Michael had been in Asgard for almost half an Earth day.
Although he had inadvertently released the power of his domain when he broke through to Multiverse Level, and had roughly scanned Asgard's power composition at the time,
Michael was still inevitably surprised by the true military might of Asgard.
In the half-Earth day since arriving in Asgard, Michael did not go directly to Asgard's national library, nor did he go to Asgard's royal treasury. Although the differences between the two Multiverses resulted in vast differences in the power of the two Asgards, the general arrangements in Asgard would not differ too much.
Having the experience of wreaking havoc in Asgard in the Movie Multiverse, Michael had a relatively deep understanding of the various arrangements in Asgard in this Variant Hybrid Multiverse.
Invisible in the Subspace, Michael had roughly toured the entire Asgard along the way. Only then did Michael realize that in this Multiverse, Asgard's military power was truly high! To maintain peace and tranquility in the Nine Realms, most of Asgard's warriors were not stationed in Asgard, but were fighting in various parts of the Nine Realms. But even so, Michael discovered several Skyfather Level experts hidden in the shadows among the warriors remaining within Asgard!
As for Planet-Level and Planet-Internal-Level experts, they were as numerous as cattle. In fact, it could be said that every Asgardian, once born and grown, was a great Planet-Internal-City-Level expert.
As expected of a kingdom that has existed for hundreds of millions of years, its foundations are very deep! The physical quality of its citizens is high, and their descendants, even as infants, are stronger than most people on Earth!
Of course, an increase in lifespan naturally leads to a decrease in birth rate. With the average lifespan of an Asgardian commoner counted in hundreds of thousands of years, it is difficult for an Asgardian to conceive even after tens of thousands of years. However, once an Asgardian conceives and gives birth to offspring, they are incomparable to individuals of other civilizations.
It can be said that Asgardians are all born warriors!…However, speaking of birth rate, Michael couldn't help but think of the… widely known rumor that the stronger one is, the harder it is to have offspring.
In fact, in Michael's view, birth rate is also a matter of stages.
This situation of birth rate generally occurs when people are still flesh and blood mortals, or rather, when their physical evolution has not yet been fully energy-transformed.
Once the body is completely energy-transformed, the so-called conception and procreation of offspring is merely a matter of… wanting or not wanting to.
But when it comes to the stage of being flesh and blood, as long as the body has not yet been energy-transformed, then Michael also largely agrees with the rumor that 'the stronger one is, the harder it is to have offspring.'
For example, when both parties are ordinary people, a man and a woman, if the man is very strong and the woman is just an ordinary person, it is actually very easy for the woman to conceive at this time.
After all, the stronger and healthier the male, the more vigorous his sperm, and the easier it is to penetrate the female's egg membrane. At this point, the new barrier membrane formed after the sperm and egg combine cannot be destroyed by other sperm.
When one party is an ordinary person and the other is a cultivator, Ability Users, or something else, it's not as easy to conceive offspring as when both parties are ordinary people.
For example, if the male is a cultivator and the female is an ordinary person, the sperm are too vigorous, piercing the egg membrane instantly. Even if the fastest sperm combines with the egg to form a new barrier membrane, it's instantly broken. With so many sperm fighting each other, conceiving offspring is impossible! It doesn't matter if the male or female agrees; so many sperm won't agree! Or, if the female is strong and the male is an ordinary person, then the sperm cannot penetrate the egg membrane. Even if hundreds of millions of brothers gather, they can only stare helplessly before the magic master.
Similarly, even if both male and female are strong, as long as one is stronger and the other is weaker, it will be extremely difficult to conceive offspring.
After all, either there are too many monks and too little gruel, leading to mutual destruction, or the city wall is too thick, making it impossible to pass. So, in Michael's opinion,
As long as one has not achieved bodily energy transformation, the stronger one is, the harder it is to have offspring. This statement is indeed very reasonable.
But once the body has undergone energy transformation, conceiving offspring is no longer a matter of wanting or not wanting… "Tsk tsk."
