The Seventh Infinity Stone! (Ninth Update!)

Tony’s analysis was not without reason. In fact, the more several of them thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

First of all, as a male deity, Galactus being pregnant was inherently bizarre. If they followed Tony’s theory and treated Galactus as a goddess, then it was not difficult to understand.

After all, to the Earthlings present, becoming pregnant and giving birth was a woman’s job. That was simply common sense.

If they continued following this line of thought, then even if Galactus were a goddess, she should not have suddenly conceived a child naturally. So then…

Who was the child’s father?

That question seemed terrifying the more one thought about it…

Why had Galactus, at the final moment of her life, asked Silver Surfer to bring Galacta to Earth and entrust her to Li Congxin?

And the child’s appearance was clearly that of an East Asian…

Moreover, compared with the tough-looking face Galactus had shown them before, they all felt that Galacta looked more like Li Congxin than Galactus.

Combining all these guesses, everyone present could not help sucking in a cold breath!

However, amid his shock, Doctor Strange could not help asking with a strange expression, "You summoned all of us here just to discuss this gossip?"

Was Tony the sort of person who would make such a grand fuss over gossip?

No one present could guarantee that he was not.

But among everyone there, only Tony and Mister Fantastic seemed to have met Galactus. If this was really about discussing gossip, shouldn’t he have invited the people involved in that incident? Wouldn’t that make it more immersive?

If you invited people who had never experienced those events or even seen Galactus to listen to the story, wouldn’t you find it boring to tell it yourself, regardless of whether the others understood what was going on?

Tony’s spirits lifted at that, and he immediately shook his head. "That earlier topic was merely an interesting speculation. What we want to discuss with you, however, is a major matter concerning the salvation of the multiverse!"

Everyone’s spirits instantly rose. Tony then declared righteously, "In fact, apart from the corpse of that Celestial, I also discovered this in the Celestial’s palm…"

As he spoke, the Iron Man suit on Tony’s body split open and ejected a small black cube about the size of a matchbox. It looked utterly ordinary.

Yet no matter how ordinary an object seemed, if a Celestial had still been gripping it tightly in his palm before his death, that alone was enough to demonstrate its importance!

This little box definitely concealed some secret capable of saving the multiverse!

Facing the small box Tony had taken out, Doctor Strange first tried using magic to peer into its secrets. He even summoned the Orb of Agamotto, yet he still could not see anything inside.

Clearly, this seemingly unimpressive little box was capable of resisting the Orb of Agamotto’s scrutiny!

"Why don’t you hand it over to Clark?" Doctor Hulk was the one who asked this. Honest and straightforward as always, he thought that was the obvious course of action and blurted it out.

Hearing his suggestion, Tony shook his head without hesitation. "We can’t rely on him to face everything alone. I’m not saying this to steal his spotlight. I simply think that while he’s taking the lead in protecting Earth, we should also use our own strength to help him shoulder some of the pressure."

"As for the secret inside this little box, I’ve already figured out a few things. Come over and take a look."

As he spoke, Tony placed the small box on the laboratory workbench and had Friday project it. At the same time, he explained to everyone, "I feel that this little box is an extremely advanced piece of cosmic technology. Its function should be similar to a portable hard drive or an airplane’s black box. As long as we can successfully decipher the information inside, we’ll definitely obtain a great deal of the key information we need."

Everyone immediately gathered around and began offering their own ideas.

Every person present was a top-tier talent. Apart from Doctor Strange, they were all scientists. As the saying went, two heads were better than one, and three cobblers could outdo Zhuge Liang. With the combined efforts of several top scientists, they finally succeeded in unlocking the secrets within the black box half an hour later.

But when they saw the densely packed golden runes that made up the secret, all the scientists were dumbfounded.

What was going on?

Could someone tell them what these jumbled-up symbols actually said?

Doctor Strange, who had been standing around doing nothing useful, suddenly brightened. He stepped forward and said to everyone, "These are magical runes, the most fundamental written language in the universe. Well, let me interpret their contents for everyone…"

After saying that, Doctor Strange carefully examined the magical runes from beginning to end three times before finally speaking. "Tony was right. This information really does record a way to deal with the current disaster."

The moment Stephen Strange said this, everyone’s attention was drawn to him. Tony’s guess had indeed been correct. It seemed that this time, they would also become the key to saving the universe!

After considering his wording, Doctor Strange continued, "These words do not record the origin of the disaster. They only say that the enemies are powerful foes from beyond the multiverse."

"They possess the power to destroy the entire multiverse, and they very much want to do so. The only thing capable of making them afraid is a single deity—the God of Vengeance!"

"Clark?"

"There should be no mistake." Doctor Strange nodded lightly, then added, "However, he is not yet the complete God of Vengeance. To defeat those enemies from beyond the universe, they need the God of Vengeance in his strongest state."

Everyone fell silent.

