infinite hero

Sid had never seen such a thing in his life, and Sid was dumbfounded.He jumped out of his chair almost immediately - who knows if those birds will appear out of nowhere again?

Perhaps in order to confirm his conjecture, another flock of birds came out from under the desk in the next second!

Sid took two steps back.Because of too much force, he knocked over the chair—because he felt something sharp brushed past his ankles—he didn’t care about the sound of the chair rolling out, and just looked down—

The trousers were pulled out with a few obvious traces of rags, and the blood slowly seeped out of the light-colored socks.At the same time, the burning sensation of the wound was transmitted to his brain.

……what the hell?He was just sitting in the office, and somehow got scratched by the birds?And, he swore those birds weren't terrestrial -- which native bird's wing could be used as a sharp knife?

Sid looked around, immediately opened his perception of the wind, and found that there were several different winds passing through his office.

But this is impossible!The air on the earth circulates with each other, so why do winds with different compositions appear here?

Sid felt that this was completely out of control.He didn't dare to move around, he only quickly built a model with the news brought by the air, and then filled his surroundings with concrete edges of space——

A layer of blue light rises from the bottom, like moving bricks, and soon a dozen sloping walls are built.These walls are not regular rectangles, but mostly narrow and funnel-shaped, still stretching and moving, as if alive.

wtf!

Sid mentally cursed, realizing that his office had suddenly become a labyrinth of moving spaces.But at the same time, he realized that it was not that simple——

The gravity of different spaces is different, and he can confirm that at least three of the dozen or so funnel spaces are not the earth.Then the things in his office wouldn't be able to stay in place properly; the acceleration of gravity would change, and some of them would float, while others would be torn to shreds by the added force!

But none of that happened.In fact, without the three-dimensional boundaries he drew based on the air flow, the entire office would look the same as usual...

"Are you playing tricks again?" Sides thought about it, thinking that only the time bomb he was carrying - the soul gem - could bring such a terrifying effect.

"It has nothing to do with me!" Soul Gem firmly denied.

But Sid heard a hint of mirth in it. "Don't deny it," he continued to look around, "Even if you didn't do it, you must know what happened!"

Soul Gem sounds choked up.After a long while, it said resentfully: "I always forget that you are different from other people."

Other people's souls have nothing to hide from it; and if Sid wants to, it can't hide everything from Sid!It shouldn't have made this kind of mistake, but Sid is so good at disguising himself as an Earthling that it always forgets!

"Stop wasting time!" Sid didn't want to talk to it at all.He started the conversation, and then he captured the relevant information logically——

Asgard is the head of the nine kingdoms, which includes the earth and regions such as Jotunheim.Odin, the king of the gods, is known as the protector of the nine kingdoms, and Asgard, where he lives, is therefore called the realm of the gods.

In Norse mythology, these nine kingdoms are connected to the world tree Uktra Hill.But in fact, this tree does not exist. Instead, the nine kingdoms will converge on the same straight line from time to time, causing space-time chaos and gravity anomalies, and various strange events will occur.

In addition, among the nine kingdoms, there is a place called Walter Alheim.It is the world of dark elves, there is no difference between day and night, and there is only one black sun hanging in the sky all year round.It is also because of this that the climate in that place is harsh, the sky is dark and windy, and there is no grass growing.

Dark elves are one of the first creatures to appear at the beginning of the universe.It is also because of this that they have the opportunity to collect some energy in the early days of the universe, extract the essence, and refine it into a powerful weapon-ether.

Ether is an amorphous dark red liquid that can extend and float at will; it has energy itself, but at the same time it draws power from other life forms to make itself stronger and stronger——

Let's make an assumption.If the ether possesses a person, it absorbs that person's life force for its own use.But before absorbing light, it can make that person invincible-invulnerable to weapons and guns, invulnerable to water and fire, and has infinite power!

Obviously, this is a double-edged sword.A person possessed by the ether is almost invincible, and the time of invincibility is limited.It could be days, it could be years.As for how long or short it is, it depends on how much energy that person has.

There is no doubt that the stronger one's own power is, the stronger the effect of ether can be exerted; and the more time it has, the more thoroughly it can change the world!

