Michael, who had previously mocked Tony Stark's Stark Industries to his face about its countless spies and Agents, was now about to face his own... Group being infiltrated by an unknown number of... spies and Agents.
Who knew what kind of ridicule Tony Stark would unleash when he saw Michael again?
Of course, Michael, far away on Venus, didn't yet know that his... Group had become a focal point for major organizations worldwide.
Or rather, he knew, but for now, he had no mind to deal with it.
Michael, fully recovered, was staring in surprise at the energy value, which had once again increased its energy retention limit. "1.2 million! It's increased so much! Is this what they mean by 'no breaking, no establishing; establish after breaking'?"
"Forget it, forget it. It's better not to try such methods easily."
Thinking of the scene where he was almost instantly drained, Michael still looked terrified.
Hm, mainly because the destructive aura emanating from the spatially collapsed black spot was truly terrifying to Michael.
Of course, although his energy was fully restored, the faint pain from his body also made Michael understand that while this time was a huge gain, there were still some underlying issues, and he needed to rest and recuperate properly.
Even with Michael's current super physique, the occasional faint pain meant it would take at least several days to fully recover. Hm, Michael would never admit that he wanted to be a slacker for a bit! He couldn't just finish confronting Ancient One and then immediately go confront Odin. Michael wasn't that brainless. "Hmm... let's continue to use my Golden Finger!"
"Let me think, hmm, first, let's replicate and manifest Ancient One's languages! That old hag has lived for hundreds of years, traveled through countless Dimensions of the Universe, so she must know some local languages, right?"
Michael muttered to himself.
With a thought, his consciousness connected to the mutated gem.
"No way! 100,000 to replicate and manifest just the languages Ancient One knows! It needs that much energy! What the heck! How many... languages has that old hag Ancient One learned over the years?"
Seeing the information feedback from the mutated gem, Michael was instantly dumbfounded.
"Hmm... Tony Stark's physics knowledge was only 1,000 points, and that already made his head feel a bit swollen. If I were to learn the languages worth 100,000 points, even with my current super brainpower, I probably wouldn't be able to handle it, right?"
"Forget it, let's simplify it a bit! Let's discard some unnecessary Dimensional languages and such."
Michael muttered as he changed his mind, removing most of what he considered useless and only retaining some powerful Dimensional languages, such as Hell and the Dark Dimension. Then, he removed numerous minor cosmic languages, keeping the Universal common language, the languages of major empires and federations, and the languages of various large-scale interstellar races.
"Hmm, this should be fine, right? 20,000 points... with my current super brainpower, I should be able to handle it, right?"
With a thought, a skill book, "Mastery of Languages of the Major Universes and Dimensions," shimmering with pure White light, immediately appeared in Michael's hand.
Without waiting, Michael directly slapped it! Skill learning in progress. Skill learning complete. "Whew."
"It's really amazing!"
After experiencing another unfathomable learning method, Michael instinctively mastered these numerous civilized languages. "As expected, 20,000 points of knowledge, while still giving me a slight headache, is completely acceptable!"
"Next, let's continue to use my Golden Finger!"
"Hmm, I should manifest a wave of Kamar-Taj's magic cultivation system."
"I wonder if these more than one million points of energy are enough to manifest it."
"Hmm, who cares? Anyway... on Venus, energy can be replenished at any time!"
"Manifesting it little by little is the same, isn't it? And it can avoid having too much information instantly, which might scramble my brain."
And so... "Kamar-Taj Basic magic Cultivation Compendium," 200,000 points of energy.
"Kamar-Taj Intermediate magic Cultivation Compendium," 500,000 points of energy.
Sunbathing, recharging. "Kamar-Taj Advanced magic Cultivation Compendium," 1,000,000 points of energy.
Sunbathing, recharging. "Vishanti Lineage Top-tier magic Compendium (Part 1)," 1,200,000 points of energy.
Sunbathing, recharging. "Vishanti Lineage Top-tier magic Compendium (Part 2)," 1,200,000 points of energy.
Sunbathing, recharging. "Vishanti Lineage Top-tier magic Compendium (Part 3)," 1,200,000 points of energy... A total of six skill books, worth 5,300,000 points of energy! And this was just the magic knowledge Ancient One possessed! Ancient One lived for hundreds, nearly a thousand years, so it was impossible for her to only know magic, right? Michael deeply suspected that if he couldn't absorb almost infinite sunlight to recharge, when would he ever acquire enough power to protect himself? He feared that one day, when Sunset Purple Sweet Potato snapped his fingers, he would still be squandering his time. Looking at the six skill books in front of him, Michael suddenly had an existential crisis... Of course, whether it was Ancient One, Odin, or Thanos of Titan, they were all old monsters who had lived for countless years. It was perfectly normal not to be able to compare with them immediately.
Michael sighed for a while... then he composed himself and was full of fighting spirit again! That's right! I, Michael, am far behind you in terms of growth time! But I have a Golden Finger! I can use cheats! Without further thought, Michael first picked up the most basic "Kamar-Taj Basic magic Cultivation Compendium" and smashed it! ...And while Michael was immersed in secluded cultivation, unable to... extricate himself, on Earth, a series of deployments concerning Michael were slowly unfolding.
Of course, because the previous energy surge exceeded the monitoring limits of various organizations, while these organizations made constant small moves, they also maintained a basic level of rationality.
At least, until they figured out how much the 'energy surge event' was related to the... Group, everything would only be investigated secretly.
Especially S.H.I.E.L.D.... while other organizations were still researching how to respond, it had already dispatched countless elite Agents to begin a secret investigation into the... Group and its founder, Michael! To be continued: To read the version without underlines, please download Feilu Xiao.