"Holy crap!"
Looking at the S.H.I.E.L.D.... Dark Energy Base completely buried under rubble, Michael directly blurted out an expletive.
If Michael hadn't still been in Subspace, he would have probably teleported directly into the pile of rubble.
"What the hell?"
"Was the Tesseract stolen?"
With a thought, Michael teleported above the 'former Dark Energy Research Base', only to find that the entire Dark Energy Base had long become a ruin, and not only that, the Dark Energy Base and its surroundings were completely destroyed, even sinking tens of meters deep! "What happened?"
"Did HYDRA attack here?"
"Did the Base self-destruct, or did the Tesseract go out of control?"
"This scene, damn it, looks a bit like the aftermath of Loki's appearance in 'Avengers One'."
"Has Loki come to Earth?"
"No, it shouldn't be!"
Michael frowned, pondering, "Thunder God Thor was severely injured by me, Odin should have fallen into Odinsleep, and with the Bifrost Bridge destroyed, it's impossible for Loki to come to Earth so discreetly; White would definitely detect some traces and would report to me."
"Oh right! Why didn't White report the situation here?"
Thinking of this, Michael suddenly paused again.
Michael did not doubt White's loyalty.
And for White to be unable to detect the anomaly here, there must be something unique about this place.
"Indeed!"
Michael calmly sensed for a while..., and sure enough, he detected some unusual things! "This place is actually spatially isolated!"
Michael swallowed, extremely surprised that he hadn't noticed this spatial fluctuation. Whose doing was this? Ancient One or other Dimensional Demon Gods? It couldn't really be HYDRA, could it! Shaking his head, Michael immediately ruled out HYDRA.
If HYDRA had this capability, would it still be an underground organization reviled by everyone? "Wait...!"
Upon closer sensing, Michael indeed discovered more anomalies.
"This place is actually a magic similar to the Mirror Dimension, but completely opposite to Mirror magic!"
"Mirror magic projects reality into it, but reality is unaffected!"
"Whereas this Space magic—hmm, it should be Space magic—directly envelops the real World, leaving behind a projection in the real World that appears as usual."
Michael's mind stirred, and he teleported out of this space, looking from afar. Sure enough, Michael found that from the outside, everything seemed unchanged, even the guards were still diligently standing post.
With another teleport, Michael re-entered this space. Indeed, the true World inside had already been destroyed; unless Time Magic was used to rewind, it would be impossible for it to remain consistent with the outside projection! "In this World, there are indeed all sorts of magical abilities!"
"No wonder even White didn't discover this anomaly."
"After all, it's just surveillance, and monitoring, so White not discovering it is not unexpected."
"So, who exactly is responsible for this outcome?"
"To achieve this level, it's not something an ordinary person could do."
"Either it's a powerful Space Mage like Ancient One, or it's very likely a Dimensional Demon God from the Myriad Dimensions!"
After all, it involves the Tesseract, the Space Stone, and anyone or any force with sufficient strength could potentially act against this S.H.I.E.L.D. Dark Energy Base. Michael couldn't immediately figure out who the true mastermind behind it was... "Wait...!"
Suddenly, Michael sensed a faint fluctuation pass by.
It was extremely faint, yet it felt somewhat familiar. "So, the person behind this, I've met?"
"Could it really be a Dimensional Demon God?"
Michael had, after all, copied and materialized Ancient One's magic abilities, and he knew that Ancient One didn't possess this type of magic. Moreover, this spatial fluctuation was not consistent with the magic of the Vishanti lineage.
Otherwise, Archmage Mark wouldn't have failed to notice it immediately.
Excluding the Ancient One, what remained, naturally, were the big shots from the Myriad Dimensions.
But, since they were big shots from the Myriad Dimensions, their numbers were too vast, so how was Archmage Mark supposed to find them? However, the Space Stone was a treasure Archmage Mark was determined to obtain, so he couldn't possibly give up!
But how exactly was he to find someone who was hiding, and someone who was also proficient in spatial magic?
"Eh?"
Suddenly, that extremely faint, yet somewhat familiar, aura appeared again.
"This is!"
"Odin Force!"
"How can this be the Odin Force!"
Archmage Mark was shocked! Having been chased by Odin across the Myriad Dimensions, how could Archmage Mark possibly forget the unique manifestation of the Odin Force?
"No, that's not right!"
"This isn't pure Odin Force!"
"For me not to have detected it immediately, this must be Odin Force mixed with other powers!"
"This also seems somewhat like the power fluctuations from that God King of Vanaheim…"
"That's right! Queen Frigga is from Vanaheim, so it doesn't seem impossible for Odin to possess Vanaheim's power!"
"Odin Force, Vanaheim magic…"
"Tsk tsk tsk."
"Even I almost didn't notice it!"
"Odin, that old fellow, hides himself very well!"
Archmage Mark's face was cold, looking displeased.
"I even thought before that Odin wouldn't make a move on the Tesseract!"
"Hmph, but if that's the case, it certainly explains why the Tesseract was stolen."
"Without the deterrence of the Bifrost Bridge, he can still transport armies via the Space Stone, once again posing a threat to the entire Nine Realms!"
"Odin is indeed an old fox!"
Archmage Mark speculated, "Although the Bifrost Bridge will be difficult to rebuild for a while, as long as the Space Stone is in hand, there's no fear of the entire Nine Realms rebelling!"
"Furthermore, due to the gem's infinite energy, whoever holds the Space Stone can completely suppress the entire Nine Realms!"
"I just don't know if this thing is in the hands of Odin, who has most likely already fallen into Odinsleep, or if it has fallen into the hands of Queen Frigga."
Archmage Mark furrowed his brow, deep in thought… But just then, a ring of light was drawn in front of Archmage Mark.
As the teleportation circle took shape, a bald woman stepped out.
"Ancient One!"
Seeing the Ancient One appear, Archmage Mark's eyes narrowed sharply.
Archmage Mark saw clearly that the Ancient One's strength had actually increased again. Was she not afraid of being swallowed whole by Dormammu?
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