The Celestial who called himself The Recorder had lost all his memories of this crisis. The contents of this black box should be all the clues they could find.

But…

What exactly would the God of Vengeance in his strongest state look like?

Seeing the confusion on everyone’s faces, Doctor Strange did not intend to keep them in suspense. He simply revealed the answer. "To achieve the complete form of the God of Vengeance, he must gather and fully inherit the power and laws of all the Infinity Stones!"

Professor X said incredulously, "Mr. Clark has already mastered the power of all six Infinity Stones and possesses terrifying strength beyond imagination. Yet you just said that his current form is not the strongest form of the God of Vengeance. What, then, must he do to become the God of Vengeance?"

"Refine all the Infinity Stones." Doctor Strange repeated what he had said earlier. Just as everyone thought he was merely repeating himself, he added, "In fact, there are not only six Infinity Stones in the universe. There are seven! It’s just that the First Infinity Stone does not exist in the universe we inhabit. It exists in another Parallel Universe."

Hearing this, Professor X asked in surprise, "You mean the seventh Infinity Stone is in our universe?"

"It isn’t." Doctor Strange shook his head. "The multiverse contains countless Parallel Universes. According to this data, the universe we’re currently in is Universe 199999, while the seventh Infinity Stone is located in Parallel Universe 1610."

As he spoke, Doctor Strange casually gestured, and the images of the six Infinity Stones appeared in a projection above them. "In fact, as the foundation of the world, the Infinity Stones have identical counterparts in every Parallel Universe, much like the duplicates of important figures in certain universes. Only the seventh Infinity Stone is truly unique!"

"Strange, wait a moment." When the topic turned to the Infinity Stones, Professor X suddenly interrupted. "Why don’t the Infinity Stones exist in my universe?"

"I didn’t know the answer to that before either. But a few days ago, after Clark fully refined the six Stones, he told me the answer." After a slight pause, Doctor Strange continued, "In fact, your universe and ours were originally one. Later, for some reason, they split into two different Parallel Universes."

"In our world, Mutants do not exist. And in your universe, there are no other superheroes or cosmic deities…"

After briefly explaining Professor X’s confusion, Doctor Strange continued, "Regarding the location of Parallel Universe 1610, I can only determine a rough set of coordinates. We’ll still have to find a way to get there ourselves. I suggest splitting into two groups. Tony, Reed, Hank, Banner—you four will form the science team and search for a scientific method of traversing Parallel Universes."

"As for me, I’ll cross dimensions with Professor X through magic and search for a passage leading to Parallel Universe 1610. That way, no matter which side succeeds, we’ll have a chance of obtaining the seventh Infinity Stone. Remember, the seventh Infinity Stone is in that universe, inside Tony Stark’s brain. We can discuss exactly how to obtain it after we find the dimensional passage."

Received +99,999 Impression Points from Tony Stark!

Wait, to help Clark achieve godhood, do I really have to cross the universe and go through untold hardships to crack open my own skull?

This kind of thing really makes my balls ache just thinking about it!

Leaving the science team to begin their intensive research into a machine capable of traversing Parallel Universes, Doctor Strange selected Phoenix, Jean Grey, the Mutant who worked with him most seamlessly, in addition to Professor X. The three formed a team and entered a Space Rift.

As for Doctor Strange and Jean Grey’s collaboration, it had actually begun in the game. At first, Quicksilver, a Mutant, had learned that the Avengers’ big shots had displayed their might on the battlefield in the Himalayas, beating the Mutants so badly that they could barely lift their heads. Naturally, he felt somewhat dissatisfied.

He wanted to win back some face for the Mutants!

But now that peace had been established, the only way to win back that face was through other methods—for example, deciding the victor in the newly developed "Superhero League" game.

They had found the method of picking a fight. Next came the choice of target.

If he wanted to win back some face, his opponent obviously could not be too weak, because then the challenge would be meaningless. Of course, the opponent could not be too strong either, or he would only be humiliating himself.

Thus, taking into account the Avengers’ performance on the battlefield and the game’s unique environment, Quicksilver ultimately targeted the clumsy-handed Doctor Strange.

Quicksilver was renowned for his speed and reflexes. After being enhanced by Li Congxin, his speed had been developed to nearly the speed of light. Yet he had chosen to challenge Doctor Strange, whose hands had been injured and who could practically be called crippled, to a solo match!

How shameless was that?

But Quicksilver did not feel there was anything wrong with it.

Not only did he think that way, he acted on it. He had even sent the challenge to Doctor Strange.

Fortunately, Phoenix Jean Grey discovered it in time and stepped in to stop this inhumane solo match, allowing our comrade Stephen Strange to escape disaster.

Doctor Strange naturally expressed his gratitude. He then teamed up with Jean Grey for a 5v5 match, where they discovered that they worked together rather well. After that, they often played together, and by now they had developed considerable coordination.

Thus, Phoenix and Stephen Strange gradually formed their duo in the game, known simply as…