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[Terrigen Crystal]

At this moment, Cagliostro was standing in front of a glass box with deep blue crystals stacked inside.

Curious, he reached for the crystals.

"Ah!"

As soon as he touched the crystal, Cagliostro jerked his hand back as if shocked, letting out a scream of pain, and stepped back.

The skin where he had contact with the crystal seemed to be infected with some kind of disease. It quickly stiffened and turned dark blue, with lines all over it, resembling the crystal.

The dark blue spread upward, as if to devour him.

"Teacher!" he shouted in fear.

Agamotto hurried forward, releasing golden-red magical radiance from both hands, piercing Cagliostro's infected arm like silver needles, and it looked painful.

"Ah—it hurts!" Cagliostro, being only eleven or twelve years old, couldn't help but scream.

Fortunately, under Agamotto's magic, the blue on his arm finally stopped spreading and gradually subsided, leaving some burn-like wounds, as if he had just put his hand in the flames.

"How many times have I warned you not to touch everything, but you just don't listen!" Agamotto scolded.

Cagliostro: "Teacher, I..."

"No excuses. You are not allowed to eat tonight, and you will be punished by copying the precepts of the Sanctuary a hundred times!"

Cagliostro frowned but said nothing.

Forseti wanted to heal the remaining wound on Cagliostro's arm, but Agamotto stopped him: "Don't treat him, let him remember."

Cagliostro said, "Teacher, how do I copy the precepts like this?"

Agamotto frowned, thought for a while, then allowed Forseti to heal Cagliostro's arm.

Immediately, the holy light flickered, and the wound on Cagliostro's hand was healed, his face showing a look of relief.

"What crystal is this?" Skurge picked up the crystal from the glass case.

He held the crystal, but there was no reaction similar to Cagliostro's. Clearly, the energy in the crystal could not harm the Aesir.

"The Terrigen Crystal," explained the owl. "It is an important tool for transforming humans into Inhumans."

"Normal humans are sent to the Kree. First, they are injected with something, and then they absorb the mist generated when the Terrigen crystal is broken, turning them into Inhumans."

He paused, then continued, "Some people die in the process. Completely normal humans who have not been injected will surely die when exposed to Terrigen crystals."

"I see," Skurge put the crystal back.

"This thing may be useful to me," Khonshu's voice suddenly came from the statue.

"You mean the statue?" Forseti asked.

Khonshu said, "Yes, this Terrigen crystal may be used as one of the materials for my future statue."

After thinking about it, Forseti collected a box of Terrigen crystals and stored them in the Sanctuary space.

...

Somewhere thousands of kilometers away from Forseti and the others, a magnificent dark blue metal building stood in the valley.

This Kree base, resembling a spaceship, had many barrels and turrets.

Kree soldiers stood guard and patrolled around, and the security was quite strict.

A spaceship descended from the sky and entered through the gate opened by the base dome. It was quiet and steady, and then the gate closed, as if nothing had happened.

Inside the base, the spaceship that had just entered landed and stopped. Four Kree soldiers emerged, carrying a coffin. They walked around the base, finally arriving at a laboratory filled with various instruments and biological samples.

An elderly Kree in regal attire had been waiting. When he saw this, he hurried forward and opened the coffin.

Inside lay a corpse, not human or Kree, but a strange-shaped black creature with tentacles on its head, exuding a strange stench.

"Why is it dead?" the elderly Kree frowned.

A Kree soldier said, "Commander, these creatures from the dark dimension are very rare resources. We fought for this, but they were only willing to provide one corpse and told us to make full use of it to complete the hive plan as soon as possible."

The commander was silent.

"Dangdang." In one of the cages holding humans, a tall man looked very agitated. Although his mouth was gagged, he still shook the cage vigorously, making noise.

The commander turned his head at the sound and raised his eyebrows. "Quite energetic. You'll be the next subject in the experiment. Perhaps you will become the result we desire - the Hive."

...

The attack of the Supreme Sanctuary went very smoothly. In the face of powerful forces like Forseti and Agamotto, the Kree bases scattered throughout the Maya did not stand much of a chance and were quickly destroyed.

During this period, more and more sane Inhumans joined Forseti and Agamotto. Though rare, there were still hundreds of them, forming a considerable force.

However, their strong offensive inevitably led to the Kree's reinforced defenses and increased vigilance.

The latest attack on the Supreme Sanctuary felt distinctly more challenging. The Kree had deployed various powerful weapons for fortification, resulting in significant resistance and casualties.

"Khonshu, are you sure this crystal can become the core material for your future statue?" Forseti asked, holding a Terrigen crystal. The dark blue luster of the crystal was quite beautiful.

"The Terrigen crystal itself may not be enough, but if you can transform it with your power—that is, what you call consecration, it should work," Khonshu's voice came from the statue.

"It's too troublesome. Sanctification is time-consuming and laborious. It often takes several years," Forseti said.

He had spent several years sanctifying the Demon Floating Cloak and Flame Gloves, and needed to infuse himself with the Holy Light to obtain the Holy Light affinity physique, a process that would take over a hundred years.

Adding another sanctification task was daunting.

"You are an Aesir with a lifespan of several thousand years. What's a few years? I will reveal all the secrets of the Apocalypse Pyramid to you. Its value to you will far surpass these few years," Khonshu said. "It contains pure solar power. As a flame god, you know its significance."

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