Chapter 208 God Descends! (Part 2)
Loki calls himself a god, but he is actually very arrogant. He rarely shows humility to anyone other than Odin, especially ordinary humans. He is unwilling to talk to them, and has been taught a lesson by Odin for this.
But the current situation is that Strange has become Loki's client, and Loki has to start explaining the plan to him in detail.
"Asgard rules the entire nine kingdoms, and any movement here cannot be hidden from the father of the gods. Not long ago, a symbiote carrying the power seed of Nar, the god of symbiotes, wanted to sneak into the nine kingdoms."
Loki said while looking at Odin's face to judge whether his speculation was correct or not.
"At that time, the All-Father had already discovered him, but in order to find out Knull's movements, the All-Father planned to wait until the Seed of Power erupted before taking any action."
"Afterwards, the symbiote's organization, the Cosmic Agent, visited Asgard, claiming that they wanted to hunt down the traitors of the tribe. The All-Father kindly agreed to their request and released a Cosmic Agent Symbiote into the Earth of the Nine Kingdoms."
"During this time, we did a little business with some dimensional masters."
Loki turned his head again and glanced at Odin's expression, and found that he did not have any dissatisfied expression, so he continued: "The dimensional masters submitted a deposit to us, and we have preliminarily finalized the return rate with most of the demons."
At this time, Strange said: "I know this part, in fact, only the last few are left, and all the contracts have been signed."
"But relying on human fraud... I mean wisdom, it is not enough to make these cunning dimensional masters big Invest all their efforts, most of them are just trying out..."
Loki slightly raised his voice: "These demons with endless lifespans are actually more cunning and cautious than imagined. Before seeing the real return, no matter how exaggerated the words are, they will not really take the bait. "
"So, the Father of the Gods and the Supreme Sorcerer think that we must let them taste a little sweetness first."
"When these demons get tangible returns, they will really participate in this plan, instead of letting humans provide them with consulting services uninterruptedly under the banner of investment."
"Indeed, I can feel that most of the demons now call the Sanctuary just to have a consulting team. The deposits they pay are nothing to them, but they can have a staff group that can provide them with advice anytime, anywhere..."
Loki nodded, indicating that Strange was right.
"This kind of interest relationship is not enough for humans to benefit from the transaction, nor is it enough for Asgard to make enough profit from it. If we can't further deepen the transaction, we will all be in vain."
"So, I have been looking for a source of power in the universe that can serve as a breakthrough under the order of the Father of the Gods."
"But at this moment, the symbiote carrying the seed of Nar's power broke out. The ancient demon god Nar, who had been imprisoned on the planet Klyntar for a long time, wanted to project his power to the earth."
"According to the information I just learned in the Andromeda Nebula, Nar seems to be looking for a special symbiote, but no matter what, he intends to Open a power channel between the planet and the earth. "
At this time, the slightly anxious expression on Strange's face disappeared, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Just what we want, right?"
Loki nodded and said: "Indeed, but the Father of the Gods believes that simply projecting power through a narrow power channel cannot meet the needs of so many people in the Dimension Lords, Earth and Asgard."
"So..."
"So just now, I was ordered by the Father of the Gods to go to the Andromeda Nebula and conduct some minor surveys. "
"There is a question..." Strange asked with some confusion: "What is Klyntar? Is the Gnar of the star very strong? If he really breaks free from the cage and comes to Earth, are we really sure we can eat him? "
"Gnar is indeed very strong." At this time, Odin spoke, his voice was low and deep, with a majesty that could not be questioned by others: "He may be the oldest creature in this universe, and the power he possesses is the chaotic power of the origin of the universe."
"He was born in the initial darkness of the universe. When he was awakened by the sound of the Celestials creating life, he denied this creation and believed that everything should be attributed to chaos. So, he used a completely black death sword drawn from the chaos of the universe to kill a member of the Celestials."
Ancient One then Odin explained to Strange: "The Celestials are extremely powerful cosmic gods. They interfere with the development of various civilizations in the universe and conduct experiments with various civilizations."
"Many years ago, the Celestials visited Earth several times." Odin's voice fell into memories: "All the gods on Earth combined are no match for them."
"But even if the Celestials are so powerful, Knull still killed one of them. The Celestials who went to retaliate could not kill Knull completely. They could only defeat Knull and then throw him back into chaos."
"As long as there is darkness and chaos in this universe, Knull will never die."
Strange was very interested in these cosmic anecdotes, but he also knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it. He asked, "Since Knull is so powerful, why do we take the initiative to provoke him? This..."
At this time, Odin and Ancient One both showed a somewhat strange expression. They looked at each other, and Odin spoke first: "Knull's power is indeed very strong. It can even be said to be the most original power in the universe. The power of other demons is inferior to him."
"But the only problem is that the ancient creatures born in chaos and darkness are not very good at using their brains."
