Aether
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
Although the seventh Infinity Stones, the Self-Stone, has not yet appeared or will never appear in the movie universe, the Infinity Stones, in addition to their mutual attraction, also possess self-awareness.
Just like in Avengers, the Mind Stone embedded in Vision's forehead warned him of the threat from Thanos.
Don't be fooled by the fact that anyone can easily pick up the Tesseract containing the Space Stone later on. In the early stages, Red Skull was not qualified to use it and was teleported to Vormir where the Soul Stone is located, by Red Skull's immense energy.
As an ordinary person who had never used any enhancement methods, Dr. Selvig had been infused with the energy of the Tesseract and the Mind Scepter. He had come into contact with the Infinity Stones, which represent two products of the universe's rules. The Mind Stone broadened his horizons, and the Space Stone revealed the mysteries of space. This was exactly what Dr. Selvig was good at, which is why he was able to build the portal for Loki so smoothly. Anyone else would have gone crazy.
However, without a stable source, the effects of the Infinity Stones on Dr. Selvig will not last long. After a while, the elderly, pot-bellied doctor will return to normal. But during this time, he will uncontrollably peek into the rules of the world and the secrets of the entire universe.
After examining Dr. Selvig, Wei Xiuming came to this conclusion.
After learning of Dr. Selvig's whereabouts, Wei Xiuming teleported Nick Fury to the vicinity of Stonehenge. They stopped the police before they could put Dr. Selvig in a police car, and then took the gravity detection device off the ground, freeing the policeman whose hands were pinned down. Although half of his face was covered by a gas mask, the deep contempt in his eyes was clear.
You are all responsible for the decline of the once mighty British Empire to this state.
Dr. Selvig was very excited to see Wei Xiuming, whom he had worked with before, because Wei Xiuming was intelligent and capable, and with him there, the danger could be completely handled.
Having located Dr. Selvig, Nick Fury made a phone call, and soon a convoy picked up the three of them and took them to S.H.I.E.L.D..'s base near London.
Although England did not agree to S.H.I.E.L.D..'s military assistance, the number of S.H.I.E.L.D.. bases around the world will not decrease as a result. Especially after learning about the major event of the Nine Realms merging, Nick Fury took the opportunity to activate the secret Avengers, a team of heroes he had formed outside of the Avengers.
The team members include Hammerhead Joseph Harlow, MAZAHS Russo, S.H.I.E.L.D.. Rapid Response Commander Brock Rumlow, the Mutant "War God" Divana transferred from the Lucia branch, and Jasper Shilvert, the senior agent in charge of commanding them.
After seeing the personnel composition, Wei Xiuming was truly impressed by Nick Fury's eye for talent; it was all Hydra!
After Dr. Selvig changed his clothes and drank a cup of hot coffee laced with a small amount of oral tranquilizer, the three set off again. On the gravity detection device's display, an energy of the same level as the Tesseract erupted near London. The others were unaware of it, but Nick Fury and Wei Xiuming knew what it was— the Reality Stone, or rather, the Aether formed from the Reality Stone.
It was an abandoned building, its original purpose unknown, but now it was a playground for a group of children—and among them, freaking, were even Black kids! If the Anglo-Saxons, who nearly wiped out the Celts, knew that their descendants would tolerate an inferior race taking the title of subjects of their kingdom, they'd probably be furious.
Because of the trend of the Nine Realms merging into one, the gravitational field here has become completely disordered, and space has become distorted. The children, unaware of the dangers, treated this place as a playground, playing "trampoline" games in areas where gravity weakened, and even starting to play throwing objects after discovering areas where space overlapped.
It has to be said that human infants are the most dangerous things in the world. They were not afraid when they saw a bus appear out of nowhere, and did not consider whether they would disappear into thin air like the bus.
Instead, upon seeing the strange combination of Wei Xiuming, the mad scientist, the one-eyed killer, and the old madman, the group of mischievous kids became frightened and hid. Then, Black Eggplant pulled out a pistol and fired a shot at the empty open space, finally scaring them away.
