Infinity Stones

"Sir, please put down your scepter; it is a very important item."

Although he didn't know who the Hell Ambassador was, Tony Stark raised his palm and aimed at him, his palm cannon poised to fire, and the laser emitter on his wrist was ready.

After scanning by the Iron Man suit, it was discovered that the opponent was wearing a Mechanical Exoskeleton, some of which was no less advanced than Stark Industries' technology, and the manufacturing process of some parts even surpassed Stark Industries' standards.

When did Earth become so full of hidden talents? Kent Clark didn't even mention that he still had no clue about the faster-than-light particles used in the Knight System. Apart from that, he had seen quite a few people who had made great achievements in Iron Man suit, such as Ivan Vanko, the Monarch of Latovinia, and the one in front of him.

"And this gentleman in outdated clothes, putting aside the fact that your attire is politically incorrect in the free world, what you're holding is a dangerous item on S.H.I.E.L.D..'s list, so please put it down as well."

Colonel Zemo stored the Gaia Memory and the Coin of Desire in the same way that Kamen Rider store their belts, then reached out and took the Mind Scepter from the Hell Ambassador: "You actually call it a very important item?"

Then Colonel Zemo looked at Loki, who was being affectionately embraced by his brother, and said, "Mr. Loki of Asgard, may I ask, did the person who gave you this scepter tell you its true value?"

Upon hearing this, Loki's smile froze slightly, as if he had missed out on some rare treasure.

"In the beginning of the universe, the world was a state of chaos, and within this chaos existed six singularities. With the Big Bang, these six singularities coalesced to give birth to the Six Infinity Stones, which vanished in a flash at the edge of the universe, scattered throughout its various parts," Colonel Zemo said slowly, occasionally gesturing with his arms to amplify the power of his words. "Each Infinity Stones can control a specific law of the universe—space, time, reality, Mind Stone, power, and soul."

"Each of these gems possesses immense power; in the hands of a sufficiently powerful person, it could easily destroy a planet where civilization has been destroyed."

"However, no one has ever been able to collect them all. This is the rule of the Infinity Stones: two Infinity Stones cannot be placed in the same place, otherwise it will bring disaster... Even for most civilizations, the power of a single Infinity Stones is enough to bring them to their destruction."

Colonel Zemo paused at the opportune moment, giving everyone present time to think, before continuing, "Of course, almost no one can directly use the power of the Infinity Stones, so the civilizations that once possessed them all encased them in Infinity Stones, using these shells to unleash the stones' power."

Holding the Mind Scepter in front of him, Colonel Zemo crushed the gem embedded in the scepter's head and extracted its core—an irregular crystal radiating pale yellow energy.

"This is one of the Infinity Stones, the Mind Stone."

"Put that thing down!"

Thor was the first to snap out of Colonel Zemo's narration. He raised his hammer and shouted at Colonel Zemo, "This is not a power that humans should wield!"

Although we don't know who is behind the Supergiant, the fact that they could so easily hand over the scepter inlaid with the Infinity Stones to Loki suggests that they have a grand scheme in mind. Therefore, the Mind Stone must be sent away from Earth and placed in the hands of someone powerful enough to safeguard it.

Who made that rule?

Colonel Zemo Zol said to Thor, "You Asgard are allowed to keep the Space Stone on Earth, but humanity is not allowed to access the other Infinity Stones?"

Then Colonel Zemo looked at the rest of the Avengers: "I forgot to tell you, Odin once obtained an Infinity Stones and hid it on Earth. Its name is..."

"The Tesseract." Tony Stark looked up at the sky, though all he could see was a sky full of thunderstorms, he knew what lay on the other side of the storm, and said, "Only the Infinity Stones could open a portal to such a vast distance."

Inspired by his actions, the others all looked up at the sky.

Where are they?

When everyone looked down again, they found that Colonel Zemo and the Hell Ambassador had vanished without a trace. They had slipped away with the Mind Stone in that instant, leaving only the Mind Scepter, now devoid of its Mind Stone.

"I'll go after them!" Tony Stark flew down from the balcony, trying to find Colonel Zemo and his companion around Stark Tower, but couldn't find them after searching the area.

On the balcony, Dr. Selvig, who had been knocked unconscious and then revived by Captain America, clutched the back of his head, feeling a throbbing pain there.

"Doctor, we want to close this portal, what do we need to do?" Bruce Banner asked.

They envisioned a device that would activate the Tesseract on the roof of Stark Tower, but upon arriving, they discovered that the energy beam that opened the portal was emitted from the void, with no device or Tesseract in sight.

"My head!" Dr. Selvig cried out in pain, "That device... it's enveloped in the energy of the Tesseract, hidden in a sub-plane. Only an energy core of the same level can touch it."

"An energy core of the same level..." Captain America looked at the Mind Scepter that had been discarded on the spot. Unfortunately, the Mind Stone had been taken away.

Bruce Banner said, "Doctor, we've lost the power core... You designed and built this device, you must have another way to shut it down, right!"

"Shut it down, shut it down, you have to shut it down!" Dr. Selvig said, clutching his head. "If we don't shut down this portal, humanity's future will be lost—she told me so much, we must stop it."

"Doctor, you have to pull yourself together. You'll definitely find a way," Bruce Banner comforted Dr. Selvig. He could see that the unkempt old doctor was now in a state of anxiety, clearly suffering from what he had done.

He had also had this experience, so he could say he understood it deeply.

Dr. Selvig took out a thick notebook from his clothes, which he always kept tucked into his pocket, and then said to his old acquaintance Banner, "Although I created this device, the design is an improvement on Dr. Clark's ideas. He will definitely have a solution."

"I'll contact headquarters right away!" Black Widow took out her communicator, but there was no response on the other end, as if the signal had been cut off. All she could hear was a busy tone. She could only look at everyone with regret and say this.

"It's possible that the thunderstorm interfered with the signal."