Everyone at the edge of the training ground raised their hands to shield themselves from the air currents roaring past.
They struggled to keep their eyes open, unwilling to miss any of Li Ge's movements.
Even elites among Mutants like them had never seen someone shatter space with his bare fists and break off a fragment of it.
Much less someone trying to stuff a world into a gap in space.
Not one of them wanted to miss even a second of this magnificent sight, which could well be called the creation of a world.
They had originally thought Li Ge would send the crystal ball straight into the hole exposed after he broke off the spatial fragment.
They had not expected that Li Ge had no such intention at all.
In Li Ge's view, the universes in the Marvel Universe were like individual eggs, with a shell-like spatial barrier separating each universe.
And Li Ge's act of breaking off a spatial fragment was like breaking a piece off an eggshell.
If he placed the crystal ball directly into the exposed hole,
he would plainly be throwing it straight outside this universe's spatial barrier.
Who knew where the crystal ball would drift amid the spatial turbulence?
Wouldn't that be throwing his own masterpiece away?
So at a time like this, Li Ge needed to find a way to anchor the world inside the crystal ball to this shell.
From the start, Li Ge's goal had been to turn this world, which should now be called Krakoa, into a subspace world attached to the real world.
So there had to be something definite between them that could serve as an anchor.
And how could a new world attach itself to the real world?
That required mentioning the ability Li Ge had specifically designed to store abilities.
That's right!
It was the original sealing ability used to create ability cards.
A good designer always had to be willing to try different materials.
The ultimate purpose of the sealing ability had always been storage.
And what could store things better than space itself?
So Li Ge had planned from the start to seal Krakoa directly onto the universe's spatial barrier.
And the spatial fragment Li Ge had broken off was the sealing card he had prepared for Krakoa.
In the future, as Krakoa's world space grew, it could use this spatial fragment as its origin point and continuously spread over the surrounding space.
From the perspective of the eggshell, it would be like a spot constantly growing larger on its surface.
Naturally, the area of space Krakoa could influence would also grow larger and larger as the "spot" spread.
The mark Li Ge had designed to allow free entry into and exit from Krakoa thus had a foundation on which it could be realized.
Li Ge had also thought of another benefit.
Sealed onto the universe's spatial barrier, Krakoa would effectively possess spatial barrier defenses and repair capabilities equal to those of the universe itself.
Without the ability to break through space or travel through it,
the only way to enter Krakoa would be through the mark Li Ge had designed.
So this spatial sealing technique directly gave Krakoa vast room for development, powerful concealment, and a defensive barrier that would be difficult to breach.
As Li Ge pressed the crystal ball in his left hand bit by bit into the spatial fragment he held stable with his spatial ability in his right hand,
an illusory image of a world gradually appeared on the fragment's surface.
All sorts of terrain could faintly be seen flickering across it.
It was like an iridescent bubble, beautiful yet hollow, full of dreamlike colors but with little sense of tangible existence.
This was because Krakoa's redstone sun had yet to absorb enough energy, and everything inside was still merely a phantom of energy.
There was no need to worry, though. With redstone's power, it would soon absorb enough energy for Krakoa to rapidly solidify and expand to a considerable size.
After confirming that the sealing had succeeded, Li Ge did nothing unnecessary and simply shoved the spatial fragment back into its original position.
Although the spatial cracks Li Ge had punched open had not yet healed,
the powerful suction that devoured everything had already vanished.
Everyone, who had still been resisting the howling winds stirred up even after Li Ge had weakened most of that devouring force, immediately noticed this.
Already curious about how Li Ge would integrate Krakoa into the real world, they all hurried over to his side.
They watched Li Ge erase the spatial cracks one by one with his fingers, as though smoothing wrinkles out of a piece of cloth.
They all suppressed their urge to ask questions, afraid of disturbing Li Ge and thereby causing the spatial cracks to spread and space to shatter.
The tiny spatial fragment Li Ge had broken off earlier had already left a hole with such powerful suction.
And that was with Li Ge blocking the vast majority of its power.
If too large an area of space shattered, they could not guarantee that Li Ge would still be able to withstand the devouring force.
Even for the sake of their own safety, they could afford to wait this little while.
In fact, Li Ge did not spend much time smoothing out those spatial cracks.
It was not particularly troublesome for him.
Through the information Scan and Record ability he had secretly left inside Krakoa's redstone sun, Li Ge could already sense it slowly condensing and growing.
He was just about to say something to everyone present when he sensed spatial fluctuations appearing nearby.
Looking puzzled, Li Ge frowned as he examined the space he had just repaired.
Had I failed to repair the space properly just now?
Or had my actions attracted some creature living in the gaps between spaces?
Just then, wisps of sparks appeared in the air before Li Ge, flickering and spinning into a portal as tall as a person.
Through the portal, a room decorated in an antique style and steeped in a sense of history was clearly visible.
Beside a wooden tea table sat a bald female mage wearing ancient, bright yellow robes of a practicing mage, her expression calm, her gaze deep, and an air of wisdom emanating from her.
Two cups of steaming tea stood before her, one facing directly toward Li Ge.
Clearly, she was inviting Li Ge over as a guest for tea.
As soon as the portal appeared, the Professor and the others were already regarding it with grave expressions.
Someone who could silently open a spatial portal right in front of them!
No amount of caution would be excessive.
"Everyone, sorry for the interruption. I am the Ancient One!"
"Mr. Li Ge, please come over for a cup of tea!"
"I trust you won't mind my presumptuous invitation?"
Without any further explanation, this powerful mage extended an invitation directly to Li Ge.