Ancient One added: "Chaos represents nothingness and madness. A creature with this attribute, no matter how powerful he is, his behavior is crazy and illogical."
"He has no purpose and no logic. The only way for chaotic creatures to exist is to return the universe to chaos and darkness."
"It is precisely because of their chaos and madness that they don't think too much when they do many things."
Strange heard the euphemistic hint of Ancient One. In short, Knull doesn't have much brain.
But Strange thought it made sense, because thinking and wisdom are orderly in themselves, and any intelligent creature's crazy behavior has its own logic behind it. If there is really a creature whose existence and purpose is to be anti-order, then it is destined that it cannot have too high wisdom.
In other words, his wisdom is too advanced and too early for the entire universe.
Strange touched his forehead, and he suddenly realized that if that's the case, Gnar is simply the best target.
Ancient, powerful, chaotic, crazy, his brain is not very good, and because he has been locked up for too long, he can't keep up with the version rhythm. Who else can he cheat?
"Wait, Mordo just told me that the earth's defense system has been breached?" Strange looked at Ancient One.
"Mordo's wording is a little conservative, but he has always been like this." Ancient One sat in his seat and said calmly: "Since the Seed of Power began to erupt, the Earth's magic defense system has never been opened."
"But if Knull really comes, the Earth may..."
Loki shook his head and said to Strange: "You can rest assured about this. I just came back from Andromeda. The cage that imprisoned Knull is very strong. It is unlikely that his body can escape. Only power can come."
"And the projection of power is like a pipeline." Loki gestured with his hand and said: "The entrance of the pipeline at the end of Klintar where Knull is located has just been expanded by me, and Knull can output power more quickly and efficiently."
"And the pipeline mouth at the Earth's end has been expanded by the Supreme Sorcerer. She removed the Earth's magic defense system and even took the initiative to guide Knull's power to accurately project.
"Born in chaos, Knull will naturally want to use this power to defeat all enemies in front of him after projecting his power, and erode this universe with darkness and chaos, just like he did before. "
"And if he can't do it, then he will increase his investment of power. Born in chaos and darkness, Nar doesn't understand what tactical detours and strategic retreats are. He will only want to use his powerful strength to erode the universe. "
"So as long as we can hold him back, we can let him continuously project power here? "Strange continued."
"But if we choose the Earth as the location, isn't it a bit too risky? The people on Earth are all fragile ordinary people. Not to mention the dark power of Knull, they have no resistance to magic."
Loki shook his head and explained to Strange: "It doesn't mean that Knull's power will be able to directly descend on Earth just because the outlet of the pipeline is on Earth."
"It's still the principle of the pipeline. Although the outlet of the pipeline is on Earth, the dimensional lords participating in this plan will punch holes one after another on the path of this pipeline, and then divide the power belonging to Knull from the holes they punched."
Strange suddenly realized, and Loki continued: "In this way, almost no power will be able to fall on Earth."
"You are a bit conservative." The voice of the Ancient One came: "According to the appetite of the group of participants, no power can be transmitted to Earth."
"But..." What Strange wanted to ask was, what benefits can humans get? And the Ancient One seemed to see what he wanted to ask, and said directly: "The initiative is in our hands now, so we also have a very special right."
"What is it?"
"We can decide where they open the hole in the pipeline."
Strange's eyes widened, and he immediately understood what the Ancient One wanted to do.
Simply put, this pipeline connects from Klyntar to the Earth, with Nar as the output end and the Earth as the receiving end.
Although this process cannot be explained by a simple three-dimensional space, there is a law that remains unchanged, that is, the power will be lost in the process from the output end to the receiving end.
This means that the closer the position of intercepting power is to the output end, the purer the power that can be intercepted, and the closer the position is to the Earth, the soup left by others can only be drunk.
Asgard and Earth worked together to set up a game. Asgard sent people to widen the output end, and the Supreme Sorcerer of Earth was responsible for opening the receiving end. After these two parties controlled the exit and entrance respectively, they had the right to decide the seating arrangement.
The closer the seat is to the front, the greater the return will be, but if you want a good seat, you must naturally increase your investment.
And most importantly, the rules of this investment game have changed from equal distribution to auction.
You don't have to sit in the front, as long as you are closer to others. You don't have to be closer to everyone, as long as you are closer to your opponent.
Ancient One smiled and said to Strange: "The next thing is to bid, they will be here soon."
Strange shrugged and said: "Well, it seems that the staff of the Sanctuary of the Holy will have to work overtime again."
Then he took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.
"It seems that the staff of SHIELD will have to work overtime again." In the office of SHIELD, Schiller took the cigarette lit by Nick and said to him with a smile.
"Strange's call was timely, but you should have guessed it in advance, right?" Nick asked him.
"Indeed."
"Are you going to go with the flow?"
"No, I'm going to add an engine to the boat."