"My God!"
Dr. Banner, Natasha, and the others stared at the breathtaking Star Map, glittering like a vast sea of stars, and murmured involuntarily.
"You never told us you had so many Infinity Gems here?" Strange was clearly stunned by the sight as well. He had even spotted several emerald-green glimmers among them. That was the light spilling from the Time Stone!
And clearly, the Time Stone was on him. Yet he could sense that the Time Stones on the Star Map possessed the power of time as well.
It struck Strange as utterly absurd. The Sorcerer Supreme existed to protect the Time Stone and keep the universe from being eroded by Dark Force, but looking at this scene before him, he suddenly felt that perhaps protecting the gem was something worth reconsidering.
"A lot? Not really. Each of them has its own purpose. Why do you think the Data Dimension has continued updating and expanding? I used these things to create node after node, then analyzed their power and integrated it into the Data Dimension," Luke said softly. In his eyes, these condensed and extracted stones were merely parts in the Data Dimension's server hardware.
"Since you have so many Infinity Stones, could you lend us some?" Ant-Man Scott muttered.
"They aren't as miraculous as you imagine." Luke unhesitatingly poured cold water over the hopeful expressions on their faces. "Strictly speaking, while they possess the power of the stones, they cannot be treated as real Infinity Stones."
"What does that mean?" Stark and Dr. Banner exchanged glances, unable to make sense of Luke's words.
"It means this is just a technique for cutting a cake." Luke did not try to be mysterious and stated it plainly. "The number has indeed increased, but the total amount remains unchanged."
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