Steve Chapter 175

As a cosmic elder.

Actually, Tivan is quite appreciative.

To be honest, Fang Mo doesn't know what exactly happened in the original story, where the entire Void was destroyed. Normally, shouldn't everything be fine once the gemstone is handed over?

But after all, the original story didn't indicate what exactly happened to the Void.

So, Fang Mo had no way of knowing.

However, as of now, when Tivan saw the two Infinity Stones in Fang Mo's hand, he quickly chose to back down.

"Please, you must accept this gemstone."

Tivan bowed respectfully, presenting the Reality Stone to Fang Mo with both hands. "The Infinity Stones have the power to bewitch the mind. I was merely misled just now. Sir, please believe that I had no other intentions."

"Why didn't you do this from the beginning?" 

Fang Mo looked at Tivan with a smile, and it must be said that the latter knew when to quit.

For this reason, Fang Mo didn't make things difficult for him and directly took the Reality Stone into his hand.

Just as Fang Mo touched the Reality Stone, a system notification sounded in his ears.

[System Notification: 'Reality Stone' studied, you have gained 15% new module download permission.]

[System Notification: 'Reality' element studied, you have gained 10% new module download permission.]

[System Notification: Mastered the creation methods of 'Artificial Body' and 'Artificial Mind', you have gained one new module download permission.]

[System Notification: More puppet modules begin downloading.]

"..."

Fang Mo said nothing, silently pinching the Reality Stone with two fingers, and placed it above the Infinity Gauntlet, allowing the gauntlet to automatically absorb it into a slot.

A 'ding' sound was heard.

A red light instantly spread, almost covering the entire Void.

A mysterious feeling rose in Fang Mo's mind, the boundary between reality and illusion seemed especially blurred and fragile. At this moment, all thoughts in Fang Mo's mind magnified without limits.

Science and laws were completely abolished at this moment.

In front of this stone, it seemed as if everything lost its original meaning.

Almost instinctively, 

Fang Mo clenched the gauntlet tightly.

The red light gradually converged into several figures that he missed tremendously.

Fang Mo looked at the scene before him with a somewhat complicated expression. He knew all of this was an illusion, but he still wanted to quietly watch them for a moment. After all, when he died, he didn't even take a single picture to remember them by.

However, the compatibility between the Reality Stone and Fang Mo didn't seem good.

Almost the next moment, the scene before him flickered unstably.

Then it turned into pieces of red light and vanished completely.

Seeing this, a trace of faint loss flashed in Fang Mo's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant, turning into a soft sigh.

Then, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Phew..."

He opened his eyes again.

Fang Mo had returned to normal.

"...Are you alright?"

Nick Fury glanced at Fang Mo: "He just said the stone would affect one's mind. Is that true?"

"Don't tell me you can't tell, that was just his excuse."

Fang Mo shook his head: "Only the Mind Stone among the Infinity Stones affects the mind. However, this gauntlet specifically counters it, using the power of the Infinity Stones to suppress each other, so there won't be a problem."

"..."

Nick Fury's eyes twinkled. Known for his keen mind as the king of agents, he had, of course, realized something from what had just happened.

However, he didn't ask about it directly but stored it in his mind, deliberately saying, "As long as you're sure you're fine, that's good. After all, if you have a problem, we're all doomed. I don't want to see that happen."

"Cough cough…"

Seeing this, the cosmic collector Tivan also hastily coughed, probably afraid that Fang Mo would cause trouble for him. "No one has ever had such power, to control three Infinity Stones at the same time…"

"Didn't Odin do it before?"

Hearing Tivan say this, Fang Mo looked at him curiously.

"Well," Tivan hesitated for a moment, then shrugged and said, "I've never seen the stones he collected, so it doesn't count…"

"Alright."

Hearing this, Fang Mo smiled indifferently.

"The transaction is now complete," Tivan saw that Fang Mo didn't seem to want to leave and tentatively asked, "Do you want to…"

"Tell me the truth, did you just have ideas about the Reality Stone?"

Fang Mo looked at Tivan and asked directly.

"Of course not."

Upon hearing this, Tivan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly explained, "I, Tivan, always uphold integrity in business. Apart from what I rightfully deserve, I would never entertain any extraneous thoughts…"

"Is that so?"

Fang Mo smiled and lifted the Infinity Gauntlet. "See the gold stone on it? It has a lie detector function. Want to try?"

"I'm not interested in the Infinity Stones," Tivan said directly. "But I did overstep just now, and it's understandable that you're unhappy… What can I do to appease you?"

"Simple," Fang Mo smiled, "let me touch your collection."

"Huh?"

