Most human thoughts and behaviors are regular and logical, and what kind of thoughts and actions a person will have depends on the situation he is facing now.

It is not surprising that Strange would have such a bold idea, and at this time, he was a rich man who had achieved fame, not only rich, but very rich.

In the months leading up to his arrival at the Ancient One, his daily routine was spent interacting with some of the richest and most powerful people in the world.

And his contact with magic is not because of frustration that he has to ask for help from magic, the invitation sent by the ancient one to learn magic is more similar to the invitation of an academic exchange meeting in a new field.

Therefore, at this time, Strange has no reverence for magic, his opinion is similar to Stark, magic is just another energy that can be used, and what magic is depends mainly on how people use it.

And Schiller helped him make an elimination method, allowing him to block Wang's so-called words of cultivating the mind and cultivating the mind, and making him find that sometimes, although the problem is solved by violence, although it is simple and crude, it is very effective.

In such a situation, Strange inevitably begins to think, trying to find an easier and more effective way than to bury oneself in the Kama Taj.

This is the kind of thinking that inevitably comes from human science education, and the ultimate purpose of all experiments is to improve efficiency and speed up production.

And it's not surprising that he will find Stark, although the two were a little conflicted before, but things have developed to this point, it is more about common interests, obviously, in the matter of magic, they will have greater common interests.

Stark sat behind the bench, his elbows propped up on the table, his hand pressed to his temple, and said, "That being said, this is just an idea at the moment, and it lacks much of what is necessary to execute. ”

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He waved his hand and said, "You walked in here and showed me what your magic is, and then the two of us started to fight the idea of those powerful aliens." ”

"If you want me to say, man, if you don't come to me and Stark, who is full of genius and creativity, others will definitely blast you out like a psychopath."

"Humans haven't even built a spaceship, and we're starting to think about borrowing money from aliens, which is really crazy."

Sitting on the other side of the bench, Strange crossed his arms and said, "It's a bold idea, but it's not impossible, it just takes some time." ”

"It's going to take a lot of time." Stark said to Strange, "I haven't touched the threshold of magic yet, and you, you're just an apprentice in magic, and you haven't even officially used magic yet. ”

"Looks like we're really going to have to make this a long-term plan, by the way, did I warn you? You can't just talk about magic, so don't tell too many people about this plan. ”

"Don't worry, even if it weren't for magic, I'd prevent certain people from learning about your immoral plans, and they would be chattering about it, like some old man who always calls himself my uncle, and that silly boy who swings around in the sky, and ......"

Strange said, "I don't know who this plan is going to guard against, but ......"

Then he looked up at Stark, who looked at him with a sense of clarity and said, "...... You know who this plan must not be able to prevent. ”

In the S.H.I.E.L.D. office, the light bulb above the head flickered on and off, and underneath the bulb was a square table with a person sitting on each of the four sides of the table.

Nick and Schiller looked at each other, and Nick said, "So, you're going to rob the aliens?" ”

"Don't say it so ugly." Stark denied: "It's essentially borrowing, borrowing, you know? ”

"Okay......" Nick opened his mouth to say something, but it seemed that there were so many things he wanted to say that he couldn't say for a while.

After a pause, he put his hand on the table, made a quiet gesture, and said, "I understand what you just said, there are some powerful beings with magical energy in this universe, ordinary people call them aliens, and magicians call them cosmic demon gods. ”

"They can lend their power to humans in some way and let people perform magic, so the essence of magic is the power of the cosmic demon god."

"Now you plan to borrow some strength to arm yourself, refuse to repay the debt, and then borrow more strength."

"Regardless of the technical level of the ......"

As soon as Nick said this, Stark interrupted him, saying, "I know it's a bit immoral, but he came up with the plan." ”

Stark pointed at Strange and betrayed his teammates without any psychological burden, and Strange was stunned for a moment, then glared at him.

Nick was also stunned, and he said, "Lack of virtue, what's lacking in virtue?" ”

Nick and Schiller both looked at Stark and Strange in confusion, Stark and Strange looked at each other, and then Stark said, "Well, we shouldn't overestimate the moral level of the two of you." ”

Nick was very surprised and said: "It turns out that the first thing you think about after putting aside the technical problems is actually the moral issue, which is really surprising to me." ”

"But what I'm going to say is not a moral issue, but a logical one."

