Strange closed his mouth, chewed twice, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
The immense Soul Stone energy surged wildly within him, only to be quickly and completely crushed and absorbed by the Nightmare Abyss.
He looked down at the pile of ashes below.
A long, silver-gray metal staff lay silently on the scorched earth.
A crystal emitting a fluorescent green light is embedded at the top.
Strange raised his hand, and the staff flew into his hand automatically.
He turned around and drew a circle in the air with his right hand.
Golden sparks flew as the portal took shape.
At the other end of the portal was the control room of Frost City.
Thor was leaning against the control panel, watching the dark purple barrier in mid-air dissipate.
A golden portal unfolded two meters to his side.
Strange strode into the control room.
The dark purple robes had returned to calm, and the hideous tentacles had all retracted into the body.
He raised his right hand and tossed the silver-gray staff over.
Thor caught it and weighed it in his hand.
The staff contains a vast amount of antimatter energy.
If I remember correctly, I didn't send you a notice asking you to come in and work overtime.
Thor toyed with the Cosmic Control Rod, sizing up the mage before him.
Strange didn't answer, but turned around and raised his right hand again.
Another golden portal lit up in the center of the control room.
This time, the scene on the other side of the portal was no longer scorched earth, but a cozy apartment.
A woman in a trench coat stood behind the door.
Strange's hard facial features softened instantly.
He reached out, passed through the portal, took the woman's hand, and led her into the control room.
Christine Palmer.
Christine looked around, her gaze sweeping over Emma Frost and Betsy before finally settling on Thor.
" Christine has always wanted to come and thank you in person."
Strange stood beside Christine, turning his head to look at Thor.
"Thank you for reshaping her Soul Stone, and thank you for saving that broken universe."
"I had just brought her across dimensions when I saw that giant insect outside."
Strange raised his hand and pointed outside the city walls.
"I didn't like the look of it, so I cleaned it up for you."
Christine stepped forward and bowed deeply to Thor.
" Strange told me everything."
If it weren't for you, I would probably be nothing more than a fleeting shadow adrift in Void forever.
Thank you for giving me a second life.
Christine straightened up and looked at Thor.
In her understanding, Thor is an Asgard warrior who controls lightning and enjoys wielding his hammer to smash people.
But resurrecting the Deadman and reshaping bodies and Soul Stone is not the authority of the Asgard gods.
This goes beyond the boundaries of science and the limits of magic.
She had witnessed Strange repeatedly reverse time to save her, watching her die time and time again.
Even the Sorcerer Supreme, who possessed the Time Stone, couldn't do it, yet this man accomplished it with ease.
And it also conveniently saved that universe from collapse.
This difference in dimensional power caused Christine's heart to pound violently.
She was not facing an ordinary superhero, but a true Creator.
Thor casually tossed the Cosmic Control Rod into his storage space.
He waved his hand.
"It's nothing."
"Since we're here, let's treat it as a vacation."
Thor pointed to the city buildings outside the control room.
"There are quite a few new shops opening up in the Frost City shopping district."
"Take your fiancée shopping; the bill is on me."
Strange nodded and took Christine's hand.
"Come on, I'll show you the scenery around here."
The two turned and walked down the stairs from the control room into the city.
Thor turned around and looked back at the battlefield outside the city walls.
With the Annihilus dead, the remaining swarm of insectoid soldiers completely lost their unified command and began to wander aimlessly.
Below the city wall, Iceman Bobby pushes forward with both hands.
The extremely cold frost spread along the ground, instantly freezing hundreds of insects into ice sculptures.
The ground was covered by a thick layer of ice.
" Anna, to the left!" Bobby shouted.
The Rogue Anna darted along the edge of the battlefield, her hands touching the carapace of an elite Zerg creature attempting to break free of the ice.
Green life energy flowed into her body through her arm.
The elite Zergling instantly withered and turned into a pile of bones.
Using the power she absorbed, Anna leaped into the air with a powerful burst of energy.
Storm Ororo, suspended in mid-air, raises her arms high.
A fierce wind howled, and dark clouds loomed overhead.
A thick bolt of lightning struck, precisely shattering the frozen insects.
Ice shards and severed limbs flew everywhere.
Anna caught a stray bolt of lightning energy in mid-air and slammed it down on a group of wreckage below.
The three worked together flawlessly.
The energy fluctuations converged in mid-air, forming a small ice and lightning storm.
On the other side of the defensive line, the Female Thor wielded Mjolnir, smashing a giant beetle to pieces.
The blue-gold armor stood out conspicuously among the insectoid swarm.
Beside the Female Thor, there was an even more conspicuous figure.
Thor stared intently, and the muscles in his face twitched twice.
It was a Shiba Inu.
A Shiba Inu covered in yellow fur that walks upright on its two hind legs.
The Shiba Inu has a miniature red cape draped over its back.
It holds a miniature version of Mjolnir in its two front paws.
The Shiba Inu leaped high into the air and smashed a hammer into an insect's head.
The electric current surged through the hammer, instantly turning the insect into charred remains.
Female Thor turned her head and looked at the dog that had stolen her life.
"Hey! That's my prey!" Female Thor protested, brandishing her hammer.
