Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 377 The Pros and Cons of the Outcome

Chapter 377 The Pros and Cons of the Outcome (First Update!)

Well known.

People are different.

The same is true!

There are differences between different phoenixes.

such as……

A phoenix standing in a tree and a phoenix standing on the ground are two completely different species.

There is something to say.

correct!

A phoenix fallen to the ground is no better than a chicken!
Only a phoenix standing on a tree, on a sycamore tree, is a true phoenix.

When the phoenix arrives, it will not perch on anything but the parasol tree!
The phoenix cries out in the sky, its song resounding!
Simply put, Hawke can use anything as a fulcrum to materialize his Phoenix Universe, but these are all just quantitative changes.

The only difference is the type of tree used.

Once the World Tree is used as his fulcrum, that will be a true qualitative change.

This is why Hawke said that if one were to use the World Tree as a fulcrum to materialize something, one would need to comprehend the ninth sense, Amala consciousness.

Before the World Tree existed, the Ninth Sense, Amara consciousness, did not exist, and Hawke could sense it. After realizing the Eighth Sense, it was his end.

But just as he thought of using the World Tree as a fulcrum, his Ninth Sense, Amara Consciousness, suddenly appeared.

and so……

It wasn't that he didn't want to comprehend the ninth sense, Amala-vijnana, but rather that the ninth sense, Amala-vijnana, only exists because of the World Tree.

Only a phoenix standing on a tree is a true phoenix.

otherwise!

He is like a phoenix that has fallen to earth.

Not even as good as a chicken!
Gwen listened attentively to Hawke's words.

Although Hawke had explained the sixth sense, seventh sense, and eighth sense to her, she didn't have a direct understanding of them.

However, one thing is certain.

That is, the World Tree is very important to Hawke.

and so……

"Then let's go and bring back the World Tree."

"Ok?"

Hawke snapped out of his daze and looked at Gwen.

Gwen shrugged.

"The World Tree is very useful to you, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"Then let's bring the World Tree back."

"But doing this means going head-to-head with time."

"We're already enemies with time, aren't we?"

Gwen smiled, brushed a strand of hair that had fallen behind her ear, and met Hawke's gaze: "My husband has never hesitated as much as he has today when facing an enemy."

Hawke smiled and shook his head upon hearing this.

"This time is different."

“What’s the difference? You said you’re not afraid of time.”

"I am fearless."

Hawke gave an answer without hesitation.

one more time.

With his current strength, even if the Eternity of Time were to personally intervene, he wouldn't be intimidated.

If you can't beat them, just run away.

Hawke has already compressed his own time. In other words, even if he can't defeat Eternity, he can still escape. And once he escapes and leaves the sight of Eternity, Eternity will no longer be able to see him.

but……

Hawke stared intently at Gwen: "I'm worried about you."

Gwen was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"I?"

"Ah."

Hawke nodded, his tone calm: "Peter and Felicia, remember?"

Gwen raised an eyebrow: "You mean, time will make me disappear?"

Hawke shook his head.

"It no longer has that ability. You are my wife, existing in my past, present, and future."

"That……"

"But it can do that, just as it transferred Peter and Felicia, whom we know, to Earth in the multiverse, it can also transfer you from my side to Earth in the multiverse."

This can be done in a short time.

It has proven itself to have this ability after Earth was completely swept into its time flow.

Let's say that.

Time, which is eternally irreversible, can be reversed.

The Time Stone can reverse time, even though it cannot.

Do not ask.

The answer is simple: it's time itself!
It has the ability, and it will certainly do so if Hawke tries to steal the World Tree.

Choosing to confront time head-on is tantamount to exposing oneself to it. This isn't just going against the heavens; it's defying the heavens.

Although time cannot compare to the heavenly order in Hawke's mythology.

but……

Time may be powerless against him, but once he is exposed, it will take revenge on the people closest to him in his timeline.

And who are his closest people during his time?

no doubt.

Gwen Phoenix.

His wife.

Good news, Hawk is not like Odin, and Gwen is not like Frigga, so time cannot make Gwen perish.

The bad news is that time can do what it did with Peter and Felicia, sending Gwen to the multiverse and making everyone except those deeply entangled with Hawke forget about her.

Just like Peter and Felicia were forgotten.

Just like in Spider-Man: No Way Back, Doctor Strange can cast a spell to make everyone forget about the Dutch Spider-Man.

Time itself can also do this. Although it is ruthless, ruthlessness means coldness. It means that once Hawk's own interests are affected, it will not hesitate to follow its instincts to make Hawk submit.

