Chapter 335: S: The Radiant Event (Part 10)

"What did you say? The alien fleet lost frigates... dimension-reduction jump? Peter, even if you have already gotten your driver's license, you cannot drink so much alcohol during the day..."

"... Alright, but I am an adult, do you understand? And I didn't drink too much... Jarvis said I'm drunk all day? Jarvis! Jarvis! You traitor! I only drank one bottle this month..."

"Alright, where did the fleet come from? Of course... I of course know that aliens exist, but what are aliens doing here?"

"Walking Alone to Immortality"

Stark, who was on the phone, suddenly heard a "zila" sound behind him. He turned his head, and a portal appeared in the mid-air of the laboratory. The first to fall out were Strange and Nick.

Nick fell solidly to the ground, and Strange smashed onto him. The S. H. I. E. L. D. director let out a scream, clutched his waist, stood up shakily, and shouted at Strange: "You rotten mage who hasn't learned well! Can you open the portal on the ground next time?"

"Oh, damn it, my arm..." Strange clutched his arm and said: "I've only been learning magic for a few months. You can't ask for too much!"

Immediately after, the two stood up. Stark walked over, the three stood together, looking up at the portal, waiting for the next unlucky guy to fall.

Schiller poked half of his body out of the portal, looked down at the three people below, then directly turned into a ball of gray fog, floated down, and landed steadily. The three people let out a "chi" sound in unison.

The next to fly out was Loki. Stark widened his eyes. He looked left and right. Before he could ask a question, Loki spoke first: "Don't be surprised, I am Loki. Do you have any opinions?"

"I..." Stark's hand made a gesture of thinking, then said: "Nothing, you are quite beautiful, really."

Strange and Nick glanced at Stark in unison and let out a "chi" sound.

"Alright, those whose moral bottom line has been tested are all here. Did Peter call you?"

"Hey, Mr. Schiller, I'm here!" Peter's shout came from the phone: "Did you hear what I just said?! Kree fleet!!!"

"Got it. Your phone communications will all pass through the Sanctum. Strange already heard the content of your conversation just now."

"Is there really an alien fleet?" Stark said with some surprise: "Are the Kree the same as the Asgardians?"

"I thought you wouldn't be surprised. After all, aliens with fleets and those 'gods' of Asgard, the former should be more in line with your imagination of aliens, right?"

Indeed, Stark nodded and said: "The point I'm surprised at is, why would an alien fleet come here? Did this group of aliens make an appointment? Either they don't come for tens of thousands of years, or they all come together?"

"This is of course related to the big events that have happened in the universe recently. Didn't you know before? There is a war going on in the universe. That group of aliens driving fleets should have been affected."

As he spoke, Strange turned to look at Loki and said: "Tell us about the Kree? What's their background?"

Loki shook his head and said: "I don't know much about their history. I only know that it is a very huge cosmic empire. The supreme leader is called the Supreme Intelligence. They are quite similar to Asgard, a theocratic country, with everyone being a soldier."

"Their Sanctuary series spaceships are very famous in the universe, also known as planetary warships, because this kind of spaceship is transformed from a whole complete planet. Even in interstellar society, this kind of technology is very developed."

Stark touched his chin and raised a more professional question: "What race do they belong to? Technology or magic?"

Loki sighed and said: "You still don't understand. There has never been a distinction between technology and magic."

"Let's put it this way. If you travel to the prehistoric era and show the power of electricity to humans who are still using stone tools, would they also feel that the electricity you use is a kind of magic?"

"Asgard is like this. In your view, we use magic energy, but in reality, it is not so. There are many manifestations of energy in the cosmic origin, but with the human life level, it is impossible to directly extract and use this power."

"The lightning power mastered by the All-Father Odin is one of the origin powers of the universe. Because his life level is high enough, he can directly use this power. And wind and fire are the same. Humans are actually using this energy, but you cannot reach the origin level, so it looks like you need to use various tools, which you call 'technology'."

"That is to say, actually, the utilization method that points directly to the origin is more advanced?" Stark looked at Loki and asked.

"No, it's not that simple. Asgardians also use tools. We also have cosmic fleets, teleportation devices, and even air conditioners and elevators, as well as household appliances with functions similar to yours."

"We divide this into two parts. On one hand, it is the improvement of our own life level, allowing us to possess stronger physical fitness and control more powerful forces."

"On the other hand, we use this power to produce more efficient tools. For example, our elevator doesn't use 'electricity', nor does it need the pulley tool sets you use, or ropes or anything. It only needs levitation magic. And levitation magic comes from the origin power of wind..."

"I understand. You are life level higher than technology, so you can use higher-level energy to feed back your technology, right?"

