Marvel's Kryptonian Scientist Chapter 195 195

"This is… unbelievable."

No movie theater on Earth could have prepared them for this.

Watching a 3D science-fiction docuntary and actually standing in space were two entirely different experiences.

Aside from Drex Valen, the others were completely overwheld.

Esdeath ca from a world whose understanding of the universe barely stretched beyond dieval warfare. Lyra Yan's worldview belonged to an ancient era thousands of years removed from modern astronomy. Even Tifa Lockhart, despite growing up in a more advanced world, had never actually left her planet.

The mont the ship crossed beyond Earth's atmosphere, all three won had practically gone silent.

Ahead of them stretched an ocean of stars.

Endless.

Brilliant.

Countless points of light glittered across the darkness like diamonds scattered over black velvet. Entire galaxies shimred in the distance, cold and ancient and impossibly beautiful.

Drex leaned back in the pilot's seat, satisfied.

The reaction alone had made the trip worthwhile.

For the three won behind him, this was probably the most breathtaking sight they would ever witness.

Then he placed his hand on the curvature engine controls.

"Strap in, ladies."

He smiled and pressed the ignition switch.

The mont the engine activated, the stars ahead stretched into luminous streams of light.

The spacecraft surged forward.

Drex's engineering skills spoke for themselves. The ship possessed genuine interstellar capabilities. Crossing a single solar system wasn't remotely difficult.

After switching the vessel to autopilot, Drex opened the star map and projected it into a floating holographic display.

Without proper navigation, space travel was suicide.

The universe was too large.

Blindly wandering through it could leave soone drifting for eternity without ever finding another civilization.

"Let's see…" Drex muttered while adjusting the projection. "Where's the nearest spatial node?"

Esdeath, Lyra Yan, and Tifa imdiately leaned closer, curiosity written all over their faces.

Everything about this was new to them.

"Spatial node?" Tifa asked.

"A shortcut," Drex explained casually. "The universe is too massive for conventional travel to matter. The Milky Way alone spans over a hundred thousand light-years across. Even with warp-capable engines, crossing those distances normally would take forever."

He expanded the holographic map.

"So civilizations create routes through unstable folds in space. Think of them like natural tunnels. If we find one, we can skip enormous distances instantly."

Granted, Drex wasn't entirely sure Marvel's universe obeyed the sa cosmic rules as DC's.

That still bothered him a little.

DC's cosmology was basically theology wearing science-fiction makeup.

Marvel's universe ran on a completely different flavor of madness.

Fortunately, the ship's scanners detected a valid spatial node almost imdiately.

Drex relaxed slightly.

Good.

At least that part worked.

"Huh." He zood in on the coordinates. "There's one near the Moon."

That was useful.

A permanent spatial gateway near Earth's satellite ant the lunar base had just beco strategically priceless.

Of course, there was still one problem.

Nobody knew where the node actually led.

Hopefully not into a dead sector full of drifting asteroid fields.

Drex adjusted the engines and guided the ship around the far side of the Moon.

The darkness ahead shifted.

Hexagonal distortions shimred through space like fragnts of an invisible honeycomb. Most remained translucent, but one section appeared darker than the others, almost liquid in texture.

"There it is."

Drex accelerated.

The ship punched directly through the node.

The instant they crossed over, everyone felt it.

A violent pressure gripped their bodies simultaneously.

For a split second, it felt as though reality itself was trying to tear them apart and drag them sowhere else entirely.

The sensation vanished just as quickly.

Their Kryptonian physiology handled the strain easily, but the experience still left an aftereffect.

Lyra Yan's breathing grew uneven.

Esdeath's cheeks flushed faintly.

Even Tifa looked dazed.

The feeling of brushing against death while surviving it unhard created a dangerous kind of exhilaration.

Esdeath grabbed Drex's hand and pressed it against her warm face, eyes half-lidded.

"You know," she murmured softly, "this might be the most exciting thing I've ever experienced."

Drex stared at the three of them.

Dangerous.

Extrely dangerous.

"You girls are playing with fire right now."

Unfortunately for the nearby galaxy, none of them listened.

Drex glanced at the surrounding system, located a nearby planet, and imdiately guided the ship toward it.

The mont they landed, Lyra Yan practically pounced on him.

Honestly, she reminded him more and more of dusa from Battle Through the Heavens.

Maybe he should recreate her next.

Esdeath refused to be left out.

Tifa tried to maintain so dignity for about thirty seconds before giving up entirely.

The resulting chaos nearly turned the ship into a disaster zone.

Ice and fire collided.

Furniture died heroic deaths.

Tifa mostly ended up trapped in the middle while the other two escalated things far beyond reasonable limits.

Several hours later, the three exhausted won finally fell asleep together.

anwhile, Drex walked outside alone.

Doomsday-Superman physiology ca with one unfortunate side effect.

Infinite stamina.

If he didn't vent that energy sohow, he started feeling restless.

The earlier "battle" had helped.

Slightly.

Still not enough.

This planet didn't appear anywhere on the Ancient One's star charts, which honestly wasn't surprising. The sorcerers of Kamar-Taj preferred portals over spacecraft. There was a good chance the Ancient One herself didn't even know about the Moon's spatial node.

"I wonder if this place is outside the Nine Realms," Drex muttered.

Earth in Marvel's universe was weird.

Not just because of the solar system, but because of Yggdrasil's cosmological structure connecting the Nine Realms beneath Asgard's influence.

And then there was Heimdall.

Drex disliked Heimdall imnsely.

The man could see nearly anything in the universe.

Which ant privacy basically didn't exist.

Honestly, blinding Heimdall sounded increasingly reasonable.

Otherwise it felt like sobody was livestreaming his entire honeymoon.

Fortunately, Drex's wandering didn't last long before he encountered locals.

About a dozen aliens appeared nearby, heavily ard and extrely aggressive.

They lost consciousness almost instantly.

After digging through their mories, Drex finally learned where he was.

Ankaradomo Star.

A neutral hub world used by interstellar raiders, smugglers, and scavengers as a trade and rest stop.

In other words…

He had accidentally crashed into pirate territory.

Drex smiled.

Now things were getting interesting.

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