"Damn it..." Shit-Star Captain slammed his fist against the wall beside him in anger, muttering, "Lucky Man and King of Worms are practically immortal... why..."

"To outsiders, they may indeed seem nearly invincible..." Feng Bujue interjected, "But within your Ultra-Union, if you use your powers to fight each other... then the result is inevitable."

"He's right..." Frog-Man added, "Except for Toxic-Man being killed by a targeted toxin, the others were killed by their comrades' powers..." He listed them one by one, "Mr. Crappy died from Toxic-Man's ability, King of Worms and Lucky Man died from Thousand-Eyes' ability, and as for Thousand-Eyes... although none of us saw it, he undoubtedly died from one of our abilities."

"Everyone..." In the next second, Dr. Eternity spoke again, "Have you noticed that, regardless of the ability, Dr. Dunce hasn't been able to use it upon meeting his opponent, but only after the battle is over..."

"Ah... I noticed that too." Tin-Foil-Man added, "Presumably, the activation condition for his replication ability is 'reaching a certain standard of contact time with the opponent'..."

Bang—

Just as Tin-Foil-Man said this, a loud crash was heard... a hole had been kicked in the wall of the ship's cabin.

In the next second, a figure appeared in the two-meter-diameter hole.

"You're wrong." The one who came was none other than Dr. Dunce, "I don't have your so-called 'replication ability'."

This guy was truly audacious and fearless; clearly possessing the power of Thousand-Eyes and Toxic-Man, he didn't use ranged attacks, but instead, actively invaded the heroes' spaceship.

"Even if there really was someone in the world who could copy and imitate other people's abilities, they would be helpless against beings like Toxic-Man, Thousand-Eyes, and King of Worms..." Dr. Dunce said as he walked into the cabin, "Because their abilities are based on physiological structures, and even involve transdimensional power, which can't be replicated by simple cell imitation..."

"Oh?" Frog-Man asked after hearing this, "Then... what exactly did you do?"

Now, Frog-Man and the others weren't in a hurry to attack, because even if they did... they might not win.

"Heh..." Dr. Dunce laughed, he didn't answer the question directly, but said with a smile, "This is a bit troublesome to explain. First... have you heard of the Conqueror's Crown?"

Dr. Dunce didn't expect the heroes in front of him to know about "that thing" he mentioned, he was just asking casually to start his explanation.

Unexpectedly...

"'Conqueror's Crown,' one of the four artifacts created by the Emperor of Nihility, is the supreme manifestation of 'metaphysical' power; whoever possesses the Conqueror's Crown can permanently acquire all of the 'metaphysical' abilities of someone after 'defeating' or 'killing' them through the energy of the non-concrete opposite of matter (imaginary space)."

Black Hole Queen, who hadn't expressed her opinion for a long time, now used a very calm tone to give an explanation that Frog-Man and Tin-Foil-Man found incomprehensible.

Even Dr. Dunce was stunned, because he had learned this information after many years of research and by a certain stroke of luck.

"You returned to the 'past,' or rather... the reason for setting the time of your crossing to today, is naturally not because you have a special fondness for this era." Black Hole Queen wasn't finished yet, "But because... in the future, you found a piece of information about the Conqueror's Crown's whereabouts; the time that information pointed to... is today. As for the location... it's no longer important." She paused, "Anyway, you got your hands on it before coming to this planet..."

After she said this, not only the Doctor, but even the heroes next to him looked at her with incredulous eyes.

For a time, the cabin was silent.

After more than ten seconds, Dr. Dunce opened his mouth with a cold laugh, "Hmph... as expected of Black Hole Queen, I knew it... you're not a 'hero' at all, you're just mixed in with this group of heroes in order to observe and manipulate the intricate timelines that are intertwined with them..."

"Your point of view is interesting." Black Hole Queen replied calmly after hearing this, "However, in my opinion... you know nothing about power, you know nothing about realms, you know nothing about spacetime, and you know nothing about me..."

Dr. Dunce found this kind of evaluation very difficult to accept; people like him generally have a strong desire for control and self-esteem, the ultimate goal of a perfectionist is to be "omniscient and omnipotent," so he hates it when people tell him... "You don't understand this, so don't spout nonsense."

"Hmph..." Two seconds later, Dr. Dunce snorted again, "Since I am so ignorant and insignificant... why don't you crush me like an insect? Why did you watch your 'companions' die one by one in my hands?"

The Doctor thought that his question had cornered the other party, and he was quite proud after asking it.

Unfortunately... Black Hole Queen, as a "Cosmic God"-level being, once again used her actions to tell him... he also knew nothing about deception.

"It is precisely because of your ignorance and insignificance that you would ask me such a question. And it is precisely because of your ignorance and insignificance that I cannot give you an answer in a way that you can understand."

Everyone, judge for yourselves, if someone said this to you... wouldn't you want to curse?

"However..." Just as Dr. Dunce was about to blow up, Black Hole Queen suddenly changed the subject, "Fortunately, there is someone here who is not so 'ignorant,' perhaps he can answer some of your questions..." She paused for half a second, and then said, "Poker-Face, I'll leave the rest to you."

In that instant, everyone present suddenly turned their faces in the same direction, focusing their eyes on Brother Jue.

"Uh... um... huh?" Feng Bujue was also stunned.

Black Hole Queen's sudden act of passing the buck caught Brother Jue off guard. Usually, only Brother Jue would trick others like this, but this was the first time he had been tricked by someone else.

"Oh? It's you..." Dr. Dunce quickly recognized Brother Jue, "I can't tell... so you are such a high-ranking existence?"