Thor's sarcastic remark was like a needle, piercing the deathly silence of the room.
The five Asgardians slowly recovered from their petrified state, their expressions varied, but the shock in their eyes was the same.
Thor didn't say anything more, he simply raised his hand and waved it lightly at them.
A warm, jade-like emerald light flowed from his palm, transforming into five gentle ribbons of light that flowed into the bodies of the five people respectively.
The band of light was filled with an indescribable life force. Wherever it passed, wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, broken bones reconnected with crackling sounds, and even mental exhaustion and torment were swept away by this warm power.
In just one breath, the five of them were back to their peak condition.
"This..." Heimdall felt the power returning to his body, and for the first time, his eyes, which seemed to see through the Nine Realms, filled with tears.
The next second, this guardian of the Bifrost, who had been faithfully performing his duties for thousands of years, could no longer contain his excitement.
He took a sudden step forward and, with all his might, hugged Thor tightly.
"Welcome back, Your Highness!" His resolute voice trembled uncontrollably.
Thor stumbled from the hug, paused for a moment, then smiled and patted his back.
This guy is still so stubborn.
"Hello!"
With a crisp shout, Valkyrie strode forward and, without a word, delivered a powerful punch that slammed into Thor's breastplate.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Thor remained motionless, while Valkyrie's wrist went numb from the impact.
She shook her hand, but a genuine, radiant smile appeared on her face, and a long-lost gleam shone in her icy blue eyes. "Well done! Thor! I like it!"
This is a greeting between soldiers.
Angela remained standing in the same spot, without moving forward.
She simply looked at Thor quietly, her cold, bright, pale gold eyes reflecting a complex mix of emotions.
This nominal younger brother seemed to have become someone she couldn't understand at all.
Just then, a fragrant breeze wafted over.
The Enchantress Amora tidied her appearance, her captivating smile returning to her face. She was about to gracefully step into Thor's arms to declare their special relationship.
But as soon as she took a step, she tripped over something, lost her balance, and fell forward to the ground in a sorry state.
A faster figure, accompanied by a silvery laugh, swept past her.
" Thor!"
Lorelei, like a butterfly fluttering through the air, rushed into Thor's arms, her voluptuous body pressed tightly against him, her copper-red curls brushing against his chin, her voice sickeningly sweet, "I knew you wouldn't die! I missed you so much!"
Thor was taken aback by the sudden embrace. He looked down at the woman in his arms, who was pressing her soft breasts against his arm, and then glanced at Amora was gritting her teeth and getting up from the ground.
He grinned and deliberately said loudly, "You two sisters have such a good relationship!"
"Lorelei!"
Amora spat out her sister's name through gritted teeth, her perpetually proud and elegant face now slightly distorted with anger.
She strode forward, grabbed Lorelei by the back of her collar, roughly pulled her out of Thor's arms, and threw her aside.
Then, she straightened her dark green cloak, stepped forward, and gave Thor a reserved yet firm hug.
"You're back," Amora whispered in his ear, a shrewd glint in her emerald eyes. "Are you planning to cause trouble for Hela?"
" Hela?" Thor released her upon hearing this, a strange expression on his face. "What Hela? Wasn't she killed along with Asgard during Ragnarok?"
Seeing Thor's innocent and bewildered expression, Angela finally came over, feeling it necessary to explain things clearly.
"We all thought that was the case." Angela's voice was cold and direct.
"But after your 'death,' a man calling himself 'Kang' appeared on the ruins of Asgard. He wanted to find you and used time reversal."
She paused, then continued, "He didn't find you, but he unexpectedly brought back to life the monsters that died in Ragnarok, including Hela. In that chaotic battle, Kang disappeared, but Hela survived."
"Then," Angela's tone turned serious, "For some reason, she found all Six Infinity Stones, embedded them in her armor, and began her conquest and Carnage of the entire universe."
"Oh, right," Amora added, as if remembering something, " Hela seems to have been looking for you."
Thor was even more confused. He pointed to his nose. "Looking for me?"
Amora nodded, a hint of amusement in her eyes. "She seems to have learned from that guy named Kang that you weren't really dead, so while she's conquering the universe, she's also searching for you everywhere."
