Chapter 170 The Temptation of the Speed Force
"That’s easy to arrange. Give me a bedroom, then conjure up Tifa or Iris West, and we can have a proper chat!"
The moment Lucas finished speaking, the Speed Force phantom actually twisted violently, and the surrounding lightning instantly solidified, transforming into a luxurious and textured bedroom.
Immediately after, two figures that would make countless men’s blood boil actually materialized out of thin air.
On the left was Tifa, in a black camisole paired with a vest and short skirt, with an angelic face and a figure so perfect it was unfair.
Tifa!
On the right was Iris West in a pink dress, with a soft facial structure, gentle and intelligent, and top-tier beauty... or so the country girl said...
Almost as soon as the two women appeared, they wrapped their arms around Lucas’s left and right arms, looking at him with eyes full of adoration.
Damn!
Isn’t this the treatment usually reserved for the blonde-haired Cloud?
The chaotic phantom spoke again: "These two women are video game characters. If you want them, you can go to Earth-165; you can find their true selves there!"
Lucas was stunned for a moment; the full sensation on his arms didn’t feel fake at all.
This is way more realistic than a silicone doll!
It even has warmth!
But what surprised him even more was, "This world also has Tifa and Iris West?"
The Speed Force replied, "It didn’t before, but it can now!"
Wow!
You Speed Force, you really know how to play the game!
Did you go somewhere for special training or what!
After feeling them for a moment, Lucas pushed the two women away. Despite the realistic touch, the storm energy inside them was enough to blow up the entire galaxy; it was no different from holding two bombs.
"Stop with these useless tricks. Do you think I can’t handle the temptation? Tell me, Speed Force, why did you bring me in here?"
"There is no need to be nervous, Traveler."
The Speed Force’s voice echoed through the hall, "We harbor infinite goodwill toward your existence; you can trust us."
"Trust?"
Lucas shook his head, "Beyond the Speed Force is the Void. For an entity that can toss me out at will or even alter my personal time flow, it’s f***ing hard for me to give you my trust!"
The chaotic phantom said, "You know that we can’t do that at all!"
"Otherwise, your origin story wouldn’t be so difficult to investigate. You are like a blank sheet of paper; your source is higher-level than our world."
Lucas picked his ear, "How strange!"
"That’s the first time I’ve heard such a claim. The last time I went to another parallel world, I was chased around like a dog!"
"We would not do such a thing."
"Why?"
"If you have the patience, you can listen to our story."
Lucas flicked away the earwax and stretched, ready to run at any moment.
"You have a story, but I don’t have any wine. We can’t talk like this!"
The Speed Force consciousness shifted slightly: "Is having Tifa and Iris West not enough? What about this?"
The next second.
Tifa and Iris West took a few steps back, their clothing instantly vanishing without a trace, revealing large swaths of pale, flawless contours exposed before Lucas’s eyes.
Soft, white, and creamy, perfect and flawless.
If someone with less self-control were here, they would have turned into a hungry wolf on the spot.
But Lucas was not stupid.
Fine, fine!
Sometimes he did think with his lower half, but when it came to his life, his IQ had to take the high ground.
Even if it’s Tifa!
Or Iris West!
Why isn’t there Jesse?
Tsunade would work too!
Nami and Robin with heavy ’skimpy’ mods, please!
The Speed Force manifested Lucas’s muttered requests one by one.
Wow!
"Stop it, stop it! No matter how many you create, they aren’t real, and all of them combined could blow the Andromeda Galaxy into a ball!" Lucas retreated several steps.
These people, without exception, were all constructed from the Speed Force storm.
Who would dare do anything with them!
I might end up a eunuch!
Swish!
The bedroom’s seductive scenery vanished completely, and the Speed Force returned to a ball of pure lightning, speaking to Lucas through the chaotic phantom.
However, this time, there was a bit more human-like confusion in the energy fluctuations.
They had assumed Lucas would be unable to restrain himself; they hadn’t expected him to have such strong self-control.
"Since that’s the case, we don’t need to beat around the bush," the Speed Force spoke slowly. "Do you know what the endgame of this world is?"
Endgame?
"Universal heat death?" Lucas answered casually.
He occasionally watched popular science videos.
"Not quite," the Speed Force’s voice became somewhat heavy. "After universal heat death comes the Void. The Void is nothingness—an empty expanse where no life or matter exists..."
"But the Void is also our territory. Destruction lies beyond the Void; we call it—the White!"
"The White?"
Lucas was stunned. "What is the White? That Haku from Naruto?"
The Speed Force fell silent for a moment.
After a few seconds, fluctuations returned. "You seem to enjoy using comic book characters as examples, and you are very interested in male characters who look like females, especially little boys..."
"But unfortunately, the White is just the White. There are no lines, no colors, nothing at all. Nothing exists there, including our consciousness."
"The supreme Creator created many worlds, but also created the endgame for each one: falling into the boundless White. Only a few worlds are preserved."
Lucas was lost in thought.
He had actually understood it long ago, but he just wanted to test the Speed Force’s temperament.
In the setting of DC comics, the ’White’ is actually one of the components of the world. The Creator the Speed Force spoke of sounded like God, also known as The Presence.
But Lucas always felt it probably wasn’t the Supreme Being.
If this world had a Supreme Being, he would have been kicked out long ago.
What the Speed Force was describing sounded more like infinite reboots, stemming from Warner Bros.’ baffling operations: always abandoning the movie and TV show universes that were built with such difficulty, only to reboot the next filming plan due to various interests and trends.
This caused worlds that once truly existed to fall into ruin or even extinction.
"As expected of an anomaly who has seen the essence of existence, you seem to understand. We are not talking about a specific conscious entity, but the essence that constitutes the world." The Speed Force noticed the change in Lucas’s expression.
It continued, "Our world is incomplete, and you possess many different essential powers within you, even a complete strand of the Power of Creation."
"Although this strand of the Power of Creation is not compatible with our world, we have reason to believe that if you can obtain one, you can obtain a second, a third... This seems to be your ultimate goal as well!"
Damn, you’re hacking, aren’t you?
Lucas only felt a chill down his spine.
The Speed Force clearly couldn’t invade his consciousness, yet it could see so much and even deduce his existence in reverse?
This is far more powerful than those idiot gods from Game of Thrones!
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