"By the way, George, did you take leave?" Lucas suddenly asked.
George wasn't like him and Gwen. He was the Director of the New York Police Department, holding a high position.
If he stayed here for a few more days, would the police department on Earth-65 count George as absent without leave?
George was about to speak when the male Ancient One spoke first, "I can help George take leave. I'm also going back anyway."
Without waiting for George to speak, Lucas thanked the Ancient One on his behalf, "Then I'll trouble you, Master."
"By the way, George. Do you still remember what you looked like when you were young?"
"What I looked like when I was young?" George looked at Lucas in confusion, a bit bewildered.
Lucas smiled mysteriously and patted George on the shoulder. The next instant, points surged into George's body. Under Lucas's powerful mental control, it rapidly strengthened and healed him.
In an instant, hair grew wildly all over George's body. Before long, he became an ape-man.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
Gwen was the first to burst out laughing.
Wanda and Pietro followed closely.
Lucas gave an embarrassed laugh. "Sorry, George. This is my first time helping someone else strengthen, so I'm inexperienced."
George slowly extended his hand, he could feel the energy contained within this body. Even if he were a dozen years younger, his body wouldn't be as healthy and strong as it was now.
Suddenly, he remembered something. He took out his phone and looked at the black screen.
Reflected on the screen was his younger face.
Lucas's voice sounded at this moment. "This way, after Helen is resurrected, she shouldn't feel unfamiliar when she sees you."
"But for Gwen, I can't do anything. I can't just turn her back into a child, can I?"
After explaining to George, Lucas began to instruct Wanda, "Wanda, please cast a confusion spell on George. Make others overlook the change in his appearance."
"Okay." Wanda assented.
Crimson energy appeared on her fingertips, slowly tracing before George's eyes.
Mysterious runes flashed and then disappeared.
"Done." Wanda said cheerfully.
For her, this was just a simple little spell. Of course, for Lucas, it was the same.
After Wanda finished helping, Lucas took out a small ball of energy and handed it to her, instructing her, "No incantation guidance is needed. Just separate it and place it on your parents' souls."
Time flew by, and half a month passed in a flash.
One day, Tony informed Lucas that the experiment was successful.
Accompanied by Lucas, the resurrection ceremony officially began.
First to appear was Matt.
On the one hand, he had absorbed Lucas's points for the longest time, his soul was the strongest, and his fault tolerance was high.
On the other hand, if the experiment wasn't conducted soon, he would learn the technique of interfering with the real world from the spiritual world.
"Lucas, how about waiting two more days?" Matt asked with some hesitation.
He had practiced diligently for many days, sleepless, foodless, and drinkless. He was finally about to learn the technique of a spiritual body interfering with the real world. But then, Lucas told him that a new body could be created for him.
So, what was the meaning of his arduous practice during this period?
Lucas patted Matt's shoulder and said, "Matt, that's life. You never know whether tomorrow or a surprise will arrive first."
Matt rolled his eyes, ignored Lucas, and walked straight to the nutrient capsule.
Looking down at his body, Matt asked Tony, "What should I do next?"
Tony replied, "Just lie down. Don't resist, just follow the traction, slowly adjust, and adapt."
"Okay."
Matt obeyed and lied down in the nutrient capsule.
When the body and soul made extensive contact, streaks of pearly white light emerged.
This was the points-energy from the soul and body at work.
The pearly white light slowly and powerfully pulled Matt's body and soul.
Crossing the mental and material world, it gradually merged the two into one.
Lucas watched the process from the side. If anything went wrong, he would immediately save Matt's soul.
Unexpectedly, under the pull of the pearly white light, Matt's soul did not feel any discomfort. Instead, he seemed to be enjoying it. And from time to time, he showed an expression of sudden realization.
Lucas didn't understand, not at all. He could only ask Matt after the experiment was over.
The experiment process was longer than imagined. In the blink of an eye, several hours passed.
"Tony, how much longer?"
Tony glanced at the control panel and said nonchalantly, "Looking at the progress bar, it'll be another ten days."
Lucas was puzzled. "Why does it take so long? Tony, your previous experiments, all combined, didn't take ten days, did they?"
