he left Earth, he made a mess of the Avengers.

Banner, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought as he slightly raised his glasses.

For someone with seven doctoral degrees, such philosophical questions were not incomprehensible.

but……

Zemo looked at the group of people before him whose intelligence was beyond measure and whose strength was enough to destroy a planet, and finally had no choice but to accept reality.

Is there not a single person in that group with a normal brain?

"Don't you understand yet? Have you noticed? Hanlu is a very strange and special person!"

I once checked all the remaining files of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

Before the catastrophe, we found no trace of this person, and I analyzed his psychological profile—

He seems to have a unique understanding and sense of identification with you superheroes.

But what I want to know is, how did he survive before he met John?

According to John's description, when they met, Hanlu was just an ordinary person and did not show anything special.

Although I hate to say this, the truth is, if he hadn't encountered the protection of other special abilities, given his personality, he simply wouldn't have survived these five years of catastrophe!

Zemo got straight to the heart of the matter.

Yes, he can't survive.

His physical fitness is only average, his emotional intelligence and IQ are not outstanding, and he is too carefree.

This psychological profiling led Zemo to conclude that the other party might indeed come from a mysterious superpower in the East, since the social atmosphere there is so safe that it could turn a person into a naive and innocent person.

But the question is, how did he survive until now, when the catastrophe came?

More importantly...

"And haven't you noticed? Up until now, he's maintained that aloofness, as if..."

He doesn't belong to our universe at all!