#553 - The covenant still exists

“Our alliance still holds, Captain.”

Yang Le saw Steve's concerns and directly reassured him without holding back. After all, he was partly responsible for how the cinematic universe had become what it was today.

However, this kind of confident statement followed by a wipeout by the villains… why did it feel so familiar to Yang Le? He seemed to have seen it in the real universe.

That's right! It was that unbearable memory, called Apokolips…

“Blegh!”

The dead memory suddenly attacked Yang Le's brain. That memory was so terrible that Yang Le couldn't help but throw up.

Fortunately, he had transformed into Pooba, and his unique physiology prevented him from vomiting a large pile of semi-solid, semi-liquid vomit. At most, he could only expel some gas.

But that was enough to scare the three people in front of him, Steve. They were happy to hear Yang Le say that he would continue to help them, but who would have thought that Pooba would start vomiting in the next second, and spew out several streams of gas of different colors.

“Mr. Pooba, are you alright?” Steve was about to step forward, but Pooba stopped him with a wave of his hand.

“I'm fine, it's just an old injury acting up.” Yang Le waved his hand, and also declined Clint's support from behind.

“Looks like none of us have had it easy.” Steve smiled wryly. He thought Pooba was really injured, and automatically imagined the reason for the disappearance of the Engineers. They must have encountered some powerful enemy and participated in some war, right?

Strictly speaking, Steve was right. Yang Le did encounter a powerful enemy (DC Animation), and he did participate in a war (the Apokolips War). This war not only injured Yang Le, but also countless American comic fans were hurt.

Rounding up, the Engineers almost perished!

“Sort of.” Yang Le placed his hand on the respirator with the Omnitrix symbol and adjusted it. “After leaving your universe, we did experience a lot of wars.”

That was also not a lie. The Zombie Universe, the Celestials, these two alone surpassed the threat encountered by the cinematic universe at this time. One almost destroyed a universe, and the other almost destroyed all parallel universes.

“Our… universe?” Natasha frowned. “What does that mean?”

Obviously, this sentence was beyond her comprehension. If Tony and other high-IQ characters were here, they should be able to understand what Yang Le said, but the people present were obviously not in that range.

“Do you know the parallel universe theory?” Yang Le calmed his churning stomach, and continued after seeing the others nod.

“Good to know, although it may deviate somewhat from the theory, that thing is real. The Engineers' scope of work is not limited to just one universe. We are fighting for the entire multiverse.”

“Sorry, I'm a little lost with what you're saying.” Steve looked embarrassed, but Natasha came to his rescue.

“It's simple, Captain. You can convert the universe into a city. What Pooba means is that they are not just local cops, but special agents like S.H.I.E.L.D. who manage everything.”

“You can also explain it that way.” Pooba nodded helplessly. Although it wasn't entirely correct, explaining it in detail would take too much time, so it was better to skip it if possible.

Steve's eyes still revealed a hint of clarity. He felt that he had to get Tony to give him a lesson when he went back, even if he used those sharp words to criticize him, he would have to endure it.

“The reason why we all suddenly left is because of this. In short, a group of lunatics appeared in the multiverse, and they wanted to destroy all universes. The Engineers urgently summoned all plumbers to stop them.”

Yang Le simplified the matter of the Celestials and used it to patch up the Engineers he had fabricated.

Although a lie needs to be maintained with countless lies, Yang Le didn't want to drop his mask now, because it might bring hostility from Steve and others. Don't look at them now as if they are no different from usual, Yang Le knew that this was just an appearance.

After more than two years of cruel war, with the successive deaths of relatives and friends, and the fall of recovered countries and planets, their mental state couldn't be very good.

Yang Le was extremely grateful that he had transformed into Pooba. After all, Steve and the others had seen this alien hero. If it was a completely new alien, he would have to waste a lot of words, and it was not impossible to use force.

If it doesn't work, just create an Engineers in the future and turn the mask into reality. He also has a bunch of Ice Ghosts, and he can also get some Lanterns to make up the numbers. Isn't it easy to create an Engineers?

Steve and the others nodded, although they didn't know whether what Yang Le said was true or false, but at least this explanation could make them feel better.

In fact, let alone other people, even Steve was somewhat resentful of the Engineers, after all, they agreed to fight the enemy together, but why did you run away when something really happened?

Although he knew that this matter couldn't be blamed on the Engineers, humans are not saints, how can they be without fault? It was already very good that the three of Steve didn't say it.

After all, a gentleman judges by actions, not by intentions.

“I know it's a bit presumptuous to ask.” Steve looked serious. “But for our planet, I can only be rude.”

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“How much manpower can the Engineers support us with now?”

The reason why he said it was presumptuous was because Yang Le had said before that the Engineers had also just experienced a great war, and he had also shown some uncomfortable symptoms. Although he couldn't see any injuries on Pooba, this could be attributed to the different physiology of aliens.

At least Steve really wanted to believe what Yang Le said, otherwise he wouldn't have asked this question.

“Manpower…” Yang Le hesitated and didn't say it directly. He was thinking about how to help Steve and the others.

After all, Yang Le had the ability to directly drag Thanos from his throne and beat him up. Even if Thanos had the complete Infinity Gauntlet, he wouldn't be Yang Le's opponent. Yang Le didn't even need to use X-Superman to win.

However, Yang Le felt that he couldn't do this, all because of the previous OBA incident and the words of Eternity.

Flowers in a greenhouse cannot survive in the crisis-ridden Marvel universe. If he directly helps Steve and others remove obstacles, what if the next Thanos comes?

Yang Le cannot always wipe their butts. He must make the Avengers able to stand alone, at least grow to the point where they can solve cosmic crises.

Yang Le was reluctant to speak, and Steve and the others' hearts were also up and down. Just then, a loud noise suddenly came from the other end of the base.

“Boom!”