The Queen Mother's Gift, a User Manual for the Cosmic Cube?

A scene of "fatherly love and filial piety" unfolded in Asgard.

Lin Feng and Xixing stood outside the palace, listening to the crackling clash of metal weapons within.

This father and daughter had clearly started fighting.

But Lin Feng had lost interest in what happened next.

There were only a few possible outcomes.

Either Odin lost and Hela stabbed him to death with a single blow, or she let the old man experience what it felt like to be imprisoned for thousands of years.

Or Odin won and sealed Hela away again.

As for peaceful coexistence, Lin Feng thought that was unlikely...

Because thousands of years ago, Odin had said himself that he could not stop Hela.

And even now, Hela had not given up on conquering.

Still, it was hard to say. Lin Feng felt that in a fight to the death, Hela might not necessarily be able to defeat Odin.

After all, Asgard's natives grew stronger with age.

He wondered whether old Odin worked the same way...

If Hela really won, then Asgard's people would suffer.

Asgard's current military reserves simply could not support Hela's campaign to sweep across the Nine Realms.

After watching Thor 3, Lin Feng had thought about it more than once.

If Odin had not sealed Hela away back then, what would Asgard look like now?

Thousands of years ago, Odin's father had defeated the Dark Elves at the height of their power and hidden the Aether.

Odin himself had once led Asgard's army to a crushing victory over the Frost Giants.

He had placed the Frost Giants' supreme treasure, the "Casket of Ancient Winters," in the vault.

One could imagine just how formidable Asgard's warriors had been at that time.

And now?

Ever since Thor 1, Asgard had appeared peaceful on the surface,