However, the Negasonic Teenage Warhead did not remain on the wall as Black Eggplant had imagined; instead, it vanished into thin air. It remains to be seen which unlucky soul in the Nine Realms will be fortunate enough to "pick up" this Negasonic Teenage Warhead.
The place where the Aether was sealed was located in the crevice between the Nine Realms. That place was within the boundaries of the Nine Realms, but it was impossible to enter it by any means. It was the perfect place to seal the Aether, something that could plunge the Nine Realms and even the entire universe into darkness. Bor, the Asgard's God King who sealed the Aether and was Odin's father, had great foresight in this regard.
However, just like the seals that seal off the peerless demons in fantasy novels, seals will always fail due to various problems. The recent period is when the seal will fail. However, the opening of the passage to the rift Nine Realms is completely random. Unless it is extremely accidental and coincidental to the point that one suspects that a powerful force called "the screenwriter and the needs of the plot" is pushing things along, someone will accidentally enter that other dimension.
The situation was different for Wei Xiuming. Unlike Jane Foster, the three grown men didn't get the same treatment. They fumbled around for a long time without finding anything, and even the Great Leader, who had searched the area before, hadn't found anything.
However, Wei Xiuming was not unprepared. Dr. Selvig held up a gravity detection device assembled from broken pieces. The Odin's Scepter, which was the main body of the device, resonated with the seal left by Bor, opening a door in the chaotic space and leading the three of them into a dark space made of man-made giant stones.
The sealed Aether were right in front of them.
Although it's a seal, the style is very rough. It's just two giant rocks with Asgard magical inscriptions sandwiching the Aether in the middle, like two pieces of black bread with a little bit of strawberry jam spread between them.
The seal is currently at its weakest point. Even without a user, the Aether have managed to hold up the boulder seal on their own, but they have not yet been able to break free completely. Dark red particles emitting a red glow continue to wander within the crevices of the boulder.
Sensing a source of power of the same level, Dr. Selvig impulsively reached out to touch the Aether, only to be stopped by Nick Fury: "Doctor, this thing is on the same level as the Tesseract. Don't touch it lightly."
Wei Xiuming took out a device from his waist that resembled a combination of a portable game console and a handheld controller. He pressed a button on the Aether, and the dark red, viscous liquid was immediately attracted by the device, breaking free from its seal and flowing into it.
"Reality Stone obtained."
Meanwhile, in Svartalfheim, one of the Nine Realms, a desolate planet, is also the homeland of the Dark Elves.
This is also the site of the decisive battle between the Dark Elves and Bor, the ancient God King of Asgard. The war destroyed everything here, and the remaining Dark Elves fled to the depths of the universe, remaining silent for thousands of years. Today, they have returned to their homeland.
Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, stroked the earth. This boundless desolation, shrouded in dark clouds and littered with jagged rocks, showed no signs of life and bore no resemblance to the homeland that had given birth to the civilization of the Dark Elves.
But it doesn't matter, he can take revenge on the Asgard immediately, for it was the Aether that awakened them.
Although the Aether is the Reality Stone, the Reality Stone is not the Aether. After the ancestors of the Dark Elves obtained the Reality Stone, they used their dark magic to change its form and imprint it with their own mark. Therefore, when a loophole appeared in the seal, the Dark Elves also received the message.
Now, with the Nine Realms merging, Odin aging, and Asgard facing a generational gap, the Dark Elves can also take the opportunity to retrieve the powerful weapon sealed away by Asgard — the Aether.
But halfway to retrieve the Aether, Malekith impulsively returned to his long-lost homeland, the place they had abandoned a thousand years ago after their defeat.
Looking at their homeland, still bearing the marks of war, not only Malekith but also the other Dark Elves were filled with emotion, for this was, after all, their home.
Suddenly, Malekith grabbed a handful of soil. "The Aether, it's gone!"
"Prepare the warships; we're heading to its Midgard Midgard."
