In fact, if Michael really wanted to get the Soul Stone, he wasn't without options.
Leaving aside the fact that mutated gem inherently suppresses the Soul Stone, just grabbing Gamora and Nebula simultaneously and throwing them onto Planet Vormir, with their personalities as "plastic sisters" who, despite having feelings for each other, still wanted to kill each other because they hadn't experienced too much yet, the Soul Stone could be easily obtained.
The reason Michael manifested such a trade contract was, firstly, to disgust Asgard: "You want to kill me, so I'll save Hela, the Goddess of Death, who wants to kill you."
Secondly, Michael also wanted to see if Hela, who was known as the Goddess of Death, could retrieve the Soul Stone without sacrificing any close relatives.
Of course, if Hela ultimately failed to retrieve the Soul Stone and was erased by the Universe's will, it wouldn't matter, it was just a test anyway.
If it succeeded, he wouldn't have to bother getting the Soul Stone himself; if it didn't, doing it himself wouldn't be too late...
"Can you tell me now?"
Hela found that before she knew about the Soul Stone, she could remain calm, but now, she genuinely and urgently wanted to know this information.
This was no longer just about the contract's penalty; she truly wanted to know!
"Of course, Queen Hela!"
Michael smiled lightly. "I wonder if Queen Hela has heard of the Planet Vormir?"
"The rumored final resting place of souls in the Universe?"
Hela thought for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Is the Soul Stone there?"
Hela was called the Goddess of Death, partly because of her excessive slaughter; too many living beings died by her hand, like a God of Death.
But at the same time, Hela also indeed practiced magic of the soul and undead type.
How could Hela not know about this rumor in the Universe!
"Exactly!"
Michael nodded.
"Although that Planet is remote, it's not so remote that there wouldn't be a single person for thousands of years. If there really was a Soul Stone there, how could there be no news, not even a rumor, about it?"
Hela was puzzled.
However, if the Soul Stone was in that place, it seemed to make sense.
"I really don't know!"
Michael shrugged. Was he supposed to tell her he saw it in a movie?
"However, it's rumored that the Soul Stone has its own thoughts, or rather, will. Perhaps it doesn't want to expose itself, so it influenced everyone who saw it."
"That's possible!"
Hela nodded, feeling a bit more confident. Knowing the location was good; not knowing anything at all would be truly frustrating. "When will you get me out?"
Although Michael sending her out of the seal on the last day of the contract wouldn't violate it, Hela knew Michael wouldn't do that. But if she could get out a day earlier, she naturally wanted to get out sooner!
Sealed by Odin in this Hel, her strength not only couldn't improve but even declined at one point, and now she was severely injured by the biased Odin. Hela had long since wanted to leave this cursed place.
Even if her subordinates were here!
"Wait a few days. I still have some things to deal with here."
Michael reassured her. "Also, heal your wounds and don't try to increase your strength.
When I take you out of this seal, the lower your strength, the better, understand?"
"Completely understood!"
Hela naturally knew what the repulsive force was.
"Alright, then. Recover well from your injuries. When the time is right, I'll come and get you!"
Michael nodded to Hela and teleported away.
Although he had a star map, Michael hadn't been to places outside the Nine Realms of the main plane yet. Michael naturally had to wait until things were settled before coming to pick up Hela...
"What the heck?!"
"What's going on?"
Teleporting back to the Venus Space Station, Michael found that the Space Station was completely gone!
In the place where the Space Station should have been, only a few scattered fragments of the Space Station remained. "Buzz..."
"Sir, you're finally back!"
At this moment, a space drone flew over and, using a brainwave method, happily called out to Michael, who was standing alone in the Universe.
"White, what's going on?"
Michael responded with his mental power, asking.
This was a by-product that Michael and Dr. Blue created while 'building' the Dream No. Universe Flying City and during their research. Dr. Blue called it Telepathy Technology!
Of course, Telepathy Technology was the complete upgraded version!
The device on the space drone was called a Telepathy Communicator, which perfectly solved the problem of not being able to speak in space.
In fact, the Dream No. Universe Flying City was now filled with traces of Telepathy Technology.
In the Universe Flying City, one only needed to wear a special Telepathy Controller unique to each individual, and then, in this vast, city-like Universe Flying City, they could do anything without saying a word or making a gesture!
Ah, Telepathy Technology, this thing is just... that domineering!
Oh, right, my Universe Flying City! Michael suddenly turned around, and only after 'seeing' the Dream No. Universe Flying City, which was still cloaked, did he breathe a sigh of relief.
The Venus Space Station, if it was gone, it was gone. It was originally just a transitional, primary Base anyway.
Now, with the massive Dream No. Universe Flying City, who would still care about that… tiny Venus Space Station! Anyway… everything that was originally on the Venus Space Station had already been moved to the Dream No. Universe Flying City, so if the Venus Space Station was destroyed, then it was destroyed.
"Sir, this is a video of an event that occurred after your disappearance, and it is also the culprit behind the destruction of the Venus Space Station."
The space drone transmitted the message to Michael while directly projecting the scene from that time.
Michael looked at it and exclaimed, "Oh, isn't that gungnir!"
It turned out that Michael had returned to the Venus Space Station earlier. After sensing danger, Michael teleported away, and the spot where Michael had been was suddenly struck by gungnir, instantly shattering the Venus Space Station!
"White, divert a portion of the energy to the absorption chamber. I need to recharge!"
Michael did not intend to return to Earth, at least not for the time being. He directly teleported into the absorption chamber.
"Also, download all the safe navigation star maps of the Milky Way Galaxy, as well as data on almost all safe natural wormholes, into your database!"
Michael casually materialized the already absorbed [Heimdall's Complete Safe Star Map of the Milky Way Galaxy] into a quantum storage device and tossed it onto a robotic arm nearby.
"Understood, Sir."
White naturally knew how to handle it.