Expanding the Space Ring
After finally seeing off the Ancient One, Xia Yu composed himself and kissed Natasha when his phone rang again. Without even looking at it, Xia Yu casually tossed his phone into his Space Ring.
Then Natasha's phone started ringing.
Damn it!
Xia Yu roared in a low voice.
Natasha pushed Xia Yu aside as he reached for his phone. "It's Clint. I guessed he was looking for you."
"Tell him I'm dead, killed by an exploding male organ," Xia Yu said angrily.
In the end, Xia Yu reluctantly answered the phone.
"Clint, you'd better give me a reason not to kill you." Xia Yu was furious.
"Brother, I know I've interrupted your good time, but you said I should ask my wife. My wife and kids are really looking forward to this trip. Hurry up and come over, it'll be quick." Hawkeye didn't care about Xia Yu's threat at all.
Xia Yu had no choice but to agree to it out of his own arrogance. He got up and went to find Hawkeye first. Then the three of them went to find Hawkeye's family, and then they went to Iceland.
Xia Yu originally planned to finish quickly in a few minutes, but Hawkeye's child went up to Natasha as soon as he saw her and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go, which made Xia Yu so angry that his teeth itched.
Xia Yu tried countless times to signal with his eyes, but Natasha simply pretended not to see it and watched with a smile as she played with her child.
In the end, Hawkeye's wife was understanding and used work as an excuse to separate the child from Natasha. Only then did Xia Yu happily carry Natasha away, secretly giving Hawkeye the middle finger before leaving.
"I curse his wife to have a perpetual period," Xia Yu said angrily.
Natasha watched Xia Yu's little tantrum with amusement and gently kissed him...
This time, no one bothered them, and Xia Yu was finally able to spend several pleasant days with Natasha in peace.
Perhaps due to the recent stress on the alien planet, Xia Yu and Natasha were able to completely relax this time. As expected, the Ancient One showed no intention of visiting Xia Yu for the time being, and the other members of the Avengers also tacitly refrained from disturbing Xia Yu's vacation.
Xia Yu didn't even make a phone call, so he was completely relaxed. The most direct benefit of this was that he had a strange feeling when he took something out of his Space Ring today.
He seems to have control over the outer perimeter of the space.
Just as the Ancient One said, Xia Yu's ability can expand the space of the Space Ring.
Xia Yu's mind sank into the Space Ring, a space of two hundred Cosmic Cube, surrounded by Chaos of an indescribable color. Xia Yu tried to guide the spatial energy within his body to that space.
This is difficult to do because Xia Yu's body moves every time he uses his internal energy. Even when he opens a portal, his arm will draw a circle in the air. This is actually a form of psychological suggestion.
To manipulate energy without physically moving or relying solely on imagination or mental power requires a great deal of skill and mental strength.
The mental strength required to guide energy into the ring is not great, but Xia Yu never tried it before. As soon as the spatial energy entered the ring, it lost control and vanished without a trace.
For the next three days, Xia Yu kept his eyes glued to his Space Ring.
Guide the energy within his body, little by little, slowly into the space of the ring. Surrounded by all sorts of food, drink, and other necessities, Xia Yu carefully manipulated the energy, avoiding the various items, and finally arrived at the boundary of the space.
Having failed here last time, Xia Yu paused for a full thirty seconds to calm himself and regain his composure before manipulating his energy to slowly approach the Chaos.
It felt like pouring hot water on ice; the invisible walls around them melted slightly, though this was related to the amount of energy Xia Yu had brought in.
The space for the ring has also increased by a negligible little bit.
"Oh, yes!" Xia Yu shouted excitedly.
Once it happens, it will happen again. The rest can be done slowly. Sooner or later, the ring will be big enough to hold an aircraft carrier. Xia Yu picked up Natasha's Space Ring again and tried it, and found that it worked just as well.
The tireless expansion and the ever-growing control over the energy—this too can be considered a form of cultivation.
Thus began her cultivation in the Maldives, expanding her Space Ring for seven or eight days, raising Natasha's ring to a space of 50 Cosmic Cube, and then preparing to fully enhance her own ring's space.
Tony called.
The renovation of the new base is almost complete. Tony has set up a huge workshop, which is filled with all sorts of things brought back from outer space. Even the Xia Star was somehow brought in by Tony.
It was a video call. Xia Yu could see Tony's extremely haggard face, with bloodshot eyes, but his expression was incredibly fanatical.
"Damn it, Tony, you haven't had a proper rest in days. This is a body I've enhanced. You're already pushing yourself to the limit, do you want to wear Banner and Betty out of your lives too?" Xia Yu regretted giving Tony so much at once; this was playing with fire.
"I can't remember how many days it's been since I've had a proper rest. I'm fine, Xia. You have no idea how excited we are. Come back right now, I need to talk to you." Tony said and hung up the phone.
Xia Yu sighed and, after discussing it with Natasha, decided it would be better for them to go back and keep an eye on things. He worried that these scientists might actually work themselves to death while they were working so hard, which would be terrible for Xia Yu.
Xia Yu opened the portal and walked back with Natasha, Tony pulled Xia Yu aside.
"The energy in your space comes from the Tesseract, right? It's the so-called Space Stone. Do you remember the story Nick Captain Marvel? That Project Pegasus, I'd heard of it before, but I didn't pay much attention until I looked up the information about Project Pegasus when I was modifying my spaceship."
"Guess what I found?"
"I bet it's definitely not a nude photo of Nick Fury when he was young." Xia Yu rolled his eyes.
"We've discovered data on the Lightspeed Engine; it's basically complete. We won't have much time to build it fully. But Banner has come up with another brilliant idea. Banner, you tell us."
Banner, his eyes bloodshot, was pulled over by Tony.
"It was your portal that gave me the inspiration, Xia. The Lightspeed Engine is to make the spaceship faster, but it requires a powerful energy source for propulsion. The initial design of this engine used the Tesseract as its energy source, and the Power Stone can do the same. But why don't we use both Infinity Stones as the energy source, the Space Stone as the propulsion, Power Stone for attack?"
Banner casually turned a screen on the table, pointed to a densely packed digital drawing, and said, "This is the blueprint that Thor got from Dr. Selvig. It's the design for using Tesseract to open a wormhole during the Battle of New York."
"We can build a spaceship that can travel through space at any time, with powerful firepower and the speed of light, appearing anywhere in the universe at any moment. We need the Tesseract, but before that, let's test its energy. Tesseract energy in your body comes from the Tesseract, and we need to give you a test."
Xia Yu looked at Banner, whose face was full of fanaticism, and suddenly struck out with a finger, pressing Banner's pressure point to put him to sleep. Then Betty and Tony each struck him.
"Don't they look like lunatics?" Xia Yu said, pointing to the three people on the ground and Natasha.
The Ancient One will reappear soon, and Xia Yu and the Ancient One will have a battle. However, the Ancient One is definitely a friend, not an enemy. As for magic, apart from spatial manipulation, most of it makes her a melee mage. I'm still hesitating whether Xia Yu needs to learn it, but even if he does, it definitely won't be his main skill.
Two more chapters today.