Whoosh.
In the stairwell of the unfinished building, Harry threw a soda can downward.
A magical thing happened: the soda can did not hit the ground, but instead passed through a certain plane and disappeared, only to fall out from above, then pass through the plane below again, looping endlessly.
"This is it. This is the spatial layering phenomenon I predicted, though I don't know which realm it connects to."
Selvig said while adjusting the instrument.
The focal point of the Convergence is near the Greenwich Observatory, but before the full convergence, many such spacetime anomalies will appear in the surrounding area.
Due to the spacetime distortion, many incredible things will happen here; events like this are just one type.
If a car happens to be in an anomalous zone, its weight might become one-tenth of its normal weight.
Harry transmitted these anomalies to MI6 and said over the phone, "Director, now you see it. I wasn't lying. Before you discuss a plan, I'll take over this place first. You shouldn't mind, right?"
There was a silence on the other end of the phone, and then they agreed to Harry's approach—even if he convinced the Prime Minister now, Parliament would just keep arguing about it, so it was better to let Osborn study what was going on first.
"I will have them close the facility immediately. Please notify us first if there are any developments."
Actually, the best approach would be to build a larger "Gravity Spike Detector" to detect all anomalous zones and evacuate the public.
However, considering their execution capabilities, this plan was clearly not very realistic.
"Dr., let's start the experiment. We've essentially received semi-official authorization now." Harry hung up the phone and signaled to Selvig and Otto that they could begin their test.
Selvig said, "Alright, let's start saving the World, Otto. How is the situation on your end?"
"I have six arms, after all—I've been ready for a long time!"
Selvig took a deep breath—they were going to use this instrument to smooth out the anomalous zone.
The buzzing of the Gravity Spike Detector gradually became sharper, and the anomalous plane began to fluctuate, just like a pebble thrown into a lake.
Not only that, Harry seemed to be able to see another World through this fluctuating plane; white branches seemed to emerge beside these interfaces.
Harry warned, "Dr., there seems to be a problem. The instrument is actually promoting the fusion of the two Worlds. Can you see the white branches—you might need to reverse the frequency!"
"Okay, okay. Otto, did you hear that? Reverse the frequency—done!"
The interface became blurry, the ripples gradually calmed down, and finally disappeared.
With a clang, the soda can hit the floor below—the wormhole was closed.
"Well done, Dr.—" Just as Harry was about to pat Selvig on the shoulder, ripples appeared in the space again, and a glowing branch flashed by.
"Failed? What's going on?" Selvig looked bewildered, and Dr. Otto on the other end of the phone was also confused.
Harry rubbed his chin and asked, "Dr., did you see the glowing branch that just flashed by?"
Selvig shook his head blankly, and Dr. Otto on the other end of the phone also indicated that he hadn't seen anything.
Harry roughly understood what was going on—that glowing branch was almost certainly the World Tree.
The Convergence is not just a "scientific" problem in the traditional sense; the source of this phenomenon is the World Tree. The process of it bringing the nine Planets together is more like its growth process—conventional scientific methods cannot stop the activities of this behemoth.
This also explains why Odin did not intend to issue a warning to Midgard during the Convergence, and why the various realms are accustomed to it—because this is just a "tree's growth process." If one wanted to suppress this phenomenon, it would inevitably harm the World Tree.
The reason he could see it seemed to be because of his own spiritual abilities. Because of external interference, the World Tree used a bit of effort to squeeze these Planets together, so he was able to glimpse the tip of the iceberg of the World Tree.
Harry rubbed his chin and said, "Dr., I know why. It's the World Tree."
The two doctors were even more bewildered upon hearing this. After accepting the premise that Thor was an Alien and discovering the Convergence phenomenon, they instinctively believed that the so-called "World Tree" should just be an aggregate of anomalies that combined to form a series of strange phenomena, possessing the characteristics of a "tree" in a macroscopic sense.
In essence, it should still follow the physical laws they understood.
But now it seemed that the World Tree really was a "tree." It was not a law, but a certain energy entity. It was this entity that manipulated these physical laws, rather than physical laws being subjectively blended into the image of a tree.
In other words, Selvig's idea of letting Earth avoid the Convergence was impossible, unless he could overpower the World Tree.
After Harry explained his thoughts, the two doctors thought for a moment and accepted this explanation.
"In other words, all we can actually do is move these confused interfaces to a different location to minimize the losses caused by the Convergence," Harry concluded.
This conclusion made Selvig somewhat disappointed, but before he could say anything, his phone rang.
"Erik? It's Daisy. Where are you? Thor is back, and he took Jane away!"
"Thor?" Selvig was stunned for a moment and said, "I am at the Greenwich Observatory right now—I should have expected Thor to come. Did he say anything?"
Selvig thought that Thor might give him some advice on how to avoid the Convergence to prevent devastating consequences.
However, Thor really just came back to see his little girlfriend.
Daisy was also stunned for a moment and said, "Observatory? What are you doing there? Looking at stars?"
"I am studying the Convergence phenomenon. Some kind of spatial layering phenomenon is happening here—"
Daisy said in surprise, "Really? Jane was also studying this before she was taken away! I'm coming there right now, wait for me!"
In fact, it wasn't just Dr. Selvig who noticed the Convergence phenomenon; Thor's girlfriend, Jane Foster, also noticed the anomalies here. However, before she had the chance to study them, she was possessed by the Aether and then taken to Asgard.
After hanging up the phone, Selvig turned to Harry and said, "Those Aliens are going to get involved with them again."
Harry shrugged. He had known about this for a long time; the Helicarrier was already above London, but the authorities hadn't discovered it yet.
"So, Dr., let's move on to the next experiment."
Hearing this, Selvig swallowed hard—to be honest, he didn't really want to do the next experiment, because it looked like he was building a weapon.
And a very, very dangerous one at that.
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