Asgard.

Rainbow Bridge Road.

The Ancient One, who had just returned from an outing, stood side by side with Odin on the rainbow bridge that was full of lights. The abnormal landscape of the atrium, which changed the world, was seen by them without falling in the slightest. For both of them, there is no visual distance and no perceptual obstruction. Heimdall, the gatekeeper of the Rainbow Bridge, whose eyes could see most corners of the universe, also narrowed slightly.

"He's been upgraded to become a dimensional demon god?" Heimdall exclaimed in surprise. That's a direct promotion from a mortal to a god! This great leap in life and strength had only been heard of in his long life, and this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes. He had to give the mortal a shout-out.

"No, he stepped back before he stepped in the door." Gu Yi said softly. There was a slight regret in her tone, but the look on her face was very pleasant and satisfied. Of course, she could guess why Luke, who had been preparing for so long, hadn't taken that crucial step, because she had faced that choice before.

It's about self-sustainment. Prepare again or choose another path?

Or take that step first, regardless of the fact that you will upgrade your life first? Gambling on a long future to find yourself?

Under that powerful temptation, not everyone can forcibly suppress the desire for ascension that emerges from every cell in the body! It's like letting a hungry man ignore the smell of every moment in front of him, telling him a sumptuous meal that he can feast on. It's a confrontation with the survival and evolutionary instincts that are carved into your body!

Strong-willed people may be able to control not to take that step, but they will hesitate, and while hesitating, the power to help them ascend will not stop at the back because of their hesitation. If you can't think clearly about everything in a short period of time, you will be decided, and that hesitation will be the same as being passive, and you will be pushed to take that step.

Gu Yi was pleased that Luke had taken control of him at the last moment, and regretted that the other party had no interest in taking over the position of Supreme Mage. But the good thing is that Stephen Strange is also good, with potential and talent, the only thing he lacks is some strength and experience. But these are things that can be accumulated and taught, aren't they?

"Backed off?" Heimdall watched the atrium carefully, and sure enough, he saw that the shocking vision was dissipating, as if a classic drama had ended in a hurry before it had even reached its end.

"I'm underestimating him. He is indeed qualified to trade with us on an equal footing. I welcome him to Asgard as a guest and collaborator. Odin's grip on Gangenir's hand tightened suddenly, and then let go, as if he had figured out something, and his temperament changed from the solemn and cold majestic king just now to a kind old man. However, his intact one-eyed eye looking at the atrium showed a little worry and chagrin.

As the territory of the Supreme Mage Ancient One, not only did she find an inheritor who was said to have extraordinary potential, but also Luke, who took the path of ascending to the gods, and was so good that even he was so surprised that he had to face it, in other words, even if Ancient One now retired, leaving the burden on his body and retiring to travel the universe, he didn't need to worry too much about the future of the atrium.

There is a successor to the Atrium Guardian!

What about him?

The Nine Realms are not peaceful, external enemies are watching, and Asgard can enjoy the peace for so long now, all because of the prestige he fought in the Nine Realms and the universe at the beginning, but he already feels powerless. Especially when he had to face the inevitable future of Ragnarok, just thinking about how to avoid and delay this catastrophe was already exhausting.

In other words, when he was younger, cooperation or negotiation? Is there that much to think about? After the conquest, it's mine. And yet now? Odin shook his head. Until now, he finally had some envy and jealousy for the ancient mage.

Look at each other's heirs and partners?

Look at your heirs again?

An eldest son who has grown up, but his brain is still not good. A second son who is a little clever, but always feels that he is preferred, and is ambitious and wants to prove something to him. The throne, a position that requires responsibility, has instead become a reward for the two of them to be jealous?

Thinking of this, Odin was eager to pick up the two sons in the atrium who had made trouble for him, one with a stick. It's been a long time since I've been taught the love of the God King, and his hands are itching now.

"I'm sorry about Loki's business." Odin spoke directly. What could he do? If there is no Ancient One, if there is no Luke, then no matter how big Loki makes a fuss in the atrium, it is nothing more than being taken back and imprisoned for a period of time. Although Odin has adopted a lot of personality in the past thousand years, his most fundamental character has not changed, but he has learned how to compromise and negotiate.

He didn't care how the atrium reacted, but he couldn't help but consider the attitude of the Ancient One and that Luke. After all, the three parties are now collaborators, and they are about to become a real combination of interests, closely united partners. Odin is also counting on the two collaborators to help Raasgard in the future. So what he said was to Gu Yi: I'm sorry about Loki, you can ask for it. We can consult on that.

"Cosmic Rubik's Cube." The ancient one, who has lived long enough, of course understands Odin's words, and this is planning to negotiate conditions to wipe his son's ass. sighed slightly in his heart, this is the end of not having a good heir. But fortunately, it's not yourself who is embarrassed and embarrassed at the moment, right? Thinking of this, Gu Yi's mood was a little happier. Boring life seems to have taken on a new color these days.

Is the Ancient One angry with Loki for having fun in the atrium?

Not really.

The Ancient One had seen so many pictures and futures in her life that after she got tired of the responsibility on her shoulders and determined a certain path, she would no longer observe the future of the atrium frequently if it was not necessary. She looked down on a lot of things, as long as Loki didn't blow up her Holy of Holies and didn't destroy the barrier layer of the Supreme Mage's lineage, she didn't bother to reach out and manage these. She's not the energetic and youthful Mage Strange of the future, who has to reach out to manage everything, is she?

But she still chose to speak.

"Cosmic Rubik's Cube?" Odin was very clear about the true body of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, after all, before he was in the Atrium, it was originally a treasure that belonged to Asgard. From a legal point of view, he has more say and decision on the ownership of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube than all the people in the atrium, including S.H.I.E.L.D. and other organizations.

