Chapter 4978

Although he said that, Carter still called Thor away, seemingly to discuss security matters with him. Shiler looked at Thor in front of him and said: "You know about this universe's World Tree, right?"

"I just found out." Thor said, "We didn't come here because of this. We've had many meetings with the main universe of the neighboring world, and we always come for the wedding."

Shiler nodded. Sif, however, said: "I heard that Thor and Sif in this universe were engaged, but then it was called off?"

"Oh, this." Peter forked a piece of steak into his mouth, shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure if you're suitable to hear this, but the Thor of our universe really is..."

Peter paused, but not to speak ill of Thor. He said: "He really likes Earth, but precisely because of that, balancing the protection of Earth's safety and ruling Asgard is very difficult. He has taken some unwise actions, such as moving Asgard above New York..."

Sif widened her eyes slightly: "Moved to where?"

"Above New York." Peter let out a light sigh and said, "This way he can satisfy his needs working with the Avengers and in Asgard, but New York citizens can't really accept this."

"Father of the Gods above, of course not." Sif wiped her mouth and said, "When gods are distant enough, people may admire and revere them, but if Asgard is right above their heads, humans would only feel fear. I have always advocated that Asgard should keep distance from humanity, otherwise panic will surely follow."

"I never used such rash methods." Thor defended himself, "We first made a TV series, the response was quite good, and people began to be curious about the lives of gods. Of course, even so, we never planned to directly descend to Earth, and the Sorcerer Supreme would not agree either."

"Wait." Sif then remembered, "What about the Sorcerer Supreme? Are you just letting him get away with this?"

"Doctor Strange hasn't been managing things much lately." Peter shook his head and said, "I don't know what he's doing in the Sanctum, but he really hasn't shown up in a long time."

The couple exchanged glances, clearly not expecting this universe to have such a major security loophole. Peter continued: "Actually, there's an even more deadly part to Thor's love life."

"What?" Thor looked somewhat surprised, not understanding why his love life would be described as "deadly," "He wouldn't fall in love with an assassin, would he? But how could an assassin on Earth possibly kill him?"

"Jane Foster, have you heard of this name?"

"I saw her in the Battle Realm." Thor said, "Lady Thor. Of course, some universes also have Thor dating, but I have never seen our universe's Ms. Foster; we don't know each other at all."

Peter was about to ask, but then remembered something and said: "So you're not one of those Thors with a disguised identity?"

"No, I was thrown to Earth."

Peter nodded. Thor generally has two origins: one is coming to Earth and disguising himself as a surgeon, the other is being thrown here and then directly captured. Obviously, the central universe is the latter. But indeed, very few Thors have not encountered Foster; it seems this central universe's God King has also had quite an extraordinary experience.

Peter briefly outlined the tumultuous love life of this universe's Thor on Earth, hearing which the couple frowned repeatedly, of course not directed at the person involved, but at Odin.

Thor recalled and said: "To separate them, they just kidnapped Ms. Foster? Frankly, if Odin's actions on Earth were known to the Asgardians, it would surely greatly shake his prestige."

"So do you actually have a rule forbidding relationships with humans?" Peter has always been curious about this.

"It's not that relationships with humans are forbidden," Sif emphasized, "but that one cannot date a race with too great a lifespan difference, like, if you dated insects, it would surely be a tragedy."

Thor nudged him with his elbow. Peter waved his hand and said: "No problem, I'm no longer Spider-Man. I actually understand this, but have you considered that sometimes what you can't get is the best?"

"Odin wouldn't think that way." Thor said, "Although carrying out a kidnapping is still a bit excessive, Odin's anger stems from the fact that Thor is destined to inherit Asgard, and a non-longevity partner would likely be unable to bear the position of Goddess."

"The Goddess of Asgard also holds authority." Sif said, "Generally speaking, she manages logistics and also leads armies, for example, I am responsible for defense work within the Nine Realms, basically patrolling every day. But I think humans could also do it."

"First, the Father of the Gods could grant her a divine title, which would greatly extend her lifespan, or let her share Thor's divine office, which is also possible—Asgard has many gods who share divine offices as couples. This way she would not only gain longevity but also authority. And humans might not necessarily be unable to bear responsibility?"

Peter let out a long sigh: "So in the end, the Father of the Gods relented, unfortunately, Ms. Foster cannot adapt to divine power."

Sif showed an expression of sudden understanding: "The divine power of the Aesir is a kind of domineering thing; you cannot merely take it as a vessel to contain it, but must conquer it, not reject it, but actively accept and control it, which might still be too difficult for humans."

"This is the crux of the problem." Peter's face turned somewhat solemn, "Everything Odin once did to Ms. Foster could possibly be used as material, which would surely make people think the gods are a bunch who toy with human emotions and disregard human lives."