In a word.

This is quite different from Mephisto back then.

Although Mephisto is also ruthless, greedy, and even shameless, he is life itself.

Therefore, Hawke can ignore Mephisto's use of his sister as leverage and play a game with Mephisto where "the ruthless fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless."

But time is merciless. It won't try to delay things just because Hawke is threatening it.

The eternity of time may exist, although it is an abstract embodiment of time, but the embodiment is also life, and life has self-awareness.

But time only has instinct.

and so……

Hawke looked at Gwen with a serious expression.

"Once I leave the game, there's a chance I'll lose you."

"Uh……"

Gwen looked at Hawke's serious face, pursed her lips, glanced at Hawke sideways, and gave him a strange look.

"Losing me is too heavy a topic, my dear."

“I’m not joking, Wen.”

"I know."

Gwen chuckled, her feigned silliness vanishing as she looked at Hawke with a serious expression.

"Three questions. First, will I die?"

"will not."

"Secondly, if I forget you, will you forget me?"

"will not."

"One last question: if I went to Earth in a multiverse, would you try to find me and bring me back?"

"meeting!"

"Then let's go and bring back the World Tree."

"Time is a bad thing."

"In order to obtain the Earth, it killed the Sorcerer Supreme who was protecting the Earth."

"In order to prevent anyone from escaping its control, it unleashed Ragnarok on the World Tree."

"Similarly, it's got its eye on you too, Hawke."

“If you go and take the World Tree, it will use me to threaten you.”

"But even if you don't go, it will still use me to threaten you in order to prevent you from transcending."

"so……"

"You should go and retrieve the World Tree, regardless of whether it will force me to leave you temporarily."

"Because compromise either happens zero times or countless times."

"Don't let it think it can control you, even if it uses me to threaten you."

Gwen's voice was soft, but her gaze was firm as she looked at Hawke. After saying this, she smiled mischievously: "Besides, you said it yourself. It can't make us forget each other, nor can it make me leave you forever. It can only make me leave you temporarily. So, Earth in the multiverse, wow, I'm really curious to know how Earth in the multiverse is different from ours."

Speaking of it.

Gwen changed the subject, as if she had thought of something amusing, and blinked, looking at Hawke.

"Do you think there might be another version of you on Earth in a multiverse?"

"Apart from our main universe, the multiverses are all different. Some have Earth, some have another you, and of course there will be another me."

"So sure?"

Gwen listened to Hawke's answer and looked at him with some curiosity.

Hawke smiled.

Have you ever dreamed?

"What does this have to do with dreaming?"

"The self in a dream is actually a projection of the multiverse itself."

Just like Doctor Strange dreaming of himself in the multiverse being chased by a monster.

When you dream about yourself, there's a very high probability that the "you" in your dream isn't actually you, but rather another version of yourself from the multiverse.

Although Hawke does not believe that those versions of himself in the multiverse are himself.

Because he is unique.

The path his soul took when he came into this world destined him to be unique and extraordinary.

and so……

There is another version of him in the multiverse, but that version is not him.

same.

"Those other versions of you are not you."

"What's the meaning."

Gwen continued to look at Hawke.

Hawke stared intently at Gwen, his voice firm: "Because only you, and only you, are my Mrs. Phoenix."

Gwen blinked, then took a half step back and bowed. "Thank you, my Mr. Phoenix."

Hawke couldn't stop laughing.

at this time.

The bread machine made a "ding" sound.

Gwen snapped out of her daze, turned her head, chuckled, and then walked over, took out the toasted bread slices, spread some sauce on them, and then gracefully turned around and handed them to Hawke.

Hawke took it, took a bite, and his eyes lit up.

"A new sauce?"

"Yes."

Gwen lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "This is my secret recipe, the kind even Mom doesn't know about. It's the first exclusive recipe of the Phoenix family, and only members of the Phoenix family will know it from now on."

Hawke quickly finished the bread slices with the new sauce recipe.

Gwen had a smile on her face.

"Are you full?"

"Ah."

Hawke nodded.

Gwen smiled brightly upon hearing this: "Then let's get to work. Promise me, don't let time steal our World Tree."

Hawke met Gwen's expressive eyes without saying a word.

"Promise me, Hawke."

"……it is good."

Hawke responded under Gwen's watchful gaze, and then, urged by Gwen, turned and left.

Gwen blinked as she looked at the spot where Hawke had disappeared, then took a deep breath, took off her apron, and walked towards the stairs.

after awhile.