"That's for Luke. When it comes to something in the hands of this little guy, it's hard for him to spit it out. Koichi smiled wryly. What's more, the Cosmic Cube has undergone changes that no one can predict, and staying by his side is the best result. ”

"That's what you want." Odin only pondered for a moment, then nodded decisively. He even took the initiative to say: "Asgard still has a copy of the application knowledge of the Rubik's Cube in the universe, so let you bring it to him." ”

……

"It's finally over, what just happened?"

Seeing the vision dissipate and the familiar picture returned to his eyes, the captain instinctively looked at Luke with the agitation of his inner emotions. He thought Luke might be able to give them an answer.

The matter was finally settled.

However, in the next moment, the energy sealing pillar was burst by a blue light under everyone's stunned gaze, and a surging energy frenzy gushed out in all directions along the gap where the energy pillar was stretched.

Everyone held their arms in front of them, and all kinds of means resisted the washing of the tide of energy. Fortunately, this abrupt change was only an instant, and the cosmic Rubik's Cube, which had broken through the blockade of the energy pillar, changed from the original azure blue to a dark metallic color. Under the attentive gaze of everyone, the cosmic cube suspended in mid-air was like a light bulb with poor contact, and after flashing twice, it completely lost power, like an ordinary black metal cube, falling from mid-air to the ground.

"It's, it's broken?" Frank stepped forward and picked up the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, flipped it twice in his hand, and looked at the people who were looking at him, a little puzzled. And everyone's eyes looked at the silent Luke again.

However, Luke was really in no mood to answer them at the moment, and he discovered something that he had not expected. Before he regained his consciousness, he seemed to feel a reluctant emotion from the cosmic Rubik's Cube? It's like a dead thing, endowed with a sense of life, alive, and having an ignorant consciousness. And this consciousness seemed to call him "Dad" before he left?

a"? The ship slowly emerged from Luke's head. He is a little square now, his emotions are very complicated, and he has to break the big defense!

……

Zetari outer space carrier.

"You've won." The leader of the Primordial Sect of Zetari knelt in front of Leitari and bowed his head. Win or lose, Zitari's sense of civilization has always been like this. They are cruel, violent, worship war, and worship the strong. After being defeated and surrendering, it is also a matter of course for them to hand over everything they have. Just as they did with their prisoners of war.

"Victory is premature. I need you to call for more fleets to come here. Laytari had never felt his mind clearer than it was now, and he loved the feeling of being unaffected and unconstrained by the hive consciousness. Of course, the hive consciousness is still there, but there is some kind of change in it. It's more about the seamless exchange and sharing of knowledge and data.

The primitive-leader jerked his head up, and hung his head in submission under Laytari's red gaze.

"I've already reported up." The leader of the primitives had done everything under the supervision of Leitari, and he did not take the opportunity to do anything, but did what the captives were supposed to do in a very consistent style.

"Thank you, and finally, welcome to join us!" A smile tugged at the corner of Leitari's mechanical lips, and he swung his slasher and cleanly slashed off the head of the primitive's leader. Now there are no more enemies and aliens on this mothership.

"Where are we going next? Stay here to snipe support motherships? A tall Zetari awakened person standing beside Leitari asked. They had already taken the most energy infusion by default, maximizing the transformation, and the first to be chosen by the Lord to become the leader of their group of awakened ones.

As former Zetarians, the Awoken are well aware of their weaknesses. Ignore the dense Zetar Swiss soldiers and directly find the mothership to destroy, then it is very easy to eliminate a Zetari army. The reason why they are able to dominate the universe is because the top-level combat power of the dark realm is strong enough in the universe, and the pressure on the enemy is strong enough, they are just a group of consumables.

"No, we are still weak compared to Thanos's forces, and our strength is not strong enough. We return to the home planet of Zetari! Letari vetoed his partner's proposal, his red mechanical eyes revealing a fanatical desire for war.

"Home planet? Are you trying to raid the home planet? It's crazy. Leitari's companion's eyes widened. They found that they were not keeping up with the thinking of their new leader.

"Raiding the home planet? How can you say that? We are bringing them liberation, freedom, and the gift of the Lord! The smile on Letari's lips widened, "We invite them to join us in this glorious evolution!" ”

"Glorious evolution?" The Awoken were stunned for a moment, then smiled bloody. Although Luke transformed and liberated them, he only removed the control and influence of Zitari's hive consciousness, and entered a thinking program into their minds. The program is only a direction to guide, just like someone has a goal to pursue, and puts effort and effort into it. It's not the kind of twisted control of the thought seal. Therefore, even if Leitari and they have evolved and thought that they have become a new race, the influence of the previous Zetari civilization consciousness has not been erased or disappeared.

The pursuit of civilization and knowledge has become the foundation of the survival and evolution of their new race, and they do not need to use any control means such as steel seals, in order to survive and evolve, they will naturally take the initiative to hunt, cultivate, and seize these.

"I remember that there were a lot of good things in the civilization gallery of the home planet." An Awakened One's eyes lit up. Over the years, the Zetarians have followed Thanos in the universe and slaughtered countless planetary civilizations, many of which were treated as trophies and honors like prisoners of war, and moved to Zitari's home planet. The Zetarians have even built a civilization museum on the surrounding moons of their home planet.

"We are hunters of knowledge, apostles of the Lord. We have now been transformed by the Lord into a new, powerful race with unlimited potential. I think we should have a new name to say goodbye to the old us. Letari said softly.

"Do you have any ideas?" The Awoken stared at each other with attention, and they couldn't accept in their hearts that they still had the title of Zetari.

"The Apger." Letari said categorically, "The evolutionary nature of our race is the most powerful weapon of the Lord in the future. ”

PS:1

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