Chapter 671

"I think we still have to think long-term." At this time, Connors suddenly spoke: "What exactly is the principle of ascension? How is the safety? Is it possible for accidents to occur? These are all problems that need to be thought about. I don't approve of rashly attempting it without any safety guarantees..."

"Although I have never approved of your overly conservative experimental approach, this is indeed a problem." Stark said while thinking: "The last ascension, compared to a precise experiment, was more like a coincidence. Whether this coincidence can be replicated, what kind of abnormalities will appear after replication, and whether this abnormality is dangerous—we cannot conclude any of this now."

Shiler was just about to speak when Strange said: "Indeed, although you often say that mysticism is guessing riddles, I must tell you that we also have relevant safety regulations. All matters related to demon gods and magic must be extremely cautious. The human soul is very fragile; once it is corroded by power, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Standing from the perspective of S. H. I. E. L. D., we also have to ensure Stark's safety." Natasha spoke up: "His wisdom is irreplaceable and has important strategic significance for human civilization. If we cannot ensure his safety one hundred percent, it is best not to do this."

"Alright, then let's study how this artificial ascension should be handled to ensure safety to the greatest extent while achieving the goal?" Shiler also said.

Just at this moment, Peter suddenly spoke: "Um... can I leave now? I have class in the afternoon."

"Go, go." Several people waved their hands one after another. Stark said to him: "The car is parked downstairs, pay attention to safety on the road."

Although he said this, after Peter left, he still reminded Jarvis to observe Peter's situation at all times. If there were any abnormalities, others could arrive at the scene in time.

After Peter left, he went to New York University for class. Although the matter of Stark becoming a demon god was very important, he couldn't skip class just after school started.

After finishing his afternoon class, Peter found that he had nowhere to go. Gwen was busy with her internship, Pikachu was not at the clinic, and Stark and Connors were all busy with the ascension experiment. Peter thought about it and decided to go to the laboratory of Stark Tower first to finish the experiment of the previous stage.

Just as Peter entered Stark Tower, he saw a small figure running toward him.

"Helen? Didn't Miss Pepper say you went to dance class? Is the class over?" Peter asked.

Before Helen could answer, Pepper had already walked in. She covered her forehead and said helplessly: "In the time of one class, this little one learned a whole set of Swan Lake movements. The dance teacher said I should send her to a Russian ballet troupe to receive more professional education, while she doesn't have the professional ability to teach such a genius dancer."

Peter widened his eyes. He picked up Helen, and Helen smiled at him. Peter said in surprise again: "Oh, your teeth?"

Helen's teeth had already turned into the appearance of a normal human. Except for two small tiger teeth that were still a bit sharper than ordinary people's, she looked no different from an ordinary human child.

Moreover, those somewhat scary vertical pupils had also disappeared, replaced by brown eyes exactly like Stark's.

"Because I have to become the same as others." Helen said: "Otherwise, they will look at me with strange eyes."

"Has your language become so fluent?" Peter picked up Helen with some surprise and looked at her.

Then, he gently weighed the little girl in his arms and said: "Is it my illusion? How come she seems to have become much heavier?"

"It's not your illusion." Pepper replied: "Stark told me that according to his research results, Helen's growth rate is about six times that of a normal human."

"My God, then won't she grow up very quickly?" Peter said with his mouth wide open.

"I can control my growth rate myself. If I don't want to grow up, I will always maintain this appearance." Helen smiled somewhat proudly.

"It's truly magical. In this world, there are really many things beyond my cognition." Peter sighed.

Then, he put Helen down. Helen blinked her eyes somewhat puzzled and asked: "Peter, why are you glowing?"

"Glowing? I don't... oh, you mean that power of faith they mentioned? I don't know what's going on either, but Mr. Stark and the others said..." Peter explained.

Helen nodded as if she understood, and then followed Pepper away.

When Peter entered the laboratory and began to prepare for the experiment, Helen ran in.

"Is the laboratory door not closed tightly? It will be troublesome if it causes a leak!" Saying this, Peter immediately walked to the door to check if he had forgotten to close it.

Helen jumped onto the table and said: "Your door is closed well. I came in by teleportation."

"Oh, I forgot, you know magic. But, who taught you teleportation?"

"My mom... perhaps my dad... now it's my dad." Helen explained.

Peter didn't quite understand, but suddenly, he reacted and asked: "You don't mean Loki, do you??"

"That's right, Loki Odinson."

"But..." Peter showed a very complicated expression. He said: "Isn't Mr. Stark your dad?"

"Oh, that's right, he's also my dad. What's wrong?" Helen said righteously.

