Question.
How long does it take for a beam of light to travel from Nepal to New York City?
The speed of light in a vacuum is constant, roughly about 300,000 kilometers per second.
Although it is currently in the atmosphere, the extent to which the speed of light is reduced is almost negligible.
And Nepal is approximately 12,000 kilometers away from New York City.
So...
Light takes about 0.04 seconds to travel from Nepal to New York City.
The same goes for Hawk.
Just as Gwen was hugging Hawk tightly, thinking to urge him to fly faster, before she could even speak, she saw the familiar big tree, and the familiar flowers and grass.
She was stunned.
Hawk looked at Gwen, who had her mouth wide open, and raised his sword-like eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"You..."
Gwen instinctively looked up: "I... we're back already?"
Hawk smiled slightly.
"After shutting myself off for so many days, there has to be some effect, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
"...That's true."
Gwen thought for a moment upon hearing this, nodded, and then pressed her hands on Hawk, starting to circle around him with scrutiny.
Hawk chuckled.
"What are you doing?"
"Seeing if anything's changed about you."
Gwen stopped circling, looked up at Hawk standing in front of her: "Doesn't seem like much has changed."
Hawk twitched the corner of his mouth: "The Little Cosmos has grown stronger."
He had nothing to hide from Gwen.
Saying this, he took Gwen's hand and headed towards the living room.
He now felt that with a single thought, he could completely and endlessly ignite his Little Cosmos.
Unlike before, where his Little Cosmos would gradually increase in power after igniting.
Simply put.
Previously, it took Hawk about three seconds to accelerate from zero to one hundred.
But now, Hawk can achieve this instantly.
This is the fundamental difference after realizing the Seventh Sense between Gold Little Cosmos and Silver Little Cosmos.
If a hundred Bronze Saint Warriors are no match for one Silver Saint Warrior, then in front of one Golden Saint Warrior, a thousand Silver Saint Warriors are not enough.
Behind the bar in the living room.
Gwen, chin resting on her hands, listened to Hawk's explanation, blinked her eyes, and made a summary.
"So, you've gotten stronger again?"
"It's not about getting stronger or not..."
Hawk instinctively corrected her under Gwen's speaking green gemstone eyes, then laughed and shook his head: "Okay, I've gotten stronger."
Gwen beamed, then stood on tiptoe, leapt over the bar, and kissed Hawk's forehead: "I'll go check the fridge, and then we'll go shopping."
Hawk responded with a hum, watching Gwen walk towards the kitchen.
His mind submerged into the Little Cosmos.
At this moment, everywhere visible in the Little Cosmos was radiating a golden aura.
The Fire Phoenix enveloping the entire cosmos appeared as if it had fully come to life.
The left eye, emitting a mysterious yellowish glow from the Mind Gemstone, and the right eye, glowing blood-red from the Reality Gemstone, illuminated the cosmos.
And above the Netherworld Pure Land, there was a blood-colored sky illuminated by the Reality Gemstone.
At this very moment.
At the entrance of a flower shop by the Nether River, Anna, dressed in a Blood Elf costume, was curiously looking at the corner of the Phoenix reflecting in the blood-colored sky above.
Hawk appeared soundlessly, glanced in the direction Anna was looking.
"Want to see outside the Netherworld?"
"..."
Anna tensed instinctively but soon relaxed, turned to look at Hawk, greeted him.
"Hawk."
"Want to take a look?"
Hawk smiled.
Anna didn't hesitate.
"Can I?"
"Of course."
Hawk said likewise, and with a thought, took Anna beside him, leaving the Netherworld, appearing above it.
The boundless cosmos.
The golden aura.
The Fire Phoenix whose figure covered the sky.
Left eye mystic yellow.
Right eye blood red.
And——
The Netherworld below, like a piece of parallel land unfurled in the cosmos.
Anna looked at the Netherworld beneath her.
"I thought the Netherworld was spherical too."
"It will be in the future."
Hawk smiled slightly.
The Netherworld was created by him using the Life and Death Law Fragment of the Witch Heart Demon combined with the Reality Gemstone.
He hasn't mastered the complete Life and Death Law.
Because if he had mastered it, he would have started spreading the souls inhabiting the Netherworld to various planets throughout his cosmos.
The more life forms in his cosmos, the lighter the instinctive repulsion from the Marvel Cosmos at the time of cosmic manifestation.
After all...
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A bystander entered the group.
One brought capital into the venture.
Even the Marvel Cosmos itself knows how to choose.
After a while.
After Anna said it was okay, Hawk once again returned to the Netherworld Pure Land.
After Anna placed her feet back on the land of the Pure Land, she spoke to Hawk.
"Thank you."
"We are friends, that won't change."
