45. The third jewel

After a brief period of darkness, Jane broke free from her weightlessness, and the violent pulling force carried her through the dark empty corridor to a different dimension.

Jane shouted Daisy's name, trying to suppress her fears, and her voice rang far away in the dark and dead barren land, and no one answered.

At this time, the female astronomer regretted a little, she shouldn't have walked around alone, the gravity anomaly of this factory, full of formless and substantial space entrances, is actually quite dangerous, and she will fall into another dimension if she is not careful.

Jane wanted to return along the original passage, but she could no longer find the gravitational blur point, she had to carefully observe the surroundings, the bleak night starry sky above her head, the hard land under her feet, and with the only glimmer of light, she could vaguely see countless gullies scattered on the surface of the earth, like craters, the breeze swept through her ears, and lifted the fluttering hair.

"The composition of the atmosphere here is very close to that of the Earth, and there are no signs of biological habitat for the time being, and it is impossible to determine the direction of the magnetic field......"

Jane looked down and fiddled with the measuring instrument, and the scientist's instinct came into play.

In the cold silence, she saw a hazy red glow, standing between the cracks in the boulder behind her, and a faint light overflowed, reflecting a dark red color.

Curious, Jane cautiously approached the rough boulders that overlapped top and bottom, and seemed to be imprinted with intricate patterns underneath, somewhat like ancient Asgardian writing.

The spilled dark red light reflected on Jane's face, and she could see the aether particles swimming in the cracks, like a fluid mass of fluid, exuding a strange and strong attraction.

"Don't touch it."

Jane was startled by the sudden sound, and she shuddered violently as she swung the measuring instrument in her hand backwards.

"Hey, it's me."

The slender arm was grasped, and the gentle voice stopped the female astronomer's more fierce resistance.

Jane recovered from her panic and realized that the other party was Sean, who stood in place with a warm smile, like a knight descending from the sky, instantly filling her heart full of fear with a sense of security.

"How did you get here?" Jane looked confused.

"You have S.H.I.E.L.D. locators on your scientific instruments to ensure the safety of scientific researchers, and about three minutes ago, someone said that they lost your signal."

Sean shrugged, explained, and then shifted his gaze to the dark red matter in the crevices of the boulder, which was the aether particle, the legendary gem of reality.

"Don't touch it, this thing is dangerous."

The young man pulled Jane back a few steps, and the Asgardians sealed the aether particles there, preventing the dark elves from getting them again.

This barren planet is located on the edge of the Nine Star Fields, inaccessible to the people, and no one can find it if it were not for the appearance of a vision of the convergence of celestial bodies.

In the original timeline, Jane strayed into the Sealed Land, accidentally became a host for the aether particles, and awakened the sleeping dark spirits, who were finally discovered by Thor and brought back to Asgard for healing.

Each of the Infinity Stones has the magical power to pry the rules, but not just anyone can master it, the Space Gem is located at the core of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and the Mind Gem is inlaid on the golden scepter, they cannot be touched at will, and mortals should never try to possess their own.

For example, the power gem that contains boundless power, once it loses the protection of the outer shell of the cosmic spirit ball, the lower life beings will immediately be incinerated into ashes and evaporate when they touch it.

Like aether particles, unless they are a race such as the Dark Elves and the Asgardians, ordinary people will be reduced to hosts, and their vitality will be eroded by absorption, and then they will die and gradually wither.

The blue light rippled like water, a golden glove appeared out of thin air, Sean stretched out his hand to put it on, the incomparable power filled his body and mind, he took a deep breath, controlling the void emotions surging in his heart.

Glancing at Jane, who was quietly behind him, the young man pushed away the heavy boulder that pressed on it, and the seal of Asgard passed in front of him like sand and stone in the wind.

"Distort reality to make truth from false."

Sean whispered, and the sound of a stream flowing through the silent space slowly levitated in front of him like a python awakened from hibernation.

Like a liquid dark red substance, surrounding the young man, in the changing shimmer of light, as if there is an infinite world swirling and disappearing, each drop of crimson water, which contains subtle and complex layers, energy and matter, dark to light, real and illusory...... It is like an incredibly complex aggregate, constantly changing and evolving.

The Aether Particle is also known as the "Reality Gem", and among the six Infinity Stones, it and the Soul Gem have the most unpredictable and mysterious power, and it is easy to pry the rules, and all the scientific rules and laws of nature are meaningless in front of them.

Sean stretched out his hand, and the aether particles spread upwards along his fingertips, intertwining with the blue and bright yellow rays.

Through the endless dark red light, he saw the appearance of the real gem, unlike the other infinity stones, the ether particles were like a fluid mass of fluid, in the flickering shimmer, the boundary between the unreal and the real was blurred, and the mind was slightly immersed in it, as if touching a new world.

The dark red liquid state wrapped around the arm, like scattered water droplets, constantly clinging to Sean's body, and then a new change was born!

The energy of the ether particles suddenly went berserk, along with the space gem and the mind gem embedded in the metal glove, and the three majestic energies rushed into the body, and the huge spatial fluctuations emitted faint blue ripples, and the bright yellow faint aura was like a surging wave, and the blue and yellow light was wrapped around the dark red illusory halo, constantly colliding and impacting.

Like a fierce flame boiling endlessly, a trace of pain bloomed on Sean's face, and an endless energy frenzy surged, roaring and churning like a monstrous wave, huge pressure came from all directions, every cell in the body was filled with energy, tiny particles were torn apart and shattered, and then quickly reassembled.

The external pressure almost made Sean collapse into free atoms immediately, but the internal expansion seemed to make him explode into ashes at any time, and the frenzied power squeezed inside and out, and the infinity gauntlet on his right hand, the metal shell burst out of fine cracks, and it could no longer withstand the overload energy brought by the three gems.

The scale of time seems to be stretched and becomes extremely slow. In Sean's eyes, the whole world is distorted, and the energy of the three gems is endless, and only the power of the sentinel in his body is like a golden flame, trying to maintain balance.

The strong concussions kept converging, every drop of blood and every hair carried a huge amount of power, although Sean repeatedly broke through the limit, it was still difficult to completely contain, if it wasn't for that glove to control the output of energy, I'm afraid he would have been crushed into dust a long time ago!

The powerful power forced the cells of the whole body to continue to disintegrate, countless blood flowed down the pores of the whole body under the action of pressure, half of the dimensional door opened in the body, and an unprecedented golden light erupted, hundreds of millions of rays of light were released evaporately, the earth under his feet trembled, the barren planet rumbled, and the violent air currents tore through the dim and dark sky, straight into the sky!

The horrific vision lasted less than a minute, and the aftermath gradually subsided.

Sean slowly opened his eyes, the world returned to normal, but it was completely different, all kinds of tiny matter wandered in the void, the violent radiation was broken down into wisps of distorted and changing subtle light, and the ether particles stripped away the appearance of liquid matter, revealing their original appearance.

A red oval gemstone.

Quietly inlaid on a metal countertop.