The Aether

As mentioned earlier, Jane Foster was a scientist, and curiosity and a penchant for risk-taking are practically in a scientist's nature.

If an ordinary person were to arrive in a place they didn't know, or even if it was their own planet, they wouldn't dare to move around so recklessly. But Jane Foster not only moved, she even reached out and touched the strange and unusual things she saw.

Yes, it was a distorted Reality Stone, also known as an Aether, twisted like the Symbiote in Venom. That lump of stuff was placed in a mysterious hall, inside a container resembling a sarcophagus.

Jane Foster reached out and touched it without hesitation.

Before her hand had even fully touched the Aether Aether, they seemed to cling to Jane's hand, arm, neck, and chest like swallows returning to their nest, before disappearing.

This scene is strikingly similar to the Symbiote parasitizing humans in Venom.

However, Aether the ether doesn't have the sticky feel of Symbiote, Jane barely felt anything. The Aether had completely disappeared from her body, as if it had never existed.

The instant Jane Foster absorbed the Aether, the entire Svartalfheim, the Dark World inhabited by the Dark Elves, was transformed.

All the Dark Elves were awakened at this moment, and they sensed the birth of the Aether.

The leader of the Dark Elves, Malekith —oh wait, Malekith— slowly opened his eyes in the darkness.

"The Aether have appeared, and it just so happens to be a once-in-five-thousand-years Nine-Star Alignment. It couldn't be better. This time, I will surely plunge the entire universe back into darkness."

Malekith looked up at the dark sky. As his people awoke from their slumber, the entire planet seemed to awaken, with lights from mechanical devices and spaceships slowly appearing everywhere.

More and more Dark Elves opened their eyes from the darkness, following Malekith as they roared with hatred in one direction: Asgard.

Jane had no idea what was happening. No matter how brave she was, she still felt scared when an unknown thing invaded her body. She began to search for an exit in the hall.

Unfortunately, this great hall was buried deep underground by Odin's father countless years ago to bury the Aether, so how could it have an exit?

Jane wandered around inside for more than ten minutes before encountering a randomly appearing wormhole, returning her to Earth. She was still in the factory, but not in the place where she had just disappeared.

After Jane disappeared, Thor searched for a long time but couldn't find her. He had no choice but to follow Xia Yu's advice. The group went outside and found a spacious place. Thor called Heimdall back to Asgard.

"Heimdall, help me find her. Do you know who I'm talking about?" Thor asked anxiously as soon as he arrived, urging Heimdall to find Jane.

Heimdall hesitated for a moment, because Odin had revealed that he didn't want Thor to have too much contact with an Earth woman. Although Heimdall couldn't understand why Odin didn't want Thor to have too much contact with Earth women, yet still wanted Thor to stay on Earth for so long.

However, Heimdall did not want to get too involved in the affairs of their royal family.

So Heimdall hesitated for a moment, but still decided to help Thor search, because Odin only said to his face that he didn't like Thor associating with human women, and didn't give any orders forbid Heimdall from doing anything.

Heimdall, who claimed to be able to see anywhere in the universe, immediately turned his attention to Earth. At Thor's request, Jane was marked with Heimdall's unique mark, which would allow Heimdall to quickly find her as long as she was within a certain range.

Heimdall took the document and scanned the Earth inside and out twice, but found nothing.

"She's not on Earth?" Heimdall said casually.

"She could be anywhere in the Nine Realms. The Nine-Star Alignment has begun, and I'm not sure where she went or if she's in danger. I need to get her back to Earth as soon as possible."

Thor now regrets letting Jane Foster explore and test. He had thought that if Jane was by his side, Heimdall could take him back no matter where she was teleported to. But who knew that the randomly appearing wormhole would coincidentally take Jane away from him?

In fact, Jane Foster was transported to a certain place underground in Asgard. Odin's father buried the Aether somewhere in Asgard, but Heimdall and Thor were blind to the truth and thoroughly searched the other eight places, but they didn't bother to look at Asgard.

Heimdall only refocused his gaze on Earth after Jane had absorbed the Aether and appeared on Earth for several minutes, and only then did he see Jane reappear.

Thor immediately teleported to Earth, and Jane also ran out of the factory area to look for Thor.

Jane immediately ran to Thor upon seeing Thor again. She had been genuinely frightened and wanted to ask Thor what had gone inside her body.

As soon as Thor approached Jane, a dark red power suddenly burst forth from Jane's body.

Thor was caught off guard and was blasted far away by the energy.

Xia Yu flashed and almost instantly appeared behind Thor, placing his right hand on Thor's back.

The moment they touched Thor, an unimaginably powerful force surged through them.

Xia Yu inwardly cried out in alarm, realizing he had underestimated the power of the Aether. Even a small burst of power was not something Xia Yu could easily withstand.

He quickly reached out his other hand and braced both hands against Thor's back. Even so, Xia Yu's feet dragged deep craters into the ground.

Regardless of how far Thor was thrown off, from the moment Xia Yu caught Thor, both of them were propelled more than twenty meters by this energy.

After coming to a complete stop, Thor looked at Xia Yu in disbelief, then turned to look at Jane, who also looked incredulous.

Having seen the movie and knowing what Jane had gone through, Xia Yu thought to himself silently.

"Serves you right. You dared to go anywhere and touch anything. Now you're dumbfounded, aren't you? Scared, aren't you?"

However, Xia Yu showed a concerned expression and patted Thor on the shoulder, saying, "Go ask Jane what she went through. There's an extremely powerful force within her, no less than the power of the Infinity Stones."

Thor's surprise turned to fear. He knew that if it really was Infinity Stones, Jane's body would definitely not be able to withstand such power and would definitely have problems.

Through their cautious interactions, Thor discovered that once Jane's emotions had completely calmed down, the power within her body would not resist or riot.

"Is that force protecting Jane?" Thor murmured, seemingly asking no one in particular.

"It's protecting itself, Thor. Take her to Asgard. I'll go with you."