Ch: 154-163
Chapter 154 We are tired of logging!
Steve looked at Tony's guilty expression and tapped the solid wood table:
"Yes, that's right, it's that expression you have now, remember? Bucky had that expression from the moment he first saw you."
"Ever since he was awakened to self-awareness by me, and knew he had killed your parents and those innocent people, his heart has been tormented by this guilt. This torment constantly lingers in his mind!"
"Do you think that feels good? It's worse than death, Tony."
"Do you think I didn't want to tell you the truth? Do you think Bucky didn't want to tell you the truth? But at that time, if we told you, what other effect would it have besides distracting you, who were already in a whirlpool of crisis, because of this matter, and finally making you reject us and become isolated and helpless?"
"We were protecting you, Tony, protecting you as a person, and more importantly, protecting your heart."
"Tell me, even if you kill Bucky now, will you feel happy?"
"No, you won't. It will only add another scar to your heart, and this scar, after you learn about the Maximoff siblings' experience, will completely plunge you into darkness."
"You will find that in the end, you are actually no different from Bucky—both were used by others, made into pawns!"
"Could Bucky, under HYDRA's brainwashing and control, stop himself from killing your parents? And could you have stopped Obadiah from selling your weapons in advance to prevent the death of Wanda's siblings' parents?"
"No, you couldn't, because people have good and evil, but weapons do not. The fault is never the weapon, but the person who uses the weapon!"
"Think carefully about what I said, Tony."
After Steve's emotional chicken soup, Tony fell into deep thought.
Steve didn't bother Tony anymore, and turned to look at Wanda and Pietro:
"What I just said applies to you two as well, and the death of Tony's parents is actually closely related to the death of your parents."
Wanda and Pietro were stunned, not understanding what he meant.
Steve casually opened a portal, took out a nano cube from it, and threw it onto the table. The nano cube reassembled into a holographic projector, projecting a video file onto the round table.
December 16, 1991.
The legendary weapons designer Howard Stark and his wife Maria Stark died in a car accident.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Hidden File: Howard and his wife were attacked by unknown individuals while transporting the last four super soldier serums to S.H.I.E.L.D., and died from severe head trauma and a fractured neck, respectively.
HYDRA Action Log: December 16, 1991, Winter Soldier Intercept Operation.
Secure Route Source: Graciously provided by Obadiah Stane.
Surveillance Video Record: (Howard and his wife's vehicle brakes were hit, the vehicle lost control and crashed by the roadside, Winter Soldier appeared with a gun, Tony's father was pressed by Winter Soldier's head and mercilessly smashed onto the steering wheel 'deceased', Tony's mother was mercilessly strangled by Winter Soldier 'deceased', Winter Soldier shot and shattered the surveillance camera.)
Operation Gains: Super Soldier Serum × 4, Elimination of HYDRA Arch-Enemy × 1, Obadiah Stane's Commission × $1,000,000,000.
The video ended.
Seeing the scene of his parents' tragic death at Bucky's hands, Tony almost lost his mind and stood up, ready to strangle him!
But before he could act, Bucky's scream was heard first.
To be precise, it wasn't the current Bucky screaming, but the Winter Soldier in the second video playing in the projection!
Tony turned his head, only to see Bucky tied to a chair in the projection, with a brainwashing device on his head shining with a chilling blue light, subjecting him to high-intensity brainwashing.
Again, and again, and again.
Every time there was an operation, as long as Bucky had a slight emotional fluctuation, HYDRA would mercilessly erase the part of his emotions that belonged to 'humanity'.
Then he would be frozen again and again, waiting for the next mission, as if Bucky was just a cold, humanoid weapon.
This not only froze the former Bucky but also calmed Tony's mind. He stared at Bucky with complex eyes, finally sitting down on the chair weakly.
Steve was right, Bucky was ultimately a weapon. The fault was not him at all, but the person who used the weapon.
He shouldn't hate Bucky, but HYDRA and Obadiah...
As Tony's knot was untied, the video had not yet ended.
Next was a record of Tony since 1991, after his parents' death.
The video clearly recorded that after that, in order to forget the grief of his parents' death, Tonyindulged in a life of debauchery all day long, completely uninterested in taking over Stark Industries. The actual person in charge of Stark Industries was Howard's friend and partner, Obadiah Stane!
S.H.I.E.L.D. Hidden File: Obadiah Stane had repeatedly concealed from Stark Industries' heir, Tony Stark, and illegally sold large quantities of Stark Industries' military weapons to terrorist forces.
January 1, 1999, Sales Record: Obadiah Stane sold a large quantity of Stark Industries' military weapons to Sokovia rebels.
March 5, 2000, civilian Maximoff 'couple' were caught in the war and died in the explosion of a missile manufactured by Stark Industries. Unfortunately, yet fortunately, the first missile did not kill the Maximoff siblings, who were also at home.
And another missile that landed in front of the Maximoff siblings miraculously misfired due to an unknown reason, thus allowing the young Maximoff siblings to survive.
Finally, there were two group photos.
One was of Tony and his parents, and the other was of Wanda's siblings and their parents.
The two photos had one thing in common: their parents were gone, and they had become orphans.
After watching this video file, Wanda and Pietro, who were not foolish, naturally understood why Stevehad said earlier that the death of Howard and his wife was closely related to the death of their parents.
Because if Howard and his wife hadn't died, then Obadiah naturally wouldn't have dared to sell military weapons to Terrorists, and their parents naturally wouldn't have died from a Stark missile.
But the problem was, the death of Tony's parents was also due to the route leaked by Obadiah.
Once Tony's parents died, it would naturally trigger a series of subsequent effects, which was unavoidable.
So Wanda and Pietro thought about it and realized that they actually had a common enemy with Tony: Obadiah Stane!
This made both of their minds go blank for a moment.
So, after all this, enemies became allies?
The few who understood looked at each other, and finally Tony was the first to stand up and extend his hand to Bucky:
"Alright, this matter, in essence, truly has nothing to do with you. I also don't like making enemies with friends, so... let's reconcile, Sergeant Barnes!"
Bucky stood up, took his hand, and felt ashamed of Tony's magnanimity: "I'm sorry, Tony, even if it wasn't my intention, but the matter ultimately happened because of me..."
Tony didn't speak, just patted Bucky's arm with his other hand as a gesture of comfort.
Then, Tony released Bucky's hand and looked at Wanda and Pietro, sincerely apologizing: "Although it's too late for me to say this now, I'm very sorry, very sorry for my inadequate supervision of Stark Industries, which led to the death of your parents. I'm sorry, children..."
Wanda and Pietro exchanged glances. After witnessing the grievances between Tony and Bucky, and confronting the misunderstandings that happened to them back then, they had already let go of their obsession with Tony.
They also extended their hands to Tony: "Now that the truth is clear, and it wasn't you who truly sold military weapons to Terrorists, we naturally cannot blame everything on you."
"You certainly made mistakes, but it was also because you were immersed in the grief of your parents' death, and a villain took advantage of the situation."
"And we now have a common new family, so let's reconcile, Tony Stark."
With Wanda's last sentence, everyone's gaze fell on Steve.
Yes, they now had a common family.
Seeing that the knots in their hearts were untied, Steve couldn't help but smile, happy for them, and decided to give them another surprise:
"That's right, there's nothing that can't be resolved by sitting down and talking. We are family!"
"And your parents, I only said they died, I never said they couldn't be resurrected!"
Tony, Bucky, Wanda, Pietro, Ethan:!!!
Chapter 155 The hope of resurrection, six infinity stones!
Their hearts instantly leaped into their throats, staring intently at Steve, their breathing growing heavy!
He explained what it meant to make all men and women crazy for him with just one sentence!
How could they not be crazy?
Not to mention Dr. Ethan, whose wife and daughter were killed in the Ten Rings Gang attack.
Wanda and Pietro, who lost their parents at a young age, dreamed of returning to a time before they were ten, when their family was still together!
So Wanda and Pietro's eyes were the most fervent, their hearts filled with excitement!
As for Tony and Bucky, both were filled with anticipation and excitement due to the guilt in their hearts over the Howard couple.
Tony felt guilty that on the day his parents left, he was still throwing a tantrum and didn't say a proper goodbye to them.
Bucky, on the other hand, felt guilty for killing his former good friend and was eager to undo everything.