"First of all. According to you, the Demon Gods of the Universe are wise and can communicate, so that proves that they are not stupid. ”

"Just like the human credit system, if you take a loan from a bank for the first time and refuse to pay it back, then the bank will not be able to lend you again, and if the amount is huge, other banks will also block you."

"I know, this kind of behavior is more like robbing a bank than borrowing a loan, but the bank is immovable, if you have enough force, you can indeed rob it repeatedly, but the cosmic demon god is not without long legs, they found that you refused to repay the debt, and they couldn't beat you, just can't run away?"

Nick asked Strange in confusion: "According to what you said, your teacher just borrowed strength and didn't pay it back, and then beat all the creditors down, so wouldn't all the cosmic demon gods run away when they saw him, so how could he borrow more power?" ”

"Is there a possibility?" Schiller looked at Nick and said, "If you don't want to borrow his strength, you can't run." ”

Strange gave a more reasonable explanation: "The cosmic demon god is not wandering in the universe, and some of the more powerful cosmic demon gods often have their own territory, such as ...... What's going on? What dark dimension, and crimson dimension, this is what I heard the king say, these are equivalent to the territory of the universe demon god. ”

"That's kind of feasible." Nick rubbed his chin and said, "There are still a lot of problems, especially on the technical side. ”

Then, the three of them began to discuss how to borrow money to buy guns, and then use the money to rob guns.

"I say......" Schiller tapped on the table, as if he couldn't take it anymore, "why is your mind so limited forever?" Why can't you always think about violent robbery and be a little more flexible? ”

The other three looked at him, and Schiller said helplessly, "That's why I'm always out of step with you, you know?" What you have just said is like gathering in a farm warehouse and shouting red necks while playing poker. ”

"Give up your straightforward violent thinking, that's the most inefficient method, it's not popular to rob banks in this day and age, buy guns, pull people, prepare cars, refuel cars, step on points in advance, make escape routes, etc., it's too troublesome."

"If you have any plans, just say it." Nick glanced at Schiller and said, "I see you've been holding back for a long time." ”

"We could have done it a different way than a robbery."

"What?"

"Liar."

Schiller spread his hands and said, "What is the highest record of a bank robber?" Millions of dollars? And what about liars? ”

"That depends on what kind of liar you're talking about, if it's the kind of liar you're talking about......" Nick looked at Strange and said, "You'll have to ask him." ”

"What do you want me to do?" Strange was not angry, and said, "Compared to some people, what kind of successful liar am I?" ”

He looked at Stark again, and Stark glared and said, "What are you doing with me?" I'm an industrialist, I don't engage in financial fraud, and besides, I didn't make the immortality factor......"

After speaking, he looked at Schiller, and the other two also looked at Schiller, and Nick said: "For now, you can ask yourself this question, I haven't seen a liar with a more brilliant record than you for the time being." ”

"Well, I have a plan, the routine of borrowing money and not paying it back is outdated, let's change it to a fashionable way."

"For example?"

"For example, investment."

Schiller put his hands on the table and began his story:

"You see, the current trading methods of the cosmic demon gods are all one-to-one, and this trading model is really very rudimentary and primitive in the eyes of human beings."

"They're still at the level of bartering, face-to-face transactions, but modern finance is completely out of that level."

"The first step is to get rid of the one-to-one transaction model, we can completely carry out one-to-many transactions, or many-to-many transactions, in short, let the universe demon gods invest their power in us."

"And then? There has to be a return on investment, right? ”

"Cosmic Demon God......" Schiller put his hand to the right.

“…… Invest your strength ......," he put his hand in the middle again.

“…… to us. Finally, he put his hand to the left again, signaling that these were three stages.

"More cosmic demon gods, invest more power in us." Schiller made three more moves.

Under the curious gazes of the other three, he suddenly sped up his speech and quickly spat out a large paragraph:

"We use the power invested by other cosmic demon gods to give back to other cosmic demon gods as a return on investment, and tell them that the more they invest, the more they earn."

"Set up a ladder system, formulate promotion ranks, and raise returns layer by layer, pull a cosmic demon god, you can draw 3 points from the transaction volume as a return, pull two cosmic demon gods, you can draw 7 points, and so on, the more people you pull, the more you earn......"

"After making the basic market bigger, start to use the later investment, as the return of the early investor, the investment income is more and more, the return on investment is more and more, when the difference reaches an ideal value, ......"