Peter opened his mouth, but didn't know what he should say. Who knew, Helen continued: "Actually, Thor Odinson is also my dad."

"So..." Helen used her fingers, which still had some baby fat, to snap her fingers flexibly. With a few "zeng, zeng, zeng" sounds, three layers of halos appeared behind Helen.

"One Sword Sovereign"

Peter was dumbfounded. Just at this moment, Helen asked: "What's going on with the strange golden light on you?"

"Uh, I don't quite understand either, but Mr. Strange said..."

Peter explained to Helen simply what the power of faith was all about and told her what happened during the bat big event. Helen thought for a moment and said: "This must have something to do with that Morlun family they mentioned... By the way, have you ever tried to actively use this power?"

Looking at the small Helen in front of him acting like an adult, Peter felt it was very interesting. He picked up Helen and said: "The last time I saw you, you couldn't even talk."

Helen shook her head and said: "Learning language is not difficult. The difficulty of magic is a bit greater, but it's okay. I feel the hardest thing is... emotion."

"Emotion? Do emotions need to be learned?" Peter was somewhat confused.

Helen didn't say anything more, but the expression on her face carried a complexity inconsistent with her age. Inside it carried confusion, doubt, and longing.

Very quickly, the two began to study this kind of energy on Peter. Peter stood in front of the experimental bench and said: "Dr. Strange said that this might be the culprit causing me to be overly excited lately, but I haven't discovered any other function of it besides making me more excited."

"It must have a function, otherwise, it wouldn't cause your body to undergo this kind of change... I think you can try to use this power." Helen suggested.

"I don't quite trust this power of unknown origin." Peter frowned, appearing somewhat hesitant.

Helen stood on the experimental table in front of Peter and thought for a moment. Then she stretched out a hand and pressed it on Peter's shoulder. Peter was stunned for a moment, not knowing what she was doing.

A trace of golden light visible to the naked eye lit up on Helen's hand until it covered Helen's whole body. Peter seemed to realize what she was doing. He said: "Helen, stop quickly! This power might be dangerous, and you are still too young..."

Before Peter finished speaking, the golden light on Helen's body disappeared completely, and the halo behind her became even brighter.

Peter looked at Helen with an admiring gaze. He asked: "Can you extract this power?"

"Yes, I can also convert them into magic energy that I can use..." Helen rolled her eyes. Peter found that at that moment, Helen's expression was very similar to Loki's, simply carved from the same mold.

Thinking again about Helen's complicated family background, Peter felt that he had better not dwell too much on the reason for Helen's birth. If he thought about it further, it would be easy for his worldview to shatter.

Helen thought for a moment and then said: "If I can utilize this energy, it means you definitely can too, but perhaps because you haven't learned magic, you don't know how to use it... How about this, I'll teach you magic, how about that?" Helen looked at Peter. Peter widened his eyes, looked at her, and said: "I can try to learn, but I can't be sure whether I can learn it."

"We can try first." Helen said: "Close your eyes and start meditating. You must concentrate and weave a pattern in your mind. Its exterior is a circle..."

Peter did as she said. Not long after, he found that a human figure appeared in his field of vision. That seemed to be his own figure.

"That is your soul, do you see it? If you maintain this state and then control the human figure you see to leave your body, you can achieve soul roaming... but it's best not to do this. This will consume a lot of soul strength and make people feel very exhausted."

"Is this all... Mr. Loki... Miss... or Mr.? Did he tell you?" Peter asked aloud.

"Yes." Helen replied, and then she continued: "Okay, next, concentrate your attention on your soul and start observing if there are any abnormalities..."

"Abnormalities?" Peter concentrated his attention and observed hard. Then he found a faint golden thread surrounding his soul. Without needing Helen's reminder, Peter's consciousness began to follow this golden thread.

He felt as if he had passed through a barrier. Vaguely, he saw a group of black shadows streaking across the sky.

Just when he was about to concentrate and look closely, a terrifying black tide submerged him. Peter was startled awake and broke into a cold sweat. Helen moved her short legs, ran to the water dispenser, poured a glass of water for Peter, handed it to him, and said: "Did you see some terrible things?"

Peter nodded with lingering fear. Helen said: "It doesn't matter, this is normal. When you communicate with some kind of mysterious power, the imagery you see is not necessarily positive. Then can you remember what you saw?"

Although Peter didn't want to recall the scene just now, he still tried hard to think and then said: "I saw a group of black shadows... not humans, a bit like some kind of animal..."

"Animal?" Helen said: "I don't know much about animals. Which kind of animal on Earth do you think it is more like?"

Peter thought very hard and said with a serious face: "Bats... they are bats."