Question.
How long does it take for a beam of light to travel from Nepal to New York City?
The speed of light in a vacuum is constant, approximately 300,000 kilometers per second.
Although currently in the atmosphere, the attenuation of light speed is almost negligible.
Nepal is about 12,000 kilometers away from New York City.
So... light would take about 0.04 seconds to travel from Nepal to New York City.
Hawk was the same.
Just as Gwen hugged Hawk tightly, thinking of making Hawk busier, before she even had a chance to speak, she saw familiar big trees and familiar flowers and plants.
She was stunned.
Hawk looked at Gwen, whose mouth was wide open, and raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"You..."
Gwen subconsciously looked up: "We... we're back already?"
Hawk smiled faintly.
"After so many days in seclusion, there should be some results, otherwise, wouldn't it have been a waste of time?"
"...That's true."
Gwen heard this, thought for a moment, nodded, then placed her hands on Hawk and began to circle around him, examining him.
Hawk chuckled.
"What are you doing?"
"Seeing what's different about you."
Gwen stopped circling, looked up at Hawk standing in front of her: "It seems like nothing has changed."
Hawk twitched his lips: "My Little Universe has become stronger."
He had nothing to hide from Gwen.
As he spoke, he pulled Gwen towards the living room.
He now felt that with a single thought, he could completely and infinitely burn his Little Universe.
Unlike before, after his Little Universe burned, his power would increase incrementally.
Simply put.
Previously, Hawk needed about three seconds to accelerate from zero to one hundred.
But now, Hawk can achieve instant braking from zero to one hundred.
This is the most fundamental difference between comprehending the Seventh Sense Gold Little Universe and Silver Little Universe.
If one hundred Bronze Saints are not enough to fight in front of a Silver Saint, then one thousand Silver Saints are not enough to fight in front of a Gold Saint.
Behind the bar in the living room.
Gwen rested her chin on her hands, listening to Hawk's narration, blinked, and summarized.
"So, you've become stronger again?"
"It's not about becoming stronger or not..."
Hawk met Gwen's expressive emerald eyes, subconsciously corrected himself, then chuckled and shook his head: "Alright, I did get stronger."
Gwen smiled brightly, then stood on tiptoe, leaned over the bar, and kissed Hawk's forehead: "I'll go check the fridge, then we'll go shopping at the mall."
Hawk hummed, watching Gwen walk towards the kitchen.
His mind sank into his Little Universe.
At this moment, the Little Universe, as far as the eye could see, was exuding a golden divine charm.
The Phoenix Fire, covering the entire Universe, looked as if it had completely come to life.
The phoenix eyes, adorned with the Mind Stone emitting a yellowish glow in the left eye, and the Reality Stone emitting a blood-red glow in the right eye, illuminated the entire Universe.
And above the Netherworld Pure Land, what was seen was the blood-red sky illuminated by the Reality Stone.
At this very moment.
At the entrance of "A Flower Shop" by the Styx River, Anna, dressed in a female Blood Elf costume, was curiously looking at a corner of the Phoenix Fire reflected in the blood-red sky above her head.
Hawk appeared silently, glancing in the direction Anna was looking.
"Want to see outside the Netherworld?"
"..."
Anna's body tensed subconsciously, but quickly relaxed, turned to look at the appearing Hawk, and greeted him.
"Hawk."
"Want to see?"
Hawk smiled.
Anna was not being coy.
"Can I?"
"Of course."
Hawk said so, and with a thought, he took Anna beside him, left the Netherworld, and appeared above the Netherworld.
The boundless Universe.
Golden divine charm.
The Phoenix Fire, whose figure blocked out the sky and sun.
Left eye yellowish.
Right eye blood-red.
And —
Below, the Netherworld, which looked like a parallel continent unfolding in the Universe.
Anna looked at the Netherworld beneath her feet.
"I thought the Netherworld was also spherical."
"It will be in the future."
Hawk smiled faintly.
He created the Netherworld using fragments of Blackheart's Law of Life and Death plus the Reality Stone.
He did not master the complete Law of Life and Death.
Because if he had mastered the Law of Life and Death, he would have already started placing the souls currently existing in the Netherworld on various Planets in his Universe.
The more living beings in his Universe, the lighter the instinctive repulsion from the Marvel Universe would be when the Universe materializes.
After all... one is freeloading.
One is bringing capital to invest.
Even the Marvel Universe itself knows how to choose.
After a while.
After Anna said it was okay, Hawk returned to the Netherworld Pure Land again.
After Anna stepped on the soil of the Pure Land again, she said to Hawk.
"Thank you."
"We are friends, this relationship will not change."
Hawk said so, then changed the subject: "How have these days in the Netherworld been?"
