"sure!"

Lin Zhongtian waved his hand, and the Destroyer in standby mode suddenly appeared on the floor of the treasure house.

A divine light flashed in Odin's eyes as he swept across the Destroyer in front of him. After confirming that the magic spells and divine blessings in its body were intact, Odin breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and controlled the Destroyer to walk towards its own compartment.

As Asgard's most powerful humanoid weapon, the Destroyer is usually stored in Odin's treasury.

Lin Zhongtian watched the Destroyer leave, then turned around, looked at Odin and said with a smile: "Since you and I have both kept our promise, then all previous disputes are written off. You and I are now friends. As friends, we should not only take things from each other. How about this, I will also give you a treasure as a testimony of our friendship."

"……oh?"

Odin's eyes lit up, as if he had not expected such an unexpected gain.

Lin Zhongtian smiled, stretched out his hand, and a black crystal ball instantly appeared in his palm.

From the outside, this black crystal ball seems ordinary, but Odin somehow feels a sense of death and threat from it.

Out of caution, Odin did not take the crystal ball immediately, but asked with a smile: "My friend, can you introduce this treasure to me?"

“Of course.” Lin Zhongtian chuckled and looked at the black crystal ball in his palm. “This is a space magic weapon I made myself. I named it the Cage of Despair. Three forbidden dimensional magics are engraved inside it, namely space seal, space confinement and space exile. The life imprisoned in it will stay in this dark space forever, accompanied by death all day long.”

"Cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be moved, and cannot escape..."

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's light words, the muscles on Odin's face trembled, as if he had imagined the extremely desperate state of imprisonment.

At the same time, based on the three forbidden dimensional magics mentioned by Lin Zhongtian, Odin could roughly guess the principle. The space confinement made the space in the crystal ball solidify, and the space seal made the solidified space heavily reinforced. Even a life with the power to tear apart space with a wave of its hand could not move at all under this double reinforcement state.

As for the final spatial exile, it is an even more perverted dimensional magic. As far as Odin knows, it can connect all the spatial coordinates in the entire space. No matter how the life trapped in it moves, it cannot break through the constraints of space. The fist that is swung will hit itself in the next moment, and the feet that are stepped out will return to the original place in the next moment.

"It really is a dark cage filled with despair!"

Odin couldn't help but sigh.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and handed the [Cage of Despair] to Odin: "Take it. I took away the Eternal Flame, but I must leave you some means to deal with the Ragnarok that may happen in the future..."

Hearing this, Odin's hand that had taken the black crystal ball suddenly paused.

Lin Zhongtian smiled, put the crystal ball in his hand, and then said softly: "I have given you the magic weapon. As for whether you want to use it in the future, it depends on your own decision!"

After saying that, Lin Zhongtian patted Odin on the shoulder.

There is no doubt that this black crystal ball is the cage he prepared for Hela.

In the Marvel Universe, Hela is Odin's first child, Asgard's executioner and goddess of death, and the former owner of Thor's hammer. She helped Odin conquer the Nine Realms, but after conquering the Nine Realms, Odin planned to rule the country with benevolence, but Hela opposed it out of her ambition and warlike character.

Eventually, the father and daughter parted ways. Odin sent out his army of Valkyries to fight Hela, but they were almost wiped out by Hela. Odin had no choice but to take action himself, depriving Hela of her divine power and imprisoning her on Earth.

In the plot of "Thor 3", Odin died of old age. Without the suppression of Odin's power, Hela was instantly freed, which triggered the subsequent plot of Thor 3 and Ragnarok in Asgard.

Now with this black crystal ball, even if Odin really dies, he doesn't have to worry about Hela destroying Asgard.

The only question is, can he really bear to imprison his eldest daughter in this [Cage of Despair]?

Lin Zhongtian was also very curious about this question, so he left the decision to Odin.

There was only a moment of hesitation on Odin's face, and then he put away the [Cage of Despair] as usual.

"What a powerful and precious treasure! Compared to it, all other treasures in Odin's treasury pale in comparison!"