Thor was completely speechless after hearing this.
Hela? That sister I blew up with one hammer blow? And she got Six Infinity Stones?
This plot is getting more and more absurd.
They took down an Infinity Ultron before, and now they're bringing out an Infinity Hela?!
And that guy named Kang, he's probably the Kang from the Council of Kangs, that time-traveling bastard, he always causes trouble wherever he goes.
However... Hela is a typical example of someone who's both bad at the game and loves to play. She used to be able to put up a fight against me thanks to the advantage of Asgard's terrain.
Now? If she still managed to beat me with six gems, I'd eat poop upside down today!
He looked at everyone, clarifying his thoughts. "So, Hela has always believed I'm not dead, while you've always believed I'm dead, right?"
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it," Valkyrie shrugged, taking a swig of water. " Hela's a madwoman, you know that. Would you believe what a madwoman says?"
Thor remained silent for a moment. His powerful divine sense had already swept across the Nine Realms, but he found that many familiar auras had disappeared, and the entire universe was filled with a deathly silence and fear.
"I feel... the presence of many people I know has vanished." His voice turned somber. "Were they all killed by Hela?"
Mentioning this made everyone's faces darken.
Heimdall stepped forward and slowly recounted the catastrophe that engulfed the entire universe in a somber tone.
"After Hela obtained the Infinity Stones, her first stop was Earth; she believed you were most likely hiding there."
"Heroes and villains on Earth, at the call of Steve Rogers and Tony Stark, have united for the first time in history to fight against Hela."
"That battle was earth-shattering. Even though Hela possessed all six Infinity Stones, Earth mobilized all its top-tier forces, from the Sorcerer Supreme to Mutants leaders, from super soldiers to extraterrestrial visitors, and managed to fight her to a standstill."
"Just when the battle was at its most intense, Nick Fury," Heimdall said, his tone complex, "Activated a backup device he had secretly developed, called the ' Global Teleportation Protocol '."
"His original intention may have been good; he wanted to forcibly teleport all those with Metahuman beyond the realm of ordinary people away before the Earth was completely destroyed, so as to preserve a spark for the future."
Upon hearing this, Thor's heart skipped a beat.
Nick Fury? That cunning old fox, what good could he possibly be up to?
Sure enough, Heimdall's next words confirmed his premonition.
"However, he severely underestimated the level of chaos in the energy on the battlefield. The power of the Infinity Stones, combined with the energy clash of hundreds of top-tier experts, had completely turned that space into a mess."
His teleportation device, upon activation, not only failed to deliver a stable teleport, but instead directly detonated the area, creating an unprecedented, global space storm.
Heimdall closed his eyes, seemingly unable to bear recalling the horrific scene.
Weaker heroes were torn to shreds on the spot by the spatial storm. Even powerful figures like Hulk and Captain Marvel only managed to hold out a little longer before being obliterated by the raging spatial turbulence... The only one whose whereabouts are unknown is Sentry Robert Reynolds.
"And Hela, the moment she sensed something was wrong with the spatial energy, used the Space Stone to teleport away."
"And so... almost all the extraordinary powers on Earth were wiped out. What follows is the end of Earth, and the end of the entire universe."
After hearing this, Thor was speechless for a long time.
He was completely stunned by this incredible maneuver.
Nick Fury... he's a fucking genius!
All of Earth's top-tier combat power combined could hold their own against Hela with all six Infinity Stones, but because of this guy's one crazy move, he wiped out his own team and let the boss escape?!
Holy crap, even a hundred years of brain thrombosis wouldn't produce a move like this! This is even more outrageous Odin Odin's stubborn attempt to take on the Celestials one-on-one back in the day!
He took a deep breath, suppressing the rage in his mind, and asked, "So... there's no one left on Earth?"
"Some die-hard resisters remain, but many more have chosen to submit to Hela."
Heimdall sighed, " Hela has taken those surviving humans who submitted to her to the rebuilt Asgard. She is probably somewhere in the universe now, continuing her path of conquest."
Thor was at a loss for words.
He could only silently admire the one-eyed bureau chief in his heart.
Nick Fury, awesome!