The dark elves need this weapon because they hope to use the aether to restore the world to its original state, that is, the era of chaos with only darkness.If the aether is used where the nine kingdoms converge, they will succeed.

Naturally, Asgard would not sit idly by in this kind of matter.Thousands of years ago, the king of the gods was Odin's father Boer.He led the Asgardian army to stop the dark elves, and stored the indestructible ether in the deepest underground, hoping that no one would find it.

"...so, aether?" Sid mused. "This thing can't be just a weapon, can it?" If it's just an ordinary weapon, why is the soul gem thinking about it?Unless... that's another Infinity Stone?

As soon as he thought of this, there was a sudden gust of wind in the back of his head, and Sid lowered his head reflexively.When he looked up again, he found a particularly huge booby rushing towards another funnel space without stopping the car, and a drop of cold sweat hung on the back of his head.

"Power." The Soul Gem realized that it couldn't keep going, so it could only admit it.

"Power?" Sid repeated. "You mean, the aether is a power gem, and it," he pointed to the alien spaces he marked red, "is in one of them, isn't it?"

Soul Gem keenly captured the accusation in these words. "The nine kingdoms converged into a straight line, I didn't do it!"

But Sid was sharper than that. "You mean, the location is here, and you did it?"

"Of course not!" The Soul Stone admitted reluctantly, "If I could control all this, I would have..." It got stuck halfway again, "Have you forgotten? There is a connection between the Infinity Stones, which can sense each other's existence!"

"Isn't that you?" Sid sneered.What this means is that if he didn't have a soul gem on him, then he wouldn't have encountered such a bad situation!

"Much better than I imagined!" Soul Gem retorted immediately. "In my imagination, your place should have fallen apart long ago!"

And it's because of Sid that they all stay where they are, unchanged!Although this proves that it was right to target Sid early on, if Sid's own ability is too strong, can it still achieve its goal?

These secret thoughts are hidden by the Soul Gem in its deepest place, unbeknownst to Sid. "So according to your assumption, you just want to tear down my building?"

"I'm not interested in the building at all." Soul Gem said disdainfully.

Sid really wanted to say, whether it was the soul gem or the power gem, he was not interested at all.Then, he reorganized the thinking of this matter-the alien space that descended because of the soul gem, and one of them has ether in it; since the absorption power of ether does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, it should be a good pretentious weapon... What next?

"What do you want to do with the ether?" Sid began to guess the true intention of the soul gem. "Or, what do you want me to do with the ether?"

If it was possible, the Soul Gem must be rolling its eyes at this time. "Left," it said, coaxing, "Go and get the other one back."

Sid didn't move.Of course he won't move.In fact, he didn't even roll his eyes. "One is already trouble," he said coldly, "why do you think I want the second?"

The soul gem was choked again.

It wanted power; this intention was too obvious, and it couldn't hide it long ago, so it simply didn't hide it.The reason why it was able to come to the earth was through a gathering of the nine major kingdoms thousands of years ago——

At that time, it had just developed self-awareness, and urgently needed more power to fill itself; so when it realized that a powerful soul (it had an innate advantage in discovering soul power) had fallen into the earth, it followed without hesitation.

However, once on Earth, the multitude of souls drowned out that weak soul signal.It can only move by being attached to each person, and this kind of search is obviously very inefficient.

There has been no news for thousands of years, and it is almost desperate; but in the last 30 to [-] years, it has noticed that the signal has gradually become stronger, and it has become active again, controlling the approaching tourists in the underground world, and letting them bring more people.Human relationships are all mutual, and it knows that there is always a way to reach the goal.

From this perspective, Sid's entry into the cave is actually a doomed "accident".

At the same time, it believes that no one can resist the temptation of power.Whether it is itself or the ether, it is a huge force in the full sense.

For example, in the battle between God's Domain and Walter Alheim, the ether played a huge role in it.It can be said that without ether, there would be no war.

Another example is the Aztec pyramids when Sid discovered it-those pyramids were built by people to win its favor, and the thing that makes it most happy is to see living people being sacrificed in front of it!

It made her feel fulfilled, her self-confidence swelled, and her appetite grew—not enough, not enough, not enough!It also needs to take control or get more power, so that it can step on the entire universe under its feet!

