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"Father, the Nine Realms are saved! I've found a way to resolve the Chaos energy invasion!"
Thor immediately sought out the extremely weak Odin and recounted everything he had seen and heard in Solvia.
Although Odin still didn't believe Karl's nonsense, the transaction was complete, so he could only bite the bullet and treat a dead horse as if it were alive!
So, after making simple preparations, Odin gritted his teeth and mustered his strength to activate Dark Energy once more, sending Thor, batches of Asgardian craftsmen, and countless Black Stone to various parts of the Nine Realms.
Naturally, the first stop was Nidavellir, a place renowned for its dwarf craftsmen.
Because to construct the black stone obelisks throughout the Nine Realms as quickly as possible, the help of these dwarf craftsmen was essential!
However…
What Odin, Thor, and the others didn't know was that the Black Stone Karl gave them was not the Black Stone technology developed by the Necrons in warhammer 40k.
It was simply Karl using the power of the Reality Stone to transform ordinary minerals into the appearance of Black Stone, then injecting a certain amount of Warp energy into them.
And the true function of these Black Stones also differed from the Black Stone technology in warhammer 40k.
After Asgard used these 'enhanced' Black Stones to build a large number of black stone obelisks at key nodes throughout the Nine Realms…
While on the surface, these Black Stone creations indeed seemed to inhibit the corruption of Warp energy and prevent the Eye of Fear from expanding.
In reality, these black stone obelisks were a 'physical Universe anchor' and 'integrated signal amplifier' that Karl specially added for the Eye of Fear!!
Simply put, these black stone obelisks allowed the Eye of Fear to exist more stably within the physical Universe, and when Karl deemed it appropriate, he could instantly transform the Planets where the black stone obelisks were built into Demon Worlds, then completely annex them into the Warp!
However, with Karl's foresight, he naturally wouldn't be satisfied with just the Nine Realms.
He was planning to cast a long line to catch a big fish…
Through Asgard, he intended to spread the function and effect of the black stone obelisks to all Planets in the entire Milky Way Galaxy.
This would lead more and more alien races to build black stone obelisks on their own extraterrestrial Planets…
Then, once the scale of the black stone obelisks was large enough, that would be the day Karl officially reeled in his net!!
By then, the Warp's scale would instantly expand tens of thousands of times, or even directly engulf the entire Milky Way Galaxy…
Hiss~~
Just thinking about it is terrifying!
And during this process, Karl could also earn immeasurable profits and resources from various forces in the Universe by exclusively selling Black Stone!!
What?
You're saying such an approach is evil and highly immoral?
Karl: Come on, I'm not a savior; I'm the head of the Chaos Gods in the Warp!!!
…
"System, devour the Space Stone!!"
Using the portal opened by the Space Stone to return directly to his bedroom, Karl immediately prepared to 'devour' the long-desired Tesseract.
Boom…!!!
Time seemed to stop at that instant.
The protective blue energy crystal wall that originally surrounded the Space Stone exploded with a roar.
Finally revealing the true form of the Space Stone… a gem with an uneven surface, emitting a mysterious azure glow.
The gem contained an infinite and vast amount of energy, and upon sensing the dangerous aura emanating from Karl, the Space Stone began to continuously release energy outwards, attempting to transfer Karl and the Warp energy locked within the entire room to some unknown location at the other end of the Universe.
The brilliant blue light, like an invisible giant hand, tried to throw Karl into the depths of the Universe.
But in the next instant, the dazzling light in the bedroom suddenly ceased, and the terrifying energy released by the Space Stone was devoured by the Warp without suspense.
Then, like a dazzling blue supernova, it floated side by side with the mind stone and Reality Stone in the Dimension Space.
And at this moment, the text on the light screen in front of Karl had undergone a new change.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully devouring the cosmic-level special energy substance, the Space Stone!!!]
[Friendly reminder: As the Host currently does not possess the complete authority to allocate energy, this energy substance will remain in its original state and be directly deposited in the Hyperspace Dimension for storage.]
Although the system's prompt had changed, it was still the same old story, so Karl didn't care at all.
But what truly surprised him was that the reminder to "abandon the physical body and return to the Warp," which had previously annoyed him like a nagging old woman, didn't appear this time?
What's going on?
Is it because I've raised my Dimension Strength high enough?
Or is it… that the system has finally discovered that I can reclaim all the authority of a Dimension Master without abandoning my physical body?
However, no matter what the final answer was, this was a fortunate good thing for Karl.
Because this was equivalent to the system indirectly verifying the ultimate feasibility of Karl's wild idea!!
In other words, as long as he continued to increase his Dimension Strength and physical constitution, one day… he would be able to achieve the goal of 'physical body becoming holy'.
Nice!!!
Next, Karl turned his attention to another treasure—the technical data for building the Bifrost Bridge.
Although Karl didn't really understand technology and magic, especially the unique form of Asgard's integration of magic into technology.
He could still roughly discern the necessary conditions for building the Bifrost Bridge and its basic operating principles from the data.
First, to build a complete Bifrost Bridge, the two essential basic conditions were the power of the Space Stone and sufficient Dark Energy.
But what differed somewhat from Karl's previous conjecture was that the true core for maintaining the Bifrost Bridge's daily operation and long-distance teleportation was not the power of the Space Stone… but Dark Energy?!