Hawk said this, then changed the subject: "So, how has it been these days in the Netherworld?"
Anna's expression was relaxed, her tone sincere.
"I feel comfortable, these carefree days are something I never dared to imagine before."
"As long as you're happy."
Hawk smiled: "If you want to pardon Alexander Pierce, I don't mind, Anna."
He thought Anna would give Alexander Pierce a Nether Flower.
But...
Anna did not pardon Alexander Pierce.
Hawk didn't believe Anna was so smart she wouldn't understand his implication when he gave her the flower shop.
His anger towards Alexander Pierce had already dissipated with Anna's arrival.
For the sake of the Buddha if not the monk.
Because Anna is his friend, so he gave her the right to pardon.
Upon hearing Hawk's words, Anna shook her head.
"I want to wait a bit longer."
"Okay."
Hawk heard this, smiled and responded: "The Nether Flower is in your hands, you make the decision, I'll first head to the Nether Prison, Strucker has been here for so long, I haven't properly entertained him yet."
Anna was slightly stunned, looked at Hawk.
Hawk understood the meaning in Anna's eyes.
"Want to come and see?"
"Thank you."
Anna nodded without hesitation.
The Third Prison of the Netherworld.
Stone Mill Nether Prison.
An endless wilderness with three giant stone pillars perpetually rolling, capable of crushing everything.
Strucker, along with Namor and the remnants of Wakanda and the Talokan tribe, were serving their sentences in this prison.
By the time Hawk arrived here, these people had been crushed to death by the stone pillars more than a hundred thousand times.
But they continued to strive to run in the endless wilderness, not just because of the piercing pain of being crushed to death by the pillars, but because they held a sliver of hope that if they ran far enough, they might escape the crushing stone pillars.
But...
It was impossible.
They would never reach the end because, in their perception, they seemed to be striving forward endlessly.
But in the eyes of Hawk and Anna beside him, they were running in circles on this endless wilderness.
The stone pillars rumbled.
Strucker felt the rumbling behind him, turned his head to glance back and saw the stone pillars looming as if blotting out the sun.
The next moment.
He was crushed to death by the stone pillars, and with a piercing scream, Strucker and the others, who revived again, once more set off on the path of running.
Hawk stood in the sky above the Third Prison, quietly watching Strucker and the others in their endless cycle of death and life beneath the stone pillars.
Anna, standing nearby, watched Hawk for a while, somewhat curious as he seemed unmoved.
"Aren't you going to talk to Strucker?"
"Forget it."
Hawk withdrew his gaze, chuckled: "Meeting him would give him hope, but I don't want to give him hope anymore. Just let him suffer here eternally. Oh, and you shouldn't give him your flower, he's not the kind to pardon even after receiving absolution."
Anna laughed: "I wouldn't blame him either. If it wasn't for him, perhaps you could've discovered his misdeeds sooner."
Hawk, hearing what Anna said, remembered seeing Anna in the past while compressing the timeline, looked at Anna: "Actually, it's my fault."
Anna was slightly stunned.
Hawk chuckled: "Aren't you curious why the Hydra, who faced Qin Phoenix Fire head-on, turned to ash, but you, while holding her, only fell into a comatose state?"
Anna blinked.
Hawk didn't keep it a mystery, simply explained how he subconsciously shielded her from part of the Phoenix Fire when he traveled through the timeline some time ago.
He acted instinctively at the time.
So...
It was no wonder Anna was comatose for two years, indeed it was partly his responsibility.
After briefly explaining, Hawk changed the subject: "Hey, I saw your expression holding Qin, do you really like kids?"
Anna, hearing this, was initially stunned but didn't choose to ask more on the previous topic, nodded: "I've thought about having my own child."
Being a mom is something every woman longs for.
Excluding childless cat ladies.
Hawk, looking at Anna's expression, laughed: "Maybe there will be a chance in the future, my Cosmos is only getting better, maybe in the near future, you'll meet your Mr. Right."
Anna, hearing this, turned her gaze towards Hawk.
"Is this a blessing from the Netherworld King?"
"No."
Hawk's expression turned serious: "This is a blessing from a friend."
He didn't stay in the Netherworld for long, after abandoning the idea of meeting with Strucker, he sent Anna back to the Pure Land, chatted with his sister for a while, then left the Netherworld.
Mental ascent.
Hawk opened his eyes, clearing his thoughts one by one, then seemingly hovered above the entire New York City, compared to the speed of the Sixth Sense, the Seventh Sense had already covered the entire New York City the instant his eyes opened.
'Seventh Sense—Visualization'
As the gold flashed in Hawk's pupils, a church appeared in his vision.
And inside the church, before the statue of Jesus, an approximately sixty-year-old priest with snow-white hair, full of benevolence, seemed to be praying something.
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