Hearing Fang Mo's words, Tivan seemed a bit stunned. "You're interested in 'collecting' too?"

"More or less."

Fang Mo couldn't say he wanted to unlock modules, so he just said, "After all, you're a member of the Cosmic Elders. Anything you've selected must be interesting, so I intend to appreciate it."

"Oh!"

Tivan became enthusiastic. "You indeed have exceptional taste as the controller of the Infinity Stones! My collection consists of the most precious artifacts in the universe, be it living beings, remains, or various odd items."

"…"

Loki looked up at the two of them. He really wanted to go home, but both were praising each other, leaving no room for him to interject. So he reluctantly followed Fang Mo, watching him appreciate Tivan's collection.

And it turned out, Tivan indeed had many great items. Fang Mo touched them under the guise of appreciating art, while Tivan seemed happy, thinking Fang Mo was genuinely admiring his collection and enthusiastically explained each item's origins.

As Tivan introduced, Fang Mo touched happily.

"This is a very interesting race," Tivan pointed at a ferocious humanoid creature and said, "Their race lives on a harsh planet. To survive, they expand their tribe wildly when they can and cannibalize each other when conditions are harsh."

"Sounds quite barbaric," Nick Fury couldn't help but comment.

"It's their means of survival," Tivan didn't mind and continued, "Only the strongest survive and breed even stronger offspring to combat the harsh environment."

At this point, a system notification suddenly sounded in Fang Mo's mind.

[System Prompt: Research on 'Cannibalism' behavior complete, you've gained access to download a new module.]

[System Prompt: Cannibalism module download initiated.]

[System Prompt: Cannibalism module download complete. Load now?]

"Ah, this…"

After hearing the system prompt, Fang Mo was also stunned.

This mod sounds scary.

But actually, Fang Mo had played it before.

This mod is actually quite lightweight; it only adds a tool called "Meat-Cutting Knife" to the game. This thing can hurt others and can also hurt yourself.

If you attack a villager, a raw villager meat will drop.

If you attack a zombie, a rotten meat will drop.

If you attack a player, a meat named after that player will drop.

Of course, you can also attack pigs, cows, and sheep. The effect is a loss of some health, and then a meat will drop. Chickens won't work; their HP is too low, and they would be killed instantly.

This mod sounds terrifying.

But back in the day, it was a godsend for combating Pam's HarvestCraft.

Want to reduce my satiation, huh?

Heh, heh.

Fine.

Watch me eat myself.

Fang Mo vaguely remembers that back when they were pioneering on the server, everyone would go all over the mountains and plains looking for the Sacred Spring, then soak in it while cutting their own meat to eat.

After all, this item isn't affected by Pam's HarvestCraft and can restore a lot of satiation.

Of course, what's even worse is that once someone is found to be AFK, everyone will rush over like flies smelling blood, push them into a hole, pour in the Sacred Spring, and start cutting their meat like crazy. In the end, the person's artisan armor would auto-upgrade.

Fang Mo still remembers meeting a friend called "Question Mark."

This guy was willing to cut his own meat to feed eagles, feeding the whole server by himself, so much so that everyone burped a Question Mark flavor.

Fang Mo was sleepless one night, turned on the game and saw the server was full of cannibalism.

Well, this is hilarious.

Thinking of this, Fang Mo made up his mind and chose to load the mod.

[System Prompt: Cannibalism mod loaded successfully.]

[System Prompt: You've downloaded and run a new mod, you have gained a lucky block that will randomly draw an item from any known mod.]

With the system prompt sound.

Another lucky block appeared in Steve's inventory.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Seeing Fang Mo looking dazed, Tivan was also curious, "Are you interested in this collection?"

"Oh, it's okay."

Fang Mo waved his hand, "I just find it interesting. Go on, continue."

"As you wish."

Tivan nodded and quickly continued introducing his collections.

However, what Fang Mo found disappointing was that despite introducing a lot of collections, he hadn't triggered any new mods.

It seems that although there are many collections in this Void Land, there clearly isn't a Mod Heaven setup.

Just as Fang Mo was thinking this, Tivan suddenly changed the subject and also began introducing his last few collections: "These collections come from a planet full of fantastical elements, look at this Minotaur, I really like its axe, and this Necromancer, I had to disassemble it until it was just a skull to keep it from moving, oh, and this weird Snowman Knight..."

Accompanying Tivan's voice, a system prompt finally sounded in Fang Mo's mind.

[System Prompt: Concepts like 'Hydra,' 'Lich,' 'Minotaur,' 'Snow Monster Leader,' etc., researched. You've gained download permission for a new mod.]

[System Prompt: Twilight Forest mod begins downloading.]

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