"This Asgard is indeed no good!"
Even hidden in Subspace, Michael was extremely careful to conceal his aura.
Because Michael discovered that Odin Odinson, the God King of Asgard, was not merely Single Universe Level in strength! His true strength was actually Multiverse Level! "Haha."
"Good fellow."
"Last time, he actually fooled even me!"
"This old guy."
"Is indeed cunning enough!"
Michael never expected Odin to be so cunning! He was clearly incredibly powerful, yet he only showed himself as a Single Universe Level being.
Even Single Universe Level strength is enough to establish a regional power in the Universe, but if anyone truly thought he was easy to bully, with his Multiverse Level strength unleashed, the invaders would surely be dumbfounded on the spot.
However, through Michael's stealthy observation, Michael discovered that this Odin in the Multiverse has the same hidden danger as the Odin in the Movie Multiverse: his strength is growing stronger and stronger, but his body is becoming less and less able to bear it! However, unlike the Odin in the Movie Universe, who found it difficult to suppress the growth of his strength and could only rely on Odinsleep to delay Death, the Odin in this Universe could relatively easily transfer excess power out.
Although this Odin could not completely transfer all his power each time, it greatly slowed down the pace of his strength growth and, similarly, greatly extended his lifespan.
But Michael still discovered some disadvantages in this process, which is that he cannot frequently engage in combat! Once Odin frequently engages in combat, the strength growth that could originally be suppressed will rapidly and explosively increase in a retaliatory manner, and at that time, it will instead accelerate Odin's demise! "No wonder this Universe's Odin has not engaged in combat for many years."
"Even if other forces in the Nine Realms rebel, he only sends Thor and Loki to deal with it."
"Even if those rebellious forces counterattacked Asgard, this cunning old man could actually endure and not act, finally suppressing the rebellion with the lives of a large number of Asgardian warriors."
Michael suddenly recalled the information recorded in the documents he had seen at Kamar-Taj earlier.
Since Odin entered his old age ten thousand years ago, he has never personally taken action in the Nine Realms.
Others thought he was training his two princes, but Michael knew that this cunning old man just wanted to live for hundreds of thousands more years!
As for why Odin didn't use his continuously growing power to break through to Ultra-Cosmic Level strength, that was naturally because Odin's body would not allow him to do so!
The bodies of Asgardian are not like the Eternal Titan Clan of Thanos; Multiverse Level power is already the ceiling for Asgardian!
At least in this Universe, it is! After all, they don't have something like the Eight-Nine Arcane Art specifically for body tempering.
The upper limit of a Water tank is there; continuously pouring Water into it will only cause the Water to overflow.
And the body of an Asgardian is like a sealed Water tank; continuously pouring Water into it will only cause the Water tank to burst, and in the end, nothing will be gained… "Forget it."
"No matter how cunning Odin is,"
"At least in this World, Asgard hasn't provoked me."
"As long as they haven't provoked me,"
"Then I'm too lazy to bother."
"Let's go see Asgard's collection instead."
"I hope Asgard, which has existed for hundreds of millions of years, has some records of Earth!"
Michael pondered for a while… and finally gave up the idea of exposing Odin Odinson's strength to the entire Universe.
This Universe's Odin Odinson had not provoked Michael, so Michael saw no reason to start a war with this Universe's Odin because of past grievances with Odin from another Universe.
Moreover, this Universe's Odin was a cunning old man on the same level as Michael.
Once a war started, regardless of whether he was difficult to deal with, it would certainly attract the attention of other Universe powerhouses.
If the Five Supreme Gods discovered it, that would be a huge loss.
This would be completely thankless! However, Michael also specifically recorded information about Odin Odinson's strength and his taboos.
If this Universe's Odin offended him later, it wouldn't be too late to release this information!
Michael didn't believe that Odin, a cunning old man who had spent millions of years of his early life constantly campaigning, would have no enemies.
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