Loki nodded. He found that talking to a smart person like Stark was really very effortless, so he continued to explain: "And now humans are technology power serving life level. Your bodies are too weak, so you need to develop medicine to extend life. Your power is too weak, so you need to use various engineering machinery to build buildings..."

"Wait, is there such a possibility..." Stark turned and walked behind the experimental table and sat down. He said: "Is it precisely because humans rely too much on tools that our physical strength evolves so slowly?"

"No, at least in my view, the evolution speed of your bodies is so slow, it might also have something to do with Earth's environment. As far as I know, even in the boundless universe, Earth's habitability can rank in the forefront."

"So we are all flowers in a greenhouse?" Nick shrugged.

"But aren't the Nordic gods also from Earth?" Strange raised an objection.

"Hmm... This involves very complex occult history. Even for me, I don't fully understand the truth. I'm afraid only the All-Father knows..."

"Alright, back to the topic." Nick reminded: "Regarding the Kree, you haven't finished talking yet."

"There is a common saying in the universe. As long as you see people with blue skin, you know they must be members of a prosperous empire. Because besides the Kree, there is another race called the Skrulls that is also very strong. They are also blue-skinned."

"But at the same time, we also hate that group of blue skins very much. We call all blue-skinned races in the universe 'cosmic locusts', because they are really annoying."

"Running around the universe, not respecting local culture, starting wars at every turn, and not cleaning up after leaving a ruin. When our fleet drives over, we have to clear the way on the spot..." Loki's tone sounded very impatient. Obviously, there were some bad memories.

"Of course, in the view of Asgardians and several other more prosperous cosmic empires, it's just a bit annoying. But for less advanced civilizations, those annoying actions of theirs are a disaster."

"Their history can be discussed later. We need to talk about what kind of benefits they can bring us."

"Hmm..." Loki pondered for a moment and said: "If Earth had the strength of Asgard now, you could completely eat up this lone and injured fleet. But now you are too far behind. I think, I'm afraid it's very difficult..."

"Are you Asgardians not interested in them?"

Loki shook his head and said: "Still the same sentence, Asgard is a race whose life level is higher than technology power, but the Kree are just the opposite. They are relatively normal, more like humans. Their technology level is higher than their life level."

"Therefore, the technologies they are most proficient in are not of much use to Asgard."

"I'll give you an example. They are very proficient in extracting energy. At the center of their capital star system, there is an energy production device transformed from a super black hole. If I have to give an example, it might be more like your human wind turbines, just countless times larger."

"Just this one device can supply the energy needs of their entire civilization's star system."

"Cleanliness?"

"Completely pollution-free, completely controllable, no danger, everything is fully intelligent, no operation needed, and permanently sustainable."

"Unimaginable." Nick evaluated.

"Indeed, for humans, being able to develop to this extent is a bit out of reach. But in fact, this is just a standard configuration for a cosmic empire. Any civilization that can have a say in interstellar society has infinite energy as a standard configuration."

"Just like the Bifrost, although the Bifrost might overheat, the energy is infinite, and no matter who is the master of Asgard, it will continue forever."

Stark said: "Can we find a way to get some of their technology?"

Nick turned to look at him. Stark said very seriously: "Among the major problems of human development, besides energy science, there is material science. This is very important to us."

"Oh, right, the Kree's material science is also very strong. They can transform planets into warships. There's nothing more to explain, right?"

Nick pondered for a while. Everyone looked at him. After all, no matter what, he was the leader of the official forces. To a certain extent, he could represent human civilization.

He looked at Loki and asked: "Are you Asgardians not planning to intervene in this matter?"

"Do you see us having time to intervene?" Loki said helplessly.

"Why don't you have time to intervene? Who is to blame for this?" Strange glanced at Loki.

Nick ignored the two of them, but turned to Stark and said: "That state of yours last time..."

"Don't even think about it. It's not that easy." Schiller interrupted what Nick was about to say.

He of course knew that Nick wanted Stark to become the Iron Demon God again. He explained: "Sufficient energy can indeed push Stark to a higher level, but if he cannot fully accept this state and solidify it into eternity, he cannot achieve maximum output. Otherwise, he wouldn't have just created a mechanical army last time."

"There is another problem. Even if he really turns into a cosmic demon god, do you intend to let them fight directly in the Milky Way? Are you sure that won't affect Earth?"

Nick thought for a moment and felt that Schiller's words made sense. Schiller continued: "If this method is adopted, perhaps we can achieve victory, but it is actually overdrawing the possibilities of future development."

"Once Stark is solidified into a demon god, he must go to open up and build his own dimension. It is impossible to return to Earth in a short time. And once they fight in the Milky Way, it may destroy many resources that we might use in the future."

"If the Kree have already pressed the border, then we have no choice but to overdraw the future to protect the present. But now, there is just a Kree fleet wandering near the Milky Way..." ===== CHAPTER 336 =====