The Silver Surfer!
That's right—
the one who appeared so suddenly was none other than the Silver Surfer.
And who exactly was the Silver Surfer?
He was the herald of Galactus, the being who traveled the vast cosmos to search for planets worthy of Galactus's consumption.
And this time—
The Silver Surfer had found Earth.
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Beep! Beep! Beep!
Standing before the priest and receiving the blessing, Reed Richards suddenly heard an urgent alert coming from a device on his body.
He hurriedly took it out and glanced at the screen.
A massive exclamation mark flashed across it:
> "Cosmic energy detected—approaching New York!"
Reed's expression instantly turned grave.
"I can't believe you brought that thing to our wedding,"
Sue complained helplessly at his side.
"I'm sorry, Sue. I didn't have a choice,"
Reed replied bitterly, then turned to the priest with a pleading look.
"Could you… speed things up a little?"
"There are many kinds of love in this world…"
The priest skipped the lengthy speech he had prepared and moved straight toward the final segment.
"Can we just jump to the ending?"
Reed still felt it wasn't fast enough.
Priest: "..."
He had officiated countless weddings, but this was the first time he'd ever received such a request.
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Whoooosh!
Suddenly, an eerie wind swept through the area.
In an instant, the power systems of several surrounding streets completely shut down.
Not just electricity—
all electronic systems failed simultaneously.
A media helicopter that had been filming from the sky lost control when its operating system crashed and began spiraling straight toward the wedding venue.
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Boom—!
Panicked cries instantly rang out.
What had been a lively wedding descended into chaos.
But at that critical moment—
Alex stepped forward from the crowd and raised a hand toward the falling helicopter.
A vast surge of telekinetic force erupted.
Hummm—
The out-of-control helicopter froze in midair.
Not only that—
the rapidly spinning blades ground to a halt as well.
Under Alex's overwhelming telekinetic control, the helicopter gently descended and landed safely on the ground.
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"Whew…"
Reed, Sue, and the others let out long sighs of relief.
They silently felt grateful.
Thank goodness Alex was here.
Otherwise, who knew how bad things could have gotten?
The Fantastic Four were powerful—but none of them could stop a crashing helicopter.
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Whoosh!
At that very moment, a silver streak shot across the sky.
It was the Silver Surfer.
There was no doubt—the chaos just now had been his doing.
"Johnny!"
Reed immediately called out to the Human Torch, intending to have him pursue the silver figure.
Boom!
But before he could finish speaking, Alex had already vanished.
Johnny shrugged at Reed.
"Looks like I'm not needed. Good thing—this suit's expensive."
With Alex involved, what use was the Human Torch?
Alex's speed far exceeded that of the Silver Surfer.
In the blink of an eye, he caught up.
The Silver Surfer glanced at Alex and suddenly swung his arm.
BOOM!
A powerful blast of cosmic energy surged toward him.
Alex merely waved his hand.
The attack was effortlessly neutralized.
A flicker of surprise appeared on the Silver Surfer's expression.
He immediately launched several more energy attacks in succession—
All of them were calmly blocked.
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"I know you can understand me,"
Alex said as he flew alongside the Silver Surfer.
"And I know why you came to our planet. I think we should talk."
"All things will fade. All things will cease to exist,"
the Silver Surfer replied solemnly, speaking like a prophet.
"That's not necessarily true,"
Alex smiled lightly.
"Galactus isn't invincible. In fact, he's been defeated many times."
"You know Galactus?"
The Silver Surfer abruptly stopped in midair.
He stared at Alex in shock—
even his usually emotionless, statue-like face revealed clear surprise.
"How do you know that name?" he asked gravely.
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Yes.
He was sent by Galactus.
His mission was to locate planets that met Galactus's requirements.
And Earth met them perfectly.
More importantly—
Galactus already knew.
He was on his way through the cosmos and would arrive in roughly eight days, consuming the entire planet.
When Galactus appeared, destruction followed. Nothing survived.
The Silver Surfer had never expected that someone on this planet would even know Galactus's name.
"Not only do I know Galactus,"
Alex said casually,
"I also know he's on his way here."
Everything lined up perfectly with the Fantastic Four storyline Alex remembered.
In just a few days, Galactus would arrive and attempt to devour Earth.
A planetary extinction-level crisis.
Yet Alex remained completely calm.
Galactus—
those who knew, knew.
A so-called cosmic god, one of the highest-tier beings…
yet constantly defeated.
Odin beat him.
Thor beat him.
Thanos beat him.
Even second- and third-rate heroes had taken him down.
His godly dignity had long since shattered.
Especially this version of Galactus—
Alex remembered it clearly.
The Silver Surfer's self-destruction alone had annihilated him.
Pathetically weak.
So Alex felt zero pressure.
With his current power—
and multiple Infinity Stones—
Galactus simply wasn't worth worrying about.
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"Then why don't you leave?"
the Silver Surfer asked solemnly.
"Because there's no need,"
Alex replied confidently.
"To me, Galactus isn't anything special."
The Silver Surfer was visibly shaken.
Galactus… not worth mentioning?
This man's arrogance was bordering on absurd.
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