Finally, Tony was the first to recover from the excitement, staring intently into Steve's eyes, confirming:
"Steve, you hid Bucky's matter from me before, and I guess it was for my own good, but this kind of thing is no joke. Do you really have a way to resurrect the deceased?"
Then, after a moment of hesitation, Tony asked again:
"The resurrection you're talking about isn't using those forbidden Kamar-Taj arts, is it? But didn't you say that most of those forbidden arts would have unpredictable and serious consequences?"
Hearing Tony's words, the light in Wanda and Pietro's eyes flickered, rising and then dimming.
They really wanted to resurrect their parents, but if it meant putting their hard-won new family at risk, they weren't willing either....
The deceased are gone, and new family members are even harder to come by. If they lost their new family members again, then the siblings would truly have nothing left....
But Steve just squinted at Tony, then swung his hand and smacked him on the back of the head:
"Who are you trying to explain the consequences of forbidden arts to? All your magic knowledge was taught by me, so who are you to lecture me?"
"When I told you about the dangers of those forbidden arts, it was only for your sake. I was afraid you'd abuse them and attract dangerous entities from other dimensions!"
"But who am I? I am Captain America, the strongest Super Hero in the World, the leader of the Avengers. Would I be afraid of these?"
Looking at the confident Steve, hope rose in their hearts again, and several pairs of worshipful eyes sparkled as they stared at him.
As expected of Captain America, just standing there made them feel completely safe!
Steve puffed out his chest, but then changed the subject: "However, the method I'm using to resurrect your loved ones this time isn't through so-called magic."
"Even if magic could resurrect the deceased, it either has various flaws or comes at too great a cost. Some even might turn people into servants of dark lords, which is totally not worth it."
"So we're going for a more advanced, more environmentally friendly, and harmless method of resurrection!"
The appearance of the words 'advanced,' 'environmentally friendly,' and 'harmless,' which seemed so out of place with 'resurrection,' made it impossible for them to imagine what kind of resurrection method it could be....
It couldn't be new energy resurrection, could it.....
Steve hated riddle-makers the most, so he certainly wouldn't be one himself.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, he extended his right index finger and thumb, gently pinching out a blue speck of light from the blue holographic projection on the table.
Only when the light on the blue speck faded did everyone realize it was actually a dazzling blue gem!
Everyone's eyes widened, not understanding how Steve could pull a tangible gem from a holographic projection. Was it magic?
Of course, this wasn't magic, but rather Steve had hidden the Space Stone within the space around him.
It was the same move Doctor Strange used to hide the Time Stone in Avengers 3, but Steve was stronger than Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange could only place it in a fixed space, while the Space Stone Steve put in would move with him, following his spatial movements.
Don't ask, the answer is that the Biological Force Field drove the movement of space, which is reasonable!
"This is...."
Only Tony, who knew magic, wasn't surprised by this. Instead, he looked at the captivating gem, feeling an inexplicable 'attraction' to it, and instinctively wanted to reach out and grab it.
But Steve slapped his hand, making him yelp and regain his senses.
Steve glared at him, scolding:
"Damn it, nephew, you're a top scientist, yet you're so careless. Do you just grab anything with your bare hands?"
"Do you think you're Superman, or do you think you're me?"
"This gem is full of gamma rays. Do you want to turn into that green, hulking monster like Hulk, huh?"
Tony was also surprised by his own actions just now. He awkwardly cleared his throat twice, withdrew his outstretched hand, and quickly changed the subject:
"Cough, cough, I was distracted for a moment just now, it was an accident. By the way, what exactly is this thing?"
Seeing that the others were also very curious, Steve stopped playing coy. He gently swept his hand over the table, and the table instantly sparkled with tiny stars, until it evolved into a Universe.
Then this Universe exploded, and instantly, six dazzling colors, as well as profound darkness, were carried by the explosion, spreading to everyone, making the entire laboratory appear breathtakingly beautiful for a moment.
Along with this exquisite scene, Steve began to explain:
"Countless years ago, a cosmic Big Bang evolved into our current Universe, and six elemental gems were born, with each gem representing a fundamental force of the Universe...."
"Time, Space, Soul, Power, Reality, Mind...."
Every time Steve mentioned a gem, a uniquely colored, strange gem lit up around everyone.
"They are called the Infinity Stones. Each of them possesses its own unique ability and virtually infinite energy. Legend has it that if you gather them all, you can break the rules and do anything, even reshape the entire Universe is not out of the question...."
Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, Steve raised the Space Stone in his hand and introduced:
"And what I hold in my hand is the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, possessing the power of space to travel to any corner of the Universe, even to the end of death...."
Everyone's pupils constricted. The end of death? Wouldn't that mean they could go to the place of their deceased loved ones?!
"But...."
Steve's single 'but' once again brought everyone's hearts to their throats.
Tony, the most unrestrained, directly grabbed and shook Steve's shoulders, with an impatient, 'thirsty' expression:
"But what? Hurry up and tell us! Did your damn vocal cords fall out at home?!"
Steve slapped him away and said calmly: "But just one Space Stone is far from enough to resurrect your loved ones. Even if it can take you to the land of the dead, that's not a place you can stay, let alone bring back their souls...."
"And it's the same with the other gems. A single gem, even if it could resurrect your loved ones, would cause serious consequences...."
"So if you want to bring back your deceased loved ones completely without side effects, you must gather all six Infinity Stones, gather the six source powers of this Universe, to achieve it...."
Chapter 156 Super Brain? Super Brainless!
Tony wasn't disappointed by the need for six Infinity Stones; instead, it further ignited his fighting spirit to challenge everything: "What are we waiting for? Let's go find them now! Where did you get this one from, and do you know the locations of the other Infinity Stones?"
"Are they on Earth, outside Earth, or somewhere in the vast Universe?"
"I've almost finished analyzing the cosmic battleship you brought back before. I can work overtime to build the Vibranium battleship you want, and we can even go searching in the Universe!"
Steve shook his head and looked at Tony: "It's not as simple as you think, Tony."
"I do know information about the other Infinity Stones, and I can even obtain the Time Stone right now, but the other stones aren't so easy to get."
"Distance is not an issue. With the Space Stone in my hand, as long as I know the coordinates, distance is no problem at all."
"The problem lies in their locations and the people who control them."
"The Time Stone is in Kamar-Taj, in the hands of Sorcerer Supreme Gu Yi, so I can take it out and use it anytime. The difficulty of obtaining it can be ignored."
"The Mind Stone is in the hands of a purple-skinned individual dedicated to cosmic planned parenthood. I've already arranged for someone to 'borrow' it, and it's pretty much a sure thing."
"The location of the Reality Stone was sealed by Bor, the former God King of Asgard. Only the current God King, Odin, knows its specific location."
"The Power Stone is sealed in a temple on a desolate Planet. It's the easiest to acquire, but its exact coordinates are still unknown."
"Finally, there's the Soul Stone. Its location is the clearest, on a Planet called Vormir, but it's also the most difficult to acquire among them because its acquisition requires 'soul for soul'."
The others didn't quite understand but were impressed, only Tony frowned and asked: "The Soul Stonerequires soul for soul? What does that mean? Does it require an equivalent exchange, a sacrifice of a soul to exchange for the Soul Stone?"
Given Tony's character, while not a bleeding heart, asking him to trade someone else's soul for a stone was still somewhat difficult for him to accept.
Damn it, I should have kept some of those Skrulls! They could have been put to good use, sacrificed to exchange for the Soul Stone!
Steve glanced at him, shaking his head: "I told you it's not that simple. If it were just a matter of casually sacrificing a soul, then it would be easy…."
"But… soul for soul requires using the soul of the person you love most to exchange for the Soul Stone…."
As he finished speaking, the air suddenly became silent, terrifyingly quiet….
After a long while, Pietro, who was beside them, weakly raised his hand: "Um… Big Brother, I'm just saying hypothetically, what if we used a pair of lovers who are death row inmates to get the Soul Stone? Let one sacrifice the other, and the other could be pardoned and live…."
Steve looked at him, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
He had considered this method, but he wasn't sure if everyone was qualified to exchange for the Soul Stone through the soul-for-soul method.
Furthermore, the Soul Stone has too much self-awareness. If it felt it was being tricked, it might even escape or retaliate.
