Superhero League

After teaming up with Jean Grey to take down his old nemesis Dormammu, the heavy burden that had weighed on Li Congxin for so long finally lifted.

After returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Li Congxin took an extended vacation of his own, as if he had given the Avengers a long holiday. He temporarily stopped worrying about major issues like the safety of Earth and the universe, and once again threw himself into creating scripts and game lore.

In fact, for him now, doing these things was less like work and more like play.

As his strength continued to grow, Li Congxin not only became more powerful, but his mind also grew increasingly sharp. Especially after completely refining the six Infinity Stones, he had taken another major step toward becoming Omniscient and Omnipotent. Many things he had not understood before could now be grasped at a glance, including their causes and consequences.

Take Magneto, for example. Before this, when Li Congxin looked at Magneto, he saw only Magneto. Now, with just one glance, he could learn almost everything that had happened to the man—including the fact that, aside from Wanda, Quicksilver, and the daughter who had previously been caught in the police killing two birds with one stone, he had another daughter wandering somewhere outside, one who possessed abilities nearly identical to his own.

Of course, Li Congxin had no interest in how many daughters Old Man Magneto had. He was merely giving an example. After all, what did Old Man Magneto’s daughters have to do with him, Li Congxin?

As Li Congxin entered work mode, the filming of the movie also accelerated rapidly. After discussing matters with the Avengers’ main members and the leaders of the X-Men, they decided, for convenience, that Li Congxin’s movie universe would henceforth be called the Main Universe, while the X-Men’s side would be called the Mutant Universe.

As for why the movie universe had to be the Main Universe, the answer was naturally that Li Congxin was stronger.

The actors for the Mutant movies basically did not need to be found. They could simply play themselves. Whenever there was an age difference, a little makeup would take care of it. They could even save the cost of special effects.

After all, history had advanced from the 1980s to the present, and it was not only science and technology that had progressed. The standards of makeup had also reached the point where a person could instantly appear several decades younger or older. That was nothing unusual.

As for game development, the framework Li Congxin had proposed—using the real-world Marvel setting as its background—was simply too vast. He did not want to compromise, but he was also too lazy to spend too much effort on it himself, so he could only leave it to professionals to improve gradually.

At first, they released only a competitive game called "Superhero League," but it received rave reviews as soon as it went on sale.

And today, a team friendly match between the Avengers and the X-Men would be held here.

With network coverage spanning two Parallel Universes, the first official team battle between the Avengers and the X-Men began.

The X-Men lineup consisted of the top player Cyclops, the spell specialist Storm, the melee expert Psylocke, the strongest Mutant Jean Grey, and Quicksilver, whose hand speed was godlike.

The Avengers, meanwhile, sent out the original Avengers lineup in proper formation. Tony was still in space researching Morgan Stark’s creation plan and could not participate, but Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, and Hulk, one of the game’s developers, all took the field.

Upon entering the game screen, Thor did not rush to choose his character. Instead, he clicked through nearly every available hero one by one. He then discovered, to his amazement, that in this game, whenever a character was selected, that character would say a signature line.

The first character he chose was a gold-and-red armored head—the Iron Man avatar. It was Tony.

"I am Iron Man!"

Then he tried Captain America.

"I can do this all day!"

A cute little tree man.

"I am Groot!"

This was fun!

Although this was not his first time playing the game, every time he entered the character-selection screen, he would excitedly play around for quite a while. Only when the countdown began did he finally choose his signature hero and click confirm.

"I am Thor! For the glory of the gods of the North!"

Hearing the character’s line, Thor immediately threw back his head and laughed. "As expected, I really am the strongest among the Avengers. Most of the others only have one line, but I actually have two! Hahahaha…"

His laughter immediately drew several intense looks of displeasure from his companions.

Was this guy really more than fifteen hundred years old?

How could he laugh like such an idiot?

If the fans who supported him found out that he acted this shamelessly, how were they supposed to feel?

However, for the sake of team harmony, no one mocked him. Instead, they each selected their own signature heroes.

Hawkeye: "All things under heaven rest upon a single arrow!"

Captain America: "I can do this all day!"

Hulk: "There isn’t a single one of them who can fight!"

Black Widow: "I am Iron Man!"

What was going on?

When they realized that their teammate had not chosen her own signature hero, the companions beside her immediately looked at her questioningly. Hulk, in particular, was so confused that his face turned green.

Facing their doubtful gazes, Black Widow merely shrugged calmly and explained casually, "Tony loves showing off so much. If he found out that he had missed such a good chance to steal the spotlight, he would definitely be depressed. As his teammate, I feel that I should help him get a little more screen time, even if it is only as a game character."

As she spoke, everyone’s vision blurred. In the blink of an eye, the scenery around them had undergone a complete transformation.

"Welcome to Manhattan Canyon."

They found themselves in a place resembling the Avengers Base landing pad. Looking through the courtyard wall, they could see three main roads. They knew that these were the game’s three lanes.

On either side stood the jungle of an urban landscape. The doors of some shops stood open, and narrow alleys allowed people to pass through. The whole area was connected in every direction. This was the jungle, where plenty of minor bosses waited for players to farm experience, such as Red Buff Smith and Blue Buff Rogue, among others… Farther ahead was the river.

There were also two powerful major bosses there, both of which offered generous rewards: Apocalypse, who respawned six minutes after each death, and Thanos, who respawned seven minutes after each death.

Their objective was to destroy the enemy’s Base Crystal.

"The enemy will arrive at the battlefield in thirty seconds…"

"Crush them!"

Thirty-seven minutes later, the X-Men’s Base Crystal exploded. Thanks to their excellent teamwork, the Avengers won the first battle.

However, this was only the beginning. The rules of Superhero League were the same as those of the NBA: a best-of-seven series, with the first team to win four games taking the match. There were still at least three more battles to play.

Li Congxin lost interest in watching after seeing only one match, and he was even less interested in personally entering the field to beat up children. After all, abilities such as reality alteration and battle-time manipulation could sometimes accidentally alter the game’s built-in data. Things involving probability, such as critical hits, could practically be controlled completely by him. If he joined the match, he would simply be bullying everyone.

By the same logic, the Wandas from both worlds were also permanently banned from the League…