Doom Empire!

"Okay."

She was brief and to the point.

"Our next target is the Thought Imprint Tower in the center of the city. It's the root of the AI's suppression of every citizen's rebellious thoughts. We've been planning this for half a year, but we've never been able to break through its outer defensive matrix."

"Defensive matrix?" Thor snorted disdainfully and weighed the hammer in his hand.

"In my opinion, it's nothing more than a sheet of metal that needs to be smashed."

"It isn't a sheet of metal. It's an energy field." Sif corrected him, her tone serious.

"Any unauthorized physical attack will be absorbed by the energy field and reflected back with double the force. Our best explosives expert died beneath his own bomb."

"An energy field?" Thor was stunned for a moment.

"Simply put, brother," Loki explained from the side in terms Thor could understand.

"If you punch it with one fist, it'll hit back with the strength of two. And it'll remember how you attacked. Next time, you might not even get the chance to throw a punch."

Thor's brows drew tightly together. This way of fighting left him feeling particularly frustrated.

"So, we need a plan." Sif's gaze swept over everyone present.

"A plan that will allow you to make the best possible use of your strength."

A strategy meeting centered around how to smash that "sheet of metal" officially began in the crude underground base.

Meanwhile, beyond the Spacetime Scar.

Xiao Han and the others reappeared in the void.

The screen before them was clearly showing the scene inside the underground base.

"It looks like the princes' game has officially gotten on track." Kara folded her arms and commented with great interest.

"Still, I feel Thor will probably use up one of his experience