Because there was no longer any contact between Lin Rui’s side and the Earth’s sorcerer community, even when Lin Rui personally contacted Rick, they exchanged only a few polite words before falling silent.
In the face of this situation, Lin Rui could only speculate about what might have happened. However, he could never have guessed that it was because the Ancient One saw a future where he couldn’t be of assistance.
“If Tony and the others really don’t lend a hand, it seems that neither I nor the League of Defenders poses much of a threat to those traitorous sorcerers,” Lin Rui pondered as he walked through the still-restricted area surrounding Thor’s apartment.
The Bifrost through which Thor had returned to Earth was not far from his apartment building. Although the traces left by the Bifrost had long since disappeared, SHIELD still considered the area off-limits.
However, the level of security had been lowered, and it might be lifted in a while. After taking a detour, Lin Rui arrived at the entrance of Thor’s apartment building and proceeded to go upstairs.
Creak!~~
Just as Lin Rui had taken only a couple of steps up the stairs, a flash of electricity passed before his eyes. Then, the lights in the hallway went out.
Although it was daytime and the darkened hallway didn’t have much of an impact, Lin Rui keenly sensed that the momentary flash of light was abnormal. As a result, he quickened his pace up the stairs.
Clatter, clatter, clatter~
As Lin Rui hurried up the stairs towards Thor’s apartment, he was unaware that when the flash of electricity passed before his eyes, not only did the lights in the hallway go out, but the entire power system of the apartment building and the entire neighborhood also collapsed instantly.
In fact, it wasn’t just the immediate area but a five-kilometer radius around it that experienced a massive power outage.
With the exception of some heavily fortified military or high-tech companies, all the ordinary civilian power systems had collapsed. Fortunately, it was daytime, and there wasn’t much need for artificial lighting; otherwise, it could have caused significant danger. Nevertheless, this widespread power failure still resulted in considerable losses.
Following the occurrence of this extensive power failure, the power department swiftly responded, organizing emergency teams to locate the source of the problem and expedite the repairs.
While searching for the source of the issue, they quickly pinpointed it to the center of the affected area— the neighborhood where Thor’s apartment was located.
Bang, Bang, Bang!
“Thor, I’m here!” Standing at the entrance of Thor’s apartment, Lin Rui knocked on the door and called out.
“Coming!” Not long after Lin Rui knocked on the door, Thor’s response came from inside the apartment. However, from Thor’s reply, Lin Rui felt that his tone seemed somewhat different.
Click.
Before Lin Rui could contemplate the peculiar tone of Thor’s voice, the apartment door in front of him swung open. Lin Rui then caught sight of Thor, whom he hadn’t seen for several days.
However, the moment he laid eyes on Thor, Lin Rui’s initially calm expression instantly turned into one of surprise, followed by confusion, and ultimately transformed into a broad smile on his face.
“Hahaha!! Thor! What happened to you?! Did you get struck by lightning in your own home?!” Lin Rui burst into laughter while pointing at Thor in front of him.
As the apartment door opened, Thor stood before Lin Rui with an explosive hairstyle, his entire body charred as if he had been struck by lightning, and his clothes tattered and torn. Only his eyes remained bright. However, although Thor looked disheveled, he didn’t appear to be injured.
“Well, I did get struck by lightning,” Thor replied seriously, nodding his head in response to Lin Rui’s laughter and question.
Lin Rui: “…”
“Come on in.” While Lin Rui was speechless, Thor turned around and walked inside.
Following Thor, Lin Rui wore a puzzled expression and closed the apartment door behind him. As he entered Thor’s apartment, the next moment, Lin Rui witnessed the aftermath of Thor being struck by lightning.
The living room was in complete disarray, with the sofa, table, and other furniture reduced to ashes or charred remnants. It truly resembled the aftermath of a lightning strike.
As Lin Rui’s gaze swept across the wreckage in Thor’s living room, he quickly noticed a charred object in the center— the hammer with intricate markings on its surface, Mjölnir.
After Thor returned to Earth, he had summoned Mjölnir from its distant location in New Mexico. However, although Thor had managed to summon Mjölnir back, he hadn’t regained complete control over it as before.
If Mjölnir had been an extension of Thor’s body, something he could wield effortlessly in the past, it had now become an unruly pet that caused Thor much distress. Of course, Thor had been making efforts to further bond with Mjölnir.
At the moment Lin Rui laid eyes on Mjölnir, his pupils contracted, and his whole body tensed up. After all, Lin Rui had once suffered a great loss when he had tried to lift Mjölnir. Naturally, seeing Mjölnir again brought back some shadows from the past.
“Thor… Are these circumstances caused by your hammer?” Lin Rui quickly regained his composure and asked as he observed Thor, who was struggling with his explosive hair.
“Well… I was attempting to communicate with Mjölnir just now, but I wasn’t paying attention and it gave me a shock,” Thor casually replied to Lin Rui’s inquiry.
Anyway, Thor had already recovered a significant portion of his divine power, so the electrical discharge from Mjölnir wasn’t enough to injure him. Moreover, since Mjölnir was his weapon, being shocked by it could even stimulate the growth of his own power.
Just a moment ago, Thor had been contemplating whether he should willingly subject himself to a few electric shocks each day, perhaps one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening.
“Well… I think it’s more than just getting shocked,” Lin Rui said with a strange expression on his face, recalling the situation he had noticed when he was going upstairs.
Considering the powerful surge of electricity that Lin Rui had sensed when going upstairs, it must have affected more than just the hallway lights in the apartment building. Therefore, Lin Rui walked around the wreckage in the living room towards the position of the window, hoping to see if there was any activity outside.
“Thor… What happened to your window?” As Lin Rui approached the window, he noticed that it was no longer there. There were signs of damage in various places as well.
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