In the evening, at the welcome party, the opulent ballroom is filled with exquisite food and drinks. Dressed in beautiful dresses and suits, guests whispered and laughed while listening to beautiful music. Laughter, clanging glasses, and conversations filled the ballroom. But in fact, everyone's attention was focused on the distinguished guests in the very center of the banquet hall, and their thoughts were different.

However, in this joyful atmosphere, Steve and the others forced a smile on their faces, and they didn't seem to be as happy as everyone else.

All the guests had seen the photos of the real gem, but sadly, none of them had ever seen the gem.

The Avengers weren't sure if what they were telling was true, but the fact that they were lying was a testament to their attitude.

At the end of the dinner, the Avengers thanked Mayor Hanas once more, and then went to stay in the hotel that had been prepared for them and got down to business. Everyone gathered in Steve's room, turned on the anti-eavesdropping device, and asked:

"How? Friday, any information on that? ”

"According to the monitoring of all the attendees, as well as other political and business celebrities who did not attend the banquet, most of them were discussing the issue of the real gem with their relatives or friends, but judging from their conversations, they had heard of the gem for the first time, and had never seen it before. No clues have been found to be related to the actual gem. Friday replied with a blank look.

Steve took a sip of the espresso that Natasha poured for everyone, and refreshed himself, "Then continue to monitor, focusing on those who can't get rid of suspicion." Feel free to report to us if you have any news. ”

"If the gem wasn't in the hands of the wealthy, could it be somewhere in the middle of nowhere, or buried somewhere?" Natasha frowned, also feeling a little tricky.

"That's bad, it's easy to do in human hands, but if it falls in some remote corner, we can't pinpoint it, how can we find it? Do employees search on a large scale? ”

"Maybe we can put a big bounty on it and encourage people to go on a treasure hunt. There is always someone who can find it. ”

"The question is, what do we pay for? Dollars? That thing is scrap paper now! The euro is about the same! ”

"It's a simple question, it's a big deal that we can pay in gold. Gold is a precious metal in all eras, and nebulae seem to be able to reassemble matter to make gold out of thin air. ”

"Speaking of Nebula, maybe we can ask her to come and read her heart, and know that the gem is not in the hands of these people, which is definitely more effective than eavesdropping."

"Mind Reading ......" everyone was silent for a while.

Because after knowing from Tony Stark that the magnetic field could be read by turning above the Ten Heavens, everyone realized that Nebula could read minds a long time ago. But the problem is that Nebula didn't tell them this information, but deliberately concealed it, which made everyone very uncomfortable.

After returning to the super battleship, everyone and Nebula confronted each other and had a fierce argument. Although Nebula claims not to read their minds, he is completely unable to gain the trust of his companions. Because of these things, this time when he came to the ground, Nebula did not come down, but stayed on the battleship with Little Raccoon and Professor Hulk.

Now that Nebula's mind-reading ability is used, everyone can't help but feel a little awkward.

"Mind reading is too much, let's try it with the conventional method first!"

"Do unto others what you don't want to do to yourself, we don't want to be read by others, how can we use it on others so openly?"

"Alright! We've even done things like surveillance eavesdropping, so what do we care about mind reading? Everyone knows that this approach is the most effective. Our bottom line has been pressed again and again, and now it's just a matter of making it a little lower. ”

……

The crowd had different opinions and quarreled again.

In the end, it was Steve who clapped the case:

"Let's focus on the big picture!"

"I called Nebula and asked her to come over and help. That little conflict between us in the past, let it go with the wind! ”

"We have to trust our companions!"

"I don't know if Nebula read to us in the past, but I believe Nebula won't read to us in the future!"

The crowd stopped talking, and there was no detection tool for this kind of thing, and there was no defense, what could they do?

Strength is not up to others, others say that they don't read minds, then they can only trust each other's moral character.

Nebula arrived soon and didn't say any nonsense after coming. Originally, she was a cold character, she said very little, and she also lost money by concealing the matter of mind reading, and now she really wants to restore the relationship between the two sides, so her attitude is very correct.

"Who are the targets?"

Scott handed over a tablet, pointed to the dense dots of light on it, and said, "Each dot of light on this is the person we locate with a nano eavesdropping device, and it needs to be read one by one." ”

"Okay, leave it to me!"

Nebula flew out with the tablet, and it didn't take long for him to return to the task.

"Oops, none of them lied, they really didn't know the information about the Reality Gem."

"Damn it!" Steve slapped his thigh in frustration, "Could it be that it's really in the middle of nowhere?" Then let's go and post the bounty tomorrow. Nebula, get some gold out. ”

"It's easy." Nebula snapped his fingers, and then dozens of gold bars appeared out of thin air, crackling and falling onto the table.

The next day, after breakfast, Steve went to the town hall to ask Mayor Hanas for help, and expressed his wishes.

When he saw dozens of gold bars in front of him, Mayor Hanas's face turned into a flower.

After getting permission from the authorities, they went to various newspapers and TV stations separately and began to sprinkle gold and advertise, so for several days in a row, the headlines in Sokovia were all treasure hunting news.

All of a sudden, almost everyone became treasure hunters, stopped working, suspended business, and ran to the streets and alleys, and turned around.

However, a few days have passed, and there is still no clue about the Reality Gem.

On this day, when several people met again to discuss the possible situation, Natasha suddenly proposed a possibility.

"You say, is there a possibility that the Reality Gem is broken!"

"Broken?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"That's right! Remember? On the detector, it is shown that there are fluctuations everywhere that show the presence of gemstones. If the Reality Gem had been shattered into powder and distributed in every corner of the city, it would have been impossible to find it! The more Natasha spoke, the more she felt that her guess was justified.

When everyone thought about it, they felt that this kind of thing was very likely.