And you can't guarantee that the person you sacrifice is reliable. What if they get their hands on the Soul Stone and then immediately use it against you?
You should know that the Soul Stone is considered the most gentle of the Infinity Stones. Even Hawkeye, a normal person, can grasp the Soul Stone with his bare hands.
If it were any other stone, Hawkeye would have exploded long ago!
So, the restrictions on using the Soul Stone should be very small, and ordinary people can most likely use it!
While everyone was deep in thought, Bucky, whose expression had remained calm and even bore a hint of a smile, said in a very relaxed tone:
"Alright, Steve, stop teasing the kids. I know you never do anything without a plan."
"Since you've now revealed information about several stones and already obtained one, I presume you already have plans for the others."
Steve raised his cup and clinked it in the air with Bucky, smiling: "Bucky~ You really are like a little worm in my stomach, nothing can be hidden from you. You're right, I already have a rough plan."
"The Space and Time Stones are as good as ours, and the Mind Stone is also within our grasp, so now we actually only need to obtain the remaining three stones."
"I'll make a trip to Asgard in a while. I'll 'borrow' the Reality Stone from Odin then, through a friendly contest of strength."
"Next is the Power Stone. Although its Planet is unknown, I do know a few people who might know its coordinates. I will go into the Universe and pry the Power Stone's coordinates out of them."
"Finally, the Soul Stone. Soul for soul? Forget it. I've always been the one strong-arming others into deals, how can others strong-arm me! So, if the Soul Stone is sensible then, fine. If it's not sensible…."
"Heh, with five Infinity Stones assembled, I'll show it what it means to tear a Planet apart with my bare hands!"
Upon hearing this, a collective gasp echoed through the room.
Holy moly, what a simple and crude plan! No strategy at all, just sheer brute force making miracles happen!
Is this Captain's super brain?
It's too super, super simple, super brainless!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. With invincible power, why complicate things when they can be made simple?
Complex plans are for the weak; the strong only need to push through!
Knowing that their parents could be resurrected, the group completely set aside their grievances and loudly conspired around the table in front of Steve.
Finally, they all cast a resolute gaze at Steve!
"We want to go too! We want to contribute our own strength to gather the stones!"
"Captain, you are risking everything to gather the stones to resurrect our families, so there's no way we'd let you go on this adventure alone!"
They believed they couldn't do something so heartless and lacking in team spirit!
Upon hearing this, Steve almost couldn't suppress his smile. He quickly lowered his head, feigning deep thought, but in reality, he was overjoyed.
Shut up, mouth, hold it in! Don't laugh out loud in this atmosphere!
He wasn't specifically collecting the Infinity Stones to resurrect Tony's parents.
He was collecting the Infinity Stones, and resurrecting their parents was just a bonus.
However, this misunderstanding allowed him to win their hearts while also making these workers work even harder for him, so why not?
Steve looked up, embodying an actor, his face showing three parts hesitation, three parts worry, and four parts concern as he looked at everyone:
"The path to collecting the Infinity Stones is incredibly dangerous. If it were just me, even if I failed, at most I'd just vomit a few kilograms of blood, lose an arm or a leg, or have a damaged soul or something."
"But if you come with me, if you're not careful, you could truly die. Bucky and Tony are fine, you have some self-preservation abilities, but Wanda, Pietro, Ethan, the three of you are just ordinary people…."
Upon hearing this, Tony opened his mouth to say something, but Steve stopped him with a look.
He knew Tony wanted to use his money power again to create a custom battlesuit for everyone.
But Steve didn't need so many Iron Men right now. He needed superhumans with more magical abilities and infinite potential.
And now was the perfect time to awaken Wanda.
The belief in resurrecting her parents would likely greatly increase her chances of activating Chaos Magic!
Chapter 157 The Power of Chaos Awakens, Sithorn's Whisper?
Steve reached out to Wanda and Pietro, who were both crestfallen due to their own powerlessness.
Of course, it was mainly Wanda~
"Wanda, do you want to become stronger? Do you want to possess the power to control your own destiny? Do you want to become a Super Hero who can change the occurrence of tragedies?"
No one could resist this deadly triple temptation.
Even if they knew it was a trap, many would step into it without hesitation for these three sentences.
What's more, the person who said this was the most trusted person to Wanda and Pietro in this World.
"I want to!" x 2
Wanda placed her hand on his without the slightest hesitation, stacking it with Steve's palm.
Pietro naturally refused to be outdone and also wanted to place his hand on top, creating a Marvelversion of the 'lumberjack stack' hand-on-hand.
But as he reached out halfway, Steve interlocked his fingers with Wanda's hand, stood up, and went to her side, completely ignoring Pietro's outstretched hand.
Damn it! I'm Wanda's brother! You're hitting on my sister right in front of me and embarrassing me. Do you even have me, her older brother-in-law, in your eyes?!
Oh, this person is Captain, then it's fine, please, do as you wish.
Pietro was momentarily enraged, then wisely retracted his outstretched hand, even giving up his seat for Steve, and went to sit with Bucky.
Steve glanced at Pietro with satisfaction and naturally sat down next to Wanda.
Good lad, you're sensible, you have a future. I'll add another zero to your pocket money later.
Pietro grinned and gave Steve an OK gesture.
Bucky and Tony, on the other hand, had aunt-like smiles, giving Steve a thumbs-up.
As expected of Captain, not only is he strong in power, but even stronger at picking up girls, getting stronger and stronger, almost perfect except for his personal qualities!
The few of them exchanged smiles; communication between men requires no words, those who understand, understand~
Steve released Wanda's interlocked hand and gently stroked her soft hair, shielding her side vision with his palm to prevent her from seeing those scoundrels' mischievous expressions, which would dirty her eyes, and softly said:
"Wanda, hold out your palm."
Wanda nodded obediently upon hearing this and extended her fair and tender palm.
Steve placed the Space Stone from his other hand into Wanda's palm, but he didn't let it directly touch Wanda's skin; instead, he levitated it above her palm.
Then, Steve snapped his fingers, and immediately, a series of booming sounds, like opening pulse gates, echoed around them!
Six Shields of Seraphim appeared around Steve and Wanda, in front, back, left, right, up, and down, in six directions.
Shield of Seraphim: The strongest defensive magic, capable of resisting all physical and magical attacks, and can also counteract cosmic radiation, it is Kamar-Taj's strongest defensive magic.
(PS: When Tony and others first arrived on Titan in Avengers 3, Doctor Strange used this move to counteract the impact of the crashing spaceship.)
Seeing the six Shields of Seraphim appear instantly, Tony couldn't help but cast an envious look at Steve.
Damn it, this talent monster really has no technique at all, purely just raw stats!
Every time I cast magic, I still need corresponding hand gestures or incantations.
This guy just snaps his fingers every time, and whatever magic he thinks of appears. If this is a person, I'll eat them!
Steve merely gave a disdainful smile at this, "Don't you know the true value of a Super Brain, kid!"
Although he hadn't highly developed his Super Brain, he was the type to use his fists instead of his brain if possible.
But in complex fields like magic, which require proficiency and operability, his clever brain would still start working~
As long as he learned a magic, his Super Brain would automatically max out its proficiency and then perform a certain degree of optimization.
For example, optimizing away the hand seals or incantations, the pre-cast part, and changing it to just a finger snap and silently reciting the spell's name, so he wouldn't have to worry about being interrupted during casting.
Am I right, Doctor Strange?
This guy's power is clearly not weak, yet he was instantly killed by Ebony Maw, who had 0-frame telekinetic initiation, due to his long casting wind-up. This is a common drawback for mages...
However, even with optimized magic, it was ultimately a minor path for Steve; he didn't put too much effort into it. The only magic he might truly value was the Chaos Magic within Wanda.
The upper limit of this thing is just too high, making it impossible not to be tempted, especially since it's within such an enchanting vessel as Wanda, it makes one even more eager to possess it~
Therefore, Steve paid unusual attention to Wanda's awakening of her ability this time. He whispered softly into Wanda's ear: "Wanda, concentrate, don't use your hands, use your heart to sense the Space Stone, try to draw out its power, and awaken the hidden ability within you..."
Wanda, who was originally a bit at a loss, felt an overwhelming sense of security when she felt the warm large hand on her face and heard My Lord's steady voice in her ear. Her eyes also became resolute!
