Chapter 238: The Eternal Fire and the New Guests

After chatting with Ye Li for a while longer, Sif left in a good mood.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Seeing Seeing Alita, having failed to lift the hammer, was casually mocked by the blunt Thor.

Consequently.

She insisted on sparring with the God of Thunder...

The result.

Was naturally a loss.

However.

Wielding a vibranium blade coated in ionic flames, Seeing Seeing Alita sparred with Thor with great vigor, fighting for quite some time and occasionally even gaining the upper hand.

This drew genuine cheers from the surrounding crowd, which made her feel much better.

Seeing Seeing Alita walked over to Ye Li, sat down, and said, "Father, I almost won. It's such a pity."

"I saw that."

Ye Li held up a cluster of flames in his palm. "I'll strengthen you, and you can go try again. You should be able to fight him to a draw."

"What is this?" Seeing Seeing Alita asked, looking curiously at his palm.

"A part of the Eternal Fire."

As Ye Li spoke, he tossed the small cluster of flames, injecting it into Seeing Seeing Alita's body—

Whoosh!

The flames dove in instantly.

Strangely.

The Eternal Fire, which contained immense power, did not cause the slightest damage to her body.

Even a janitor in Asgard could enchant two Earth firearms into "Heaven Destroyer" and "Earth Extinguisher."

With Ye Li's current level, using a portion of the Eternal Fire to enchant Seeing Seeing Alita's mechanical body was naturally no problem at all.

After finishing the enchantment, Ye Li asked Seeing Seeing Alita, "How does it feel? Try to see if you can control it."

"Let me try..."

Seeing Seeing Alita attempted to clench her fist—

A plasma flame fused with the Eternal Fire immediately enveloped her small fist, appearing green.

"It worked! It's just that this color is a bit ugly..."

"..."

Ye Li scratched his face. How did it turn green...

Dual-cultivating technology and magic, and it's green... He couldn't help but associate it with a certain "Doctor Doom," who was quite the achiever among Earth's villains...

"Well... looks aren't important; strength is the foundation."

Feeling Matilda's small, tightly pressed feet moving faster and faster in secret...

Ye Li, nearing his limit, sent Seeing Seeing Alita away, saying, "Go quickly and test your new ability."

"Li~ I'm sorry, I was so engrossed in chatting with Jane that I neglected you."

Susan, having finished discussing academics with Jane, came over tipsily and toasted Ye Li. "I'll punish myself with a drink first~!"

[Your academic discussions can get you this drunk...]

Ye Li muttered to himself, but kept a smile on his face. "It's a good thing you two get along so well."

"I'm glad you don't mind~"

Susan gave a charming smile, finished her drink, and then looped her arm around Ye Li's, sharing a drink with him.

A drop of light red wine intentionally or unintentionally spilled from the cup at her pink lips, sliding down her swan-like neck into the hollow of her collarbone, before disappearing into her neckline and falling into her ample cleavage~

Ye Li stared, his eyes glazing over slightly...

Seeing this, Matilda unhappily wiggled her sticky little feet, very displeased with his "abandoning the old for the new"...

The banquet was gradually coming to an end.

Seeing Seeing Alita returned happily, clearly having regained her pride.

According to her, she had fought Thor to a draw, though it was unclear if Thor had been serious.

As for Susan.

Although Ye Li was very tempted by her,

The Asgardian wine was too strong, and she had insisted on drinking despite her low tolerance, so she was now nearly passed out.

There was no help for it; sitting still was boring, so Ye Li had Seeing Seeing Alita take her back to the Ghost Spider first.

He, meanwhile, carried Matilda on his back and invited Jane to go to the lake.

By a secluded lakeshore.

Splash~

Matilda sat on a large rock by the shore, her pair of dainty, beautiful feet splashing happily in the clear lake water,

creating splashes and ripples of white~

"Huh?"

Jane, who was filming with her camera, saw the pure white substance coating her cousin's jade-like feet and couldn't help but ask.

"Matilda, did you spill yogurt on your feet? It seems Asgardian yogurt is a bit different..."

Matilda lifted her messy little feet, rubbed them with her hand, glanced innocently at Ye Li, and replied to her cousin.

"Yeah, it is a bit different... a bit too thick... I won't eat it next time..."

Ye Li didn't react to his second sister's gaze, but instead adjusted his fishing rod and lectured, "Matilda, your feet are splashing around in the water and scaring away my fish. I wanted to see what I could catch in an Asgardian lake."

"Blech~"

Matilda stuck out her tongue and made a face at her brother. "I'm adding bait for you, attracting all the fish over~!"

Ye Li's face darkened...

It would have been better if this little girl hadn't said anything...

Now that she had, if he actually caught a fish, he probably wouldn't be able to look at it straight...

A fish attracted by yogurt... could that even be considered a proper fish anymore...

[I wonder if there are mermaids in the Asgardian lake... *cough*... better not think about it...]

The more Ye Li thought, the more outrageous it became, and he quickly stopped his wandering thoughts.

Sure enough, the greater the ability, the freer the thoughts.

He began to understand why the superhumans in "The Boys," which he had watched in his past life, were so indulgent...

[Speaking of which, Vought's Compound V seems to have been perfected... I can go check it out when I return to Earth...]

"Matilda, is it hard to wash off? Let me help you."

Thinking he hadn't spent much quality time with his cousin yet.