Infinity Stones, while powerful, are not indestructible.

In their universe, in order to prevent Thanos from collecting all six Infinity Stones, Wanda once destroyed the Mind Gem on Vision's head, but Thanos used the Time Gem to rewind time and reshape the Mind Gem, so that Vision was sacrificed in vain.

The Reality Gem was knocked away by Odin during the battle between Loki and Odin, so it is possible that Odin used too much force at the time and destroyed the Reality Gem.

The destroyed powder was scattered all over the city, making the place full of gem fluctuations, interfering with the probe's detection, which is also a very reasonable explanation.

"Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered that the Wanda siblings seem to live in this neighborhood, and perhaps, we can catch up with them and see if they have ever seen the Reality Jewel."

"Actually, after landing, I had Friday send the nanobugs to find them." Clint explained, "But perhaps because of the parallel world, the Mind Gem Scepter in this world may have been in Loki's hands all along, and did not fall into the hands of Baron Straker Hydra, so the original human experiments did not happen." The Wanda siblings I saw were ordinary people with no superpowers. Friday didn't find any clues about the Reality Gem in their house. ”

"Is it just an ordinary person?" Steve was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "Actually, it's good that way, at least you don't have to face so many battles and dangers." Since they are just ordinary people, then let's not disturb their peaceful life. Mixing with us is not necessarily a good thing for them. ”

Everyone remembered the tragic experience of the Wanda sisters and brothers in another world, and they all had relatives in their hearts, and immediately dispelled the idea of going to Wanda's sisters and brothers.

"Let's ask the Supreme Mage to come over and help restore the Reality Gem, otherwise we won't be able to do it on our own. Reality gems are different from soul gems, there is no magic circle or anything like that for us to manifest. ”

"Okay, I'll call Professor Hulk."

The Avengers' contact with the Supreme Sanctuary is basically through phone calls between Professor Hulk and Master Wang.

Although the two of them are not familiar with each other in this world, in the contact of the other world, Professor Hulk and Master Wang have a close relationship and know how to deal with them. Therefore, if Steve has something to find the Supreme Mage, he must go through two people to make a transfer.

After hanging up the phone, within a few minutes, a portal with flashing red sparks appeared in front of everyone. The smiling Ancient One walked over from the other side, holding the Eye of Agomoto in his hand, and greeted the Avengers with a smile:

"You're collecting fast! It looks like you'll be able to collect all five Infinity Stones soon, so don't worry, I'll give you the Time Stones when the time comes. ”

The Avengers were very happy when they heard this, and hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

It's a pity that Zhan Liu is not here, otherwise when he sees Gu Yi's smiling look, he must turn his head and run, how far he runs, and he definitely doesn't believe Gu Yi's.

After listening to the Avengers' request, the Ancient One was very happy, immediately opened the Eye of Agomoto, revealed the Time Gem, and then sketched in the air, made a lot of things like a magic circle, tossed for a long time, and finally took the Time Gem back out of breath, and said to the Avengers with a frown:

"There's something wrong with your judgment!"

"Although I don't know the exact location of the Reality Gem because of the influence of the Infinity Stones, I am very sure that the Reality Stones must not be broken, and they exist somewhere in this city."

After everyone listened, there was an uproar.

"Isn't the gem broken?"

"That's a mistake in our judgment!"

"That gem should be hidden somewhere, it looks like we have to increase our search!"

"Supreme Mage, can't you go through time to see where that future reality gem is hidden?"

"Mage Strange can observe the future, can't you?"

The Ancient One mage sighed and shook his head, "Strange is the best of all the Supreme Mages, I'm old, and my energy and physical strength are no longer at their peak. ”

Everyone remembered that in their world, this Ancient One Mage had been killed by his own apprentice, and they all believed Ancient One's words.

A weak chicken, what else can you expect from her?

As for what Professor Hulk once said about the ridiculously strong Ancient One Mage, now that I think about it, most of it is a professional restraint. Professor Hulk's own magic resistance is too low to deal with the mage's soul attacks. This weakness had already been evident when facing Ebony Throat earlier.

Since the Reality Gem was not shattered, then the Ancient One Mage had no effect here, and after everyone thanked the Ancient One Mage, they watched him open the portal and leave.

Since the reality gem is not broken, it can only be found in a stupid way. Even if you scrape the ground, you must find the Infinity Stones.

After many days of treasure hunting, every corner of the city has been searched, but no one has ever found a real gem to claim it. Slowly, the citizens slacked off and resumed their normal work and life. After all, you have to find the treasure hunt. Everyone has to support their families, and it is impossible to wander around all day without doing business, just for an ethereal gem.

Everyone's enthusiasm for treasure hunting before was actually more like a feast for the whole people, starting a carnival.

In fact, most people know in their hearts that they can't find gems, but everyone is looking for them, so everyone is lively together. It's important to participate, and I don't really care too much about whether I get gems or not.

After the heat passed, everyone began to be busy again for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and no longer cared about what gems were not gems.

The people who are still hunting for treasures all day long are basically the only ones who don't have any serious jobs in the first place, or those who are not willing to continue to be poor, want to gamble on this matter, and want to change their own fate.

The number of people is too small to effectively cover the entire urban area. After discussion, it was decided to give a fixed salary to those involved in the treasure hunt and encourage more people to participate. Anyway, they want as much gold as they want, and they don't care how much they give.

Relying on this way of throwing money, more citizens finally joined the army of gems again.

While unleashing the power of the crowd, the Avengers are not idle. While they asked Professor Hulk to collect the fluctuations of real gems and develop a more accurate gem radar, they used advanced technology to search the city's underground pipe network and other locations that are difficult for ordinary people to reach.

But unfortunately, after many days, there is still no trace of the real gem.