Chapter 223 Chen Ye's Concerns

Chen Ye, who returned to Hell's Kitchen, had no idea that his simple trip to the Spider-Man Alliance had already caused quite a stir among various major forces.

He was immersed in his own thoughts, unaware of anything in the outside world, including the fact that Kazuto Kadoya had quietly joined his Illuminati.

At this moment, he was sitting on a chair on the second-floor balcony, the cigarette in his hand flickering faintly in the night.

He looked up at the deep night sky, as if trying to find the answer. His eyes were full of confusion and melancholy, as if he was carrying a heavy burden.

Thinking back to the past days, Chen Ye couldn't help but sigh.

He was originally just an ordinary time traveler who just wanted to survive in this dangerous Marvel world by relying on the power of the system, and then find a chance to return to his original world.

However, fate always seemed to play tricks on him.

The system not only gave him great powers, but also allowed him to form deep bonds with many partners, friends, and family members.

Every change and every choice caused Chen Ye's life trajectory to shift.

He is no longer the lonely Chen Ye, but has become a man who shoulders the fate of Hell's Kitchen and even the entire multiverse.

This transformation made him feel both honored and burdened.

"So the more you get, the more you have to bear?" Chen Ye murmured to himself.

He knows that as he gains power, he must also shoulder the responsibility of protecting his partners and family.

This responsibility makes him unable to relax or escape.

"How can I be a good person? I am obviously a selfish person," Chen Ye said slowly.

This time Chen Ye knew why he could change Spider-Man's fate without causing the universe to collapse.

That is to link their fate to Chen Ye, which means that as long as he dies, other universes that have changed their fate will disappear, waiting to be restarted.

Chen Ye understood that this was the price of the system. In order to gain their abilities and friendship, he also had to protect their safety.

He recalled Uncle Ben’s famous quote: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Today, this sentence has been fully reflected in Chen Ye.

He smiled bitterly and thought, "So you Spider-Men have dumped all the responsibilities on me."

Chen Ye sometimes complained about why he got a friendship system instead of a killing system.

At the beginning, Chen Ye was full of disgust towards the ties of relatives and family members.

He felt that time travelers should abandon emotions and view their so-called friends and family as tools to make themselves stronger, and just NPCs to make themselves more powerful.

He felt that since he was born in Hell's Kitchen, he deserved a system where he could be rewarded for killing.

However, as time went by, Chen Ye gradually changed his mind.

He found himself beginning to enjoy spending time with these family and friends, and their company made him feel an unprecedented warmth.

He began to realize that these ties were not a burden, but the most precious wealth in his life.

Although Chen Ye once longed for a life alone, thinking that he could be free and unrestrained.

But now, he finds himself unable to leave these family and friends.

Moreover, when he is not sure whether he can return to his original world, Chen Ye would rather be with a group of good friends and family than to kill everyone and be the only one left in the world.

Besides, most of Chen Ye's abilities were gained from them. If he ignored them, it would be a bit ungrateful.

Chen Ye is not an ungrateful person. On the contrary, he thinks that equal exchange is good enough.

Now that Chen Ye has gained their power, it becomes necessary to improve their lives.

He has been thinking about a question: If he continues like this, when one day he can really return to his original world, will he still be willing to go back?

This question has been bothering him and he can't let it go.

He didn't know if he would be able to retain the abilities he gained in this Marvel world if he chose to return to his original world.

These abilities once allowed him to call the wind and rain in this world and be omnipotent, but whether he can still possess them after returning to his original world is still an unknown.

At the same time, he could not be sure whether his parents were still alive and whether they were still waiting for his return.

He was afraid that if they were no longer around, he would not be able to bear the pain of losing his loved ones.

What made him even more confused was that even if he returned to his original world, what could he do?

Should I continue to live a nine-to-five, office-bound life day after day, be an ordinary person, get married and have children, and then gradually forget everything here?

He might as well stay and continue to be the Lord of Hell. Although this world is full of dangers and unknowns, he has his own family, partners and career here.

He has also lived here for more than 20 years. To others, Marvel may be a movie or a virtual world.

To him, this is indeed a real world where everyone has their own joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

He didn't know if he could let go of everything and return to his original world as an ordinary person.

He worried that he wouldn't be able to adjust to the ordinariness and monotony of that world, and wouldn't be able to forget what he had experienced in this Marvel world.

He only knows that returning to his original world is his obsession, but it is no longer the driving force for him to move forward. Now the driving force for him to move forward is the group of friends and family around him.

"Forget it, let's not dwell on these unanswered questions for now. Whether we can return alive from this dangerous Marvel world is still a big question mark."

Chen Ye thought so in his heart, he sighed, shook his head, and tried his best to put those complicated thoughts behind him.

Chen Ye still had many unanswered questions in his mind. Where did that mysterious system come from?

Why did it choose him as its host?

What role does he play in this?

These questions were like a mystery, entangled in his mind and made him unable to let go.

However, whenever he tried to delve deeper, he always felt a deep sense of powerlessness, as if these questions were beyond his understanding and he could not find the answers.

He rubbed his temples hard, trying to relieve the headache.

He knew that what he needed to do now was not to worry about these unsolvable problems, but to face the more pressing crisis at hand.

The threat of Thanos has not yet been resolved, and Kang the Conqueror's ambitions are still brewing.

These enemies are enough to plunge the entire Marvel world into dire straits. How can he have time to worry about the mystery of his own life?

Thinking of this, Chen Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He thought to himself with self-mockery that he was really a little greedy.

The best way is to honestly participate in the lottery and enhance your own strength.