The power of the Space Stone was simply used to constrain the uncontrollable Dark Energy and protect those being teleported!
To put it simply, it used the spatial power of the Space Stone to forcibly confine Dark Energy, which contained powerful energy but was difficult to restrain, within a special device, thereby enabling it to function stably and efficiently in a positive way.
And to ensure that during the entire teleportation process, the bodies of those being teleported would not be directly torn apart by the raging Dark Energy.
This was why Karl merely used the power of the Reality Stone to "interfere" with the Space Stone's spatial teleportation ability, and the Bifrost Bridge immediately became paralyzed, no longer able to perform safe long-distance spatial teleportation—that was the fundamental reason!!
And in Thor 1, the Bifrost Bridge was clearly shattered by Thor, but it was soon repaired by the Tesseract that Thor brought back from Earth—that was the fundamental reason.
Because as long as the Dark Energy reactor was not damaged, then by simply using the power of the Space Stone to constrain the Dark Energy again, the Bifrost Bridge could be used normally.
That's right, it's that simple!
As for the very cool magic circle imprint that the Bifrost Bridge left on the ground every time it teleported, that was actually just to add some sense of ritual and mystery.
Yes, you didn't read that wrong; that magic circle had no actual practical effect during the entire teleportation process… it was purely for showing off!!
To put it bluntly, it was equivalent to a super large logo symbolizing Asgard—and one that could be changed at any time.
Karl was already planning to use his Chaos Eight-Pointed Star pattern as the exclusive logo when building the Hyperspace Group's Bifrost Bridge.
Now that the Space Stone was successfully in hand, the next step was to have Samuel Sterns spend some time extracting sufficient Dark Energy, and then the construction of the Bifrost Bridge could officially begin.
But for Karl, who also possessed the Reality Stone, this was incredibly easy.
He just wondered if he could directly use the power of the Reality Stone to shorten this process?
As for the location of the new Bifrost Bridge, Karl had already decided.
It would be placed in Celestial Realm 1, serving as a dedicated divine artifact for the Thunder Warrior Battalion and the Titan Security Team for rapid response and long-range strategic deployment and delivery in the future.
Imagine the intense visual impact it would have on enemies when a seven-colored light descends from the sky, followed by a group of divine warriors in power armor wielding boltguns, or a group of incredibly destructive Titans, emerging from the light?
Wouldn't they immediately fall to their knees?
The smile on Karl's face grew wider. "Excellent. Now, let the renown of the Chaos Gods gradually resound throughout the entire Universe, shall we?"
…
Vanaheim.
This was once the flourishing and beautiful home of the Dark Elves.
But thousands of years ago, during the great war with Asgard over the Aether Particle, as Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, was defeated by Bor, the then God-King, this Planet was completely reduced to ruins.
A few days ago, after Malekith completely transformed this Planet into a Demon World through a sacrificial ritual, he dispatched the Chaos Cursed Warriors Algrim, leading his Dark Elves battalion, to use their cloaked Blade Battleships to plunder a large number of refugees from various surrounding kingdoms and uniformly settle them on this desolate and terrifying Planet.
However, these refugees were not for sacrificial rituals; instead, they were treated as cheap laborers, sent in batches to several newly constructed massive mining factories located in different areas, working 24 hours a day, non-stop, for excavation.
At this moment, on a hillside a few kilometers away from a certain mining factory.
Thor looked at the strange ground covered in dark red vein-like fleshy tissue beneath his feet, and the huge chimneys in the distance at the factory, which spewed thick black smoke into the crimson sky, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
In the past few days, Thor, relying on the large quantities of Black Stone traded from the Hyperspace Group and with the full assistance of the Dwarf King Eitri, had successfully constructed numerous black stone obelisks in all kingdoms and most strategically important Planets, except for Alfheim, Jotunheim, and Vanaheim, which had been completely transformed into Demon Worlds!!
This move successfully curbed the corruption and spread of Warp energy on these Planets, alleviating the great crisis that nearly destroyed the entire Nine Realms, and ultimately contained the Eye of Fear within a certain range.
However, Thor was well aware that the true danger had not been averted.
To quickly ascertain Malekith and the Dark Elves' true intentions, Thor did not choose to stay in Vanaheim to help Sif and others clear out the opportunistic space pirates.
Instead, he directly took a few trusted aides and secretly infiltrated Vanaheim through a small spatial rift between Asgard and Vanaheim to scout the enemy's movements.
(Note: In the movie Thor 2, Thor and Loki went directly to Vanaheim through this rift to 'trade' with Malekith.)
"Your Highness, something's wrong!!"
Two Asgardian warriors in black cloaks ran from a distance, one of them breathlessly handing Thor a piece of ore tightly clutched in his hand.
"The Dark Elves seem to be using the refugees they plundered to mine underground minerals. Our initial assessment is that they intend to use these ores as a base to process and produce weapons and spacecraft…"
"That's right, I just checked, and these factories are clearly all newly built. It looks like they'll be making big moves soon!!"
"Hmm?"
Thor glanced at the coal-black ore in his hand… Its surface was smooth, its texture hard, and it subtly emitted a metallic luster. Although not as rare as Uru, which possessed magical properties, it was definitely not comparable to ordinary metals.
It was likely the raw material the Dark Elves used to forge those incredibly hard and cloaked Blade Battleships!!
"Damn it, what exactly is going on?"