“Munch, munch, hey Addy, this brand of chocolate is really good, what brand is this?”
On the coffee table was a large pile of various chocolates. Venom skillfully extended a tentacle, took out a chocolate, gently peeled off the wrapper, and popped it into his mouth, chewing.
“It’s custom-made. It’s quite a legendary story, actually. The old man who adopted me came from an ancient noble family in Britain.
Overall, it’s a story about a noble literary youth falling in love with a commoner beauty and eloping.”
Addy, wearing a high-end, loose bathrobe, sat on the sofa, swirling the red wine in his crystal glass. After speaking, he downed it in one gulp.
“Motherfucker? How could he still have so much money if he eloped? And if he has so much money, why is he still living in such a broken-down house?”
Venom chewed his chocolate, complaining.
Addy, however, shook his head indifferently: “It was just eloping, not being disowned by the family. What he should have, he still has.
As for why I live in this house, it’s a way of remembering, after all, he was my only relative in this World, and all my friends are here.
Anyway, I’m not short on money now, and living with friends, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”
Addy paused here, put down his crystal glass, and looked at Venom, saying seriously:
“Although you know a lot about me, I don’t know you right now, Venom. I need you to properly introduce yourself, like your abilities…”
Swallowing the chocolate in his mouth, Venom bared his sharp fangs and grinned.
“Of course, that’s only right, Addy. First of all, I’m different from the Symbiote you remember.
As the Symbiote God of the past, even if I’m completely powerless now, my strength is still far superior to other Symbiotes.
As for the Symbiote’s weaknesses, high temperatures and sound waves, they have no effect on me whatsoever.”
As he spoke, Venom even demonstrated for Addy, rummaging through the kitchen for a blowtorch used for roasting beef, and spraying it directly at his own head.
After spraying for a few minutes, he put the blowtorch aside. Venom then started rummaging through the house again.
Seeing this, Addy quickly raised his hand to stop him: “I know something that can emit sound waves. The old man has instruments, wait a moment.”
Getting up and walking to the bookshelf, Addy pressed a mechanism to open a secret door. Looking inside, Venom exclaimed:
“Oh my God, you actually have stairs!”
Addy smiled and walked down the stairs into the underground room, caressing the instruments one by one, introducing them to Venom:
“This place collects instruments from all over the World.
It was built by the old man for his beloved, a beautiful Gypsy girl, I heard. They both loved music very much.
For their shared hobby, and to avoid disturbing the neighbors, this place was built. When I was little, the old man often taught me music here.”
He casually picked up a pair of noise-canceling headphones, turned the sound amplifier to maximum, and held up a suona to Venom, saying:
“Let me ask in advance, are you sure you’re not afraid?”
Venom grinned, extending a tentacle to form a thumbs-up: “Bring it on.”
“OK.”
Addy tilted his head, took a deep breath, and without any technique, just blew hard.
“Toot!!!!”
Addy closed his eyes, his face red, and finished blowing his breath. Seeing that Venom was completely fine, he had only one thought.
“It’s stable.”
Venom saw Addy put down the suona and look at him. He returned to Addy’s side, patted Addy’s chest with a tentacle, and said proudly:
“Hey, how was it?”
“I’ve never felt better.”
Addy’s words were sincere. Ever since he knew this was Marvel, he lived in fear every day, afraid that some super psycho would come out of nowhere and kill him.
Venom’s arrival could be said to have given Addy a strong boost of confidence.
Venom grinned, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and transformed a tentacle to rummage around inside his body.
“Oh, and Loki. Originally, if you didn’t believe me, this would have been a backup plan, but now it seems unnecessary.”
Venom spoke to Addy while pulling out a green gem from his body and tossing it into the air.
Addy originally thought it was the Time Stone, but when the gem suddenly burst into a brilliant light in the air, transforming into a guy with a green antlered crown, Addy’s eyes widened in shock.
“Loki, the God of Stories?!”
Loki, clad in green robes, smiled upon seeing Addy and Venom, opened his arms, walked towards Addy, and gave him a big hug.
“Long time no see, my brother.”
“Hey, hey, hey, what about me! I want one too!”
Venom watched Addy and Loki embracing, grumbling unhappily, and transformed two tentacles to join the hug.
After a long while, the three separated. Addy looked at Loki, about to speak, but Loki waved his hand to interrupt him.
“Time is short, my brother. My main body dissipated when he and Venom rebooted the Multiverse to save you. I am merely a phantom now, and time is limited.”
As Loki spoke, he snapped his fingers, and the surrounding environment instantly changed, with scenes rapidly shifting.
It showed Addy, Loki, and Venom from meeting, getting to know each other, becoming friends, to Addy’s eventual sacrifice.
The playback ended, the scene dissipated, and they returned to Addy’s music room.
Loki looked at Addy, who was lost in thought, and said seriously: “Brother, I have three things to tell you.
First, the Abyss Power has not disappeared. Because of your uniqueness, the moment you and Venom became one again.
The infinite Abyss Multiverse had already transformed into a seed, re-rooting itself within your body.
As long as you find a way, you can regain your power.
However, before that, you cannot actively drive the dormant Abyss Power, but don’t worry, brother, until then, you can still use some of the passive abilities of the Abyss Power.
Second, because when I and Venom revived you, we borrowed the incomplete essence of the system to reset the Multiverse, this allowed you to gain the ability to traverse above the Multiverse.
However, the strength and distance of traversing Worlds with this ability are based on your own power.
As for how to use it, I will teach you later.
Third, brother, this is the coordinate of my timeline. You must become stronger as soon as possible, and then come find me. I look forward to meeting you again.”
As he spoke, Loki raised his hand and struck Addy’s brow with a burst of magic, and Addy’s eyes immediately flashed with green light.
In fact, Loki did not know how to use the traversal ability bestowed upon Addy by the system’s essence.
But after the system’s essence merged with Addy, it would become Addy’s instinct. What Loki was teaching Addy was how to drive and use his own instinct.
The green light in his eyes faded. After looking at the method and timeline coordinates in his mind, Addy looked up at Loki, who was smiling at him and about to dissipate.
He hurriedly asked: “How do I activate the dormant Abyss Power?”
Loki smiled and shook his head: “I don’t know.”
“?”
“The Abyss Power is your power. If you don’t know, how could I possibly know?”
Addy was silent for a moment, then looked at Venom. Venom quickly waved his hands: “Don’t look at me, I don’t know either. You are the main body of the Abyss Power.”
Addy shook his head and looked at the gradually dissipating Loki. Loki saw Venom and Addy looking at him, smiled, and waved.
“Goodbye, brother, see you later.”
With that, Loki’s phantom dissolved into green starlight.
Leaving Addy standing there, looking bewildered.
Venom, feeling it was his duty as Addy’s good brother, saw Addy’s bewildered face and thought he should cheer him up. He grinned and leaned closer.
“It’s alright, Addy. Loki, that sour radish, is just like that. Later, when we go to Asgard, we’ll just beat that sour radish when he’s still a kid.”
Venom’s tone suddenly shifted, and he extended his long tongue, licking his sharp fangs, and said sinisterly:
“But before that, we still have some minor matters to deal with, like those damned black dogs outside the house right now.”
Addy was about to nod, but when he heard Venom’s next sentence, his eyes narrowed sharply.
Although he had transmigrated with his physical body, he hadn’t forgotten that he had been adopted and educated by an old British noble in this life, so he still knew some old tricks.
How to put it, do you see the Lee-Enfield rifle on the fireplace in the living room? That’s not just decoration, it’s an ancestral artifact, with verifiable battle records.