"I really cannot say that the gods of your universe are not like that." Thor also said solemnly, "The human representatives have long been absent, whether it's the Sorcerer Supreme or the Avengers, how could they allow Odin to pull such tricks on Earth?"

"No matter whose responsibility it is, now things have come to this, and there are still many people waiting for an opportunity to move, wanting to accuse Thor, and this will certainly be used as material."

"The key is Ms. Foster." Sif pointed out, "If she still has opinions on this matter, then Thor must bear the consequences of the Father of the Gods' rash actions, but if she does not want to pursue it, then this attack might not have any effect."

"She has amnesia."

The two let out a long sigh in unison.

"May the Father of the Gods bless Odinson." Thor made a prayer gesture.

Sif then drew a cross on her chest: "Still, let God bless him."

The restaurant saw a steady stream of more people, all superheroes from various multiverses, many of whom it was hard to tell which universe they came from. Obviously, they weren't all visiting on the same day, otherwise the Security Force would really have to call the police.

They went on the first day, so they walked up to the vehicle under everyone's gaze. The vehicle's configuration was very luxurious, basically all extended models, with all kinds of snacks and drinks inside fully stocked, and the superheroes were also discussing matters related to this universe.

Most people didn't know much about Earth Zero, but still had quite an impression of the old 616 main universe. Marvel here, no matter what great disaster, either comes from 616 or heads straight for 616, making it hard to break free from the connection.

Although it has been rebooted, everyone also knows that the past must have been vast and tumultuous, full of twists and turns, and they are very interested in some of the events this universe has experienced. Coincidentally, Peter again happened to be quite talkative.

Along the way, he talked non-stop until the sky turned dark, and even when using the simplest language to explain, by the time they got off the vehicle, the Civil War story had only been told halfway.

The listeners were also engrossed, and Shiler kept glancing sideways: just how could Peter Parker fall in love with Gotham?

After getting off the vehicle, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a museum. Looking at it, it should be the combination of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Gotham Museum, adopting the Metropolitan's classic Roman columns on the exterior, but also incorporating many Gotham Gothic decorations, with the overall color still white, and the scale more than doubled.

The tour guide assigned by the Revival Alliance was very professional, beginning to explain the history of this museum to everyone, precisely speaking, the separate histories of the two museums, and what they experienced during the merger.

As soon as they entered the hall, Shiler felt it was not ordinary. He had visited many museums and seen many exhibitions; some said the most important thing in a museum is the collection, others said it's the building itself, but Shiler prefers to study the lighting of various museums and exhibitions.

The lighting in the hall had undergone very exquisite processing, similar to the dome of the new airport, both filtering natural light through the glass's transparency and texture, not only using natural light to illuminate the entire exhibition hall, but also not being overly glaring.

"This is the museum vestibule named 'Love and Light' designed by Ms. Diana Prince. She gave up Gotham Museum's stained glass and the Metropolitan Museum's overly modern glass forms, instead constructing this kind of round-arched window in an ancient style, and specially treating the glass..."

The guide introduced while guiding everyone to look at the windows. Shiler roughly guessed this might be Wonder Woman's masterpiece, after all, Progress York City is actually a fusion of three cities, only the styles of Metropolis and New York are not very different, so they weren't singled out separately.

Shiler felt that the lighting design of the new airport and this museum should both owe credit to Wonder Woman. However, the designer did not appear, and they continued upward to view.

The museum's exhibition is very rich, mostly history and culture related, showing the series of evolutions the two cities underwent during their development. The New York exhibition leans more toward finance, art, and culture, while Gotham leans toward fishing, chemical industry, and religion.

Most of the photos left by New York are vibrant, especially during the Golden Age, while Gotham leans toward gloom, always overcast and misty, looking very much like background story photos of a city in a Cthulhu role-playing game.

But the person who designed the exhibition very cleverly combined the two, and the lighting is also one bright and one dark, like two color bands interwoven. As they toured, they could not only feel the differences, but also many similarities.

And because the lighting at the junction is most suitable for the human eye to read, when people walk out from overly bright or overly dark lighting, they will unconsciously look closely at this part of the text, so after viewing the entire exhibition, they actually remember the common points more. Shiler felt this was very clever.

They toured for a morning, but did not finish, only focusing on a few major exhibitions. By noon mealtime, they did not go to a high-end restaurant, but instead came to a seaside stall.

Calling it a stall is not accurate, because this place occupies the best spot with the whole bay view, the walls are hung with shells of various seafood and specimens of large fish, clearly showing impressive results.

As soon as Shiler walked in, he was stunned, for he actually saw the emblem of Atlantis here. Indeed, the endpoint of the sea clan's business is selling seafood to humans.