Wanda, you can do it. This is your first time, don't lose face in front of Steve (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)!
Wanda encouraged herself internally, took a deep breath, and focused intently on the Space Stoneabove her palm.
One second... two seconds... three seconds...
A minute passed, with no movement.
In this quiet atmosphere, the first to become restless was Pietro, as Wanda's brother.
He opened his mouth, just about to ask something, when Steve suddenly raised his index finger, signaling everyone to be quiet.
The next second, from within the Space Stone, a wisp of blue energy, like a thread, was drawn by an invisible force and drilled into Wanda's palm....
Steve's lips curled into an excited smile.
Sure enough, it wasn't the Mind Stone choosing Wanda, but Wanda's Chaos Magic attracting the Mind Stone.
And this attraction was also effective on the Space Stone; the fish couldn't help but bite the hook themselves!
The pure blue energy thread, like poison, rapidly spread along Wanda's blood vessels, from her palm to her entire arm, until it extended and drilled into the surface of Wanda's brain.....
A blue light illuminated the entire surface of Wanda's brain, and it still wanted to drill deeper, but as soon as it drilled in a little, it seemed to open another door in Wanda's brain.
A Strange scarlet mist surged from deep within Wanda's brain, and in the blink of an eye, it swallowed the Space Stone's blue energy, assimilating it into a scarlet color!
At the same time, Wanda's lifeless eyes suddenly lit up with two eerie red dots, and a powerful yet ominous aura emanated from Wanda!
The Chaos Magic had successfully awakened!
Steve's face first lit up with joy, but then his expression immediately changed again.
Because he, who was inside the Shield of Seraphim, suddenly heard an ancient and mysterious whisper from the void!
'Wanda Maximoff, my servant, I hear your voice, I hear your desires, respond to me, and I shall bestow upon you the supreme magic you desire.....'
As the mysterious whisper continued to echo, the red light in Wanda's eyes grew brighter, and the ominous aura around her grew thicker!
Just as Wanda was about to lose control, Steve's eyes sharpened, and he let out a cold shout:
"She's mine, you bastard, get out of my Universe!"
Chapter 158 The wisdom gem in Tony's brain, Quicksilver and the mushroom man Ethan?
As soon as he finished speaking, a cyan hurricane swept out from Steve's palm, forcefully dispelling the strange red mist around Wanda, along with the mysterious whispers lingering around her!
The red mist on Wanda's body erupted in all directions with the hurricane, breaking through the Seraphim Shield's blockade and sweeping across the entire Mirror Dimension, after which she rolled her eyes and fainted.
At the same time, Tony and the others, who were caught off guard and swept by the Chaos Magic, also fainted.
Steve held the unconscious Wanda with one hand, while the Winds of Watoomb in his other hand still hadn't dissipated, continuously blowing and purifying the entire Mirror Dimension.
Steve had used this move before when clearing the Skrulls on Earth.
But its effect is not limited to revealing shapeshifters; it is even more effective against mystical forces!
Winds of Watoomb: Dispels all illusions and mental control!
When he used this move before, his power was vastly different from now, so even without the Eye of Agamotto and the assistance of the Sanctum, it was still enough to dispel all negative buffs!
'Vishanti's magic left on Earth in the Multiverse? No, that's not right. The energy you use to cast magicdoesn't come from that guy Vishanti, but from another unknown Universe that I cannot perceive? Oh, how interesting.... I think we'll meet again in the future, little one....'
Before the mysterious voice dissipated, a questioning sound drifted past Steve's ear, finally carrying a strangely expectant tone as it completely vanished within the constantly blowing Winds of Watoomb.....
Sensing that the strange feeling of being watched was gone from the space, Steve frowned and dissipated the Winds of Watoomb in his hand.
He had already guessed the identity of the whispering fellow.
He was Chthon, the source of black magic, the Underworld God.
This guy is not to be trifled with; he is one of the Ancient Gods, and even dimensional lords like Dormammu and Mephisto were once his servants.
And judging by this guy's tone, he wasn't just after Wanda; he was after him too....
A cold light flashed in Steve's eyes, but he felt little fear towards Chthon.
Although this guy was terrifyingly strong, due to the God Butcher's slaughter and devouring of the Ancient Gods billions of years ago, he was forced to flee into other dimensions and still dares not descend in his true form.
And if it was just a clone of Chthon, or his seductive whispers, it posed no threat to Steve, who cultivated both strength and magic!
With this thought, Steve's eyes flashed, lost in thought.
So, Ancient One, that little bald head, had already foreseen that I would be targeted by such an ethereal existence, and thus preemptively completed my mystical means' deficiencies?
Hagige, you guy.....
Steve smiled and shook his head, then snapped his fingers again, and transparent soul fluctuations spread from his fingertips throughout the Mirror Dimension.
(Ancient One's advanced move of striking out Doctor Strange and Banner's souls, used to 'awaken' those who are lost from a soul level.)
"Damn it, my head hurts so much. What just happened? I think I heard something, and then I lost consciousness?"
Tony was the first to wake up, and his first words made Steve look at him more closely.
He had wondered before why Tony, such a rigorous scientist, would try to grab the Space Stone with his bare hands.
Now Tony could hear Chthon's whispers, which was clearly very abnormal.
He could perceive Chthon's whispers because he had a super brain and high enough spiritual power, but how could Tony?
Steve's eyes peered into Tony's brain, but he didn't see the gem he expected to see.
So, was it as he guessed, that Tony's brain contained a Wisdom Stone that only manifested in special Universes?
Steve's eyes were full of curiosity. If it were a stranger, he would probably have made the other person's head explode on the spot, performing a craniotomy like Mr. Fantastic.
But the other party was his dearest friend, his beloved nephew. This would be.....
Ahem, even with more money, it wouldn't work. Tony's own value was no less than that of a Wisdom Stone.
Or rather, the Wisdom Stone could only exert its greatest effect when it was in Tony's brain.
So, whether the Tony of this Universe had a Wisdom Stone in his brain or not, it should just stay in Tony's head.
Anyway, gathering six Infinity Stones could ignore the rules of the Universe, and the Wisdom Stone, as a special existence, was optional.
Steve retracted his penetrating gaze and did not explain the complex existence of Chthon to Tony and the others.
This would only add unnecessary pressure and trouble for them, serving no purpose.
He casually brushed it off: "It's nothing, Wanda's awakened superpower is quite special, it's magic-based, so it just caused you all to fall into a brief coma."
Pietro, who had also woken up and was shaking his head, exclaimed excitedly: "So, Wanda's ability awakening was successful, and she's a superhuman too?"
In his excitement, Pietro took a step, and suddenly, he shot towards Steve and Wanda like a silver lightning bolt!
Of course, this was only from the perspective of Tony, Bucky, and Ethan.
Under Steve's super vision, Pietro's super speed was completely insufficient; he could clearly see the look of terror on his face.
He just made a slight move and pressed down on Pietro's charging face, stopping him dead in his tracks!
If he were Homelander, with that slap, Pietro's face would probably be pressed into his head.
But because Steve's palm was covered with a Biological Force Field, Pietro, even crashing at supersonic speed, was not injured and could only stare down at his legs in shock:
"I... what's wrong with me? Why do I feel like my body was out of control for a moment, and everything around me seemed to slow down?!"
Steve examined Pietro, peering into his body, seeing his increased muscle and bone density, and said calmly:
"It seems that when your sister awakened her abilities, the residual energy also caused you to awaken. This saves you the trouble of risking using the Space Stone to awaken your abilities. Wanda truly is a thoughtful sister...."
Pietro chuckled at this, glanced at Wanda, who was still feigning sleep in Steve's arms, and raised an eyebrow:
"Hehe, Brother, what you said is true. No matter how thoughtful Wanda is to me, she's truly thoughtful and close to you, Brother. How could I compare to you?"
Wanda, who had already woken up from her coma and wanted to stay in Steve's arms a little longer, heard her brother's utterly shameless words and couldn't help but slap him across the air.
Unexpectedly, Pietro was hit as if by an invisible force and instantly flew backward.
"Ahhh, huh? Why doesn't it hurt?"
Pietro, who had screamed as he was knocked back, found that it didn't hurt at all when he landed, and his butt felt soft.
