The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 370 Ancient One is a Weakling
At night, at the welcome party, the gorgeous banquet hall was filled with exquisite food and drinks. The guests wore beautiful dresses and suits, listened to beautiful music, and talked and laughed in low voices. The laughter, clinking of glasses and conversations lingered in the entire banquet hall. But in fact, everyone's attention was focused on the distinguished guests in the center of the banquet hall, with different thoughts in their minds.

However, in this joyful atmosphere, Steve and others forced smiles on their faces and did not seem to be as happy as others.

All the guests had seen photos of the real gem, but unfortunately, none of them had seen this gem.

The Avengers weren't sure if what they said was true, but the fact of lying itself showed their attitude.

After the dinner, the Avengers thanked Mayor Hanas again, and then went to the hotel prepared for them to stay and start working. Everyone gathered in Steve's room, turned on the anti-eavesdropping device, and asked:
"How's it going? Friday, any relevant information?"

"According to the monitoring of all the participants and other political and business celebrities who did not attend the banquet, most people were discussing the issue of the Reality Gem with their relatives or friends. However, from their conversations, it can be judged that they were hearing about this gem for the first time and had never seen it before. No clues related to the Reality Gem have been found so far." Friday answered in a serious tone.

Steve took a sip of the strong coffee that Natasha had poured for everyone and perked up. "Then continue monitoring, focusing on those who can't get rid of suspicion. If you have any news, report to us at any time."

"If the gems are not in the hands of those rich people, could they be in some remote wilderness or buried somewhere?" Natasha frowned, also feeling a little tricky.

"That's terrible. It's easy to deal with if it's in human hands, but if it falls into a remote corner and we can't accurately locate it, how can we find it? Should we hire people to search a large area?"

"Perhaps we can offer a large reward to encourage everyone to go treasure hunting. There is strength in numbers, and someone will eventually find it."

"The question is, what are we going to pay with? US dollars? That stuff is just worthless now! The euro is almost the same!"

"This is a simple question. We can just pay with gold. Gold is a precious metal in any era, and Nebula seems to be able to reorganize matter to create gold out of thin air."

"Speaking of Nebula, maybe we can ask her to come over and do some mind reading, and then we'll know if the gem is in these people's hands. It'll definitely be more effective than eavesdropping."

"Mind reading..." Everyone was silent for a while.

After learning from Tony Stark that the magnetic field can read minds when it rotates above the tenth level, everyone realized that Nebula could read minds a long time ago. But the problem is that Nebula did not tell them this information, but deliberately concealed it, which made everyone very uncomfortable.

After returning to the battleship, everyone confronted Nebula and had a fierce argument. Although Nebula claimed that she did not read their minds, she was completely unable to gain the trust of her companions. Because of these things, Nebula did not come down to the ground this time, but stayed on the battleship with Raccoon and Professor Hulk.

Now that Nebula's mind-reading ability had to be used, everyone couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

"Things like mind reading are really too much. Let's try the conventional method first!"

"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. We don't even want others to read our minds, so how can we use this on others so openly?"

"Come on! We've already done things like surveillance and wiretapping, so why do we care about mind reading? Everyone knows that this approach is the most effective. Our bottom line has been pushed down again and again, and now it's just a little lower."

……

Everyone had different opinions and started arguing again.

Finally, it was Steve who made the final decision:

"Let's put the overall situation first!"

"I'll call Xingyun and ask her to come over to help. Let's just let that little conflict between us go with the wind!"

"We must trust our companions!"

"I don't know whether Nebula has read our minds in the past, but I believe that Nebula will not read the minds of our companions in the future!"

Everyone was silent in disappointment. There was no detection equipment and no defense against this kind of thing. What could they do?

Strength is not determined by people, and if someone says they can’t read their mind, then they can only trust the other person’s moral character.

