Yearning

Chen Xu was speechless at Thor's casual explanation. Of course, he also knew Thor did not know much. All Thor yearned for was battle.

Something beside the Cosmic Cube also caught Chen Xu's attention: a massive gauntlet. Yes, it was naturally the Infinity Gauntlet Thanos would wear in the future. He just did not know whether this one was real or fake. Of course, it did not have the six Infinity Stones set into it.

Afterward, Thor showed Chen Xu all kinds of rare treasures. After seeing them all, Chen Xu had the urge to pack up every single one of those good things and take them away. Of course, that was only a thought. If he were really told to do it, he would not dare.

If I took Odin's things, wouldn't he chase me all the way to Earth and kill me?

After that, Chen Xu took the initiative to ask to leave. He was getting more and more bored as they went on, but Thor was becoming increasingly enthusiastic with his explanations and did not even want to leave. Chen Xu was speechless. In the end, Thor could not argue him down and took him out.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Chen Xu had Thor ask Heimdall to send him back to Earth.

"Sorry, everyone. I presumptuously took a look around your treasure vault."

Thor and Frigga did not think much of it and said with smiles,

"What's the big deal? From today onward, you are a friend of Asgard. You are welcome here anytime."

Loki, however, looked thoroughly unwilling.

"Farewell, everyone."

Chen Xu returned to Earth through the Bifrost.

The battle between Chen Xu, Thor, and the Destroyer on Earth had been witnessed by the FBI and S.H.I.E.L.D. At that moment, the American Council and S.H.I.E.L.D. had already gone mad. What had they seen in just a few days? Aliens. Gods. People who had previously existed only in myths had all become reality. It made them feel increasingly powerless and made them realize that this world contained other, more powerful civilizations. They felt deeply uneasy and wanted to learn these people's backgrounds, yet had nowhere to begin. It was as though they had appeared out of thin air, with no records of them anywhere in human society.

Inside S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Phil Coulson was reporting his discoveries to a bald man wearing an eyepatch.

"...That's what happened."

Nick Fury listened to Phil Coulson's report, his face filled with unease and helplessness as he looked at the plan report on the desk titled Avengers.

"It seems this plan needs to be accelerated."

The events of just a few days had left Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. with no means or methods to respond. They had remained passive the entire time. Nick Fury's expression was grave. Seeing that Nick Fury was lost in thought, Phil Coulson stopped his report and cautiously left.

"If only she were here!"

New York Sanctum.

After returning from Asgard, Chen Xu began living the same routine day after day.

He patrolled the Dark Dimension, reinforced the magical seals of the New York Sanctum, and aside from sleeping, spent nearly all his time in the library. Otherwise, he constantly developed the abilities created by combining Chaos Magic and Omega Beams.

Just as the system had said, the Omega Beams he used were only a portion, not the complete power, but they were still tremendously powerful. The Omega Beams' usual abilities could simply be described as terrifying—they directly annihilated matter.

They could now almost penetrate every substance on Earth, including Captain America's shield. Although Captain America's shield was made of Vibranium and was incomparably sturdy, that was because the spacing between the molecules in its structure was nearly zero, producing an indestructible effect.

However, the combination of Chen Xu's Chaos Force and Omega Beams had pushed the effect of annihilating matter to an extreme. Chen Xu even had the illusion that he could pierce straight through the entire Earth, though that was only a conjecture.

He did not dare try it. What if he really shot through the Earth?

Then it would be over. Moreover, these beams were no longer like Superman's laser vision, with their overly limited direction. The Omega Beams Chen Xu fired from his eyes could move according to his thoughts, obeying any physical law.

The absurd thing was that Chen Xu used this move to shoot mosquitoes in his dormitory. If Darkseid, the great villain of the DC universe, saw that, he would probably be furious enough to spit blood.

After returning from Asgard, Chen Xu reported to Ancient One. From her, he received a piece of news that was unexpected yet reasonable: those two lovebirds had started fighting again. Chen Xu had barely left before the two of them began brawling. This time, they were fighting for real.

Thor accidentally knocked Loki into space, causing Loki to become lost in the cosmos.

Odin also woke up. Seeing his two sons fight over the throne, with one of them neither confirmed dead nor alive, all of Asgard mourned. The exchange was postponed as well.

Chen Xu naturally knew where Loki had gone. As a transmigrator, Chen Xu knew that the plot of the first Avengers movie was about to begin, and Loki had naturally gone to cooperate with Thanos. The truth was exactly as Chen Xu had expected.

At that moment, within a starry sky of ancient darkness and deathly silence, a throne rose above an abyss. Upon that throne sat a godlike being. He had pale purple skin, and his grotesque features made him appear especially terrifying. Clad in golden armor, he radiated an aura that shook the universe. Before him stood someone dressed in green, with two horns.

That person was Loki, while the being upon the throne was naturally Thanos, the purple potato monster. Loki looked at Thanos, who seemed like a god, and felt furious. Loki had always believed that he himself was a god.

Given Loki's temperament, he would never have endured this. However, he sensed the abyssal aura emanating from Thanos, as heavy as the universe itself, and stopped himself before he could speak.

"Loki, you have greatly disappointed me."

"Thanos."

Loki was somewhat dejected due to his failure, but the pride he had cultivated over a thousand years had not disappeared.

"Thanos, is this how you treat your allies? Is this your way of receiving guests?"

"When you were still the king of Asgard, you were our ally. But now, you are merely a stray dog."

"Then why did you save me? Was it just to humiliate and mock me? Well, you have achieved your purpose. What else do you want now?"

"Fine. Since I am of no use to you, I will leave."

Loki was playing hard to get.