Compensation

"Hahaha, my friends, you’re here!"

Seeing the group approach, Thor shouted excitedly and spread his arms for a hug.

Quite a few people had come. Aside from Chen Mu and the other Earthlings, there were also some Asgardians, including Queen Frigga and the Warriors Four of Asgard.

"Chen Mu, I have to say, you’re incredible. Can you think of another way to help me fully awaken all the power inside me?"

Thor walked over with an excited look on his face, gazing at Chen Mu with a fawning expression.

He had looked down on researchers before, but not anymore. After all, Chen Mu could make him stronger.

Having personally experienced his own immense power, Thor had become somewhat obsessed with it. Naturally, he wanted to possess that power permanently.

"…"

Chen Mu’s face darkened. Thor really was greedy!

"Let’s put that aside for now. Where is my Thor’s Spear?"

Chen Mu looked at him expressionlessly.

"…"

Thor looked embarrassed at those words.

Earlier, he had handed Thor’s Spear to Loki and let him fight against him with it.

Although Thor had held the upper hand, Thor’s Spear had still caused him no small amount of trouble.

Especially at the end, when Loki used the Casket of Ancient Winters before amplifying its magic through Thor’s Spear, directly freezing him solid. That had also let Thor personally experience the weapon’s power.

After that, Thor destroyed the Bifrost.

Loki fell into outer space along with the wreckage of the Bifrost, and Thor’s Spear fell with him…

So, he had lost Thor’s Spear.

"Well, uh, well…"

Thor was so embarrassed that he could barely speak. He stammered, not knowing how to explain himself.

"Thor, this Thor’s Spear was a divine weapon forged by China at all costs. The materials alone were extraordinarily precious metals, and it would be difficult to find anything identical anywhere in the universe."

Although vibranium had fallen to Earth from space, it was true that only Earth had it now.

While Wakanda possessed a great deal of vibranium, Chen Mu was not lying either. Very little vibranium circulated outside Wakanda on Earth.

"Starting two months ago, countless Chinese scientists racked their brains and paid an enormous price to forge this divine weapon."

Chen Mu looked at Thor resentfully. "It represented China’s hope of becoming strong in the future, and you lost it for us?"

"…"

Beside them, Xu Jia, Wang Wei, and the others were holding back their laughter, but none of them dared to let it out.

Xu Jia especially knew that Chen Mu had originally intended to melt Thor’s Spear down. It had only avoided that fate because she had asked for it back.

You did not care about it at all yourself, yet now you were telling me it was precious and the foundation of China’s strength.

"Well, well, I’m sorry…"

Thor’s expression dimmed, and he looked somewhat ashamed. He truly did not know what to do about losing Thor’s Spear.

"Wait. Could you explain what Thor’s Spear is?"

Odin had only just awakened. He could hear what was happening nearby, but anything farther away had escaped him.

Naturally, he had no idea what Thor’s Spear was.

"Like Mjolnir, Thor’s Spear can grant its wielder Thor’s lightning power. Loki used it before as well, and his strength increased greatly."

Thor gave a simple explanation while considering how he should compensate them.

"Like Mjolnir…?"

This time, Odin was genuinely shocked.

What was Mjolnir? It was Asgard’s divine weapon!

How could China, a Midgard nation that had only developed in recent years, also create such a thing?

"It is a true divine weapon."

At that moment, Frigga stepped forward. She looked somewhat despondently into the space beyond the Bifrost. Loki’s disappearance had caused her great pain.

"In my view, it is even stronger than Mjolnir, and anyone can use it."

Moreover, its ability to amplify energy was truly terrifying, to the point of seeming unscientific.

After all, that technology came from the Eternals. It was Celestials technology, capable of doubling energy out of thin air. The law of conservation of energy simply did not apply to it.

"…"

Odin had still harbored doubts, but after hearing his wife say so, he believed it.

"Unbelievable. China is actually this formidable."

Even in Asgard, Mjolnir was a rare divine weapon. He had never expected China to be able to directly forge something similar. It truly surprised him.

"How about this? I will choose an item from the treasury and give it to China. I hope it can compensate for your loss."

Frigga sighed and said this to Chen Mu.

"…"

Chen Mu really wanted to say that he had already cleaned out their treasury once, so he was not very interested in those things!

But he definitely could not say that aloud, so Chen Mu merely nodded.

Trading a piece of junk in his eyes for a treasure from Odin’s treasury was a profit no matter how one looked at it.

"Then I’ll make the decision myself. We’ll use the Tablet of Life. It originally belonged to Midgard, so this is a good opportunity to return it to you people of Midgard."

"…"

Chen Mu silently glanced at the enhanced Tablet of Life in the system production space and could not help falling silent.

The Tablet of Life had originally been a treasure from Atlantis on Earth, so saying that it belonged to Midgard was not wrong at all.

"The Tablet of Life?"

Odin frowned, wanting to refuse, but Frigga stopped him.

"The Tablet of Life is no longer of much use to Asgard. It would be better to return it to its rightful owner."

Asgardians could possess long lifespans. Even an ordinary Asgardian could live for several hundred years, and this was actually related to the Tablet of Life.

Odin’s ancestors had unraveled the Asgardians’ Life Equation, giving them longevity, as well as strength and speed greater than humans, powerful physiques, and more. All of that came from the Tablet of Life.

"Mm, all right."

Frigga was right. The Tablet of Life was no longer of much use to the people of Asgard, so Odin nodded in agreement.

Yet for Earthlings, it was an extraordinarily valuable item.

It was the key to human evolution!

Of course, that depended on whether humans could unravel their own Life Equation. Odin did not believe there was anyone on Earth capable of doing that.

"No problem."

After thinking it over, Chen Mu accepted with a smile.

Exchanging a mediocre Thor’s Spear for the Tablet of Life was simply an unexpected windfall. He had not expected any compensation in the first place and had merely mentioned it casually. He had not expected Queen Frigga to be so accommodating.

Besides, if Chen Mu wanted to unravel humanity’s Life Equation, it would be difficult to explain the origin of his own Tablet of Life. Asgard giving one directly to him also helped solve that problem.

Either way, he had made a huge profit!

PS: Since readers have been asking, I’ll explain Thor’s Spear. This was a plot thread planted long ago, and it will be used later.