Xingyun arrived very quickly, and she didn't say anything after she arrived. She was originally a cold and quiet person, and she was also in the wrong for hiding the fact of mind reading. Now she really wanted to restore the relationship between the two parties, so her attitude was very correct.

“Who are the targets?”

Scott handed over a tablet computer and pointed at the densely packed light dots on it. He said, "Each of these light dots is a person we have located using the nano-eavesdropping device. We need to read them one by one."

"Okay, leave it to me!"

Xingyun flew out with the tablet, and not long after, he came back to hand in the task.

"Too bad, they didn't lie, they really didn't know anything about the Reality Stone."

"Damn it!" Steve slapped his thigh in frustration. "Is it really out in the wilderness? Then let's go post a bounty tomorrow. Xingyun, get some gold."

"This is easy." Xingyun snapped his fingers, and then dozens of gold bars appeared out of thin air and fell onto the table with a crackling sound.

Everyone went back to their rooms to rest with heavy hearts. The next day, after breakfast, Steve went to the City Hall in person to ask Mayor Hanas for help and expressed his wishes.

When Mayor Hanas saw dozens of gold bars in front of him, his face was full of smiles.

After getting official permission, everyone went to newspapers and TV stations and started throwing gold around for advertising. So for several days in a row, the headlines in Sokovia were all about treasure hunting.

In a short period of time, almost everyone changed their jobs to become treasure hunters. They quit their jobs and suspended their businesses. They ran to the streets and wilderness, rummaging around everywhere.

However, several days passed and there was still no clue about the Reality Gem.

That day, when several people met again to discuss possible situations, Natasha suddenly proposed a possibility.

"What do you think? Is there a possibility that the reality gem has shattered?" "Shattered?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"That's right! Do you remember? The detector shows that there are fluctuations everywhere indicating the existence of the gem. If the real gem is broken into powder and distributed in every corner of the city, then it would be impossible to find it!" The more Natasha spoke, the more she felt that her guess made sense.

After everyone thought about it carefully, they felt that this was very possible.

Although the Infinity Stones are powerful, they are not indestructible.

In their universe, in order to prevent Thanos from collecting all six Infinity Stones, Wanda once destroyed the Mind Stone on Vision's head. Later, Thanos used the Time Stone to reverse time and reshape the Mind Stone, causing Vision to sacrifice in vain.

The Reality Stone was knocked away by Odin during the battle between Loki and Odin. So it is possible that Odin used too much force at the time and destroyed the Reality Stone.

It is also a very reasonable explanation that the powder after the destruction spread all over the city, causing the fluctuations of gems everywhere and interfering with the detection of the detector.

"Speaking of this, it suddenly occurred to me that Wanda and her brother seem to live nearby. Perhaps we can talk to them and see if they have ever seen the Reality Gem."

"In fact, after landing, I asked Friday to send nanoworms to look for them." Clint explained, "But perhaps because of the parallel world, the Mind Gem scepter in this world may have always been in Loki's hands and did not fall into the hands of Baron Strucker of Hydra, so the original human experiment did not happen. The Wanda siblings I saw were ordinary people without super powers. Friday did not find any clues related to the Reality Gem in their home."

"Just ordinary people?" Steve was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Actually, this is good, at least they don't have to face so many battles and dangers. Since they are just ordinary people, we should not disturb their peaceful lives. For them, getting mixed up with us may not be a good thing."

Everyone thought of the tragic experience of Wanda and her brother in another world, and they all felt sympathetic, so they immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for Wanda and her brother.

"We should ask the Supreme Sorcerer to come and help restore the Reality Stone. Otherwise, we may not be able to do it on our own. The Reality Stone is different from the Soul Stone. There is no magic circle for us to make it appear."

"Okay, I'll call Professor Hulk right now."

The communication between the Avengers and the Supreme Sanctuary is basically based on telephone calls between Professor Hulk and Master Wang.

