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Soon, Ryan carried Hela through Asgard's atmosphere and into outer space.
However, neither Ryan nor Hela were ordinary mortals, so they were naturally unaffected by the mere low temperatures of deep space.
Watching Asgard recede beneath her feet, Hela guessed Ryan's goal and sneered.
"I admit you are stronger than I am now, but you don't actually think taking me away from Asgard can really kill me, do you?"
"Stop dreaming. As long as Asgard exists, no matter which corner of the Universe you take me to, I am immortal. Sooner or later, I will return to Asgard and reclaim everything that should be mine!"
Under the influence of divine power, Hela's disdainful voice reached Ryan's ears clearly, even in a vacuum.
At this, Ryan's flight speed slowed to a halt. He glanced at the naked Hela, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Who said I was going to kill you? And as for being able to return regardless of where you are... I wouldn't be so sure about that~"
As he spoke, Ryan pressed the Multiverse Bracelet on his left arm, and a web-like portal composed of red light instantly appeared before them.
"What is this?" Hela looked at the unknown Web Portal, suddenly feeling a bad premonition for some reason.
"This is technology!" Ryan said leisurely. Before Hela could speak again, he threw her directly inside and followed after her.
Zombie Universe...
Whoosh— Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!!!
A naked figure fell from the sky like a meteor, eventually crashing into an endless primeval forest. She smashed through several towering ancient trees before finally stopping after falling into a mud pit.
After a long while, Hela finally crawled out of the mud, miserably spitting out the muddy water in her mouth.
At that moment, another figure slowly descended from the sky, landing lightly beside the mud pit.
Hela, sitting in the mud, glared at Ryan with a look as if she wanted to devour him: "You insolent fool, how dare you throw me onto a Planet like a piece of trash!"
Ryan looked at Hela, who was covered in thick mud that conveniently acted as a mosaic effect, and shrugged.
"Didn't you say that as long as Asgard exists, you are immortal and can return to Asgard from anywhere?"
"I just wanted to verify whether what you said was actually true~"
"Hmph! Once I kill you, you offensive brat, you'll know if it's true!" Hela snorted coldly and flicked her hands.
But the scene she imagined—the Nightsword appearing in her hands—did not occur. Her hands remained empty.
Hela was stunned and couldn't help but flick her hands again.
Unsurprisingly, other than shaking the sludge off her arms, nothing happened.
Ryan crossed his arms and teased, "What's wrong? Is Her Majesty the Queen unable to connect to Asgard's WiFi? Or is the password wrong?"
Hearing Ryan say this, Hela finally realized something was wrong.
She stared fixedly at her hands; sure enough, she couldn't feel even a trace of divine power from them!
Her divine power... was gone?
Hela looked on in disbelief. You had to know that even when she was sealed in Helheim by Odin, she had never lost her divine power!
What on Earth was going on?!
But immediately, Hela locked onto the culprit. She looked up and stared deathly at Ryan, gritting her teeth as she asked, "It's you! What did you do to me?! Where exactly is this place?!"
Ryan shrugged and said lazily, "I just threw you from thirty thousand feet onto a Planet. As for where this is, it's Earth, or what you Asgardians call Midgard..."
"Midgard? Impossible, you're lying to me!" Hela immediately retorted upon hearing this. "Midgard is within the scope of the Nine Realms. How could it possibly cause me to lose my divine power!"
Ryan nodded. "True, Midgard isn't that far from Asgard, certainly not far enough to leave you with zero divine power, but..."
Halfway through, Ryan changed his tone. "But what if this is the Earth of another Universe?"
"An Earth in a Universe where Asgard has already been destroyed~"
Hela, who had been furious, was suddenly stunned after hearing Ryan's words.
Following that was a face full of reluctance to believe. "Asgard... destroyed? This... how is that possible! This is a lie you made up, isn't it?!"
Facing the questioning, Ryan smiled without saying a word. He didn't explain, but just watched Hela quietly.
Hela looked at Ryan's expression, which didn't show even a hint of a ripple, and her voice gradually lowered.
Because she knew that Ryan's words were most likely true!
Because even if she came to another Universe, as long as the essence of this Universe's Asgard remained unchanged, she should still be able to sense it and have divine power. It was impossible to feel absolutely nothing of the source power she shared with Asgard.
So... the Asgard of this Universe really was destroyed!
Hela was silent for a long while. When she looked at Ryan again, her expression had become complicated. "How was the Asgard of this Universe destroyed?"
Ryan raised his hand and pointed at Hela herself, saying calmly, "Because of you. After the 'you' of this Universe emerged from the seal, she slaughtered almost the entire Asgardian army and even wanted to kill all the Asgardian citizens who wouldn't submit. Finally, the Thor and Loki of this Universe were forced to release Surtur, the Fire Giant who, according to the prophecy, would bring about Ragnarok for Asgard..."
"In the end... you, Surtur, and Asgard were all destroyed together..."
As he finished speaking, Ryan waved his hand, and golden Mental Brilliance formed an image in front of Hela.
It was the scene where the Hela and Surtur of this Universe had their final all-out collision, leading to the destruction of the entire Asgard...
Seeing this scene, Hela couldn't help but take two steps back and slumped down into the mud pit.
"It was really me who caused the destruction of Asgard..."
At this moment, the sense of powerlessness in her heart was even stronger than when she had just realized she had lost her divine power...
Seeing this, Ryan shook his head.
The Hela in the original story was certainly hateful; because of her paranoia and an arrogance even greater than Thor's, she had almost single-handedly ruined Asgard.
But Hela's love for Asgard was also very real and stronger than anyone else's.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have fought the Fire Giant Surtur until the very last moment, preferring to die rather than abandon Asgard like Thor and Loki.
Ryan stepped into the mud pit, came before the vacant Hela, and reached out his hand to her. "Do you want to restore the Asgard of this Universe to its former glory?"
Hela listened to the voice in her ear, which wasn't loud, but resonated in her heart like a tolling bell.
Looking up at Ryan, who was reaching out to her, she felt a momentary trance. It was as if she saw the shadow of that once-proud, high-spirited Odin in Ryan.
At that time, Odin had also reached out to her, who had just mastered the divine power of death, and asked her: 'Daughter, do you want to join me in spreading the glory of Asgard throughout the Universe?'
"Father, is it you who has returned..." Hela couldn't help but whisper.
Ryan: ?