He looked down and realized that he had crashed into Ethan behind him!
Frightened, he quickly stood up, thinking of Ethan's scrawny little body, hoping he hadn't crushed him to death!
Tony also gathered around, anxiously helping Ethan up and checking his injuries.
Ethan was his other savior besides Steve, and one of his few friends; he didn't want anything to happen to Ethan!
But the more he checked, the stranger Tony's expression became, and finally, he simply lifted Ethan's shirt!
He saw that several of Ethan's ribs had been directly fractured by Pietro's hard impact, and one of them had even pierced through the skin of his chest, exposed outside!
This was already considered a serious injury, but Ethan himself seemed completely unaware, with only a confused look on his face.
And Ethan's chest, where the broken and somewhat collapsed ribs were, was visibly rebounding and recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, even the rib that had pierced out of his body retracted back inside, and the wound on the skin's surface recovered as good as new amidst the faintly visible White mycelium within!
Chapter 159: Ethan, who was mutated by Steve, undergoes a one-month special training!
Tony, who was leaning closest, naturally saw the stringy white substance, and his face was filled with shock:
"What the heck! What is this ghost thing? Symbiote serum? No, the serum is with Banner to suppress the Hulk inside him, and I didn't bring it with me!"
Since Steve lent the Serum Battle Suit to Tony for overtime and late nights last time, Steve didn't rush to get the Serum Battle Suit back because his own strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the Mjolnir and the serum didn't quite get along.
Tony, on the other hand, placed the serum in Dr. Banner's newly added laboratory to prevent Dr. Banner from transforming into the Hulk due to an experimental accident.
With the serum present, the serum, sensing Dr. Banner's 'mutation', would automatically activate purification mode, forcibly 'treating' Dr. Banner back to human form.
So, although the white unknown substance inside Ethan looked very similar to the serum in color and function, it absolutely could not be the serum!
That's right, it definitely wasn't the serum.
Instead, during Wanda's Chaos Magic outburst just now, Ethan, like Pietro, also awakened his superpower as a result.
When Steve was just now using his X-ray vision to see the internal structural changes in Pietro's body, he also coincidentally saw Ethan behind him and discovered that he had also undergone changes.
This is also why when Wanda struck Pietro towards Ethan, he remained indifferent and did not stop her.
Because he wanted to see what kind of ability Ethan had awakened.
Now it seems, it really is a mushroom man from Resident Evil, and it's an enhanced version, no need for hand sanitizer to recover from body damage~
Steve lowered his head to look at Wanda, who was obediently snuggled in his arms, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Ethan's awakening was definitely not a coincidence, but the result of Wanda inadvertently modifying probability with Chaos Magic.
Because Pietro was one thing; as his sister, Wanda subconsciously wanted to do something for her brother, so it was only natural for him to awaken his ability.
But Ethan and Wanda had only met once, so it was impossible for her to subconsciously awaken Ethan's ability, and it just so happened to be the mushroom man ability of the protagonist 'Ethan' from the Resident Evil game that Steve had seen in his previous life.
Then there's only one answer.....
Wanda awakened Ethan's superpower because she sensed his thoughts.
He always used to tease Ethan with the Resident Evil namesake meme, and subconsciously he had labeled Ethan as a mushroom man in his mind, and the Chaos Magic, sensing this, awakened Ethan's superpower to be similar to the mushroom man's ability...
This really makes him not know what to say...
Steve shook his head, walked forward, patted Ethan on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Don't worry, Ethan, you're fine, and now you're also a super-human!"
Ethan, Tony: "Huh???"
Ethan looked hard to accept. He originally thought he was just an unimportant supporting character, so how did he become one of the main characters now!
He also doesn't like fighting, he's a researcher!
Tony found it even harder to accept. He looked at Pietro, then at Ethan: "So they all awakened superpowers, and I didn't?"
Bucky, who had been silent all this time, quietly spoke up: "Uh..... did you forget about me? I didn't awaken any superpowers either...."
I just didn't speak, I'm not dead, is my presence that low...
Tony looked at Bucky awkwardly upon hearing this. Sorry, your presence has been too low in these chapters, I almost forgot about you...
Steve glanced at the two of them and explained: "One of you has magic power in his body, and the other is already an enhanced human with a Symbiote Biological Battle Suit on him. Their resistance to other unknown energies is relatively high, so it's normal for them not to awaken new abilities."
Although they felt it was a bit far-fetched, Bucky and Tony still nodded and accepted this explanation.
Of course, this was also something Steve just made up.
The less people knew about Wanda's Chaos Magic that could modify reality, the better. If this thing accidentally leaked out, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
"Alright, next, I will conduct a one-month ability training for Wanda and Pietro."
"Next month I will officially go to Asgard. Tony, you go and count which Avengers want to go together, and post the mission on the Avengers official website. Those who want to go can pick up the mission themselves."
Tony nodded.
This trip to Asgard to get the Reality Stone was to resurrect his and Wanda's parents, as well as Ethan's wife and daughter.
Whether for himself, or for these two children, or for his savior Ethan, Tony should be the one to post this mission.
The Avengers Agency never plays favorites. Even if their own people need help from other Avengers, they still need to post missions and rewards.
Of course, the reward could be one U.S. dollar, or it could be a hundred million U.S. dollars, issued according to individual actual circumstances.
There are rules, but the rules are flexible and very humane.
And Tony, the leader of new energy and the richest man in the World, naturally chose the highest hundred million U.S. dollars. This time, each Avenger participating in the Asgard mission will receive one hundred million U.S. dollars!
(Deadpool: I'll accept it for the readers. Say thank you, Deadpool~)
Time flew by, and a month later.
Swoosh — — — — — — — —
In the sky, a girl in a red leather battle suit with a flowing trench coat skirt stretched out her hands, and crimson energy balls continuously flew towards the invincible man on the ground.
Facing the energy balls, whose destructive power was no less than missiles, Steve simply put his hands in his pockets and chose not to dodge or blow them up, but instead allowed the Chaos Magic to give him a high-energy facial!
Boom — — Boom — — Boom — —
Several energy balls exploded in front of Steve's face, and the crimson energy exploded, enveloping his entire body in red mist.
Inhale — — — — — —
Taking a deep breath of the energy overflowing from the surrounding Chaos Magic, Steve exhaled it like smoke, feeling a strange sensation of numbness, pain, and pleasure in his mind: "Awesome! As expected of one of the four great powers, it's so invigorating to draw from it!"
Steve was certainly not a masochist. During this month, while training Wanda and Pietro in their mastery of their abilities, he also used Wanda's Chaos Magic to 'forge his body' to improve his resistance to magic-side abilities.
Don't tell me, this method really works.
As Wanda's mastery of Chaos Magic deepened, Steve's resistance to magic attacks, especially mental attacks, also increased rapidly!
Now, even if he didn't use his Biological Force Field, Wanda's Chaos attack couldn't affect him much, and even her mental attack could at most forcibly control him for one second before Wanda would be exhausted from the backlash.
And this was when he didn't resist. If he resisted, he could break free from Wanda's mental control in an instant, causing Wanda to be severely injured by the backlash!
No way, although Wanda possessed Chaos Magic with infinite potential, she was still too young, having only awakened for a month, and could not unleash the true power of Chaos Magic!
But it doesn't matter, Steve likes young Wanda~
Seeing the Chaos Magic shot at Steve being inhaled like smoke, Wanda turned around in the air, a red light flashed, and she appeared behind Steve, placing her hands on his temples.
Strands of red light invaded Steve's brain, making his eyes crimson.
Taking this opportunity, Wanda shouted: "Pietro, Thor, now, hurry!"
Chapter 160 Thor, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver vs. Team Zu!
Boom—!
With a loud explosion in the sky, Thor, with his blue-white eyes and hammer held high, made a dazzling appearance!
"Wanda, get out of the way! For the glory of the Northern God, break the darkness with thunder!"
Thor roared, pulling his raised hammer down sharply, and a bolt of lightning, several meters thick, descended from the sky, striking the controlled Steve!
Rumble—!
As for Wanda, at the instant the lightning struck, she was taken away by Pietro, who was clad in silver-blue battle armor.
Thor swore that this bolt of lightning was the most powerful lightning attack he had ever summoned!
