When Azmuth saw Gwen walk back, he frowned and asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?"
Gwen thought for a moment and then asked seriously, "America…"
Azmuth: ?
"I'm sorry, I misspoke, Azmuth. I wanted to ask if it's possible to create a machine that can travel to other Universes?"
Azmuth's frown deepened. He stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Dr. Paradox does have a machine that can go to other dimensions. If we were to replicate it…"
He looked up, his gaze falling on Ben Tennyson not far away: "Ben Tennyson should be able to make it."
Gwen quickly shook her head: "Not that kind! I'm talking about a shuttle machine that can cross multiple dimensions. For example, where we are now can be considered the Ben 10 multiverse, and where we're going back to is probably a multiverse called DC."
"I want to explore dimensions with completely different cultures and creatures."
Azmuth hesitated when he heard this.
After a brief moment of thought, Azmuth was about to refuse, but Gwen suddenly added, "I know of a Universe where there are over 1000 intelligent species on Earth alone. If we could go there, the Omnitrix might be able to collect unprecedented DNA samples."
Hearing this, Azmuth nodded: "I'll look into it."
With Azmuth's confirmation, Gwen smiled.
Honestly, she was quite excited. Excited to see if the little watch could collect the DNA of Gengar or Darkrai.
No, if Pokémon could be collected, she should just find a way to scan Arceus!
After confirming Azmuth's agreement, Gwen leaped into the vortex opened by the laser gun… Metropolis, outskirts.
Cold wind, laden with dust, swirled across the open ground, and the sparse trees around were scorched black.
The four leaders of the Gotham Tiangong Society stood beside a pitch-black crater, looking at the horrifying scene before them, exchanging glances, the atmosphere so heavy it felt like Water could be wrung out of it.
Arcana looked at the tracker in her hand, her face expressionless, in Brucey's likeness, and said, "Boss's last known location was here."
Qiu Huayan scratched her head, looking around at the surroundings where not a single soul could be seen apart from the four of them, and asked with some confusion, "Then where's the Boss?"
Benjamin shrugged, a helpless expression on his face: "If we knew, would we still be standing here?"
Da Zhuang squatted down, his rough palm caressing the cracked Earth at the edge of the pit, and he sighed, "Boss is one of the few who praised me for being smart…"
Hearing this, Benjamin and Qiu Huayan, as the parties involved, remained silent.
They felt that the Boss hadn't meant to praise him back then.
Gwen had always kept a tracker on herself, and the tracker's data was sent to the safe house where Arcana was.
That night a few days ago, Gwen hadn't come to tutor her, which gave her a bad premonition.
When Qiu Huayan contacted her, saying that the Boss had gone to deal with a powerful enemy alone, she immediately pulled up the Boss's location information.
They followed the trail along the factory and quickly found the unconscious female Talon, who had been defeated by Ben Tennyson.
However, Qiu Huayan knew that the genetic repair guns the Boss had researched wouldn't work on this unknown female Talon, so they simply threw her into a freezer.
They weren't sure if it was safe, but the other party indeed showed no signs of waking up.
Then, traversing a forest, they saw a small hill flattened by sound waves.
After driving along the highway for a while, Arcana fell into a daze.
She didn't know why, but the tracker suddenly jumped from one end of the map to the other.
This speed was at least 1200 kilometers per hour or more.
It had almost reached supersonic speeds.
This was also why they had chased this road all the way to the outskirts of Metropolis.
They were so tired from the journey that they secretly decided that if the Boss came back, they would ask her to get them a plane.
A helicopter would do.
But upon arriving here, as mentioned above, there was nothing but some traces of battle and a large pit.
Benjamin's face showed some helplessness, his voice carrying a well-hidden trace of anxiety: "But if the Boss doesn't come back, what should we do?"
Arcana glanced at Benjamin expressionlessly, her tone as flat as if discussing the weather: "Then we'll split the luggage and go our separate ways."
Qiu Huayan's eyes widened, her face strange, looking at Arcana in disbelief: "Are you reading 'Journey to the West' at such a young age?"
Arcana remained expressionless, but her gaze drifted slightly, as if lost in thought: "A TV show the Boss showed me."
Just then, the originally gloomy sky suddenly rippled strangely, as if torn open by an invisible giant hand, and with a "boom," a hole appeared.
Blinding light poured down from the crack, making everyone squint and raise their hands to shield their eyes, looking up at the sky in confusion.
A Shadow fell rapidly from the crack, at an astonishing speed.
Da Zhuang instinctively stretched his arms forward, muscles tensed, concentrating all his strength in his arms.
With a muffled "thud," the Shadow fell heavily into his arms.
Da Zhuang was a little confused and looked down.
Oh? Boss?
The other three turned to look, their expressions all strangely similar.
Gwen was frowning and rubbing her head, the spot where she had hit Da Zhuang's solid muscles still throbbing. In her hand, she was still clutching a book with magic circles drawn on it.
She looked up, and after realizing that the person who caught her was Da Zhuang, a smile played on her lips, and her voice carried a hint of teasing: "Good catch, Da Zhuang!"
Qiu Huayan's eyes were wide, her face filled with confusion, and she asked curiously, "Boss, how did you suddenly appear from the sky?"
Benjamin, on the other hand, looked curiously at the book Gwen was clutching tightly: "Boss, that book in your hand looks unusual, what's its origin?"
Gwen was about to respond to Qiu Huayan when she heard Benjamin's words, slapped her forehead, and a look of realization flashed in her eyes.
"That's right, you reminded me!" She turned and extended her hand towards Benjamin, her tone urgent, "Quick, lend me your phone!"
Taking the phone, Gwen quickly dialed a number and held it to her ear, her voice filled with joy and anticipation: "Hello? Master! I found a book, do you have time to come and take a look at it for me?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it has to do with magic… Wait, let me try."
She held the mysterious book with one hand, cradling the phone between her neck and shoulder.
The pages rustled slightly in the cold wind, covered with dense, strange incantations.
Gwen casually found one, took a deep breath, and with her lips slightly parted, began to recite the obscure incantation.
As she recited, a faint purple glow gradually lit up in Gwen's palm. The light grew stronger and stronger, and suddenly, a purple lightning bolt erupted from her palm, shooting up into the sky like a sharp sword.
The light of the lightning instantly illuminated the entire sky, the previously gloomy night sky was dyed a strange purple, and the outlines of some distant buildings flickered in the light. Everyone was blinded by the sudden strong light.
Looking at the stunning effect, Gwen's eyes shone incredibly brightly. She quickly re-gripped her phone and excitedly shouted into the receiver, "Master! This thing is so much better than Backwards Magic!"
Meanwhile, far away in Gotham, Giovanni looked out the window, trembling as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Yes, it certainly looks much better."