Although the two are not familiar with each other in this world, in the contact in another world, Professor Hulk and Master Wang have a close relationship and know how to deal with him. Therefore, when Steve needs to find the Supreme Master, he must go through the two of them for transfer.

A few minutes after hanging up the phone, a portal flashing red sparks appeared in front of everyone. The Ancient One, with a smile on his face, walked over from the other side, holding the Eye of Agamotto in his hand, and greeted the Avengers with a smile:
"Your collection progress is very fast! It looks like you will be able to collect all five Infinity Stones soon. Don't worry, I will give you the Time Stone when the time comes."

The Avengers were very happy to hear this and quickly expressed their gratitude.

It’s a pity that Zhan Liu is not here, otherwise, seeing Gu Yi’s smiling face, he would definitely turn around and run as far as possible, and would never believe any of Gu Yi’s nonsense.

After hearing the Avengers' request, Ancient One was very happy. He immediately opened the Eye of Agamotto and revealed the Time Stone. Then he drew in the air and created a bunch of magic circles. After a long time, he took the Time Stone back breathlessly and said to the Avengers with a frown:

"There's something wrong with your judgment!"

"Although I don't know the exact location of the Reality Stone because of the influence of the Infinity Stones on each other, I am very sure that the Reality Stone must not be broken and exists somewhere in this city."

After hearing this, everyone was shocked.

"The gem didn't break?"

"We made a wrong judgment!"

"The gem should be hidden somewhere. It looks like we need to intensify our search!"

"Supreme Sorcerer, can't you look through the river of time to see where the future reality gem is hidden?"

"Master Strange can observe the future, so why can't you?"

The Ancient One sighed and shook his head. "Strange is the best among all the Sorcerers Supreme. I am old, and my energy and strength are no longer at their peak."

Everyone remembered that in their world, this Master Ancient One had been killed by his own apprentice, and they all believed what Ancient One said.

A weakling, what else can you expect from her?
As for what Professor Hulk once said about the Ancient One being ridiculously strong, now that I think about it, it was probably because of professional incompatibility. Professor Hulk's own magic resistance was too low to deal with the mage's soul attack method. This weakness had already been revealed when he faced Ebony Maw before.

Since the Reality Stone did not shatter, then Master Ancient One had no role to play here. After everyone expressed their gratitude to Master Ancient One, they watched him open the portal and leave.

Since the Reality Stone is not broken, we can only use the stupid method to continue searching. Even if we have to dig three feet of dirt, we must find the Infinity Stone.

After several days of treasure hunting, every corner of the city was searched, but no one found the real gem and came to claim the reward. Slowly, the citizens became lazy and returned to their normal work and life. After all, treasure hunting has to be found. Everyone has to support their families, and it is impossible to do nothing all day and wander around for an illusory gem.

Everyone’s previous enthusiasm for treasure hunting was actually more like a national feast, which started a carnival.

In fact, most people know that they can't find gems, but since everyone is looking, they just join in the fun. The important thing is to participate, and whether or not you get the gems is not really important.

When the heat has passed, everyone starts to get busy with the daily necessities again and no longer cares about gems.

Now, the only people who are still searching for treasure all day long are basically those idle people who don’t have any proper jobs, or those who are unwilling to continue to be poor and want to take a gamble on this matter and want to change their own destiny.

There were too few people to effectively cover the entire city. After discussion, they decided to give a fixed salary to those who participated in the treasure hunt to encourage more people to participate. Anyway, they had as much gold as they wanted, so they didn't care how much they were paid.

By spending money in this way, more citizens finally joined the ranks of gem hunters again.

While mobilizing the power of the group, the Avengers were also not idle. They asked Professor Hulk to collect the vibrations of the Reality Stone and develop a more accurate gem radar, while using advanced technology to conduct a sieve-like search of the city's underground pipe network and other places that ordinary people could hardly reach.

But unfortunately, after many days, there was still no trace of the reality gem.

(End of this chapter)