"Coordinates found."
As Wei Xiuming and his companions stepped into the Nine Realms Rift, the Great Leader and the Hell Ambassador emerged from a corner of an abandoned building.
The Great Leader carried a huge fruit basket in his left hand, filled with various fruits such as oranges, grapes, cantaloupe, bananas, and lemons, while holding a teleportation gun in his right hand.
The Hell Ambassador used the same gravity detection device as Dr. Selvig to measure the different frequencies of the Nine Realms and travel to the places they wanted to go.
The one speaking was the Hell Ambassador. The moment Odin's Scepter opened the spatial portal, the gravity detection device had already separated the coordinates of the Nine Realms.
"Very good." The Great Leader raised his hand and fired a shot at the spot where Wei Xiuming and the other two had disappeared. Black spatial smoke spread out, blocking the chaotic space and temporarily sealing Wei Xiuming and the others in that space to prevent this "strongman" whose power had just reached 500,000 horses from coming out and disrupting his plans.
After all, with Black Eggplant by his side, it wouldn't make sense for Wei Xiuming not to intervene during an alien invasion.
The Great Leader wanted London to suffer some losses, partly because the unpalatable food and certain artifacts in the British Museum evoked memories he had gleaned from historical materials, but ultimately it was for his own benefit.
The Earth's outer space defense plan has been proposed for a long time, but countries have yet to take any action. It's time to use a brutal war to wake them up and lash them hard so that they can speed up their efforts.
The Great Leader, on behalf of Wei Xiuming and the entire SHOCKER, thanked the people of London for their sacrifices for his plans.
After learning the frequency of the country he wanted to travel to, the Great Leader adjusted the teleportation gun and pulled the trigger. A portal filled with billowing Black Mist appeared on the wall in front of him, and he strode into it.
Of the Nine Realms, only Asgard, Vanaheim, and Earth meet the conditions for human life to inhabit. The dwarven kingdom of Nidavellir, built on Dyson Sphere, is a weapons forging factory that obtains the resources necessary for survival by selling weapons and similar items.
Svartalfheim has been destroyed by war and turned into a barren land; Muspelheim is ruled by the fire demon Surtur, and is filled with lava and intense flames, even the air is scorching hot; Helheim, as its name suggests, is the realm of the dead, forbidden to the living.
However, the Great Leader was heading to Helheim, to meet Hela, the first in line to the throne of Asgard, Odin's eldest daughter, Thor's half-sister, and the Hela in the Nine Realms.
The Dead Realm in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not like the underworld in the comics. There are no ghosts, no sound of flowing water, only death.
The sky wasn't completely dark; amidst the overcast clouds, there was a lingering glow from the setting sun, a fleeting moment of life's final moments.
The ground was rugged and uneven, with jagged peaks standing tall like swords piercing the sky, revealing a certain resentment; even the air was deathly still, without movement, without wind, and without a single sound.
Odin made this place the perfect prison for Hela; even the Death Goddess would probably go mad after thousands of years of utter desolation.
"A closed space." After entering this world, the Great Leader floated in the air, and the knowledge he gained from Wei Xiuming quickly allowed him to determine the situation of this space.
This world is a closed space, with no passage connecting it to the outside world. Only those who possess special spatial abilities or equipment like the Bifrost, and who can calculate the frequency of this space, can enter.
However, getting out wouldn't be difficult; one could simply break through the spatial barrier with immense power. So why doesn't Hela do that?
And where is Galadriel, the Elf Queen... no, Hela, the Hela?
To create a friendly atmosphere for their meeting, he specially transformed his face to resemble Magneto, just like his meeting with Elven King Thranduil, to create a reunion for Middle-earth's re-employed individuals. He even brought gifts for the occasion.
With the sound of a sharp object slicing through the air, a blade made of magical energy shot from afar toward the Great Leader, only to be stopped in front of him by his magnetic field.
"Outsider, state your name."
A powerful, assertive voice rang out, echoing far and wide in this deathly silent world.