Chapter 429: The Drawbacks of a Dimensional Space
Of course, Ethan wasn't going to move all of Hell's Kitchen wholesale into that unfathomable dimension.
Whether it was a superpowered person like him, the mutants with their unique genes, or even seemingly ordinary people, they were all deeply rooted in the vast land of Earth. None of them could easily sever their ties to this blue planet.
After all, stepping across the threshold of a dimensional space meant giving up Earth's warm embrace and striking out alone, a lonely traveler in a little cosmos of one's own.
Ethan knew he wasn't one of those lofty dimensional demon-gods. He still had a human body of flesh and blood, with the same material needs as any human.
He needed air, water and food. He needed to feel the warmth of the sun and walk on solid ground. He needed web novels. He needed entertainment.
He had no desire to become some emotionless dimensional demon-god.
The mutants were the same. For all their superhuman power, deep down they still longed for human connection, warmth and companionship, and the joys of entertainment. Their needs were no different from any ordinary person's.
That was true of the superpowered, let alone ordinary people.
The residents of Hell's Kitchen might seem to do whatever Ethan said and hold him in the highest esteem.
But that was because Ethan had genuinely given them better lives and better prospects.
The System played a part too, of course.
And Ethan had never made a wrong call. If he ever made a decision that harmed the interests of most people,
he was sure that while Hell's Kitchen's residents couldn't do anything to him, they would certainly be unhappy.
He knew that if he chose to seal all of Hell's Kitchen away in a dimensional space, it would be as good as cutting this land off from the outside world and turning it into an isolated island.
That would go against the human longing for freedom and progress. It could also leave Hell's Kitchen stagnating in the future, or even going backward.
History had already taught that lesson the hard way.
It had taken centuries of effort to recover from it.
Ethan wasn't that foolish. Knowing how many bad effects pulling Hell's Kitchen into a dimensional space would have, he wasn't going to insist on it anyway.
Part of what gave Ethan the idea of separating Hell's Kitchen was the completion of Hogwarts.
Hogwarts and a dimensional space were actually somewhat different. Hogwarts, the so-called wizarding world, was still on Earth. It just used magic and certain functions to keep ordinary people out.
Hogwarts was more like Wakanda, though fundamentally different: one used magic, the other science.
But since coming to the Marvel world, Hogwarts had become more complete, almost like a small world of its own, while still attached to this planet.
That gave Ethan the idea of creating a dimensional space.
The second reason was the coming war. Even with Fortress protecting it, Hell's Kitchen had the strongest defenses on the planet, at the very least.
An ordinary superhero battle couldn't harm Hell's Kitchen.
But Ethan knew perfectly well the coming war wouldn't involve ordinary superheroes.
His instincts told him this wouldn't just be a simple contest between them, the Celestials and the Illuminati.
The Celestial's awakening was only a prelude, a carefully laid trap meant to lure out some far more powerful being.
If that guess was right, the enemies Ethan would face would be immensely powerful. They wouldn't just have unimaginable power. They might command the secrets of the universe's very laws.
With that in mind, Ethan began preparing for the coming multiversal war.
He knew that in this war, ordinary superheroes would be as small as ants. Their power would be no match for the truly strong.
Even the most revered superheroes, like Captain America, Ant-Man and Hawkeye, would become cannon fodder in this war. They'd appear on the battlefield by the thousands and still barely change its course.
The real battlefield would belong to beings of demigod level and above. They would be the main force of this war.
Gods like Galactus and Death had power enough to shake the entire universe. Every clash between them would bring catastrophic upheaval.
Facing enemies like these, Ethan knew he couldn't count on luck.
He wasn't worried about himself. He was confident he could be the ultimate victor.
But he wasn't sure he could fight these enemies and still protect Hell's Kitchen and its ordinary people.
Honestly, Ethan didn't care all that much whether most of the people in this country lived or died. The East had its own protectors, and as for here, as long as not everyone was wiped out, that was fine.
He mocked himself for being sentimental, maybe even for having some unrealistic saint's heart. But he also knew he could never stand to come back after the fighting to a world in ruins with his home gone. For him, victory would lose all meaning.
That was why Ethan had to plan ahead and pull Hell's Kitchen into a dimensional space.
When war really came, he could move all the non-combatants inside.
Ethan brought Tony and Strange with him into the dimensional space.
He stood above the clouds, his gaze burning, looking down on a dimensional space that was about seventy or eighty percent like the Hell's Kitchen in his memory. He nodded to himself without realizing it.
He had poured countless hours into building this space bit by bit over the past six months, carving out time to work on it even while dodging the Celestials' hunt.
From the street layout to the style of the buildings to the familiar scent in the air, he had tried to make it no different from the original, so the people moved here would find a little of the warmth of home.
But even with everything he'd poured into it, this dimensional space wasn't flawless.
What Ethan regretted most was that there was no sun in this world.
Without sunlight to nourish it, the whole space felt oppressively dreary. The streets were empty and desolate, like a painting forgotten by time, with none of the vitality of the real thing.
But there was nothing he could do. He hadn't created laws of reality. This was the most he could manage within his power.
Dimensional spaces weren't really suited for human habitation in the first place. Just look at the other dimensions: there wasn't a single normal person in any of them.
That was exactly why Ethan had brought Strange and Tony in, to see if the two of them could offer some suggestions.
Tony, the genius inventor, master of countless cutting-edge technologies, with an AI like JARVIS at his side.
Strange, freshly back from Dormammu's and the Vishanti's dimensions. No one understood dimensional spaces better than he did.
Between the two of them, they might offer some unprecedented insights for perfecting this dimensional space.
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