But even so, Steve, bathed in the lightning, still looked up as if nothing had happened, his face washed by the lightning, his crimson eyes fixed on him.
The next moment, two crimson beams of light shot up against the lightning, heading straight for Thor, who was continuously outputting lightning!
And these two beams of light grew larger the closer they got to Thor, until they reversed and pushed back the several-meter-wide lightning, engulfing Thor in a several-meter-wide red light column!
The lightning disappeared, and Thor, now medium-rare and charred all over, fell from the sky with a splat, landing on the ground.
Steve blinked, turning off his heat vision attack.
As for how that several-meter-wide heat vision was achieved?
It was simple; as his stats increased, his control over heat vision became more precise.
He could not only control the power of heat vision but also its coverage.
His eyes were merely an emission medium, but the output range was not determined by the size of his eyes, but by his subjective power~
"Cough, cough...."
Just then, the medium-rare Thor shakily got up from the ground.
The next second, Pietro also flashed to Thor's side with Wanda, asking with concern:
"Hey, Thor, are you alright?"
The charred injuries on his body seemed to not affect Thor at all; instead, they ignited his fighting spirit, and he patted his chest:
"I'm fine, I am Thor! I've even experienced death; these mere fatal injuries are nothing. Let's continue!"
This wasn't Thor bragging, but the truth.
His eldest sister's special training for him last month truly didn't treat him as her younger brother, nor as a human!
It was simply training him to death if he didn't die!
Being impaled by the Sword of Night was just a minor injury; body tempering with the power of death was commonplace. Several times, his hands and feet were cut off by Hela, leaving him on the brink of death!
Those few times, Thor truly felt like he had gone to Valhalla and met the successive God Kings of Asgard!
But guess what? Even though it was so terrible, he just couldn't die!
Whenever he was on the verge of death, Hela would splat a sticky white liquid on his face, pulling him back from the brink of death, and even his severed limbs would recover as before!
And then the training continued!
Under such high-intensity training, even a pig would grow!
So now, Thor, under his sister's 'love' education, had already unlocked his second stage ahead of schedule!
"All for Asgard, for Hela!"
Thor roared, swinging his hammer in a full circle and throwing it violently at Steve!
Then, even without Mjolnir, his body astonishingly glowed with intense lightning, and he leaped up, bringing his hands together to smash down on Steve's head!
Wanda and Pietro exchanged glances upon seeing this, both nodding helplessly.
They had grown accustomed to coordinating tactics with Thor.
Which meant there was no coordination; just go for it!
Pietro took a running stance, arriving later but reaching first, even ahead of Mjolnir, charging towards Steve's back, intending to ambush him from behind!
Meanwhile, Wanda was channeling power in place, raising her hands high, and a scarlet orb of light continuously grew, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations like a small Sun!
Good news: warrior, assassin, and mage are ganging up, and the opponent is only one person. Three versus one, we have the numerical advantage!
Bad news: the opponent is a five-in-one cheat code: tank, warrior, mage, marksman, and healer!
Steve exhaled, calming himself, and the World instantly became quiet.
The hammer flying towards him, the electric sparks on Thor's body, and Wanda's channeling scarlet orb of light all seemed to pause in his eyes!
Looking closely, they were actually still moving, but under Steve's super vision, their movements were slowed down ten million times!
Steve didn't deal with Thor or Wanda first; instead, he turned his gaze to Pietro, who was the only one still moving 'normally' under his super vision.
To Pietro's bewildered expression, Steve grabbed his shoulder and threw him towards Thor in the sky, making the two collide.
Thor's attack was interrupted, and he crashed again, while Pietro was stunned by the lightning on Thor's body and also crashed.
Then, Steve backhanded the incoming hammer, throwing it at the terrifying orb of light forming above Wanda's head!
The hammer whizzed through the orb, its internal energy structure disrupted, and Wanda instantly lost her power; the orb dissipated in a twist, and her spirit became listless.
The trio's combined attack was instantly and easily broken by Steve, who then counter-killed!
"Hmph! One is brainless, one has only speed, and one is flashy but impractical; truly three wastes!"
A cold snort came, and from the throne burning with eerie green Fire in the sky, Hela gave a disdainful evaluation of the trio.
"Ah, you can't say that. Only a month has passed, and Wanda and Pietro have basically mastered their abilities, and Thor has even broken free from his hammer, awakening his true power of lightning. Their progress is actually quite good~"
Another gentle voice came out, and Steve on the ground, with a smile, encouraged the disheartened trio.
Hela and Steve, one playing the bad cop and one playing the good cop, coaxed the trio into submission.
This prevented the trio from becoming overly proud due to their progress, and also from giving up on themselves due to being discouraged.
"Hmph..." Hela looked down at Steve, snorted lightly, and stood up from her throne.
"A month has passed, and their training is almost complete. Now it's time to take revenge on Odin; it's time to return to Asgard!"
Steve nodded faintly at this, then looked at Thor, Wanda, and Pietro: "Maintain your current state of neither arrogance nor impatience. The next stage is a practical battle in Asgard. I hope you can cooperate even better while maintaining this fighting spirit. Can you do it?"
Thor, Wanda, and Pietro loudly replied: "Yes!"
Especially Thor, whose eyes were glowing, literally with electric light!
He was already impatient to let Odin witness his growth and prove him wrong!
It wasn't weakness that made a good King of Asgard, but a God with an invincible belief like his sister Hela who could make Asgard stronger!
He himself was an example!
Steve looked at the three full of fighting spirit, nodded with satisfaction, and with a wave of his hand, dispelled the Mirror Dimension, returning to the Avengers Tower....
Steve and the other three stood on the empty foundation, looking bewildered.
Wait, where's my big Avengers Tower?!
Just then, Tony's familiar playful voice rang out in the sky: "Hey, Captain, above you!"
Chapter 161: Air and Space Base, Avenger One!
A question mark slowly appeared above Steve's head, and he looked up in the direction of the sound.
He saw Tony, dressed in his new nanotech armor, hovering in mid-air, his helmet retracted, grinning widely at him with a self-satisfied expression.
"What are you laughing at? What are you up to now, moving? Where's my big Avengers Tower?"
Tony raised an eyebrow and pointed to the sky: "I told you, it's up there."
"What do you mean 'up there'?"
Steve frowned, activating his X-ray vision and auto-aim!
He saw a tall, hundred-story building quietly suspended in the invisible high-altitude clouds.
Wasn't that his Avengers Tower?
Steve's pupils constricted: "Holy crab! You moved my Tower into the sky?!"
Tony then descended from mid-air, disengaging his nanotech armor beside Steve, and explained proudly:
"Heh heh, of course. Didn't you previously ask me to convert the Tower to full Vibranium, then turn its interior into a Mirror Dimension, and also asked me to replicate a Vibranium Universe Battleship?"
"You, as the client, kept giving me one order after another. Even if I'm the smartest person in the World, I can't be in two places at once, so I simply combined these three projects!"
"Ta-da! So what's presented before you now is our new Avengers Sky-Air Base, which I've named 'Avengers One'!"
"It's not only made entirely of Vibranium, but it also has two built-in Mirror Dimensions: one for the normal Avengers research and office area, and one for the 'Hell' zone to imprison super criminals. Most importantly, it's also a Universe Battleship with flight capabilities!"
"You have all three things you wanted, so tell me, are you satisfied?!"
Steve, standing beside him, was stunned, never expecting Tony to have such a brilliant move.
Even his super brain had never thought of combining the Avengers Tower and a Universe Battleship.
It seems wisdom doesn't truly represent creativity. Tony's creativity is even more terrifying than his wisdom!
"So, great genius, have you considered how we're supposed to get up there? We're not going to have to fly up every time, are we?"
Steve glanced at the Avengers Base, which was at least tens of thousands of meters above the ground, and asked.
Although the Avengers combat personnel could basically all fly due to the specialized armor created by Tony.
But he knew that there were also Avengers researchers and other ordinary staff in the Tower.
Tony snapped his fingers, his mustache trembling proudly: "Your question touches on the second key point: the Sky-Air Base's energy supply!"
"Remember a month ago, when I borrowed the Space Stone with its infinite energy to study it?"
"During the research, I discovered that its energy, apart from its purity, was almost identical to that of my new type of reactor!"
