Although it was to study the problem of Peter and Venom, the two were not present because they were too excited and were now physically involved. For this reason, several symbiotes did not come over and stared at the space battlefield.
their movements.
Only Schiller, Stark, Steve, Strange, Natasha representing SHIELD and Connors, who is proficient in biology, arrived.
Strange created a strange-shaped magic circle in the air. It was made up of various polygons, with a circle on the outside and many sharp arrows. Others at the scene could not understand the pattern. Strange
Lanci explained:
"The earth is special, so the humans on the earth are also special. Human faith is a very useful tonic for demons. Therefore, even the kind of demons who no longer need to improve their power will not mind.
One more supplement, such as Lord of Crimson Dimension."
"However, in order to prevent these demon gods from preaching indiscriminately and disturbing the earth's ecology, the Holy of Holies also has part of the responsibility, which is to control human beliefs from leaking out. If human beliefs can be spread casually, those demon gods will taste the sweetness and will definitely
Attack the earth even more crazily."
Strange waved his hand, and the magic circle slowly spread out and turned into a full sphere. Only then did the remaining people see that it was a model of the earth. However, the sky above the earth was surrounded by
With dots of golden traces.
"Is this the Earth's magic defense network?" Stark asked with some doubts. He had seen it in Tiansheng when the Earth Demon God was being wiped out.
"Yes, this thing can not only prevent the invasion of foreign demons, but also prevent the outflow of human faith. Of course, it will not completely cut it off, but it will filter out most of it."
"Furthermore, it also plays a monitoring role. Once the flow of a certain demon's belief suddenly becomes active, it means that he may be doing something on the earth. This is why the ancient master can quickly find out who is causing trouble on the earth.
The reason for the devil."
"Oh, I understand..." Natasha crossed her arms and said, "Is this actually a trap? The purpose of the Demon God coming to Earth is for faith, but once it develops followers and faith increases, the Supreme Mage will immediately discover that,
Then follow the channel through which he spreads his faith and go there and cut him down."
Strange nodded, gave Natasha a thumbs up, and said, "Yes, very insightful. In general, that's it."
"No wonder, when I heard the story of the Supreme Mage before, I was thinking about how she got the demon gods out." Connors said with some sigh: "Sure enough, as long as you are a human being, you will understand that using force alone is enough."
If there is no way, be wise."
"From this defense network, I can check the flow of faith inside the earth. I extracted the power of faith in Peter, and then compared it with the faith once recorded in the network."
"What's the result?" Schiller asked.
"No identical beliefs have been found, which means that this kind of belief has never appeared before. It is not a demon god we know that projects the power of belief onto them."…
"What's going on?" Stark said very puzzledly: "Is it possible that Peter can be a new demon?"
"I also found it very strange, so I investigated carefully and found that there are no traces of this belief on the defense network. This is actually very strange." Strange looked at the ball and thought.
While saying: "Whether it is emitted from the earth or projected from the outside, there should be traces left on this layer of the network, but the strange thing is that the belief in Peter is different, it seems to come from another level...
"
After hearing these words, Schiller gradually had the answer in his mind, so he began to speak: "Do you still remember the original bat invasion incident?"
"Perhaps, Nick and I have never told you the truth, but the fact is that this is a game we jointly set up, and its purpose is to..."
Schiller briefly described the cause and effect of the whole incident, and then he got to the point: "In order to make those vampires believe that there really is such a bat god, so that they can attack New York without being prepared, I
Let Venom and Peter coexist and create the Venom Bat, which is the huge bat monster you saw above New York before."
"Wait a minute, so you did that?" Steve stared at Schiller and said, "But... do you know how many people died?"
"If I don't do this, more people will die when vampires really invade New York." Schiller said very calmly: "I have said before that the vampires have a plan for this. Once they are fully prepared,
If you sneak in secretly, the consequences will be more serious. Fishing them out in advance and catching them by surprise is also part of the plan."
Steve opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute, but Stark touched him with his arm, and Steve could only sigh, admitting Schiller's statement.
After all, reason told him that if those big bats made complete preparations and then launched a full-scale attack on New York, it would not just be a bridge problem, but the entire city would probably be in a bitter battle.
"Let's not mention this. The key point is that that was the only time when Venom and Peter were connected, and the way of connecting was through a so-called god, which is consistent with the power of faith."
"But the problem is, you made up the Bat God, so who would really believe in it?" Strange said very puzzledly: "Human beings regard this monster as an enemy, even if it is a bit unique, I think
People who destroy the world believe in him, but the faith of one or two humans is of no use at all, and it definitely cannot constitute such a strong power of faith."
