Two days passed quickly, and Lu Xiao did not choose to return to China in a hurry. Instead, she prepared herself in the hotel room in Florence in advance and silently waited for the moment when the system announced the answer.
System: "A new journey is about to begin, the mission world - Doctor Strange (movie version)."
"World mission released - Mission 1: Obtain the Time Stone."
"Mission 2: Defeat Dormammu, the ruler of the dark dimension, without using the infinite 'negotiation' method."
Lu Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, narrowed his eyes: "The movie version of Doctor Strange? In other words, is it related to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe?"
System: "Correct, transmission will begin in 24 hours, host please make relevant preparations in advance."
With 24 hours left, Lu Xiao used her laptop in the hotel to open the original copyrighted film My Wife Yi, and spent several hours watching the entire Doctor Strange movie frame by frame.
"Um……"
Lu Xiao touched his chin out of habit and thought deeply: "Judging from this movie alone, the story plot is not complicated. It is a typical structure of suppressing first and then rising."
The male protagonist, Stephen Strange, is a top neurosurgeon who is proud of his talent. His hands were severely injured in a car accident and he lost everything he was proud of, and his life gradually fell to the bottom.
In order to restore his hands and his life, Strange grabbed the last straw and, under the introduction of a kind person, went to Kathmandu, Nepal to find the holy land of Kama Taj and learn magic from scratch.
Task 1 given by the system is to obtain the time gem.
As one of the most important cosmic artifacts in the Marvel Universe, this Infinity Stone is stored in Kama Taj and was made into a powerful artifact named after him by Agamotto, the original Supreme Mage, a member of the prehistoric Avengers.
Artifact, Eye of Agamotto.
Lu Xiao checked the information about Agamotto on the Internet. This person was not explicitly mentioned in the movie version of Doctor Strange.
In the comic version, because the timeline has been restarted countless times, the confusing and intertwined information from various parallel worlds gave Lu Xiao a headache.
Since it is based on the movie version, the information in the comic version can only be used as a reference and cannot be completely trusted.
At least Agamotto's identity as the founder of the Supreme Mage can still be confirmed, and the Eye of Agamotto he left behind is the evidence.
Considering the powerful strength of the contemporary Supreme Mage Ancient One and the mirror world abilities mastered by the mages, it is impossible to sneak into Kama Taj and steal it.
Lu Xiao had no idea about the power system controlled by Master Kama Taj. If he infiltrated hastily without any information, he would most likely trigger the magic mechanism in Kama Taj and be killed on the spot by the angry mages.
"In other words, it is best to join Karma Taj and inherit the Eye of Agamotto in an orthodox way?"
Lu Xiao scratched his head in distress: "I still don't know the timeline when the system threw me into the mission world. What if it's like last time a few years or even decades before the plot started... Well, I'm afraid this mission won't be the same.
Too easy to accomplish.”
Thinking about it carefully, there seems to be no problem. If it is easy to complete, the system will not release it as a world mission with rich rewards.
As for mission 2, it’s like a fantasy.
Dormammu is the controller of the dark dimension. Judging from the plot of the movie version, even the ancient one, the powerful wizard who holds the time stone, could only fight with Dormammu at a score of six or four when he invaded the earth.
In the movie, Doctor Strange used the Time Stone to come up with a nonsensical "negotiation" method, making Dormammu go through the same scene countless times, and finally annoyed the Lord of the Dark Dimension, and reluctantly made him agree to retreat.
"Repulse..."
Lu Xiao leaned back on the bed, frowned and thought: "The system clearly prohibits the use of Strange's method. How can I repel the powerful master of the dark dimension?"
Two days ago, when the system mentioned that the mission world would be released one day in advance, Lu Xiao was still secretly happy.
By getting information in advance, he can arrange some targeted methods to get through the mission world safely.
However, the world mission released by the system gave Lu Xiao a slap in the face, letting him know that the system's Kongzhi was not so easy to exploit.
Even if he knew that the ultimate goal was to defeat Dormammu, Lu Xiao was not confident that he could complete this difficult task due to insufficient hard power.
"Pop!"
Patting his cheeks to encourage himself, Lu Xiao took a long breath and calmed down: "Things have to be dealt with one by one. If you want to complete mission 1, you'd better find a way to join Kama Taj first."
"Kama Taj has been silently guarding the mysterious realm of the earth for thousands of years. He should be able to get detailed information about Dormammu from the Supreme Mage Ancient One. Let's study it carefully when the time comes. Maybe we can find his weaknesses."
Lu Xiao thought about asking Aletheia and Consus to help him think of countermeasures, but in the end he gave up this plan.
There is an old saying in China: Those who are not of my own race will have a different heart.
Although this statement is a bit too absolute, the grievances and hatreds between Isu and humans cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
Although Aletheia and Consus are both moderate towards humans, after all, they are not the same species as humans, and people's hearts are far apart. Lu Xiao will not be so foolish as to tell these two people all her secrets, especially the system.
A core secret.
Although the plot line of Doctor Strange is not long and the story structure is very simple, this movie can be directly connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is related to multiple Marvel movies.
Lu Xiao searched the timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and found that Doctor Strange opened in 2016, the same year as Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Although it is impossible to determine the specific time when the system will allow itself to arrive, it is at least certain that it will definitely not be after 2016.
On the last day before departure, Lu Xiao reviewed all the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before 2016 in case of emergency.
...Of course, plots like the Galaxy Dance Troupe that have nothing to do with the earth will be ignored for the time being. Lu Xiao has not yet planned to rush into the boundless universe to commit suicide.
"The preparation time is over, and the transmission will begin in a few tens of seconds."
"Ten, nine...one, the transmission begins."
…
"Hoo! Hoo!"
"hiss!"
Before Lu Xiao could fully wake up from the dizziness caused by the space teleportation, the biting cold wind blew towards her face.
Lu Xiao, who was only wearing Altaïr's armor, was very thinly dressed. The sub-zero cold weather near the teleportation point made him subconsciously stomp his feet and move around.
"Where is this place? In the mountains?"
While Lu Xiao kept exercising to warm up, he rubbed his hands and looked around. The hot breath from his mouth quickly turned into white mist under the influence of the cold air around him.
"Aletheia, help me compare and analyze the terrain data."
Aletheia, who was in the bracelet on Lu Xiao's left arm, was silent for a few seconds and said in a strange tone, "The comparison is complete. If my data is correct, this is the southern side of the Himalayas near the foot of the mountain. You can go all the way."
You should be able to find people in the south."
"Himalayas?!"
Lu Xiao compared the direction and angle of the sun and quickly found the south that Aletheia mentioned.
"System, you must be sick! Can you teleport to a normal place? What would happen if you left me in the Himalayas? Do you want me to fall into a box on the ground?"
The system did not respond. Obviously Lu Xiao's question did not trigger its answer mechanism.
The advice given by Aletheia was correct. Heading south along the hillside, Lu Xiao finally arrived at a small village before her whole body was frozen.
At this time, Lu Xiao was blown by the drifting wind and snow, and almost turned into a humanoid snow monster wrapped in snowballs. The local aborigines were frightened by him, and some of them picked up hoes and pitchforks on the spot and prepared to start.
attack.
Lu Xiao, who was unconscious, did not even notice the hostility of the villagers. After entering the village, his tense spirit began to relax, and he soon fainted to the ground due to hypothermia and exhaustion.