The Multiverse Opens: First, Let’s Set a Small Goal

2024, San Francisco, United States.

After the Turing Award ceremony, the latest recipient, billionaire, owner of the world’s most valuable IP, father of intelligent robotics, and the world’s most beloved dream man, Mr. Wu Fei, was taken into custody on the spot by the FBI and CIA.

The news sent shockwaves through public opinion, the scientific community, and Hua Country.

Days later, the United States Supreme Court broadcast its proceedings worldwide, accusing Wu Fei of crimes against humanity, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, massacring innocent civilians, and stealing federal technology. As evidence, it presented a suit of powered armor in open court.

The world was stunned. The true identity of “Iron Man” had been exposed to everyone.

Faced with multiple charges and a jury’s verdict of life imprisonment, Wu Fei rose into the air from the defendant’s stand and blasted through the roof of the federal courthouse with one punch. Standing amid the ruins, he smiled at the cameras watching around the world. “I’m not Iron Man. I’m Superman.”

Months later, the multiverse invaded, and humanity faced extinction. After half the country’s population had died, the United States sent an envoy to ask Mr. Wu Fei, the only person who had successfully repelled an invasion from another world, for help. In keeping with the sacred constitution of freedom and democracy, the citizens voluntarily voted to ask him to swear in as President of the United States.

This was the President’s response: “NO! I’m your emperor.”

With the multiverse now open, he set himself a modest first goal: to rule a civilized world.