"I speculate that my old man, Howard, most likely saw the Space Stone before and designed the new energy concept based on it as a prototype!"
Holy cow, he could even guess that?
He hadn't told Tony that the Space Stone was the Tesseract, nor had he said that Howard's new energy concept originated from the Tesseract!
Under Steve's astonished gaze, Tony continued:
"So, based on my familiarity with the new energy, I quickly created a collection device capable of extracting the Space Stone's energy."
"I have to say, that Dr. Erik you newly recruited really has something. He helped a lot with the creation of this energy collection device!"
"In short, Dr. Erik and I successfully used the device to collect an energy body purer than the new energy I created, and just one such energy body can keep our Base flying in the air for a full hundred years!"
"And I've collected a hundred such energy bodies, which means it's enough for us to fly for ten thousand years!"
"Furthermore, this energy body can not only be used to maintain the Base's flight, but I also discovered that it can be used as an energy source to maintain the Mirror Dimension inside the Base. From now on, I won't have to continuously output energy to maintain the Mirror Dimension inside the Base, or draw energy from you!"
"How many points do you give this genius's creativity?!"
Seeing Tony's proud expression, Steve didn't hold back his praise, slapping him on the shoulder:
"Good, good, good, it must be a hundred points! Damn it, nephew, you're a real talent, who could be as smart as you? This idea, this creativity, this execution, it's all just too damn great!"
A Sky-Air Base combining magic and Vibranium, not only flexible but also ensuring internal and external safety, who wouldn't be satisfied with that!
Steve's highly 'mother-rich' words made even Tony, who was usually foul-mouthed, frown in disgust:
"Tsk, can't you be a bit more civilized? Are you Captain America, or Captain Uncivilized?"
Steve casually replied: "I'm neither, I'm Captain Earth, and maybe Captain Universe in the future~"
"Alright, stop wasting time, you still haven't said how we're supposed to get up there!"
Tony scoffed lightly, his nanotech armor converging around his eyes to form a pair of translucent blue eyes, which he lightly tapped:
"Hey, Jarvis, let our country bumpkin Captain witness the power of technology. Open the Sky-Air Base's ground-to-air teleportation channel!"
[Received, sir...]
Whoosh—
Hearing Tony's command, a blue light beam descended from the sky, landing on the ground in front of them at a visible speed, forming a sky-high, pale blue beam of light.
Tony slightly bowed and made a 'please' gesture to Hela beside Steve: "Ladies first, please~"
"Hmm, your servant is not bad. He can actually create a low-end version of the Bifrost Bridge. He's quite useful." Hela glanced at Tony, evaluating him indifferently.
Then she walked into the teleportation channel with elegant steps, turning into a Shadow and disappearing.
Tony's face stiffened, and he robotically turned his head towards Steve, pointing at himself: "Wha! The! F***! What did she just call me? A servant? Me???"
I, a multi-billionaire, Iron Man, second-in-command of the Avengers, a genius scientist, a playboy, was actually called a servant by a woman today?!
Holy crab, is she mistaken? I'm White!
Steve burst into laughter, patting Tony on the shoulder: "Hahahahaha, nephew, your aunt is just like that. She didn't mean to insult you; on the contrary, she was praising you!"
"Really, hahahaha!"
After 'comforting' Tony, Steve walked into the teleportation channel, still laughing loudly.
Thor, carrying his hammer, also patted Tony on the shoulder as he passed by, saying with a serious expression:
"Brother, believe my brother-in-law. My sister really wasn't insulting you. The Bifrost Bridge is Asgard's finest masterpiece. She really was praising you!"
Wanda and Pietro lowered their heads, suppressing their laughter, completely daring not to meet Tony's gaze, and quickly followed Thor into the teleportation channel.
They were afraid that if they stayed one more second, they would burst out laughing!
Only a petrified Tony remained, the word'servant' constantly echoing in his mind.....
Chapter 162 Set sail to Asgard!
Avengers Sky-Air Base One.
The 99th floor, main command control room.
After the Avengers Tower was converted into a Sky-Air Base by Tony, he hollowed out the 99th and 98th floors, which were below Steve's exclusive 100th floor, and transformed them into the command control room for the Sky-Air Base.
The reason, well, it's simple.
This location is closest to Steve's office, so arranging the command control room here is also the safest.
If someone were to truly invade one day and try to seize control of the command room, they would first have to ask if the Captain upstairs would agree.
Most likely, the intruder would be crushed into a stress ball by the Captain~
This time, the teleportation channel led directly to the command room.
The moment Hela appeared, she merely glanced around before unceremoniously standing on the command platform, while below, the Avengers looked utterly bewildered.
They had never seen Hela, and Hela had been training Thor for the past month, so they didn't recognize her.
No, sis, who are you?
Don't you know this is the Captain's exclusive spot?
You must have eaten too many red beans and are lovesick, aren't you?
Facing the three consecutive questions from the crowd below, Hela simply stood on the platform, looking down at everyone with an arrogant gaze, as if inspecting whether they were qualified goods:
"Hmm, these servants are quite good, even stronger than Asgardian warriors, just a bit few in number~"
The Avengers below:?
Us, servants?
Before they could retort, another voice came.
"Compared to quantity, I care more about quality. Although the Avengers are not numerous right now, we are strong in unity and have infinite potential, making us stronger than the decaying Asgard."
Steve's figure emerged from the teleportation channel and slowly walked towards the command platform. A faint smile appeared on Hela's cold face, and she wisely stepped back, allowing Steve to stand one step in front of her.
This is the family hierarchy!
"Captain!"
The Avengers participating in this operation, upon seeing Steve, no longer cared about Hela's rude words. They felt that their previously uneasy hearts, due to the impending attack on the legendary Realm of Gods, instantly settled down.
The Captain is here, we're stable!
At this moment, Thor and the others also walked out of the teleportation channel.
All personnel for this attack on the Realm of Gods have arrived!
Excluding Steve and Hela, there were a total of twelve people.
Tony (Iron Man), Thor (Thor), Wanda (Scarlet Witch), Pietro (Quicksilver), Bucky (Riot Symbiote), Peter(Spider Symbiote), Gwen (Spider Symbiote), Deadpool (Chaos Symbiote), Eddie (Venom Symbiote), Rhodes (War Machine), Banner (Hulk), Ethan (Mushroom Man).
Basically, all Avengers confident in their combat power participated in this exorbitantly priced mission issued by Tony, even Banner, who disliked fighting, joined.
No choice, Tony offered too much!
One hundred million U.S. dollars per person!
"I believe the mission content has been made very clear by Tony in the mission brief, so I won't say much more, just one sentence!"
"Take down Odin, seize the divine throne, and let Asgard know that times have changed, now is the era of the Avengers!"
"Long live the Avengers!"
Steve's few words ignited the passion of the Avengers. Everyone involuntarily raised their hands, their eyes filled with excitement: "Long live the Avengers!"
Steve smiled contentedly, reached for Hela's hand behind him, and intertwined their fingers, while his other hand pressed onto the Space Stone on the command platform.
"Set sail, Asgard!"
Having obtained the coordinates from Hela, Steve activated the power of the Space Stone. With a flash of blue light, the entire Avengers Sky-Air Base disappeared from Earth.
Realm of Gods, Asgard, Heavenly Palace.
Whoosh ——————
Above the magnificent Heavenly Palace, a sudden strong wind arose, and a gigantic blue spatial gate opened. The massive Avengers One slowly emerged from the spatial gate.
However, what appeared was not the tower form seen on Earth, but a brand new combat form!
Countless nanobots surged on the exterior of Avengers One, and its internal mechanical structures twisted. Combined, a colossal battleship comparable to Thanos's Sanctuary One appeared with an overwhelming sense of pressure!
Above the Avengers One battleship, two figures flashed in blue light.
Hela spread her arms, closing her eyes in intoxicated enjoyment of Asgard's sweet air.
"Thousands of years it has been, I, Hela, the Goddess of Death, have finally returned to this land that gives me the source of my power. This feeling of being the World itself is truly delightful and wonderful~"
Upon returning to Asgard, Hela's strength rapidly recovered to its peak state, transforming her back into the Goddess of Death who held sway over the Nine Realms!
