Chapter: 193

Returning to the outskirts of Nidavellir's living circle, Mark was prepared to stay up late and watch the live show of the Dwarf King Eitri's ultra-precision skills.

He intended to learn a few tricks and gather inspiration for his future development of new manufacturing equipment.

You see, quarks, as the basic particles that make up all matter and also the smallest units of particles, are incredibly difficult to engrave with runes. It is even comparable to collecting all six Infinity Stones and making a wish come true.

The fact that the successive kings of the Dwarves possessed such extraordinary skills made Mark eager to know the secrets behind it.

However, Mark only guessed the beginning but not the end. After carefully comparing and memorizing the runic styles that Mark requested for modification, Eitri did not stay on the circular platform where he had been working but instead walked directly to the gate sealing the heart of the Star, carrying Aether.

In the astonished gaze of Mark, Eitri calmly stepped into it. Soon after, due to the extremely high temperature of the Star's core, which had already exceeded the nanobots' tolerance limit, the three robots left by Mark turned into ashes in an instant, and the live broadcast was interrupted.

Mark had no idea how Eitri managed to withstand the billions of degrees of heat from the Star's core without any harm. He also didn't know what Eitri did on the Star's core or what the secret of the Dwarves' ultra-precision craftsmanship was.

When Eitri appeared again in front of Mark and his group, it had been exactly three days.

Eitri appeared extremely haggard and weak, lacking the imposing aura he had when wielding his hammer for the first time. However, the gleam in his eyes showed his excitement.

Obviously, completing the transformation of Aether through that forging technique was a tremendous test for his skills, and Eitri was thrilled after successfully meeting the challenge.

However, what intrigued Mark the most was how Eitri managed to withstand the terrifying temperatures of the Star's core and still keep his hair intact.

Unfortunately, this would be a regret for Mark. He could only carry this unsolved mystery back to Asgard.

Because just now, Eitri had already handed the successfully transformed Aether to Thor. Their only mission for this trip had been completed, which meant they had to leave and prepare for the impending war.

After Eitri's work, the function of the Aether had changed from "transforming matter into dark matter" to "transforming dark matter into normal matter."

This meant that the Dark Elves, composed of dark matter, had no way to resist Asgard with the transformed Aether. After their bodies were corroded, their consciousness would dissipate, and they would become lifeless bodies.

Even if the Dark Elves were able to take back the Aether, they would be unable to activate them due to their reversed function. As long as the Dwarves on Nidavellir were protected, the Dark Elves would be powerless.

"Heimdall!"

After a brief thanks and farewell to Eitri, Thor shouted Heimdall's name loudly into the sky. Soon, the Bifrost descended from the sky, enveloping the six of them, and then carried them back to Asgard.

But just then, a sudden change occurred. Within the quantum tunnel constructed by the Bifrost, where everyone had been completely quantum-informationized, they suddenly felt a distance shaking throughout the entire passage. Then, a burst of energy pierced through the quantum tunnel's membrane, propelling Mark and Thor out of the tunnel.

Meanwhile, the warriors three and Lady Sif, who had turned into a quantum state, could only helplessly watch as Mark and Thor gradually disappeared from their sight, unable to provide any assistance.

At least luckily, the four of them still followed the established route and returned to Asgard, where they could report the detailed situation to Odin.

And now, Mark and Thor, brought by that sudden surge of mysterious energy, had appeared directly on a desolate planet.

Others might not know the origin of the mysterious energy, but for Mark, from this sudden event, he had already deduced two pieces of information.

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First, the mastermind behind bringing them here is the Dark Elves, and this desolate and sandy planet is the birthplace of the Dark Elves—the Dark World of Svartalfheim.

Second, it is highly likely that the Dark Elves have also gained control of the Tesseract, the Space stone. The energy surge just now was triggered by the Tesseract. Mark, who had conducted extensive research on the Cube, was very familiar with such energy fluctuations and immediately deduced the result.

Although the Dark Elves were now able to activate the Cube's power, their application of it was inevitably still immature. This is why, originally intending to transport everyone in the group, only Mark and Thor were affected by the energy surge.

However, this indicates that the Dark Elves had been watching them since the moment Mark and the others left Asgard. They waited until this final opportunity for their return to strike.

Mark speculated that the Dark Elves probably didn't know the true purpose of their visit to Nidavellir to find the Dwarf King; otherwise, they wouldn't have waited until now to make their move. As he gazed at the Dark Elf warship hovering in the distance, Mark revealed a smirk filled with mockery.

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