After Hawk and Gwen left the restaurant, they hailed a waiting taxi at the entrance.
Once seated, he tapped the driver's seat in front of him, pointed to the red family car that had already started moving ahead, and handed over two hundred US Dollars.
"Driver, follow that car ahead."
"No problem."
The driver perked up at the sight of two Franklins, took the money, shifted gears, and accelerated smoothly.
In an instant.
The taxi shot out, catching up with the red family car carrying Jane Foster ahead.
In the back seat, Gwen nudged Hawk's shoulder, then spoke softly while meeting Hawk's gaze.
"What are we..."
"It's the key to Hell!"
Hawk smiled faintly.
Still the same phrase.
To get to Hell and reclaim his sister's soul from Mephisto, it's sheer dream to think that Mephisto would obediently hand over his sister's soul without a fight.
But with his current strength, going to Hell to find Mephisto would be akin to seeking death.
After all...
Even Mephisto could see that his Little Cosmos doesn't exist in this universe, projecting through the Phoenix intermediary to Earth, his power here can only be exerted to about seventy or eighty percent.
Taking on small fry might be doable.
But against someone like Mephisto who is practically divine, there's no contest.
Therefore!
From this angle, Hawk saying the Reality Gemstone is his key to Hell was not wrong.
Only by obtaining the Reality Gemstone and completely converting the Little Cosmos into reality would he have the courage to battle Mephisto in Hell.
Because once his Little Cosmos manifests, it will reach the level of a Golden Saint Warrior.
A Golden Saint Warrior fighting Mephisto.
There's still hope.
Half an hour later.
The red family car in front stopped at a container yard.
The taxi driver also stopped the car.
Hawk and Gwen opened the car door and stepped out.
A second later.
Gwen looked at a container standing upright on the ground nearby and patted Hawk beside her.
"Hawk, look."
"Yeah."
Hawk also saw the container standing upright and another one laying flat on top, nodding, he then glanced at Jane Foster coming out of the red family car with her assistants Daisy Louise and Ian.
Jane and Daisy also noticed Hawk.
Daisy glanced unsurely at Hawk and Gwen, then turned to Jane, saying, "Did they... follow us here?"
Jane said nothing.
Because the two mentioned by Daisy were already approaching.
Hawk, looking at Thor's girlfriend staring at him, smiled and extended his right hand: "Dr. Fox, hello."
Jane frowned slightly and shook Hawk's hand.
"You are..."
"Hawk."
Hawk smiled faintly, then locked his gaze on an abandoned building not far away: "There's something of mine in there, I'm here to retrieve it."
Saying that.
Hawk politely smiled and nodded at Jane Foster in front of him, then said to Gwen beside him, "Let's go."
Gwen responded affirmatively.
Hawk then led Gwen toward the abandoned building not far away.
He no longer needed Jane Foster to guide him.
Because...
The trembling Sixth Sense was now telling him that what he wanted was inside that abandoned building.
Jane Foster stared with a slight start at Hawk and Gwen heading toward the building, then snapped out of it and turned to Daisy.
"Say again, what is here?"
"Infinity Gemstones."
Following Hawk toward the abandoned building, Gwen, having learned from Hawk about their objective this time, was slightly taken aback: "What is it?"
As they walked, Hawk explained to Gwen.
"The origin of Infinity Gemstones has two versions."
"The first version is that Infinity Gemstones formed from the self-death of the Goddess of Revenge."
"Let's put this version aside for now."
"The second version claims that before the Big Bang, there were six singularities, and after the Big Bang, the residual matter of these six singularities condensed into six Gemstones containing the fundamental forces of the cosmos."
"The Space Gemstone, capable of controlling space, distorting space, and even rearranging space!"
"The Mind Gemstone, capable of controlling the mind, enhancing spiritual power, and projecting energy beams!"
"The Reality Gemstone, capable of distorting reality and reorganizing matter."
"The Power Gemstone, with infinite power and energy."
"The Time Gemstone, capable of controlling all time."
"And the Soul Gemstone, capable of establishing a soul realm."
Hawk didn't hold back, succinctly explaining the Infinity Gemstones to Gwen, then said to Gwen: "You've seen one of them."
Still shocked, Gwen wondered if Hawk was narrating a story, instinctively turning to him.
"I've seen?"
"The Cosmic Cube."
Hawk shrugged: "It's described in history textbooks, it's what Captain America snatched from the Third Reich back then, oh, and last year's wormhole above New York City, that was opened by the Cosmic Cube, which is what I just described as the Space Gemstone."
