"Do you want my treasure? If you want it, I'll give it to you. Go find it! I've put everything in the world there!"
So the comic editors set off on the great journey to pursue their dreams, and the era of big comics began!
However, no one found it, and Deadpool's treasure hunt game ended without a trace...
But at this moment, my cousin brought it up, and he remembered, yes, it's indeed the Infinity Stone from beyond the canon.
"You're talking about—'Get whoever you want, create established fact without taking responsibility, have fun then slip away, really thrilling' stone?"
Wade lowered his voice too, this is indeed a huge secret.
"Uh, although it's a parody stone, your name for it is too much of a parody." Su Ming had the Strangulation Gang scratch his face under the mask, he always felt his eyelids twitching: "The formal name should be 'Story Continuity' stone."
Indeed, it's a parody stone, its ability is to let someone modify Marvel's plot, and readers would consider it very reasonable.
Even if Thanos gets killed by holding in his pee, Odin suddenly transforms into a young lady, or Hulk turns into a sissy, readers won't question it because under the influence of this stone, the plot is very cohesive, with a natural sense of continuity.
Readers won't burst out with reactions like 'What the hell?', 'That's bull!' or 'That's crap!', instead, they'll feel like facts should be this way, and the plot has to unfold like this to be flavorful.
This stone has almost no power limit, its strength surpasses other stones, it's also the only stone that works in the real world, it's effective across the Marvel Omniverse.
The other stones do not have this that power, they would just turn into useless stones when leaving their respective Monistic Universe.
Deadpool once obtained this stone, and Marvel editors all knelt asking him to give the stone to them, so the stories they wrote and the comics they drew would always be reasonable no matter what.
The bigger the possessor's imagination, the lower the morals, the greater the stone's power, in Deadpool's hands, he's ahead of the editors, daring to make Stan Lee shut up.
It's a black stone that emits red light, like red wine under the moonlight, an exploit given to Deadpool by the editors, but it seems like they forgot Deadpool can reach reality, and it ended in a mess.
However, Deadpool just played around with it for a few days, found it too invincible, no fun, and buried the stone, intending to play games with the editors.
Unfortunately, every treasure map route he made was a tangled mess, and each one was different, so no one ever found this stone.
Only he knows where it is.
Originally to deal with Loki, there's really no need to use such a big weapon, just throw Deadpool out there.
But the abilities Loki shows are countless, Su Ming's assessment of his power raises again and again, now considering that Loki might not only be the God of Story, but he might have an Infinity Stone in his hand.
The Reality Gem.
Because after returning to the Netherworld once again, Loki displayed powers beyond the scope of the God of Story.
Story arranges a person's or object's past history, thereby creating a butterfly effect, changing their future state.
However, be it turning the undead into half-human half-ghost, or raising the sun in the Netherworld, or creating the World Tree, all these changes are almost immediate.
People often say certain views are real, and using the Reality Gem can truly and unequivocally make these views reality.
Using it, people can achieve any dream, all scientific laws and natural rules are meaningless in front of it, for it can modify them at will, the Stone of Reality not only can create fantasies indistinguishable from the real, if the user wishes, it can completely become reality.
Su Ming therefore speculates that Loki provided energy through the Stone of Destiny, and drove the Reality Gem, namely Ether Particles, thus turning ideas into reality.
Of course, it might be worse, such as Loki possibly teaming up with the future Molecule Man, or deceiving the Transcender, or obtaining some Cosmic Cube or even the Heart of the Universe.
The Skrulls' Cosmic Cube 'World Shaper', can achieve effects similar to the Reality Gem.
Because of such considerations, Su Ming directly asks his little cousin to deploy the unreasonable 'Story Continuity' stone.
Even though it's Deadpool's exploit, what's the difference between little cousin's exploit and Deathstroke's exploit?
Would Wade be unwilling to use it? Would he consider too many consequences?
No, the world should be more interesting, as long as there's money to be made, his moral baseline can be adjusted with cash.
Wade always hovers between sudden wealth and dire poverty, sometimes a task earns him several million US Dollars, he can spend it all in one night.
This girl gets tens of thousands, that girl gets tens of thousands, and after a night he's looking for a new job again.
But he's happy.
Being a web celebrity is hard, doing business he's no good at, only killing and blowing up Earth keeps him going.
Actually, there's a deeper reason why Wade became a Mercenary, he's always been very smart, smart beyond the imagination of others, he has a theory that seems like madness to others.
He's always been acting according to his theory, which is the 'Popularity Determines Lifespan' theory.
The benefit of being a Mercenary is having a role in both good and evil sides, greatly increasing the chance of appearing, and the possibility of gaining popularity.
Can Iron Man appear in an X-Men routine issue? No, but Deadpool can, and it's completely seamless, even though he doesn't really count as a Mutant.
Can Black Panther appear in the WWII Hydra story? No, but Deadpool could, he can chat and laugh with any Hydra leader.
No matter which character's single issue readers buy, no matter which type of team they like, Deadpool will always logically appear inside, always have a chance to show his face.
He slipped into Little Spider's single issue as Marvel's popularity king, slipped into The Avengers journal, slipped into the Guardians of the Galaxy, slipped into various teams...
Seen and loved by everyone.
Now Deadpool is a bit crazy, because he knows in the Marvel World, characters live because of the audience's popularity, not because of any power.
It's just that he isn't as crazy as Deadpool from 12101, who seeks to slaughter the world, freeing himself from the destiny of being watched.
Mercenaries can moonlight as actors, surviving is the greatest benefit, what's the harm in being watched?
Even the audience observing the Marvel Universe, those living in the self-proclaimed 'real' universe, are actually also manipulated by unseen hands of destiny, also just performing for higher existence's observation.
Layer after layer, there's always a higher level, everyone is being watched, no one can escape.
So being a little paper figure in the Marvel Universe isn't bad, because Wade is happy, he has money, women, exciting stories, what's the benefit of pursuing a higher level? To work in Marvel Editorial?
Those problems should be left to Thanos and his kind of depressed folks to think about, mercenaries should enjoy the moment, even if he's undying, he should enjoy!
How many powerful beings are used to fill walls acting as scenery, supplementing the cosmic setting.
For example, the cosmic concept of 'Eternal', because he appears often, everyone remembers him, he has more appearances for people to remember.
But Eternal has seven children, each with a considerable strength, all are conceptual beings...
Who remembers their names?
To be forgotten, is to truly be dead.
Therefore, after my cousin jumped ship from DC, would Deadpool miss the chance to show his face?
No, this is why he jumped into Loki's storybook, on London's stormy days, picked up by Su Ming in front of Monac's house.
This wasn't his active choice, just because he possesses 'Undying', according to causality, this is the outcome, yet lacking fundamental cause.
Thanos' curse wouldn't truly make him undying, because there are plenty of things in the cosmos that could kill Deadpool.
It's the world wanting him to survive, actively stuffing him into almost every story, earning him popularity, achieving the effects of undying.