Chapter 676: Someone is Stealing Electricity and Didn't Bring Me! (Part 3)

In S. H. I. E. L. D.'s office, when it was Loki's turn to speak, he also took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and said: "As humanity's most solid ally and the eternal backing of the Nine Realms, Asgard of course supports this righteous act of Earth..."

"Alright, the result and the motive are both there. Next, it's just the method. How do you plan to do it?"

The other three looked at each other, then looked at Loki together. Loki felt a chill down his back from their gaze. He touched his cheek and said: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with what I said?"

"Are the speeches of you Asgardians at meetings always this brief and straightforward?" Nick asked very tactfully.

Loki thought for a moment and said: "My speech is already considered long. If Thor came here, he would only say three words: How to do it?"

The other three sighed in unison. Shiler lamented: "Asgard really has simple folk customs. It's a pity they are the lords of the Nine Realms."

Loki tilted his body in the other direction and looked at him sideways: "Don't tell me, you still want to use the energy of the World Tree?"

"Can we use it?" Shiler's eyes lit up immediately, and the other two also looked at Loki with concern. Loki crossed his arms and said: "You can use it, it's just that if you use the energy here, you'll share the same fate as Asgard."

Instantly, the three either looked up to study the ceiling or looked down to study the table. Loki snorted and said: "I never imagined that in a meeting, I would actually be the one with the highest moral bottom line."

"Alright, let's talk business. Since the basic theme has been decided, let's think about how to actually do it." Shiler said while rubbing his chin. He thought for a moment and proposed first:

"If we use Peter, Tony definitely won't be willing. If we use Venom, this guy's asking price is too high. Hiring him once makes my heart bleed."

"So, is there any way we can bypass the two of them who have absorbed the faith power and do it ourselves?" Shiler asked.

"Actually, as long as we find out the source of the faith power and find that channel, we can intercept this power just like we intercepted Knull's power before." Strange clearly understood the principles better. He explained: "Earth's magical defense network is essentially a protective shield used to intercept power."

"The principle that it can prevent Demon God invasion is actually because Demon Gods are composed of energy, and the magical defense network can intercept various energies. If energy cannot invade, the Demon Gods naturally cannot enter."

"If we find this channel and connect it to the magical defense network, can we intercept this energy through the magical defense network?" Nick asked.

"Theoretically, this is the most convenient and quick method. Moreover, the magical defense network can not only intercept power but also actively extract power." Strange proposed a new concept. He said: "Those Demon Gods who disappeared directly after hitting the magical defense network didn't die from the impact; their energy was directly extracted by the network."

"Many powerful Demon Gods are unwilling to directly attack Earth for this reason. Once you actively touch Earth's magical defense network, it's equivalent to telling this network your home address, and also telling the Sorcerer Supreme."

"Demon Gods like Dormammu and Mephisto have defenses in their dimensions and won't have their power extracted by strange energy channels, but many Demon Gods don't have this kind of defense."

"In the era when Master Ancient One was the Sorcerer Supreme, the vast majority of Demon Gods would have a lot of power extracted after touching the magical defense network, causing them to fall into weakness. This is also why Master Ancient One could solve them so easily."

The knowledge Strange explained sounded a bit convoluted, but in essence, it was emphasizing the power of this network.

Earth's magical defense network can be understood as a system covering Earth. Only energy permitted by the Sorcerer Supreme can pass through. Once a Demon God's energy connects, their access information will be left on the network. The Sorcerer Supreme can use this information to reverse-invade their dimension, remotely extract energy, and then go to their door to chop them up.

"Then the only problem now is to find the channels through which this faith power is transmitted." Shiler thought for a while and said: "According to Stark's performance, something must have happened above the universe."

"If I'm not mistaken, it might be related to Peter. That is to say, the faith power might come from outside this universe. In that case, it's not easy to check." Shiler said with a frown.

"No, actually this is easier to check." Strange suddenly said something shocking: "Although none of us can freely travel between various universes, someone can."

"Who?" Nick asked.

"Master Ancient One."

Ten minutes later, a figure in a yellow robe descended into the room. Instantly, the magical brilliance was brighter than the lights. Master Ancient One's voice, carrying a sense of etherealness, came from afar.

"Where to kill, how many to kill?"

Instantly, this sense of mystery was shattered. Ancient One appeared, dusted off the micro-dust on her robe, and said: "Why did you only find me now?"

"The situation is like this..." Strange began to explain the current situation to Ancient One. After listening, Ancient One nodded and said: "Involves the multiverse? That's quite rare."

This was the first time Shiler had heard the word "multiverse" from the mouth of a native of this world. Others generally referred to the place outside this universe as "above the universe."

When Strange pressed for the term, Ancient One explained: "The place outside the universe is not above the universe, and the universe is not stacked according to some rule or order. You can call the place outside the universe infinity, and beyond infinity, there is a larger infinity."

Shiler had learned about the structure of the Marvel Universe. The multiverse is indeed not the end; above it, there are the Megaverse, Omniverse, etc.