Schiller spread his hands and said, "...... The industry is facing some difficulties caused by force majeure and can only say goodbye to everyone temporarily, which we deeply regret. ”

After he finished speaking, there was a minute of silence in the conference room, and Stark spoke first: "What a creative concept...... , isn't this a Ponzi scheme??? ”

Nick also looked at Schiller and said, "Although I have estimated your moral bottom line as low as possible, its flexibility is still frightening. ”

Schiller suddenly said very seriously: "I have always believed that human beings need not only the essence of human civilization to go to the universe, but also some dross. ”

"Garbage is just a misplaced resource, the essence is the driving force to the universe, and the dross is a weapon, after all, I'm afraid no cosmic civilization will have as much dross as human beings."

"Of course, it's just an entry-level approach." Schiller shrugged his shoulders and said, "After expanding the concept of one-to-many or many-to-many trading, we want to change the status quo of barter, which is all the stuff of the primitive period, there is no general equivalent, and they are embarrassed to call themselves powerful and developed aliens?" ”

"With general equivalents, there is the concept of money, followed by markets, supply and demand, crowdfunding, companies, stocks, futures, ......"

"What human beings want to do is not a buyer who does not pay their debts, nor a villain who violently treats his creditors, but a dealer with a good reputation and image, who is praised by the whole universe, fair and conscientious."

"And force is only a necessary means to ensure justice, and we can even promise that we will never be the first to use the Supreme Mage."

"And then if they refuse to join, let the Supreme Mage go to his house and knock on the door, right?"

"Don't say that, the Supreme Mage has gone to his house and knocked on the door, and he can even have a chance to live, which is already a big progress, we are simply the vanguard organization of the universe against violence."

"When we have both force and reason, we can begin to establish a trading system, formulate trading rules, and then divide the classes, subdivide them layer by layer, and justify and logically ......"

The other three looked at each other, but Schiller behaved very blandly, not at all like a conspirator who planned to capitalize the entire universe.

"Of course, these things are all for later, let's talk about the first plan first, there are many benefits to doing this."

"Actually, this can't be considered a scam, because in the later stage, those early investors will know the truth, but they won't stop, for their own sunk costs, they will help us keep this secret, not only keep it secret, but also take the initiative to help us find more people."

"This solves the problem of information blockage on the earth, although we don't know the Universe Demon God, in the Universe Demon God must know the Universe Demon God."

"You don't have to explain the principle of a Ponzi scheme, we all know it, but the biggest problem with this scam is that when you run away with money, you have to have a way to hide yourself and launder the money."

"If this is an individual, then maybe it will be easier to hide and change identities, but the earth can't run away, we can't give up the entire solar system just to get the wool of the universe demon god, right?" Nick asks a question.

"If we really start trading, it may be more difficult to hide ourselves, but there is another way of thinking, that is, to find a strong enough backer, promise him benefits, and let him help us block the trouble after running away with money."

As he spoke, Schiller looked at Strange and said, "Earlier, you said that your teacher, Supreme Mage, once mentioned to you that she has been busy with the birth of a new god recently?" ”

"That's right, as I told you before, it's like a mysterious being who has been trading with him, telling her that something is about to be born near Earth, and she's preparing for it."

"Is the mysterious existence behind her interested in getting involved?" Schiller moved his elbow propped up on the table, and then said: "With the credibility of the Supreme Mage as the guarantee for the opening, the existence behind her will be the east, first pull a few little demon gods into the gang, use the power they have invested in to make a play, and pull out a positive model for publicity." ”

"Wait until there are more people in the gang and more strength has accumulated, and then focus on attacking a big demon god, throw money to open the way, promise to give him a high rate of return, let him enter first, and then taste some sweetness, so as to fool a few more big demon gods."

"Wait until these powerful demon gods join the gang, and then put forward the principle of pulling people, let them help us squeeze those smaller demon gods, and we will give them a cut."

"When I was about to run away, the big fists were returned, and everyone almost chopped up the meat together, part of it was to pay protection money to the existence behind the Supreme Mage, and the other part was left by ourselves."

"When the little demon god in the universe grows longer, he can still use this part of the power as the capital to cut another wave."