Green light flickered in Hela's eyes. She suddenly turned to look at Steve, hooked his chin with her finger, and said leisurely with a dangerous tone:
"How about it, my little boyfriend? It seems you're no match for me now that I possess the power of all Asgard, hmm~"
Steve merely glanced calmly at Hela, who seemed ready to devour him, and said indifferently:
"Is that so?"
I admit, you are very strong after returning to Asgard, but using Asgard's power, no matter how strong, is merely external. But I am different, my power is my own to command!
So....
'System, add points for me, max out!'
As Steve silently chanted in his mind, the system deducted all his enhancement points.
[Deducting 5000 enhancement points, Physique 130-180 (Congratulations, Host, you are invincible again)]
(Eliminating the Frost Giant race: 3000 enhancement points; cumulative missions from Avengerssubordinates: 1000 points; cumulative missions from HYDRA subordinates: 1000 points)
Because he is now the leader of both the Avengers and HYDRA, the missions completed by their members all provide him with enhancement points. Cumulatively, this amounted to a total of 2000 enhancement points!
Adding to the previous 3000 enhancement points from eliminating the Frost Giants for Loki, his physique was able to increase by 50 points at once, no less than the increase from the Skrull incident!
This massive increase also made the surging aura from Steve even more terrifying than Hela's, even causing the heavens and Earth of Asgard to change color, as if all of Asgard feared him!
Above the Avengers battleship, dark clouds suddenly gathered, as if the entire sky was about to collapse!
Even Hela was startled and instinctively took a step back.
But as soon as she stepped back, Steve grabbed the hand she had used to tease him, forcefully pulled her back, and then, with one hand, cupped Hela's neck, pulling her into his embrace. Without giving her a chance to breathe, he lowered his head and fiercely 'attacked'.
After a'stormy suction' until Hela's face was flushed, Steve finally released the panting Hela:
Chapter 163 God King Loki? Odin the Destroyer?
"You returned to Asgard and thought you could become the Queen? Hela Odinsdottir, remember this, no matter how strong you become, I will always be your Master, do not overstep!"
Hela remained silent, only summoning her night sky sword to prop herself up, preventing her soft legs from giving way, her eyes full of adoration as she looked up.
He is so domineering, and I love it so much!
Steve snorted, watching Hela's eyes, which were as soft as Water, gazing at him.
Hmph, Hela's domineering Queen personality, at its core, just needs a good beating!
The more you beat her, the more she will love you; women like her prefer men who are even more dominant than themselves!
Of course, the prerequisite is that your hard power must also be stronger than hers, otherwise, you're just asking for trouble!
"Holy crab, is Asgard's weather always like this, or did Odin open too many trash factories in his Heavenly Palace?"
Deadpool's complaining voice broke the unusual 'ambiguous' atmosphere between Steve and Hela.
Turning his head, he saw that the other Avengers had also arrived on top of the warship, gazing in awe at the drastic change in the sky caused by Steve's aura.
Seeing this, Steve withdrew his gaze from Hela.
There's important business today, so he won't be attending to his own business right now; instead, he'll let Hela handle hers first.
"Begin your business, Hela."
Steve stepped back half a pace, yielding the stage to Hela.
"At your command, my Master~"
The tenderness in Hela's green eyes, upon leaving Steve and falling upon the Heavenly Palace below, transformed into icy killing intent!
She pointed her night sky sword at the Heavenly Palace, her voice like frost:
"Odin Borson, come out and face your death now! Asgard's true King has returned!"
Whoosh—
A cold wind swept by, but the Heavenly Palace below remained motionless, without even basic defensive measures.
This made Hela frown involuntarily.
Has Asgard fallen to such a state now?
Their warship had been hovering above the Heavenly Palace for several minutes, yet the Heavenly Palace showed no reaction whatsoever!
Hela couldn't help but turn to look at Thor, who had also come up behind her.
Thor was also extremely embarrassed, not understanding what was going on with the Heavenly Palacetoday; his toes were almost curling another Heavenly Palace into existence on the warship's deck, and he scratched his head, saying:
"Um, Sister, how about I go down and see what's going on? Maybe the Heavenly Palace guards are too idle and fell asleep?"
Upon hearing this, Hela was so angry that her hair seemed to float!
Too idle? Fell asleep?
Good, good, good!
It's bad enough that Odin's son is an idiot, but he's also turned the Asgardian warriors into a bunch of useless people; truly, the whole family is useless!
Indeed, Odin's decision to rule with benevolence was a complete and utter mistake!
Just as Hela resolved to overthrow Odin's decaying rule and storm the Heavenly Palace.
A lavish, gold-plated royal spaceship slowly ascended from the Heavenly Palace, hovering in front of Hela and the others.
However, the one who emerged from the spaceship was not the God King Odin.
Instead, it was Loki, holding Gungnir and clad in a magnificent green and gold royal robe!
Loki spread his arms, a friendly smile on his face: "Welcome, everyone, to Asgard as our guests! I am Loki Odinson!"
"Oh, ho ho, it's Loki! My brother…"
Seeing his long-unseen brother, Thor's eyes lit up, and he wanted to rush over to give Loki a loving hug, but he was glared at by Hela as soon as he spoke, scaring him into quickly shutting his mouth!
Hela frowned repeatedly, pointing her night sky sword at Loki, and said coldly: "You are that bastard adopted by Odin, who allowed you to stand on the royal spaceship? Where is Odin?"
Upon hearing the word 'bastard,' Loki's smile stiffened, but he quickly recovered it: "Who allowed me? I don't think I need anyone's permission, because Odin has already passed the throne of God King to me; I am now the God King of Asgard~"
"My sister, if you have anything, perhaps you can discuss it with me first.~"
"Sister? It seems Odin told you about me...."
Hela's gaze at Loki was utterly disdainful: "Compared to that idiot Thor, you, this bastard, seem more like Odin, equally hypocritical and cowardly!"
"No wonder he chose you to be the next God King, and not your pure-blooded idiot brother!"
Loki blinked (^_~): "Hypocritical and cowardly? I think perhaps 'sensible' would be a better word?"
"Slick-tongued fellow, get out of the way! I'm not here to negotiate today, I'm here for revenge!"
Hela intensely disliked Loki's hypocritical personality, which was so similar to Odin's; with a single sword-back strike, she sent Loki flying off the spaceship.
"Oh no, Loki! Don't be afraid, I'm coming!"
Seeing this, Thor, disregarding everything else, flew towards the flung Loki, hammer in hand.
"What an idiot…."
Hela sighed, feeling exhausted, then turned her gaze, seemingly piercing through layers of space, to see the Shadow on the Heavenly Palace throne.
It was indeed Loki himself, and the one just now was merely an illusion of him!
Indeed, how could Odin's old eagle-like successor stand in a dangerous place…
Except for Thor…
"One idiotic Asgardian, one cunning Frost Giant; Odin, it seems you've truly gone senile to choose an enemy's son as God King!"
Hela snorted coldly, no longer talking excessively. Standing on the royal spaceship, she tossed her night sky sword into the air. Under the catalysis of infinite divine power, the night sky sword rapidly expanded tens of thousands of times as it flew!
A giant sword capable of splitting heaven and earth emerged!
Under the shocked gaze of all the Avengers, Hela's eyes were filled with madness. She controlled the giant sword with both hands and slashed fiercely in the direction of the Heavenly Palace!
As this immensely powerful sword descended, no one doubted whether it could cleave the magnificent city below in two!
"Odin, since you want to be a coward, then hide in your shell and watch the Heavenly Palace be destroyed before your very eyes!!!"
"Alas…"
"Stop, Hela...."
Amidst the howling sword wind, a sigh filled with vicissitude emanated from deep within the Heavenly Palace.
Clang—
The sound of steel colliding echoed across the sky, and the next moment, the tens of thousands of meters long giant sword instantly shattered into pieces!
After the fragments of the night sky sword transformed into pure energy and returned to the Asgardianearth, everyone finally saw that the one who had shattered the giant sword was merely a person in silver-grey armor!
Hela and Steve, however, narrowed their eyes.
The Destroyer armor!
Odin seems serious this time; he even put on that thing!
This is a terrifying divine artifact, rumored to have gathered the power of all Gods, enabling Odin to contend with and even slay the Celestials when worn!
More chapters available in wtr-lab up to chapter 286: Marvel: Captain America in Zaan, the Villain Calls Me an Ancestor