A lone celestial body hung in the sky, orbiting the Earth.
Revolving and rotating simultaneously, the Moon cleverly always faced the Earth, its hidden side retaining an unseen mystery.
Unimaginably low temperatures, covered in crater pockmarks from meteorite impacts.
With grey lunar dust underfoot, Ron stood on the Moon, looking back at the beautiful Planet, mostly a deep blue ocean, fully visible.
From here, Earth looked exceptionally beautiful.
"Why did you bring me to Midgard's satellite?"
Audreyf looked at the desolate surroundings and asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Have you heard of the Inhumans?"
Ron and she strolled on the Moon, a silver Vibranium chain leading the green monster Abomination, who sniffed around like a large dog.
He spoke while walking the dog.
Various countries spent hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars, countless human and material resources, to send Rockets and astronauts to the Moon, eager to explore the mysteries of space and the Moon.
Yet, he was leisurely walking his dog on the Moon's surface.
"The Inhumans?"
Audreyf, clad in a battle skirt, looked heroic and beautiful, recalling his question.
"A peculiar and powerful race that once existed in Midgard.
Each individual, after a mysterious tribal ritual, awakened different abilities, and among the powerful ones, many could stand shoulder to shoulder with us.
As for what happened later…"
Later, Heaven's connection to the World Tree was severed by Odin using the power of the Bifrost Bridge, leaving it isolated at the edge of the Universe.
Afterward, there were no new records of the Inhumans within Heaven.
"I came out of Heaven and vaguely heard in the Milky Way Galaxy that there seemed to be no trace of the Inhumans in Midgard anymore."
The Nine Realms ruled by Odin were not adjacent, separated by countless light-years, and could only be connected through the World Tree.
The World Tree in Norse mythology, in scientific terms, was a large network of connected wormholes, and what Odin did back then was destroy the wormholes connecting Heaven to the other Nine Realms.
"The Inhumans moved to the far side of the Moon."
"The far side of the Moon, right here?"
Audreyf was slightly surprised.
Odin's Nine Realms, to put it simply, were nine Planets connected to the World Tree; on a larger scale, their territory was merely nine small star systems.
Why could they awe the Universe? Because none of these nine Planets were simple.
They were all inhabited by powerful mythical species: gods, elves, fire demons, dwarves, Frost Giants…
Their individual combat capabilities were incredibly strong; even seven or eight-year-old children had several tons of strength, and bullets couldn't even wound their defenses.
Except for Midgard.
The Inhumans were considered a mysterious and powerful race in Midgard at that time, but they did not submit to Odin, and for some reason, Odin never sought them out; there were various conjectures about this matter in the Nine Realms and the Universe.
Among the Nine Realms, some said that the Inhumans were isolated from the World, practicing reclusion, and were not suitable as a fighting army, and the Inhumans themselves were not weak, not so easy to conquer, which was why Odin gave up.
"That's right, right here." Ron nodded slightly.
Bang.
As the two walked forward, Abomination's nose suddenly seemed to hit an invisible, thick wall, blocking its path forward, and it angrily rammed its head into it.
Thud!
A dull sound, and only faint ripples appeared in the void, like pebbles disturbing a calm lake.
Ron glanced at Abomination, whom he was leading.
After receiving enhanced injections of Hulk's blood, Abomination's skin color gradually changed from yellowish-green to green, its strength doubled, its intelligence decreased, and its temper became more irritable.
However, he didn't care about this point; it didn't affect Abomination obeying his commands anyway.
"This looks like your country's energy shield."
Audreyf immediately recognized that this was a technology similar to Wakanda's defensive dome, with stealth and defensive capabilities.
"This is also one of the reasons I came here."
Ron's eyes flickered.
From Abomination's nearly thousand-ton impact, the shield's performance appeared to be much better than Wakanda's.
This trip should yield satisfactory results.
Activating his X-ray vision, he easily saw through the energy shield that concealed the Inhumans on the far side of the Moon.
With a soft whoosh, the lunar dust on the ground was slightly stirred, and the three vanished from the grey-white lunar surface.
The Inhuman city, Attilan.
A high-tech lunar city, where an energy dome simulated a blue sky, white clouds, and a soft, glowing Sun.
Three figures appeared.
Audreyf looked around in surprise: "This is Attilan?
They really moved their racial dwelling, Attilan, to the Moon."
"Even on the Moon, they still haven't forgotten Earth." He glanced at the simulated scenery of the dome above his head.
On the wide, clean avenues, Inhumans coming and going were immediately drawn by the three figures in surprise.
"Did you see how they appeared?"
"It looks like teleportation."
"They're leading a big dog… can that even be called a big dog?
Could it be Lockjaw, one of the Royal Family members?"
Ron wore a black King's formal attire with subtle patterns, exuding a cold and unique aura of majesty and nobility.
Audreyf wore an ancient lady's armored dress, heroic and beautiful, but what was most eye-catching was Abomination, looking like a monster but acting like a large dog.
They pointed at Abomination, discussing with a mix of fear and novelty.
Lockjaw, a member of the Royal Family, looked like a large dog and was rumored to have the ability to teleport.