"There is a question...... Stark frowned and said, "You also know that a very important point of Ponzi schemes, there must be physical objects to defraud investment in the early stage, what are you going to use as the object of their investment?" ”

"Didn't Stephen mention it before? The existence behind the Supreme Mage tells him that a new beast totem is being born. ”

"Speaking of which, what the hell is going on?" Nick asks Strange, "What is the beast totem?" Will his birth on Earth have any bad effect on us? ”

Strange shook his head and said, "According to my teacher, it is a symbol of cosmic power, it is all occult things, although it was born on Earth, it has nothing to do with the people on Earth. ”

Nick touched the corner of his forehead and said, "I guess it must have something to do with the big bat last time, right?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Schiller, who gave him an affirmative look and said, "This thing can be used to make some fuss." ”

"The new totemic power of the universe is rising, it is lacking your help, giving people roses, there is fragrance in your hands, the return on investment during the birth of the new god is 200%, join the totem god cult, and embark on the successful demon life, how about it?"

Stark and Strange stretched out their hands to applaud, and Nick commented: "Theoretically speaking, it does work, the great demon god with the ability to retaliate is also a vested interest, and those little demon gods who have been encircled by their power will definitely not be able to defeat these united powerhouses." ”

"Coupled with the existence behind the Supreme Mage, ensuring that no one dares to stretch out a black hand, the chain of exploitation and harvesting has basically completed the closed loop."

Nick sighed and said: "The plan is good, but the risk is still very large, the disadvantages of the earth are too great, the human beings here are too fragile, the civilization is still backward, if you don't rely on the power of others, you will hardly play with any cosmic force, once you are chased to your hometown, there is no resistance force that can take it." ”

"I always think ......" Stark said firmly, "if one day, the earth is facing extinction, and we are powerless to resist, then at least we must have the ability to avenge it, so ......"

"Stop!" Schiller directly interrupted Stark's next words, saying: "Don't say such an unlucky thing, besides, the earth is not powerless to resist. ”

"It may seem to you that the force of resistance must be force, and I admit that there must be enough force to qualify us to sit at the negotiating table."

"But when we really can't develop enough force in a short period of time, it's not a shame to use some other means to accumulate resources and buy time for us, just like we just planned."

"Actually, I think your thinking is limited." Strange continued Schiller's words: "You think that human beings may not be able to effectively kill and injure all kinds of strange aliens with scientific nuclear bombs, but we can actually think differently, for example, use magic to build one." ”

"If we can really deceive those cosmic demon gods...... I mean, if we borrow enough power, it can also be turned into a weapon for us to defend the earth, but the two are really just different routes, and there is no essential difference. ”

Nick sighed again, and he continued, "It's hard to get started, but we have a plan, but where do we start?" ”

"It's true that we don't know much about things outside of Earth." Stark also said, "Anyway, I don't know those cosmic demon gods. ”

Strange shrugged and said, "I could go back and talk to my teacher, but I always feel that such a plan is ...... lacking in virtue."

He sighed as well, and then said, "This will definitely seriously lower my image in her eyes and make her think that I am an unlearned liar." ”

"And I'm not sure if she's really going to talk to the being behind him about it, after all, it's a bit too immoral anyway......"

"The top priority now is to find someone who has a full understanding of things beyond the earth, especially those demon gods and various other forces in the universe, to solve our puzzles, so that we can screen out the first victims...... I mean the list of participants. Schiller proposed.

"How can it be so easy, the vast majority of people on Earth do not believe in the existence of aliens, even space agencies and astronauts, it is impossible to understand those mysterious things." Nick said, holding his forehead.

"Even if you can find him, you have to make sure he's not dangerous and can communicate with humans properly." Stark added,

"It's better to have a lower IQ, so that we can talk and won't guess our purpose." Strange added.

The three of them sighed in unison, feeling that they were daydreaming.

Just then, Nick's phone rang suddenly, and he picked it up and said, "Yes, that's right...... What's wrong? ”

"What do you say? …… Are you sure? ”

"Really? What else? ”

After Nick hung up the phone, he repeated the report he had received on the phone: "New Mexico is suspected of finding an extraterrestrial falling object, and at the same time, the state has also reported a mentally ill person who claims to be a god and attacked the staff who went to investigate the scene. ”

"He claims to be a god from Asgard, and the alien falling objects that fall are his weapons, and since he has been deprived of all his divine powers, he can't hold his weapon......"

Speaking of this, the four of them looked at each other and said like solitaire:

"An alien?"

"An alien who has lost his powers?"

"An alien who has lost his power and has no weapons......"

An alien who has lost his strength, has no weapons, and doesn't seem to have a good brain!! ”