"I think we have to call Peter and Venom over and ask what happened." Schiller proposed. He said: "I'm afraid only the two of them know what happened in the end."
By the time they were called over, Peter could still barely communicate, but Venom could only growl, and Eddie couldn't control him at all, and kept banging his head against the wall next to him.
Fortunately, the unconscious Venom was relatively easy to deal with. Several symbiotes and Steve suppressed him. Peter tried hard to think about it, and then said:...
"I remember, a bald mage wearing a yellow robe came, and Venom told her three times or five times..."
"Peter, concentrate on recalling. We want all the details, verbatim, that you can recall. It is not difficult for you..." Schiller guided Peter to recall. Soon, Peter
It reminds me of the scene at that time.
At that time, when Ancient One came, her attitude was not friendly, and time froze as soon as they met. After that, she seemed a little confused, and then she started meditating on the spot to communicate with the existence behind her.
"She sat cross-legged and talked to herself for a long time, talking about totems... the power of beast totems... some new totems, I couldn't understand them at all." Peter shook his head, looking a little confused, and then continued: "
After that, she started bargaining with Venom, and she said, "I can help you with the new totem, but you have to pay back ten times or something."
Strange and Schiller looked at each other, and Strange repeated it again, "Are you sure she meant the 'reborn totem'?"
Peter nodded and said, "Yes, she repeated it several times, so I remember it very clearly, it must be these words."
Strange showed a clear expression, and after Peter left, he began to educate a few people about what the beast totem was.
"To put it simply, this is a mysterious force that exists in the universe, but it does not exist within a single universe, but above the universe..." When Strange said this, he took a look
Stark, Stark nodded slightly to him, indicating that he had indeed seen it.
"No one knows how the totem was born, but the totem will choose different people to give them strength, and at the same time gain faith from their activities..."
"Peter is the person chosen by the Spider Totem." Stark said first, and Schiller then added: "He is destined to become Spider-Man. Even if he is not bitten in the laboratory, he may be bitten at home, or walking on the street.
He was bitten on the road because the spider totem chose him."
"But, I didn't see any new totem." Stark said in a puzzled tone: "The Spider Totem is not a new totem either? Didn't it already choose Peter Parker?"
"Perhaps, a new totem has indeed appeared." Schiller said while thinking: "Although the bat god is man-made, it is not the first time that the bat species has appeared in the world. It is also a member of the beast.
, therefore, it is not surprising that a totem was born.”
What Schiller didn't say is that the bats represented by Batman are different from wild bats. Batman's bats have attributes such as "darkness" and "fear", and the venom that once parasitized Batman may also have
It makes sense that with certain mystical attributes, a unique bat totem would be born from him.
"The only problem we have to solve now is to figure out where this belief comes from." Stark speculated: "Since the beast totem does not come from the universe and can absorb faith between universes, then,
This kind of belief in Peter may not come from this universe. In this way, it makes sense why the earth’s defense network is silent. It may come from a higher level and cannot be captured by the defense network.”…
"Since we have made this conjecture, we might as well verify, Stephen, is Peter's power of faith still growing?" Schiller turned to Strange and asked.
Strange nodded and gave an affirmative answer: "Indeed, this power is still growing, and the rate of growth is not slow."
"I guess that maybe after the totem has grown to a certain level, it can start to absorb the power of faith, and now it is just the beginning, so the power of faith accumulated before has been poured into the two of them, resulting in
They're a little excited now."
"Why does the power of faith cause people to become excited?" Connors asked a question. Although he did not understand mysticism, he still wanted to explore the principles.
Strange explained: "The power of faith is similar to an energy source, which can greatly enhance the strength of a person's soul. Once the soul becomes stronger and stronger, it will transcend the scope of ordinary people, abandon the body, and become a demon.
, many demon gods who walked out of the earth were born in this way."
"In the beginning, they may just be human beings worshiped by others, but because the quality of human beliefs is very high, after the power of these beliefs is poured into their souls, their souls will be sublimated, and after accumulating to a certain extent,
You can give up your body and travel around the universe at will, and in this way, you become a brand new life - the Demon God of the Universe."
"Of course, there are also humans who do not rely on faith to become demon gods, but they must find an energy source to increase the strength of their souls. After that, the road will be the same."
"Okay, we'll talk about this later. Let's first verify whether this power of faith comes from outside the universe." Schiller said, turning around and extending his hand to Stark, who looked at it.
He glanced at it and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Give me your magic energy and I'll charge it."
"You mean..."
"If you go up and take a look, you'll know, right?"