"That's not right, I heard Lockjaw doesn't look like that," someone hesitated, "Lockjaw looks like a real big dog, not a green-skinned monster."
"But they look very much like royalty." They timidly scrutinized them; the two's demeanor clearly showed they were not ordinary people.
Although they felt cold and unapproachable, their noble aura didn't seem fake.
"Who are you?"
City guards immediately rushed over, holding glowing electric batons, and sternly surrounded the two: "Are you impersonating Royal Family members?"
"Impersonating?
There's no one in this World worth me impersonating."
Audreyf let out an displeased snort, and with a sweep of her ribbon embroidered with mysterious patterns and symbols, a dozen guards holding batons were sent flying.
Ron, with his hands behind his back and an expressionless face, scanned the city with his X-ray vision.
"Captain, there's no record of their identity in the database."
One of the guards, who had been knocked back several meters, projected a hologram from his wrist.
No such person found.
The Guard Captain was shocked: "How can there be none? Are you mistaken?"
Every Inhuman born was recorded in Attilan's genetic database.
Unless… they were outsiders!
"Oh no, they are invading outsiders."
"Found it."
In his line of sight, a palace appeared, and Ron placed a hand on Audreyf's fair shoulder, then teleported away from their original spot.
In the Royal Family's council hall.
Ron appeared, calmly sitting on the Inhuman throne, with Audreyf standing by his side, resting her chin on her hand, waiting for those he would call his subjects to arrive.
…
"Queen, outsiders have invaded Attilan!"
The city guard leader quickly reported through the communicator.
Medusa, the Inhuman Queen, had beautiful long red hair that reached her waist, like smooth silk; hearing this news, she was greatly astonished and asked with a calm, furrowed brow.
"Outsiders? Are you sure?"
This was not the era when their Inhumans still lived on Earth.
When the Inhuman dwelling was still on Earth, on a Pacific island and Mount Everest, it wasn't unheard of for outsiders to accidentally trespass into Attilan.
But this was the Moon, hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth; the technology of the humans below struggled even to send astronauts up, so how could they enter here, protected by a defensive dome?
"Queen, the leader among them might have teleportation abilities; he vanished and we don't know where he went."
Saying this, he hastily sent a video, which was the scene of Ron teleporting away.
"Queen, someone from the palace guard suddenly appeared in the main hall; Karnak and I are going to check the situation."
The communicator on his wrist spoke again, and Gorgon, the Inhuman Royal Guard Captain, spoke with a deep, powerful voice.
"Please notify our King quickly, Queen."
Regardless of the invaders' purpose, the discovery of the Inhumans' dwelling was a major event.
"I will."
Medusa nodded, closed the communicator, stood up, and hurried to the King's meditation chamber under the protection of guards.
…
In the majestic hall built with black megaliths.
Gorgon, the Royal Guard Captain and also a member of the Royal Family, was a tall and burly man with powerful muscles; below his knees were thick, ox-like legs with heavy hooves, leaving no doubt about the strength they contained.
"Who are you?
Outsider, you dare to sit on the Inhuman King's throne!"
He roared dully and stomped his foot, sending out a massive seismic wave that shook the entire hall, and a powerful aura emanated from him.
"This is a capital offense."
Saying this, the impulsive and reckless Gorgon roared and charged forward; with each stride of his hooves, the ground trembled, as if he were a Titan Giant.
"Go."
Ron sat on the throne, looking at him indifferently, and casually ordered: "Don't kill him."
Abomination, who had been lying like a large dog at his feet, heard this and immediately stood up with its massive body in anger, letting out a deafening roar.
"Abomination!"
It sprang out in a flash, throwing a punch.
Bang! A sharp sound of air exploding.
Gorgon, who had charged in with great momentum, shaking the hall, flew backward even faster, his body carving a deep gash over ten meters long on the stone-paved floor, with broken stones flying everywhere.
After the backward force dissipated, he painfully spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at the powerful and terrifying monster with shock, then turning his gaze to Ron with fear and unease.
"Who exactly are you?"
It seemed this was merely the pet of that audacious outsider, yet it was so powerful.
What then would be the strength of the outsider on the throne?
Ron calmly looked at the heavily injured Gorgon.
Gorgon was a member of the Inhuman Royal Family, Black Bolt's cousin. He gained superhuman physique after undergoing the Terrigen Mist mutation; his feet transformed into hooves, allowing him to generate high-intensity seismic waves that could easily shake down houses and buildings.
If he were to be stomped by his hooves, one would suffer a tremendous attack.
"Gorgon, you… Who injured you?"
Karnak, another Royal Family member who had rushed over, quickly helped the heavily injured Gorgon up from the trench, his gaze sweeping over Ron, Audreyf, and Abomination.
He was uncontrollably shocked; Gorgon was arguably their strongest warrior beneath the Inhuman King.
"Gorgon, let me help you find their weaknesses."
He swiftly and gravely stood in front of Gorgon; his ability, activated by the Terrigen Mist, allowed him to perceive everything as data, easily seeing through the weaknesses of objects and people.