However, it now encounters repeated setbacks!It tries its best to show what it can do, and it also tries its best to describe the ether and what it can do, so there is no need to talk about the things behind it?

If you can hold two infinity gems, it is almost equivalent to becoming the ruler of one-third of the entire universe!Not to mention ruling the earth, the whole of Asgard will have to kneel down!

Of course, not everyone can afford two infinite gems, because their own bodies and wills cannot match the huge energy of infinite gems.

In fact, it is not easy to control the use of one.With the normal physique of people on earth, a gem possession is enough to make them die within a month due to overdraft.This is still a gem with relatively mild effects such as soul, heart, and power; if it is the most violent reality gem... the first second of direct contact, the people on earth will be wiped out!

Other races in the universe have different times when they can safely hold soul gems.As far as the soul gem is known, except for certain races, other people can basically only pick up one piece at most.But at the same time, it firmly believes that there may not be a second soul as unique as Sid in the universe. It feels that Sid is very likely to be able to pick up two infinite gems, or even more——

Let it see what treasure it finds!

That's what the Soul Gem thinks.It still hasn't figured out what Sid is—forgive it for describing it as a thing, because it has never seen it before—however, Sid actually asked it, "What do you want ether for?" "Why do you need a second one"!

Do you know that this kind of opportunity to become a god is not available to everyone!

If possible, the Soul Gem would really like to shake Sid by the neck and growl this sentence.But in fact it has no specific form, and even if it did, it would not tell Sid——

It turned out that it was counting on devouring this powerful soul for its own use; now, it actually hopes to use Sid's hand to make itself the de facto person who rules the world!

But the soul gem is still the soul gem.It has been on the earth for thousands of years and is very familiar with every possible earthling mind.

Its goal would not change, but in order to achieve its goal, it felt that it might have to adjust its persuasion methods according to Sid's displayed personality.Sid wasn't thinking in the most ideal way it had hoped for, and that had become a reality.Then it should face the reality and meet the challenge: after all, if things are too simple, they are too boring!

"Okay, let's look at this matter from another angle." Soul Gem sorted out its strategy and spoke again. "You saw those world portals, didn't you?"

Sid was silent.While the Soul Gem was thinking by itself, he was thinking too.But unlike any infinite gems, he is more concerned about how to restore the chaotic space to normal.

"Then you must have discovered that some of them are different worlds, and some of them are still the earth." The soul gem continued to be persuasive. "I think you definitely don't want to see someone wearing it in your office later, right?"

"What do you want to say?" Sid finally spoke, because he felt that he heard the evil intentions of the soul gem.Mention someone else to him?Soul Gem would care about talent strangely!

"No matter what you think, I don't think my proposal is malicious. On the contrary, maybe you will like it very much!"

Sid was a little impatient, but he still said: "Speak quickly!" If he hadn't been unable to deal with the intersection of these moving worlds, he wouldn't have paid attention to the urging voice!

"I guess you must really want to solve these things that can travel to other worlds in one step." The soul gem said lightly, "but this is inevitable. The nine kingdoms are about to merge into a straight line, which is a sign that this moment is coming soon. "

Sid considered the possibility of turning each realm in another direction, and decided it was beyond imagination.Even if a country has a planet, who can move the planet?It is simply not something that can be described by God, it is completely the Creator of the world! "That is to say, you can't stop it either."

"This is indeed a fact." Soul Gem reluctantly admitted.

Sid doesn't care how unwilling the other party is now. "Is it just time to pass?" He stared at the ceiling - because those funnel spaces are now floating upwards - thinking that this thing is really bad.

Below his office is the R&D department and office department of Stark Industries, and above it is the Avengers Building, which has not yet been officially put into use.In case someone inadvertently passes through the gap in time and space, can he still come back?

Seeing Sid's attention shifted, Soul Gem was very dissatisfied: "But I haven't finished talking yet!"

"What?" Sid had already begun to move carefully.There was no one upstairs, so he wanted to go downstairs to see the situation.

Even a person on Earth can hear the perfunctory in these words.The Soul Gem felt that it was very suffocated, but it still had to continue saying: "The convergence of the planets of the Nine Kingdoms cannot be stopped, but there is another danger that can be stopped."

"Huh?" Sid's hand was almost touching the door, just one step away.