Fortunately, Stark wasn't there, otherwise he would have gotten to the bottom of it. But the few people present didn't dwell too much on these conceptual questions. At this time, Ancient One spoke again:

"The Inheritor family? I remember, I seem to have killed a member of this family before, and it was right in New York. Before he died, he seemed to be eroded by some kind of power. Is it a special function of the bat totem?"

After finishing, she recalled a bit and said: "Before, I did help that newborn totem once. It hasn't paid its debt yet. However, if I can get some faith power, it's not a loss."

"I can help you find the location of the Inheritor family in the multiverse, but whether we can find the channel they use to transmit faith, and whether this channel can connect to the defense network, is hard to determine right now." Ancient One said.

Although Strange and the others felt it was almost certain, they didn't say it definitively. After all, they thought finding the channel and connecting it was the hardest step in this plan. As long as they could successfully connect the faith channel, extracting faith would be a matter of minutes, right?

But after Ancient One left, Shiler remembered one thing. He asked Strange: "If Master Ancient One finds that place and can't help herself and chops them all up, what should we do?"

Strange widened his eyes instantly, then hurriedly took out his phone and said to Ancient One: "Teacher! You must hold back! Don't kill them, you must hold back!"

About a few minutes later, Ancient One brought good news. She had found the base of the Inheritor family and managed to hold back from killing them all.

Everyone in the office stood up. Strange opened a portal, and the group arrived near Kamar-Taj's energy hub, starting to wait.

Soon, the magical defense network lit up. A golden meteor streaked across the sky from far to near, then merged into the defense network.

The four stood in a row, looking with expectant eyes at the golden line gradually lighting up on the magical defense network.

At the same time, in Eddie's apartment, several symbiotes surrounded Venom, and Venom guided Eddie's consciousness into meditation.

Symbiotes can only rely on hosts, so he could only guide Eddie to respond. But fortunately, Eddie was originally engaged in writing work, and his imagination was rich enough, so he quickly entered the state.

Just like the many times they had cooperated before, they saw a group of bats with heavy shadows. Watching, Venom found something wrong. He said with some confusion: "Why has the golden light on these bats faded so much?"

"When we came last time, hadn't these golden rays already covered more than half of their wings?" Eddie also felt something was wrong. He said: "And the speed of accumulation is much slower."

"Sword Coming"

Realizing there might be an abnormal situation, Venom also gave up the idea of conservative probing. He directly controlled Eddie's consciousness and began to influence the group of bats.

Then, he heard the familiar sound of prayer, only this time, the prayer was much weaker. Venom also heard a kind of imperceptible fatigue in these voices.

Venom, who had no idea what had happened, thought it was just his illusion, so he began to put his plan into practice. But somewhat unexpectedly, the response from the other side was no longer as fast as before, but seemed somewhat hesitant.

It wasn't until Venom allowed this faith power to cover the vast majority of the bodies of all the bats, leaving only the tips of the wings, that the golden light suddenly surged.

Instantly, Venom exerted force, looting all the faith power. A large amount of energy surged into Venom and Eddie's bodies. The other symbiotes used the tentacles of symbiote factors to touch Eddie's body, transferring the excess energy to themselves.

After repeating this process several times, Venom discovered that the golden light had become thinner and thinner, almost non-existent. He guessed that this might be because the faith power stored on the other side had been emptied by him. Since that was the case, it would be better to do it more thoroughly.

Venom used the energy he had obtained from Knull before to cover the group of bats, and the people on the other side seemed to notice that someone was competing with them for the ownership of the bat totem and immediately became nervous.

They invested more faith power, but without exception, they were all absorbed by Venom. Until the last trace of thin, almost colorless golden light completely disappeared, Venom finally burped, and the other symbiotes also lay on the sofa, unable to move from eating.

And near Kamar-Taj's energy hub, Strange raised the staff in his hand. The golden line fell onto his staff along the center of the magical defense network. Instantly, a starry sky covered the surrounding space.

Everyone saw the group of black bats flying. Strange said in a deep voice: "The extraction function is about to open!"

Instantly, the golden thin line became thicker, and the energy on the thin line surged more violently. Shiler stared fixedly at the thin line, just like an old farmer staring at mature crops, about to welcome a harvest.

However, the energy surged for a long time, but no faith power was transmitted. Strange paused and said with some confusion: "Wait, there might be a problem. Let me debug it."

He tried again, but still no faith power came over. Soon, Ancient One's figure appeared. She said in a very confused voice: "What's going on? The faith power on the other side seems to have disappeared?"

She looked at Strange. Ancient One waved her hand, and the surrounding space changed its appearance again. Instantly, countless thin lines were revealed.

Then, everyone saw that on this main energy channel, two thin side roads branched off to the left and right.

At this moment, the last bit of faith power disappeared completely into the void along the side road on the right. Then, across the cosmic space, the group heard a few "burps" filled with satisfaction.

Shiler immediately understood what was going on. Instantly, in the main hall of Kamar-Taj, Shiler's roar echoed:

"Someone is stealing electricity!" ===== CHAPTER 677 =====