The Shiba Inu turned its head and glanced at the Female Thor.
It had a thick gold chain hanging around its neck, and an old-fashioned square radio attached to the bottom of the chain.
A recording was playing on a loop from the radio's speaker.
"I am Thor!"
"For the glory of the Northern God!"
"Woof!"
After the Shiba Inu landed, it even barked once in sync with the recording.
It even raised its hind legs and urinated on the insect's corpse, asserting its dominance.
Female Thor rolled her eyes and turned to smash another insect.
Thor raised his hand and rubbed his temples.
While the variations of the multiverse are indeed incredibly diverse, he still underestimated the diversity of species.
Thor lowered his hand, his fingers tapping on the metal edge of the console.
The Law of Calculation and Law of Analysis were operating at high speed within him.
His gaze swept over Storm, Iceman, and Rogue, finally settling on Female Thor and the Shiba Inu.
A crazy idea quickly took shape in his mind.
Storm can control the weather, create wide-area elemental attacks, and alter the battlefield environment.
Iceman is Omega-level Mutant capable of lowering the temperature to absolute zero and freezing the flow of energy.
Rogue can absorb and copy the abilities of others, making him a perfect energy transfer station.
In addition, there's the power of Female Thor's lightning.
If we drag all the Storm, Iceman, Rogue, and even various versions of Thor from the multiverse into the Knowhere...
This is absolutely a terrifying mage group.
Moreover, these individuals have highly compatible abilities and attributes, making them naturally suited for team battles.
He visualized a scene in his mind.
Hundreds of Storm simultaneously summoned thunderstorms, covering the entire planet's atmosphere and forming a comprehensive lightning network.
Hundreds of Iceman simultaneously froze the battlefield, freezing all molecular motion and rendering the enemy's defenses completely ineffective.
Hundreds of Thor were mindlessly throwing hammers and generating electricity from the back row, providing continuous suppressive fire without needing to aim at all.
The Rogue absorb and combine their abilities in the middle, bringing together everyone's energy to form a huge energy pool.
Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.
This superposition effect is enough to push the energy level to the limit of Universe Level in an instant.
No matter what kind of enemy we face, we simply bombard the area with pure energy.
No tactics or positioning are needed.
With enough firepower, even a dimensional demon could be blasted to ashes.
"This deal is worthwhile."
Thor stroked his chin, beginning to consider how to recruit these variants from other universes.
He even started considering whether to build a dedicated mage tower to house these humanoid self-propelled cannons.
What are you thinking about?
Emma Frost had somehow moved to Thor's left.
She had her hands in her suit trouser pockets and tilted her head slightly to look at him.
Her fair neck gleamed coldly under the lights of the control room.
"I'm thinking about how to build an army of mages."
Thor didn't hide anything and directly explained his idea.
"Bring over all the mages and elementalists from the multiverse, and concentrate our firepower."
Emma Frost gave a soft hum.
"An army of mages?"
She took a step forward, closing the distance between herself and Thor.
The high heels clicked crisply on the metal floor.
"I heard that you recently took a trip to another universe."
"I also had a very pleasant interdimensional date with a Sorcerer Supreme named Wanda."
Emma Frost slightly raised her chin, speaking clearly, and the temperature in the control room seemed to drop a few degrees.
She had researched Wanda's background; she was a master of Chaos Magic, extremely powerful, and very beautiful.
Thor paused for a moment.
He didn't deliberately hide the fact that he went to other universes to find Wanda, but he didn't publicize it either.
That's not a date, that's business communication.
Thor turned around to face Emma Frost.
"I just went to discuss the potential applications of Chaos Magic with her."
"I also tested her combat abilities."
Emma Frost didn't respond.
She pulled her hands out of her pockets and grabbed Thor by the collar.
Pull downwards forcefully.
Thor lowered his head accordingly.
Emma Frost tiptoed and pressed her red lips directly against hers.
Without the slightest hesitation, and without any unnecessary preamble.
This was an extremely aggressive kiss.
Emma Frost's mental energy formed an invisible barrier around the two of them, isolating them from all external interference.
Thor took the initiative and put his arm around her waist.
A few seconds later, Emma Frost took a half step back.
She loosened her grip on Thor's collar, and a faint blush appeared on her fair earlobes.
Emma Frost looked directly at Thor and uttered three words.
You are mine.
As soon as she finished speaking, star diamond particles appeared around Emma Frost.
Pale blue spatial smoke flickered around Thor at the same time.
The two disappeared from the control room in an instant.
The control room fell silent instantly.
Betsy stood a few meters away, quietly watching the spot where the two had disappeared.
She didn't speak, but slowly raised her right hand.
The psionic blade materialized in her hand, emitting a purplish-red glow.
A trace of pitch-black Law of Oblivion clung to the edge of the blade.
Betsy walked forward expressionlessly.
Walking to the control panel, she raised the psionic blade and aimed it at the metal surface where Emma Frost had just leaned.
Wrist rotation.
A flash of purplish-red light appeared.
A corner of the sturdy metal control panel was neatly cut off.
The break is smooth and even.
Clang!
The severed metal piece fell to the ground with a dull thud.