"You only consider the possibility of someone passing through the crack in space," Soul Gem said quickly, "you haven't imagined the worst--if they go to another part of the earth, that's fine; but if they go into the deepest underground , then they will see the ether. Shall I remind you that as long as it is within a certain distance, the sleeping ether will be automatically awakened by the approaching creatures?"

Sid's foot stopped. "When you say 'awakened'…" he said dubiously, thinking the word didn't sound very good.

"'Awakening,'" the Soul Gem repeated, somewhat smugly, as Sid paused, "that is, possession."

Sid stopped completely.If he's not mistaken, normal humans can't hold Infinity Stones for too long, can they?Will die soon, right?

"One more thing," the Soul Gem added, seizing the opportunity, vowing to change Sid's mind. "Although it has been pressed underground for thousands of years, the ether is still connected to the dark elves. If it is awakened, the dark elves will also be awakened." Awakened. You must know what that means."

Is there any need to guess?It must be revenge, revenge against Asgard!

If the revenge is successful, the next step of the dark elves is to plunge the entire universe into darkness again!

"...I thought they were all dead in the war." Sid began to feel that one head was two big.Awakening the ether is nothing more than an accident; if the dark elves are awakened, wouldn't that be the sounding of a new cosmic war?

"The people of God's Domain also think so, but in fact they don't. Who else knows better than me whether the dark elves are dead or not?"

Sid would have rolled his eyes to despise the Soul Gem if possible.But no; although he was full of critical words such as "you feel too good about yourself", he knew that the Soul Gem was indeed qualified to say such words.If you can't even tell whether a dead spirit is alive or not, then what is on him is not the soul in the six infinite gems!

If Loki had not confirmed this fact, Sid really wanted to deny the existence of the soul gem.

Trouble, what a hassle!

Although he complained so much, he couldn't deny that the soul gem was telling the truth.Probably the other party found that power could not seduce him, so he changed to another method - using other people's safety to coerce him in disguise!And really, how could he have watched the worst happen and not done it?

"Tell me, which direction is the ether in?"

**

When Sid opened his eyes again, he found him lying face up on his own bed—a familiar ceiling, familiar smells, and familiar people—

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing him open his eyes, Tony leaned over, with worry on his face: "Your assistant found you fainted on the office carpet...have you been too tired lately?"

Sid shook his head.When he was doing this, images before he fainted rushed into his mind one after another——

In a dark place, from the top of the head to the ground, there are huge pillars falling staggered; there is no wind, and there is no sound; the only light source comes from the ground, between a square pillar and a complex and familiar circular pattern.

It was a surging dark red liquid. As he approached slowly, he could hear whispers growing louder, as if discussing how much he was worth; and then the voices quickly reached a consensus, and he saw They rushed over and entered his body in an instant, burning red light surged under his skin and bones...

"The office..." Sid asked, brushing casually at his hands outside the blanket (they looked perfectly normal now), "Is there any problem?"

"What's the problem?" Tony asked back, trying to divert his direction, and worried even more: "Did you see Dr. Connors again?"

Sid shook his head again.He tried to roll over and get out of bed, but Tony held him down. "You should continue to rest." He disapproved.

But Sid doesn't think he needs to rest now, or that this isn't the time to rest at all.He remembered what the Soul Stone had told him, that if someone awakened the Aether, the Dark Elves would also be awakened from their slumber.And he didn't want to see a large group of dark elves come to the earth to hunt him down for the ether—that meant that the earth would become a cruel battlefield. "What time is it?"

Tony talked about the time, and then asked: "What are you doing up? The company has nothing important to do recently." He was still out of the situation, and he didn't understand what Sid was anxious about.

Sid shook his head a third time.Time was running out, and Tony was by his side, and he couldn't cheat. "Are you free recently?"

"There is still time to take care of you." Tony replied quickly, nodding to himself.

"Where's Mark's armor? Put on the strongest one, which is best adapted to outer space." Regardless of the resistance, Sid got out of bed and began to put on his coat.

Tony stood up too, realizing that there was a new emergency. "Jarvis! Did you hear that?" He called out to the electronic butler, holding on to Sid's coat sleeves to prevent Sid from putting them on.

Jarvis understood. "Two sets of Mark 39s, coming soon, gentlemen!"