Jane put down her camera, came over to Matilda, smiled, and took her ankles, helping to rub her little feet.

"Huh? Why is this so slippery and sticky?"

After rubbing, Jane pulled at the substance on her hand with two fingers and sniffed it strangely. "What is this...?"

"Don't smell it, Jane, wash it off quickly."

Fearing she might actually figure it out, Matilda hurriedly pressed her hand into the water, covering up, "It's not clean."

"*Cough*..."

Ye Li also helped change the subject. "Jane, how is your research data collection going?"

"The video data is very complete..."

When it came to scientific research, Jane's attention was successfully diverted. "It's just... Susan wanted to collect some alien blood samples to study how they differ from us humans, but none of the Asgardians are willing to cooperate..."

"Genetics, huh..."

Ye Li nodded. "I'll help her get some, and I can even get some Frost Giant blood for her to study."

Unlike Jane, who tended to specialize in astronomy, the project Susan had previously participated in was about the impact of cosmic radiation on biological evolution, which fell under the category of biology.

"Then I'll thank you on her behalf~"

Jane gave him an intellectual smile, then picked up her camera and continued recording the surrounding environment and creatures.

Ye Li also smiled gently, hugged Matilda, who had already climbed into his arms, and watched the lake while fishing quietly.

"It's a bit uncomfortable..."

Matilda wiggled her bottom, shifting in his arms.

Seeming to feel a bit bored,

She lifted her hand and focused on dispersing her consciousness...

Following her thoughts, several threads of fate, so thin they were almost invisible, emerged from her clothes—

The glowing threads danced rhythmically in front of her as if alive, quickly forming a small circle.

The scene inside the circle was her room; the effect looked somewhat similar to a portal from Kamar-Taj.

Matilda reached her small hand inside to rummage around, and soon pulled out a pile of snacks and a game console.

"Heh~ are you going on a picnic?"

Ye Li teased, thrusting his waist, and said amusedly, "Didn't you eat enough at the banquet? ...You're quite proficient with this teleportation ability~"

"Hey~!"

Matilda was jolted up, her body hovering in the air for a few centimeters, and several bags of snacks rolled to the side.

"Li? What are you doing!"

Teased, Matilda turned her head, her eyes displeased. "Do you just want to thrust whenever a girl is in your arms?"

"Uh..."

Ye Li was stumped by her retort, his old face turning red for once...

[It seems that in general... that is indeed the case...]

"Hehe~" Jane also chuckled, finding it interesting.

The three of them played quietly by the lake.

At a glance, they really did look like a harmonious family...

All good things must come to an end.

After playing for a while longer, Ye Li took his people and left Asgard.

Before leaving.

Thor and Loki, in his cell, inexplicably felt as if they had been pricked in the back...

Ghost Spider.

Ye Li looked at Susan, who was sitting across from him at the table, and smiled. "Sobered up enough?"

"Mm~"

Susan's hair was slightly disheveled, and her just-sobered appearance, with a charming and slightly weary expression, had a uniquely alluring, hazy appeal.

She held a cup of hot water, sipped it gently with her soft lips, and said, "The effect of your magic is really good; my head stopped hurting immediately~"

"This is what you wanted."

Ye Li placed a tube of red blood and a tube of light blue blood on the table and slid them over to her. "Asgardian blood and Frost Giant blood; both are genetically powerful alien races. You should be interested."

"You're very thoughtful."

Susan happily accepted the two tubes of blood and teased, "But shouldn't gifts for girls be things like bouquets or jewelry?"

"That can be arranged." Ye Li indicated that this was a small matter.

He opened his hand, and an open jewelry box was presented to Susan.

"I think this would look beautiful on you."

Inside the jewelry box lay a sapphire necklace.

The cornflower blue sapphire embedded in it was exceptionally pure in color, and it was as large as a newborn baby's fist.

Susan's beautiful eyes lit up, and her pupils were almost reflected blue by the luster~

"They're all exhausted, so you shouldn't have anyone accompanying you tonight..."

Susan cast an ambiguous look at Ye Li.

Ye Li smiled knowingly. "If you have the guts, come alone."

"So hungry... so hungry~"

In a vast and empty star sector.

A graceful figure in purple armor was shaking her head from hunger, her high-top hat tilted to one side, looking listless...

"This star sector is too barren; there aren't even many dead stars... I shouldn't have come here..."

Galacta picked up a lock of her black hair, considering whether to take a bite...

It would grow back eventually, right...

"Mmm..."

The girl, dizzy with hunger, finally stuffed her long hair into her pretty lips and chewed on it listlessly...

Others were so hungry they ate dirt; she didn't even have dirt to eat now...

Fortunately.

After drifting for a while,

A dead little planet appeared before her.

"Food!"

Galacta's purple eyes glowed. She couldn't even be bothered to use the energy siphon floating beside her, and simply opened her rosy little mouth and took a breath—

The entire dead planet was instantly disintegrated, turning into wisps of cosmic dust that the hungry girl inhaled and quickly swallowed into her belly to digest.

This was the great power of a secondary cosmic entity.

As the daughter of Galactus, Galacta could cause immense destruction with a wave of her hand; destroying a planet was a trivial matter.

"Phew~"

Galacta exhaled, her hunger finally eased a little.

Only.

Her beautiful face still wore a troubled expression.

— Author's Notes —

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