Gwen suddenly realized and then shook her head, "Wait, isn't the Cosmic Cube not a gemstone, as I recall?"
Hawk chuckled, "The Cosmic Cube is just the vessel for the Space Gemstone; you can think of it as a box that holds the gemstone."
Gwen nodded, somewhat understanding.
"So this time, what we're here to find is..."
"The Reality Gemstone."
Hawk said, looking at the dilapidated building before them, listening to the exclamations coming from inside, and pulled Gwen along into it.
Initially, he didn't want to bring Gwen here.
But...
Gwen understood him so well that it changed his mind, leading him to bring her along.
When the two entered the abandoned building and followed the source of the exclamations, they immediately witnessed a bizarre scene.
A boy standing on the stairs tossed a bottle into the stairwell. Contrary to common sense, the bottle didn't shatter upon hitting the ground but mysteriously vanished halfway down, only to reappear in the air and continue falling.
It repeated endlessly.
At that moment, the idea of perpetual motion became real.
Gwen's pupils contracted.
"This..."
"Hiss!"
Following behind, Jane Foster also arrived, shocked by the scene and couldn't help but gasp.
Next to her, assistant Daisy grinned and said, "Now you know why I called you here, right?"
Jane Foster snapped back to reality, took out her handheld device, and walked towards the stairs without speaking.
Hawk also smiled at Gwen.
"Hold on tight to me."
"Huh?"
Hawk didn't reply, just embraced Gwen.
The next second.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Hawk had swept past Jane Foster, her assistant Daisy, and the three little kids having a blast with the bottles, with all his senses heightened, following the unknown vibrations in the air to the fourth-floor corridor of the abandoned building.
After Gwen got down from Hawk's embrace, she involuntarily rubbed her forehead.
"Hawk!"
"Hm?"
"Don't do that again."
Gwen restrained her discomfort and earnestly said to Hawk, "Unless it's an emergency, you're not allowed to do that."
Hawk willingly complied, "Alright, you stay here."
He looked towards the direction of the disturbance ahead in the corridor, thought for a moment, and decided not to have Gwen continue with him.
Because, although the effects of the Infinity Gemstones are immensely powerful, the side effects of each one are equally tremendous.
No Infinity Gemstone is something that should be touched.
However...
Just as Hawk planned to move forward alone, his Sixth Sense was suddenly triggered.
He instinctively looked at Jane Foster, who had also climbed up from the stairs.
Their eyes met.
It was Hawk who spoke first.
"Dr. Fox, planning to have a look inside?"
"..."
Jane glanced at the direction indicated by her device, then at Hawk's smiling face, frowning, "Are you planning to block my way?"
Hawk smiled, didn't say a word, merely stepped aside and made a gesture inviting her to proceed.
The sudden trigger of his Sixth Sense made him remember something.
That is...
In the original plot, rather than Jane Foster finding the Reality Gemstone, the Reality Gemstone found her.
The Reality Gemstone was right ahead, and this was their one shot.
Therefore.
Just in case, he planned to let Jane Foster lead the way, acting as a guide to take him to the Reality Gemstone.
Jane looked at Hawk, who had stepped aside, and hesitated.
After all, when someone shows gratuitous kindness, they're either a traitor or a thief. Though this is an Eastern Country saying, there's a similar one in the West, which essentially means the same thing.
Seeing this, Hawk chuckled, leaned towards Gwen's ear, and whispered, "If I disappear later, don't be surprised; I'll be back in about six hours."
Hearing this, Gwen's pupils slightly contracted as she looked at Hawk.
Hawk gave her a gentle smile, kissed Gwen, glanced at Jane, and then lifted his foot to head towards the corridor.
Sensing Hawk and Gwen's kiss, Jane couldn't help but think of her own divine boyfriend who had time to join the Battle of New York but not to visit her. She gritted her teeth, cast a envious glance at Gwen, and then lifted her foot to follow.
Gwen was baffled by Jane's look, but soon became worried watching Hawk walk ahead.
Hawk, walking down the abandoned corridor, could clearly feel the contraction of the mysterious energy around him.
But soon.
The recently contracted energy suddenly became restless again.
Jane had caught up.
Then, as Jane caught up and seemingly to prove she wasn't scared, walked ahead of Hawk, the mysterious energy around them became completely agitated.
The space around them distorted instantly due to this volatile energy.
The next second.
Boom!
A singularity appeared as if causing a collapse of space, and in the blink of an eye, Jane, who was ahead, and Hawk, who had placed his right hand on Jane's shoulder at the last moment, vanished from reality.
Gwen's eyes widened, and Hawk's voice echoed in her ears.
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon!"
"..."