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"I understand."
Frank nodded silently, then his gaze quickly swept over the dense crowd of God's Servants gathered in the square by the Thunder Warriors not far away.
He saw deep fear on the faces of these powerless God's Servants, as if they had experienced something extremely terrifying before.
This also meant that even though the number of Thunder Warriors was far less than a fraction of the God's Servants, no one dared to stand up and resist.
They all knelt obediently like lambs to the slaughter, hands clasped, silently praying in their hearts for the unknown fate.
"Boss, what should we do with these gods… uh, I mean, the Asgardians?"
As a mature Commander, no matter how curious Frank was, he would never be foolish enough to ask Karl how he conquered this place.
After all, sometimes knowing too many secrets is not a good thing.
Moreover, based on his understanding of his boss's style, if it was information he needed to know, his boss would definitely inform him immediately.
Since Karl hadn't said anything to him now, it meant it was something he didn't need to know or worry about.
"These God's Servants…"
Karl then turned his gaze to the God's Servants gathered in the square.
To be precise, these God's Servants, who lived in Sun City and usually served the Egyptian Gods, were not true humans, nor were they "aliens" like Asgard residents, who possessed special physiques and long lifespans.
Instead, they were special spiritual entities that could only materialize in specific spaces!
That's right, after successfully binding to Celestial Heliopolis, Karl not only obtained information about this dimensional space but also unexpectedly gained information about these God's Servants.
Simply put, these God's Servants were all loyal believers of the Egyptian Gods during their lives.
After their deaths, their souls were selected by the God King, Sun God Ra, and later the God of the Underworld, Osiris, allowing their souls to enter Celestial Heliopolis and become loyal God's Servants who would serve the Egyptian Gods forever.
These God's Servants could only have a materialized body when they were in Celestial Heliopolis.
Once they left this dimension, their entire being would immediately revert to a soul state (similar to Jane Foster's soul being brought into Valhalla by Heimdall's soul).
And this was precisely the truth of what those idiotic believers yearned for, the greatest grace of the gods to humanity— "entering the Celestial Realm to obtain eternal life."
How ironic, how blasphemous was this?
In Karl's view, wasn't this just helping a group of cattle and horses move to another place to continue being cattle and horses… and this time, it was the kind that never ended!
There's a saying that perfectly describes these foolish believers… Someone sells you out, and you're still happily counting their money for them!
Since these God's Servants were so devout and loved serving people so much, how could Karl bear to deprive them of their right to continue being cattle and horses?
Naturally, he would let them continue their previous "happy" life!
Karl said with a smile, "These God's Servants have no combat power, so let them stay and serve as attendants providing daily living services for the Thunder Warriors for now."
"Ah?"
Frank's face showed a hint of surprise, clearly not expecting his boss's "benefits" to be so generous this time.
He first glared back at the Thunder Warriors behind him, who were beaming with joy and clearly thrilled, then hesitantly probed:
"Boss, well… won't this spoil these little rascals too much? After all, they haven't done anything significant yet…"
As the overall Commander of the Thunder Warriors, Frank was like the patriarch of these soldiers, so calling them 'little rascals' was not inappropriate.
In fact, in the ears of most Thunder Warriors, it was practically an affectionate term.
Because in daily training, the iron-blooded Instructor Frank cursed much worse than that…
"It's fine."
Karl first glanced at the Thunder Warriors around him, who, though not directly looking at him, all had their ears perked up, listening intently.
He couldn't help but feel amused, then dismissively waved his hand at Frank.
"The Thunder Warriors are one of the foundations for the Hyperspace Group's current stability, and they are also the top priority for future extraterrestrial interstellar expansion, so it's understandable for their treatment to be a little better."
Frank: What, you call this a little better? This is clearly already spoiling them rotten, okay?
But since his boss had already decided, he just needed to execute it without question.
And after resolving the ownership of Celestial Realm 1, only one crucial issue remained before Karl… that was the external access channel connecting the Celestial Realm 1 dimensional space.
Previously, the only teleportation link between Celestial Heliopolis and Earth, the Golden Bridge of the Path of the Gods, was fixed inside the Khufu Pyramid in Egypt.
Unlike Asgard's Bifrost Bridge, which could teleport freely within the Nine Realms, the Golden Bridge of the Path of the Gods was a single teleportation device created by the power of the Nine Pillars Gods, and once the target location was set, it could not be changed.
The Bifrost Bridge, on the other hand, used the energy of the Space Stone (then called the Tesseract) as its core, supplemented by Asgard's teleportation magic, to achieve free teleportation back and forth within the Nine Realms.
There was a fundamental difference between the two.
So, this "teleportation point" definitely couldn't be used anymore.
Otherwise, unless Karl could open a large hole in the Khufu Pyramid, the Thunder Warrior Battalion would be directly trapped inside the pyramid when going on missions.
Thus, how to set up a new "teleportation point" became a crucial matter at hand.
Although Wanda could be bothered to open a portal when performing missions, it was impossible to bother Wanda again and again for daily necessities and other trivial matters, right?
Although the beautiful and kind-hearted Wanda (cough cough, no, the beautiful and magnanimous Wanda… no, the beautiful and kind-hearted Wanda) would definitely not complain about this, and would even secretly rejoice at being able to frequently see her brother… uh, see Karl.