Anna's expression was relaxed, and her tone was sincere.
"I am very comfortable, these carefree days are something I never dared to imagine before."
"As long as you're happy."
Hawk smiled: "If you want to exempt Alexander Pierce, I have no objection, Anna."
He had thought Anna would give Alexander Pierce a Netherworld Flower.
But... Anna did not pardon Alexander Pierce.
Hawk didn't believe that Anna, being so smart, wouldn't understand the unspoken meaning when he gave her the flower shop.
His anger towards Alexander Pierce had long since disappeared with Anna's arrival.
He was doing it for Anna's sake.
Because Anna was his friend, he gave her the right to exemption.
Anna shook her head at Hawk's words.
"I want to wait a little longer."
"Alright."
Hawk heard this, smiled and responded: "The Netherworld Flower is in your hands, you make your own decisions. I'll go to the Netherworld Prison first. Strucker has been here for so long, and I haven't properly entertained him yet."
Anna was slightly startled and looked at Hawk.
Hawk understood the meaning in Anna's eyes.
"Want to go see?"
"Thank you."
Anna nodded without hesitation.
Netherworld Third Prison.
Stone Mill Netherworld Prison.
Above the endless wasteland where three gigantic, ever-rolling stone pillars crushed everything.
Strucker, Namo, the remnants of Wakanda, and the people of Talokan were all serving their sentences in this prison.
By the time Hawk arrived, these people had been crushed to death by the stone pillars more than a hundred thousand times.
But they were still running hard on the endless wasteland, not only because of the excruciating pain of being crushed by the stone pillars, but also because they held a glimmer of hope, hoping that if they ran far enough, they might escape the crushing of the stone pillars.
But... this was impossible.
They would never reach the end, because, in their perception, they seemed to be constantly running forward.
But in the eyes of Hawk and Anna beside him, they were running in circles on this endless wasteland.
The stone pillars rolled.
Strucker felt the rumbling sound behind him, turned his head to look, and saw the stone pillars that seemed to cover the sky and sun descending upon him.
The next moment.
He was crushed to death by the stone pillar, and then, accompanied by screams of excruciating pain, Strucker and the others, who had resurrected again, once again embarked on the path of running.
Hawk stood above the Third Prison, silently watching Strucker and the others dying and resurrecting under the stone pillars.
Anna, standing beside him, watched Hawk for a while, who seemed to be motionless, and was a little curious.
"Aren't you going to talk to Strucker?"
"Forget it."
Hawk withdrew his gaze and chuckled: "Meeting him would give him hope, but I don't want to give him hope anymore. Let him suffer eternal torment here. Oh, and you can't give him your flower, he's the kind who won't be pardoned even if pardoned."
Anna chuckled: "I won't blame him either. If it weren't for him, maybe you would have discovered the bad things he did earlier."
Hawk heard Anna say this, recalled Anna he saw in the past when he was compressing the timeline, thought for a moment, and looked at Anna: "Actually, this was my fault."
Anna was slightly startled.
Hawk chuckled: "Aren't you curious why HYDRA, who didn't directly face Jean's Phoenix Fire, turned to ash, but you, who were holding her, only fell into a dying state?"
Anna blinked.
Hawk didn't play guessing games and briefly explained that he had traveled through the timeline some time ago and subconsciously shielded her from a part of the Phoenix Fire.
He had acted subconsciously at the time.
So... it was indeed his responsibility that Anna was in a coma for two years, which was strange.
After briefly describing it, Hawk changed the subject: "Hey, I saw your expression when you were holding Jean. Do you like children very much?"
Anna was startled at first, then chose not to ask more about the previous question, and nodded: "I have thought about having my own children."
Being a mother is something every woman yearns for.
Except for childless cat ladies.
Hawk looked at Anna's expression and chuckled: "Maybe there will be a chance in the future. My Universe will only get better and better, and maybe in the near future, you will meet your Mr. Right."
Anna heard this and looked at Hawk sideways.
"Is this a blessing from the King of the Underworld?"
"No."
Hawk's expression was serious: "This is a blessing from a friend."
He did not stay long in the Netherworld. After giving up the idea of meeting Strucker, he sent Anna back to the Pure Land, and after talking with his sister for a while, he left the Netherworld.
His mind ascended.
Hawk opened his eyes, myriad thoughts sorted themselves out one by one, and then, as if he was above the entire New York City, compared to the speed of the Sixth Sense, the Seventh Sense had already covered the entire New York City the moment he opened his eyes.
"Seventh Sense — Visualization"
As a golden flash passed through Hawk's pupils, a church appeared in his eyes.
And in the church, in front of the statue of Jesus, a priest, about sixty years old, with snow-white hair and full of kindness, was muttering something as if praying... (End of this chapter)
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