Tony retorted, "Can humans and white mice be the same?"
Lucas asked, "Is Matt the first human subject for the experiment?"
Tony nodded. "Isn't that why you're here?"
Lucas was silent.
"Poor Matt."
"I can hear you." Matt's voice suddenly echoed in the spiritual world.
Lucas and Tony exchanged glances.
They both chose to change the subject.
Lucas asked, "Tony, do you have a way to calibrate time across different worlds and dimensions?"
The difference in time flow rates across different worlds was Lucas's biggest hidden danger when traveling the Multiverse, and it had troubled him for a long time. Now, it was perfect for changing the subject.
Unexpectedly, Tony gave a positive answer, "Yes. Ever since I accidentally entered the Quantum Realm last time, I've been trying to find a way. To find a reference time coordinate to calibrate the time flow rates of different worlds."
Then, Tony frowned and explained, "However, there's a problem. That is, you can only know the ratio of the time flow rate at your current location to the standard time. You cannot know the ratio of other locations to the standard time across Universes."
"Thus, when traveling to other Universes, you can only roughly estimate the time of the original Universe, without getting an accurate number."
Lucas pondered for a while and offered a suggestion, "Perhaps you could ask the Web Slingers, they are a cross-Multiverse organization after all, maybe they have a way."
He couldn't help with the technical aspects but he had connections.
Tony thought for a while and nodded. "Okay, after this is done, I'll contact Miguel."
...
The long ten days finally passed.
Everything went very smoothly, Matt's soul and body perfectly merged.
Including Matt's eyes.
Erin reached out and waved her hand in front of Matt's eyes, seeing that his eyeballs weren't focusing, and asked curiously, "Matt, what's wrong with your eyes?
"How come you can't see again after reshaping a body?"
Matt smiled and said contentedly, "Erin, I didn't say I couldn't see."
As he spoke, Matt's eyeballs refocused, moving left and right with Erin's waving hand.
"I seem to have two perspectives now. One is to see with my eyes. The other is to perceive with my other senses. I just haven't adapted yet."
Matt was very satisfied.
His superhuman senses had not been lost with the restoration of his vision. Instead, they had become stronger.
"Matt, do you have any discomfort in your body?" Wanda, who was beside him, asked with concern.
If Matt's body had no adverse effects, then the resurrection for her parents could begin.
Noticing Wanda's little thoughts, Matt comforted her, "The experiment was very successful, and I feel everything is good. There were no adverse reactions during the experiment either."
After listening to Matt, Wanda looked at Lucas and Tony with hopeful eyes.
Olek and Iryna, meanwhile, comforted their daughter, who seemed to have suddenly grown ten years older, yet also not grown at all.
"Wanda, don't worry. Being able to see you and Pietro again, we are already very satisfied."
As parents, compared to the joy of regaining their bodies, they felt even more heartache for their children.
A pair of ten-year-old twin siblings, in the chaotic environment of Sokovia.
It must have been very difficult to survive and grow up healthy.
Meeting the hopeful gazes of Wanda, Pietro, Gwen, and George, Lucas gave a positive response, "Let's start the experiment."
After speaking, he looked at Tony.
He only served as a backup. The one truly arranging the experiment had to be Tony.
"Since there's no problem, let's do it together."
Tony nodded and pointed to the three nutrient capsules.
"Lie in, you don't have to do anything, just treat it as sleeping."
Helen, Olek, and Iryna walked into their respective nutrient capsules.
Next, it was just like Matt.
Pearly white light emerged, pulling their souls and bodies together.
The only difference was that Matt, as an Apprentice Sorcerer, could comprehend the secrets and connections between the soul and body during this process, enhancing his magical knowledge.
As for Helen, Olek, and Iryna, they quickly fell into a drowsy state.
Like a beautiful dream, in the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
Ten days later, Helen, Olek, and Iryna woke up.
At this time, they had been separately placed in two different rooms.
One room was for Wanda and Pietro's family.
One room was for George, Helen, and Gwen.
After ten or more years, these two families were reunited once again.