Odin praised it for a few words, then looked at Lin Zhongtian and said seriously: "I will put it in the center of the treasury, so that it can be a testimony to our friendship and the most dazzling pearl in Odin's treasury."

“…”

Lin Zhongtian twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling a little disappointed that he didn't get to see Odin lose his composure.

But then he put these bad tastes behind him and asked with interest: "Where is my Uru metal?"

"I've been ready for a long time!"

Odin smiled and waved his hand, and the metal wall behind him turned into square pieces of metal and retreated to both sides.

Lin Zhongtian looked past Odin and towards the secret room behind him, where he saw a large amount of dark silver metal piled up. It was the magical metal unique to Asgard - Uru metal.

Odin swung the spear Gungnir in his hand, and the metal in the warehouse was immediately split in the middle.

"According to the agreement, I will give you 50 kilograms of Uru Metal. However, since you have given me such a precious treasure, as a friend I cannot be stingy. I will give you five tons of Uru Metal!"

At this point, Odin paused, and said with some pain: "This is half of Asgard's current metal inventory. It should barely be worth the value of this [Cage of Despair]."

"If you say it's comparable, then it's comparable!"

Lin Zhongtian readily followed the advice, then walked into the secret vault with a smile and took away half of the Uru metal that Odin had given him.

The deal was done, the two smiled at each other, each opened a portal, and returned to the banquet venue quietly.

…

On the other side, at a press conference held by Hammer Industries.

Ye Zixun, wearing a black suit, looked with interest at Justin Hammer, who was speaking at the podium. Beside him were Lorna Dane, wearing a black evening gown, and their former classmate Emily.

They were invited to attend the press conference held by Hammer Industries because one of the elderly people in the nursing home case that the law firm was handling was the father of the third largest shareholder of Hammer Industries.

"……ladies and gentlemen!"

"Today I will introduce to you a brand new face of the American military - the Hammer Iron Soldiers!"

As Justin Hammer gave his speech, blue lights lit up on the stage, and two rows of silver-gray painted steel soldiers slowly rose from the audience to the sound of exciting music.

Seeing this scene, the people in the audience applauded excitedly.

While clapping his hands, Ye Zixun sighed in his heart about the correctness of fate.

Although he had some premonition when he received the invitation letter, it was not until he saw the Ark Reactor on the Iron Soldier's chest with his own eyes that he was truly sure that the plot had returned to its original track.

Hammer Industries has mastered the technology to manufacture Ark Reactors, and currently only two people possess this technology, one is Iron Man Tony Stark, and the other is Ivan Vanko, who lost an arm.

It is naturally impossible for Tony to sell his technology to his competitors.

Therefore, the engineer who created these steel soldiers must be Ivan Vanko.

It seems that he escaped from prison like in the movie, and should be working for Hammer Industries now.

Just when Ye Zixun was feeling emotional, a phone call suddenly came in.

Ye Zixun took out his cell phone and gestured to Luna, then stood up and left the table to answer the call.

"What's up, Boss?"

"You were at the Hammer Industries press conference?"

Nick Fury's deep voice came from the phone.

"yes!"

Ye Zixun raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Why, Boss, do you also want an invitation to the press conference? Unfortunately, I only have three, and they are all used up. If you want to come, it's best to let the military think of a solution..."

"No time for nonsense. I am officially informing you that your vacation is over."

"Ah? Is this the end? I haven't had enough fun yet, Boss!"

"Ten minutes ago, Tony informed me that Ivan Vanko, who had attacked him in Morocco, had appeared again. This time he called Tony and boasted that he had successfully improved the Ark reactor..."

"Wait, Ivan Vanko?" Ye Zixun pretended to be confused, "Didn't he die in prison?"

"That's a long story. After we hang up, I'll pass the intelligence to you. You can act according to circumstances after reading it. It would be best if we could cooperate with Tony Stark to arrest Ivan Vanko without causing any casualties..."