But Karl felt a little uneasy doing this, after all, she was his woman, and he also didn't want to delay Wanda's magic learning process because of himself.
Should he use Tzeentch's magic teleportation array?
Karl thought for a moment, then dismissed the idea.
Although Tzeentch's magic teleportation array could also achieve cross-dimensional teleportation, each activation required a certain amount of psychic energy to be injected, and the complex post-maintenance work was also a considerable problem.
So Karl preferred to find a way to open a "teleportation gate" that could be long-term and stable.
"If I had the Space Stone in hand, this problem would be much simpler to deal with."
Karl decided to prioritize the plan to plunder the Space Stone next, which would facilitate many future actions and strategic deployments.
Perhaps he could even use the power of the Space Stone to forcibly merge the plundered dimensional space with the Warp.
"Eh?"
Just then, a bold and imaginative idea suddenly flashed through Karl's mind, and he immediately looked with some eagerness at the unclosed portal behind him, connecting Sokovia and Celestial Realm 1.
"I just don't know if the power of the Reality Stone can materialize this portal into a long-term stable dimensional channel?"
Under normal circumstances, the Reality Stone can ignore all scientific laws and natural laws, arbitrarily erase or modify reality, and materialize those unrealistic fantasies and delusions into true reality.
To some extent, the Reality Stone can be considered the one with the highest potential among the six infinity stones, but at the same time, it is also the most difficult to use.
That's because the Reality Stone's effects have three crucial "limitations": time limitation, space limitation, and continuous release limitation!
These three limitations can be seen in Avengers 3, where Thanos used the power of the Reality Stone to directly turn Drax the Destroyer and Mantis into fragments, and then after he left Void with his adopted daughter Gamora, their bodies automatically restored to their original state.
Therefore, whether it is modifying reality or erasing reality, it needs to be supported by the powerful functions and energy of other infinity stones to maintain the continuity of the effect.
Otherwise, it will cause devastating damage to the user!
This is also why, under normal circumstances, even if the wielder knows that this part of the Reality Stone's function is very powerful, they will still choose not to continuously release this part of the ability before collecting other infinity stones (Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, is an example).
It can also explain why Thanos, after collecting the Reality Stone, already had the Power Stone and Space Stone in his hand, which could serve as a continuous energy source for the Reality Stone, but still did not forcibly snap his fingers as one of the fundamental reasons.
It wasn't that Thanos didn't want to, but he clearly knew that before collecting all six infinity stones, rashly snapping his fingers would most likely fail to fulfill his ideal—randomly killing half of the life in the Universe.
Even if he miraculously succeeded, he would die on the spot due to the lack of necessary energy and rules!
After all, Thanos wanted to personally see the entire Universe "saved" by himself, not to die along with it.
Of course, all of these were Karl's inferred rules of use based on his understanding of the Reality Stone; although not necessarily guaranteed, they would not put him in a desperate situation.
So, Karl was now preparing to materialize the existing portal into a long-term and stable channel connecting Earth and Celestial Realm 1.
The difficulty of this operation was many times less than directly using the Reality Stone to open a cross-dimensional portal.
Therefore, it was very likely that it could be done without consuming much powerful energy.
If it really succeeded in the end, Karl could be considered to have exploited a small bug using the Reality Stone!
Thinking of this, Karl directly stepped forward to the portal, and then through the Warp, he activated the power of the Reality Stone, beginning to "transform" the portal in front of him.
"Haha, it worked, it actually worked?!"
A moment later, Karl looked at the "alloy teleportation gate" in front of him, which had actually been materialized into a structure over 3 meters high and 6 meters wide, looking extremely similar in size to an ordinary warehouse door, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
And in the lower right corner of this teleportation gate, there was also a "side door" the size of an ordinary security door, to facilitate the entry and exit of personnel.
"This should be enough to handle the daily flow of personnel and the turnover of supplies…"
Karl nodded in satisfaction, but then he felt that in order to maintain the long-term existence of this "two-world gate," the Reality Stone began to continuously supply it with energy.
However, just as Karl had previously guessed, the amount of energy transmitted was not much, not even as much as Karl released when "charging" the Golden Throne on a daily basis.
Therefore, such a consumption was almost negligible for Karl, who possessed "dual stone energy supply"!
"Since this method is feasible, then later I'll have Wanda open another portal leading to the Impossible City."
Karl stroked his chin, muttering, "This way, even if the conquered dimensional spaces cannot be temporarily merged with the Warp, they can be well controlled."
"Then next… as long as the Four Chaos Gods complete a new round of upgrades, the next step of the plan should be able to proceed."
Dealing with Mephisto and Marduk Kurios, with whom he had already formed an enmity,
Dealing with the Dark Followers Cult,
Selecting the next "pantheon" for the Four Chaos Gods as the invasion target for the upcoming dimensional war, plundering the Space Stone,
Exploring the Inner Earth,
Improving Dimension Strength, and so on…
Although Karl still had many things to do next, he understood the principle that some things cannot be rushed.
You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time!
Haste makes waste!
And after successfully taking down the Egyptian Pantheon and Celestial Heliopolis, Karl finally ushered in a rare period of "truce."
He could use this time, while the Four Chaos Gods absorbed and transformed the defeated Egyptian Gods, to carefully think about and plan the future direction of the Warp and the Hyperspace Group.
In a word: the future is truly promising!!!
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